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Twenty-Eighth Annual Student History Conference<\/strong><\/span>
\nFebruary 21, 2025
\nL.A. Pittenger Student Center<\/strong><\/h3>\n

All conference events are free and open to the public.
\nThis conference is organized by the Ball State Department of History.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:40-8:50 a.m.
\nMusic Lounge<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Refreshments
\nMaureen McCarthy, Dean, College of Sciences and Humanities, & Bruce Geelhoed, Chairperson of History<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

First Panel Session<\/span>
\n<\/strong>9:00-10:15\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Cardinal Hall A<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Poster Session: <\/strong>Local History and the Global Stage: The Frankton History Club\u2019s Historical Marker for Hoosier and World War I Nurse May Berry<\/p>\n

Kevin Cline, Frankton High School, Faculty Advisor<\/em><\/p>\n

Frankton High School History Club Members: <\/strong>Thaiden Alexander, <\/strong>Larkin Betz, <\/strong>Zach Browning, <\/strong>Hadlee Eppards, <\/strong>Emma Hardebeck, <\/strong>Sloane Harrison, <\/strong>Kaylynn Hoover, <\/strong>Payge Kendall, <\/strong>Taryn McCartney, <\/strong>Chelsea Newton, <\/strong>Campbell Quire, <\/strong>Eva Sprister, <\/strong>Sophia Thomas, <\/strong>and Emerson Troutman<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cardinal Hall B<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Social Revolutions in the American Context
\n<\/strong>Nicole Etcheson, Department of History, Chair & Comment<\/em><\/p>\n

Dillon Jackson <\/strong>(Ball State), The Power and Food Dynamic: Pre- and Post-American Revolution<\/p>\n

Amelia Dorsey<\/strong>\u00a0(Ball State), The Unknown Impact Native Americans had on the Revolutionary War<\/p>\n

Cooper Archer<\/strong>\u00a0(Ball State), Unions to Socialism: How Eugene V. Debs Became a Leader of an Era<\/p>\n

<\/h5>\n
Forum Room<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Chicago 1880s-1890s: The Perils and Possibilities of Urban America
\n<\/strong>Scott Stephan, Department of History, Chair
\n<\/em>Jim Connolly, Department of History, Comment<\/em><\/p>\n

Sally Kissner <\/strong>(Ball State), Albert Parsons: The Martyr of American Ideals<\/p>\n

Mae Powers\u00a0<\/strong>(Ball State), Remember the Haymarket<\/p>\n

Melaina Smith <\/strong>(Ball State), \u201cA Glow of Benevolence\u201d: Pullman, Paternalism, and Idealism<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Second Panel Session\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n10:30-11:45<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Cardinal Hall A<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Producing Culture
\n<\/strong>Abel Alves, Department of History, Chair and Comment<\/em><\/p>\n

Daniel Peters<\/strong> (Millikin University), The Presence and Effect of Female Brewers, Barmaids, and Beer across Sumeria<\/p>\n

Theodore Kauffmann<\/strong> (Millikin University), Painting like a Sculptor: Examining the Paintings and Frescos of Michelangelo<\/p>\n

Brenna Large<\/strong> (Ball State), Weaving the Fabric of Society: Indigenous Women, Textiles, and Colonization in Colonial New Spain<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cardinal Hall B<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Public History Internship Showcase<\/strong>
\nWendy Soltz, Department of History, Chair; Nicholas Miller, Department of History, Moderator<\/em><\/p>\n

Amelia Dorsey<\/strong> (Ball State), David Owsley Museum of Art<\/p>\n

Halle Presser<\/strong> (Ball State), Smithsonian American Art Museum and the David Owsley Museum of Art<\/p>\n

Isaiah Martin<\/strong> (Ball State), National Park Service<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Forum Room<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Global Perspectives on European Imperialism
\nAmy Bosworth, Department of History, Chair and Comment<\/em><\/p>\n

Jackson Hughes<\/strong> (Millikin), Hoarding Honey: Settler Colonialism and Extraction in the Eastern Baltic Sea<\/p>\n

Alexis Brock<\/strong> (Ball State), The Spanish Did Not Do It Alone<\/p>\n

David McDowell<\/strong> (Ball State), Literature, Legends, and Loyalty: Medievalism in Popular Media to Promote Nationalism in Late Victorian and Edwardian Britain<\/p>\n

