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Going Out: The Globalization of the Chinese Nuclear Sector Undergraduate
(2016)
Over the past decade, the Chinese government has aimed to further
incorporate nuclear technology into its plan to meet China’s growing
energy needs, and the nation’s major nuclear firms have acted
enthusiastically to ...
El Curandero Actual: Preserving Indigenous Identity Through Mexican Folk Healing’s Chants Undergraduate
(2016)
Curanderismo is a syncretic form of Mexican folk healing whose origins date back to the Spanish colonization of the Americas. This medical system, drawing from both indigenous healing practices and Catholic spirituality, ...
Stolen Victories, Evaluating the War Cult in Soviet Russia Undergraduate
(2012-10-01)
Meghan Riley is the inaugural winner of the Griswold Prize. Although the competition for this prize was fierce, the editorial board concurred that Ms. Riley’s essay embodied most clearly the standards of exceptional ...
The Deepest Circle of Hell: Sex Crimes Propagated at Unit 731 During the Pacific War (1931-1945) Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)
In a previous paper on the subject of Unit 731, I argued that Japan, before and throughout the Pacific War (1931-1945), attempted to systemically bolster its imperial credentials as a colonizer by developing its scientific ...
Mussolini the Revolutionary: The March on Rome Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)
The English language press appears to have been fascinated by the “March on Rome” – the peaceful Italian revolution – which is highly convenient, as it gives us a day by day account of the event, allowing us to see how the ...
Curiosity Undergraduate
(2017-04)
Jerusalem is a special place. Throughout the centuries it has inspired poets to write and soldiers to fight, and in the spring of 2014, it inspired me to spend a semester studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I ...
The Original Exception: The Originaires in Senegal, 1848-1960 Undergraduate
(2017)
When French colonialists governed parts of Africa, they partitioned Africans into groups of unique, individual statuses: sujets, metis, originaires, tirailleurs, and assimiles. These statuses contributed to uneven access ...
A Study of Female Representation in American Popular Music Festival Culture Undergraduate
(2015)
When music festivals featuring both popular artists and more underground genres first appeared in the United States in the mid-twentieth century, they provided individuals with an opportunity to escape from reality and ...
Underground Cathedrals: Moscow's Struggle for a Subterranean Masterpiece Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)
The Moscow Metrostroi Project began as a much-hated proposal by Soviet government officials to alleviate congestion in the 1920s. But in a fascinating process described by Hill, this proposal evolved into the construction ...