University of Oklahoma Historical Journal: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Ad Fontes: A New Role for the Primary Sources in Anglo-Saxon History Undergraduate
(2013-10-01)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 ... -
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, ... -
The Worlds of Monticello Mountain: How Space Reflected Power and Politics on an Eighteenth Century Chesapeake Plantation Undergraduate
(2012-10-01)This distinguished article reminds us that written texts are not the only historical evidence available to us. The author makes creative use of visual and archaeological sources in conjunction with cutting-edge theories ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Who's the Imperialist? American Marxists Respond to the Russo-Finnish War Undergraduate
(2012-10-01)In this paper, Nathan Moore explores the complicated question of how American communists responded to the Soviet Union’s 1939-1940 invasion of Finland, and reveals its long-lasting consequences in American political ... -
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 ... -
Henry IV: Faith's Power in Politics Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Until the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic faith of the kings and queens of Europe was an assumption, not a debate. As the fragment grenade of the reformation exploded across Europe, however, what was once assumed was ... -
The Role and Impact of Jewish Evangelism in the Nineteenth Century Great Britian: The London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)Maggie McKee-Huey’s “The Role and Impact of Jewish Evangelism in Nineteenth Century Great Britain: The London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews,” provides insight to causes of the movement of Christian ... -
Federalists, Songs, and the Populist Ratification of the Constitution Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Despite elitist tendencies of the Federalists they used songs as a way to gain popular support for the Constitution. In order to ensure the ratification of the Constitution, Federalists published and performed songs to ... -
The Political Marginalization of Arab Christians in the British Mandatory Period Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)The Arab/Israeli conflict has been addressed as an ethnic conflict to a simple conflict over land. The use of a religious framework receives a lot of attention in the popular imagination, pitting Islam against Judaism. ... -
The Enduring Persecution of Queerness in Germany from Hilter to Adenauer Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)In The Enduring Persecution of Queerness in Germany from Hitler to Adenauer, Parker Manek etches a disturbing picture of the 20th-century landscape in which gay Germans lived and died. Manek explains how the disasters and ... -
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 ... -
Religion and Resistance: An Analysis on the Influence of Christianity on the White Rose Resistance Movement Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Because religion often leads people to do seemingly irrational things, understanding a person’s religion is essential to understand his/her actions. This was especially true in Nazi Germany when religious conviction led ... -
The Post-Conflict Transformation of Gender Norms in Nicaragua Undergraduate
(2013-10-01)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 ... -
The American Media and the Soviet Union at the Onset of U.S. Intervention in World War II Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)1942 was a crucial year for America and the Soviet Union. For the past twenty years, the United States had been fearful of the U.S.S.R. and the possibility that communism would spread. However, World War II forced Americans ... -
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 ... -
The National and International Responses to the Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)“The National and International Responses to the Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg,” by Mallory Hogan, analyzes a controversial episode in American history from a global perspective, discussing the reactions of the public ... -
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 ...