Florida Conference of Historians
2008 Annual Program
47th Annual Meeting
February 28 through March 1, 2008
Hosted by
Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, FL
Officers of the Florida Conference of Historians
President
Julian Chambliss
Rollins College
President Elect
J. Calvitt Clarke III
Jacksonville University
Treasurer
Steve MacIsaac
Jacksonville University
Secretary
David Proctor
Tallahassee Community College
Editor, Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians
Anthony Atwood
Florida International University
Local Arrangements
J. Calvitt Clarke III
Jacksonville University
BANQUET SPEAKER
FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 29
DR. JAMES COBB
A former President of Southern Historical Association and a member of the History Department at the University of Georgia, Dr. Cobb has written extensively on Southern history and culture.
“Southern Identity in Crisis”
PLENARY SESSION
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 29
DR. TED ULDRICKS
A former President of the
Southern Conference on Slavic Studies and a member of the History Department
at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, Dr. Uldricks has written
extensively on Soviet diplomacy.
“Global
Perspectives on Appeasement:
The Soviet Union, the United States, and Republican China as Appeasers”
Selected papers and summaries of roundtable discussions will be published in the
Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians
A referred journal
Committed to Undergraduate Research
the FCH Offers
Special Panels for Superior Undergraduate Presentations
Hosted by Jacksonville University
At the Comfort Inn
On the Beach in Jacksonville Beach, FL
PROGRAM
FEBRUARY 28, 2008, THURSDAY
REGISTRATION, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Location
INFORMAL RECEPTION, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Oasis and Falls
FEBRUARY 29, 2008, FRIDAY
FREE LIGHT BREAKFAST, 6:00-9:00 a.m.
Oasis
For hotel registrants only
REGISTRATION, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Location
SESSION F1, 8:00-9:00 A.M.
F1—VIETNAM AND IRAQ
Blue Heron
CHAIR: Tony Esposito, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
PAPERS:
Mao Lin, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
“China and the Escalation of the Vietnam War: The First Years of the Johnson Administration”
Marco Rimanelli, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
“The ‘Requiem’ on U.S. Foreign Policy in Iraq”
DISCUSSANT: Tony Esposito, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
F1—THE COLD WAR
Osprey
CHAIR: David Proctor, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL
PAPERS:
John-Paul Wilson, St Johns University, Queens, NY
“The Impact of American Political Thought on Historical Analysis: A Case Study of the Nicaraguan Revolution”
Lynda Lamarre, Georgian Southern University, Statesboro, GA
“The Aldo Moro Affair”
DISCUSSANT:
David Proctor, Tallahassee
Community College, Tallahassee, FL
F1—LIFE IN AMERICA
Atlantic
CHAIR: Elena Thompson, University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD
PAPERS:
Jeffrey Wells, Georgia Military College, Atlanta Campus, Atlanta, GA
“Bush at Last: Paul Coverdell and the 1988 Presidential Campaign”
Heather Parker, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
"America at Large: Reflections on Obesity within America, 1850-1960, 1945”
DISCUSSANT: Elena Thompson, University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD
F1—Resistance to Imperialism, Nationalism AND POLITICS in East Africa
Room: Courtyard Marriott, Courtyard Boardroom
CHAIR: Alison Meek, King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
PAPERS:
Okete J. Shiroya, Valdosta State University, Valdosta GA
“Nationalism and Identity in East Africa”
Sterling Coleman, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
“No Independence Without Sovereignty! The Resistance of Emperor Haile Selassie I to the British Occupation of Ethiopia (1941-1944)”
Altaye Alaro Alambo, Independent Scholar, Jacksonville, FL
“Notes of Diplomatic Experience in the London and Vienna Ethiopian Embassies, July 2001-July 2006”
DISCUSSANT: Bill Marina, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Research Fellow, the Independent Institution., Oakland, CA; Executive Director, the Marina-Huerta Educational Foundation, Asheville, NC
SESSION F2, 9:15 -10:45 A.M.
