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The Plague Of Athens, Cameron Drylie

Student Academic Conference

The purpose of this study is to use historical analysis, biology, and linguistics to evaluate the reason one of early humanity's greatest civilizations fell. 449 BC marked the end of the Greco-Persian War and the crowning of two new dominate city-states in the Mediterranean, Athens and Sparta. The tensions of these two ideologically different civilizations rose for eighteen years before the two clashed in the bloodiest conflict the world had ever seen at the time. Led by the great Pericles, Athens struggled to resist the most powerful land force of the time, causing him to retreat into the city walls. …

Recognizing Traps And Frightening Wolves: Foxes And Lions As A Representative Of Machiavellian Political Ideology In Shakespeare’S Comedies, Grace A. Powell

Student Scholar Showcase

While William Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets have been discussed time and time again over the past few centuries, one topic that has been less traversed is the connection between his Comedies and Niccolò Machiavelli’s political ideologies. This project will explore references of lions and foxes in Shakespeare’s Comedies and the leaders and monarchs within them to determine how beliefs about Machiavelli’s political ideology influenced Shakespeare’s literature and became symbols for leadership and power. This project will be important for gaining historical context on Machiavellian political discourse and how it was represented in the contemporary dramatic literature of William Shakespeare. I …

Harry And The Rómulos: Relations Between The United States And Venezuela, 1946-1948, Ross Seidenschwarz, John Linn

ATU Research Symposium

This presentation briefly explores diplomatic relations between the United States and Venezuela during the period 1945 and 1948. While these years may seem arbitrary to United States historians, within Venezuela the three years were noted for a brief period of democracy, sandwiched between two periods of authoritarian rule. Known as the Trienio in Venezuelan history, the national government was headed by Rómulo Betancourt from October 1945 to February 1948 and Rómulo Gallegos from February to November 1948. Within the United States, this time period corresponds with parts of the first and second administrations of Harry S. Truman. This time period …

The Media Intervenes: Tulsa's 1921 Massacre And The Destruction Of The Greenwood District, Maclain M. Wheeler

ATU Research Symposium

This scholarly presentation and research paper focuses on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, specifically the ways in which the media progressed and intensified the events the Greenwood community faced. A vibrant community filled with opportunity and promise, Greenwood welcomed any African American who accepted its warm embrace. Ransacked and burned to the ground within two days, Greenwood residents were forced to reckon with the destruction. Greenwood became unrecognizable. Properties and possessions that had taken people many years to acquire were gone within a matter of hours. The framing put forth by the Tulsa Tribune provoked much of the white public …

The Weary Danube: Reimagining The Late Roman Empire’S Greatest Frontier, James Knight

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Three Minute Thesis

Forgotten Founder: Roger Sherman, Kaitlyn Kenney

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Three Minute Thesis

Cecil B. Demille's "Divorce Films": The "Modern Woman" In Early Hollywood, Miranda Boljat

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Three Minute Thesis

The Union Navy In The Civil War: A Sieve Or A Wall?, Ronald Piccirilli

Liberty University Research Week

Doctoral

Textual or Investigative

Depictions Of The West: The Development And Role Of The Formal French Garden, Sydney Wray

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

Ubiquity Of Shadow: Japanese War Crimes Inflicted Upon The Chinese Citizenry During World War Ii, Phillip Jones

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Textual or Investigative

Voices Of Courage: A Comparison Of The Treatment Of Evangelicals And Dissidents Under Khrushchev, Abigail Coker

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

Rising Choctaws: The Journey To American Indian Civil Rights, Elise Everett

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

Between Two Dictators: Finland During The Second World War, Stephanie Wright

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Textual or Investigative

Reclaiming Marriage: How The Reformation Changed Marital And Family Structure In Sixteenth Century Germany, Rodney Ford

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

Evangelizing A Secular Faith: Christian Iconography In Nazi Propaganda Posters, Cody Lefever

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

Apathy Or A Loving Hand - What Will Be Given To Our Fellow Man? : The Response Of The American Presbyterian Church To The Holocaust, Holly Sproule

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Textual or Investigative

A Protestant Overthrow: The Glorious Revolution And Its Effects In Colonial America, Kevan D. Keane

Liberty University Research Week

Doctoral

Textual or Investigative

Varied Injustice: The Complex Legal Experience Of Andrew Holt And Freedman In Antebellum Virginia, Irene Hoisington

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Textual or Investigative

Church-State Relations: The Protection Of Conscience Against Governmental Encroachment, Jennifer Decker

Liberty University Research Week

Doctoral

Textual or Investigative

Eastern Influence In Western Waves: George Harrison, Indian Mysticism, And The Arts In Pop Culture Of The Mid-Century, Emma Morgan

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

Depictions Of The West: The Development And Role Of The Formal French Garden, Sydney Wray

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

The Challenger Disaster, Fiona Rainwater

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

Kendall's Upside Down Lithography: Reynold's Metals Company, Starkist Tuna, And One Commercial Artist's Role In The Development Of Modern Marketing, Kevan D. Keane

Liberty University Research Week

Doctoral

Textual or Investigative

In The Crosshairs Of A Psychotic Poet: An Analysis Of The Assassination Attempt On Ronald Reagan, Renee Thiele

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

Evan Mecham And Religion: The Consequences Of Political Discourse In A Religious Community, Kaitlin D'Amico

Liberty University Research Week

Doctoral

Textual or Investigative

Armageddon In 1937: The Battle Of Shanghai And The Beginning Of China’S Eight Years Of Suffering, Kyle Sajoyan

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

A Historical Understanding Of The Constantinian Shift And The Church's Understanding Of Violence, Aleah Schrock

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

The Horrific Fluke Of Salem: Slandering The American Puritan In Popular Memory, Ted Pribula

Liberty University Research Week

Doctoral

Textual or Investigative

The Tumultuous Years: Geostrategic Development Of The Second Polish Republic, The Failure Of Międzymorze, And The Faltering Of The Global Revolution, 1914-1920, James Knight

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Textual or Investigative

Stalin’S Last Scheme: Examining The Korean War As A Part Of Josef Stalin’S Strategy To Neutralize Germany, Ronald Shaw

Liberty University Research Week

Doctoral

Textual or Investigative