Rice Historical Review Spring 2020

 

The Rice Historical Review is a research journal designed to showcase outstanding scholarly works produced by Rice University's undergraduate students.

Table of Contents

In order of appearance.

—Front Matter (PDF | 710.5 kB )

—Fainting Francis or Weeping Willie: The Construction of American Perceptions of Mohammed Mossadegh
by Allen Sellers (PDF | 1.664 Mb )

—Translating Theology: A Textual Examination of Akbar’s Religiosity
by Akhil Jonnalagadda (PDF | 1.347 Mb )

— King of the Birds: Making Symbol, Subject, and Science in the Skies of Hindustan
by Kristen Hickey (PDF | 2.395 Mb )

— Seeing Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) Through a Romantic Lens
by Carolyn Daly (PDF | 1.193 Mb )

—Back Matter (PDF | 1.384 Mb )

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Editorial Board

Alison Drileck, Editor-in-Chief
Laura Li, Editor-in-Chief
Miriam Wolter, Managing Editor
Mikayla Knutson, Associate Managing Editor
Katie Nguyen, Publishing Director
George Elsesser, Assistant Managing Editor
Sarah Gao, Director of Copy Editing
Olivia Daneker, Art Director
Spencer Moffat, Director of Short Form
Caroline Siegfried, Director of Copy Editing
Frederick Drummond, Short Form Copy Editor
Victoria Saeki-Serna, Director of Short Form
Jordan Killinger, Director of Podcasting
Alex Vela, Director of Media
Riley Meve, Director of Public Relations
Melissa Carmona, Assistant Director of Podcasting
Rachel Lisker, Distribution Manager
Josue Alvarenga, Assistant Director of Podcasting

Faculty Review Board

Dr. Lisa Spiro | Historical Review Faculty Advisor | Executive Director of Digital Scholarship Services
Dr. Lisa Balabanlilar| Director of Undergraduate Studies| Associate Professor of History
Dr. Tani Barlow| George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities | Professor of History
Dr. Daniel Domingues| Assistant Professor of History
Dr. Daniel Dominguez da Silva| Assistant Professor of History
Dr. Maya Irish| Associate Professor of History

Recent Submissions

  • Translating Theology: A Textual Examination of Akbar’s Religiosity 

    Jonnalagadda, Akhil; King, Abigail (2020)
    This paper examines the translation movement of Hindu epics from Sanskrit to Persian spearheaded by the sixteenth century Mughal emperor Akbar. Many historians understand this phenomenon as a cultural accommodation by the emperor to attain legitimacy amongst a heterogeneous populace. This paper, in contrast, seeks to locate this effort within a broader ...

  • Front Matter 2020 Spring Issue 

    (2020)
    CONTENTS: Perception -- Editorial Board -- Table of Contents -- Letter from the Editors -- The Floyd Seyward Lear Prize

  • Seeing Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) Through a Romantic Lens 

    Daly, Carolyn; Karpe, Ashna (2020)
    This paper analyzes Mary Wollstonecraft’s life and fourteen major literary works. It argues that her legacy should be considered in the context of romanticism. Romanticism is usually defined in a traditional, masculine sense: as an emotional escape from repression and rationalism. Eighteenth-century societal norms, however, categorized women as purely ...

  • Back Matter 2020 Spring Issue 

    (2020)
    CONTENTS: Editorial Board -- About Us -- Acknowledgements

  • King of the Birds: Making Symbol, Subject, and Science in the Skies of Hindustan 

    Hickey, Kristen; Hettler, Catherine (2020)
    When the Mughals founded an empire in Hindustan, they sought to legitimize their budding dynasty through diverse sources of power. In the texts and art produced by emperors and their courts during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, these performances of power constantly featured birds. Birds, enfleshed and imagined, were used as motifs that ...

  • Fainting Francis or Weeping Willie: The Construction of American Perceptions of Mohammed Mossadegh 

    Sellers, Allen; Marcheli, Chloe (2020)
    The April 1951 election of Mohammed Mossadegh as Prime Minister of Iran and the subsequent nationalization of oil sparked a prolonged crisis that involved both the British and U.S. governments. No agreement could be reached between the British and Iranians. The crisis culminated in the joint U.S. and British effort, called Operation AJAX, which ...