University of Oklahoma Historical Journal

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The University of Oklahoma Historical Journal features the very best work produced by our undergraduate students. The Historical Journal testifies to the intellectual values our department espouses: hard work, rigorous thinking, distinctive style, and academic integrity. Published annually, this peer-reviewed journal is governed by five undergraduate editors who are nominated and elected by the history faculty. Their election to the editorial board recognizes their excellence in a broad variety of history courses at OU and marks their transition from students to intellectual leaders.

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Ad Fontes: A New Role for the Primary Sources in Anglo-Saxon History
(10/1/13) Renner, Scott; Scheller, Austin; Ross, Madeline; Tenney, Lena; Renner, Scott; Conklin, Madison; Long, Madison; Moore, Nathan; Folsom, Raphael; Holguín, Sandie; Levenson, Alan
Scott Renner’s extraordinarily sophisticated article, “Ad Fontes, A New Role for the Primary Sources in Anglo-Saxon History,” is the winner of this year’s Griswold Prize for Excellence. Renner displays uncommon command of both qualitative and quantitative methods, spinning a facinating tale from the stuff of archaeological and genetic data. In his hands, ancient texts long thought to have exhausted by earlier generations of interpreters, are made fresh and revealing. –Raphael Folsom
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A Church Divided: American Catholics and the Equal Rights Amendment
(10/1/13) Tenney, Lena; Scheller, Austin; Ross, Madeline; Tenney, Lena; Renner, Scott; Conklin, Madison; Long, Madison; Moore, Nathan; Folsom, Raphael; Holguín, Sandie; Levenson, Alan
Religion and Equal Rights are topics that have been relevant throughout history up until the present day. Ms. Tenney’s thoughtful look at the divisions caused by the ERA within the Catholic Church is an excellent piece of both religious studies and historical scholarship. Her paper is an example of thorough research, quality writing and comprehensive analysis. –Madison Conklin
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The Impact of Failed Lesbian Feminist Ideology and Rhetoric
(10/1/13) Shannahan, Katy; Scheller, Austin; Ross, Madeline; Tenney, Lena; Renner, Scott; Conklin, Madison; Long, Madison; Moore, Nathan; Folsom, Raphael; Holguín, Sandie; Levenson, Alan
"The Impact of Failed Lesbian Feminist Ideology and Rhetoric" is a sophisticated analysis of the politics of lesbian feminism. Lesbian feminism, a radical feminist separatist movement that emerged as part of second-wave feminism, advocated that all feminists should embrace a lesbian identity in order to break apart the chains of patriarchy.By examining the writings of lesbian feminists such as Radical lesbians and the Leeds Revolutionary Group (and their critics), Shannahan, convincingly argues that lesbian feminism was not solely "an isolated and outdated form of feminism," but rather a movement that served as a gadfly that "helped to shape the direction of the mainstream feminist movement." –Sandie Holguín
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Intersections of Anarcho-Feminism: Emma Goldman, Mujeras Libres, and the Spanish Civil War
(10/1/13) Wright, Alexandra; Scheller, Austin; Ross, Madeline; Tenney, Lena; Renner, Scott; Conklin, Madison; Long, Madison; Moore, Nathan; Folsom, Raphael; Holguín, Sandie; Levenson, Alan
In this paper, Alexandra Wright evokes a feminist movement that flared to life in 1930’s Spain, burned brightly amid the political chaos of the Spanish Civil War, and just as quickly burned out. Emma Goldman’s sexually based anarcho-feminism was too hot for mainstream Spanish women to handle. But like the flash of an explosion, this radical ideology left a bright spot in the vision of Spain’s women for years to come. The possibilities that emerged in Goldman’s movement for women’s liberation, women’s advancement, women’s involvement in the great political issues of their day were a precedent for future feminist pioneers. Wright’s research is thorough, her analysis evenhanded, and her exposition sparklingly clear. –Raphael Folsom
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Plague and Population in Early Medieval Europe
(10/1/13) Anderson, Skyler; Scheller, Austin; Ross, Madeline; Tenney, Lena; Renner, Scott; Conklin, Madison; Long, Madison; Moore, Nathan; Folsom, Raphael; Holguín, Sandie; Levenson, Alan
This meticulous and compelling paper shows that late antiquity and the incipient dark ages glimmered with more prosperity than most scholars have realized. Even as plague decimated the Mediterranean world, certain areas and peoples were better able to weather the onlsaught than others were, and thus drew strength from the weakness of their neighbors. Artfully weaving together textual sources with advanced scholarship and research on the physical health of the diverse societies of Justinian’s world, Anderson brings this complicated age into sharp focus. Like the best historians, Anderson reconciles a sharply articulated new argument with sensitivity to the complexities of the past. –Raphael Folsom
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The Post-Conflict Transformation of Gender Norms in Nicaragua
(10/1/13) Kerwin, Helen; Scheller, Austin; Ross, Madeline; Tenney, Lena; Renner, Scott; Conklin, Madison; Long, Madison; Moore, Nathan; Folsom, Raphael; Holguín, Sandie; Levenson, Alan
Helen Kerwin’s engaging and informative article elucidates the recent social and political history of Nicaragua. But she accomplishes more than this single task. She also contributes to the history and theory of women and revolution. Ms. Kerwin demonstrates the ironies of “revolutionary war” in addition to further exposing the uncertainty in the very notion of female liberation: should a project of liberation free women from the strictures of their traditional roles, or free them to fill those roles more successfully? Her work showcases the ability of historical writing not only to educate about the past but to provoke thought about the present and the future. –Austin Scheller
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The University of Oklahoma Historical Journal
(10/1/13) Scheller, Austin; Ross, Madeline; Tenney, Lena; Renner, Scott; Conklin, Madison; Long, Madison; Moore, Nathan; Folsom, Raphael; Holguín, Sandie; Levenson, Alan
Preface to the Second Issue of the OU Historical Journal by Jamie Hart, Chair, University of Oklahoma Department of History