The Senior Thesis Edition

The Senior Thesis Edition12

In April 2020, Yale’s History and HSHM Departments cancelled senior essay prizes due to the constraints posed by COVID-19. To respond to this crisis, The Yale Historical Review partnered with faculty from the two Departments to celebrate exceptional theses from graduating students. The pieces included in this special issue would have received high marks and accolades in another year. By publishing these essays and abstracts, we hope to celebrate the process and evaluation of original research.

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Absinthe, Alcoholism, and the Asylum in France, 1870-1918

Written by John Borja, GH 20' Advised by Professor John Merriman Edited by Aaron Jenkins, SY 22', Maya Ingram, MC 23' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Few objects associated with the culture and history of France have retained such a mysterious, even mythological status as the glass of absinthe. Its reflective amber, near-emerald hue...

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“Refuse of Humanity” or Refused Their Humanity: The Victorian Feminist Construction of Sex Workers as Human-Rights Subjects

By Marina Albanese, PC 20' Advised by Professor Stuart Semmel Edited by Frank Lukens, ES 22' Julianna Gross, DC 23' Historians have differed in their treatment of Josephine Butler (1828-1906), the Victorian feminist who led campaigns against regulated sex work in Britain, across Europe, and in Britain’s colonies. Butler...

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"This 'Order' Must Be Annihilated: How Benjamin Austin's Call to Abolish Lawyers Shaped Early Understandings of Access to Justice, 1786-1819

"This 'Order' Must Be Annihilated: How Benjamin Austin's Call to Abolish Lawyers Shaped Early Understandings of Access to Justice, 1786-1819 [//www.slideshare.net/YHRUploads/this-order-must-be-annihilated-how-benjamin-austins-call-to-abolish-lawyers-shaped-early-understandings-of-access-to-justice-17861819] from YHRUploads [https://www.slideshare.net/YHRUploads]...

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