\n

12:00-1:00
\nLunch Break<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Keynote Address<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>1:00-2:00
\nStudent Center Ballroom<\/h4>\n

Dr. Hilary Buxton, Assistant Professor of History, Kenyon College<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rehabilitating the Empire: Care and Colonial Servicemen in First World War Britain<\/em>
\nIntroduced by Carolyn Malone, Department of History<\/p>\n

\n
Third Panel Session
\n<\/strong><\/span>2:15-3:30<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Cardinal Hall A<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Experiencing World War II in Britain
\nCarolyn Malone, Department of History, Chair and Comment<\/em><\/p>\n

Katherine Huddleston <\/strong>(Ball State), Wartime Diary: The Story of a Female Cryptographer at Bletchley Park in World War II<\/p>\n

Barry Ramage <\/strong>(Ball State), World War II Diary: Tiana Graves<\/p>\n

Brenna Large <\/strong>(Ball State), A Call to Service: The Imagined Wartime Diary of a Midwife in Training<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cardinal Hall B<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Protests, Possibilities, and Panics in American Popular Culture
\nEd Krzemienski, Department of History, Chair and Comment<\/em><\/p>\n

Emma Donnelly<\/strong> (University of Dayton), Hedy Lamarr: The Real Hero of Hollywood<\/p>\n

Nah’Shon<\/strong> Williams<\/strong> (Purdue), Echoes of Resilience: The Evolution of Soul and R&B as Social Consciousness during the Civil Rights and Black Power Eras<\/p>\n

Zachary Long<\/strong> (Ball State), Satan and His Best Friend Pikachu: Online Evangelical Responses to Pok\u00e9mon at the Turn of the Millennium<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Forum Room<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Beyond the Classroom: Navigating the Public History Field: A Roundtable Discussion<\/p>\n

Emily<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>McGuire<\/strong>,<\/strong> Research Coordinator & Staff Historian, Indiana Historical Bureau<\/p>\n

AJ Chrapliwy<\/strong>, Oral Historian, Indiana Historical Bureau<\/p>\n

Kelsey Green,<\/strong>\u00a0Public Outreach Coordinator & Staff Historian, Indiana Historical Bureau<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fourth Panel Session\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/strong>3:45-5:00<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Cardinal Hall A <\/strong><\/p>\n

Social Change over the Long Dur\u00e9e
\nRachael Smith, Department of History and Women and Gender Studies, Chair and Comment<\/em><\/p>\n

Maggie Hibbetts<\/strong> (Ball State), First Impressions: A Fashion History of Presidencies<\/p>\n

Abigail Smolnicky<\/strong> (Hanover), The Revolving Restoration of Liberalism<\/p>\n

Kasper Sturtz<\/strong> (Millikin), Labeling Historical Figures: A Question of Queer Identity<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cardinal Hall B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beyond the Battlefield
\nBruce Geelhoed, Department of History, Chair and Comment<\/em><\/p>\n

Connor Dull<\/strong> (Ball State), “War is a Matter of Law:\u201d A Defense of the Decision to Try the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators by Military Commission<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Morgan<\/strong> (Ball State), Japan’s Role in the Nanjing Massacre<\/p>\n

Kyah Sturm<\/strong> (Purdue), A Highlighted History of Israeli Protest Art in the 20th Century<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Forum Room<\/strong><\/p>\n

Environmental Catastrophe and Public Policy
\nRobert Hall, Department of History, Chair and Comment<\/em><\/p>\n

Elise Miller<\/strong> (Ball State), The Great Chicago Fire in the Context of the Great Boston Fire and late 19th Century Urban Life<\/p>\n

Andy Hopkins<\/strong> (Ball State), Trouble in Wonderland: Conflict in Early Yellowstone<\/p>\n

Lucas Wallen (<\/strong>Millikin), Displacement, Indigeneity, and Industry Within the Treatment of Moths in America<\/p>\n

\n

Cardinal Hall A
\n<\/strong>5:10-5:30<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reception and Awards Ceremony<\/span>
\nBruce Geelhoed, Jessica Reuther, Scott Stephan, and Chris Thompson<\/em><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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