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本科研究

作为一名历史专业的学生, you might collaborate with faculty or your peers on research, or apply for funding to support  your own research on a project of your choice during the academic year or during the summer. You’ll have the opportunity enroll in our honors program and to present your research.

历史荣誉

对长期研究项目感兴趣? 考虑追求荣誉工作, where you’ll work closely with an adviser on a topic that interests you. Below, check out recent topics and titles by our undergraduate honors students.

2019

  • 约翰, “Irving Kristol, Norman Podhoretz, and the Origins of Neoconservatism”
  • 本杰明·拉威尔 的原因和后果 普韦布洛 危机”
  • 格雷戈里·R. 法灵顿, “A Far More Potent Spell: Music and Identity in the American Civil War”
  • 爱丽丝狄龙, “Solidarity and Inclusion: An Exploration of Lesbian HIV/AIDS Activism through Photography”
  • 本杰明Bergeron, “Stage Presence: Musicians’ Influence on the Anti-Apartheid Movement”

2018

  • 凯西布什, “The Unforgivable: A Historical Analysis of Forgiveness After the Holocaust”
  • 斯宾塞克罗宁, “Confronting the Past: The Holocaust as Narrated Through Facing 历史 and Ourselves”
  • 哈利勒的权力, 《犹太教的守护者:女性的想象, 形状的, and Asserted a United States-Jewish Practice through Cookbooks”
  • 泰德Riley-McNary, “The Role of Poetry in 历史: Seamus Heaney and the Troubles.”

2017

  • 阿德莱德·彼得罗夫, “The Political Role of Public Opinion in the Societ invasion of Afghanistan”
  • 梅根·维斯特-, “Writing Under Watch: German Jewish Writers and Weimar German Women’s Magazines (1924-1930)”
  • 玛丽莎纳塔尔, “‘I Went Down Exactly to Where 人 Were’: Women in the Palestinian Nationalist Movement, 1987-2005”
  • Devin Melle, “Washed Ashore: Black American Whalemen at 首页 and Abroad”
  • 艾米丽·兰利, “Girls Next Door and Revolutionaries: How Communism Transformed the Roles of Women in the Vietnam War.”
  • 塞缪尔·Korstvedt “纪念蒙古帝国”
  • 圣地亚哥·何塞·赫尔多萨·庞塞, “Lurking Behind the Shadows: A Study on The Alliance for Progress and US Interventionism in Ecuador During the Kennedy Administration”
  • 帕特里克•福克斯 《黎凡特的转变范式:六日战争, 伊斯雷尔, 以及中东的变革力量, 1967-1973”
  • 瑞秋基督, “Twentieth-Century America Witchcraft: A Study of the Relationship between Female Empowerment and Contemporary Interpretations of Witchcraft”

秋季节日和学术狂欢日

Once you’ve conducted your research, practice how to present it to others. 每年举行一次, Clark’s 秋季节日 in October and Academic Spree Day in April celebrate undergraduate research. Many history majors participate in these events and present their research.

秋季节日

  • ” ‘Good Things Are Comin’ ‘: The Art and Ideas of Tumen Soliz,《迈克尔·伊波利托21》(2019年秋季电影节)
  • “Representation and Autonomy in the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair," 19岁的托尼·阿姆斯特朗和18岁的哈利勒·鲍尔

学术狂欢日(春季)

  • “Women Push to Adapt Judaism as Seen Within Jewish Cookbooks, 1889-1935,“Khalil Power”18(荣誉论文)
  • “Confronting the Past: The Holocaust as Narrated Through Facing 历史 and Ourselves,斯宾塞·克罗宁’18(荣誉论文)
  • “Seamus Heaney: The Role of Poetry in 历史,” Teide Riley-McNary ’18 (Honors Thesis)

五年级研究(B.A./M.A.)

如果你在我们的历史本科课程中表现出色, you might consider applying for Clark’s Accelerated B.A./M.A. Program, allowing you to continue your historical research. As a master’s student, you would work closely with a faculty adviser.

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2019

  • 斯宾塞克罗宁, “Conveying the Unimaginable: A 历史 of American Holocaust Education”
  • 阿德莱德Petrov-Yoo, “Decision Makers and Their Beliefs: Digging deeper into the simplistic narrative of Afghan ‘Freedom Fighters’”

2018

  • 帕特里克一. 狐狸, “Unstable Sands and Winds of Change: The Regime of Hafiz al-Asad and its Interactions with the United States (1966-1976)”
  • 马修·戴尔·赖斯, “Deacon of the Cold War: Jimmy Carter, his Christian Faith, and his Foreign Policy”

2017

  • Pingzhen胡, “Red Star over Africa: Examining Chinese foreign policy in Africa since the Cold War”
  • 罗伯特•伯恩斯 “An Era of Transition: The Evolution of the Image of the Founding Fathers in American Culture between the Civil War and the Second World War”
  • 本杰明•戴维斯 “The United States and South Africa during the Kennedy Administration 1961-1963: John F. 肯尼迪,美国和南非"

2016

  • 格雷戈里·盖恩斯, 各各他山、暴风城与军事革命
  • 安妮·玛丽·高根, “Seeking Refuge in the Netherlands: The Dutch Kindertransport”
  • 信仰琼, “From Enemies to Allies: American Perception of German Women during the Crisis Years”
  • 奥斯汀·霍华德·亚历山大, “Because Your Cause Is Right and God Is on Your Side: Jimmy Carter, 他的外交政策顾问, and the Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism in the Cold War”
  • 劳伦认同 “‘The Path of Action’: Terrorism and Preparedness after 9/11”
  • 大卫所说 “飞人队vs. ‘The Acme Gun Club’ The US Navy and the Development of Naval Air Power and Aircraft Carriers between World Wars I and II”

2015

  • 杰弗瑞沃森 “American Citizens and British Subjects: How Perceptions of the United States Influenced Canadian Self-Government”
  • 德里克Medeiros “Riding into the Sunset: The Image of the American Frontier in Post-Suez Britain, 1965- c.1968”

学生研究故事

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凯西·布什在布痕瓦尔德纪念医院实习

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对阿德莱德·彼得罗夫-尤来说,过去就是现在

历史 major's study abroad program in Jordan provides unique perspective

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揭露越南战争隐藏的历史

Emily Langley ’17 studied abroad to research women's roles in conflict

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玛丽莎·纳塔莱'17实现了她的学术潜力

申请博士学位的校友.D. 研究中东历史中性别的项目

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《太阳城娱乐》揭示了奥斯威辛集中营的恐怖

Casey Bush ’19 preserves memories of those who survived Dr. 约瑟夫·门格尔

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奖学金让学生从事创造性的研究

Topics range from DNA modifications to the evolution of folk music

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