US Army War College
State University of New York College at Buffalo - Buffalo State College
Seton Hall University
Chapman University
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
East Tennessee State University
Survivor Accounts Of Sexual Violence In The Holocaust And Rwandan Genocide: A Comparative History,
2023
Seattle Pacific University
Survivor Accounts Of Sexual Violence In The Holocaust And Rwandan Genocide: A Comparative History, Marisa Silva
Honors Projects
This research seeks to analyze and understand the approach and treatment of victims of sexual assaults stories and accounts using case studies of the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide. Research was conducted by collecting and reading first-hand accounts of survivors and their experiences of sexual assault, then analyzing the historical response following the events. The two case studies are synthesized and compared in this project to understand which attributes of political and social policy effected the reception of stories of victims and witnesses of rape and assault. Both genocides are affected by unique struggles in collecting witness accounts, as well …
Cultural Folk, Political Lore: The Politics Of Folklore During The United States Occupation Of Haiti From 1915 To 1934,
2023
The University of Southern Mississippi
Cultural Folk, Political Lore: The Politics Of Folklore During The United States Occupation Of Haiti From 1915 To 1934, Cheyla G. Muñoz Ramos
Honors Theses
My project focuses on Haitian folklore in the early twentieth century in connection to the first United States’ occupation of Haiti. The United States’ Marine Corps occupied Haiti from 1915 to 1934. This nineteenth-year occupation brought violence and racial stereotypes towards the Haitian population, especially the peasantry. United States Americans coming to Haiti intensified these stereotypes. During this period, Haitian upper-and middle-class members heavily politized Haitian folklore and used it to defend Haiti against these stereotypes. Scholars have long discussed the anthropological works of ethno-anthropologist Jean Price-Mars as someone who tried to show the value of Haitian folklore, especially the …
Soldiering On After The Armistice: Health, Work And Family In The Lives Of Some Canadian Army Medical Corps Nurse Veterans,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Soldiering On After The Armistice: Health, Work And Family In The Lives Of Some Canadian Army Medical Corps Nurse Veterans, Sarah Glassford
Canadian Military History
This article analyses the federal government pension files of forty Canadian women who nursed for the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC), exploring aspects of their health, work and family lives in the decades immediately following the First World War. The sample exclusively features nurses with ties to the region of Southwestern Ontario but in demographic terms is also largely representative of the entire body of CAMC nurses. Collectively, the files depict nurse veterans who mobilized their medical knowledge and professional networks when faced with challenging health situations, pursued diverse postwar employment strategies, and in some cases played crucial roles in …
Review Of "Prisoners Of War And Local Women In Europe And The United States, 1914–1956. Consorting With The Enemy" Edited By Matthias Reiss And Brian K. Feltman,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Review Of "Prisoners Of War And Local Women In Europe And The United States, 1914–1956. Consorting With The Enemy" Edited By Matthias Reiss And Brian K. Feltman, Jean-Michel Turcotte
Canadian Military History
Review of Prisoners of War and Local Women in Europe and the United States, 1914–1956. Consorting with the Enemy edited by Matthias Reiss and Brian K. Feltman
Review Of "Among The Walking Wounded: Soldiers, Survival And Ptsd" By Colonel John Conrad,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Review Of "Among The Walking Wounded: Soldiers, Survival And Ptsd" By Colonel John Conrad, Robert Smol
Canadian Military History
Review of Among the Walking Wounded: Soldiers, Survival and PTSD by Colonel John Conrad
Review Of "War Memories: Commemoration, Recollections And Writings On War" Edited By Stephanie A.H. Bélanger And Renée Dickason,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Review Of "War Memories: Commemoration, Recollections And Writings On War" Edited By Stephanie A.H. Bélanger And Renée Dickason, Bradley Shoebottom
Canadian Military History
Review of War Memories: Commemoration, Recollections and Writings on War edited by Stephanie A.H. Bélanger and Renée Dickason
