The Faculty Seminar on Comparative Cultures constitutes resident faculty reflecting different disciplinary strengths. The Seminar meets once monthly during the academic year to consider an annual theme. The seminar began in 1999 with four annual themes before themes were compiled in e-books from 2004 to 2014. The Seminar continues to meet to explore new themes each year.
2004 - Empire and Cultural Conquest I
2005 - Empire and Cultural Conquest II
2006 - Representations of Genocide
2007 - Forgiveness: Political Considerations
2008 - The Bystander: The Politics of Disengagement
2009 - Peace: Its Conceptions and Conditions
2010 - Age of Witness: Testimonies, Memoirs, and Other Perspectives "From Below"
2011 - Public Intellectuals in the 21st Century
2012 - Just War: Theory and Practice
2013 - Webinar: The Global Crisis and Promise of Higher Education
2014 - Webinar: The Quest for the Humanities
The Seminar stimulates significant pedagogical and research collaboration, extending its reach to the Kean University academic community. Examples include:
Membership (in formation – new members welcome)
Suzanne Bousquet (Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences)
James Conyers (Sociology/African Studies)
Dean Casale (English)
Emily Filardo (Psychology/Women’s Stud.)
Sue Gronewold (History)
Nira Gupta-Casale (English)
Gilbert Kahn (Political Sci.)
Dennis B. Klein (History/Jewish Studies),
Sem.chr., dklein@kean.edu
James Lerman (Progressive Science Initiative)
Julia Nevarez (Sociology)
Brid Nicholson (History)
Nazih Richani (Pol. Sci./Latin Am Studies)
Melodie Toby (Philosophy and Religion)
Jeffrey Tony (Vice President of Academic Affairs)
Jacquelyn Tuerk (Fine Arts)
Frank Wetta (History)
Janet Yedes (Communication)
Mia Zamora (English)