HONOURS PROGRAMME

COMPLETED HONOURS ESSAYS

2018 Title of Honours Essay Supervisor

Sara Wysman Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Orientalist? Intersections Between

Orientalism and Feminism in The Turkish Embassy Letters I. Germani

Allen Berriault The Factors and Importance of Sustaining Motivation in the

Canadian Expeditionary Force During the First World War I. Germani

Brynne Martin Giving Peace a Change: Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s Peace Initiative,

1983-1984 R. Blake

Elisabeth Sahlmueller A Life Misinterpreted: The Inaccurate Criticisms Against Tsarina

Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia R. Ganev

2017

Derek Cameron Independence is Our Strength: Saskatchewan Youth Parliament’s

Journey Towards Youth Control K. Leyton-Brown

Jacqueline Wagner ‘Gaelic Warfare, 1640-1745: A Reassessment’ I. Germani

Conn Randall The Beggars of the Sea: Reexamining the Influence of the Sea

Beggars during the Dutch Revolt Y. Petry

2016

Cole Hawkins Plague, Fear, and Quarantine: The Social Impacts of Moral

Breakdown in Seventeenth-Century England Y. Petry

Stewart Kerr Ottoman Decline: Military Adaptation in the Ottoman Empire, 1683-

1699 I. Germani

Jason Chestney The 1991 Saskatchewan Election: A Case Study in Ideological

Politics R. Blake

2015

Keaton Ryerson Roman Imperialism and the Second Macedonian War K. Leyton-Brown

Sarah Wood Small Democracies in Medieval England: The Importance of

Juries in the Creation of English Democracy K. Leyton-Brown

Steven Elich Shaping A Partnership: John F. Kennedy and the Task Force on

Vietnam, 1961 D. Flood

Katelyn Major To Be a Man: Folktales and the Post-Civil War Crisis of

American Masculinity D. Flood

Kayla Schmaus Scandal and Intrigue: A Historical Analysis of the Eighteenth

Century French Libellistes I. Germani

2014

Shea Poncsak The Adverse Effects of the 1885 Rebellion on the Métis Nation R. Blake

Tom Stark Pragmatic Altruism: An Analysis of American Military

Intervention during the 1990s M. Anderson

2013

Edward Dodd Laughing at the Enemy: Victory Loan Strategies, Anti-Semitism,

and “If Day” in World War II Winnipeg J. Pitsula

Laura Hochban

“A Natural and Necessary Thing”: The Consequences of Martin

Luther’s Marriage Reforms on Women in Sixteenth-Century

Germany

Y. Petry

Brittany Gogel Finding Middle Ground: The Leader-Post’s coverage in the 1986

Election in Saskatchewan J. Pitsula

Candice Froess The Transmission of the Alphabet from the Phoenicians to the

Greeks K. Leyton-Brown

Liam Fitz-Gerald “On the Scroll of Fame”: The English Canadian Media’s

Perception of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 P. Charrier

2012

Paul Gebhardt The Origins of the Templars A. Fizzard

Chelsea Jacobs Black in the Neon Oasis: A History of the Black Community in

Los Vegas and their Ongoing Struggle for Civil Rights D. Flood

Jennifer Redler Integrating East and West Germany: Towards the Emergence of

a Unified Political and Economic System Since 1990 T. Bredohl

Sébastien Potvin Evolution of an Alliance: The Vindication of NATO in the

Kosovo War I. Germani

Rob Phillipson The Creation of the Carolingians: How The Dynasty Rose To

Power and How They Sustained It A. Fizzard

Jean-Michel Lenihan Dominion Day from 1879-1927: A Composite of Vernacular

Events and a Foundational National Experience

R. Blake/

J. M. Pitsula

Aaron Richter The Creation of Prestige in Prussia: As it was Manifest in the

Cityscape of Berlin I. Germani

Benjamin Stueck Romano-Parthian Retaliations Between 95 BCE and 68 CE K. Leyton-Brown

2011

Matt Sametz Decisive Battle in the Second Punic War K. Leyton-Brown

Michelle Wagner De Quoi s’agit-il?”: How Leadership and Command Led the

French Army to Victory on the Marne Salient: 1914-1918

I. Germani

Derek Bradshaw Militarism in The Third Reich and Its Effects on the Battle of

Stalingrad

I. Germani

Karley Parovsky Diefenbaker’s Bill of Rights: A Testament to His Belief in

Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in Canada

R. Blake

Ian (Sacha) Robertson “The Sublime and True Friend of Humanity:” A Historiographic

