2016 Undergraduate UCSB History Theses


Remy Bogna, “From Nothing to Something: Recognizing Hidden Children as Holocaust Survivors” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016). Mentor: H. Marcuse.


Laurel Handler-Vosen, “Gender, Identity and Law in Early Modern England” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016). Mentor: Prof. Bernstein

Lovepreet Kaur Brah, “The Mixed-Race Issue: a Curious Case of a Muslim Nawab, His Jewish Lover, and the Late 19th Century Calcutta High Court” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016). Mentor: E. Rappaport.

Charles Kay, “Dogwhistle Disarmament: A History of Racialized Gun Control in 20th Century America” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016) Mentor: 


Bruno Tomasini, “The Danger of Moral Necessity: The Dissolution of the Civil RIghts Congress” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016). Mentor: Prof. Bergstrom.


Paola Villegas, “”Vivimos en Conflicto” (We Live in Conflict): University-Induced Displacement in Isla Vista, CA” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016). Mentor: G. Lipsitz.


I-Wen Wang, “The New Chinese-American Baby: Chinese Birth Tourism in Southern California” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016). Mentor: P. Spickard.


Jacob Weeks, “”No One Reads This Rag”: Punk Rock and the Zine-scene dynamic” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016). Mentor: D. Blumenthal.