F2—PLENARY SESSION: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON APPEASEMENT
Atlantic
CHAIR: Will Benedicks, Tallahassee Community College
PAPER:
Ted J. Uldricks, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
“The Soviet Union, the United States, and Republican China as Appeasers”
DISCUSSANTS: Steve MacIsaac, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL; Craig Buettinger, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL; Alex Cummins, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL; editor, Documents of Soviet History
SESSION F3, 11:00 A.M.-12:30 NOON
F3—TALE OF TWO CITIES
Blue Heron
CHAIR: Gail Pat Parsons, Gordon College, Barnesville, GA
PAPERS:
Thomas E. Aiello, Gordon College, Barnesville, GA
“The Dallas Cotton Exchange and the Atlantic World”
Michael Epple, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
“Missiles on the Lake: Cold War Hysteria in Cleveland”
DISCUSSANT: Heather Parker, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
F3—NATION AND IMAGINATION IN THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAS
Osprey
CHAIR: Nicola Foote, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
PAPERS:
Ingrid Fernandez, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers, FL
“Evita: A Female Icon of Nationalism”
Don Routh, University of Miami, Miami, FL
“How German-Americans Lost Their Hyphen: Ethnicity, Nationalism and World War One”
Ian Morris, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers, FL
“The Women Axemaker’s Gift to Nationalism”
David Seurkamp, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers, FL
“The American Space Race and Cold War Nationalism”
DISCUSSANT: Jesse Hingson, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
F3—AMERICA’S ANTEBELLUM NORTH AND SOUTH
Atlantic
CHAIR: David Wagner, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
PAPERS:
Kevin Kokomoor, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
“Indian Agent Gad Humphreys and the Politics of Slave Dealing in Territorial Florida”
Courtney A. Moore, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“‘Mind How Much Cotton You Pick’: Navigating the World of Work in the Antebellum South, 1800-1861”
Kimberly Sambol-Tosco, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
“Relational Politics: Family Life and Kinship and African American Public Culture in the North before the Civil War”
Craig Buettinger, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
“Free Blacks, Citizenship, and the Constitution in the Florida Courts, 1821-1846”
DISCUSSANT: David Wagner, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
F3—UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PANEL
Room: Courtyard Marriott, Courtyard Boardroom
CHAIR: Anthony Esposito, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
PAPERS:
Thomas J. Gillan, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
“‘The Moment of Balance is Exquisite’: Henry Adams’s Middle Way and the History of the Middle Ages”
Martin Persson, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
“Bureaucrats in Ancient Egypt: Their Life and Work”
Michael Murphy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Ethnicity, Race, and Disability in the New South”
DISCUSSANT: Anthony Esposito, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
LUNCH, 12:30-2:00 P.M.
Lunch on your own.
BUSINESS MEETING AND LUNCH, 12:30-2:00 P.M.
Oasis and Falls
Open to all registrants
SESSION F4, 2:00-3:30 P.M.
F4—FLORIDA AND THE POPULAR MIND, 1: FILTERING CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY THROUGH THE FLORIDA EXPERIENCE
Blue Heron
CHAIR: Denise K. Cummings, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
PAPERS:
Alison Meek, King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
“Miami Vice and Florida Identity”
Leslie Kemp Poole, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“In Marjorie’s Wake”
Melanie Shell-Weiss, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
“Good Neighbors? Florida as the Gateway to the Americas, 1940-1960”
DISCUSSANT: Denise K. Cummings, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
F4—UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PANEL—REBELS, ROGUES, AND SCOUNDRELS: TROUBLEMAKERS AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN LATIN AMERICA
Osprey
CHAIR: Nicola Foote, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers, FL
PAPERS:
Brian Chadwick, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
“Black Panther Party Activities and US-Mexican Relations during the 1968 Mexico Olympics”
Ian Custar, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
“Surviving Argentina’s Dirty War: The 1976 Detention of Gwenda Mae Loken López and Its Impact on US-Argentine Relations”
Mitch Ogletree, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
“José Bueso Rosa and Honduras’s Narco-State during the 1980s”
Rick Ramos, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers, FL
“The Slave Ships: Deadly to Slaves and Sailors Alike”
DISCUSSANT: Jesse Hingson, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
F4—COMICS AND SOCIETY, 1. CRAFTING IDENTITY AND CHANGING SOCIETY: COMIC BOOK SUPER-HEROES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE TO THE PRESENT
Atlantic
CHAIR: William Svitavsky, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
PAPERS:
Dina Dahbany-Miraglia, Queensborough Community College and the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, The City University of New York, New York, NY
“Wonder Woman, a True “Woman of Valor”
Lance Eaton, Salem State College and North Shore Community College, Salem, MA
“Superman’s True Enemy: Injustice and Oppression in the Late 1930’s”
William Svitavsky, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
“‘Did You Know He Was Black?’ The Tentative Identities of Black Superheroes”
Thomas C. Donaldson, University at Albany, Albany, NY
“Ineffectual Girl Among the Legions of Superheroes: The Marginalization and Domestication of Female Superheroes, 1955-1970”
DISCUSSANT: William Svitavsky, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
F4—RUSSIA AND ETHIOPIA
Courtyard Marriott, Courtyard Boardroom
CHAIR: Anthony Atwood, Florida International University, Miami, FL
PAPERS:
Clifford Foust, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
“Rescue Russia! The American Railway Mission to Russia, 1917-1922”
J. Calvitt Clarke III, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
“Different Versions of Fedor Evgenievich Konovalov’s Eyewitness Memoirs of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-36”
DISCUSSANT: Anthony Atwood, Florida Internal University, Miami, FL
SESSION F5, 3:45-5:15
F5—ENCOUNTERS IN THE NEW WORLD
Blue Heron
CHAIR: Marco Rimanelli, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
PAPERS:
Steven R. Blankenship, Georgia Highlands College, Rome GA
“Rhetoric & Reality: Columbus, Las Casas, and Irony in the New World”
David Allen Harvey, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
“The Baron de La Hontan, Aristocratic Anarchism, and the Myth of the Noble Savage”
Bill Marina, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Research Fellow, the Independent Institution., Oakland, CA; Executive Director, the Marina-Huerta Educational Foundation, Asheville, NC
“Globalization vs. People’s Diplomacy: From Florida to the Caribbean and Beyond”
DISCUSSANT: Marco Rimanelli, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
F5—UNDERGRADUATE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE ‘GREAT REPUBLICAN EXPERIMENT, 1790-1840”
Osprey
CHAIR: Gary Williams, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
PARTICIPANTS
Andrew Ike, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Joe Kelly, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Angelica Garcia, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Gary Williams, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
F5—TEACHING THE HISTORY OF THE COLD WAR
Courtyard Marriott, Courtyard Boardroom
CHAIR: Michael Long, Pasco-Hernando Community College, New Port Richey, FL
PAPERS:
Alex Cummins, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL; editor, Documents of Soviet History
“Teaching the Cold War to Undergraduates?
