2023 Spring Events

February

The Legacy of Woodrow Wilson
Discussion Series
Thursday 2, 5:00-6:15, Science 338 and Zoom / Meeting ID 490 783 4299 / Passcode 6EUNCq
Panel Discussion led by RCHGHR Student Association

The Soviet Collapse in 1991 – Still Making History Now?
Hollybush Author Series - Dr. Vladislav M. Zubok, London School of Economics
Wednesday 8, 2023 - Zoom only
Vladislav M. Zubok is the world’s leading expert on the Soviet side of the Cold War. He is the author of many books, including his most recent, the award-winning Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union.

Fredrick Douglass Transcribe-a-thon
Tuesday 14, 11:00-3:00, Business 104
Co-Sponsored with The History Department, Africana Studies, English Department, CINDS, and the Student History Association

Zikaron: Rediscovering Placehood in a Post-Atrocity World
Discussion Series
Wednesday 15, 7:00-8:15, Robinson 201A
Panel Discussion led by RCHGHR Student Association

“The Soviet Collapse of 1991: History in the Making?”
Hollybush Author Series
Wednesday 15, 9:30am Zoom
Dr. Vladislav Zubok (London School of Economics)

Abortion Ethics and Practices in the World
Discussion Series
Tuesday 21, 5:00-6:15pm, James 2100
Panel Discussion led by RCHGHR Student Association

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Wan the World by Jonathan Freedland
RCHGHR Book Club
Wednesday 22, 12:30-1:30, Robinson 201B and Zoom / Meeting ID 856 8368 4683 / Passcode 591026
Co-Sponsored with SJICR

Schindler’s List
RCHGHR Film Series
Thursday 23, 6:30-9:30, Science 128

The Threat to Global Security Posed by Cyber Attacks in Space
Tuesday 28, 5:00pm - Zoom Only
Hosted by Dr Diane Janosek, an award-winning cybersecurity expert
Sponsored by International Studies and CHSS, DPEM, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and The Department of Computer Science, and Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research

March

Post-Shoah Ethics and Animality - Andrea Cooper
RCHGHR Lecture Series
Thursday 2, 12:30-1:45, Virtual, Link coming soon
Co-Sponsored with Department of Philosophy and World Religions

From Operation Condor to the Endless Drug War in Mexico
Hollybush Author Series
Thursday 2, 2pm, Zoom, Link coming soon
Dr. Adella Cedillo (University of Houston)
Sponsored by International Studies Critical Junctures Lecture Series.

Mr. Jones
RCHGHR Film Series
Tuesday 7, 6:30-9:30, Science 338
With Professor Jim Heinzen

“In Our Voices”
Monday 27, 2:00pm, Discovery 414
Virtual Study Trip to Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Wan the World by Jonathan Freedland
RCHGHR Book Club
Wednesday 29, 12:30-1:45, Zoom / Meeting ID 856 8368 4683 / Passcode 591026
Co-Sponsored with SJICR

April

The War Over History? Understanding Russian Aggression Against Ukraine - Serhy Yekelchyk
Hollybush Author Series
Tuesday 4, 11:00-12:15, Virtual, Link coming soon

Yom HaShoah and Genocide Awareness Event
Monday 17, 5:00-6:15, Business 131
RCHGHR Student Association

Labyrinth of Lies
RCHGHR Film Series
Wednesday 19, 2:00-4:30, Engineering Hall 320

Historical Methods Student Presentations on Genocide
Thursday 20 and Tuesday 25, 3:30-5:00, Robinson 308
Professor Jody Russell Manning

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Wan the World by Jonathan Freedland
RCHGHR Book Club
Wednesday 26, 12:30-1:30, Robinson 201B and Zoom / Meeting ID 856 8368 4683 / Passcode 591026
Co-Sponsored with SJICR 

Fall 2022 Events

October

Women’s Rights and the Current Protests in Iran in Historical Perspective
Thursday 6, 3:30pm via Zoom
Dr. Kelly Shannon, Florida Atlantic University

Discussion Series: “Human Trafficking: Information and Prevention” 
Thursday 6, 5-6:15pm, Business 121
Discussion led by RCHGHR Student Association

Discussion Series: “The Queer Community in America: Struggles of the Past and Hope for the Future”
Monday 10, 5-6:15pm, Robinson 103 
Discussion led by RCHGHR Student Association

Book Club: Kehinde Andrews, The New Age of Empire
Wednesday 12, 12:30-1:30, Westby 105
Co-Sponsored with SJICR

Trip to The National Museum of the American Indian
Friday 14, all day
Co-Sponsored with The History Department and American Studies

What can I do with a double major in Africana Studies and Human Resource Management?
Monday 17, 11am, Business Hall 101
Panelists: Ruben Britt, Jr (Assistant Director of the Office of Career Advancement at Rowan University and host of Career Talk on WGLS-FM; Dr. Mujahid Nyahuma, President/CEO, former director of the Investment Recovery Program (IRP) for the Hospital and Higher Educational Facilities Authority of Philadelphia; Alisha Moore, owner of Chosen Beauty, Glassboro.
Refreshments and music will be provided
Sponsored by the College of Business

Cambodian Genocide Survivor
Wednesday 19, 7-9pm, Robinson 102
Discussion with Chanty Jong about her memoir Running Toward the Guns (2020)

Discussion Series: “Genocide and Human Rights Portrayed in Film”
Thursday 20, 5-6:15pm, Business Hall 121
Discussion led by RCHGHR Student Association

Master (movie showing)
Wednesday 26, 5pm, Chamberlain Student Center, 144
sponsored by Africana Studies, Black Student Union, and CINDS

Black Girl Magic Around the World
Thursday 27, 2pm, Business Hall 104
Discussion by experts Sonia Donaldson, Lakisha Simmons and Kelly Duke-Bryant on the history of Black girls in Africa, Europe, and the United States.
Co-sponsored by Africana Studies, Asian Studies, English, History, International Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, Writing Arts, and CHSS

Discussion Series: “Future of Holocaust Education” 
Thursday 27, 5-6:15pm, Business Hall 121
Discussion led by RCHGHR Student Association

November

Black Girl Magic Around the World
Wednesday 2, 12:30pm Business Hall 104
Q & A by sisters and writers Maika and Maritza Moulite, authors of the best-selling young adult novels Dear Haiti, Love Alaine and One of the Good Ones.
Co-sponsored by Africana Studies, Asian Studies, English, History, International Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, Writing Arts, and CHSS

Assessing the Legalization of Cannabis in New Jersey on its Two-year Anniversary
Thursday 3, 9am, Business Hall 104 and on Zoom
The Social-Behavioral, Security and Law Enforcement Cannabis Center invites you to join a gathering of experts in the area of cannabis law, business, and social equity to discuss the implications and current state of New Jersey’s adult recreational cannabis legislation with Q&A to follow.
Serving breakfast and Lunch 

Understanding Trauma: The Missing Piece of the Diversity Puzzle
Monday 7, 6:30pm, Zoom
Dr. McGuire is an adjunct professor at Widener & Dominican University and founder/CEO at The National Center for Equity and Agency, a six-figure business dedicated to increasing trauma-informed care and restorative justice practices. They also founded a scholarship for GED students at Daytona State College.