Tag: History

Connected Women: Religion, Text and Network in the Early Modern World (Prof. Genelle Gertz)

2 students are sought for a project on “Connected Women: Religion, Text and Network in the Early Modern World” with Prof. Genelle Gertz that will begin on 6/3/2024 and last for 8 weeks

Project Description:

I am co-editing an interdisciplinary volume of essays on early modern women, religion and networks. My co-editor (Prof. of English Erin McCarthy at University of Galway) and I have gathered several scholars in the fields of English and History who are contributors to the volume, and we will convene some zoom meetings over the summer for these contributors to share the progress of their chapters and the questions they are working on. I am looking for students to help me update the scholarly literature section I have already drafted for the book proposal. It would involve reading books and articles relating to networks, women, and religion in the early modern time period. I envision the students participating in the zoom sessions with contributors to hear them present their work and talk through their writing and scholarly questions. For anyone who thinks they might want to pursue research in the post-graduate setting, this experience would be valuable. It would also be valuable to anyone considering graduate school in English, Religion or History.

Prerequisites

It would help to have completed upper-level courses on early modern history, either English, European or global; or in religion and women; or in upper-level English courses that focus on the pre-1700 period. However, I will consider someone without those prerequisites as long as they are eager to read scholarly books and articles on these areas.

Special Comments

This work can be completed on campus or remotely. There won’t be any archival trips. Any manuscripts we review from the time period will be digitized and in English.

Project Information

Estimated Start Date: 6/3/2024

Estimated End Date: 7/26/2024

Maximum number of students sought: 2

Contact Information: Prof. Genelle Gertz (gertzg@wlu.edu)

“A Social History of the Gender-Neutral X: A Case Study of Indymedia Argentina, 2001-2009” (Prof. Romina Green)

2 students are sought for a project on ““A Social History of the Gender-Neutral X: A Case Study of Indymedia Argentina, 2001-2009”” with Prof. Romina Green that will begin on 6/3/2024 and last for 10 weeks

Project Description:

This research project expands on my research on the history of the Argentine feminist movement from 1990 to 2009. One of the main sources I use is the Indymedia Argentina site, where feminist activists posted about their activities as independent news reporters. The project builds on last summer’s research project.

Prerequisites

Fluent in Spanish and competent in using the Wayback Machine, Microsoft Excel, Sublime, Command Terminal, Voyant, and WordPress.

Special Comments

Project Information

Estimated Start Date: 6/3/2024

Estimated End Date: 8/9/2024

Maximum number of students sought: 2

Contact Information: Prof. Romina Green (rgreen@wlu.edu)

Sex Work and Politics in the Postwar Era (Prof. Sarah Horowitz)

2 students are sought for a project on “Sex Work and Politics in the Postwar Era” with Prof. Sarah Horowitz that will begin on 6/3/2024 and last for 10 weeks

Project Description:

I am looking for two student researchers to work with me on a project on sex work and politics in the postwar era. The overall project looks at the emergence of sex-worker activism in the 1970s in France and potentially in the US and UK. I am also interested in the discussions and debates on sex work at this time and how they became ways to express anxieties about race, immigration, women’s mobility, and loosening sexual morality. One student will be researching the secondary literature on sex work in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and the related campaigns against trafficking. The second will be researching the contemporary social science and legal scholarship on sex work and human trafficking. These are both large scholarly literatures and provide an essential background to my project. The three of us will come together weekly to discuss what we are working on, what we have found, and how we can weave together the different strands of research in which we are engaging. The students will also be writing annotated bibliographies and at the end of the summer will turn in literature reviews summarizing key points of consensus or disagreement among scholars.

Prerequisites

Students should have taken at least one 200 level class in European history.

Special Comments

Project Information

Estimated Start Date: 6/3/2024

Estimated End Date: 8/9/2024

Maximum number of students sought: 2

Contact Information: Prof. Sarah Horowitz (horowitzs@wlu.edu)

Translating German Text Produced in 19th Century Chile (Prof. Romina Green)

1 student is sought for a project on “Translating German Text Produced in 19th Century Chile” with Prof. Romina Green that will begin on 6/3/2024 and last for 10 weeks

Project Description:

This project will include reading and summarize 19th century German-language texts from Chile, and translating the most significant documents. The research will support the professor’s current book project.

Prerequisites

Advanced German language skills

Special Comments

Project Information

Estimated Start Date: 6/3/2024

Estimated End Date: 8/9/2024

Maximum number of students sought: 1

Contact Information: Prof. Romina Green (rgreen@wlu.edu)

Land Speculation, Finance, and Indigenous Dispossession in the Early U.S. (Prof. Franklin Sammons)

2 students are sought for a project on “Land Speculation, Finance, and Indigenous Dispossession in the Early U.S.” with Prof. Franklin Sammons that will begin on 6/3/2024 and last for 8 weeks

Project Description:

Students will work with Professor Sammons to help him conduct research for his book project on the Yazoo Land Sales. In collaboration with the professor, students will undertake a variety of research tasks, including: data entry from old land records; researching the biographies of land speculators; reading and taking notes on a range of primary sources, including digitized newspapers from Georgia in the 1790s and early 1800s, and digitized correspondence from officials in the US War Department. Students will gain experience in different kinds of historical research, learn more about Native American history and the political and economic history of the early US, and learn more about the variety of undertakings necessary to produce historical scholarship.

Prerequisites

Students should have some experience conducting primary source research. Other skills that could be helpful but are not required: Experience with data entry, and making charts and graphs, in Excel. Experience reading cursive Experience using ArcGIS Advanced Spanish reading comprehension (for some Spanish language documents)

Special Comments

It is ok if students perform some of this work remotely/away from campus.

Project Information

Estimated Start Date: 6/3/2024

Estimated End Date: 7/26/2024

Maximum number of students sought: 2

Contact Information: Prof. Franklin Sammons (fsammons@wlu.edu)