Christopher J. Ward, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
“A Return to the Past: Teaching Russian and Soviet History from a Eurasian Perspective”
DISCUSSANT: Lois Becker, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
RECEPTION, 5:30-6:30 P.M.
Atlantic Room and Terrace (Weather Permitting)
Light Appetizers
Cash Bar
Free Half-Keg of Beer
Welcoming Remarks, 6:10-6:15
Lois Becker, Academic Vice-President, Jacksonville University
BANQUET, 6:45-8:15 P.M.
Atlantic
Keynote Speaker
Dr. James Cobb
University of Georgia
“Southern Identity in Crisis”
MARCH 1, 2008, SATURDAY
FREE LIGHT BREAKFAST, 6:00-9:00 a.m.
Oasis
For hotel registrants only
REGISTRATION, 7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Location
SESSION S1, 8:00-9:30 A.M.
S1—UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PANEL
Blue Heron
CHAIR: Jack McTague, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
PAPERS:
Eugene C. Fanning, Florida Southern College
“The Great October Strike and the Reaction of the American Press”
Brenden Kennedy, Stetson University, DeLand, FL
“The September Massacres: Crossing the Rubicon in Paris”
Steffan Plishka, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
“Blessed by the Forerunner: The Arm and Hand Relics of Saint John the Baptist
DISCUSSANT: Jack McTague, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
S1—FLORIDA AND THE POPULAR MIND, 2: PROMOTING PARADISE, SACRIFICING LIFESTYLE? REFLECTING POSTWAR TRANSFORMATION THROUGH THE FLORIDA EXPERIENCE
Osprey
CHAIR: Julian C. Chambliss, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
PAPERS:
Angela Starita, City College of New York, New York, NY
“A Question of Preservation or Housing: Paul Rudolph’s Sarasota House”
Tiffany Baker, Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation, Tallahassee, FL
“‘An Artist I am Not’: Floridians’ Depictions of Their State in the 1985 Florida License Plate Contest”
David Miller Parker, California State University, Northridge, CA
“Is South Florida the New Southern California? Carl Hiaasen’s Dystopian Paradise”
John Martin, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
“Climate, Weather, and Baseball Stadiums in St. Petersburg, Florida”
DISCUSSANT: Julian C. Chambliss, Department of History, Rollins College
S1—THE ENLIGHTENMENT’S SCALAWAGS, DEISTS, AND WITCHES
Atlantic
CHAIR: David Proctor, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL
PAPERS:
Roy Lechtreck, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL
“The Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses: A Deist Concept”
Nick J. Sciullo, Independent Scholar, Alexandria, VA
“Pirate Codes and Constitutional History”
Daniel R. Vogel, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
“Peg-legs, Parrots, and Popularity: Perceptions of Piracy”
Shawne Keevan, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL,
“Providence v. Justice: Innocence and Confession in the Salem Witch Trials”
DISCUSSANT: David Proctor, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL
S1—UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PANEL
Courtyard Marriott, Courtyard Boardroom
CHAIR: Will Benedicks, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL
PAPERS:
John D. Money, Macon State College, Macon, GA
“Robert Owen Defends the Child”
Hendry Miller, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
“The Crackers of Antebellum Georgia”
Jessica Auer, Stetson University, DeLand, FL
“Organized Inactivsim, Retrenchment, and Conservatism in the American Organized Labor Movement, 1955-1980”
DISCUSSANT: Will Benedicks, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL
SESSION S2, 9:45-11:15 A.M.