Review Of "Dublin’S Great Wars: The First World War, The Easter Rising, And The Irish Revolution" By Richard S. Grayson,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Review Of "Dublin’S Great Wars: The First World War, The Easter Rising, And The Irish Revolution" By Richard S. Grayson, Jeremy P. Maxwell
Canadian Military History
Review of Dublin’s Great Wars: The First World War, the Easter Rising, and the Irish Revolution by Richard S. Grayson
Review Of "Strategy And Command: The Anglo-French Coalition On The Western Front, 1915" By Roy A. Prete,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Review Of "Strategy And Command: The Anglo-French Coalition On The Western Front, 1915" By Roy A. Prete, Mark Klobas
Canadian Military History
Review of Strategy and Command: The Anglo-French Coalition on the Western Front, 1915 by Roy A. Prete
Review Of "War Junk: Munitions Disposal And Postwar Reconstruction In Canada" By Alex Souchen,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Review Of "War Junk: Munitions Disposal And Postwar Reconstruction In Canada" By Alex Souchen, Andrew Iarocci
Canadian Military History
Review of War Junk: Munitions Disposal and Postwar Reconstruction in Canada by Alex Souchen
Review Of "The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’S Battle To Mend The Disfigured Soldiers Of World War I" By Lindsey Fitzharris,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Review Of "The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’S Battle To Mend The Disfigured Soldiers Of World War I" By Lindsey Fitzharris, Teresa Iacobelli
Canadian Military History
Review of The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris
Review Of "The Forgotten Front: The Eastern Theater Of World War I, 1914-1915" Edited By Gerhard P. Gross,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Review Of "The Forgotten Front: The Eastern Theater Of World War I, 1914-1915" Edited By Gerhard P. Gross, Benjamin Hughes
Canadian Military History
Review of The Forgotten Front: The Eastern Theater of World War I, 1914-1915 edited by Gerhard P. Gross
Review Of "Canada’S Mechanized Infantry: The Evolution Of A Combat Arm, 1920-2012" By Peter Kasurak,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Review Of "Canada’S Mechanized Infantry: The Evolution Of A Combat Arm, 1920-2012" By Peter Kasurak, Robert C. Engen
Canadian Military History
Review of Canada’s Mechanized Infantry: The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920-2012 by Peter Kasurak
Review Of "Canada In Nato, 1949-2019" By Joseph T. Jockel And Joel J. Sokolsky,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Review Of "Canada In Nato, 1949-2019" By Joseph T. Jockel And Joel J. Sokolsky, Tim Cook
Canadian Military History
Review of Canada in NATO, 1949-2019 by Joseph T. Jockel and Joel J. Sokolsky
Canada’S Most Decisive Victory: An Analysis Of Canada’S Role In The Hundred Days Offensive, 8 August - 11 November 1918,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Canada’S Most Decisive Victory: An Analysis Of Canada’S Role In The Hundred Days Offensive, 8 August - 11 November 1918, Ryan Goldsworthy, J.L. Granatstein
Canadian Military History
Of Canada’s long military history, Vimy is the one battle that most Canadians will know. Some will be familiar with Passchendaele, D-Day or the disasters at Hong Kong and Dieppe. Canadians should know the Hundred Days because the battles that constitute that offensive were almost certainly the most important victories ever won by Canadian soldiers. This article analyses the various reasons for the stunning Canadian successes of that war-winning offensive: chiefly the Canadian experience and doctrine; the state of the enemy and the Allies; artillery and counter-battery fire (the most important tactical arm); and logistics and administration. Ultimately, as the …
Bearing Witness To Sacrifice: Death, Grief And Memorialisation In The Collections Of The Canadian War Museum,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Bearing Witness To Sacrifice: Death, Grief And Memorialisation In The Collections Of The Canadian War Museum, Teresa Iacobelli
Canadian Military History
This article presents a selection of artworks, archival material and artifacts from the Canadian War Museum (CWM) that illuminate how Canadians—soldiers and civilians— have experienced and endured war. By focusing on the themes of death, grief and memorialisation, these items convey how Canadians have borne the sacrifice of war, and the way in which those losses have been memorialised in ways both public and private.
