NEHA Spring 2022 Conference
Saturday, April 23, 2022
UMASS Lowell
8:00-8:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast            O’Leary Mezzanine        Â
(updated April 1, 2022)
First Morning Sessions, 8:30-10:00
 Session 1                                                                                                                 O’Leary 325
New Perspectives on the Revolutionary Era
Chair: Abby Chandler, UMASS Lowell
Native American Contributions to the American Revolution
Ben Curcio, UMASS Lowell*
Wigs, Gender, and Politics in the Revolutionary Era
Jennifer Quinn, UMASS Lowell*
Before the White House: New York City’s Capital Legacy
Thomas Balcerski, Eastern Connecticut State University
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Session 2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â O’Leary 327
Female Factory Workers                                 Â
Chair: Kathryn LaMontagne, Boston University
Constructing the Identity of the Lowell Mill Girls
Kylar McNeal, Missouri Western State University*
False Rumors, Women in Lowell, and Workers’ Writings of Mexico in the Mid-19th Century
Hunter Moskowitz, Northeastern University
“To LIVE rather than merely EXIST:†The Industrial Workers of the World, Women Workers, and the 1907 Skowhegan, Maine, Textile Strike
Thomas MacMillan, Concordia University
Session 3 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â O’Leary 329
Politics, Polemics, and the Law in New Spain                  Â
Chair/Commentator: Lisa Edwards, UMASS Lowell
Cities and Representation in New Spain: Petitions, Juntas, and Procuradores
Sean Perrone, St. Anselm College
Polemics, Politics, and Bartolomé de las Casas
Charlotte Gradie, Sacred Heart University
Police and the Making of Social Order in Colonial Guatemala
Sylvia Sellars Garcia, Boston College
Session 4 Cancelled
Break for Socializing & Refreshments: 10:00-10:15           O’Leary Mezzanine
Second Morning Sessions, 10:15 – 11:45
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Session 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â O’Leary 325
Medicine and History                           Â
Chair: Eric Cimino, Molloy College
My Unfortunate Son: Experiences of Idiocy in Mid-1880s Lowell, Massachusetts
Naomi A. Schoenfeld, Rivier University
The Emergence of Thorazine in an Era of Psycho-Bio Power
Richard Zhang, UCONN Health
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Session 6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â O’Leary 327
Roman Violence in its Judicial and Cultural Context
Chair: Sean Perrone, St. Anselm College
Plundering Violence and Barbarian Identity
Henry Gruber, Harvard University
Punitive Mutiliation and Political Exclusion in the Late Roman World
Jake Ransohoff, Harvard University
Property Sanctions, Legal Violence and Normative Religion in the Later Roman Empire
Carl R. Rice, Yale University
Session 7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â O’Leary 329
Capitalism and Diplomacy
Chair: Christoph Strobel, UMASS Lowell
Global Capitalism Meets Settler Colonialism: The Wyoming Range War of the Early 1890s
Christopher Clark, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Willimantic’s American Thread Merger – A Model of Incorporating Connecticut? Â
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Donald Rogers, independent historian
Critical Diplomatic History: A Method for American Empire Studies
Edward Hunt, Regis College
Session 8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â McGauvran 312
“One City, Many Cultures:†A Community-Driven Approach to Exhibition Development                                                                  Â
Chair: Michael Pierson, UMASS Lowell
Emily Donovan, Park Ranger, Lowell National Historic Park
Bridget Peregrino, Park Ranger, Lowell National Historic Park
Diego Leonardo, Laboratory Operations Manager, Smartlabs
Anthony Nganga, Principle, Studio 26 Associates
Session 9 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â O’Leary Mezzanine
Roundtable: Libraries and the First Amendment
Stephanie Barnaby, American Library Association
Jessica Parr, Simmons College
12:00-12:50 Lunch and Business Meeting                          O’Leary Mezzanine        Â
Afternoon Sessions, 1:00– 2:30
Session 10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â O’Leary 325
Violence and its Meanings in the Post-Roman West
Chair: Alexandra Locking, St. Anselm College
Saints, Landscapes, and Violent Conflict, c. 400-700
Claire Adams, Harvard University
Changing Representations of State Violence in Visigoth and Umayyad Spain
Reed Johnson Morgan, Harvard University
The Rhetoric of Violence in Post-Roman Britain
Nicholas Thyr, Harvard University
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Session 11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â O’Leary 327
Religion, Education, and Civil Rights
Chair: Daniel A. Broyld, UMASS Lowell
Protestant Christianity as a Tool for Afro-British Advancement in the 18th Century British Atlantic World
Chapman Hall, University of Maine, Orono*
“The School is the Topic at Home and Abroad”: Rebicca Primus as Teacher, Church Mother, Reformer, and Activist
Kathryn Angelica, University of Connecticut
“Selma is in Worcester:†Examining Northern Attitudes to the Civil Rights Movement through the Lens of One Massachusetts City
Kate Benoit, Clark University
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Session 12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â O’Leary 329
Art, Music, and the Circus: Reflections on Culture and Class
Chair: Philip Mosley, Penn State University
Class Battles: Tales from Indian Circus
Nisha Poyyaprath Rayaroth, Yale University
Eye of the Beholder: African Art in New York City, 1910-1930
Heather Hole, Simmons University
“Luxe Pop†and the “Call [Back] of the Cuckoos:† Rediscovering Marvin Hatley and Leroy Shield in Twentieth Century Popular Music, 1929-1935
Brian Peterson, Yale University
* Denotes undergraduate presenter
