St. Mary's College of Maryland

Seminars & Events

On Thursday, January 24th, 4:15-5:15, Information Session for Study Tour to Peru! Kent Hall 213.

On Monday, February 18, 4:45 pm, Natasha Zaretsky, Ph.D. from Rutgers University, will speak on the "Legacies of Repression: Testimony, Citizenship, and Survival in Jewish Buenos Aires." Location TBA.

See the History Department Calendar for more information!

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Historic St. Mary's City

The Colonial History Concentration takes advantage of our special relationship with Historic St. Mary’s City, the first capital of Maryland and a colonial archeological site, research facility, and museum.

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Alumni Spotlight

Students at Phi Alpha Theta party

The SMP introduced me to self-guided research and thesis writing. With complete latitude on my topic, I joyfully researched for months. Unfortunately, I spent so much time researching I had very little for writing. The amazing and through help of Professor Savage help me hone my writing skills. While challenging, the SMP experience gave me confidence in my research abilities and writing skills that I will use in graduate school.

-John Johnson, Class of 2007

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

2008 smp day

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

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