Senior history majors to give thesis presentations
Posted On December 4, 2014
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Photo: History majors from the Class of 2014 with history professors Dr. William Leeman, Dr. Timothy Neary and Dr. John Quinn.
The Department of History will hold its 31st annual senior thesis presentations Friday, Dec. 5 in the O’Hare Academic Center, Room 268 and Saturday, Dec. 6 in the DiStefano Lecture Hall. Fifteen senior history majors are scheduled to present and defend their theses over the two-day period.
Members of the Salve Regina community and the general public are invited to attend, and may stay for any length of time. The schedule is:
Friday, Dec. 5
- 2 p.m. – Elizabeth Fitz: “Doomed to Fail: The Collapse of the Weimar Republic and Its Economy”
- 2:40 p.m. – James Rehill: “The Papacy of Alexander VI: The Borgia Family’s Use of Politics, Corruption and War in Fifteenth-Century Italy”
- 3:20 p.m. – Catherine Malkemus: “For the Union and For Freedom: Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment”
- 4 p.m. – John King: “Two Depressions: The Economic Strategies of Adolf Hitler and Franklin Roosevelt”
- 4:40 p.m. – Eric MacKinnon: “Brothers by Blood, Bonded by Choice: Why William Bulger Stayed Loyal to America’s Most Wanted Mobster”
Saturday, Dec. 6
- 9 a.m. – Courtney Kelly: “The Last to Divide and the First to Reunite: Forging the Antebellum Brotherhood at West Point”
- 9:40 a.m. – Mark Boland: “Lost in the Shadow of Greatness: Jackie Robinson and the Decline of the Negro Leagues”
- 10:20 a.m. – Allyson Boucher: “Fighting for a Free Ireland: The Impact of Propaganda on the Irish War of Independence and the Establishment of the Irish Free State”
- 11 a.m. – Robert Chisholm: “Destiny or Acquired Ability? Joshua L. Chamberlain’s Leadership in the American Civil War”
- 11:40 a.m. – Michael Fedeli: “The Colosseum: A Symbol of the Italian Nation”
- 1:10 p.m. – Victoria Gong: “Chinese Americans in the Second World War: Fighting for the American Dream”
- 1:50 p.m. – Jessica Rose: “The Transcontinental Railroad: Changing America Through the Rails”
- 2:30 p.m. – Jacqueline Dest: “The Princess That Led from the Heart: Lady Diana and the British People”
- 3:10 p.m. – Sean Becker: “Becoming American: Irish Americans in the Union Army”
- 3:50 p.m. – David Seguin: “Kennedy vs. Nixon: The Great Debate, Television and the Evolution of the Presidency”