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2023 CBU History Conference

Dec
5
The annual CBU History Conference aims to build a sense of community among history students, alumni, and faculty and to offer CBU history majors an opportunity to gain experience presenting their research. This year’s conference features a panel of current CBU history majors giving their original research. The full schedule is listed below in additional details. All CBU faculty, staff, and students are invited. 
9:15am - 1:40pm
Montesi Executive Center 650 East Parkway South Memphis TN 38104
Neal Palmer
 
 

Additional Details

2023 CBU History Conference
9:15 A.M.-1:40 PM, December 5, 2023

Morning Session, 9:25-10:45
9:25-9:30: Welcome Comments
Neal Palmer, Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History and Political
Science

9:30-10:05: Panel 1, Short Presentations
Chair: Karl Leib, Professor of Political Science
Ausbon Rougeou, Two Views: Martha Gellhorn and Ernie Pyle’s D-Day
Will Allen, Judging the Historical Accuracy of the HBO Miniseries Band of Brothers
Noe Flores, Columbine High School Massacre: Public Perceptions of Causes in the Aftermath

10:10-10:45: Panel 2, Short Presentations
Chair: Neal Palmer, Associate Professor of History
Aryany Perez, Honduran Elites and the Creation of the First Banana Republic
Maria Ganados, Cristeras: Women’s Underrated Participation in the Cristero War
Jhostin Cano, Unveiling the Shadows: Mexico’s Untold Stories of Struggle, Disappearances, and
Human Rights in the Turbulent Decades of the 1960s and 1970s

Break, 10:50-12:30

Afternoon Session, 12:30-1:40
12:30-1:30: Senior Presentations
Chair: Ben Jordan, Professor of History
Liyenia Tzoc, The Rise to Power: How Hitler became the Dictator of Germany
Christian Jones, Investigating the Reasons for TikTok’s Potential Ban in America
Noe Flores, Privatization of Space: The Decision to Hire Private Management for the Shuttle
Program

1:35-1:40: Closing Remarks
Neal Palmer, Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History and Political
Science

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