S2—ART AND MUSIC
Blue Heron
CHAIR: Francis Hodges, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
PAPERS:
Christopher Lee, Zephyrhills High School, Zephyrhills, Florida
“Music, Movements, and Memory: Hardcore Punk, 1980-1986”
Hugo Miller (a.k.a. Hugeaux), National Conference of Artists, New York, NY
“The History of Arte Mecco”
DISCUSSANT: Francis Hodges, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
S2—FLORIDA’S INDIANS AND CRACKERS
Osprey
CHAIR: Denise K. Cummings, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
PAPERS
Tamara Spike, North Georgia & State University, Dahlonega, GA
“Gender and Connectivity Between the Living, the Ancestors, and the Gods Among the Timucua of Spanish Florida”
Michael S. Cole, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
“A Hypothesis on the Etymology of the Placename, Withlacoochee”
James M. Denham, Director, Florida Center for Florida History, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
“The Black and White of Florida Cracker Lives: Shared Traditions and Recalled Legacies”
DISCUSSANT: Denise K. Cummings, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
S2—COMICS AND SOCIETY, 2. SHAPING AMERICAN VALUES: MARVEL COMICS, SUPER-HEROS, AND AMERICAN IDEALS
Atlantic
CHAIR: Julian C. Chambliss, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
PAPERS:
Julian C. Chambliss, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
“Heroes that Make Us Proud: The Black Superhero and Marvel Comics Group, 1965-1980”
Michael Lecker, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
“You Made Them Strong, We’ll Make Them Army (Avengers) Strong: How the Marvel Universe’s Story Arc and Ad Usage are Propaganda for Army Recruitment”
Shawn O’Rourke, California State University, Stanislaus, CA
“A New Era of Superheroes: Infinite Crisis, Civil War, and the End of The Modern Age”
William M. Jones Jr., Independent Scholar, Laurel, MD
“The Evolution of Luke Cage and the Black Male Image”
DISCUSSANT: Julian C. Chambliss, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
S2—CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES OF TRAUMA IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Courtyard Marriott, Courtyard Boardroom
CHAIR: William Greer, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
PAPERS:
Samantha Barnsfather, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Nineteenth Century Nationalism through the Eyes of Fryderyk Chopin”
Lisa Booth, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Atonement and Music about the Gulag”
William Greer, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Memories from the Sky: German Representations of Allied Bombing in World War II”
DISCUSSANT: Peter Bergmann, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
LUNCH, 11:15-12:30 P.M.
Outdoor Cookout, $5.00
Atlantic Room Terrance
SESSION S3, 12:30-2:00 P.M.
S3—Florida and the Popular Mind 3: That State is My Destination. Tourism, Environment, and the Florida Appeal
Blue Heron
CHAIR: Joana Owens, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
PAPERS:
Tracy J. Revels, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
“State of Imagination: Florida’s Golden Age of Tourism and the Creation of a National Image”
Wendy Adams King, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
“From Romantic Paradise to Tourist Destination: Representation of the Florida Indian”
DISCUSSANT: Joana Owens, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
S3—IDEAS WE LIVE BY
Osprey
CHAIR: Thomas E. Aiello, Gordon College, Barnesville, GA
PAPERS:
Alan Pratt, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
“Nihilism in the 20th Century: Much Ado About Nothing?”
Josh Abraham, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Francis Schaeffer, Brown v. the Board of Education, and the Creationist Rights Revolution”
Martha Reiner, Florida International University, Miami, FL
“Stowe in the News: Literary Circulations, Political Influence, Contexts in Political Economy and Economic Geography”
DISCUSSANT: Thomas E. Aiello, Gordon College, Barnesville, GA
S3—AMERICA’S CIVIL WAR
Atlantic
CHAIR: Michael Long, Pasco-Hernando Community College, New Port Richey, FL
PAPERS:
Angela Zombek, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“They Have Since Changed Their Minds and Obey: An Examination of Power and Resistance at Camp Chase Prison, 1863”
Benjamin Miller, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“The Religiosity of the Union Soldier: An Examination of Sacred Space in the Army of the Potomac”
Jimi Thomas, Virginia Beach Public Schools, Virginia Beach, VA
“A Reexamination of the Military Legacy of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA”
Boyd Murphree, State Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, FL
“States of War: Interstate Relations Between Florida and Georgia, 1861-1865”
DISCUSSANT: Michael Long, Pasco-Hernando Community College, New Port Richey, FL
S3—AMERICA’S GILDED AGE
Courtyard Marriott, Courtyard Boardroom
CHAIR: Sean McMahon, Lake City Community College, Lake City, FL
PAPERS:
Jesus Mendez, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL
“1892—Henry Flagler’s Year of Decision in Florida”
David Wagner, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
“‘Bound Out’ Children: The Ambiguous Origins of Foster Care in Gilded Age Massachusetts”
DISCUSSANT: Sean McMahon, Lake City Community College, Lake City, FL
SESSION S4, 2:15-3:15 P.M.
