2023 Fall Events
2023 Fall Events
2023 Fall Events
September
Book Club
Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports on a Haunted Present
Co-Sponsored with SJICR
Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 856 8368 4683
Passcode: 591026
Wed. Sep. 13, 12:30, Robinson Hall 216
Reproductive Justice Panel
On Constitution Monday, this panel will discuss the timely topic of reproductive justice, exploring it from religious, philosophical, legal, and activist perspectives.
Mon. Sep. 18, 3:30pm, Bozorth Hall 112
Author Series
Mikkel Dack, Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany: The Fragebogen and Political Screening During the Allied Occupation
Co-Sponsored with History Department
Wed. Sep. 20, 11am, Hollybush Mansion
Virtual Tour and Discussion
The “Shoah” Exhibition in Block 27 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Discussion led by Jody Russell Manning
In person and Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 631 823 685
Password: 735241
Mon. Sep. 25: 2pm, Robinson Hall 308
Hollybush Author Series
Jake Keyel, Resettled Iraqi Refugees in the United States
Co-Sponsored with Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Wednesday 27: 11am Virtual
Persuading the Public
Dr. Pluta will answer questions on her new book, Persuading the Public: The Evolution of Presidential Communication from Washington to Trump
Sponsored by the Rowan Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship (RIPPAC) and the department of Political Science
Thu. Sep. 28, 2pm, Robinson Hall 227 / Light refreshments will be served
Female Trouble: Gender Race, and Class in American Pageantry
A talk by author Margot Mifflin
Sponsored by the American Studies Program and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Fri. Sep. 29, 1pm, Chamberlain Student Center 221
Also on Zoom
October
First Annual Lecture in African History
Dr. Nakanyike Musisi of the University of Toronto
Mon. Oct. 9, 5pm,Savitz Hall, Admissions Conference Room
Book Club
Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports on a Haunted Present
Co-Sponsored with SJICR
Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 856 8368 4683
Passcode: 591026
Wed. Oct. 11, 12:30, Robinson Hall 216
Student-Led Discussion
Capitalism and Structural Genocide: Roots of Violence
Co-Sponsored with Rowan Progressives and led by RCHGHR Student Association
Mon. Oct. 16, 8am, Robinson 103
Author Series
Debbie Sharnak, Of Light and Struggle: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Accountability in Uruguay
Co-Sponsored with History Department
Wed. Oct. 18: 11am, Hollybush Mansion
Centennial Lecture #2
David Tarr, "How to Save the Planet."
Co-sponsored by CHSS, Rohrer College of Business, School of Earth and Environment.
Thu. Oct. 19th, 7pm, Eynon Ballroom
What We Did With Our History Degrees
Panel of history alums meeting with current history majors.
Fril Oct. 20th, 11am, University Archives
History Major Reunion - SOLD OUT!
Fri. Oct. 20th, 7pm, Summit City Winery
Barry Trachtenberg (English alum, '91), the Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History and Professor of History at Wake Forest University
Speaking on his new research project
Co-Sponsored with History Department and Department of Philosophy and World Religions
Mon. Oct. 23rd, 5pm, Business 301
Discussion Series
Cambodian Genocide Survivor Chanty Jong
Thu. Oct. 26, 7pm, Discovery Hall 414
Student-Led Discussion
“Anti-Semitism in Media: Fact from Fiction”
Mon. Oct. 30, 8am, Robinson Halll 103
Co-Sponsored with Rowan Hillel and led by RCHGHR Student Association
November
Meet the Author
Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews
Co-Sponsored with the Hollybush Institute
Wed. Nov. 1, 12:30pm, Virtual
https://rowan.zoom.us/j/85683684683?pwd=dlZKYjJNRWU4d0Q2cDd4ZUxXdi9kUT09
Meeting ID: 856 8368 4683
Passcode: 591026
Student-Led Discussion
“The Portrayal of the Modern Indigenous Experience in the Television Show Reservation Dogs,”
Co-Sponsored with Student History Association, Phi Alpha Theta, and led by RCHGHR Student Association
Wed. Nov. 1, (8am, Discovery Hall 411
Hollybush Speaker Series
Alex Alvarez, “Climate Change and Global Security”
Tue. Oct. 7, 5pm, Wilson Hall 212
Theater
Five Survivors Tell the World.” The Manya Project.
irected by Anthony Hostetter
Wed. Nov. 8: 8pm, Pfleeger Concert Hall D
Annual Paul B. Winkler Event
“Aurora’s Sunrise” Film Screening (2022)
Directed by Inna Sahakan
Co-Sponsored by The Zoryan Institute
Thu. Nov. 9, 7pm, Student Center Eynon Ballroom
Theater
“Five Survivors Tell the World.” The Manya Project
Directed by Anthony Hostetter
Fri and Sat, Nov. 10 & 11: 8pm, Pfleeger Concert Hall
Study Trip
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Fri. Nov. 17, (Registration Required)
Hollybush Author Series
Debbie Sharnak, Uruguay in Transnational Perspective
Tue. Nov. 28, 2pm, Virtual
December
Book Club
Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews
Co-Sponsored with SJICR
Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 856 8368 4683
Passcode: 591026
Wed. Dec. 6, 12:30pm, Robinson Hall 216
2023 Summer
August
- Dr. Mary J. Gallant Recognized as a Woman of Distinction for Fall 2023 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized
- How to Eat with Chopsticks Like an Absolute Pro
- A year after Revolutionary War soldiers from 1777 were found in a N.J. field, questions remain
- Preparing the Next Generation of Advocates
July
- What is the correct etiquette for Chopsticks?
- Uruguayan Coup 50 Years Later
- Field School: Historic battlefield as their summer classroom, students learn about archaeology, public history
June
- Senegal and the Politics of Protest: an Interview With Kelly Duke Bryant
- Sweeney Center study explores state of offshore wind in NJ
- Rowan historian awarded NEH summer stipend for research on antisemitism in Cold War Latin America
2023 Spring
April
The War Over History? Understanding Russian Aggression Against Ukraine - Serhy Yekelchyk
Hollybush Author Series
Tuesday 4, 11:00-12:15, Virtual
Growing Just Food Systems
Monday 17, 2PM, Discovery Hall 101
A conversation with People's Kitchn philly about community, access, healing, and neighborhood self-determination.
Sponsored by the Philosophy and World Religions department, CHSS, and Geography, Planning, and Sustainability.
Enta Omry (You Are My Soulmate) - an Arabic film
Monday 17, 2PM, Bunce 147
Snacks and a Raffle
Sponsored by the World Languages department
Yom HaShoah and Genocide Awareness Event
Monday 17, 5:00-6:15, Business 131
RCHGHR Student Association
Law and Justice Day, 2023
Wednesday 19, 10AM-1PM, Bunce Green
Join the Law and Justice Studies program out on the Bunce Green to celebrate top Law and Justice students, New Jersey's top german shephards and other dogs, and equipment used to solve cases and beat crime.
Free pizza and other lite snacks.
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
May
Offshore Wind Technology in New Jersey: Sustainability, Emerging Markets and Policy
Steve Sweeney Center for Public Policy
Wednesday 3, 8:30am-1pm, Business Hall, Rm 104 (more info here)
