We encourage members to attend the session and hear about the work being done by undergraduate history majors and students.

Presentations

The Evolution of US Special Forces Training of Indigenous Special Forces, South Korea, and the Republic of China, 1950–60
Forrester Belanger, Norwich University

Heart and Minds: The Vietnam War Correspondence Between Dick and Linda Kerber
Calla Brunkan, University of Iowa

The Odious Necessities of War and Friendship: An Analysis of the Anglo-American Relationship During the American Buildup of Forces in Great Britain, 1942–43.
Caty Campbell, University of Richmond

The Death of Isolationism: US Foreign Policy and Afghanistan
Alexandria Currier, Kennesaw State University

The Role of 12th-Century Greek Voices in Legitimizing Norman Sicilian Kingship
Allyson Dinwiddie, Purdue University

Transnational Nationalism: Rise of Hindu Nationalism Among Second-Generation Indian Americans
Nila Jeyapriya, University of Texas at Dallas

Polish American Advocacy for US Intervention in Europe, 1939–41
Hannah Kalinkewicz, Texas A&M University

A Jurisprudence of Protection: Creating Ethical Empire in the Colonial Straits Settlements
Jun Wei Lee, University of Notre Dame

Beyond Borders: Applying the Gravity Model to US–Mexico Circular Migration, 1964–2000
Janelle LeRoy, Loyola University Chicago

Cai'E Dreams of Chinese Railroads
Saul Meyer-Fong, University of Chicago

When the West Spoke for the East: Beat Voices and the Silencing of Hungryalism
Meenal Srivastava, Johns Hopkins University

The Twain Shall Meet: American Popular Culture and the Transpacific Chinese Middle Class
Kun Zuo, College of William and Mary