S4—DRAFT RESISTANCE AND ISOLATIONISM IN AMERICA
Blue Heron
CHAIR: James M. Denham, Director, Florida Center for Florida History, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
PAPERS:
John Fuller, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
“Please Stay Out of Our Mountains: A Story of Draft Resistance in WWII Southwest Virginia”
Bernard Lemelin, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
“An Isolationist Businessman in an Internationalist Era: Bruce Barton of New York City and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1945-1960”
DISCUSSANT: James M. Denham, Director, Florida Center for Florida History, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
S4—TRAINING AND REFORMING THE AMERICAN MILITARY
Osprey
CHAIR: Marco Rimanelli, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
PAPERS:
Anthony Atwood, Florida International University, Miami, FL
“Standing up the Standing Force: Transforming the American Military 1941-1991”
Erik D. Carlson, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers, FL
“Shoot to Kill: Flexible Gunnery Training at Buckingham AAF, 1942-1945”
DISCUSSANT: Marco Rimanelli, St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
S4—WOMEN AND HISTORY
Atlantic
CHAIR: Gail Pat Parsons, Gordon College, Barnesville, GA
PAPERS:
Christine Lutz, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
“Another Post-War Settlement: Eunice Hunton Carter and Mary McLeod Bethune”
Katherina R. Brandt, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
“Chauvinist or Feminist? Rudolf Steiner’s Attitude to the Women’s Question”
DISCUSSANT: Sean McMahon, Lake City Community College, Lake City, FL
S4—FLORIDA’S ECONOMY
Courtyard Marriott, Courtyard Boardroom
CHAIR: Tamara Spike, North Georgia and State University, Dahlonega, GA
PAPERS:
Connie Lester, University of Central Florida
“Protecting Small Farm Agriculture: The Florida Department of Agriculture, 1920-1960”
Therese M. Aloia, Florida Atlantic University
“A Golden Opportunity”: Florida Atlantic University’s Contributions to Industry”
DISCUSSANT: Tamara Spike, North Georgia and State University, Dahlonega, GA
PARTICIPANTS
Josh Abraham
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Francis Schaeffer, Brown v. the Board of Education, and the Creationist Rights Revolution”
S3—Ideas We Live By
Thomas E. Aiello
Gordon College, Barnesville, GA
“The Dallas Cotton Exchange and the Atlantic World”
F3—Tale of Two Cities
Chair and Discussant, S3—Ideas We Live By
Altaye Alaro Alambo
Independent Scholar, Jacksonville, FL
”Notes on Diplomatic Experience in the London and Vienna Embassies, July 2001-July 2006”
F1—Resistance to Imperialism, Nationalism, and Politics in East Africa
Therese M. Aloia
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
“‘A Golden Opportunity’: Florida Atlantic University’s Contributions to Industry”
S4—Florida’s Economy
Anthony Atwood
Florida International University, Miami
“Standing up the Standing Force: Transforming the American Military 1941-1991”
S4—The American Military and Military
Chair and Discussant, F4—Russia and Ethiopia
Tiffany Baker
Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation, Tallahassee, FL
“‘An Artist I am Not’: Floridians’ Depictions of Their State in the 1985 Florida License Plate Contest”
S1—Florida and the Popular Mind, 2: Promoting Paradise, Sacrificing Lifestyle? Reflection Postwar Transformation Through the Florida Experience
Samantha Barnsfather
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Nineteenth Century Nationalism through the Eyes of Fryderyk Chopin”
S2—Cultural Perspectives of Trauma in Central and Eastern Europe
Lois Becker, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
Discussant, F5—Teaching the History of the Cold War
Will Benedicks
Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee FL
Chair, F2—Global Perspectives on Appeasement
Chair and Discussant, S1—Undergraduate Research Panel
Peter Bergman
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Discussant, S2—Cultural Perspectives of Trauma in Central and Eastern Europe
Steven R. Blankenship
Georgia Highlands College, Rome, GA
“Rhetoric & Reality: Columbus, Las Casas, and Irony in the New World”
F5—Encounters in the New World
Lisa Booth
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Atonement and Music about the Gulag”
S2—Cultural Perspectives of Trauma in Central and Eastern Europe
Katherina R. Brandt
University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
“Chauvinist or Feminist? Rudolf Steiner`s Attitude to the Women’s Question”
S4—Women and History
Craig Buettinger
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville , FL
“Free Blacks, Citizenship, and the Constitution in the Florida Courts, 1821-1846”
F3—America’s Antebellum North and South
Discussant, F2—Plenary Session: Global Perspectives on Appeasement
Erik D. Carlson
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers, FL
“Shoot to Kill: Flexible Gunnery Training at Buckingham AAF, 1942-1945”
S4—Training and Reforming the American Military
Julian C. Chambliss
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
“Heroes that Make Us Proud: The Black Superhero and Marvel Comics Group, 1965-1980”
S2—Comics and Society, 2. Shaping American Values: Marvel Comics, Super-Heroes, and American Ideals
Chair and Discussant, S1—Florida and the Popular Mind, 2: Promoting Paradise, Sacrificing Lifestyle? Reflection Postwar Transformation Through the Florida Experience
Chair and Discussant, S2—Comics and Society, 2. Shaping American Values: Marvel Comics, Super-Heroes, and American Ideals
J. Calvitt Clarke III
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
“Different Versions of Fedor Evgenievich Konovalov’s Eyewitness Memoirs of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-36”
F4—Russia and Ethiopia
James Cobb
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Keynote Address—”Southern Identity in Crisis”
Michael S. Cole
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers, FL
“A Hypothesis on the Etymology of the Placename, Withlacoochee”
S2—Florida’s Indians and Crackers
Sterling Coleman
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
“No Independence Without Sovereignty! The Resistance of Emperor Haile Selassie I to the British Occupation of Ethiopia (1941-1944)”
F1—Resistance to Imperialism, Nationalism, and Politics in East Africa
Denise K. Cummings
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Chair and Discussant, F4—Florida and the Popular Mind, 1: Filtering Contemporary Society Through the Florida Experience
Chair and Discussant, S2—Florida’s Indians and Crackers
Alex Cummins
Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL and editor, Documents of Soviet History
“Teaching the Cold War to Undergraduates?
