HISTORY ACROSS THE HUMANITIES
February 22-23, 2024
TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Understanding the Past, Improving the Present,
and Imagining the Future
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22
YOUNGSTOWN HISTORICAL CENTER OF INDUSTRY & LABOR
151 W. WOOD ST.
9:00 AM
REEVALUATING DISASTERS
A Look at the British Empire’s Political and Economic Factors that Contributed to the Irish Potato Famine
Mitchell Ecklund, undergraduate, College of Wooster
East Palestine Train Derailment
Christopher Gillett, undergraduate, Youngstown State University
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10:00 AM
CULTURE, GAMING, & LEISURE
Idora Park
Steven Hiner, undergraduate, Youngstown State University
Five Nights at Freddy’s and Pop Culture that Evolves in Real Time
Zachary Kelbach, undergraduate, Lake Erie College
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11:00 AM
FEATURED LECTURE
The Vanishing Scientific Revolution?: A Case Study in How Historians Find (and Lose) Historical Events
Dr. Brian Bonhomme, Professor, Youngstown State University
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LUNCH BREAK
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1:00 PM
KEYNOTE
Have Pastport, Will Travel: Public and Personal Histories
Dr. Tiffany L. Knoell
| Tiffany L. Knoell, Ph.D., is an associate teaching professor with the department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University. She studies temporal tourism, silent cinema, popular music of 1900-1940, cultural history, animation before television, popular history, nostalgia, and science fiction. She teaches topics courses on Time Travel, Science Fiction, American Mythologies, Global Animation, and Popular Culture and Media in addition to Introduction to Popular Film. Dr. Knoell is the area chair for Popular History in American Culture for the Popular Culture Association National Conference and is also the co-host of Silent Film Fridays: Where the Films are Silent but the Hosts are Not weekly on Twitch. She can be found online at tlknoell.net. |
This event is sponsored by the Robert W. Reeder I Memorial Endowment in History.
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2:00 PM
SHOWCASE
Building a National Science-Fiction Museum with the Trumbull County Historical Society
Moderator: Laura Beadling, Grace Ruth Professor of English
Meghan Reed, Director
Ryan MacLennan, Director of Operations & Outreach
Beverly Nelson, Science Fiction Coordinator
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3:00 PM
POP CULTURE & IDENTITY
1970s Science Fiction: Feminism and Space
India Gatts, undergraduate, Youngstown State University
Wakanda, Nichelle Nichols, and the Huts of America: A Conversation of Longstanding “Black Nerd-Hood”
Airyana Washington, undergraduate, Youngstown State University
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4:00 PM
EXHIBIT OPENING
Pizza, Pierogis, and Hummus: Ethnic Foodways in the Mahoning Valley
Dr. Martha Pallante and the students of the Fall 2023 Practicum in Historic Preservation class are proud to present their exhibit: Pizza, Pierogis, and Hummus. This exhibit showcases the unique cultural history of the Mahoning Valley, c. 1890-1945, by illustrating how ethnic foodways belonging to various immigrant communities became part of daily life. The students based the exhibit on research collected from the archives of the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, with the assistance of the Mahoning Valley Historical Society and members of the local business community.
Refreshments provided. This event is sponsored by the Charles Darling Memorial Endowment in History.
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7:00 PM
AN EVENING WITH JOHN SCALZI
DEBARTOLO HALL 132
| John Scalzi is a New York Times best seller in fiction with works translated into more than 30 languages. He is the winner of numerous awards, including the Hugo, the Locus, the Audie, the Robert A. Heinlein, the Seiun and the Kurd Lasswitz. Scalzi is also the former President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Beyond his work in print, Scalzi is the writer of several short stories adapted into episodes of the Netflix series Love, Death + Robots. He also served as a Creative Consultant for the Stargate: Universe television series. |
This event is sponsored by the Grace Ruth Endowment in English and the YSU Poetry Center.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23
YOUNGSTOWN HISTORICAL CENTER OF INDUSTRY & LABOR
151 W. WOOD ST.
9:00 AM
RESHAPING CULTURAL ATTITUDES
The Abolitionist Ideas Surrounding George Washington
Austin Maurer, undergraduate, Mount Union University
The Late Colonial Jazz Age in India
Ronit Ghosh, graduate, University of Chicago
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10:00 AM
INTERDISCIPLINARY VIEWS ON HEALTH & MEDICINE
The History of the Interpretation of Human Anatomy
Darcy McTigue, recent graduate, Youngstown State University
Transatlantic Serology, Syphilis, and Scientific Authority, 1906-1914
Casey Olthaus, graduate, Miami University-Oxford
Am I Good Enough: Imposter Syndrome in NESTs
Rima Hammo, graduate, Kent State University
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11:00 AM
GUIDED TOUR
THE MELNICK MEDICAL MUSEUM
B241 CUSHWA HALL
Cassie Nespor, Curator of the Melnick Medical Museum, welcomes HATH guests to the museum. The Melnick Medical Museum collects and preserves materials documenting the history of health sciences including medicine, dentistry, and nursing, especially as it relates to Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley. The newly-reopened museum features exhibits on the Iron Lung and polio, early radiology (including a wooden x-ray machine), and the evolution of doctors’ and dentists’ offices. Nearby, a YSU graduate thesis exhibit by Becky Jasinski examines correlations between class, housing, and health in Youngstown.
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LUNCH BREAK
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1:00 PM
SHOWCASE
Serving through Transcribing
Julie Centofanti, undergraduate, Youngstown State University
Crystal Lin, undergraduate, Youngstown State University
Mollie Hartup, Director, Youngstown State University Honors College
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1:30 PM
CULTURAL IMPACTS OF WORLD WAR II
The Schoolyard Soldiers: ‘Hilf Mit!’ and Nazi Germany’s Cultivation of Militant Youth
Zachary Cherry, graduate, Miami University
The Future War: World War Two’s Impact on the Genre of Science Fiction
Lukas McCoy, graduate, Youngstown State University
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2:00 PM
FEATURED LECTURE
Denkmäler and Ehrenmäler: Creating VdH Sites of Memory
Kyle Starkey, Senior Lecturer, Youngstown State University
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3:00 PM
REDEFINING WOMEN’S ROLES
Female Spies of the World Wars
Katherine Kueter, undergraduate, University of Mount Union
Single in Community: A Vision for Non-Married Women in the Evangelical Church
Mackenzie Bozman, undergraduate, Malone University
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4:00 PM
WORKSHOP
Preparing for the Ohio Assessment for Educators
Dr. David Simonelli, Youngstown State University