Florida Conference of Historians
2007 Annual Program
Florida Conference of Historians 2007 Program
Friday, March 16th
Morning Session I: 8:30-10:00
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Title: Rethinking Conflict and Government Action Chair: Joseph Patrouch Participant 1: “Arab State Peace Overtures Since 1949 and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” Dr. John J. McTague Participant 2: “The Phantom in Bosnia Herzegovina Revolt 1875,” Dr. Azlizan Binti Mat Enh Participant 3: “The Holy Roman Empire Two Hundred Years After: Model for European Integration?” Joseph F. Patrouch |
Title: Florida Environmental History from 19th century to the Present Chair: TBA Participant 1: “South Florida, International Circulations, Technology, and Expansion of Empire in the Late 19th Century,” Martha L. Reiner Participant 2: “Take Me to the River: Pollution and Reform in Jacksonville , Florida, 1945 to 1995,” Charles E. Closmann Participant 3: “Preserving Paradise – Reefs and Human Policy,” Jeanie Clark Discussant: TBA |
Title: Violence and Race in Twentieth Century America Chair: Alan Petigny Participant 1: “White Community Reaction to White-on-Black Rape In Mid-20th Century America,” Heather Bryson Participant 2: “Black Self-Defense in the Era of Jim Crow,” Andrew Ameron Participant 3: “Black Militancy in the Postwar Era,” Andrew Baer Discussant: Robert Cassanello & Robert Fleegler |
Morning Session II: 10:15-11:45
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Title: Re-thinking Political and Labor Movements in the Americas Chair: Jesse Hingson Participant 1: “‘A Political Exile Has No Definite Plans’: Jacobo Arbenz, Leftist Movements, and Inter-American Relations after Guatemala, 1954-1971,” Trey Bernard Participant 2: “Cigars, Revolution, Labor, Race, and Gender: The Rise of Tampa’s Cuban Cultural Heritage 1868-1969,” Richard A. Ramos Participant 3: “Nonviolent Indigenous Political Movements and the Guatemalan Peace Process,” Ryan Boyer Discussant: Nicola Foote |
Title: Popular Culture and Community development Chair: Denise Cummings Participant 1: “Exploring Context & Crafting Perception: Selling the Consumption Ethos in Winter Park’s Colony Theatre,” Julian C. Chambliss Participant 2: “Behind the Box Office: The Function of Archiving in the Revelation of a Forgotten Historical Past,” Hilary Serra Participant 3: “Migrant Chewa Identities and Their Construction Through Gule Wamkulu Dances in Zimbabwe,” Anusa Daimon Discussant: Jay Clarke |
Title: Civil Right Activism in the 20th Century Chair: Daniel R. Vogel Participant 1: “The "Jewel" of the South? The Miami Chapter of the NAACP's Struggle for Civil Rights in America's Vacation Paradise,” Chanelle Rose Participant 2: “‘More Negotiation and Less Demonstrations’: The NAACP, SCLC, and Racial Conflict in Pensacola, 1970-1978,” Mike Butler Participant 3: 20th Century Civil Rights, (?) Henry James Butler Discussant: Alan Petigny |
Afternoon Session I: 2:30-4:00
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Title: Shaping Identity: Education and Traditions Across Boundaries Chair: TBA Participant 1: “The 1960s as a Period of Political (In)activity in the Black Education,” Quintin T. Koetaan & Chitja Twala Participant 2: “New Florida, Old Florida: School Segregation, Desegregation, Resegregation in Florida, 1959-2000,” Caroline Emmons Participant 3: “Trials on the Trail: Maintaining Tradition During the Cherokee’s Forced Removal,” Dawn Hutchins Discussant: Heather Parker |
Title: ORPHANS Chair: TBA Participant 1: “A NGO and the Birth of a Nation: American Labor’s Assistance in the Establishment of the State of Israel, 1923-194,” Adam Howard Participant 2: “Demography as History in Florida,” Anthony Atwood Participant 3: “Second Seminole Indian War,” Kevin Kokomoor Discussant: TBA |
Title: Cold War Fallout: Race, Public Policy, and the Bomb Chair: TBA Participant 1: “From Harlem to Hiroshima: The African American Response to the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” Vincent Intondi Participant 2: “‘Modern Man is Obsolete’: Norman Cousins, World Federalism and the Movement to Ban the Bomb,” Blaine T. Brown Participant: “Red Scare in the Sunshine State: Anti-Communism and Academic Freedom in Florida Public Schools 1945-1960,” Bob Dahlgren Discussant: Jack McTague |
Afternoon Session II: 4:15-5:45
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Title: Re-imagined Floridian Identity Chair: TBA Participant 1: “The Seminoles in Florida Between 1881 and 1917: White Perception and Indian Reality,” Albert D. Gonzalez Participant 2: “From Romantic Paradise to Tourist Destination: Representations of the Florida Indian,” Wendy Adams King Participant 3: “Through the Eyes of a Mouse: Disney’s Influence on American Self Image and Historical Perspective,” Daniel R. Vogel Discussant: TBA |
