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The Graduate Students of the Department of History
University of Colorado at Boulder

Co-Chairs
Steven Dike-Wilhelm, Susan Cogan, Eloina Villegas Tenorio

AGENDA
Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference 2003

FRIDAY

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Registrant Check-in, Welcome Reception and Dinner
Koenig Alumni Center

SATURDAY

7:30 - 8:30 am Registrant Check-in, Continental Breakfast
Humanities Building Lobby

8:30 - 10:00 am Presentations: Session I
Humanities Building

10:00 - 10:15 am Break

10:15 - 11:45 am Presentations: Session II
Humanities Building

11:45 - 1:00 pm Luncheon
University Memorial Center, Aspen Room

1:15 - 2:45 pm Presentations: Session III
Humanities Building

2:45 - 3:00 pm Break

3:00 - 4:30 pm Presentations: Session IV
Humanities Building

4:40 - 5:30 pm Professional Development Session
Humanities Building

Publishing: Getting Your Paper Published
Prof. Julie Greene, Book Review Editor, Journal of Labor History

On the Job Market
Alison Wickens, M.A., University of Colorado at Boulder
Jennifer McNabb, Ph.D., Colorado State University
Prof. Matthew Gerber, University of Colorado at Boulder

C.V. Workshop
Valentine Roche, University of Colorado Career Services Center

SEPTEMBER 20 SATURDAY SCHEDULE
7:30 - 8:30 am Registrant Check-in, Continental Breakfast Humanities Building Lobby

8:30 - 10:00 am PRESENTATIONS: SESSION I

PANEL I-A: NATIONALISM AND SPORT: HEROES, HOOLIGANS, PATRIOTS

Chair:

Commentator: Duke Richey, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Presentations: Russ Crawford, University of Nebraska, Dept. of History
Chip Hilton, Cold Warrior: Children's Fictional Characters and the Defense of the American Way of Life, 1948-1966

Allison Wickens, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
Nationalism and the 1968 Summer Olympic Games

Michael Booker, Jr., University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Dept. of History
No Surrender! The Chelsea Football Club, the National Front, and the Chelsea Headhunters, 1975-1985

PANEL I-B: THE PHYSICAL WORLD: THE ROLE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY IN HUMAN SPACE

Chair: Prof. Susan D. Jones, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Commentator: Brad Caldwell, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Presentations: Kevin Lawton, Northern Arizona University, Dept. of History
Sustainable Agriculture in Pre-Hellenistic Greece

Lee Mayo, University of Notre Dame, History and Philosophy of Science
On the Importance of Geology During the Establishment of a National Scientific Community in America, 1802-1847

David Shanet Clark, Georgia State University, Dept of History
Seceeding from Secession, the Partition of Virginia and West Virginia, June 1863: Strategic and Geographic Factors

PANEL I-C: VISUAL MEDIA AS EVIDENCE OF CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS

Chair:

Commentator: Susan Duncan, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Presentations: Christie G. Harrison, Butler University, Dept. of History
Photographs as Primary Sources of Evidence: The Photography of Charles Moore

Bryan Norman, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of English
Can I be a Camera?: Intersubjectivity and Exclusion in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Heather Vaughan, New York University, Visual Culture and Material Studies
Exposed Women: Nudity in chorine costumes of Palmy Days

PANEL I-D: COLONY AND EMPIRE: CHALLENGE, SOLUTION, AND DEMISE

Chair:

Commentator: Diana Shull, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Presentations: Dan Stephan, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
Unexpected Results: West Africa at the British Empire Exhibition and the Ordering of Difference

Kaan Agartan, State University of New York, Binghamton, Dept. of History
Reconsidering the Formation of Ottoman Labor in the Process of Integrating to the World Economy

PANEL I-E: SPACE AND CONSUMERISM: BUILDING A VILLAGE OR CREATING AN EMPIRE?

