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Department of History

History Department Symposium on Propaganda

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Technologies of Truth: Propaganda, Ideology and the Modern State.”
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On January 22, 2016 the Department of History will host the symposium “Technologies of Truth: Propaganda, Ideology and the Modern State.” The event is open to the public. A description and program can be found in this post. Those interested in attending should contact Dr Larry Greene at Larry.Greene@shu.edu.

Cold War

Paul Robeson’s Tragic Love of Russia

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Paul Robeson’s Tragic Love of Russia by Maxim Matusevich, Associate Professor of History, Seton Hall University Paul Robeson thought his good friend, the poet Itzik Feffer, looked jittery when he expressed his inability to communicate freely through hand gestures. The hotel room, he indicated, was bugged. How was he doing? “Fine,” shrugged Feffer and slowly… Continue Reading »