US Political History at Home and Abroad

Time: 10:15-11:45 AM      Location: Albertus Hall

Chair: Chris Cody, Hudson County Community College, ccody@hudson.edu      Discussant: Chris Cody, Hudson County Community College, ccody@hudson.edu

Papers:

From Labor Demand to Legal Necessity: The Shifting Demand for British Convict Transportation to the American Colonies 

Chris Horton, St. John's University, christopher.horton21@my.stjohns.edu 

The Original Conservative Legal Movement: Joseph Story’s Long War on Juries and Abolitionists (1805 - 1845) 

Chris Woods, Brown University, christopher_woods@brown.edu 

Secrets and Transparency: The Office of Strategic Information and the First Freedom of Information Act

Kevin Baron, Sienna College, kbaron@siena.edu 

American public diplomacy and propaganda efforts to change ‘hearts and minds’ in a Soviet satellite state (Bulgaria) during the Cold War, 1945-1991

Kristian Kafozov, St. John's University, kristian.kafozov09@my.stjohns.edu