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Join us for this year's Undergraduate Humanities Conference.

LSUA's 2019 Undergraduate Humanities Conference (UHC) will be held on Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Mulder Hall 147. The goal of the conference is to provide a dynamic forum for undergraduates to preset academic papers, interact with faculty and fellow students, and gain the experience necessary for presenting in a larger setting. 

1:00pm Session (Social Sciences)
Emily Dickson: "Intentions Behind the Throne"
Jacob C. Rickard: "Judicial Selection Methods, Qualifications, and Proposed Additions"
Kristy Venter: "Communication Counts in Coaching"

2:30pm Session (American Literature)
Tiffanie Brown: "A Juxtaposition of Protagonists" (Dr. Owen Elmore will read the paper)
Benjamin Sanson: "The Satire and Irony in Flannery O'Connor's 'Good Country People'"
Zachary Walleser: "Coveted Passions: Revelations of Freedom in Oppressed Artists"

3:50pm Session (Chaucer)
Victoria Bloodworth: "Courtly Love in the Knight's Tale"
Morgan Primeaux: "Ironic Use of Physiognomic Characterization"
Carli Smith: "Narrative Structure and Implications for Female Characterization in The Canterbury Tales"

A certification of participation will be awarded to each presenter and a $100 cash prize will be awarded to each presenter of the best two papers.