Student Research Seminar

The History Department at SUNY Potsdam is justly proud of its students’ accomplishments. To showcase their best work in the seminar and foster esprit de corps, the department, in conjunction with the History Association, initiated a student presentation series in fall 2006. The authors of standout seminar papers from the previous year are asked to present their work to a mixed audience of faculty, students, and the public. This experience is meant to introduce advanced students to the expectations of graduate schools, and to impress future seminar students as to the quality of work capable of being produced. 

Sample Seminar Papers 

 

Melissa Smith:

The Not So Average Gold Miner: Women in the California Gold Rush 1849-1853 Read the paper

Gabrielle Petit:

Ambiguities: Lady Mary within Orientalist Discourse Read the paper        

Dustin Johnsen:

Scriptural Authority: The Use of Biblical Texts in the Works of Four Black Transatlantic Writers Read the paper

Adam Jacobs:

Real Wealth, Good Morals, and Happiness: Rural Poverty in 1820's Chenango County, New York Read the paper