Analysis of Rousseau’s Impact on the Terror in the French

Revolution

I. Germani

2010

Jill Kergan Portentous Propaganda: Interpretations of Monstrous Births in

the Early Modern Era

Y. Petry

Rachelle Lamontagne The Transition from the Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom to

the Coffin Texts of the Middle Kingdom

K. Leyton-Brown

2009

Brian Warren Deference Versus Defiance: Canada and Egypt in the Prelude to

Suez

P. Charrier

Stephanie Ellis Diefenbaker and the Canadian Flag: An Examination of

Diefenbaker’s Opposition During the 1964 Flag Debate

R. Blake

Robert Porter The Rhetoric and Reality of Spending: an Analysis of Canadian

Federal Deficit and Debt, 1975-1995

R. Blake

2008

Dwayne Meisner Livy and the Bacchanalia K. Leyton-Brown

Veda Jardine “The Medieval Bestiaries: Showcasing the Evolution of Animal

Lore”

A. Fizzard

2007

Christine Magnusson Community and War: WWI Military Recruitment in Yorkton

SK.

J. M. Pitsula

Aaron Molnar China’s Northern Borderlands in Sino-Mongol Relations during

the Ming (1368-1644)

P. Charrier

Julia Mitchell Microcosmic Modernity: The Cultural Significance of the

Parisian Arcades

I. Germani

Amy Quickfall Roman Baths K. Leyton-Brown

2006

Greg Koabel “Cloud Him in Ambiguity:” The Attempted Impeachment of the

Duke of Buckingham in 1626

R. J. W. Swales

Lindsey Konrad “A Plague on both your Houses!” The Place of Lutheranism in

the early English Reformation

R. J. W. Swales

Jaclyn McLean “Les Résistantes: the women’s resistance movement and the

press in France, 1940-1945

I. Germani

Kristie Dubé The Gothic Revival Style in Saskatchewan Ecclesiastical

Architecture

A. Fizzard

2004

Carl Anderson “A Prairie Success Story:” The Founding and Early Activities of

the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, 1935-1945

J. W. Brennan

Loriel Anderson “Clovis – First”: An Examination of the Origins of the First

Americans

K. Leyton-Brown

2003

Maryanne Cotcher Radical or Respectable? The Regina Voice of Women, 1961-

1971

J. W. Brennan

Gillian Ramsey The Origins of Rome K. Leyton-Brown

Tana Findlay Louis-Sebastian Mercier: On Eighteenth-Century Crime and the

Parisian Justice System

I. Germani

Jeremy Mohr Subordination to Conciliation?: A Reassessment and

Comparison of the Governorships of Sir James Craig and Sir

George Provost, 1807-1915

S. D. Kenny

Mark McCulloch An Examination of East and West German National Identity

after World War II.

T. Bredohl

2002

Nicole O’Bryne ‘The real nails in Hitler’s coffin’: Yorkton and the British

Commonwealth Air Training Plan

J. W. Brennan

2001

Heather Hicks Searching for Arthur: A Survey of Twentieth Century Arthurian

Historiography

A. Fizzard

Lee Revet The Campaign for the Crown of England, 1066 A. Fizzard

2000

Crista Bradley “’Let Us Take Time For All Things’: Saskatchewan

Homemakers’ Clubs During The Great Depression”

J. W. Brennan

Hannah Scissons “Not Quite the Separatist: The Nationalism of René Lévesque” A. N. Lalonde

Jessica Conly “Uranium City 1952-1982: Forging a Community in Northern

Saskatchewan”

J. W. Brennan

Jennifer Senkow “The Church and Sacheverell?! The Political Influence of Dr.

