History Honors Symposium 2009
William L. Clements Library
May 1, 2009
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The Twenty-Fifth Annual History Honors Symposium was attended by senior honors students, their families and friends, and their honors thesis advisors. Nineteen honors students presented their thesis projects, culminating a year and a half of intensive research and writing. Professor Christian de Pee directed the senior honors colloquium the past year. |
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Honors Advisor, Professor Christian de Pee, and students and family members at the Clements Library. |
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The Arthur Fondiler History Award is given annually to the two theses considered most outstanding. This year's recipients are shown with Professor de Pee. Bryan Klausmeyer (middle) wrote "Transcritical Encounters in Lancanian Psychoanalysis, " advised by Professor Silke-Maria Weineck.
Thomas S. Hooker (right) wrote "A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed: Friendship and Terror in Stalin's Russia, 1930-1939", advised by Professor Ron Suny. Both Bryan and Tom also won thesis awards from the LSA Honors Program. |
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Meera Sarathy received the John A. Williams History Award for her thesis, " 'La question féminine': Women and the Extreme-Right in Interwar France". Her thesis advisor was Dena Goodman.
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Christopher J. McLaurin received the
Stephen J. Tonsor History of Ideas Award for his thesis, 'Lift Up the Lad': The Struggle of One Group Home Amidst a City in Decline". He is with his advisor, Professor Gina Morantz-Sanchez. |
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The four recipients of the James A. Knight Scholarship in History. |
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From the left:
Judy Bankman's thesis is "The Third World Women's Alliance and the Birth of Cross-racial Coalitional Feminism" (advisor Maria Cotera).
Erol Ahmed, supervised by Gottfried Hagen, wrote "Photographic Trust, Photographic Truth in the Hamidian Period".
Kyle Anderson's thesis is "Land Reform: The Invented Tradition of Social Revolution in Modern Egypt". His thesis advisor is Juan Cole.
John Geise worked with Professor Kevin Gaines on his thesis, titled "Bradley v. Milliken: The Failure of Idealism".
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Two prizes were given for the Stephen J. Tonsor Best Oral Presentation of Thesis Award. |
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Jane Coaston's thesis is "Nazi Propaganda Before and After the Battle of Stalingrad", supervised by Scott Spector. |
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Andrew Reinel wrote “¡Si Te Atreves! Composing Music and Black
Identity in Peru, 1958-1974” (Advisors Paulina Alberto and Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof) |
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Paul Leahy with his advisor Jonathan Marwil. |
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Honors students Juliann Schwartz and John Geise. |
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Bryan Klausmeyer, Erol Ahmed, Professor de Pee, and Jenny Armstrong. |
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Nicholas Kovach presents his thesis, "Let's Talk About...'The Arab problem': Narratives of change in Dearborn's Eastend." |
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Classmates Jane Coaston and Edward Kim. |
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Honors advisor Christian de Pee and graduate David Williamson with his honors cords on the steps of the Clements Library. |
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Support from family and friends is another key element of the thesis-writing year. About 140 people attended this year's Honors Symposium. They gather on the steps of the Clements Library to greet and photograph the graduates. Above, honors graduate Maureen Kellett, relishes the moment. |
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back to Honors page |
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