Faculty Seminar Presentation, Kean University

1. Faculty Seminar on Comparative Cultures
“Forgiveness: Political Considerations”

2. • Faculty Seminar Monthly Meetings
• Faculty and Student Roundtable
• Faculty Seminar Publication (E-Book)

3. faculty seminar past themes

4. “Empire and Cultural Conquest I”
Editor: Dr. Sue Gronewold
“Research at the core”…….Dr. Toufic Hakim
“Introduction to Empire and Cultural Conquests” ………Dr. Dennis Klein
“The pride of a nation” ……..Jeremy Bahun
“The politics and culture of totalitarianism” ……Sandra Erb
“Germans and power” …..Mathew Iannucci
“The German Empire from Bismarck to Hitler” …..Walter McGee
“The uncensored occupation: American soldiers, German women, and Fraternization in
Germany, 1944-1945” ……..Dr. Ann Pfau
“The micropolitics of elite marriage in echo island” ….Dr. Jay Spaulding
“Fascism” …….Peter Williams

5. “Empire and Cultural Conquest II”
Editor: Dr. Julia Nevárez
“Weimar Germany” ….James Castillo
“A constant refrain in German history from 1871-
1924” …Joanna Sliwa
“The never ending war” …Jamie Bozsko
“Empire and cultural conquest: The African question”
…..Kenya Dubar
“History and politics of representation in Jessica
Hagerdon’s Dogeaters”
….. Dr. Mia Zamorra
“Culture and empire in the global city: Urban
development initiatives and the transformation
of Harlem”
……Dr. Julia Nevárez
“Rescuing women: Western women at the door of
Hope Mission:1900-1951”
……Dr. Sue Groenwold
“The known world:Imperial cosmology and the
conquest of Nubian cultures”
…….Dr. Jay Spaulding

6. “Representations of Genocide”
Editor: Dr. Julia Nevárez
“Introduction: Absence” ……Dr. Julia Nevárez
“The Heroic Age in Kordofan, 1750-1850”
……Dr. Jay Spaulding
“Hitler’s propagandist reign” ……Gina Musco
“Subtle propaganda: devastating consequences in the
Nazi era” …….Sara Berckedite
“Anti-Semitism: A modern canon” ……Dr. Dennis Klein
“Art and social displays in the branding of the city:
Token screens or opportunity for difference”
……..Dr. Julia Nevárez
“The perils of ‘usable past’: History and memory in
World War II China and Japan”
…..Dr. Sue Groenwold

7. “ rethinking forgiveness”
why is forgiveness important?
• Derrida : forgiveness as the madness of the impossible
• Kristeva : possibility to grow, allowing us to move on
• Understand the context from which conflict emerges

8. • Welcome…………Dr. Vinton Thompson - Provost
Dr. Angela Porte - Director / Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
• “Reparations, Forgiveness, Christian Discourse and US Slavery: The Case of Uncle Tom’s Cabin”..……Dr. Dean Casale
• “Weimar Germany: Reconciliation or Revenge?”…..José Morales
• “The culture of defeat: Finding evidence of revenge and reconciliation in Weimar Germany”…………..Catherine Stanczak
• “ What is Restorative Justice?“……….. Clarence Turner
• “Can there be healing after an unforgivable crime: A restorative justice conference between a murderer
and the family of the victim”…………….Dr. Edith Linn
• Concluding Remarks