The Measure: An Undergraduate Research Journal
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Letter from the Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
No full textCHSS Dean\u27s letter introducing Volume 5 of The Measure: A Journal of Undergraduate Researc
A Stone Under History\u27s Wheel: The Oyneg Shabes Archive
No full textThe Oyneg Shabes was a secret society of Jewish academics within the Warsaw ghetto who documented the Jewish experience during World War II. The following research paper examines the founder of the Oyneg Shabes, Jewish activist-historian Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum, and gives archival evidence of the suffering of the Jewish people at the hands of their Nazi oppressors and their ultimate triumph over genocide. The Ringelblum Archive was unearthed in 1946 and contained thousands of letters, propaganda posters, essays, interviews, pictures, and more. This surviving archive is one of the most effective forms of resistance against Nazi persecution because the Oyneg Shabes gave a voice to the hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children whom the Nazis attempted to permanently silence. The Oyneg Shabes Archive combated the Nazis’ version of the war. This research paper was written to shine a light on the archive that the Oyneg Shabes sacrificed their lives to preserve
The Ultimate Hybrid: A Racial Analysis of the Creature in Mary Shelley\u27s Frankenstein
Full text linkMuch of the scholarly conversation surrounding Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein focuses on the racial make-up of the creature. First, this article analyzes scientific studies conducted before and during Shelley’s time that impact the ideas of racial science within her novel and directly affect the creature’s racial hybridity. Second, this article reviews the two main racial parallels scholars of Frankenstein have found within the creature’s visage and behavior, while also referring back to the novel to prove or disprove the accuracy of the racial identities he has been given. In conclusion, though the scientific studies and literature review establish the creature as a racial hybrid, his humanity is often overlooked or underestimated—a humanity that can provide insight into current racial tensions in America. Further research should focus on locating similarities between the creature’s racial hybridity and America’s racial hybridity
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Ghetto Child Survival During the Holocaust: Adapting to Location
Full text linkMany of the 1.5 million children who lost their lives during the Holocaust were forced into ghettos, segregated districts created by the Nazis, where they suffered extreme conditions. The following paper examines how location played a vital role in the ghetto experiences of Jewish children by comparing two major ghettos, Łódź and Warsaw. The comparison includes assessing the physical space of each ghetto as well as their geographic locations within the Third Reich, and how these factors influenced the ways in which children tried to overcome their ghetto’s harsh environment. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s database, in addition to outside literature, was used to retrieve primary source materials used to explore first-hand accounts and insights. This paper claims that the methods children used to endure ghetto life was dependent on the locations of the ghettos themselves; and further suggests why location should be considered a major feature of Nazi persecution that was used to try to devastate the Jewish people
Staging Revolution: A Close Reading of Ya\u27qub Sanu\u27s Al-Durteyn
No full textYa\u27qub Sanu was an Egyptian playwright, journalist, and political dissident who, throughout his prolific career, cultivated works which challenged the political, social, and cultural reforms and centralization of Egypt’s Khedive Ismail. Though modern scholarship regards Sanu’s later journalism as the primary vehicle for political criticism, little attention is given to his earliest theatrical pursuits commissioned by Ismail. The following research paper examines Sanu’s al-Durteyn, or The Rival Wives, a one-act satirical drama which critiques the institution of polygamy in Egypt and resulted in the decommissioning of Sanu’s theater and subsequent exile from Egypt. The essay provides a thorough background of Sanu’s political developments and pursuits, followed by a character, plot, and literary analysis of al-Durteyn which places the allegorical devices employed by Sanu within the political and social context of 19th-Century Egypt. In doing so, this paper argues that Sanu’s al-Durteyn utilizes polygamy as a vehicle to directly criticize and challenge the rule of Ismail and advocate for the advancement of the Egyptian masses
Neither Here nor There: An Immigration Case Study on the Juárez-El Paso Border
Full text linkOver the course of the Trump administration, the flow of migrants from Latin America has ticked up. Correspondingly, Americans have become increasingly xenophobic. This pattern of foreign immigration and anti-immigrant sentiment is a recurring one. Calls for the need for immigration reform are made and often drastic actions ensue. Thus, what we are presently witnessing is simply a new verse in the ongoing immigration chronicle. This condensed report of findings extends from a research project that investigated the local responses to record numbers of immigrants seeking asylum at the Juárez-El Paso border