History
Department

St. Mary's Projects - Spring 2011

Megan Anderson: "That Which Remains: The Interplay of Memory, Fact, and Fiction in Holocaust Remembrance." Mentor: Christine Adams

Beth Bowers: "Islamic Imperialism: The Effects of Seventh Century Expansionist Policies." Mentor: Betul Basaran

Blair Dugan: "Between the Sheets: 'A Comparison of Pirates in Literature and History.'" Mentor: Ken Cohen

Eric Horowitz: "Eurydice and Extravaganza: Staging Greco-Roman Myth in Italian Opera." Mentor: Deborah Lawrence

Chris Ingraham: "A Protestant Raider: Richard Ingle and Maryland's Plundering Time." Mentor: Ken Cohen

Megan Lantz: "The Nazi Classroom: Hitler's Impact on the Education of Germany's Children in the Third Reich." Mentor: Christine Adams

Lawrence MacCurtain: "Rhapsody in Red: Classical Music and American Wartime Perceptions of the Soviet Union." Mentor: Tom Barrett

Heather Marchione: "From Death Stick to Torch of Freedom: Gender, Cigarettes, and Social Order in the Early 1900s."  Mentor: Chuck Holden

Sarah Shipley: "Palestine's Censored History: Engendering the War of 1948 Through Her Eyes." Mentor: Betul Basaran

Mike Youngborg: "Children of the Sidewalk-and-Gutter Generation: Feminism, Ethnicity and American-Jewish Identity in the 1960s." Mentor: Adriana Brodsky

St. Mary's Projects - Fall 2010

Daniel Harding: "The Legion's Left Hand: Late Roman Cavalry."  Mentor: Linda J. Hall

Christopher C. Lyford: "An American Experiment: How Two Generations of Immigrants Conceptualized and Communicated American Identity." Mentor: Ken Cohen

Brendan McCarthy: "Ethnicity and the Administration of Roman Spain: From Scipio to Caesar." Mentor: Linda J. Hall

Frank McGough: "Byzantium and the West: Byzantine Imperial Ideology and the Ruin of Empire." Mentor: Linda J. Hall

St. Mary's Projects - Spring 2010

Andrew Bruckner: "Progress: How the Economic Development of British East Africa Benefited the Native Population."  Mentor: Gail Savage

Brennan J. Davis: "Function vs. Fashion: The Extent of Literacy in Roman Society."  Mentor: Linda Hall

Matt Foerster: "Where Loyalty Lies: German versus Christian Identity in Interwar Germany, 1928-1939."  Mentor: Christine Adams

John Hawkins: "The Quest for the Real Arthur: An Inquiry into the Arthurian Legend and its Variations."  Mentor: Gail Savage

Rebecca Kaisler: "Living Truths in Dying Times: A Social Examination of Plague in Early Modern England."  Mentor: Gail Savage

Melissa Mercer: "Crafting a Character: Theatre and Performance in Colonial Annapolis, 1748-1774."  Mentor: Ken Cohen

Zinash Seyoum: "Soccer, Development, and International Aid (1904-2010): The Case of South Africa."  Mentor: Garey Dennie

Karen Lynn Stark: "The Spear of Longinus: Crusader Sanctity and Politics."  Mentor: Linda Hall

Kyle Wichtendahl: "Lincoln in London: Abraham Lincoln and Anglo-Americanism in the Early 20th Century."  Mentor: Gail Savage

Olivia Williams: "'Eatables': Food and the Politics of Memory at a Point Lookout Prison."  Mentor: Chuck Holden

St. Mary's Projects - Spring 2009

Perry Colvin: "Visions of Airpower: Winston Churchill and the Birth of the Royal Air Force, 1908-1922."  Mentor: Gail Savage

Michael Ennis: "Teaching Colonial Maryland to an Eighth Grade Social Studies Class: Lesson Plans, Handouts, Quizzes and Test."  Mentor: Adriana Brodsky

Joseph Francella: "Liberal (?) Maryland Politics in an Age of Sprawl and Civil Rights."  Mentor: Chuck Holden

Jordan Grant: "The Civil Disorder that Never Happened: Analyzing the Press Coverage Surrounding Cambridge, Maryland's Great Fire, 1967."  Mentor: Chuck Holden 

Ashton Habighurst: "The Quest for Chinese Modernity: An Analysis of May Fourth Literature in the Wake of Western Imperialism."  Mentor: Charlie Musgrove

Benjamin Hancock: "The Alchemy of Esoteric Wisdom: Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy."  Mentor: Jeff Hammond

Monica Kim: "The Model Modern Woman: The Construction of the Chinese Woman through Mass Print Advertising in Early Twentieth-Century Shanghai."  Mentor: Charlie Musgrove

Seth LaShier: "The Awakened Class: A History of the Maryland Farmers' Alliance, 1889-1900."  Mentor: Chuck Holden

Sophie Latham: "Thawing Ponds and Dying Tobacco: Land and Climate Change in Baden, Maryland."  Mentor: Ken Cohen

Mariela Mata-Bautista: "Living with the Saints: Viviendo con los Santos Dominican Republic."  Mentor: Garrey Dennie

Geneva Rogers: "Suppression and Recovery of Historical Memory: The Case of New York's African Burial Ground."  Mentor: Garrey Dennie

Patrick Schwarz: "Magic in the Roman Empire: Wandering Egyptians, Magical Jews, and the Other Wonders of the Ancient Mediterranean."  Mentor: Linda Hall

Christian Skipper: "Eye of the Beholder: Looking at the Eleventh Century through the Eyes of Anna Comnena."  Mentor: Christine Adams

Paige Spencer: "The Leading Men of Black Baltimore and the Construction of Masculine Identity, 1870-1895."  Mentor: Garrey Dennie

Julia Toman: "A Comparison of Jewish and Christian Medical Practices in the Middle Ages in Western Europe."  Mentor: Adriana Brodsky

St. Mary's Projects - Spring 2008

Sam Aikens: "The Empire Founded on Smoke: Bacon's Rebellion and the Creation of Chesapeake Plantation Culture."  Advisor: Garrey Dennie

Ashley Berkant: "Christians, Cathars, and Counts: Raymond VI and the Albigensian Crusade."  Advisor: Christine Adams

Tara Brown: "Are We Degenerate from Our Ancestors? Southern Views of the Founding Fathers during the Civil War."  Advisor: Chuck Holden

Keith Buzby: "The Political and Economic Development of St. Mary's County, 1940-68."  Advisor: Chuck Holden

Luke Henninger: "The Logistics of Napoleonic Warfare."  Advisor: Christine Adams

Michael Kelly: "Constantine's Conquest of Evil."  Advisor: Linda Hall

Margaret Schuster: "Women's Voices in the French Revolution: Variety of Perceptions as Explored through the Crafting of Historical Fiction."  Advisor: Christine Adams

Paul Snider: "The Effects of Athenian Democracy on Warfare."  Advisor: Linda Hall