The History Department is proud to showcase our talented graduate students in a new symposium series. Our first annual symposium, in Fall 2025, features six papers, divided into two sessions, which you can watch below.
Session 1: Tuesday, September 30
Paul Lambrecht: “Shepherds and Sheep in the Shadow of Death: Masculinity and Faith Among Chaplains and Soldiers During the Great War”
Alex Pearson: “Made in Japan: An Exploration of the American-Japanese Foreign Policy to Democratize through Economic Means.”
Christopher Sweet: “From Naxarar to Merchant House: The Importance of Tracing the Longue Durée of Armenian Kinship Networks”
Session 2: Wednesday, October 1
Connor Boray: “The Catholic Peace of 1917: The Peace Efforts of Pope Benedict and Emperor Charles I in World War I”
Meghan Whitten: “Why Not Infant Labor? Illinois Progressive Reform of Juvenile Labor from the Child Labor Workforce”
Grace Claywell: “Queer Identity During the Great War: An Exploration of Gender and Sexuality, 1914-1922”
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