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Two seniors win awards for History conference papers

Andrea Kuhn (’14) and Julia Glauberman (’14) both won prizes for best conference papers in their categories.

Congratulations to Andrea Kuhn 2014 and Julia Glauberman 2014, who both won prizes for best papers at the Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society, at Shippensburg University on April 5, 2014. Over 50 students from various schools presented and these two Ursinus students won two of the five available prizes. 

Kuhn’s paper, The Soviet Female Soldier: The Evolution of Soviet Perceptions of Women Combatants on the Front Lines of World War IIwas recognized as the Best Paper in European History. She argued that with the onset of World War II, the Soviet State “dismantled and reestablished classical gender roles, which would eventually lead to women’s employment in war and placed the “passive woman in aggressive roles.”  The judges noted that her paper had “all the characteristics of excellent historical writing.” 

Glauberman’s paper, Ideological Corruption and Autocratic Rule: A Comparative Analysis of the Regimes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Zedongwas recognized as the Best Paper in Asian, African, and Latin American History. The judges noted that her paper was “a sophisticated effort to demonstrate continuities in autocratic political culture in Chinese history. It is well organized, well written, and well documented.”

Eight Ursinus students in total presented their work at the conference: Brett Neslen Lindsay Doyle, Rose Healey, Caroline Sandberg, Andrea Kuhn, Julia Glauberman, Tim Winters and Brian Clancy.

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