2017

Florida Conference of Historians

 

57th Annual Meeting

March 10-12

 

Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center

Punta Gorda

 

 

 

 

Sponsored by Florida SouthWestern State College

 


                                                           

Local Arrangements and Program Co-Chairs

 

Thomas Donaldson

Florida SouthWestern State College

 

Jesse Hingson

Jacksonville University

 

 

 

Officers of the

Florida Conference of Historians, 2016-2017

 

President                     Thomas Donaldson

Florida SouthWestern State College

 

President-Elect            David Proctor

Tallahassee Community College

 

Treasurer                    Jesse Hingson

Jacksonville University

 

Secretary                     David Proctor

Tallahassee Community College

 

 

 

FCH Annals:

The Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians

Senior Editor

Michael S. Cole

Florida Gulf Coast University


 

General Information

 

Air Travel to Punta Gorda

If traveling to the meeting by air, the Local Arrangements Chair recommends flying into Punta Gorda Airport (PGD), which offers car rental and taxi services.  Allegiant Air and Frontier Airlines are the main carriers.  For your rental car needs, Hertz (941-575-7983) and Enterprise (941-575-4200) are located on-site.  For more information, go to www.flypgd.com. 

 

In addition, other major aiports, Tampa International (TPA), Southwest Florida International in Fort Myers (RSW), Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ), and St. Petersburg/Clearwater International (PIE) are all within a 90 minute (or less) drive.  All of these airports offer car rental and taxi services. 

 

 

Driving to the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center

From I-75, turn off onto Exit 164 (US 17-Punta Gorda).  Turn onto US-17 toward Punta Gorda.  US-17 becomes West Marion Avenue.  Turn right onto Taylor Street.  The parking lot will be 2 blocks down on the left.

 

The address is: 
75 Taylor Street
Punta Gorda, FL 33950

 

 

Parking at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center

The Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center has 240 parking spaces available free of charge. 

 

   Restaurant Options Available near the conference center

o   Hurricane Charley’s Bar and Grill

o   Laishley Crab House

o   Dean’s South of the Border

o   The Perfect Caper

o   Hungry Howie’s

 


 

 

 

Lodging

Lodging will be available at the Punta Gorda Waterfront Hotel, one block away from the meeting site.  There are only a limited number of rooms available at the conference rate of $129/night, so make sure to make a reservation as early as possible.  You may make a reservation by calling the Front Desk Manager, Susan McLean, or the General Manager, Trent Seguin, at 941-639-1165.  In order to get the conference rate, please let them know that you are reserving your room for the Florida Conference of Historians annual meeting. 

 

From I-75, take exit 164 for US-17 South toward Punta Gorda.  Drive for a half-mile and turn left onto Duncan Rd.  Continue onto Marion Ave and turn right onto Sullivan Street.  Proceed about 480 feet and then turn left onto W Retta Esplanade.  The Punta Gorda Waterfront Hotel will be on your right.

 

The hotel address is:

300 W Retta Esplanade

Punta Gorda, FL 33950

 

The 2017 FCH Annual Meeting will be held across the street from the hotel at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center.  More information on lodging options is available on the FCH website.

 

Conference Activity

On Friday, the FCH is hosting a reception at Hurricane Charley’s, next to the Punta Gorda Waterfront Hotel.  All conference activity on Saturday will take place at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center in Punta Gorda, located across the street from the hotel.  You may pick up your badge, program, and a copy of the FCH Annals at the registration table during the Friday reception and during the Saturday sessions.  On Sunday, there are historic tours available in the morning.  Please consult the program for the exact locations and times of panels, plenary sessions, tours, and special events.

