Honors
Honors
Honors Projects in History, 2008-2009
Departmental Honors represents the highest level of work in history offered at Bowdoin. Honors offers students a semester- or year-long experience in intensive research and writing. Honors projects give students the opportunity to work extensively on a project of their own design in close consultation with faculty advisors. Just as importantly, the honors seminar allows students to participate actively in a growing community of scholars.
Students completed the following honors theses in 2008-2009:
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Bearing the Imperial Soul: Colonial Development and the Watchtower Movement in Northern Rhodesia 1925-1940
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Becoming Cosmopolitan: Women, Alcohol, and Class Politics in New York City, 1880-1930
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Benevolent Gentlemen, Dreadful Punishment: Prison Reform Discourses in Philadelphia and London, 1820-1850
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Environment, Society, and the State in Chile's Forest Industry
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From Ümmet to Nation: Islam, the Alevis, and the Development of Turkish Nationalism
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The Limits of Progress: Walter Lawrance and the Shifting Terrain of Science, Pollution, and Environmental Politics on Maine's Androscoggin River, 1941-1977
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Mobs, Parties, and Whiskey Rebels: The Democratic-Republican Societies in Transition
For further information about Honors, visit the following link on the departmental website.
2008-2009 Honors Recipients: Darius Alam, Emily Guerin, Kevin Hoagland-Hanson, Jimei Hon, Hannah Hughes, Wallace McFarlane, and Kyle Ritter