Sophomores Present Research at 2025 Student Historian Project Symposium
Eleven sophomores presented their work on Wednesday at the second annual Student Historian Project Symposium. The SHP initiative, created in 2022, sees sophomores conduct research on a subject of their choosing with the help of faculty guidance. After their final presentations, the sophomores have the opportunity to continue their research in their junior history term paper and potentially in senior electives.聽
The students met with Ms. Kara Papp, Ms. Kaitlin Landrein, Ms. Gena Reisig, and other members of the History Department regularly as they conducted their research, which is done in addition to the regular curriculum. Ms. Clair Quaintance and Ms. Krista Martino-Hecht also assisted students with research in our library, using books in our collection as well as online databases.
During the SHP Symposium, each student presented his work and had an opportunity to discuss his research with attendees. All 11 students then gathered for a panel discussion moderated by upperclassmen who had taken part in SHP as sophomores.
鈥淭his amazing program gives an avenue for students that love history and want to take the time to explore a research topic that doesn鈥檛 fit a traditional course,鈥� said Ms. Papp in her remarks. 鈥淭o see the projects evolve over several months and to see the students get so lively has been one of the best parts of SHP.鈥�
Please see below for the full list of this year's projects:
Charles Armstrong 鈥�27: 鈥淕enghis Khan and the Quest for God鈥�
Michael Bruno 鈥�27: 鈥淢oney Talks: The Silent Architects of the New York City Subway鈥�
Alessandro Cupido Carlorosi 鈥�27: 鈥淭he Shuttles for Peace: Henry Kissinger During the 1970s Arab-Israeli Crisis鈥�
Jack Denehy 鈥�27: 鈥淕aribaldi the Guerilla: The Impact of Garibaldi鈥檚 South American Military Career on Italy鈥檚 Independence鈥�
Hayden Faricelli 鈥�27: 鈥淭he Velvet Divorce: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia鈥�
Adam Faughnan 鈥�27: 鈥淭he Troubles: Sectarian Divisions as a Barrier to Peace鈥�
Reese Hubbard 鈥�27: 鈥淧olish Economics and Solidarity: A Free Trade Union鈥�
J. Benjamin Louis 鈥�27: 鈥淎gainst All Odds: How Ethiopia Fought Off Italian Colonial Ambitions鈥�
Jack Solgan 鈥�27: 鈥淐ontrolled Demolition of an Empire: The U.S. Occupation of Japan鈥�
Gonzalo Tamayo Diaz 鈥�27: 鈥淭he Haitian Revolution: When Oppression Ignited a Rebellion鈥�
Theo Vandeweerdt 鈥�27: 鈥淭he Wool of Fortune: Medieval Flanders and the Wool Trade鈥�
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