Author Archives: David J. Dzurec

Dr. Shuhua Fan at the AHA in NYC

Dr. Shuhua Fan presented a paper titled “Preserving Chinese Scholarly Personnel: John King Fairbank and the Rescue Mission of the Harvard-Yenching Institute in Wartime China” at a panel she organized titled “Preserving China’s Human Resources: War, Everyday Resistance, and National … Continue reading

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Dr. Brennan Back in (what was once) the USSR

Dr. Sean Brennan will be presenting a paper entitled: “The German and Austrian Question at Yalta and Beyond” at a conference commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Yalta summit on February 25.  The meeting, held in Moscow, is sponsored by … Continue reading

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Things get Medieval in Chicago

On Saturday, October 18, Dr. Robert Shaffern delivered a paper entitled, “Indulgences, Syon Abbey, and the Revelations of St. Bridget of Sweden,” at the Midwest Medieval Conference, which was hosted by Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. Dr. Shaffern’s paper … Continue reading

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Upcoming Talk–A Searing Love: Protest in the 1960s

    The Royals Historical Society is sponsoring a talk by David Wyatt entitled “A Searing Love: Protest in the 1960s.”  The talk will take place on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 in LSC 238 at 4:00.  The event is open … Continue reading

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The Jesuit and the “Maine Law”

Dr. David Dzurec recently presented The Jesuit and the “Maine Law”:  The Temperance Efforts of Fr. John Bapst at the Crossings and Dwellings Conference at Loyola University Chicago.  

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Dr. Shuhua Fan’s New Book

  Dr. Shuhua Fan has recently published The Harvard-Yenching Institute and Cultural Engineering: Remaking the Humanities in China, 1924-1951 (Lexington Books, 2014). As the first comprehensive study on the subject, the book adopts a concept of “cultural engineering,” which is … Continue reading

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Italy Up Close and Personal–Summer 2015

This summer Drs. Domenico and Shaffern will again be leading a travel course to Italy (History 296). The four week course, which departs in late May, will visit Naples, Rome, Assisi, Florence, Venice, Milan, and the Alps.  An organizational meeting … Continue reading

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What do you do with a degree in History from Scranton? Ask Brandon Golden.

As part of our ongoing series on students who graduate with a degree in History  from the University of Scranton we offer a guest post from graduating senior Brandon Golden.  Brandon leaves this week for a two year stint in … Continue reading

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The “Things to Remember” Summer Project

For those of you looking for a history related summer project–see what you can do with this: Most of the low-hanging fruit has already been taken care of, but if you can come up with a historical “thing to remember” … Continue reading

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What do you do with a degree in History from Scranton? Ask Stephanie Aten.

As part of an ongoing series on students who graduate with a degree in History  from the University of Scranton we offer a guest post from graduating senior, and recently inducted member of Phi Alpha Theta, Stephanie Aten.  Stephanie is … Continue reading

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