F5— Teaching the History of the Cold War
Discussant, F2—Plenary Session: Global Perspective on Appeasement
Dina Dahbany-Miraglia
Queensborough Community College and the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, The City University of New York, New York, NY
“Wonder Woman, a True “Woman of Valor”
Panel: F4—Comics and Society, 1. Crafting Identity and Changing Society: Comic Book Super-Heroes From the Golden Age to the Present
James M. Denham
Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
“The Black and White of Florida Cracker Lives: Shared Traditions and Recalled Legacies”
S2—Florida’s Indians and Crackers
Chair and Discussant: S4—Draft Resistance and Isolationism in America
Thomas C. Donaldson
University at Albany, Albany, NY
“Ineffectual Girl Among the Legions of Superheroes: The Marginalization and Domestication of Female Superheroes, 1955-1970”
F4—Comics and Society, 1. Craft Identity and Changing Society: Comic Book Super-Heroes form the Golden Age to the Present
Lance Eaton
Salem State College and North Shore Community College, Salem, MA
“Superman’s True Enemy: Injustice and Oppression in the Late 1930’s”
Panel: F4—Comics and Society, 1. Crafting Identity and Changing Society. Comic Book Super-Heroes from the Golden Age to the Present
Michael Epple
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
“Missiles on the Lake: Cold War Hysteria in Cleveland”
F3—Tale of Two Cities
Anthony Esposito
St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
Chair and Discussant, F1—Vietnam and Afghanistan
Chair and Discussant, F3—Undergraduate Research Panel
Ingrid Fernandez
Florida Gulf Coast University
“Evita: A Female Icon of Nationalism”
F3—Nation and Imagination in the Twentieth-Century Americas
Nicola Foote
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers, FL
Chair: F3—Nation and Imagination in the Twentieth-Century Americas
Chair: F4—Undergraduate Research Panel. Rebels, Rogues, and Scoundrels: Troublemakers and Everyday Life in Latin America
Clifford Foust
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
“Rescue Russia! The American Railway Mission to Russia, 1917-1922”
F4—Russia and Ethiopia
John Fuller
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
“Please Stay Out of Our Mountains: A Story of Draft Resistance in WWII Southwest Virginia”
S4—Draft Resistance and Isolationism in America
William Greer
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Memories from the Sky: German Representations of Allied Bombing in World War II”
S2—Cultural Perspectives of Trauma in Central and Eastern Europe
Chair, S2—Cultural Perspectives of Trauma in Central and Eastern Europe
David Allen Harvey
New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
The Baron de La Hontan, Aristocratic Anarchism, and the Myth of the Noble Savage
F5—Encounters in the New World
Jesse Hingson
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
Discussant, F3—Nation and Imagination in the Twentieth-Century Americas
Discussant, F4—Undergraduate Research Panel. Rebels, Rogues, and Scoundrels: Troublemakers and Everyday Life in Latin America
Frank Hodges
Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
Chair and Discussant, S2—Art and Music
William M. Jones Jr.
Independent Scholar, Laurel, MD
“The Evolution of Luke Cage and the Black Male Image”
S2—Comics and Society, 2. Shaping American Values: Marvel Comics, Super-Heroes, and American Ideals
Shawne Keevan
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
“Providence v. Justice: Innocence and Confession in the Salem Witch Trials”
S1—The Enlightenment’s Scalawags, Deists, and Witches
Wendy Adams King
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
“From Romantic Paradise to Tourist Destination: Representation of the Florida Indian”
S3—Florida and the Popular Mind, 3: That State Is My Destination. Tourism, Environment and the Florida Appeal
Kevin Kokomoor
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
“Indian Agent Gad Humphreys and the Politics of Slave Dealing in Territorial Florida”
F3—America’s Antebellum North and South
Lynda Lamarre
Georgian Southern University, Statesboro, GA
“The Aldo Moro Affair”
F1—The Cold War
Roy Lechtreck
University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL
“The Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses: A Deist Concept”
S1—The Enlightenment’s Scalawags, Deists, and Witches
Michael Lecker
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
“You Made Them Strong, We’ll Make Them Army (Avengers) Strong: How the Marvel Universe’s Story Arc and Ad Usage are Propaganda for Army Recruitment”
S2—Comics and Society, 2. Shaping American Values: Marvel Comics, Super-Heroes, and American Ideals
Christopher Lee
Zephyrhills High School, Zephyrhills, FL
“Music, Movements, and Memory: Hardcore Punk, 1980-1986”
S2— Art and Music
Bernard Lemelin
Laval University, Quebec, Canada
“An Isolationist Businessman in an Internationalist Era: Bruce Barton of New York City and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1945-1960”
S4—Draft Resistance and Isolationism in America
Connie Lester
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
“Protecting Small Farm Agriculture: The Florida Department of Agriculture, 1920-1960”
S4—Florida’s Economy
Mao Lin
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
“China and the Escalation of the Vietnam War: The First Years of the Johnson Administration
F1—Vietnam and Iraq
Michael Long
Pasco-Hernando Community College, New Port Richey, FL
Chair, F5— Teaching the History of the Cold War
Chair and Discussant, S3—America’s Civil War
Christine Lutz
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
“Another Post-War Settlement: Eunice Hunton Carter and Mary McLeod Bethune”
S4—Women and History
Steve MacIsaac
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
Discussant, F2—Plenary Season: Global Perspectives on Appeasement
Jack McTague
St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
Chair and Discussant, S1—Undergraduate Research Panel
Sean McMahon
Lake City Community College, Lake City, FL
Chair and Discussant, S3—America’s Gilded Age
Discussant, S4—Women and History
Bill Marina
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Research Fellow, the Independent Institution., Oakland, CA
Executive Director, the Marina-Huerta Educational Foundation, Asheville, NC
“Globalization vs. People’s Diplomacy: From Florida to the Caribbean and Beyond”
F5—Encounters in the New World