 

 

 

 

 

MAP OF CHARLOTTE HARBOR EVENT AND CONFERENCE CENTER

Saturday panels will take place in the meeting rooms

connected to the “Concourse” Area

 

 


 

Friday, March 10, 2017

 

6:30 PM-8:30 PM:

Welcome Reception and Roundtable

Appetizers and Refreshments Provided

 

Location: Hurricane Charley’s Bar and Grill

Adjacent to the Punta Gorda Waterfront Hotel

Reception Room

 

Co-Sponsored by H-NET

Robert Cassanello, Vice President of Research and Publications for H-Net will be available to answer questions about H-Net

and how to create new networks

 

6:30 PM-7:30 PM: Welcome Reception

FCH Registration Available

 

7:30 PM-8:30 PM: Roundtable Discussion

“The Decline of General Education History Requirements in the State of Florida:

An Assessment of the Problem and

Possible Responses from the History Profession”

 

David Proctor, Tallahassee Community College

Nicola Foote, Florida Gulf Coast University

Jesse Hingson, Jacksonville University

John Paul Hill, Warner University

Facilitator: David Proctor,

Tallahassee Community College


Saturday, March 11, 2017

8:00 AM-12:00 PM: Registration

Location: Pre-Function Area

·         Refreshments will be provided during the morning sessions

 

Session One: Saturday, 8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Panel 1A: Ground-Breaking Studies in Caribbean History

Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research

Meeting Room:  Myakka A

 

Analysis of the Progression of Calypso in Trinidad and Tobago

Casey Haenn and Hannah Seitz, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

From Ordinary to Exceptional:

Enslaved Women's Acts of Resistance in Caribbean Plantations

Diana Ramirez, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

The Grievances of British Colonials in Jamaica

Leading to the War of Jenkins’ Ear

William Cobb, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Chair: Mike Cole, Florida Gulf Coast University

Discussant: Jesse Hingson, Jacksonville University

 

Panel 1B: The Distant Global Past

Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research

Meeting Room: Myakka B

 

The Transgressive Deification of Wu Zetian

Rachael Rothstein-Safra, University of Central Florida

 

Social Commentary in Njal's Saga: Law in the Presence of Feud

Steven T. Dunn, University of South Florida

 

The Road to the Council of Trent

Mary E Gambrill, Florida Atlantic University

 

Chair and Discussant: Rowena Hernández Múzquiz, Broward College

 

Panel 1C: Literature, Performance, and Power in 20th Century Europe

Meeting Room: Peace A

 

Communism’s Futures:

Intelligentsia Imaginations in the Writings of the Strugatsky Brothers

Elizabeth Tammaro, University of Central Florida

 

Soviet Anti-Theatrical Prejudice:

Actresses, Whores, and the Soviet Stage

Mayhill C. Fowler, Stetson University

 

Boogeymen and Incarceration in Postwar Italy

Rosetta Giuliani Caponetto, Auburn University

Chair and Discussant: Blaine T. Browne, Broward College (emeritus) and Oklahoma City University

 

Panel 1D: Social Transformations Before “the Great War”

Meeting Room: Peace B

 

Stepping into the Heart of Darkness:

A Southern Woman’s Foreign Mission Work in Liberia, 1850-1870

Katherine E. Rohrer, University of North Georgia               

 

Women and Education Reform in Ireland:

Turn of the Twentieth Century Feminisms

Kaley Dietrich, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Suffrage in Wonderland: Alice in Wonderland and the “Votes for Women” Controversy in Britain before the First World War

Jonathon David Campbell, Georgia State University

 

Chair and Discussant: David Proctor, Tallahassee Community College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel 1E: Teaching, Learning, and Representing the Past

Special Interest Section: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Meeting Room: Hibiscus Hall A

 

Spatializing the War of the Rebellion

Mike Burke, University of Central Florida

 

Exploring the Representations of Native Americans in Academia

Tiffany Owens, University of Central Florida

 

Still. Life.: An Immersive Experience of Listening to Oral History

Nyssa Chow, Columbia University, Oral History Master's Program

 

Chair and Discussant: Julian Chambliss, Rollins College


 

Session Two: Saturday, 9:30 AM-10:45 AM

Panel 2A: Social and Spatial Histories of the Early Republic

Meeting Room: Myakka A

 

