Scholars Day: April 11, 2012

Session I: 9 - 10:30 am

Please note that times are approximate. If you are interested in attending sessions with multiple presentations, please be in the room at the start of the session.

History, 219 Hartwell
Chair: Morag Martin
9 am	Taverns and Coffeehouses: Respectability in Early America Stephanie Haibach
9:25 am	Weimar Consumerism: Revitalization, Americanization, and the Deception of Modernity Stephanie Haibach, Natalie Walton

Session II: 10:45 - 11:45 am

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History, 219 Hartwell
Chair: Paul Moyer
10:45 am	Cotton Mather and the Salem Witchcraft Crisis Rebecca Smith
11 am	Confession and Contrition: Motivations and Impact on the Salem Witchcraft Trials Hannah Lonsberry
11:15 am	The Devil's Specter: Spectral Evidence and the Salem Witchcraft Crisis Sarah Boyer

Session III: 1:15 - 2:15 pm

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History, 215 Hartwell
Chair: Angela Thompsell
1:15 pm	The Royal Brand - A Digital Public Historian Approach Fabrice Broyld
1:45 pm	The U.S. Automotive Industry's Response to the 1970s American Consumer Market James Eick
History, 219 Hartwell
Chair: Will Morris
1:15 pm	The Roles and Treatment of Women During World War I as a Result of Their Gender Natalie Hare, Joseph Patton, Angelo Nuccie
1:35 pm	The U-boat Campaigns of the First World War Joseph Patton, Natalie Hare, Angelo Nuccie
1:55 pm	Stormtrooper Tactics: The Origins of Blitzkrieg Angelo Nuccie, Natalie Hare, Joseph Patton

Session IV: 2:30 - 3:30 pm

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History, 102 Edwards
Chair: Jose Torre
2:30 pm	Get Your Head Examined: Phrenology a 19th Century Pseudo-science? Brittany Welch
2:45 pm	Black Dolls and American Children: Learning What Dark Skin Meant in Antebellum America Ann Stachowski
3 pm	19th Century American Necrography: Picturesque Influence, Neo-Classical Revival and Necrotourism in Relation to Early American Funerary Landscaping Paige Doerner
3:15 pm	Early American Writing Implements: Their History and Cultural Significance Judith Littlejohn

Session V: 3:45 - 4:45 pm

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History, 102 Edwards
Chair: Jose Torre
3:45 pm	Thomas Paine: Author of Independence Anthony Lewandowski
4:05 pm	The Beginnings of Mormonism David Douglas
4:25 pm	Factory Girls: Their Work and Their Rights, 1810-1850 Corey Jones
History, 219 Hartwell
Chair: Will Morris
3:45 pm	Fragments of Love and War Steven Bennett, Michael Eisenstein
4:05 pm	From Red Army to Auschwitz and Back: A Survivor's Story Michael Eisenstein, Steven Bennett