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A Satisfying Death: Eighteenth Century Creek Spiritual Traditions Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)A Satisfying Death, Eighteenth Century Creek Spiritual Traditions, by Margaretta Gabriela Báez, is above all a fascinating story. I found this paper compelling in part because I am a history major focusing on American and ... -
Sephardi Identity in Greater Syria in the Late Ottoman Period Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Identity is fluid for any individual or group of people, and depends on changing cultural, political, social, and economic environments as well as histories. Tensions between Sephardim and the Ottoman Empire, Ashkenazim, ... -
Sino-Korean Relations and the Ming-Qing Transition Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)China and Korea have long had a close relationship. However, during the early Qing dynasty, the relations between China and Korea were not as warm as usual. Following the Chinese Ming dynasty, one of the more intimate ... -
So That Others May Live: The Struggle of Jewish Doctors to Preserve Life in the Holocaust Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)The Holocaust is at once a frequent subject of collegiate study and an infinitely multi-layered moment in history. In this paper, Nicholas Eckenrode succeeds in analyzing an element of Holocaust history whose obscurity has ... -
Southern Ladies Rebellion: The Failure of Women's Sufferage in Mississippi Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)Thanks to an intense and justified focus in the scholarly community on the enslavement and oppression of African-Americans, little attention has been paid towards the efforts of women in the South striving for rights of ... -
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 ... -
Strangers in Their Own Land: How Moorish Occupation Conditioned Spanish Views of the New World Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)The Spaniards watched with bated breath. The dust, having been kicked up by hundreds of natives who had just arrived, had yet to settle making visibility difficult. The cause of all this commotion was the arrival of the ... -
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 -
Stumbling in the Dark: How America Fumbled its Energy Future Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Throughout recent history, American energy policy has been a misguided “clusterfrack” biased toward fossil fuel interests and dismissive of long-term security. Rather than creating a proactive, sustainable plan for fueling ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Uniquely British: Britain's Intellectual Response to Revolution Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)This paper transports the reader into the mindset of the English in the Age of Revolution. Otto provides an excellent synthesis of revolutionary and conservative thought during this period in England, illuminating an ... -
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 -
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 Unwilling Insider's Encounter with Nazism: Alsatian Incorporés de Force in World War II Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)This paper weaves an enlightening narrative about a people caught in the middle of a geopolitical nightmare. Drawing on the stories and writings of soldiers on and off the battlefield, Hurd illustrates just how difficult ... -
Victoria's Real Secret: Male Masculinity Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)History proves one thing; men will strive against all odds their entire lives to assert their superiority above other men. Whether it involves fighting in an arena or amassing so much wealth you can pay other men to bow ...