The Contemporary History Project at Wilkes University is an educational program operated under the auspices of the Division of Global History & Languages, which seeks to engage students and the community in the process of understanding the historical roots of contemporary issues.
For more information contact Dr. Jonathan Kuiken at jonathan.kuiken@wilkes.edu.
Past Speakers
Agnieszka Tuszynska
Assistant Professor of English at Queensborough Community College-CUNY
Topic: “Blue-Collar Hero or Ethnic Caricature?: The Polish Immigrant in Judge Musmanno's
Black Fury"
Marta Musso
Cambridge University
Topic: Control over the oil: 100 years of reasonable delusions
Dan Bisbee
University of Pittsburgh
Topic: Metropolitan Battlefields: Urban conflict in Iraq before and after the ‘Surge’
Panel Discussion
Featured panelists:
- Dr. John Hepp, Professor of History
- Dr. Akira Shimizu, Assistant Professor of History
- Dr. Tom Baldino, Professor of Political Science
- Dr. Andreea Maierean, Assistant Professor of Political Science