The Lees Seminar Series Continues on March 28

The Department of History will host the third Lees Seminar of Spring 2025 on Friday, March 28. Dr. Javier Samper Vendrell, Assistant Professor of German at the University of Pennsylvania, will present, “The Gay Nazi and the Innocent Child, or Coming to Terms with the Past in Germany, Year Zero (1948). Dr. Joseph Fischel, Associate Professor … Continue reading The Lees Seminar Series Continues on March 28

Join us March 7 for the Lees Seminar, “An Immigration Story: Birthright Children in the Era of Asian Exclusion”

The Department of History will host the second Lees Seminar of Spring 2025 on Friday, March 7. Dr. Hardeep Dhillon, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, will present a chapter, “An Immigration Story: Birthright Children in the Era of Asian Exclusion,” from her book-in-progress. Dr. Lorrin Thomas, Associate Professor of History, will comment. … Continue reading Join us March 7 for the Lees Seminar, “An Immigration Story: Birthright Children in the Era of Asian Exclusion”

Join us Feb. 28 for Dr. Keith Green’s Presentation, “Something Akin to Freedom”

The Department of History will host a Lees Seminar on Friday, February 28. Dr. Keith Green, Associate Professor of English, will present a chapter from his in-progress book, Plymouth’s Paradox: Christianity and Bondage in Plymouth’s First Church, 1708-1793. His presentation is titled, “Something Akin to Freedom: Richard Gunderway Presents His Afro-Native Daughters for Baptism, 1708-.” Dr. Rebecca Goetz, Associate … Continue reading Join us Feb. 28 for Dr. Keith Green’s Presentation, “Something Akin to Freedom”

MARCH Welcomes Dr. Jorge Marcone for “New Ways for Imagining the Future of Humans and Nature?” on Feb. 11

Join the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) on Tuesday, February 11, as they welcome Dr. Jorge Marcone, Professor of Environmental Humanities at Rutgers-New Brunswick, for the event, “New Ways for Imagining the Future of Humans and Nature.” This free event will take place on Tuesday, February 11 at 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. … Continue reading MARCH Welcomes Dr. Jorge Marcone for “New Ways for Imagining the Future of Humans and Nature?” on Feb. 11

Registration Open for the Centering Black Childhoods Series on Oct. 22

The Department of Childhood Studies invites you to the Centering Black Childhoods Series: Collecting and Archiving Visions of Black Childhoods, on Tuesday, October 22. The panel discussion will feature Destiny Crockett, inaugural Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow in Childhood Studies and Racial Justice; Vashti DuBois, an artist and the Founder and Director of Philadelphia’s The Colored … Continue reading Registration Open for the Centering Black Childhoods Series on Oct. 22

Congratulations to Faculty Award Recipients!

We are delighted to announce the following Faculty of Arts and Sciences–Camden faculty have received the following Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching Awards: Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty: Dr. Robrecht van der Wel, Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Laura Napolitano, Associate Professor of Sociology  Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence … Continue reading Congratulations to Faculty Award Recipients!