The History Department is pleased to present the

2025 Spring Capstones

Hauge Administration Building, Room 204A

Tuesday, May 6th  3:40 pm-6:00 pm
Saturday, May 10th  1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Tuesday, May 13th  3:40 pm-6:00 pm

Click on each student name to see their presentation title.

Tuesday, May 6th 2025 - 3:40 pm-6:00 pm

3:45 pm - 4:15 pm - Vincent Anderson

“Living cheek by jowl with them”: White and Black Rhodesians and the Failure of Compromise, 1953-1962

4:15 pm - 4:45 pm - Michael Miller

“We want to be able to capture our culture as it is today”: Climate Change and Colonialism in Kiribati and Tuvalu

4:45 pm - 5:15 pm - Rei Cowman

“I’m going to found a colony”: Anti-Fascist Resistance, Colonial Escapism, and Moomins in Tove Jansson’s Work

5:15 pm - 5:45 pm - Riley Breitstein

The Music of Kilts and Gunfire: Scottish Resistance through Ballads and Poems
Saturday, May 10th 2025 - 1:00 pm-5:00 pm

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Jane Nelson

Words of Resistance: The Role of Testimonies and Poetry in Exposing the Legacy of Korean Comfort Women

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Bryan Mundell

``I can now say that neither pen nor pencil ever could portray the misery and horror to be witnessed in Skibbereen``: An Analysis of Colonial Resistance during 'The Great Hunger'

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm - Kenzi Locke

Remnants From the Past: Native Resistance in the Carlisle Indian School and Beyond

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm - Solveig Wolter

“Nothing in the world can astonish a Russian more”: Accounts of the Billings Expedition to Alaska, 1785-1794

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm - Oliver Mayberry

“It’s a Good Day to be Indigenous!”: Depictions of American and Australian Colonial History in Modern Films

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm - Katlyne Smith

Catalyst Event that Demanded Change: Tacoma's Mother's Day Disturbance of 1969 and its Legacies of Progress

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Gus Livermore

``To Any Place That is Wild``: John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt, Champions of The Forest and Creators of the National Parks

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm - Amanda Lee

“For A Better Future”: Native Resistance and Governmental Recognition Efforts in the 1990s-2000s
Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 3:40 pm- 5:00 pm

3:45 pm - 4:15 pm - Joey Lumsden

Fighting to Be Irish: Songs and Community in the Irish Struggle for Independence in the early 20th Century

4:15 pm - 4:45 pm - Jordan Ross

The Fight Behind “The Beautiful Game”: How Soccer Helps to Counter Colonialism