History Honors Symposium 2008
William L. Clements Library
April 25, 2008
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The Twenty-Fourth Annual History Honors Symposium was attended by senior honors students, their families and friends, and their honors thesis advisors. Twenty-five honors students presented their thesis projects, culminating a year and a half of intensive research and writing. Professor John Carson directed the senior honors colloquium the past year. |
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Department Chair Mary Kelley welcomes the Honors graduates and their families to the Clements Library. |
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| Honors Advisor Professor John Carson guided the students through the researching and writing of senior year. |
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The Arthur Fondiler History Award is given to the two most outstanding theses each year. |
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Katherine Godwin won the top Fondiler award for her thesis "Pierre Ayrault v. the Society of Jesus: Gallican-robin Constructions of Paternal Authority on Legal, Political, and Religious Grounds." |
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Erin Lichtenstein won a Fondiler for "Gendered Threads: The Division of Tasks in the Lyonnais Silk Industry,
1467 – 1667." |
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Jeremy Levine-Murray (left) received the John A. Williams History Award for his thesis, "Fight Blight!: Race, Class and Revitalization in a Detroit Neighborhood."
Alexandra Mitter (right) won the Stephen J. Tonsor History of Ideas Award for her work on "Political Possessions: Mary Glover, Anne Gunter, and Emerging Ecclesiastical Tensions in Early Modern England". |
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Below, the four recipients of the James A. Knight Scholarship in History. |
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Andrew Clark, "Reason and Revelation: American Presbyterian Ministers and the Case for the American Revolution." |
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Alexis Dominey, "Earth First! And Dave Foreman: Philosophical Influences, Founding Principles, and the Challenges of Leading a Movement." |
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Benjamin Fox, " U.S. Foreign Policy and the Iranian Revolution." |
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Joseph Kniaz, "Confrontation and Counterculture: The Ann Arbor New Left, 1968-1970." |
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The Elizabeth Sargent Lee History of Medicine Award was presented to Clare McGuire by Professor Martin Pernick. Her thesis is titled "Defining the Nervous American: Neurasthenia, Religion, and Assimilation 1880-1915."
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Two prizes were made for the Stephen J. Tonsor Best Oral Presentation of Thesis Award. |
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Michael Adler's thesis is "'Spirit of Reform': The Criminal Justice System in Post-Revolutionary New York City and the Men Who Tried to Change It."
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Christoffer Bovbjerg wrote his thesis on "The Role of Violence in the Formation of the Ritsuryō State c. 300 BCE – 702 CE." |
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Graduates received their Honors cords after the presentations. Professor Christian de Pee presents Jeremy Davidson with his cords. |
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Priya Goel and Erin Lichtenstein, happy honors graduates. |
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Back to History Honors page |
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