Stories

History students Antonio Vargas '23 (History, Political Science), Hannah Hagen '23 (Environmental Studies, History, Spanish Studies), Rob Wohl '23 (History, Political Science), and Sean Chamberlain '23 (History, Philosophy) traveled to Johns Hopkins University over the weekend of March 24-27 with the support of History Department gift funds. There they presented independent research at The Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium. Their presentations included a wide variety of topics: "The Birth of the Operational Art: The Formalization of the Political-Military Relationship in the United States in the Civil War" by Antonio Vargas; “'We Didn’t Wait for the Boys to Decide About Us': The Women Pioneers of Coeducation at California’s Oldest Jesuit University" by Hannah Hagen; "Arresting the Current of History: The Political Philosophy of Joseph de Maistre" by Rob Wohl, and “'Patriots not Partizans': The Response of Independent Newspapers to the Rise of Political Parties in California" by Sean Chamberlain.