MA Colloquium

Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Lawson Hall 2270C

 
Each panelist will have fifteen minutes for a presentation.  The Commentator will have fifteen minutes, and the floor will then be open to questions from the audience.

9:00-10:15am - SESSION 1 - Humans and the Environment, moderated by Prof. Frank Schumacher

  • James Caldwell - A History of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Bodies of Water Within the United States from 1965 to Present

  • Sam Stewart - Nuclear Colonialism and its Global Impact

10:30-11:45am - SESSION 2 - Patrolling Borders and Controlling Societies, moderated by Prof. Eli Nathans

  • Charles Christensen - A History of Electronic Offender Monitoring

  • Zaynab Jivraj - Planting New Olive Trees: Lebanese Diaspora-Making in Canada

  • Colter Rosborough - The Image of the United States in Nazi Propaganda

Lunch 

12:45-1:15pm - SESSION 3 - Cultural Change, moderated by Prof. Carl Young

  • Leah Kottwitz - Education and Authorship in Meija and Taisho Japan

  • Becky Van Harn - Antiquarian and the Elizabethan Settlement: Matthew Parker and the Church of England

1:30-2:45pm - SESSION 4 - War and Society, moderated by Prof. Jonathan Vance

  • Ambjorn Adomeit - Coastal Callings: The Canadian Naval Services C.C.1. & C.C. 2. and the Davidson Commission, 1914-1917

  • Emily Amarelo - Gender and Class in Canadian First World War Memorialization

  • Kristen Jeanveau - “Broken windows don’t mean broken hearts:” emotional communities and Underground shelter newsletters during the Blitz.