Discussant, F1—Resistance to Imperialism, Nationalism, and Politics in East Africa
John Martin
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
“Climate, Weather, and Baseball Stadiums in St. Petersburg, Florida”
S1—Florida and the Popular Mind, 2: Promoting Paradise, Sacrificing Lifestyle? Reflecting Postwar Transformation Through the Florida Experience
Alison Meek
King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
“Miami Vice and Florida Identity”
F4—Florida and the Popular Mind, 1: Filtering Contemporary Society Through the Florida Experience
Chair, F1—Resistance to Imperialism, Nationalism, and Politics in East Africa
Jesus Mendez
Barry University, Miami Shores, FL
“1892—Henry Flagler’s Year of Decision in Florida”
S3—America’s Gilded Age
Benjamin Miller
University of Florida
“The Religiosity of the Union Soldier: An Examination of Sacred Space in the Army of the Potomac”
S3—America’s Civil War
Hugo Miller
National Conference of Artists, New York, NY
“The Importance of Documentation & the History of Arte Mecco”
S2—Art and Music
Courtney A. Moore
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Mind How Much Cotton You Pick”: Navigating the World of Work in the Antebellum South, 1800-1861”
F3—America’s Antebellum North and South
Ian Morris
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
“The Women Axemaker’s Gift to Nationalism”
F3—Nation and Imagination in the Twentieth-Century Americas
Boyd Murphree
State Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, FL
“States of War: Interstate Relations Between Florida and Georgia, 1861-1865”
S3—America’s Civil War
Shawn O’Rourke
California State University, Stanislaus, CA
“A New Era of Superheroes: Infinite Crisis, Civil War, and the End of The Modern Age”
S2—Comics and Society, 2. Shaping American Values: Marvel Comics, Super-Heroes, and American Ideals
Joana Owens
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
Chair and Discussant, S3—Florida and the Popular Mind, 3: That State Is My Destination. Tourism, Environment, and the Florida Appeal
David Miller Parker
California State University, Northridge, CA
“Is South Florida the New Southern California? Carl Hiaasen’s Dystopian Paradise”
S1—Florida and the Popular Mind, 2: Promoting Paradise, Sacrificing Lifestyle? Reflection Postwar Transformation Through the Florida Experience
Heather Parker
St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
"America at Large: Reflections on Obesity within America, 1850-1960"
F1—Life in America
Discussant, F3—Tale of Two Cities
Gail Pat Parsons
Gordon College, Barnesville, GA
Chair, F3—Tale of Two Cities
Chair, S4—Women and History
Leslie Kemp Poole
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“In Marjorie’s Wake”
F4— Florida and the Popular Mind, 1: Filtering Contemporary Society Through the Florida Experience
Alan Pratt
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
“Nihilism in the 20th Century: Much Ado About Nothing?”
S3—Ideas We Live By
David Proctor
Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL
Chair and Discussant, F1—The Cold War
Chair and Discussant, S1—The Enlightenment’s Scalawags, Deists, and Witches
Martha Reiner
Florida International University, Miami, FL
“Stowe in the News: Literary Circulations, Political Influence, Contexts in Political Economy and Economic Geography”
S3—Ideas We Live By
Tracy J. Revels
Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
“State of Imagination: Florida’s Golden Age of Tourism and the Creation of a National Image”
S3—Florida and the Popular Mind, 3: That State Is My Destination. Tourism, Environment and the Florida Appeal
Marco Rimanelli
St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL
“The ‘Requiem’ on U.S. Foreign Policy in Iraq”
F1—Vietnam and Iraq
Chair and Discussant, F5—Encounters in the New World
Chair and Discussant,
S4—Training and Reforming the American Military
Don Routh
University of Miami, Miami, FL
“How German-Americans Lost Their Hyphen: Ethnicity, Nationalism and World War One”
F3—Nation and Imagination in the Twentieth-Century Americas
Kimberly Sambol-Tosco
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
“Relational Politics: Family Life and Kinship and African American Public Culture in the North before the Civil War”
F3—America’s Antebellum North and South
Nick J. Sciullo
Independent Scholar, Alexandria, VA
“Pirate Codes and Constitutional History”
S1—The Enlightenment’s Scalawags, Deists, and Witches
David Seurkamp
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers, FL
“The American Space Race and Cold War Nationalism”
F3—Nation and Imagination in the Twentieth-Century Americas
Melanie Shell-Weiss
The Johns Hopkins University
“Good Neighbors? Florida as the Gateway to the Americas, 1940-1960”
F4—Florida and the Popular Mind, Filtering Contemporary Society Through the Florida Experience
Okete J. Shiroya
Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
“Nationalism and Identity in East Africa”
F1—Resistance to Imperialism, Nationalism, and Politics in East Africa
Tamara Spike
North Georgia & State University, Dahlonega, GA
“Gender and Connectivity Between the Living, the Ancestors, and the Gods Among the Timucua of Spanish Florida”
S2—Florida’s Indians and Crackers
Chair and Discussant, S4—Florida’s Economy
Angela Starita
City University of New York, New York, NY
“A Question of Preservation or Housing: Paul Rudolph’s Sarasota House”
S1— Florida and the Popular Mind, 2: Promoting Paradise, Sacrificing Lifestyle? Reflection Postwar Transformation Through the Florida Experience
William Svitavsky
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
“‘Did You Know He Was Black?’: The Tentative Identities of Black Superheroes”
F4—Comics and Society, 1. Crafting Identity and Changing Society: Comic Book Super-Heroes from the Golden Age to the Present
Chair and Discussant, F4—Comics and Society, 1. Crafting Identity and Changing Society: Comic Book Super-Heroes from the Golden Age to the Present
Jimi Thomas
Virginia Beach Public Schools, Virginia Beach, VA
“A Reexamination of the Military Legacy of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA”
S3—America’s Civil War
Elena Thompson
University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD
Chair and Discussant, F1—Life in America
Ted J. Uldricks
University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
“The Soviet Union, the United States, and Republican China as Appeasers”
F2—Plenary Session: Global Perspectives on Appeasement
Vogel, Daniel R.