Henry Sacheverell in Eighteenth Century England”

R. J. W. Swales

Kimberley Greenman “Population Studies on the Qing Period in Chinese History: A

Historiographical Analysis”

J. Matsumura

Peter Borch “The Beginning of Saskatchewan’s Waffle 1969-70” J. M. Pitsula

1999

Angela Martin “The Other Nurse: Seeking Validation Psychiatric Nursing and

the Saskatchewan Psychiatric Nurses’ Association, 1930-1972”

J. W. Brennan

Mike Fedyk “Phony Victory: The 1962 Federal Election in the Regina City

Constituency”

J. M. Pitsula

Lynn Hintz “Emäntä (Mistress of the House), Pikka (Maid), Apulainen

(Helpmate) and Suomalainen (Finn): The Women of New

Finland, Saskatchewan, 1890-1930”

A. Leger-Anderson

1998

Derek Tucker “Looking for the Irish in Canada: Ethnicity, Myth and Reality” S. D. Kenny

Allan Briens “Mapping the Road to Auschwitz: A Study of the Genesis of the

Holocaust”

A. A. Chanady

1997

Matthew Robinson "The Beveridge Report: Wartime Politics and Propaganda" N. Terpstra

Cameron Smith "The Origins and Development of the SS Until the Röhm Putsch,

1925-1934"

R. J. W. Swales

Zara Hande “Female Immigrant Domestic Servants on the Canadian Prairies,

1890-1930”

J. W. Brennan

1996

Andrea Rounce "A Discussion of the Debate Surrounding the British Problem in

Response To and Based on Derek Hirst's Commentary"

R. J. W. Swales

Jenéa Tallentire "The Effect of Charles I's Ideology in Caroline England" R. J. W. Swales

1995

Peter Bruce "'EINHEIT': The Reunification of Germany in 1990" A. A. Chanady

Damian Shepherd "The Administration of Penance from the Post-Apostolic Age to

the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215"

B. R. Dalsin

Mark Lloyd "Diefenbaker's Foreign Policy Toward Apartheid in South Africa" J. M. Pitsula

1994

Brett Gore "German Rearmament and the Third Reich: An Analysis of the

Military and Economic Mobilization of National Socialist

Germany, 1933-39"

A. A. Chanady

Tammy Nemeth "Degrees of Inspiration: Scholastic and Humanist Influences on

Luther's and Calvin's Early Approaches to Scripture and

Justification"

N. Terpstra

Carole Forster "Electoral Reform, the Press, and the Rise of Parties" N. Tersptra

Lesley Erickson "The First-Generation German Catholic Women of St. Peter's

Colony, Saskatchewan: German Catholic Women and the Public

Sphere, 1903 to 1930"

C. O. White

1993

Erik Anderson "Unfilled Expectations: The Impact of First World War on

Saskatchewan and the Farmer"

J. W. Brennan

Ken Taylor "The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Government and

Industrial Development 1950-1962: A Case Study of Three

Projects - Saskatchewan Cement Corporation, Prairie Pipe and

Interprovincial Pipe and Steel Corp. Ltd."

J. W. Brennan

C. Marie Fenwick "A Social History of Moose Jaw, 1914-1918" J. W. Brennan

Cinnamon Smith "The Effect of the Protestant Reformation on Women's Religious

Experience"

N. Terpstra

1992

Constance Maguire "Kate Simpson Hayes and the 'Woman's World' of Mary

Markwell"

J. M. Pitsula

Jeff O'Brien "The Non-Partisan League in Saskatchewan Politics: 1916-1921" J. W. Brennan

Elaine Groenendyk "From Absolutism to Regicide: Changing Images of the

Monarchy in Eighteenth Century France"

I. Germani

1991

Michael Boda "A Study of Lutheran Reformation Pedagogy and Controversy

Surrounding Gerald Strauss' Luther's House of Learning"

N. Terpstra

Lisa A. Duncan "Popular Culture and Popular Religion in Catholic Europe, 1450-

1650: An Historiographical Survey"

N. Terpstra

Scott Quendack "Assimilation and the Franchise: The C.C.F. and the Political

Development of Saskatchewan Indians 1944-1960"

J. M. Pitsula

Jill McKeen "Catholic Action in Regina, 1936-1939" J. M. Pitsula

Cheryle Jahn "The United Farm Women of Saskatchewan 1926-1931: Prairie

Feminism in the Post-Suffrage Period"

J. M. Pitsula

Lenora Toth "The Patterson Government and the Voluntary Debt Adjustment

Programme of 1936"

C. O. White

1990

Pamela MacIsaac "Lilies in Frost: Women and Humanism in Early Modern Italy" N. Terpstra

Lynn Gidluck "Conflict and Compromise: The Establishment of the

Saskatchewan Land Bank, 1969-1972"

J. M. Pitsula

1989

Nadine Roth "The Mood of 1914 and the 'Unspoken Assumptions' of Grey and

Bethmann Hollweg"

