Juan Ferre - Sociology
April 8, 2026
Bunce Hall, Rm 203

Juan Cruz Ferre is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rowan. Born and raised in Argentina, he practiced medicine before pursuing an academic career in the social sciences. His main areas of expertise include welfare, Latin American politics, medical sociology, and critical theory.

Kelly Duke Bryant
Wed. 11 March, 11am
Barnes and Noble

Dr. Kelly Duke Bryant, Chair of the Rowan History Department, who will discuss her just-published book, Negotiating Childhood: French Colonialism and African Children in Senegal, 1848-1940. 

Kathy Javian, Political Science; Lauren Banko-Ortiz, Political Science; Stuti Jha, Political Science; Elaine Zundl, Political Science; Neda Hajivosough, International Studies
March 9, 2026, 12pm
Hollybush Mansion

In Observance of International Women's Day, five speakers approach issues related to women from diverse perspectives. The goal of this event is to create a space for critical dialogue and an exchange of ideas about the challenges women face and potential pathways forward.

Ed Wang - History
February 25, 5pm
Hollybush Mansion
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To celebrate International Women's Day there will be a special mini-conference, Five Voices: One Day, taking place from 12.00 noon until 3.00pm on Monday 9 March at the Hollybush Mansion. Featuring five Rowan faculty who will address different issues related to women, gender, and society, this event will create a space for critical dialogue and an exchange of ideas about the challenges women face and the paths forward in different societies.

Fall 2025

Kristie Patricia Flannery
Oct. 23, 2025
5:00pm, Zoom Only
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Kristie Patricia Flannery is a senior research fellow at the Australian Catholic University. 

Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World offers a new interpretation of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippine islands. Drawing on the rich archives of Spain’s Asian empire, Kristie Patricia Flannery reveals that Spanish colonial officials and Catholic missionaries forged alliances with Indigenous Filipinos and Chinese migrant settlers in the Southeast Asian archipelago to wage war against waves of pirates, including massive Chinese pirate fleets, Muslim pirates from the Sulu Zone, and even the British fleet that attacked at the height of the Seven Years’ War.

Renata Keller
Oct. 30, 2025
3:15, Robinson Hall, rm. 308

Renata Keller is an associate professor of history at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is the author of The Fate of the Americas: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Hemispheric Cold War (UNC, 2015) and Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba, the United States, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution (Cambridge, 2015).

The Fate of the Americas is the first hemispheric history of the Cuban Missile Crisis, revealing how everyday people and governments across the Americas caused, participated in, and were affected by the crisis. It demonstrates that even at the brink of destruction, Latin Americans played active roles in global politics and inter-American relations.