Cholera and Old Hickory: Disease and the Election of 1832

David Petriello, Caldwell University         

 

Mapping Slavery in the Early Republic Lower Mississippi Valley

Patrick Luck, Florida Polytechnic University

 

The Power of Manhood:

Masculinity and the Politics of Labor in the Antebellum United States

John Ermer, Florida International University

 

Chair and Discussant: Mike Davis, Northwest Florida State College

 

 

Panel 2B: Hidden Histories of the Past Century

Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research

Meeting Room: Hibiscus Hall A

 

World War I Military Aviation in Florida: An Overlooked Chapter?

Kathryn Rinehart, University of Central Florida

 

The Forgotten Soldiers: Mi'kmaq Warriors in World War I

Tyler Kelley, University of Central Florida

 

Getting High to the Beat: Drug References in Popular Music From 1980 to 2016 and What They Say about American Culture

Kayla Bryant, Saint Leo University      

 

Chair and Discussant: David Proctor, Tallahassee Community College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel 2C: Florida Women in the Public Sphere

Special Interest Section: Florida History

Meeting Room: Myakka B

 

Florida Journalism Pioneer: Miami Women's Page Editor Billie O'Day Kimberly Voss, University of Central Florida  

 

Lucy Blackman: Advocating for Women, Conservation, and Education in the Early 20th Century

Leslie Poole, Rollins College             

 

C. E. Quinn in St. Petersburg During World War II

Peggy Macdonald, Matheson History Museum

 

Chair and Discussant: Kimberly Voss, University of Central Florida              

 

 

Panel 2D: Fight the Power: 

Domination and Resistance in the Modern World

Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research

Meeting Room: Peace A

 

Revolutionaries and Refugees: From France to Haiti to the United States

Samantha Sanford, New College of Florida

 

The Case of Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans: Hunger Striking and

Public Opinion in the Irish Women's Suffrage Movement

Angela Hodge, New College of Florida        

 

Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

Victoria McCullough, New College of Florida

 

Chair and Discussant: David Allen Harvey, New College of Florida               

 

 

 

 

 

Panel 2E: “The Universal Soldier: Vietnam”, A Film with Commentary

Special Interest Section: Media, Arts, and Culture

Meeting Room: Peace B

 

Presenter: Michael T. Barry Jr., University of Florida

 

Is war inevitable?  What would happen if humans could understand conflict without creating enemies or fundamentally different “others”, wrongheaded and therefore expendable?  What if we could see that soldiers fight for many reasons, ideals, and pressures, but share a universal experience?  Would this knowledge change the way we look at current wars in the Middle East?  In this film, a young filmmaker, distant from the standard narrative of the U.S. war with Vietnam, uses archival footage and interviews to retell the story.  Michael T. Barry Jr. brings training as a historian and filmmaker, compassion for the older generations of Americans and Vietnamese who suffered from the war, and a critical new eye to their stories.  The Universal Soldier will rely upon archival and interview footage that has not been seen by U.S. audiences, including archival footage by Communist and U.S. combat photographers, interviews with Northern Vietnamese women who guarded and maintained the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and with ordinary U.S. soldiers remembering a war that continues to trouble them and the collective memory of their generation. 

 

Discussant: Michael T. Barry Jr., University of Florida

 

 


 

Session Three:  Saturday, 11:00 AM-12:15 PM

Panel 3A: Poster Session

This session features posters on display.  The authors will be available during this time to discuss their works and answer questions.

