NC State’s History Graduate Student Association

presents the

2017 GRADUATE STUDENTHISTORY CONFERENCE

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Keynote Address:

“Memoirs, Authors, and History-Writing: Why Oral History is Good to Think With”

by Dr. Luise White, University of Florida

Saturday, March 25 Riddick Hall, NC State North Campus

Program of Events

Registration Opens 9:00 am

Light refreshments and coffee in Riddick Lounge

Opening Remarks 10:00 am

Dr. David Zonderman, North Carolina State University

Session One 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Urban Renewal and the Local Experience Riddick 321

Moderated by Sarah Soleim, North Carolina State University

Life in HACA’s “Ghetto”: The Impacts of Segregation and Racism on African-American Public Housing in Austin, Texas, 1928–1972

Lindsey Waldenberg, Texas State University

Gentrification, Preservation, and the History of Northside Victoria Hensley, Middle Tennessee State University

Comments by Dr. William Sturkey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Land, Resources, and Historical Development Riddick 325

Moderated by Steve Lechner, North Carolina State University

El Chamizal: Accretion & Avulsion Ethan Ley, North Carolina State University

Water, Logistics, and the Limits of Roman Imperial Control in the East Gabriel Moss, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Comments by Dr. Frederico Freitas, North Carolina State University

Undergraduate Panel Riddick 450

This represents the second annual representation of Honors Undergraduate students at the History Graduate Conference. This panel is held in the spirit of highlighting the quality of work of students throughout the history department at NC State. Moderated by Jeanette Shaffer, North Carolina State University

Two Years on Market Street: The Birth of Smith & Wesson and a Modern American Enterprise

Michael Helms, North Carolina State University

The Frozen Army: Analyzing Germany's Expensive Occupation of Norway Logan Newsome, North Carolina State University

The Mother of Frankish Kings Andrew Martin, North Carolina State University

Comments by Dr. David Gilmartin, North Carolina State University

Lunch 12:00-12:50 pm

Riddick Lounge

Keynote Address 1:00-2:00 pm

Memoirs, Authors, and History-Writing: Why Oral History is Good to Think With Dr. Luise White, University of Florida

Session Two 2:15-3:30 pm

Prospective Student Panel

Dr. Julia Rudolph, Professor and Director of Graduate Programs

Dr. Craig Friend, Professor and Director of Public History

Dr. David Zonderman, Professor and History Department Head

Sarah Soleim, Public History Ph.D. Student

Jeanette Shaffer, Public History M.A. Student

Tyler Ellis, History M.A. Student

Archives and the Potentials of Digital History

Riddick 325

Moderated by Jason Norris, North Carolina State University

Gaining Access: A Proposed Framework for Genuine Educational Access to Digital Oral Histories of Vietnam Veterans

Steve Lechner, North Carolina State University

Visual Culture of the Civil Rights Movement: Testing Berger Through Image Analytics Nicole Coscolluela, North Carolina State University

Comments by Dr. Ryan Shaw, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Sovereignty and Native Lands: The Haudenosaunee and Choctaw Experiences

Riddick 450

Moderated by Susan Rodriguez

The State of Chah-ta: Choctaw Planters, Dependency, and the Movement to Create a Choctaw State

Robert York, North Carolina State University

“Haudenosaunee Governance" A Resistance to European Sovereignty Taylor Greene, North Carolina State University

Comments by Dr. Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Coffee Break 3:30-3:45 pm

Riddick Lounge

Session Three 3:45-5:00 pm

Students, Reformers, and Civil Rights on the Local Level

Riddick 321

Moderated by Kelsey Zavelo, Duke University

“This organization will co-operate in every local endeavor”: The Revitalization and Activism of the NAACP in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1951-1969

Matthew Washington, Morgan State University

Powering Forward: Direct-Action and the 1960 Youth Leadership Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina

Brian Suttell, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Comments by Dr. Catherine Conner, North Carolina State University

Philanthropy and Gender in Early Modern Europe

Riddick 325

Moderated by Sarah Almond, North Carolina State University

“N’avez-vous point peur de vous brûler le sang?”: Chocolate, Morality, and Class in 18 th Century French Painting

Anne Mild, North Carolina State University

Jonas Hanway and the Institutionalization of Associational Philanthropy: State and Society in Eighteenth-Century England

Peter Raia, North Carolina State University

The Lieutenant Nun: Violence and Gender in Early Seventeenth Century Latin America Ryan Lenzmeier, North Carolina State University

Comments by Dr. Jay Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Reform, Diplomacy, and the Making of Modern Turkey Riddick 450

Moderated by Clancy Hecht-Nielsen, North Carolina State University

Looking Forward: The Liberal Forwards after the Armenian Massacres, 1896-1899 Lynda Kellam, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

From Neutrality to Active Alliance: Turkish Foreign Policy, 1945-1952 Turgay Akbaba, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Comments by Dr. Nancy Mitchell, North Carolina State University

Closing Remarks 5:00 pm

Riddick Lounge

Acknowledgements

The History Graduate Student Association would especially like to thank Dr. Julia Rudolph, Dr.

David Zonderman, Ingrid Hoffius, and Courtney Hamilton for their invaluable assistance and

support in making this event possible.

We would also like to extend our gratitude to the Graduate Student Association for supporting

this event with a Block Grant. Thank you to our colleagues in the Sociology Graduate Student

Association, Nicholas Membrez-Weiler, Holly Benton, and Dr. Steve McDonald for their

co-sponsorship of our grant application.

Thank you to everyone who has made this event possible, including our panelists,

commentators, volunteers, and keynote speaker, Dr. Luise White.