The Crossings: Seton Hall Panel at the Collegium for African American Research Conference in Berlin, Germany

In March 2025, a group of Seton Hall University professors traveled to the bi-annual conference of the Collegium for African American Research (CAAR), convened at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. It is very rarer to have a conference panel at one of the field’s most prestigious scholarly gatherings composed entirely of faculty from one university. The four presenters were proud to showcase their research and represent Seton Hall at such an important venue. The trip was made possible thanks to generous support by the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of History and the University Libraries.

The four participants included professors Larry Greene (History Department), Maxim Matusevich (History Department), Alan Delozier (University Libraries), and Angela West (Department of Religion and Center for Holocaust and Genocide Study at Drew University).

On Tuesday, February 24 at 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m., in Fahy Hall 122, the panelists will share their conference experiences and excerpts from conference presentations with students, faculty and staff:

1. “Solidarity Across Time: The Black-Jewish Fight Against the German American Bund and the Ku Klux Klan” (West)
2. “Ollie Stewart: Journalist, War Correspondent, and Advocate for Racial Justice” (Greene)
3. “Greener Pastures Today? The Global Views of Roi Ottley and His Post World War II Writings” (Delozier)
4. “Paul Robeson and the Soviet Promise” (Matusevich)

Short presentations will be followed by Q&A. This event is free and open to the public and will be held during Black History Month. Extra credits will be granted to qualifying students. Light refreshments will be provided.

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