Meeting Room: Hibiscus Hall A

 

 

Yesterday's News for Today's Students

Melissa Espino and Sarah "Moxy" Moczygemba,

University of Florida         

           

 

The Italian Influence on Ernest Hemingway

Bradley Bowers,

Barry University

 

 

Teaching American History Using Placed-Based Education and a Philosophical Approach

Jessica Evers,

Florida Gulf Coast University     


Panel 3B: Port Cities, Port Complexes, and Maritime Trade:

18th and 19th Centuries              

Meeting Room: Myakka A

 

Empire of Brotherly Love: Philadelphia's Maritime Trade before Independence, 1700-1775

Jeremy Land, Georgia State University       

 

The Port Complex of the Massachusetts Bay: Newburyport, Salem, and Boston during 1763-1825

David Doran, Kennesaw State University/Georgia State University

 

Surat, Bombay, and the Port Complex of Gujarat in the Eighteenth Century: Maritime Trade and the Political Economy of Western India

Ghulam A. Nadri, Georgia State University

 

Chair and Discussant: Ian C. Fletcher, Georgia State University

 

 

Panel 3C: Innovative Studies on the Second World War

Meeting Room: Myakka B

 

Ideology and Propaganda:

The Connection during the German Third Reich through Film

Taylor Neff, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Jewish POWs in Nazi Germany: Exposing the Hollywood Myth

D. Craig Whittington, Florida State University

 

Ernest Hemingway in World War II

Anders Greenspan, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

 

Chair and Discussant: Heribert von Feilitzsch, Independent Scholar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel 3D: New Approaches to Modern Latin America I

Meeting Room: Peace A

 

Clear to Land? George Brownell’s Aviation Meeting with Mexico, 1948

Erik D. Carlson, Florida Gulf Coast University       

 

Domesticity and Domestic Servants in U.S. Enclaves in Latin America

Nicola Foote, Florida Gulf Coast University           

 

Chair and Discussant: Nicola Foote, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

 

 

Panel 3E: Partnering Preservation and Sustainability:

The Weekly Challenger Digitization Initiative at USF, St. Petersburg

Meeting Room: Peace B

 

Preserving a Source of African American Heritage on Florida’s West Coast: The Weekly Challenger Initiative

James Anthony Schnur, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg

 

Investigating and Developing a Preservation Workflow for Newspapers in a Digital Archive

Alexandra Curran, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg

 

Arranging and Organizing a Newspaper Archive

Shawn Ohtani and Phillip Sroka, University of South Florida-Tampa

 

Chair and Discussant: Erin Mahaney, Florida Institute of Technology

 

 

 

11:30 PM-12:30 PM: FCH Business Meeting

·         Meeting Room: Hurricane Charley’s Bar and Grill

 

 

 

 

 

Session Four: Saturday, 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Panel 4A: New Approaches to Modern Latin America II

Meeting Room: Myakka A

 

Terror and Pardon in Argentina during the Rosas Era:

Aftermath of the Rebellion of 1840

Jesse Hingson, Jacksonville University

 

Leon J. Canova and Pancho Villa's Columbus Raid of 1916

Heribert von Feilitzsch, Independent Scholar

               

Chair/Discussant: Jesse Hingson, Jacksonville University

 

 

Panel 4B: Media Culture in Contemporary Asia

Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research/Media, Arts, Culture

Meeting Room: Myakka B

 

Stylistic Transitions from 1985 to 1995 in the Work of Chinese Contemporary Artist Wu Shanzuan

Lauren Mathes, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Michael Lin and the Concept of Preservation and Revivalment

Kelsey Hallbeck, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Evolving with Xiao Lu: A Female Contemporary Artist

Taryn Estrada, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Wu Guanzhong: The Politicality of the Paintbrush

Nicole Butcher, Florida Gulf Coast University       

 

Chair: Megan Colleen McShane, Florida Gulf Coast University

Discussant: Julian Chambliss, Rollins College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel 4C: Health, Environment, and Memory in Florida

Special Interest Section: Florida History

Meeting Room: Peace A

 

Change in Animal Policies Regarding Natural Disasters in Florida

Nicole M. Diehm and Richard M. Shafer, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Forty Miles of Clams

Nano E. Riley, University of South Florida, St Petersburg

 

How Floridians Learned about the Risks of Smoking

Terry M. Parssinen, University of Tampa

 

Indigenous Memory, Colonial Myths, Yankee Settlers,

and the Indian River

Kristalyn Shefveland, University of Southern Indiana

 

