Young Historians Conference 2021

The 31st annual Young Historians Conference was held virtually via Zoom May 19, 2021. See the conference web page for more information: Young Historians Conference

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Schedule
2021
Wednesday, May 19th
1:00 PM	31st Annual Young Historians Conference Portland State University History Department Portland State University Challenge Program 1:00 PM
1:00 PM	Welcome and Full Program with Abstracts Jennifer Kerns, Portland State University Karen Bjork, Portland State University 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
1:20 PM	Session 1: Panel 1 (Video) -- Colonial Settler Policies And Practices And Their Impact On Local Communities Katrine Barber, Portland State University Ruby Lewis, St. Mary's Academy Sara E. Shallenberger, Lakeridge High School Madeleine G. Stewart, Lakeridge High School 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
1:20 PM	Session 1: Panel 1: Presenter 1 (Paper) -- “To Hell or Connaught:” How British Colonizers Both Caused and Benefitted from the Irish Potato Famine Ruby Lewis 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
1:20 PM	Session 1: Panel 1: Presenter 2 (Paper) -- The Rogue River War 1855-1856 Sara E. Shallenberger, Lakeridge High School 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
1:20 PM	Session 1: Panel 1: Presenter 3 (Paper) -- The Alaska Native Claim Settlement Act: The Impact on Alaskan Natives Madeleine G. Stewart, Lakeridge High School 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
1:20 PM	Session 1: Panel 2 (Video) -- Marginalized Communities: Perceptions and Resistance Jennifer Selwyn, Portland State University Brianna Michelle Anderson, Lakeridge High School Charlotte Cody, St. Mary's Academy Minami S. Powers, Grant High School 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
1:20 PM	Session 1: Panel 2: Presenter 1 (Paper) -- The Gay Rights Movement: A Reaction to the Lavender Scare Brianna Michelle Anderson, Lakeridge High School 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
1:20 PM	Session 1: Panel 2: Presenter 2 (Paper) -- The Irish Language and Nationalism in the 20th Century Charlotte Cody, St. Mary's Academy 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
1:20 PM	Session 1: Panel 2: Presenter 3 (Paper) -- Nonbinary Significance: Roles and Perceptions Throughout History Minami S. Powers, Grant High School 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
1:20 PM	Session 1: Panel 3 (Video) -- U.S. Geopolitical Policy in the Modern Era David Horowitz, Portland State University Roselyn S. Dai, Lakeridge High School Cole H. Powers, Lakeridge High School Fevronia M. Van Sickle, St. Mary's Academy 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
1:20 PM	Session 1: Panel 3: Presenter 1 (Paper) -- Fight for Star Wars: The Reagan Doctrine and the Ending of the Cold War Roselyn S. Dai, Lakeridge High School 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
1:20 PM	Session 1: Panel 3: Presenter 2 (Paper) -- Fighting For Freedom: Jazz and the Cold War Cole H. Powers, Lakeridge High School 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
1:20 PM	Session 1: Panel 3: Presenter 3 (Paper) -- The Reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev and Their Effect on the USSR Fevronia M. Van Sickle, St. Mary's Academy 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
2:45 PM	Session 2: Panel 1 (Video) -- Mystics, Indulgences, Witches and Power Dynamics in the Catholic Church John S. Ott, Portland State University Kasaundra A. Bonanno, Saint Marys Academy Charlotte Levine, St. Mary’s Academy Devika D. Narendra, Portland State University 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
2:45 PM	Session 2: Panel 1: Presenter 1 (Paper) -- The Struggle of the Soul Medieval Women Mystics and the Constraints of the Orthodoxy Kasaundra A. Bonanno, Saint Marys Academy 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
2:45 PM	Session 2: Panel 1: Presenter 2 (Paper) -- Pope Leo X and the St. Peter’s Indulgence: The Accidental Path to Reformation and Church Fragmentation Charlotte Levine, St. Mary’s Academy 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
2:45 PM	Session 2: Panel 1: Presenter 3 (Paper) -- Hunting Power through Witch Hunts in Early Modern Scotland Devika D. Narendra, Portland State University 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
2:45 PM	Session 2: Panel 2 (Video) -- La Longue Durée of the History of Global Commodities and Practices Thomas M. Luckett, Portland State University Tobias B. Boudreau, Grant High School Ben Iboshi, Grant High School Celeste Johnson, Grant High School 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
2:45 PM	Session 2: Panel 2: Presenter 1 (Paper) -- A Brief History of Footwear Tobias B. Boudreau, Grant High School 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
2:45 PM	Session 2: Panel 2: Presenter 2 (Paper) -- The History of Bathing: a Cross-Cultural Tradition Ben Iboshi, Grant High School 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
2:45 PM	Session 2: Panel 2: Presenter 3 (Paper) -- Silver Mining and Commerce: Initiation of the Global Economy Celeste Johnson, Grant High School 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
2:45 PM	Session 2: Panel 3 (Video) -- U.S. Racialized Policies and Their Effects Patricia A. Schechter, Portland State University Mete Bakircioglu, Lakeridge High School Melanie Du, Lakeridge High School Belise Nishimwe, St. Mary's Academy Arianna S. Sinlapasai-Okamura, Lakeridge High School 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
2:45 PM	Session 2: Panel 3: Presenter 1 (Paper) -- Friend or Foe?: The American Response to the Armenian Genocide, 1890-1920 Mete Bakircioglu, Lakeridge High School 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
2:45 PM	Session 2: Panel 3: Presenter 2 (Paper) -- The Anti-Chinese Movement and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Melanie Du, Lakeridge High School 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
2:45 PM	Session 2: Panel 3: Presenter 4 (Paper) -- Internment: The Legal Challenges and Effects of Displacement on Japanese Americans Arianna S. Sinlapasai-Okamura, Lakeridge High School 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM	Awards Ceremony Joy Beckett, Portland State University Jennifer Kerns, Portland State University 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

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