This past September, Kimberlee Moran, Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Forensics, and a co-founder of the Ancient Fingerprint Society, traveled to Jerusalem to research ancient fingerprints on clay lamps from the city of Beit Nattif, which dates to 300 AD. For one week, in the basement of the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem, Ms. Moran … Continue reading Director of Forensics Kimberlee Moran Discovers Ancient Fingerprints in Jerusalem…
Tag: History
CURE Seminar Series Continues Feb. 16
Dr. James Wolfinger, Associate Dean of the College of Education and Professor of History at DePaul University, will lecture on “Running the Rails: A History of Capital and Labor in the Philadelphia Transit Industry,” part of the Center for Urban Research and Education’s (CURE) Seminar Series. The event will take place on Friday, February 16th, … Continue reading CURE Seminar Series Continues Feb. 16…
Viewing of “Timbuktu” and Panel Discussion on Feb. 12
As part of the Black History Month celebration and the twentieth anniversary of the Center for African Studies at Rutgers University, the Africana Studies Program will host a viewing of Timbuktu, a 2014 film by Abderrahmane Sissoko, and a panel discussion. The panelists include Dr. Carolyn Brown, Professor of History at Rutgers University; Guy Weston of … Continue reading Viewing of “Timbuktu” and Panel Discussion on Feb. 12…
Join us on 2/1 for the Black History Month Kick-Off and M.K. Asante Keynote Address
All are welcome to join Rutgers University–Camden on Thursday, February 1st, as the celebration of Black History Month begins. At 12:45 p.m. in the Campus Center’s Multi-Purpose Room, Sandra Turner-Barnes, a poet, fiction writer, lyricist, will present “Critical, Little Known Truths, Regarding African Enslavement within the State of New Jersey.” Presented by the Africana Studies … Continue reading Join us on 2/1 for the Black History Month Kick-Off and M.K. Asante Keynote Address…
Dr. Lynne Vallone Will Discuss her New Book “Big and Small” on Feb. 5
Dr. Lynne Vallone, Professor of Childhood Studies, will discuss her new book, Big and Small: A Cultural History of Extraordinary Bodies, on Monday, February 5th. Dr. Vallone’s new book surveys the lives and contexts of both real and imagined persons with extraordinary bodies from the seventeenth century to the present day through close examinations of art, … Continue reading Dr. Lynne Vallone Will Discuss her New Book “Big and Small” on Feb. 5…
“Materials and Techniques of Historic Restoration and Rehab” Course Begins 1/30
As part of their Continuing Education in Historic Preservation program, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) will sponsor the 10-week course, “Materials and Techniques of Historic Restoration and Rehabilitation.” This course offers an overview of different materials commonly used in this region and the techniques for their repair. Materials to be examined are: masonry (stone, brick, … Continue reading “Materials and Techniques of Historic Restoration and Rehab” Course Begins 1/30…
“Preservation Planning” Course Begins 1/31
As part of their Continuing Education in Historic Preservation program, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) will sponsor the 10-week course, “Preservation Planning.” This course offers an overview and detailed look at the legal, economic, and community planning aspects of historic preservation in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Students will discuss land use and preservation law, federal … Continue reading “Preservation Planning” Course Begins 1/31…
“Documenting Historic Buildings” 5-Week Course Begins 1/20
As part of their Public History Boot Camp program, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) will sponsor “Documenting Historic Buildings” historic preservation workshop. Hosted in various locations, this workshop begins on Saturday, January 20th at 10 a.m. Running through Saturday, February 17th, this course will review and illustrate successful strategies for gleaning information … Continue reading “Documenting Historic Buildings” 5-Week Course Begins 1/20…
Sign Up Now for the Marathon Reading of “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on 1/15
The Office of Civic Engagement and the Africana Studies Program invite you to participate in a Marathon Reading of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” After his arrest on April 12, 1963, for breaking Alabama’s mass demonstrations laws, Dr. King wrote this letter in response to several white clergymen who urged him … Continue reading Sign Up Now for the Marathon Reading of “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on 1/15…
Final CURE Seminar of Fall Semester Scheduled for 12/15
Jason Romisher, an MA candidate in the Department of History at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, will be the guest speaker at the final Center for Urban Research and Education (CURE) seminar of the fall semester. The title of his talk is “Student Activism and the Black Liberation Movement in Lawnside, New Jersey.” This … Continue reading Final CURE Seminar of Fall Semester Scheduled for 12/15…