Chair and Discussant: Sean McMahon, Florida Gateway College

 

 

Panel 4D: Politics and Society in Florida

Special Interest Section: Florida History

Meeting Room: Peace B

 

23 Awkward Days: Governor Buddy MacKay's Florida

Seth A. Weitz, Dalton State College         

               

The Same River Twice:

Florida’s 1968 Constitution from Mid-Century Draft to 2018 Revision

Mary Adkins, University of Florida

 

The Imperial Theater and the Mann Act:

When Tampa’s Greatest Scoundrel went on Trial

Andrew Huse, University of South Florida             

 

Contested Fruit:

The 1978 Hillsborough County Strawberry Pickers Strike

Brad Massey, Polk State College and University of Florida

 

Chair and Discussant: Michael Epple, Florida Gulf Coast University

Panel 4E: Cultural Representations in Premodern Europe

Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research

Meeting Room: Hibiscus Hall A

 

The Value of the Royal Frankish Annals as a Source for the Reign of Charles the Great

David Bynum, New College of Florida 

 

Morality & Consumption: Italian Sumptuary Laws in the Renaissance

Victoria Deal, New College of Florida

 

The Mos Maiorum and Memory in Late Republican Rome

Kevin Cigala, New College of Florida

 

Impossible Progress:

The Renaissance as Represented in Thomas More's Utopia

Christina Graben, New College of Florida 

 

Chair and Discussant: Melodie H. Eichbauer,

Florida Gulf Coast University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session Five: Saturday, 2:15 PM-3:45 PM

Panel 5A: Media, Form, and Identity in History

Special Interest Section: Media, Arts, and Culture

Meeting Room: Myakka A

 

Heloise and the Female Role:

How Heloise Can Represent the Typical Woman of the Middle Ages

Tamala Malerk, University of Memphis

 

Ancient Women in Film: On-Screen Deaths as Feminist Martyrdom

Andrea Schwab, Florida Atlantic University

               

Scottish Identity and Presbyterianism in Antrim, 1613-1670

Colin Cook, University of Central Florida

 

Building the Superman: The Popularization of 1915’s The Black Stork and the Dissemination of Eugenics in Television and Motion Pictures

Pietra Diwan, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Brazil)

 

Chair and Discussant: Rowena Hernández Múzquiz, Broward College

 

 

Panel 5B: Race and Ethnicity in Florida

Special Interest Section: Florida History

Meeting Room: Peace A

 

Advocate Recovered: Reclaiming a Lost African-American Newspaper

Julian Chambliss, Rollins College

 

A Tale of Two Towns: Southwest Florida during Jim Crow

Richard M. Shafer and Nicole M. Diehm, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Racial Violence and Competing Memory in Florida

Meghan Martínez, Florida State University

 

Hidden in Plain Sight: Early Stories from Puerto Rican Orlando

Patricia Silver, Center for Place, Culture, and Politics, CUNY Grad Center

 

Chair and Discussant: Seth A. Weitz, Dalton State College

 

Panel 5C: Crises and Wars in Florida’s Past

Special Interest Section: Florida History

Meeting Room: Myakka B

 

Unappreciated Allies:

Choctaws, Creeks, and the Defense of British West Florida, 1781

Jim Piecuch, Kennesaw State University   

 

“A Miserable, God-Forsaken Hole”:

The New York Times Views Civil War Tampa, 1861-1864

Angela Zombek, St. Petersburg College 

 

“How I Reached the Union Lines”: The Loyalties and Experiences of a Southern Unionist Soldier, 1862-1865

Tyler Campbell, University of Central Florida  

 

Hot Dogs in the Sunshine State:

Anti-German Hysteria in Florida during World War I

Drew Fulcher, University of Central Florida

 

Chair and Discussant: Sean McMahon, Florida Gateway College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel 5D: Memory, History, and Forgotten Spaces

Meeting Room: Peace B

 

