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Superdome Services, Inc.: Tracing the Convergence Between Black Enterprise...

Superdome Services, Inc.: Tracing the Convergence Between Black Enterprise and Neoliberalism in a Post-Civil Rights Era New Orleans, 1974-1977 Pantini, Daniel Utilizing records drawn from New Orleans’...

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Korean Transnational Adoption as an Act of Violence

Korean Transnational Adoption as an Act of Violence Titcomb, Isabelle Building on an emergent  eld of critical adoption studies, this paper traces the transformation of the Korean orphan into adoptee...

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Remembering “Der Noether”: The Gendered Image and Memory of Women in Mathematics

Remembering “Der Noether”: The Gendered Image and Memory of Women in Mathematics Rak, Gwendolyn German mathematician Emmy Noether (1882-1935) is known today for her contributions to abstract algebra...

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“Either on Account of Sex or Color”: Policing the Boundaries of the Medical...

“Either on Account of Sex or Color”: Policing the Boundaries of the Medical Profession During Reconstruction Lloyd-Jones, Adam In 1868, the American Medical Association (AMA) was asked to permit...

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The Pennsylvania County Fair: A Snapshot of America at the Turn of the...

The Pennsylvania County Fair: A Snapshot of America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Duda, Sarah This paper explores the controversial popularity of horse races at Pennsylvania agricultural fairs...

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Let Not a Red Come in Thy Bed: Construction of Hair in 17th Century England

Let Not a Red Come in Thy Bed: Construction of Hair in 17th Century England Smith, Holly This paper analyzes three seventeenth century English ballads in order to understand the complex factors that...

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Critical Politics in a Neoliberal Institution: Gay and Lesbian Organizing at...

Critical Politics in a Neoliberal Institution: Gay and Lesbian Organizing at Swarthmore College, 1988-1993 Roseberry-Polier, Ali This paper studies gay and lesbian organizing at Swarthmore as part of...

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Immigration, Nationality, and Xenophobia in Late-19th Century Marseilles

Immigration, Nationality, and Xenophobia in Late-19th Century Marseilles McNeill, Patrick This paper investigates the “Vêpres Marseillaises,” a June 1881 anti-Italian riot in Marseilles, in order to...

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Progressive Ambivalence: Upholding and Upending Tradition in Philadelphia’s...

Progressive Ambivalence: Upholding and Upending Tradition in Philadelphia’s First Public Bathhouse Hearn-Desautels, Gabriel Philadelphia’s first, charity-run public bathhouse was established in 1898 by...

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Una Iglesia Desaparecida: The End of an Era for the Chilean Catholic Church

Una Iglesia Desaparecida: The End of an Era for the Chilean Catholic Church Porras, September Sky This article aims to investigate the changing political alignment of the Chilean Catholic Church...

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The Morris Worm: Cyber Security, Viral Contagions, and National Sovereignty

The Morris Worm: Cyber Security, Viral Contagions, and National Sovereignty Shemakov, Roman This paper analyzes the history of cybercrime rhetoric through the 1989 hacking of the earliest internet...

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“To make their bid for democracy for all people under all circumstances…” :...

“To make their bid for democracy for all people under all circumstances…” : The 1944 Philadelphia Transit Strike and New Deal black activism in World War 2 Mariani, Joe On the Tuesday morning of August...

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L’affaire d’Antoine: Colonial Tensions of Freedom and Power

L’affaire d’Antoine: Colonial Tensions of Freedom and Power Mancini, Marisa In 1774, living in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, Antoine bought his freedom from the Gentil de Paroy, only to be...

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If We Must Die: Armed Self-Defense during the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1967

If We Must Die: Armed Self-Defense during the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1967 Palomo, Martin This paper looks over the Civil Rights Movement between 1954 and 1967 and analyzes the role that armed...

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Regulating paradise; following the changing culture of smoking in Buenos...

Regulating paradise; following the changing culture of smoking in Buenos Aires, 2003-2018 Caldwell, Naomi This paper examines the rapid change in smoking culture in Buenos Aires, from celebrated to...

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Crossing the Century: Cross-Dressing in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century San...

Crossing the Century: Cross-Dressing in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century San Francisco Jin, Alexander This paper explores cross-dressing in the San Francisco Bay Area at the turn-of-the- twentieth-century...

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No Last Words: Class, Cultural Production, and the Black Radical Tradition in...

No Last Words: Class, Cultural Production, and the Black Radical Tradition in the Pre-Classical Civil Rights Movement, 1909–1948 Chen, Anna Livia This paper argues that the strategic shape of the...

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Slavery and Justice in the Free North: New York's Black Activists, 1831-1841

Slavery and Justice in the Free North: New York's Black Activists, 1831-1841 Wallace-Lee, James Black activism in 1830s New York was centered around antislavery and abolitionism, and as such was deeply...

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Towards a New Social Order: The Macedonia Cooperative Community and The...

Towards a New Social Order: The Macedonia Cooperative Community and The Cooperative Movement in the U.S. South Gagnon, John The Macedonia Cooperative Community was established in 1938 as an experiment...

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An Enlightened Island: Original Vision, Community Politics, and the Failure...

An Enlightened Island: Original Vision, Community Politics, and the Failure of Bitcoin Yao, Eric One of the first paradoxes of Bitcoin was how the community would uphold Satoshi’s original vision and...

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