Faculty Seminar on Comparative Cultures

“Forgiveness: Political Considerations”

• Faculty Seminar Monthly Meetings

• Faculty and Student Roundtable

• Faculty Seminar Publication (E-Book)

faculty seminar past themes

“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

“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

“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

“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

• 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