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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/38
2024-03-29T11:54:13ZThe Use of Voice to Empower Community Building
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7151
The Use of Voice to Empower Community Building
Chisholm, Nydia; Smith, Siera
Presentation from the SUNY Plattsburgh Education, Health, and Human Services Student Conference, February 18, 2022. Advisor: Dr. Julie Richards, Social Work.
2022-02-18T00:00:00ZDeath is the Beginning of Infamy: Robespierre and a Legacy of Misconceptions
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/1167
Death is the Beginning of Infamy: Robespierre and a Legacy of Misconceptions
Irizarry, Estrella
This paper seeks to explain and dismantle the negative reputation French Revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre has accrued over the last three hundred years. Though considerable efforts have been made to improve his legacy since his execution in 1794, stereotypical portrait of Robespierre as an unfeeling dictator has maintained popularity for centuries. Historians hostile to Robespierre have routinely relied upon dubious sources and political bias in order to justify their depictions of Robespierre as everything from a bloodthirsty murderer to an unfeeling ideologue. This paper reexamines and critiques these representations, as well as the gendered ways in which Robespierre is often interpreted in academic and popular history. Largely ignored by even his greatest supporters, the persistent portrayal of Robespierre as abnormally effeminate has allowed historians to reimagine his revolutionary worth in ahistoric and homophobic ways detrimental to the study of the French Revolution.
Student, Marist College
2016-04-30T00:00:00ZEconomic, Strategic, and Rhetorical: Justifications for U. S. Hegemony in Cuba
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/1180
Economic, Strategic, and Rhetorical: Justifications for U. S. Hegemony in Cuba
Reagan, Ben
"Economic, Strategic, and Rhetorical: Justifications for U.S. Hegemony in Cuba" is about the depictions of Cubans in American popular culture before the Spanish-American War to after the First World War. Cuba has been seen in a number of ways including a market and a potential addition to the United States. The depictions of Cuba are very important. To justify its economic control over Cuba, the United States used the rhetoric and representation of race, culture and gender to control Cuba and ensure it was firmly within the American sphere of influence. Not only is this important from the historical perspective but also from the perspective of current politics. Some of the depictions of Cubans continued to be used when Castro took power in Cuba. That means that while many Americans may have forgotten that part of history, Cuba's leadership has not. One of the most prolific writers on the topic is Louis A. Perez. His book, "Cuba in the American Imagination: Metaphor and the Imperial Ethos", was a valuable source for this project. The book is about the evolution of the perceptions of Cuba in the United States. It also talks about the goals the United States had in the country and how they changed.
Student, SUNY Plattsburgh
2016-04-30T00:00:00ZGloriana's First Scandal: The Thomas Seymour Incident
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/1182
Gloriana's First Scandal: The Thomas Seymour Incident
Doren, Anna
As a young princess, Elizabeth Tudor had a precarious position at court. Elizabeth was on her own in defending her honor when her position was put in jeopardy by rumors surrounding her and Thomas Seymour. Their relationship was questioned because of stories that circulated publicly and privately. These stories cast doubt on the character of the teenage Elizabeth and the investigations that followed looked at the involvement she and her household had in Thomas Seymour's plans to marry the princess and her encouragement of his flirtatious advances. Kat Ashley provided accounts that suggested she had been plotting with Seymour on her lady's behalf, and these same accounts show how Elizabeth discouraged his advances. Elizabeth vehemently denied her part in any marriage plans that Seymour may have concocted, though admits her governess's part in the gossip. "Kat. Aschlylye tolde me, after that my Lord Admiralde was married to the Quene, that if my Lorde might have his owne Wil, he wolde haue me " . Historians examine this scandal as a key part of Elizabeth's formative years. Some more speculative than others, such as Gregorio Leti who, in 1693, recorded inaccurate details of the scandal that have been often mistaken for fact. The accounts of William Cecil, Lord Burghley in the state papers detail a princess who was abused by those in power who wanted to remove her from the succession. With the support of her household, Elizabeth defended herself well and maintained her honorable reputation.
Student, Hartwick College
2016-04-30T00:00:00Z