HistoryPropaganda, Idealism, and Subculture: The Evolution of Che Guevara's Image in Chinese Cultural MemoryLingxiao (Linda) . Gao - Being a worldwide popular icon, the Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been differently re-appropriated by a variety of movements across the globe; but his reception and symbolization in contemporary China has been less discussed... Keep Reading »
The Lingering Influence of Revolutionary Political Discourse From the Civil War and Reconstruction EraBhadrajee S. Hewage - The Civil War was a seminal moment in the historical development in the United States. The American Revolution may have created the U.S. as a sovereign nation, but the Civil War helped to determine what kind of nation America would become. The Reconstruction era, from... Keep Reading »
Genocide Memorialization in the Modern Era: Communal Mourning Through Institutions and CultureEmily Bennett - Genocide Memorialization focuses on the community after a genocide in what they choose to remember and how they achieve that goal of memorialization. Memorialization efforts are museums, institutions, policy, law, education, documentaries and first person accounts... Keep Reading »
Molding the Peasantry on the Road to Modernity: State and Peasant Relations in Russia and the Soviet UnionSophia Hernandez Tragesser - This paper examines the peasantry's response to modernization measures taken by Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the pursuit of modernity, the Tsarist Russian and early Soviet regimes altered the nature of the peasantry... Keep Reading »
Poor Cultural Communication as an Obstacle to Adequate Medical Care: A Case Study of the Manchurian Plague EpidemicsJingkai Hou - This study analyzes the publications of Dr. Wu Lien-teh, health commissioner during the Manchurian plague epidemics, to demonstrate how poor cultural communication can adversely affect medical care and health policies. Combined with a case study of Indian epidemics... Keep Reading »
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