PHI ALPHA THETA
ILLINOIS REGIONAL
PHI ALPHA THETA
HISTORY CONFERENCE
REGIONAL HISTORY
CONFERENCE
FRIDAY APRIL 1, AND
SATURDAY APRIL 2, 2016
Hosted by:
Omicron Omicron Chapter,
Hosted by:
At WIU
Omicron Omicron Chapter,
At WIU
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FRIDAY: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
3:30-4:30 VISIT WIU ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
MALPASS LIBRARY 6TH FLOOR
For those in town early on Friday. Staff and graduate student workers will discuss some of treasures and
oddities of the WIU Archives and Special Collections. Learn about the Utopian French Icarians, the
Mormon Wars of 1830s, and the Illinois Regional Archives Depository Collection. This may your first visit
to an archive. It may or may not help with future research. Either way, you will get to see some
interesting history. Meet on the library main floor by 3:25.
6:30-8:00 WELCOME RECEPTION AT THE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
All registered conference attendees are welcome to enjoy an evening of socializing and art. Two
exhibitions will be on display at the University Art Gallery, including “The Visual Culture of Museums”
and “Those of Us Still Living.” Live music will be provided by the WIU President’s International
Symphony. Hors d'oeuvre and a cash bar will be available.
This event is sponsored by the Western Illinois University History Department, the College of Arts and
Sciences, and the College of Fine Arts and Communication.
Free parking is available on the west side of the University Union and the south side of Sherman Hall.
SATURDAY: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
7:00-8:10 REGISTRATION
STIPES HALL 501
Conference check-in begins at 7:00. Free parking is available across the street (Western Avenue). In
Stipes Hall take the elevator to the 5th floor.
7:00-8:10 BREAKFAST SOCIAL
STIPES HALL 501
Pastries, coffee, tea, and juice will be available on the 5th floor of Stipes Hall. Take the elevator. Be sure
to peruse the publications by history faculty from participating universities.
8:15-9:35
SESSION 1--TOPICS IN DIPLOMATIC HISTORY
STIPES HALL 225
Julian Jankowski, University of St. Francis
“On Byzantine Decline through Italian Diplomacy”
Nathan Schmidt, Western Illinois University
“Voyage of the Empress of China: Private and National Interests Toward Foreign Policy in the Early
United States”
Taoyu Yang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Internationalization of a Local Dispute: the Britain-France Tension in the Haimen Incident, 1898-1901”
Chair: Dr. Ed Woell, Western Illinois University
9:45-10:45
SESSION 2—TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
STIPES HALL 225
Maxwell Bestvina, Augustana College
“The Army Navy ‘E’ Production Award and the Quad Cities in WWII”
Corey Pearson, Monmouth College
“Ethiopia: Federal Censorship or an Act of National Security”
Chair: Dr. Stacy Cordery, Monmouth College
10:45-11:10 NETWORKING BREAK AND LATE REGISTRATION
STIPES HALL 501
Free parking is available across the street (Western Avenue). In Stipes Hall take the elevator to the 5th
floor.
Coffee, Tea, and Snacks are available in Stipes Hall Room 501.
11:15-12:35
SESSION 3—TOPICS IN ASIAN HISTORY
Samantha Heinrich, Western Illinois University
“The ‘Savage’ Philippine Natives and Their Dog Eating”
Madeline Olejnik, Western Illlinois University
“Tsuda Umeko and the Promotion of Women’s Education”
Ryan Rosenbrock, Western Illinois University
“A Taste for the West: McDonald’s in China”
Chair: Dr. Febe Pamonag, Western Illinois University
STIPES HALL 225
12:40-1:25
LUNCH
CORBIN-OLS0N DINING HALL
Those who have registered will receive a meal ticket for lunch in Corbin-Olson Dining Hall on the south
end of the campus near Lake Ruth. Meals tickets are equal to $10 in this hall only. You may also have
lunch on your own off campus or at the Burger King in the University Union.
1:35-2:55
SESSION 4—TOPICS IN CULTURAL HISTORY
UNION SANDBURG THEATER
Mathew Harrington, Western Illinois University
“Comparative Masculinity in the Marketplace: American Renaissance and the Literary Response to
Middle-Class Masculinity across Regional Borders”
Lorenzo Schiavetta, Illinois State University
“Ubi Venus Mutatur – Where Love is Transformed: Gender and Homosexuality in the Late Roman
Empire”
Jillien A. Zudell, Western Illinois University
“The Year(s) Without a Santa Claus: The Assault on and Defense of Christmas in Popular Print during the
English Civil War”
Chair: Dr. Ute Chamberlin, Western Illinois University
3:00-3:50 KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND PAPER AWARDS
UNION SANDBURG THEATER
Dr. Matthew Field, WIU alumnus, Exhibits & Education Program Specialist at the U.S. Capitol Visitor
Center, Washington, DC
"WIU on the Potomac: Using History in the Nation's Capitol"
Following the plenary address, Dr. Tim Roberts, faculty advisor of the Phi Alpha Theta Omicron-Omicron
chapter, will announce best paper awards.
4:15-4:45 WALKING TOUR OF CIVIL WAR ERA MACOMB
Join us for a tour of the hidden historical gems of our downtown led by WIU Civil War historian Tim
Roberts. The tour will start at the Western Illinois History Museum, 201 South Lafayette Street, at
approximately 3:45 and last for 30 minutes, highlighting prominent people and events in Macomb’s Civil
War history. Transportation from the campus to downtown can be arranged for anyone needing it.
Several restaurants are on the square for dinner on your own following the tour.
Call for Papers
The WIU Department of History annually publishes the Western Illinois Historical Review, a student
peer-reviewed journal. We invite all conference participants to submit revised copies of their papers for
consideration by the Review for publication in the spring of 2017. Interested graduate and
undergraduate students should contact Dr. Tim Roberts at tm-roberts@wiu.edu for more information.
Current and previous issues of the Review are online at www.wiu.edu/cas/history/wihr/ .
Phi Alpha Theta Mission
We are a professional society whose mission is to promote the study of history through the
encouragement of research, good teaching, publication and the exchange of learning and ideas among
historians. We seek to bring students and teachers together for intellectual and social exchanges, which
promote and assist historical research and publication by our members in a variety of ways. For more
information on Phi Alpha Theta see http://phialphatheta.org/ .