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2009 Undergraduate Research Symposium

April 21, 2009

You’re invited! Join the History Department for the 2009 Undergraduate Research Symposium. Come learn about the exceptional research being conducted by history undergraduates, and hear keynote speaker Paul Freedman.This is an opportunity not to be missed! Light refreshments to be provided.

Humanities 1, room 210
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
2:00 - 5:00 PM

Keynote Speaker

Paul Freedman - The History of Cuisine and Why it Matters.

Paul Freedman is the Chester D. Tripp Professor of History at Yale University and was chair of the Department from 2004 to 2007. He attended Merrill College at UCSC and graduated in 1971 having studied history with, among others, Peter Kenez, John Beecher and Terry Burke. Receiving his Ph.D. in medieval history from UC Berkeley in 1978, Paul taught and Vanderbilt University from 1979 until 1997 when he moved to Yale. He has written on agrarian history, food and luxury products in medieval Europe. He is the author of "The Origins of Peasant Servitude in Medieval Catalonia" and "Images of the Medieval Peasant." Yale University Press recently published "Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination." In 2007 Paul edited "Food: The History of Taste," a book about cuisine from prehistoric hunter-gathers present trends. This has been translated into eight languages.

Faculty Commentators

Minghui Hu is Assistant Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz. Minghui’s research focuses on Late Imperial China (1600-1900), early modern sciences in China, and China in the early modern world. He came to UCSC in Fall 2005.

Greg O'Malley is Assistant Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz. Greg’s research focuses colonial British America and the Caribbean, the Atlantic world and slavery and the slave trade. He came to UCSC in Winter 2009.

Student Participants

Mark Edwards - United Nations in the Congo: Success or Failure?

Evan Housel - Early Colonial Captivity Narratives: The Foundation of Puritan Ideologies Concerning Native Americans

Tahsin Siddique - Locating Jerusalem in Theology and Practice During the Crusades

Reeve Tyndall - Foundations of Empire: The Portland Cement Industry, 1824-1943

Helen Yamamoto - Minority Media Ownership in a Vast Wasteland

Otavio Martins Shih - Beggars, Entertainers, Fortune-Tellers, and Gamblers

Directions

Humanites 1 room 210 is located in the Humanities and Social Sciences facility.

Those walking or arriving by Metro bus or campus shuttle can take the Crown/Merrill bus stop.

For those driving from the Main Entrance, stay on Coolidge Drive. Shortly after Coolidge turns left and becomes McLaughlin Drive, turn left at the second opportunity, following the sign for Cowell College. You should see the Humanities and Social Sciences facility immediately to your right.

There are several options for parking. After passing the Humanities and Social Sciences facility, you can turn left into a small lot. Here there are some metered parking spaces, as well as parking for “A,” “B,” and “C” permit holders. If this lot is full, continue down the service road. There are several additional meters along the left side. You may also continue left and down a hill to several larger parking lots. The lot on the right has metered parking.

Those needing accessible parking spaces have several options. There are accessible spaces located in the Cowell Circle, and an additional space across the street in the small lot mentioned above.

Parking permits are required in most lots on weekdays between 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Lot designations are subject to change; it is advisable to check the permit requirements posted at parking lot entrances when parking on campus.

One-day visitor permits may be purchased at the main entrance kiosk, or at the TAPS Sales Office located in the H Barn at the base of campus. Parking meters are posted regarding hours of enforcement.