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Humanities Research Conference

Lycoming College Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference

Lycoming College hosted its inaugural Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference on April 1, 2023, on its campus in Williamsport, Pa. This one-day conference featured advanced undergraduate research from across the region, with awards for the best papers, as well as keynote speaker Robert Parkinson, associate professor of history at Binghamton University, and the author of the prize-winning "The Common Cause: Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution (2016)."

Saturday, April 1, 2023
Lycoming College Campus, Williamsport, PA
No Registration Fee

Conference Program

The following undergraduate students were awarded for research in the humanities and related disciplines:

  • Nicholas Sifford, Juniata College, won the award for the best paper in the category of History, Archaeology, & Humanities-Focused Social Sciences for “An African American Odyssey: Reclaiming the History of the Siffords.”
  • Emily Sanchez, University of Scranton, won the award for the best paper in the category of Philosophy, Ethics, & Religion, for “Why Liberal Education Belongs in Elementary Schools.”
  • Dorian Hansen, Susquehanna University, won the award for the best paper in the category of Literature, Languages, & Art History for “An Androgynous God: Beardless Dionysus in Ancient Greek and Roman Art.”
  • Taleen Postian, Villanova University, won the award for the best paper in the category of Ethnic & Racial Studies, for “Khachkars: From Destruction of Culture through the Material to Survival through Replica.”
  • Lucy Lu Cai, Lafayette College, won the award for the best research paper in the category of Women’s & Gender Studies for “The Influence of French Feminist Theories on Chinese Feminism: Tributes, Borrowings and Transformations since the Early Twentieth Century (L'influence du féminisme français sur le féminisme chinois: hommages, emprunts et transformations depuis le XXe siècle).”
  • Jeovannee Castillo won the award for the best research paper by a Lycoming College student for “The Cause and Cycle of Child Labor in Mexico.”

 

The submission deadline has passed. Please check back in November of 2023 for the Call for Papers for the 2024 Conference.

Read the Call for Papers

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