To the Memory of Brave Men: The Imperial War Graves Commission and the Burial of Indian Soldiers in the First World War

Jordan Sims, University of Central Florida             

 

Living in Moderate Obscurity: World War I Monuments in Florida

Rebecca Schwandt, The University of Central Florida

 

“Gold Rush Days” in Dahlonega, Georgia:

Historical Memory and the Invention of Place

Emily Mieras, Stetson University                       

 

Edison: The Unknown Patriot

Andrew D. Ortiz, University of Central Florida

 

Chair and Discussant: Megan Colleen McShane,

Florida Gulf Coast University

 

 

Panel 5E: New Studies on the Cold War

Meeting Room: Hibiscus Hall A

 

Grand Design: Richard Nixon and the Politics of Poverty

Lawrence J. McAndrews , St. Norbert College

 

BMEWS, NIKE-ZEUS and Eisenhower: A Do Something President

Patrick Gallagher, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen's Change in Attitude toward

Communism in the 1960s

Michael Epple, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

The Ideological Path to Argentina’s Dirty War

Robert Koch, University of South Florida

 

Chair and Discussant: Jack McTague, St Leo University

 

 

Session Six: Saturday, 4:00 PM-5:15 PM

Panel 6A: Atlanta’s Great Speckled Bird and the Long Global Sixties

Meeting Room: Myakka A

 

Orientations: Vietnam, Antiwar Activism, and the Great Speckled Bird

Ian Christopher Fletcher, Georgia State University    

 

Connecting the Local with the Global:

The Great Speckled Bird Covers Africa

Carrie Whitney, Georgia State University

 

Chile in Revolution and Resistance: The Great Speckled Bird and Solidarity with Chile from Allende to Pinochet

Juan Pablo Valenzuela, Kennesaw State University

 

Chair and Discussant: Robbie Lieberman, Kennesaw State University

 

 

Panel 6B: Movements and Counter-Movements in US History

Meeting Room: Myakka B

 

Failed Awakening: Jonathan Blanchard and

The Twilight of American Anti-Masonry, 1868-1888

Mike Davis, Northwest Florida State College

 

The Purpose of the Industrial Workers of the World within

America's Labor Movement

Michael Gromoll, University of Central Florida

 

The Radicalism of Chinese Student Activism in

Early Twentieth-Century America

Daniel DuBois, Saint Leo University

 

Chair and Discussant: Douglas M. Astolfi, Saint Leo University

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel 6C: Nation Building in Post-War Africa and the Middle East

Meeting Room: Peace A

 

Le Service des Centres Sociaux: Education and the Question of Integration at the Height of the Algerian War (1956-1962)

Amelia H. Lyons, University of Central Florida   

 

Zanzibari Nationalism? Zanzibar After the Union

Charlotte Miller, Middle Georgia State University

 

Turkey and Erdogan: Betwix Neo-Ottomanist Ambitions and Erratic TransAtlantic Security Commitments

Marco Rimanelli, Saint Leo University

 

Chair and Discussant: Marco Rimanelli, Saint Leo University

 

 

 

Panel 6D: Forgotten Histories of the Second World War

Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research

Meeting Room: Hibiscus Hall A

 

The Vital Role of Operation Fortitude

Stephen Krzeminski, Florida Atlantic University

 

Politicizing Health: The Nazis' Forgotten Anti-Smoking Campaign and Twentieth-Century Eugenics

John Lancaster, University of Central Florida

 

Chair and Discussant: Blaine T. Browne,

Broward College (emeritus) and Oklahoma City University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel 6E: “Marching Forward”, A Film with Commentary

Special Interest Sections: Florida History/Media, Arts, and Culture

Meeting Room: Peace B

 

Presenters:

Nicole Mariutto, University of Central Florida

Oswmer Louis, University of Central Florida

Kyle Aulow, University of Central Florida               

 

This 25-minute documentary “Marching Forward” explores a story of unity in 1964 segregated Orlando, when one white high school marching band (Edgewater High School) and one black high school marching band (Jones High School) were invited to perform at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City.  Despite the strict racial segregation of school and public places, both bands reached the World’s Fair, coming together through music and sense of community.  We want to be able to share this story with present day audiences to begin a community discussion about race relations in the 1960s and how Orlando, and the country, seemed to stray away from racial hostility, at least in the public eye.  We feel that peer feedback and comments can help us improve our documentary in order to get the best out of our story.