Chair:

Commentator:

Presentations: Paul Edwards, University of Nottingham, UK; Dept. of American and Canadian Studies
Crossing Boundaries at the Mall: A Multidisciplinary History of the Shopping Center

Robert F. Lewis II, University of New Mexico, Dept. of American Studies
"Branding" the Buyer: The Making of Hegemonic Global Consumerism

Devon Hansen: Boston University, Dept. of History
Selling Independence: Advertising and the Feminist Revolution

PANEL II-A: RITUAL AND PUBLIC MEMORY IN NINETEENTH AND
TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA

Chair: Prof. Ralph Mann, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Commentator:

Presentations: Margaret Sewall, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
Memorializing Sand Creek: Public Memory, Ritual, and History, 1864- 2002

Thomas Howell, University of Southern Mississippi, Dept. of History
Countermonument as Monument: Memorializing the Shoah in the Post-Modern Era

Christopher Bates, University of California at Los Angeles, Dept. of History
Civil Rights Meets the Civil War: Manassas and Gettysburg, 1961-1963

PANEL II-B: HISTORY OF SCIENCE

Chair: Prof. Leland Giovannelli, University of Colorado at Boulder; Engineering, Herbst Humanities Program

Commentator: Robin Calland, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of English

Presentations: Jane H. Murphy, Princeton University, Dept. of History
'Ulama' and Mamalik: Scientific Patronage in Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Egypt

Andrea Sullivan Clark, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of Philosophy
Consilience and Smoking Guns: Scientific Validity and the Darwin-Wallace Debate

Patricia Bunner, West Virginia University, Dept. of History
John Bartram's Contribution to Ecological Succession

PANEL II-C: MANAGING SPACE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND

Chair: Prof. Marjorie K. McIntosh, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Commentator: Susan Guinn-Chipman, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Presentations: Emily Allen-Shaw, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
When Color, Space, and Shape Converged: Queen Elizabeth and the Language of Aesthetic Politics

Jeffery Hankins, Louisiana State University, Dept. of History
The Short Arm of the Law: County Divisions, Recognaisances, and Justices of the Peace in late- Sixteenth and early-Seventeenth century Hertfordshire and Essex

Rebecca Livingstone, Tulane University, Dept. of History
Messages from the Gallows: a New Look at Executions and the Crowd in Seventeenth-Century England

PANEL II-D: FASHIONING IMAGE THROUGH RHETORIC

Chair: Prof. Marcia Yonemoto, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Commentator:

Presentations: Susan Duncan, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
Female Speech and Subjectivity: Joanna Southcott's Debate with the Devil

Robert Hoppens, University of Washington, Dept. of History
The People's Republic of China in Postwar Japanese Nationalist Discourse, 1949-1979

Kristi Warrenburg, Butler University, Dept. of History
April 4, 1968: The Power of Rhetoric in Keeping Peace in Indianapolis

PANEL III-A: WOMEN AND AGENCY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE

Chair: Prof. Matthew Gerber, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Commentator: Elizabeth Kovacs, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Presentations: Sharon Curtis, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
Not for Love or Money: Arabella Stuart, Inquiry into Failed Agency

J. Stephan Edwards, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
Unworthy of Your Attention: Lady Jane Grey's Letters to Henry Bullinger

Adam Hogue, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Dept. of History
The Founder of the Modern Spanish State: the Reign of Queen Isabella I

PANEL III-B: PITTSBURGH HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT

Chair:

Commentator: Michael Friesen, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History and City Planner for Mead, CO

Presentations: William Bunner, West Virginia University, Dept. of History
Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle

James Johnson, West Virginia University, Dept. of History
A Planned Community in Pittsburgh: Utopian Paradise or Fantasyland?

