Alpha Beta Epsilon 24th Annual History Conference

Phi Alpha Theta, Alpha Beta Epsilon Chapter, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa History Department are proud to sponsor "Traditions, Resistance, and Change" the 24th annual regional history conference. Paper presenters include students from universities throughout the state, including UH Manoa, UH Hilo, BYUH, Chaminade, and HPU. For non-presenters there is a $5 pre-registration fee (due on the day of the conference), or a $10 registration fee at the door. Deadline for pre-registration is March 14th. This fee includes lunch.

Registration on the day of the conference begins at 8:30am.

Pre-register by sending an email to Erin Cozens (cozens@hawaii.edu)

Schedule of Conference:

9:00-9:50 am

Keynote Address: CC 308

Destroying Books and Libraries

Dr. Rebecca Knuth, Professor of Library and Information Science

University of Hawai’i at Manoa

10:00-11:50 am

SESSION I: MEMORY, MONUMENTS, AND COMMEMORATION CC 306

Drum & Bugle Corps: “Our History in Music”

Trevor Tresselle, HPU

Ground Zero: What It Means to be a Site of Memory

Kimberly Harkins, HPU

Shadows in the Valley of Shining Light: The Destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas

Martha Randolph, HPU

10:00-11:50 am

SESSION II: CHANGING BELIEF SYSTEMS IN THE PACIFIC CC308

Kukaniloko: Hawaiian History Cannot Exist Without It

Joshua Makaiwi, BYUH

Jonathan Napela: A Symbol of the Early Hawaiian Saints

Kealohi Wallace, BYUH

Tahiti and Hawaii's Abolishment of the Tapu and Kapu Systems

Shane Gibler, UHH

Keeper of the Gods Versus the Ni’aupi’o Heir

Laura Springer, UHH

10:00-11:50 am

SESSION III: AMERICA’S EVOLVING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LANDSCAPES CC 310

Henry David Thoreau: A Plea for Social Reform

Easten Cueva, UHH

Jefferson’s Governing Philosophy

Chris Niemczyk, UHM

Embodied Freedom: Wild Horses of the West

Patricia McCaffrey, UHM

“Schools and Schools”: The Evolution of Women in 19th-20th Century American Society

Holly Hunter-Nelson, UHH

Noon-1:00 pm

LUNCHEON: CAMPUS CENTER, EXECUTIVE DINING ROOM

1:10-2:40 pm

SESSION IV: POWER AND POLITICS IN IMPERIAL ROME CC 306

Clodius Pulcher, Caeser’s Willing Puppet: The Bona Dea Affair and Its Effect on Cicero and the Fall of the Republic

La’akea Yoshida, UHH

Power and Suicide in the Julio-Claudian Era

Linh Vu, UHM

1:10-1:55 pm

SESSION V: EDUCATION IN THE PACIFIC CC 308

The Educational Legacy of Queen Emma

Tia-Michelle Ubilas, UHM

Uncle Sam Under the Looking Glass: English, Public Education, and the Chamorros of Guam, 1922-1941

Oliver Bordallo, UHM

1:10-2:40 pm

SESSION VI: PORTRAITS OF CHINA CC 310

In the Shadow of the Throne: Princesses and Society in Sui-Tang China

Adam Fong, UHM

The Misunderstanding of Li Hongzhang

Mike Johnson, UHM

Hunger Strike: Student Leadership at Tiananmen Square

Kyle Fuhriman, UHH

2:00-2:45 pm

SESSION VII: RESISTANCE AND CHANGE THROUGH MUSIC CC 308

Jazz, Civil Rights, and Sounds of Conscience

David Mergens, UHM

Slack Key: A Means to Preserve the Hawaiian Culture and Language

Kamuela Kimokeo, BYUH

2:50-4:20 pm

SESSION VIII: SCIENCE AND INTELLECTUAL DEBATE IN MODERN EUROPE CC 306

Empire and the Emergence of Modern Medicine

Michael Ortega, UHM

Nationalism and German Physics 1871-1933

LeJenna Wilton, UHM

The Diderot-Palissot Conflict

Gavin Lamb, UHM

2:50-4:20 pm

SESSION IX: ALTERNATE NARRATIVES OF WORLD WAR II CC 308

“Shadows of Their Former Selves” and “A Place in the Sun”: The Legacy of War and Martial Law for Hawai’i’s Japanese Leaders

Kelli Nakamura, UHM

“I’d Rather See Hitler and Hirohito Win Than Work Next to a N****r”: Race and Labor in Detroit, 1940-1943

Melissa Esmacher, UHM

Spirit of Resistance: The Bataan Death March and the Filippino Experience in World War II

Cassandra Bohe, Chaminade

2:50-4:20 pm

SESSION X: Encounters and Resistance in the Pacific CC 310

Resistance Through the Mo’olelo of Pele: Maintaining Hawaiian Culture and Identity in the 1820s and Today

Drew Gonrowski, UHM

The International Relations of the Hawaiian Kingdom and their Role in the Illegal Annexation by the United States

Maria Krasnodebska, UHM

“A Custom Among Them Contrary to Nature”: Non-Heterosexualities and the Construction of Colonial Space in the Pacific

Erin Cozens, UHM

4:30-5:00 pm

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS CC 308

Ticket Information
For non-presenters there is a $5 pre-registration fee, or a $10 registration fee at the door. Deadline for pre-registration is March 14th. This fee includes lunch.

Event Sponsor
History, Manoa

More Information
Erin Cozens, cozens@hawaii.edu

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