This year, fourteen History students presented their research at the 2024 Inquiry @ Queen's Undergraduate Research Conference. These students presented a range of projects, including essays written in History seminars, reflections on archival work completed in History’s Queen’s Archives Internship courses, and in depth research papers completed for History’s 500-level independent research courses. View the complete 2024 program schedule here.
History offers HIST 515 (6.0 units) and HIST 514 (3.0 units), which are independent research courses that give students an opportunity to dive deeper into a research interest and produce an undergraduate thesis under the supervision of an instructor. These courses are valuable opportunities to engage with primary and secondary sources, helping to hone research and writing competencies and developing essential skills for graduate studies and other career paths. Learn more about History’s independent research course options here.
HIST 501 (6.0 units) and HIST 502 (3.0 units) are archives internship courses where students work in the Queen’s Archives to support various aspects of research, processing, exhibition development, collection care and documentation, digitization, and operations at the archives. Learn more about History’s internships opportunities here.
History student presentations at the 2024 conference include:
Mariana Garic - "Reading Arabic Love Poetry as a Source of Social History: A Study of Ibn Hazm’s Ring of the Dove" (Supervisor: Mehmet Karabela)
Joshua Kautto - "An Empire Built Behind Closed Doors: An Examination of Spanish Diplomacy in the Sixteenth Century and the Making of Catholic European Hegemony" (Supervisor: Mehmet Karabela)
Molly McGill - "The El Libro Verde de Aragón and the El Tizón de la Nobleza: The Catholic Church's Political Leverage Against the Spanish Monarchy" (Supervisor: Mehmet Karabela)
Emily Scott - "Plague and Historical Memory: The Impact of the Black Death on Jewish Communities in Europe during the 14th century with a focus on the Poison Theory" (Supervisor: Mehmet Karabela)
Thinugi Wickramasinghe - "Remembering al-Andalus: The Legacy of Islamic Spain in the Cultural Products and Traditions of the Spanish Caribbean" (Supervisor: Mehmet Karabela)
Arianne Ettehadieh - "The Historical Erasure of the W8banaki Nation in the Eastern Townships of Quebec" (Supervisor: Scott Berthelette)
Reagan Feld - "The Real Housewives of the Confederacy: How the United Daughters Kept “The Cause” Alive" (Supervisor: Rosanne Currarino)
Joelle Lepage - "Love Between Women: An Exploration of Friendship and Lesbianism Between Eighteenth Century Noble Women" (Supervisor: Tony D'Elia)
Emily Poltorac - "On The Edge of Seventeen: An Examination of the Transition Into Adulthood For Young Women Under Stalin (1920-1930)" (Supervisor: Rebecca Manley)
Rehleigh Giesl-Butler - "Opportunity or Obstacle: Museums in Kingston During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (Supervisor: Martina Hardwick)
Patricia Roussel & Marissa Little - "Personifying the Archives"
Kai Siallagan - "Our Savages: Eurocentrism in Canadian Media Coverage of Military Occupations"
Haley Svensrud - "Tracing the Provenance of Sir Isaac Newton's Copy of the Annals by Tacitus Which Now Resides at Queen's University"
Congratulations to all our student presenters!