Title: Cross Creek: An Ethical Guide for Seeing and Restoring Florida’s Natural Environment Chair: TBA Participant 1: Cross Creek, Bill Belleville Participant 2: Leslie Poole Participant 3: Dr. Bruce Stephenson Discussant: TBA |
Title: The “other’ in World War II Discourse Chair: Jay Clarke Participant 1: “A Japanese Scoundrel’s Skin Game in Ethiopia and Diplomatic Complications Before the Italo-Ethiopian War,” Jay Clarke Participant 2: “The Empire Mica: A Study of the Sinking of the British Tanker by a German U-Boat Near Cape San Blas, Florida,” Betty Sample Participant 3: “The Question of Nazi Modernity,” Alexander Mosca Discussant: TBA
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Friday Night Dinner: 8:00pm
Jack Davis, “Paradise Lost?” Reflection on Florida’s Environmental History
Saturday, March 17th Morning Session I: 8:30-10:00
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Title: Outside the Text: Moving Beyond the Written Word in Modern European History Chair: Rebecca Bates Participant 1: “Temptation for Innovation: Exploring Relationships in German and English Trade in Brewing and Pottery,” Brenda Hornsby Participant 2: “Threads in a Fabric: A Documentary of World War I,” Sarah Ramsey Participant 3: “Condemned to Repeat It?: A Documentary Exploring the Memorials of Victory and Loss at Omaha Beach and Auschwitz-Birkenau,” Sara Eileen Rhatican Discussant: Rebecca Bates |
Title: Politic and Power in the New South Chair: TBA Participant 1: “‘The Day is Past and Gone’: Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs and the Struggle for Equality in Post-Reconstructed Florida, 1874-1899,” Lee Williams, Jr. Participant 2: “The Rise of the Republican Party in Bibb County, Georgia,” Justin Krautkremer Participant 3: “In the Spirit of the Games: Money, Power, and the Politics of the 1980 Olympic Boycott,” Wade Berstler |
Title: TBA Chair: TBA Participant 1: “The Upper Amazonian Rubber Boom and Indigenous Rights 1900-1925,” Ingrid Fernandez Participant 2: “Intellectual Debates about the Chilean State’s Occupation and Incorporation of Mapuche Territory,” Joanna Crow Participant 3: “Revisiting the ‘Cycle of Resistance’: Indigenous Protest in Andean Ecuador 1920-1940,” Nicola Foote Discussant: TBA |
Morning Session II: 10:15-11:45
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Title: Redefining the Framework for Women’s Role in 20th Century Chair: TBA Participant 1: “Use It Up. Wear It Out. Make It Do, or Do Without!” Kelly Cantrell Participant 2: “Deconstructing the Binary Interpretation of the First Women’s Movement,” Patricia L. Farless Discussant: TBA |
Title: Politics , Religion, and Power on the Borderlands Chair: TBA Participant 1: “Generation Plantation or Charter?: A Comparison of South Carolina from 1670-1776,” Ginny Jones Participant 2: “Calusa Indians and Spanish Missionaries,” Carmen Lopez-Jordan Participant 3: “The Church in the Wilderness: William Miller’s Sectarian Ideal in the Second Great Awakening,” Matt McCook Participant 4: “First Son of Colonial British St. Augustine: The Life and Times of Colonel James Grant Forbes,” Deborah L. Bauer |
Title: Religion and Ancient Society Chair: TBA Participant 1: “Adornments in the Ancient Greco-Roman World and Yorubaland,” Dr. Olakunbi Olasope Participant 2: “Christianity and the Pagan: Comparisons of Religious Dogma in Late Roman Antiquity and New World Spanish Colonialism,” Rhianna C. Rogers & Jennifer L. Blank Participant 3: “History of Nestorian Christianity in Central Asia ,” Ulugbek Temirov Discussant: TBA |
Saturday, March 17th
Afternoon Session I: 2:30-4:00
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Title: Understanding Monuments: Race, Class, and Gender through the Built Environment Chair: Patricia L. Farless Participant 1: Reading Thomas Jefferson’s Heads,” M. M. Lovell Participant 2: “Hollywood Forever: Situating History and Memory in the Cemetery,” Linda Levitt Participant 3: “The Effect of Segregation on Funerals,” Kathy Parry Discussant: TBA |
Title: The Postwar Political Landscape Chair: William Link Participant 1: “A Nation of Morons: The Rhetorical Dimensions of Republican Factionalism, 1944-1953,” Michael Bowen Participant 2: "Texas Two-Step: Anti-Liberalism, Scandal, and the Demise of Lone Star State Partisan Loyalties, 1971-1974," Sean Cunningham Participant 3: “Deep In the Heart: The Failure of Liberalism in Postwar Texas,” Steve Gallagher Discussant: William Link |
Title: Pirates, Rebels, and Revolutionaries: Conflict and Conviction around the World Chair: TBA Participant 1: “Pirates Rajas?: The East India Company’s Perception of the Angres 1700-1756,” Neel Amin Participant 2: “For Such a Time as This: John Dury, Jean-Baptiste Stouppe, and Cromwellian Diplomacy,” Ronald A. Johnson Participant 3: “Social Aspects in Interpreting French Revolution, 1789,” Dr. Abha Trivedi Discussant: TBA |
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