Cet article présente une sélection d’oeuvres d’art, de documents d’archives et d’artefacts du Musée canadien de la guerre (MCG) qui illustrent la façon dont les Canadiens – soldates et civils – ont vécu et enduré …
“Such An Immoral Creature”: Widowed Women And The Board Of Pension Commissioners,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
“Such An Immoral Creature”: Widowed Women And The Board Of Pension Commissioners, Lyndsay Rosenthal
Canadian Military History
Widows’ pensions were a vital source of income following the loss of a spouse during and after the war. While soldiers enlisted with the promise that their families would be taken care of, accessing state assistance could be exceedingly difficult. In addition to proving their husband’s death was connected to their wartime service, widows also had to meet contemporary ideals about gender, sexuality and motherhood. These pensions provided more financial support than any other social welfare system available at the time. However, pension regulations governed widows’ daily lives and influenced major life events such as marriage and childrearing.
Indigenous Veterans Of The First World War And Their Families In The Prairie West,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Indigenous Veterans Of The First World War And Their Families In The Prairie West, William John Pratt
Canadian Military History
This study of forty-five military pension files of Indigenous First World War veterans of the Treaty 4, 6 and 7 regions shows that the racist perspectives and structures of settler colonialism on the Prairies could prevent just administration of benefits. Pension files of Indigenous veterans expose the tragedy of their lives during and after the First World War. Many soldiers had lingering pains and ailments as a result of the war, as well as continuing problems shaking the gaze of settler colonialism, which seemed unable to view them as both Indigenous and veterans. Despite the numerous legal and cultural obstacles …
Je Ne Me Souviens Pas: Pensioned Veterans From French Canada’S 22nd Battalion,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
Je Ne Me Souviens Pas: Pensioned Veterans From French Canada’S 22nd Battalion, Serge Marc Durflinger
Canadian Military History
An examination of the pension files of men having served in the 22nd Battalion (canadien-français), the Canadian Corps’ only French-speaking line battalion, situates veterans into a specific ethno-linguistic and, more generally, socio-economic context. This article seeks to illuminate some of the many personal crises that could, and commonly did, afflict veterans, their families and their survivors. It demonstrates that beyond the devastation of serious physical or psychological wounding, many of Canada’s returned men, perhaps far more than we imagined, suffered persistent ill health, financial distress and family estrangement. Almost without exception, the sixty 22nd Battalion case files examined …
“Anxious To Be Restored”: Managing War Neuroses In Interwar Canada,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
“Anxious To Be Restored”: Managing War Neuroses In Interwar Canada, Heather Ellis
Canadian Military History
Using newly available records from the Veterans Affairs Pension Files, doctors’ notes and Veterans’ Hospital records, this article explores how war neurosis was simultaneously a personal and public event. Veterans were required to describe symptoms that breached masculine ideals to demonstrate that their disability impacted their daily lives. Ex-servicemen were caught in a delicate balance between following the soldier ideal and describing their symptoms accurately. War neurosis not only impacted veterans in the private examining room of the pension administrator it also affected their ability to find and maintain employment and the lives of their family members. The more public …
A Generation Curtailed: The Lifespans Of Canada’S Pensioned Veterans Of The Great War,
2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
A Generation Curtailed: The Lifespans Of Canada’S Pensioned Veterans Of The Great War, Jonathan Scotland
Canadian Military History
Despite long-time interest in links between the Great War and concepts of a Lost Generation, there have been few efforts to study veteran lifespans. The death dates of Canadian pensioned veterans recorded in the Department of Veterans Affairs pensions files, combined with those recorded in department’s death cards, offers an opportunity to quantify not just veteran life expectancy, but actual lifespans. The ensuing analysis of pensioned veteran lifespans suggests that research conducted in the mid 1930s by F. S. Burke for the Department of Veterans Affairs, which concluded that pensioned veteran life expectancy would exceed that of the average Canadian …
