Rice Historical Review Spring 2021

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 | 933.1 kB)

— Becoming Brujas: Colonial Witchcraft and Historical Transgression
by Mariana Najera (PDF | 1.748 Mb)

— Suffering and Resilience: The Jews of Spain and Black Death
by Joy Wang (PDF | 1.729 Mb)

— The Role of the Familiar Spirit in the Glanville-Webster Witchcraft Debate
by Jason Lee (PDF | 1.816 Mb)

— Pope Benedict XV’s Reassertion of Papal Diplomacy through Impartiality with Germany during the First World War
by Michael Katona (PDF | 1.767 Mb)

— Christabel Pankhurst: The Life and Legacy of a Suffragette Misunderstood
by Callie Carnahan (PDF | 1.227 Mb)

—Back Matter (PDF | 1.506 Mb)

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Editorial Board

Mikayla Knutson, Editor-in-Chief
Victoria Saeki-Serna, Editor-in-Chief
Olivia Daneker, Managing Editor
George Elsesser, Managing Editor
Katie Nguyen, Publishing Director
Riley Meve, Director of Outreach
Spencer Moffat, Director of Short Form
Bora Göbekli, Assistant Director of Short Form
Allen Sellers, Director of Copy Editing
Frederick Drummond, Director of Short Form Copy Editing
Victor Nguyen, Director of Recruitment; Assistant Director of Copy Editing
Victoria Zabarte, Director of Racial Justice; Assistant Director of Copy Editing
Josue Alvarenga, Director of Podcasting
Melissa Carmona, Director of Podcasting
Rijuta Vallishayee, Assistant Director of Podcasting

Faculty Review Board

Dr. Lisa Spiro | Historical Review Faculty Advisor | Executive Director of Digital Scholarship Services
Rachael Pasierowska| Historical Review Advisor | Graduate Student in the Departnment of History
Dr. Paula Sanders| Director of Undergraduate Studies| Joseph and Joanna Nazro Mullen Professor in Humanities
Dr. Moramay López-Alonso| Associate Professor of History| Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics
Dr. Daniel Domingues| Associate Professor of History
Dr. G. Daniel Cohen| Samuel W. & Goldye Marian Spain Associate Professor
Dr. Lan Li| Assistant Professor of History
Dr. Elizabeth Petrick| Associate Professor of History
Dr. W. Caleb McDaniel| Department Chair