Professor Robert McGreevey and his Trenton Research Seminar panel present “Toward a More Just City: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Education and Housing in Trenton, 1943-1973.” Continue Reading
Events
Global Afghanistan: An Intellectual Perspective this Friday!
On Friday, April 29, 3:30–5 pm in Social Science 228, Jawan Rasikh, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Pennsylvania, will give a talk sponsored by the History Department on “Global Afghanistan: An Intellectual Perspective.” Please see the attached flyer for details. I hope you will take advantage of this rare opportunity to hear about current historical archival… Continue Reading
This Thursday, please join us for a panel discussion with Professor Emeritus Dr. Daniel Crofts in celebration of his new book!
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Documentary Film on Afghanistan this Thursday!!
On Thursday March 31 at 7pm in Physics 101 the History Department and Eurasia/Middle East Society will co-sponsor the film screening of “Frame by Frame”. This acclaimed documentary film was made by four Afghan photojournalists following the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, when a free press emerged and a photography revolution was born.… Continue Reading
“Taking Nicolas Bourbaki Personally: How the most intriguing mathematician in modern history tried (and failed, twice) to join the American Mathematical Society.”
Thursday, February 11 @ 3:30pm – SCP 117 Michael J. Barany – Princeton University Nicolas Bourbaki is widely considered one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century, and is arguably the most intriguing mathematician in modern history. Part of his intrigue comes from the fact that while Bourbaki was a prolific author and… Continue Reading
Wednesday Sept. 23 — Dr. Hakim Adi, Pan-Africanism and Communism presentation
Please join us on Wednesday, September 23, as we welcome Dr. Hakim Adi, Professor of History at the England’s University of Chichester. Professor Adi will speak on Pan-Africanism, one of the important international social movements of the twentieth century, and its connection to communism. The presentation will take place from 6:30pm to 8pm in the Library Auditorium and… Continue Reading
Attention Seniors! Applications for the Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Award now available!!!
Attention College Seniors: Applications are now open for the Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Awards! * Attend private seminars with eminent historians * Interact with historic documents during private archival visits * Spend an expenses-paid weekend in New York City History Scholar Award winners viewing a copy of the Thirteenth Amendment signed by… Continue Reading
Dont forget, 1989 Global Struggles for Social Justice lecture tomorrow night!
Tomorrow, November 13th there will be another 1989 Global Struggles for Social Justice lecture. The College of New Jersey’s own Dr. Jiayan Mi, will be lecturing on the, “Poetry of Protests and Mourning for the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre.” This lecture will take place Loser Hall room 106 at 5:30 pm. Hope to see you all… Continue Reading
US Studies Minor approved courses for Winter, Spring and Summer 2015
US Studies Minor Course Listings 2015 Continue Reading
Congratulations to Jenn Fraunberger!
Jenn Fraunberger won the Academic Excellence Award in History for her paper entitled: Denkmal fur die ermordeten Juden Europas: A History and Controversy, 1945-2005, written in Hon 370/HIS 464: Creating and Contesting Sacred Spaces with Dr. Gross and Dr. Paces. Continue Reading