The History Department is pleased to present the

2026 Spring Capstones
Xavier Hall, Room 201
Saturday, May 16, 2026
9:00 am – 2:15 pm

Click on each student name to see their presentation title.

9:00-10:00 am - THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL, ETHNIC, AND NATIONAL IDENTITY IN IMPERIALISM

Jessica Nichols

The Making of Ethnic Identity in Rwanda: Belgian Colonialism and the Transformation of Hutu and Tutsi Relations

Cooper Perez

National Identity and Empire: American Influence in the Making of Philippine Independence

Dylan Thompson

Alexander the Great: Divinity, Glory, and Legacy

10:00-11:00 am - FOOD, LITERATURE, AND PUBLIC MEMORY: THE INTERFACE OF CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM

Angel Campos-Ramos

Sin Maiz No Hay Pais: Maize, Neoliberalism, and Indigenous Resistance in Southern Mexico

Katya Dozhuk

From Folklore to Nationalism: The Cossack Myth in Ukrainian Literature

Karsen Ferreira

To Remember or Forget? The Role of Education in Public Memory: Japan and China post WWII

11:00-12:00 pm - AMERICAN IMPERIALISM: INDIGENOUS LANDS, ANCESTORS, AND CULTURAL APPROPRIATION

Katherine Gunter

‘The Land Spoke to Me’: Colonial Continuities in the Lesbian Communes of the 1970s in Southern Oregon

Jake Tennison

The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, John B Bottineau, and the 1892 McCumber Agreement

Bridget Tillery

The Bone Doctor and Indigenous Bodies: The Smithsonian’s Racist Legacy

BREAK

12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
Students, commentors, and guests welcome
Xavier 201

1:00-2:15pm - THE SEVERAL FACES OF BRITISH IMPERIALISM

Kevin Hanis

Section 16: The Role of Religion in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921

Grant Johnson

Satire and Imperialism in the 1970s British sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum

Peyton McKay

Doomed From the Start: The British Labour Party, Imperialism, and the Attlee Government 1902-1951

Ash Monroe

Irish Deindustrialization and the Great Famine: A Deeper Understanding