Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society-Connor Waite

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Mrs. Jennifer Kretsch

Connor Waite presented as part of 9:15 to 10:45 panel entitled Economic and Political Developments in US History

His paper was on “Political and Social Battles at the 1924 Democratic National Convention”

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University of Scranton students attended the Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Mrs. Jennifer Kretsch

University of Scranton students attended the Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Marywood University.

The following were students in the History of  Modern China: 245 (Fall 2022): Their professor- Father Rob Carbonneau, C.P., Ph.D.., Adjunct, History Department invited them to present a research paper and power point on the respective topics:

9:15-10:45 Passionist Missionary Encounters in China 

Chair: Dr. Jeremy Rich, Marywood University

Nadia Wohlgemuth, University of Scranton, “Sign Magazine: An Analysis of Passionist Missionary and Chinese Interaction: April, May and June 1930.”

Julia Loury, University of Scranton, “Sign Magazine: An Analysis of Passionist Missionary and Chinese Interaction: April, May and June 1930.”

Sara Wynne, University of Scranton, American Passionist Missionaries’ Encounters in China as shown in Sign Magazine in July August and September 1932.”

Connor Stahl, University of Scranton, “Sign Magazine: A Passionist’s View of Chinese culture through photography in October, November and December 1934.”

 

Identified in the above photo L to R are 
Nadia Wohlgemuth, Julia Loury,  Sara Wynne, Father Rob Carbonneau, C.P., Ph.D., Connor Stahl. 
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Congratulations 2023 Phi Alpha Theta Members

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Mrs. Jennifer Kretsch

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Congratulations to newly inducted Phi Alpha Theta Members

left to right pictured:Patrick O’Malley; Nadia Wohlgemuth; Susan Poulson; Clara Downey; Selene Lopez: Michael Quinnan; Paul Kuipers; Not pictured, Steven Gasperini.

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WUSR show: This Day in History

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Mrs. Jennifer Kretsch

Check out history major, Sean Kavanagh’s WUSR show: This Day in History.

https://sites.google.com/view/todayinhistory/home

 

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Phi Alpha Theta Members 2022

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Mrs. Jennifer Kretsch

Congratulations to newly inducted Phi Alpha Theta members!

Pictured: Susan Poulson, Adviser, Savannah Biasi, Kathryn Olafson, Connor John Brennan Waite, Stephanie Cristina Vásquez.

Not Pictured: Matthew Norman and Thomas Kennedy

 

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Father Rob Carbonneau, C.P., Ph.D. Adjunct. Department of History has published the following articles

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Mrs. Jennifer Kretsch

“The Passionist Story of Thomas Berry, C.P. A Personal Reflection on His Legacy and Inspiration.” In The Ecozoic. The Living Legacy of Thomas Berry. Number 6. 2021, pp. 14-20. 

(The Ecozoic: Reflections on Life for an Ecological Age The Living Legacy of Thomas Berry: Stories from the Great Work The Journal of the Center for Ecozoic Studies)  www.ecozoicstudies.org

 

“Asian-American Catholics.” In Margaret M. McGuiness and Thomas F. Rzeznik. Editors. The Cambridge Companion To American Catholicism. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021), pp. 307-324. 

Contributions have also been made to the Passionist Historical Archives website at www.passionistarchives.org

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Dr. Brennan interviewed about the history of St. Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 17, 2021 by David J. Dzurec

Dr. Sean Brennan was recently interviewed on the website The Manual about the origins and history of St. Patrick’s Day.  You can check out the full article here.

 

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Dr. Adam Pratt Hosts Humanities-in-Action

Posted on October 3, 2020 by David J. Dzurec

Dr. Adam Pratt recently hosted a Humanities-in-Action lecture with New York Times reporter Eric Schmitt and City of Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti.  The event was sponsored by The University of Scranton Slattery Center for the Humanities.  The student-run Aquinas also ran a story on the event.

 

 

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Dr. Fan’s New Article on Life in a Chinese Treaty Port

Posted on September 7, 2020 by David J. Dzurec

Dr. Shuhua Fan’s most recent article “The Knight Brothers in Niuzhuang: U.S. Merchants & Foreign Life in a Small Chinese Treaty Port,” has been published in The Chinese Historical Review, Volume 27, No. 1 (May 2020): 1-31.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1547402X.2020.1788864

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Interview with Dr. Susan L. Poulson and WVIA

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Mrs. Jennifer Kretsch

Check out Dr. Susan Poulson’s Interview with WVIA, which discusses the suffrage movement. Dr. Poulson is the author of the book,”Suffrage: The Epic Struggle for Women’s Right to Vote.”

 

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