Department of History upcoming Public Events

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Fall, 2012 (Note: some times and locations TBA)

September 10:  Faculty Seminar Webinar:  Debbie Morrison, “The Global Crisis and Promise of Higher Education,” 3:20PM, Kean Hall 130
September 13:  HRI and HGS Lecture, David Herrstrom, on the works of Jacob Landau (to accompany exhibition in gallery), 6 PM, HRI Gallery
September 20:  National Constitution Day Celebration, 12:30-2:30 PM, Carriage House. See flyer!

September 20:  “Emerging Research in Holocaust and Genocide Studies,” 4:30PM, Human Rights Institute

September 23:  MAHGS Information Session, Graduate Student Open House, 1PM, East Campus

October 12:  Robert Dallek, “The Making, and Unmaking, of Presidents,” CAS 106, 3:30pm.

October 15:  Faculty Seminar Webinar:  “The Global Crisis and Promise of Higher Education,” 3:20PM, Kean Hall 130

October 16:  “From ‘I Like Ike’ to Will.I.Am,” 6-7:30PM, STEM Auditorium SEE FLYER!

October 25:  Third Annual Kean University Halloween Lecture on the History of the Occult - Elizabeth Hyde:  “Kings, Queens, and Witches:  Leonora Galigai and the Politics of Witchcraft in Seventeenth-Century France,” 3:15-4:30PM, Carriage House. SEE FLYER!

October 29:  George Rable, Lecture:  “Lincoln, McClellan, and New Jersey in the Presidential Election of 1864,” 3:15-5PM, Kean Hall Room 127 SEE FLYER!

November 12:  Faculty Seminar Webinar:  “The Global Crisis and Promise of Higher Education,” 3:20PM, Kean Hall 130

November 18:  Lecture, Dennis Klein, “Change and Continuity in Modern Jewish History,” 1PM, Union YM/YWHA, 501 GreenLane, Union. For YMCA lectures SEE THIS FLYER.

November 29:  “The End is Here:  2012 and the Apocalypse,” Brian Regal, Chris Bellitto, Frank Argote-Freyre, 3:15 PM, Carriage House SEE THE POSTER.

December 3:  Lecture, Doris Bergen, U of Toronto, “Witnesses to Atrocity:  Religious Morality, German Military Chaplains, and the Holocaust,” 7PM, Wilkins Theatre

December 10:  Faculty Seminar Webinar:  “The Global Crisis and Promise of Higher Education,” 3:20PM, Kean Hall 130

December 10: Dr. Argote-Freyre on Mayans & 2012 Springfield Public Library, 7 pm http://www.springfieldpubliclibrary.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=536:mayan-day-of-reckoning&catid=3   Also see this list of relevent web pages for further study.

Spring, 2013

January 23:  Lecture, Dennis Klein, “The Jews of Europe:  The Wish (Illusion?) to Belong,” 7:30PM, Union YM/YWHA, 501 Green Lane, Union. For YMCA lectures SEE THIS FLYER.

February 11:  Faculty Seminar Webinar:  “The Global Crisis and Promise of Higher Education,” 3:20PM, Kean Hall 130

February 25: Historical Society presents "Leveling the Playing Field: Gender, Race and Sports in 20th Century America," 3:15pm Carriage House, Liberty Hall.

February 27:  Lecture, Dr. Ruth Griffith, “Jews of 20th Century Ukraine,” 7:30PM, Union YM/YWHA, 501 Green Lane, Union

March 5: "Picking Popes," Dr. Christopher Bellitto, will offer his perspective on the resignation of Pope Benedict and the process of picking his successor on Tuesday, March 5, 3:15-4:30 in the Carriage House at Liberty Hall.

March 18:  Worlds Together/Worlds Apart Lecture

March 18:  Faculty Seminar Webinar:  “The Global Crisis and Promise of Higher Education,” 3:20PM, Kean Hall 130

March 20:  Lecture, Dr. Sue Gronewold, “The Jews of China:  A Secret Existence,” 7:30PM, Union YM/YWHA, 501 Green Lane, Union

March 20: As part of Women's History Month, Dr. Helen Brudner of FarleighDickinson University will present"Our Daughters, The Soldiers" about women in the military with an emphasis on World War II and current times. Elizabeth Public Library, Elmora Branch, 6pm.

March 23:  National History Day

April 8:  Faculty Seminar Webinar:  “The Global Crisis and Promise of Higher Education,” 3:20PM, Kean Hall 130

April 23 “WAR AND MEMORY: THE EAST ASIA-PACIFIC WAR SIXTY EIGHT YEARS LATER,” Dr. Frank Wetta, 7:30pm, Warner Student Life Center. Fee: $12 adults, $5 students, Brookdale Community College. SEE FLIER

April 23 "Murderous Mormons and Meek Methodists," STEM 317 12:30. Dr. Brid Nicholson.

April 10:  Lecture, Dr. Melodie Toby, “Jews in Africa and the African Diaspora,” 7:30PM, Union YM/YWHA, 501 Green Lane, Union

May 2: End of the year party! Carriage House, 3:15, Great Gatsby Theme. Food and fun!

May 13:  Faculty Seminar Webinar:  “The Global Crisis and Promise of Higher Education,” 3:20PM, Kean Hall 130

July 3-16:  MAHGS Study Delegation to Multinational Sites of Former Genocide


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