 

Discussant: Robert Cassanello, University of Central Florida

 

 

 


 

Session Seven: Saturday, 5:30 PM-6:45 PM

Panel 7A: Cultural Landscapes of Florida

Special Interest Section: Florida History

Meeting Room: Peace A

 

The Sarasota Launching of a Miracle

Thomas J McInerney, Metropolitan State University of Denver

 

Striking Out Against Radicalism:

Baseball, Class, and Labor Organization in Tampa, FL, 1899-1920

Paul Dunder, University of South Florida

 

Henry Flagler and Florida Philanthropy: 

The Stetson University Connection

Debbi Dinkins, Stetson University

 

Chair and Discussant: Sean McMahon, Florida Gateway College

 

 

Panel 7B: Art, Vision, and Spectacle in Twentieth Century Asia

Special Interest Section: Media, Arts, and Culture

Meeting Room: Peace B

 

Anime in Infrastructure:

Through an Industrial and Technological Perspective

Yuzuru Nakagawa, Japan Institute of the Moving Image (Japan)

 

The Influence of the “Zhuhai ‘85 New Wave Large-Scale Slide Exhibition” (Zhuhai bawu meishu sichao daxing huandengzhan) on Contemporary Chinese Art

Megan Colleen McShane, Florida Gulf Coast University

 

The Power of the Familiar:

Intertextuality in Anime and Manga through Hirano Kouta’s Hellsing

Javiera N. Reyes-Navarro, Independent Scholar 

 

Chair and Discussant: Thomas Donaldson,

Florida Southwestern State College

 

 

Panel 7C: Authority and Culture in the Americas

Meeting Room: Myakka A

 

How Did Jumonville Die?

The Death That Sparked the French and Indian War

Aaron Lewis, University of South Florida

 

The Case of the Common Scold:

Gendered Speech and Social Order in Colonial New England

Christin Leigh King, University of Central Florida

 

Lady’s with Parasols and Pineapples: Popular Perceptions of Saint-Dominguan Women of Color in the Atlantic World, 1790-1840

Megan Neary, Georgia State University

 

Chair and Discussant: David Harvey, New College

 

 

Panel 7D: Beyond the Big Top: The Cultural Impact of the Circus

Meeting Room: Myakka B

 

Marketing Masculinity:

Representations of the Male in Circus Ephemera

Marcy W. Murray, State College of Florida

 

Changing the Cultural Climate:

The Influence of the Circus on the West Coast of Florida

Deborah W. Walk, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

 

Making It Modern:

Icons of 20th Century Culture and the Ringling Circus

Jennifer Lemmer Posey, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

 

Chair and Discussant: Marcy W. Murray, State College of Florida

 

 

 

 

                7:00 PM-8:00 PM: Keynote Address

Meeting Room: Myakka A/B

Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center

Punta Gorda, Florida

 

Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Dr. Michael Cole

Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Keynote Address

Dr. Murdo MacLeod

Professor Emeritus

University of Florida

 

Material Life and Narrative History, the uses of both:

Some neglected aspects of the last 50 years of Spanish Colonial Life in Honduras

The early 18th century in Honduras was an era of recovery from the disastrous 16th century. That all changed in the 1770s with cattle epidemics, rising prices of staples such as jerked beef, beans and maize, and stagnant wages in many sectors. 

These changes, I found, were the background to independence, but political and ethnic disturbances were also in play. Honduras had become a country with a mulatto majority, with increasing discontent or indifference to Spaniards and Catalans, and the whole regime. New Spanish legislation -- the so called Bourbon Reforms - stirred the pot, and smuggling with the English in Jamaica did not help.

