Student Projects
Examples of student final projects are posted on this blog page. All students volunteered to have their work posted here and we will be adding more projects in due course.
Read more >Podcast: The Scientist in WWI: The Shadow of the Ivory Tower
By an Autumn 2020 student Fritz Haber and Richard Goldschmidt were both middle-aged German-Jewish scientists at the beginning of World War I. One headed the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, and the other was traveling abroad to gather Gypsy Moths for a study on sex determination. This podcast follows them through the […]
Read more >Podcast: From the Streets of Paris to Auschwitz – The Roundup at the Vel D’Hiv
By Casey Robison (Autumn 2020 student) The Vél d’Hiv “roundup” of French Jews was orchestrated almost entirely by the Vichy regime, and executed entirely by French police officers, making it different from previous arrests, which had typically involved the Gestapo. Listen to From the Streets of Paris to Auschwitz here. Bibliography Primary Sources Szwieca sisters on the […]
Read more >Podcast: Multiculturalism and Racial Conflict in LA’s “Little Bronze Tokyo,” 1941-1947
By Wendi Zhou (Autumn 2020 student) After the end of Japanese American internment, many Japanese Americans returned to their homes in LA’s “Little Tokyo” to find it nicknamed “Bronzeville.” The area had been settled by African-American migrants who moved west during the Great Migration. This podcast explores the racial tensions and multi-cultural alliances that emerged […]
Read more >Data Science Project: Did the Professional or Voluntary Status of Nurses in World War I Shape How They Reflect on Their Wartime Experiences?
By Devin Deatrich (Autumn 2020 student) The following embedded visualizations were created using Voyant. These are shown as examples, we encourage you to see more of Devin’s visualizations by following the links in the footnotes of the project reflection below. Cirrus Visualization of most common words in Testament of Youth (vis. 10 in footnotes): Cirrus […]
Read more >Podcast: Shell Shock After World War I
By Claire Mura (Autumn 2020 student) Although it is common knowledge that shell shock, now known as PTSD, afflicted many soldiers during World War I, not much is known about their lives after the war. This podcast sheds light on the subject, and unveils a poorly constructed government support system that left many suffering veterans […]
Read more >Podcast: Was Pearl Harbor a Surprise Attack?
By Cindy Arias (Autumn 2020 student) Listen to Was Pearl Harbor A Surprise Attack? here. Bibliography:Capra, Everest. “Everest Capra.” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 18 July 2016, www.nps.gov/valr/learn/historyculture/everest-capra.htm. Grew, Joseph. “The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State.” U.S. Department of State. U.S. Department of State, 1941. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1941v04/d11. Turn, Richmond. Letter […]
Read more >Data Science Project: Canadian Nurses of the First World War
By Ashely White (Autumn 2020 student) See the mapping project Canadian Nurses of the First World War here. Excerpt from student reflection: “How often were the Canadian nurses of the First World War traveling, and on which fronts did they primarily serve?” With this overarching question in mind, I was able to look within the […]
Read more >Podcast: 1914: A Christmas Truce
By Christopher Sears (Autumn 2020 student) December 7th, 1914. Pope Benedict XV calls for a Christmas truce that might negotiate a peace, or if not, “that the guns may fall silent at least upon the night the angels sang.” Here, I discuss the Christmas truce, what became of it, and what it means in the […]
Read more >Podcast: The Blitz: Re-evaluating the Public Morale of London
By Luke Amrine (student Autumn 2020) “Keep calm and carry on” is what one thinks of when imagining how Londoners and others in Great Britain survived during the Blitz, a months long German bombing campaign designed to break British morale. This podcast looks critically at the accuracy of this statement and explores what circumstances were […]
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