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
“Peg-legs, Parrots, and Popularity: Perceptions of Piracy”
S1—The Enlightenment’s Scalawags, Deists, and Witches
David Wagner
University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
“‘Bound Out’ Children: The Ambiguous Origins of Foster Care in Gilded Age Massachusetts”
S3—America’s Gilded Age
Chair and Discussant, F3—America’s Antebellum North and South
Christopher J. Ward
Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
“A Return to the Past: Teaching Russian and Soviet History from a Eurasian Perspective”
F5— Teaching the History of the Cold War
Jeffrey Wells
Georgia Military College, Atlanta Campus, Atlanta, GA
“Bush at Last: Paul Coverdell and the 1988 Presidential Campaign”
F1—Life in America
Gary Williams
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Chair, F5—Undergraduate Roundtable Discussion. The Democratization of the ‘Great Republican Experiment,’ 1790-1840
John-Paul Wilson
St Johns University, Queens, NY
“The Impact of American Political Thought on Historical Analysis: A Case Study of the Nicaraguan Revolution”
F1— The Cold War
Angela Zombek
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“They Have Since Changed Their Minds and Obey: An Examination of Power and Resistance at Camp Chase Prison, 1863”
S3—America’s Civil War
UNDERGRADUATES
Jessica Auer
Stetson University, DeLand, FL
“Organized Inactivsim, Retrenchment, and Conservatism in the American Organized Labor Movement, 1955-1980”
S1—Undergraduate Research Panel
Brian Chadwick
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
“Black Panther Party Activities and US-Mexican Relations during the 1968 Mexico Olympics”
F4—Undergraduate Research Panel. Rebels, Rogues, and Scoundrels: Troublemakers and Everyday Life in Latin America
Ian Custar
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
“Surviving Argentina’s Dirty War: The 1976 Detention of Gwenda Mae Loken López and Its Impact on US-Argentine Relations”
F4— Undergraduate Research Panel. Rebels, Rogues, and Scoundrels: Troublemakers and Everyday Life in Latin America
Eugene C. Fanning
Florida Southern College
“The Great October Strike and the Reaction of the American Press”
S1—Undergraduate Research Panel
Angelica Garcia
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
F5—Undergraduate Roundtable Discussion. The Democratization of the ‘Great Republican Experiment,’ 1790-1840
Thomas J. Gillan
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
“‘The Moment of Balance is Exquisite’: Henry Adams’s Middle Way and the History of the Middle Ages”
F3—Undergraduate Research Panel
Andrew Ike
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
F5—Undergraduate Roundtable Discussion. The Democratization of the ‘Great Republican Experiment,’ 1790-1840
Joe Kelly
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
F5—Undergraduate Roundtable Discussion. The Democratization of the ‘Great Republican Experiment,’ 1790-1840
Brenden Kennedy
Stetson University
“The September Massacres: Crossing the Rubicon in Paris”
S1—Undergraduate Research Panel.
Hendry Miller
Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
“The Crackers of Antebellum Georgia”
S1—Undergraduate Research Panel
John D. Money
Macon State College, Macon, GA
“Robert Owen Defends the Child”
S1—Undergraduate Research Panel.
Michael Murphy
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Ethnicity, Race, and Disability in the New South”
F3—Undergraduate Research Panel
Mitch Ogletree
Georgia College and State University
“José Bueso Rosa and Honduras’s Narco-State during the 1980s”
F4—Undergraduate Research Panel. Rebels, Rogues, and Scoundrels: Troublemakers and Everyday Life in Latin America
Martin Persson
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
“Bureaucrats in Ancient Egypt: Their Life and Work”
F3—Undergraduate Research Panel
Stefann Plishka
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
“Blessed by the Forerunner: The Arm and Hand Relics of Saint John the Baptist”
S1—Undergraduate Research Panel
Rick Ramos
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers, FL
“The Slave Ships: Deadly to Slaves and Sailors Alike”
F4—Undergraduate Research Panel. Rebels, Rogues, and Scoundrels: Troublemakers and Everyday Life in Latin America
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