The Tegucigalpa elites, with a tradition of treating the lower classes with the strict but often benevolent paternalism of the time, watched them closely, and gradually discerned that the masses were indifferent or hostile to the Spanish colonial regime, and went for independence. Attention to the U.S. war of independence, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, Napoleon, the revolts in Mexico, and tumultuous events in Spain, together the usual explanations for Central American independence, were certainly of importance, but the history of internal economics, politics, and ethnic differences has been ignored, and, this research will claim, was the most important factor in reaching independence. How much this kind of research would help to explain the independence movements in the other Central American regions is unknown, but further research would perhaps yield some surprising results.

8:00 PM-8:30 PM: Banquet

Meeting Room: Hibiscus Hall A

Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center

Punta Gorda, Florida

Attendees and Guests must wear their

conference badges to attend the banquet

 

Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Thomas Donaldson

Florida Southwestern State College

FCH President, 2016-2017

 

Presentation of Best Paper Awards

J. Calvitt Clarke III Award for Best Undergraduate Student Paper: Presented by Dr. Jesse Hingson, Jacksonville University

 

Blaine T. Browne Award for Best Graduate Student Paper:

Presented by Blaine T. Browne,

Broward College (emeritus) and Oklahoma City University

 

Thomas M. Campbell Award for Best Professional Paper:

Presented by Dr. David Proctor, Tallahassee Community College

 

Remarks on the FCH Annals

Dr. Michael S. Cole

Florida Gulf Coast University

Senior Editor, FCH Annals

 

Remarks on the 2018 FCH Annual Meeting

Dr. David Proctor

Tallahassee Community College

 


Sunday, March 12, 2017

Indian Spring Cemetery Living History Tour

9500 Indian Spring Road, Punta Gorda, FL 33950

8:30 am-11:00 am

Pick-Up Location: Punta Gorda Waterfront Hotel

 

Join the Charlotte County Historical Center on a guided tour of Charlotte County's second oldest cemetery. Witness history unfold as living historians recount the triumphs and tragedies faced by early pioneering families.  This is an outdoor walking tour; closed-toe, athletic footwear is highly recommended.  Participation is FREE and shuttle service will be provided beginning at 8:30 a.m. for those who register.

 

 

Punta Gorda Historic Mural Walking Tour

Tour 1: 8:30-9:45 am

Tour 2: 10:00-11:45 am

Pick-Up Location: Punta Gorda Waterfront Hotel

 

Since 1994, the Punta Gorda Historic Mural Society has created 29 murals around downtown Punta Gorda, capturing the rich history of the area through the beauty of mural art.  The Society is offering a walking tour approximately 1.5 hours in length.  No more than 20 people per tour.  Participation is FREE for those who register.

 


Our Special Thanks To:

Daniel Fandino and H-Net

 

Susan McLean, Trent Seguin, and the Staff of the

Punta Gorda Waterfront Hotel

 

Management and Staff at Hurricane Charley’s

 

Traci Roberts and the Staff at La Quinta Inn and Suites at Port Charlotte

 

Sandy Darna and the Staff at the

Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center

 

Ashley Pulver, Food and Beverage Manager

SAVOR…Charlotte Harbor

 

Dr. Michael Cole and

the History Faculty of Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Annette Snapp, Historian (Community Services)
Crystal Diff, Programming Coordinator

Charlotte County Historical Center

 

Kelly Gaylord and the

Punta Gorda Historic Mural Society

 

Matthew Smith and WGCU-Fort Myers

 

Jax Press Printing, Inc.

 

Community First Credit Union


 

Thank you for attending the

2017 Florida Conference of Historians! 

 

We hope to see you again for the 58th annual meeting hosted by Tallahassee Community College!

 

Please go to our website http://www.floridaconferenceofhistorians.org

or follow us on Twitter (@FLHistorians) for updates.

 


 

NOTES