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J. Michael Raley, “Foreword”
History Essays by First-Year Students
Matthew Spicer, The Second Punic War and the Ineffectiveness of Hannibal’s War Elephants”
Sebastian Vogel, “The Systemic Collapse of the Roman Empire: Exploring Rome’s Fall Through a Multicausal Lens”
Nico Yoshiki Gotoh, “The Indus River Valley Civilization: Unearthed Enigma, Groundbreaking Architecture, and Cultural Legacy”
Upper-Level History Essay
Luke Scherer, “Sow Hatred; Reap Hatred: How Venereal Disease and Dogma Isolated the Soviet LGBTQ+ Community”
Biographies of Distinguished Hanover College Alumni
Claire Walsh, “Biographical Essay: David Boyle Duncan”
Alexandria Wells, “Andrew Harvey Young and His Experience with Immigration”
Claire Wojtowicz, “George Ernest: A Hanover Graduate”
Outstanding Senior History Thesis
Molly Billiard, “Everybody wants to leave somethin' behind:” Quiltmaking and Identity in Kentucky from 1800–1900"
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