Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference
March 2 nd and 3 rd, 2007
Omaha , Nebraska

Conference Program

Friday, March 2nd

Session 1   8:30am to 10:30am

Chair/moderator

Panelists:

Josh Fangmeier ( Hastings College), “Power in the Pen: A Comparison of the Anti-Semitic Publications of Edourad-Adolphe Drumont and Thomas E. Watson.”

Aaron Lauer ( Hastings College), “ The Artist at War: Russian History through the Music of Sergei Prokofiev, 1937-1945.”

Amanda Pinkelman ( Hastings College), “19th Century Danish Neo-Classical Architecture.”

Ginny Allard ( Hastings College), “Adventures of the Grand Tour in Fiction.”

 

Session 2   11:00am to 1:00pm

Chair/moderator

Panelists:

Jim Holtgrewe ( Hastings College), “The Russian Side of Battle: Battle of Tsushima.”

Jerad Reimers ( Hastings College), “The Ottoman Iron Horse: Capitalism and the Hamidiye Hijaz Railroad.”

Tara Barnes ( Park University), “The Printing Press.”

Seth Torpin ( Hastings College), “These Troublesome Cases': William B. West, the US Consulate, and Incarcerated American Fenians, 1865-1868.”

 

Session 3   3:00pm to 5:00pm Graduate Student Session

Chair/moderator

Panelists:

Rob Howell ( University of Missouri), “Ring-Giver Queens: Lady-Retainer Relationships and the Lordly Might of Women in Anglo-Saxon England.”

Jennifer LaVanchy ( University of Wyoming), “Exploring the Western Experience: Women and Migration in the West.”

Mike Tomjack ( Hastings College), “Stereography: A Forgotten Visual Historical Resource.”

Saturday, March 3 rd

Session 4   9:00am to 11:00am Graduate Student Session

Chair/moderator

Panelists:

Brandi Hilton-Hagemann ( University of Wyoming), “Here you will stay and die: Arapahoe Politics on the Wind River Reservation.”

Xiaoyan zhou ( University of Wyoming), “Race, Ethnicity, and Labor Strife: The Chinese Massacre in Rock Springs.”

Session 5   11:30am to 1:00pm

Chair/moderator

Panelists:

Dawn Alber ( Hastings College), “Prejudice, Discrimination, and the Lure of Gold.”

Chris Prososki (University of Nebraska-Kearney), “The Dynamics of the Seven year's War: International and Local Factors.”

Sarah Westesen (University of Nebraska-Kearney), “ Nebraska State Teacher's College and World War II.”

Mona Victoria Burkett (University of Missouri-Columbia), “Anglo-Saxon Kinship: A Testament of Wills.”

Awards Ceremony: 1:00pm in the Atrium

We expect all presenters to attend the awards ceremony on Saturday .