
Gustavus Adolphus College History Department
HIS 323 Resarch Topics

The Algerian Minority in France
The purpose of this project is to look at how ethnic Algerians who lived in France following the Algerian War for Independence adapted to French culture and how French culture in turn adapted to them.

The Kindertransport Experience in World War II Britain
Between November 1938 and the outbreak of the war in September 1939, 7,500 German and Austrian Jewish children escaped to the United Kingdom. This paper frames the Kindertransport experience as a function of minority identity.

The Indian Minority in Great Britain and its contribution to the Indian Nationalist Movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
The Indian population is Great Britain and its relation to the Indian Nationalist Movement.

Development of the Belarusian national identity from the late 19th to mid 20 centuries.
This project is looking into the development of the Belarusian national identity under Russian rule from the late 19th to mid 20 centuries.

The German Minority in Interwar Poland
One sentence summary of the project that I will eventually do.

Russian Minority in Estonia
This paper will be looking into the citizenship status of the Russian Minority in Estonia.

Ethnolinguistic Nationalism in Fryslân
This project will examine the history of the development of a Frisian national identity, primarily through the advancement of the Frisian language, within the Netherlands.

Jewish Population in Poland Postwar
Poland was home to the Jewish population, but returning to their homeland after liberation from the concentration camp was horrifying.

The Distance Between Home and School: Assimilation of the Sámi in Norway Through Education
How Norway used education to assimilate indigenous Sámi into Norwegian culture.

From Anatolian Folk Disco to Döner Kebab: How the Culture of Turkish Gastarbeiter and their Families Changed German Citizenship Laws
How Turkish-Germans altered German citizenship laws through their changing German-Turkish culture

The ETA and Basque Separatism in Northern Spain
This paper is a look at the history of Basque separatism in northern Spain and relations with the Spanish government from 1980s-present.