Ronald Wilson, West Virginia University, Dept. of Education
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Passage of Pittsburgh's Plan B

PANEL III-C: RACIAL IDENTITY IN AMERICA

Chair:

Commentator:

Presentations: Katrina Mann, University of Michigan, Dept. of American Culture
'A Matter of Moment in the Eyes of the World": Race, Region, and Nation in Elia Kazan's Pinky (1949)

Bradley Shreve, University of New Mexico, Dept. of History
Black Power, Red Power: A Historical Analysis

Helen Giron-Mushfiq, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
The Chinese Connection: Silver Mining and the Apache Wars, 1560-1680

PANEL III-D: CULTURAL THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY

Chair:

Commentator: Jeff Larsen, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Presentations: Iclal Ayse Kucukkirca
Democratic Theory vs. Multicultural Theory: A Question of Creating a Happy Life for Kurds in Turkish Republic

R. B. Khleif, University of Colorado at Boulder, Journalism and Mass Communication
Leo Strauss' Thought: An Introductory Examination

Paul Nienkamp, Iowa State University, History of Science and Technology
The Interaction between Celestial and Terrestrial Realms within the Aristotelian World View

PANEL III-E: MASCULINITY AND IDENTITY IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, 1800-1974

Chair: Prof. Peter Boag, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Commentator: Diana DeStefano, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Presentations: John Grider, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
Poor Company for Angels in Heaven: Maritime Labor Identity in the Pacific, 1800-1900

John Klein, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
'Drill Sergeant, Tell me I'm a Man": Gender, Protest, and Militarism on Fort Ord, 1968-1972

Kevin Miller, California State University Monterey Bay, Dept. of Social and Behavioral Studies
Anything Less than a Man: Race, manhood, and insurgency in the U.S. military, 1970-1974

PANEL IV-A: FORMULATING RESISTANCE

Chair:

Commentator:

Presentations: Kristalyn Shefveland, DePaul University, Dept. of History
Carolina's Civil War: Irregular Warfare in the Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution, 1780-1781

Robert Webb Fry II, Ohio University, Music
Practical Protest in South Africa: Music of Resistance during the Apartheid Era

David Reeves, University of California, Santa Barbara, Dept. of History
"Banditry" and Peasant Resistance to Soviet Power in Azerbaijan

PANEL IV-B: THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN SOCIAL REFORM

Chair:

Commentator: Kyle T. Bulthuis, University of California, Davis, Dept. of History

Presentations: Rev. Tisa Anders, University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology
Spiritual Slavery: L. Maria Child's Fight Against Religious Dogmatism

Jessica Brannon, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Dept. of History
Tailoring the Message: The Progressive Era Reform of the Women's Monday Club of Corpus Christi, Texas

Nicole Barnes, University of Colorado at Boulder, Depts. of History and East Asian Languages and Culture
Republican Mothers or New Women?: Changing Gender Roles in Early Republican China

PANEL IV-C: COLONIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF RACE AND IDENTITY

Chair: Prof. David O'Hara, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Commentator: Dan Stephan, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Presentations: Flavian Prince, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
New English Elite and Spenserian Colonization Theory: Anglo Irish Crises and the Creation of Racist Propaganda

Tiffany Merrill, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
M"other"hood: The British Construction of Gendered Racism in the Anglo-Boer War

Christian Davis, Rutgers University, Dept. of History
Coddling Africans Abroad: Paul Kayser's Experimental Program of Educating Africans in Germany, 1891-1896.

PANEL IV-D: SYMBOLISM IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL TEXTS AND ACTIONS

Chair: Jennifer McNabb, Ph.D., Colorado State University, Dept. of History

Commentator: Diana Williams, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History

Presentations: Michael Blodgett, University of California, Santa Barbara, Dept. of History
Attila the Roman: Roman Adventus and Barbarian Stereotypes

Christine Moreno, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of English
The Wielding of Wyrd: Fate in Anglo-Saxon Literature from Celtic Paganism to Pre-Conquest Christianity

Cathleen Conway, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of History
Sagas and Society: Women and the Introduction of Christianity in Medieval Iceland

PANEL IV-E: LAW AND THE FORMATION OF AMERICAN CULTURE

Chair:

Commentator:

Presentations: Robert Marlin, University of Houston, Dept. of History
James V. Allred, Hispanics, and the Texas Death Penalty

Jennifer Bratyanski, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Dept. of American Studies
Biker: The Organizing of an American Icon

Timothy Merrill, Brigham Young University, Law
Freedom of Religion and Polygamy in Nineteenth-Century America - the Mormon Case