University of Oklahoma Historical Journal
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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The University of Oklahoma Historical Journal Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)Preface to the Fifth Issue of the OU Historical Journal by the Editors -
The University of Oklahoma Historical Journal Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Preface to the Fourth Issue of the OU Historical Journal by the Editors -
The University of Oklahoma Historical Journal Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)Preface to the Third Issue of the OU Historical Journal by Raphael Folsom, Assistant Professor of History -
The University of Oklahoma Historical Journal Undergraduate
(2013-10-01)Preface to the Second Issue of the OU Historical Journal by Jamie Hart, Chair, University of Oklahoma Department of History -
The University of Oklahoma Historical Journal Undergraduate
(2012-10-01)Preface to the Inaugural Issue of the OU Historical Journal by Raphael B. Folsom, Assistant Professor of History -
Intersections of Anarcho-Feminism: Emma Goldman, Mujeras Libres, and the Spanish Civil War Undergraduate
(2013-10-01)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 ... -
Benjamin Franklin and George Adams, Jr.: Enlightened Entrepeneurs Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)In “Benjamin Franklin and George Adams, Jr.: Enlightenment Entrepreneurs,” Connor Wilson shows us that in the Early Republic, science was used to capture both the public’s imagination and pocketbooks. Making deft use of ... -
At the Intersection of Natural, Theological, and Political Practice in 16th Century Northern Europe: Tycho Brahe's and Philipp Melanchthon's Astrological Adventures Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Perhaps never has someone written so commendable a compliment which could, with as much accuracy, describe him- or herself as Tycho has done here. There is a popular misconception afoot concerning science, namely, that it ... -
The Tragedy at Robin Hood Hills: How the Media, Witchcraft, and a False Confession Imprisoned the West Memphis Three and Ultimately Led to their Freedom Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)Beginning in the 1980s, America was plagued with a fear of Satanism and witchcraft. The establishment of Anton Lavey’s Church of Satan, the expansion of the Wiccan religion, and cult leaders like Jim Jones and Charles ... -
When Movie Magic Conjures Historical Amnesia: The Over-Personalization and Simplification of the Origins of Nazi Anti-Semitism in Film Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)This paper minces no words in addressing the problems presented in documentary coverage of Hitler. Popular documentaries misplace the emphasis of Hitler’s role in anti-Semitism and lend bias in the facts they present. ... -
A Church Divided: American Catholics and the Equal Rights Amendment Undergraduate
(2013-10-01)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 ... -
Student Starts: How the Media Covered 1960's Student Protest Leaders Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)John Sulkowski’s Student Stars: How the Media Covered 1960’s Student Protest Leaders, demonstrates the continuing importance of analyzing the role our media plays in influencing our perception of history. -Sarah Miles -
Much to Lose by Revolution: Nothing to Dread from Reform: Education Reform as a Means of Class Alliance in Victorian England Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Many historians agree that the Victorian period was crucial in the development of education in England. In fact Dinah Birch, in her 2008 book Our Victorian Education goes so far as to say that it was the genesis of the ... -
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 ... -
The Lie in the Teapot: China, China Export Porcelain, and the Construction of Orientalism during the American Republic Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)The Lie in The Teapot: China, China Export Porcelain, and the Construction of Orientalism during the American Republic, by Kiersten Strachan is an original and provocative contribution to our understanding of early American ... -
The Impact of Failed Lesbian Feminist Ideology and Rhetoric Undergraduate
(2013-10-01)"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 ... -
Famine, Genocide, and Memory: Ukrainians and the Commemoration of the 1932-1933 Holodomor Undergraduate
(2012-10-01)History is political. Never has this been truer than in the former Soviet Union, where the past was subject to incessant ‘revisions.’ Mr. Schmidt takes on the Ukrainian famine, or Holodomor, from an international perspective, ... -
Their Clothes Spoke Louder Than Their Words: How Three Founding Fathers Used Clothes to Convey Their Patriotism Undergraduate
(and the en)Two hundred and thirty-six years after the Declaration of Independence, Americans remain fascinated by the country's founding generation, and the enterprising spirit that motivated them to forge the new nation. History ... -
Out of the Ashes: African American Responses to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War Undergraduate
(He has few)Writing in 1938, two years after Fascist Italy conquered Ethiopia, the eminent African American intellectual and columnist George S. Schuyler proclaimed the Rise of the Black Internationale. Having faced the travails of ... -
An Ambivalent Revolution: A Review of Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)Any analysis of postrevolutionary Cuba, the first socialist republic to rise in Latin America, is inherently political. The volatile and lively debates surrounding the island nation's successes and failures spark up with ...
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