Category Archives: Faculty

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 … Continue reading →

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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. 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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Dr. Shuhua Fan Wins 2020 CHUS Distinguished Service Award

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Mrs. Jennifer Kretsch

Congratulations to Dr. Shuhua Fan! Dr. Fan was presented with the 2020 Distinguished Service Award from the Chinese Historians in the United States (CHUS) at the 2020 AHA in NYC. Dr. Fan’s Presentation: “International Debate about Francis Knight’s Scheme to … Continue reading →

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The History Department makes the Royal News

Posted on December 5, 2019 by David J. Dzurec

  The History Department is featured in the newest issue of the Royal News: https://news.scranton.edu/articles/2019/12/news-major-growth-cj-history.shtml?utm_source=RoyalNews&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=UniversityNewsArticle1  

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Dr. Susan Poulson’s New Book on Suffrage

Posted on October 11, 2019 by David J. Dzurec

  Dr. Susan Poulson’s new book, titled Suffrage: The Epic Struggle for Women’s Right to Vote, has recently been published Praeger and is now available. The fight for women’s suffrage was a long and colorful struggle, beginning with a small … Continue reading →

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Fr. Carbonneau on St. Ann’s Novena and Coal Mine Spirituality in Scranton

Posted on August 9, 2019 by David J. Dzurec

Fr. Rob Carbonneau recently spoke with WVIA about the place of St. Ann’s Novena in Scranton’s History.  The discussion is based on his article, “Coal Mines, St. Ann’s Novena and Passionist Spirituality in Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1902-2002”, in “American Catholic Studies”, … Continue reading →

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Author Interview with Dr. Dzurec

Posted on July 12, 2019 by David J. Dzurec

Dr. David Dzurec recently posted to the “Author’s Corner” on the history blog, “The Way of Improvement Leads Home.”

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Dr. Dzurec on John Jay and the Algerian Crisis

Posted on July 1, 2019 by David J. Dzurec

Dr. David Dzurec recently contributed a guest post to the Papers of John Jay Blog: John Jay Confronts the Algerian Crisis    

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Dr. Shuhua Fan, Summer 2018- Presentation and Publication

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Mrs. Jennifer Kretsch

Conference Presentation: “The Knight Brothers at Newchwang (Niuzhuang): Foreign Community in Mid-Nineteenth Century Chinese Treaty Ports,” at the June 21-23, 2018 Annual Conference of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Philadelphia, PA. Publication: Chinese edition of The Harvard-Yenching … Continue reading →

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