A. A. Chanady

Paula Rein "Tucker or Tyranny: The 1948 Saskatchewan Election" J. W. Brennan

Gary Decorby "CCF Government Initiatives in the Provision of Subsidized

Housing in Saskatchewan, 1944-1959"

J. W. Brennan

Brian Miller "The Political History of the South Saskatchewan River Dam,

1951-1958"

J. W. Brennan

1987

Katherine Luttmer "The German Experience in Regina to the End of World War I" J. W. Brennan

Dave Gray "Imperialist Rivalry in China 1894-1899" A. A. Chanady

1986

Duane Mombourquette "The Saskatchewan Public Education League and Its Activities" J. M. Pitsula

1985

Arthur Birch "Syrian Foreign Policy Towards Israel 1946-1958" R. L. Cleveland

1984

Girard Hengen "The Wartime Prices and Trade Board and Canadian Prairie

Agriculture in the Second World War"

J. M. Pitsula

1983

Doug Hendrickson "The Failure of the Grand Alliance to Create a Common Policy

for Post-War Germany and the Rise of the Cold War"

A. A. Chanady

Galen Perras "The Secret and Illegal Rearmament of the German Army 1919-

1933"

A. A. Chanady

1982

Joyce Way "Negotiations Between Government of Saskatchewan and the

College of Physicians and Surgeons During the Medicare Dispute

of 1962"

J. M. Pitsula

1979

Stephen Bennett "Diplomacy in Crisis: Anglo-German Relations 1933-1936" A. A. Chanady

John Ayles "The Basis for the Treaty of Rapallo in German-Soviet Relations,

1918-1922"

A. A. Chanady

Rod Laporte "The Legacy of Boosterism: Swift Current and the First World

War"

J. W. Brennan

John Cooper "Saskatchewan's Land Settlement Policy 1930-1940" C. O. White

David Brundige "Confederation: Was it an attempt to Annihilate the French-

Canadian Nation?"

A. N. Lalonde

1978

Evelyn Legare "The Red River Rebellion: The Culmination of Over One

Hundred years of Violence in the West?"

A. N. Lalonde

Pat Brennan "Unemployment and Public Works Relief: The Regina

Experience 1929-32"

C. O. White

1977

Brian Banks "The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Government,

Economic Planning in Natural Resources and Industrial

Development 1944-1946"

J. W. Brennan

Rudolf Singer "The Saskatchewan Royal Commission on Immigration and

Settlement 1930"

C. O. White

M. Leyton-Brown "Henri Bourassa, Canadian Nationalist or French-Canadian

Nationalist?"

A. N. Lalonde

Kim Jones "Confederation: An English Canadian Solution to English

Canadian Problems"

A. N. Lalonde

Don Richan "Social Structure and Social Change in Regina during the First

World War"

J. W. Brennan

1976

Joe Goski "Louis Riel and the English Canadian Historians: From Rebel to

Hero"

A. N. Lalonde

1975

Judy Totten "Saskatchewan, 1930 to 1939: Preparation for State Medicine" C. O. White

1974

K. Leyton-Brown "Egyptian Religion from Pharaonic Times till Roman" R. L. Cleveland

1973

Kurt Kinley "Canadian Aid to India: Planning for the Future" D. M. Page

Bruce Shepard "A Meditation on History" OR White Racist Propaganda? The

Controversy Surrounding William Styron's The Confessions of

Nat Turner"

A. L. Anderson

Nadia Kazymyra "The Socialist Revolutionary Party in Russia (1890-1906)" A. A. Chanady

William Jackson "Seventeenth Century Puritan Radicalism: Its Origins and Aims

as exemplified by Three Sects: The Levellers, The Diggers and

The Fifth Monarchy Men"

R. J. W. Swales

Tom Ledebur "The Break-Up of the Müller Cabinet and the Crisis of German

Parliamentary Democracy in 1929-30"

A. A. Chanady

Keith Foster "United States Designs on Canada: The War of 1812" A. L. Anderson

Garth Pugh "Wilhelmine Imperialism and the Role of Germany in the July

Crisis of 1914: An Examination of the Fischer Thesis"

M. L. Kovacs

1972

Don Herperger "The Establishment of Canadian Diplomatic Relations with the

United States"

D. M. Page

Gwenn Harris "Two Views of Canadian History: Donald Creighton and Frank

Underhill"

D. M. Page