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HIST 497 (EUROPEAN HISTORY) CAPSTONE PRESENTATIONS Organized by Dr. Michael Halvorson Tuesday, April 28 – Xavier 201 Christian Wold Jews Living with the "Reputation of a Christian": Blood Purity and the Ideal Catholic Community in 15th c. Spain 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. David Tangren An American City upon a Hill: English Puritanism and its Evolution into an American Identity, 1630-1649 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Matthew Baker “The Devil is Very Near at Hand”: Military Communities during the Thirty Years War 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Matthew Macfarlane Hounds of the Spanish Nation: Violence and Community in 16th Century Rome 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 1

Tuesday, May 5 – Xavier 201 Amanda Hasson Between the Heavens and the Human Condition: The Neo- Platonic Academy of Renaissance Florence 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aaron Rudolf Interpretations of an Ideal City: The Communities of Renaissance Florence in the 13th-16th Centuries 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Chris Holcomb Men of Ink and Gold: Venetian Printers during the Reformation 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Austin Cook Eradicating the Other: Witch Hunts and Scapegoating in Early Modern Europe 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 12 – Xavier 201 Samantha Boelter “Here I Stand” : Luther the Insider turned Out 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. 2

Jake Dacus The Embarrassment of Communion: The Anglican Church and the Lord’s Supper in Early Modern England 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. David Johnson Shiver Me Timbers: Life and Community on European Ships in the Late 15th and 16th Centuries 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. James Laflin No Pain No Gain: Flagellation Communities in Late-Medieval Europe 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. HIST 494 (U.S. HISTORY) CAPSTONE PRESENTATIONS Organized by Dr. Beth Kraig Monday, May 11 - AUC 133 Shon Torres The Young Lords: What Success Really Looks Like 1:50 to 2:20 3

Nick Albers Finally Winning the Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen, Incorporated 2:25 to 2:55 Adrian Mayoral The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee & Violent Rejection of a New America 3:00 to 3:30 Wednesday, May 13 - AUC 201 Melvin Smith Pioneer in the Haze: Jimi Hendrix and Cultural Change in the 1960s 1:50 to 2:20 Jasmine Lucero Troubles in Paradise: The Continuing Struggles of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement 2:25 to 2:55 Spencer Davenport Race and the Cold War: The Black Press & the Decolonization of Africa 3:00 to 3:30 4

Thursday, May 21 - AUC 201 Janet Dela Cruz Leadership & Resistance: Latino Participation in Agricultural Labor Movements In Washington State 11:35 to 12:05 Blake Neace Thei r “Own Interpretation of Happiness”: Transgender & Gender Defiant Activism in the 1950s-1980s 12:10 to 12:40 5