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The Ohio University History Graduate Conference kicks off with a keynote speech by Professor Emeritus Steve Miner on April 14 followed by a full day of panelists and speakers from around the nation on April 15.

The History Graduate Student Association at Ohio University organizes the annual graduate student research conference each spring, attracting participants from history graduate programs around the country. The conference is free and open to the public.

Miner, professor emeritus of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a internationally known scholar on Russian history. The keynote, 鈥淰ladimir Putin and History,鈥� is April 14, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Bentley 233.

The conference is sponsored by the History Department. Professor and Chair Brian Schoen said that he is very pleased that the conference is able to return fully in person this year.

鈥淭he conference showcases our talented graduate students and attracts students from other programs around the country. It allows them important opportunities to network with students from other campuses and to get constructive feedback on their research projects. It is a source of pride for our internationally known M.A. and Ph.D. programs,鈥� Schoen said.

This year attendees will get a very special treat, the opportunity to hear Miner deliver a timely talk that evidences the importance of learning about different cultures and societies, Schoen added.

鈥淪teve Miner is a leading scholar of Russian history and someone who has dazzled undergraduate students with his clear and thoughtful lectures over his three decades at Ohio University,鈥� Schoen said. 鈥淔ew people are better positioned to situate Russia鈥檚 current dictator into a broader historical context. Those able to attend will not be disappointed.鈥�

Conference panel schedule for Saturday, April 15

Check-in arrival and breakfast is 8 to 9 a.m. in Bentley 233.

Session 1: The Interpretation of Mediums: Reading Between the Lines of Visual Media

9 to 10:30 a.m. in Bentley 009

• Commentator: Katherine Jellison, Ohio University, professor of history
• Chair: Sukyoung Hong, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate
• Caleb Fouts, Syracuse University, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淛une 10, 1940: Consensus or Crisis?"
• Paul D. Peters, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淭he 鈥楩ragile Gaze鈥� in 2010s Hollywood War Films鈥�
• Ethan Tackett, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淰isions of the Things to Be: M*A*S*H鈥檚 Cultural Impact鈥�

Session 2: A European Evolution: Understanding Europe鈥檚 Modern Controversaries

9 to 10:30 a.m. in Bentley 025

• Commentator: Miriam Shadis, Ohio University, associate professor of history
• Chair: Shawn Liming, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate
• Miranda Beaujon, Kent State University, M.A. candidate: 鈥淧retty Witty Nell: Performances of Gender and Sexuality on the English Restoration Stage, 1660-1710鈥�
• Harrison Fender, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate 鈥淏eyond the Line of Battle: British Naval Operations In Europe鈥檚 Coastal Waters, 1914-1918鈥�
• Sophie Ospital, University of Cincinnati, M.A. candidate: 鈥淔ree Germany: Anti-Fascist German Exiles and Mexican Nationalism, 1941-1946鈥�

Coffee Break: 10:30 to 10:50 a.m. in Bentley 233

Session 3: Globalization Through International Policy: 20th Century Cases in Europe, South America, and Asia

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Bentley 009

• Commentator: David Curp, Ohio University, associate professor of history
• Chair: Robert Green, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate.
• Peter Roy, Ohio University, M.A. candidate: 鈥淭he Chanak Crisis: Canada, Britain, and the Future of Imperial Defense鈥�
• Felipe Coimbra Moretti, University of Michigan, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淲ar to Cysts of All Kind, War to the Caldeir茫o (1926-1936): Reading a Brazilian Police Report Against the Grain鈥�
• Zach Tayler, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淗umanitarian Legacy: Patricia M. Derian鈥檚 Involvement in the Indochinese Refugee Crisis鈥�

Session 4: Reinventing Africa鈥檚 Agricultural Landscape

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Bentley 025

• Commentator: Assan Sarr, Ohio University, associate professor of history
• Chair: George Ofori Atta, Ohio University, Ph.D candidate
• Omar Sarr, Ohio University, M.A. candidate: 鈥淚nvestments in Rural Farming Communities: Rice schemes and Ox-Plows in Agricultural Production in The Gambia, c. 1960s-1970s鈥�
• Sana Saidykhan, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥溾��2 shillings per tail inducement鈥欌��: Agriculture, Conservation, and late British colonial Rule in the Gambia, West Africa鈥�
• Passmore Chishaka, Kent State University, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淚ndigenous Knowledge Systems and Modern Weather: Farming, Culture, and Landscape along the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe鈥�

Lunch Break: 12:30-1:20 p.m. in Bentley 233

Session 5: Midwest Movements: The Significance of Economic, Religious, and Societal American Policies

1:30 to 3 p.m. in Bentley 009

• Commentator: Paul Milazzo, Ohio University, associate professor of history
• Chair: Felix Strossmeister, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate
• Thurston Dyer, Kent State University, M.A. candidate: 鈥淭he Unmaking of the American Working Class: The Tragic Tale of Fostoria Told From Below, 1970-2000鈥�
• Monica Forsthoefel, Ohio University, M.A. candidate: 鈥淭he American Catholic Bishops and the Abolitionist Movement鈥�
• Arshiya Jeelani, University of Kentucky, M.A. candidate: 鈥淧olicing and Prohibiting: A Study of Kentucky and the Historical Ineffectiveness of Drugs and Alcohol Policy鈥�

Session 6: Grasping Southeast Asia鈥檚 Past Through Political Instruments

1:30 to 3 p.m. in Bentley 025

• Commentator: Chester Pach, Ohio University, professor of history
• Chair: Andrew Howard, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate
• Cody J. Billock, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淲ar Communication & Mass Mobilization in South Vietnam鈥�
• Soumyadeep Bidyanta, University of Cincinnati, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淎 Tale of Two Countries: Why Israel got the Bomb, but Taiwan couldn鈥檛鈥�
• Namrata Jain, Tufts University, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淜hadi-A Weft and Warp of Political Fashionability and an Urban Intellectualism?鈥�

Coffee/Snack Break: 3 to 3:25 p.m. in Bentley 233

Session 7: History Graduate Student Association Officers Panel: Taking Lessons and Understandings from 20th Century Military History into the 21st Century

3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bentley 233

• Commentator: Steven Miner, Ohio University, professor emeritus of history
• Chair: Cody J. Billock, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate.
• Christian D. McCall, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate, (HGSA Treasurer): 鈥淭he Hierarchy of Violence: Japan鈥檚 Treatment of War Prisoners in China and the Philippines Based on Racial Ideology鈥�
• Meg Corner, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate., (HGSA President): 鈥淔ighting for a Free World: The US Special Forces in Vietnam鈥檚 Central Highlands鈥�
• Shawn Liming, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate, (HGSA, Vice President): 鈥淯krainian and Georgian Resistance to Russia: Historical Lessons Learned from Russian Expansionism.鈥