Fall 2008
Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution Programs
To register for one or all of these programs, call (732) 224-2315 or email cww2sconres@brookdalecc.edu.
CHINA AND THE CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF WORLD WAR II
DR. SUE GRONEWOLD
CHAIRPERSON, HISTORY DEPARTMENT, KEAN UNIVERSITY, UNION, NJ
From fanning the flames of anti-Japanese feeling with monuments and memorials that stress Japanese atrocities, to reconsidering the role of collaborators and promoting revisionist views of Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese continue to rethink events and issues related to World War II. Dr. Gronewold will discuss how the concerns of contemporary China continue to shape and reshape understandings of its wartime past and provide all with a greater understanding of the war in China during World War II. As has been said, “all history is contemporary history.”
Thurs, Oct 23, 7:30pm -9:30pm, Navesink I, Student Life Center
Fee and Code: $10 adults, $5 students, Brookdale students free,
XWWTS 178
MARINES DON’T SURRENDER!
DR. GREGORY URWIN
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF FORCE AND DIPLOMACY
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, PHILADELPHIA, PA
The Marine Corps trains its personnel to be warriors, not prisoners, and the warrior training and the esprit de corps it breeds often yield unexpected benefits. Such was the case in World War II where Marines captured early in the Pacific Theater emerged from Japanese prison camps with a much higher survival rate and a much stronger disciplinary record than their comrades from the other services. Dr. Urwin will describe how Corps training made an enormous difference in the lives of Marines behind barbed wire, and often in the lives of the other POWs with whom they were confined.
Thurs, Nov 6, 7:30pm -9:30pm, Navesink I, Student Life Center
Fee and Code: $10 adults, $5 students, Brookdale students free, XWWTS 179
“SWING ERA” DINNER AND DANCE FEATURING JOE ACCURSO AND THE BROOKDALE BIG BAND 2008 THEME: “SALUTING THE USO”
6:00pm -10:00pm, Gibbs Hall Fort Monmouth
Fee and Code: $50 per person, XWWTS 180
Come and enjoy a very special night and return to that nostalgic period which favored music that spoke to the heart and touched one’s soul. Dance the night away to Moonlight Serenade, You’ll Never know and Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree. Jitterbug to In the Mood and String of Pearls. And experience that special feeling of “home” that United Service Organization (USO) clubs provided America’s service personnel no matter where serving as we pay tribute to the USO, an organization that served as the primary bridge between America and its armed forces. Join conductor Joe Accurso and the acclaimed Brookdale Big Band and celebrate a time when all were young. Cash bar available at 6pm, dinner at 7pm, music and dancing throughout the evening. World War II and post World War II generations welcome – 40’s style dress optional.
Fri, Nov 21, 6:00pm - 10:00pm, Gibbs Hall Fort Monmouth
Fee and Code: $50 per person, XWWTS 180
THE MIDDLE EAST IN WORLD WAR II: OIL, IMPERIALISM, NATIONALISM
Sherri West
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Many of the issues central to the contemporary Middle East—including competition for oil, the growth of nationalism, and the ongoing Palestinian Israeli conflict—have histories that date back to World War I and II. Come and hear Professor West discuss how World War II impacted the Middle East and how the ensuing Cold War rivalry between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. became intricately linked with regional and local developments there. She will link the historical events of that time to our own, drawing attention to little discussed policies of key players from the Middle East, as well as American and European strategists.
Tues, Nov 25, 7:30pm -9:30pm, Navesink I, Student Life Center
Fee and Code: $10 adults, $5 students, Brookdale students free, XWWTS 181
WHEN EMPIRE COMES HOME: THE REPATRIATION OF CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS IN POST WAR JAPAN
DR. LORI WATT
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST LOUIS, MO
After the end of World War II in Asia, Allied military forces repatriated over five million overseas Japanese nationals. During the same period, the Allies also facilitated the deportation of over a million former colonial subjects—Koreans, Taiwanese, Chinese, and Southeast Asians—from Japan to their countries of origin. The purpose of this massive population transfer was to rid the former Japanese colonies of their colonial rulers and residents and Japan of its colonial population, effectively unmaking the Japanese empire. Come and hear Dr. Watt discuss how repatriation impacted these various populations, particularly Japanese returnees, once lauded as heroic empire-builders, but now reminders of Japan’s defeat and failed empire.
Thurs., Dec. 11, 7:30pm -9:30pm, Navesink III, Student Life Center
Fee and Code: $10 adults, $5 students, Brookdale students free,
XWWTS 182
65th ANNIVERSARY OF
“OVER HERE, OVER THERE:
ON THE WAY TO VICTORY IN 1943”
COMMEMORATING WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE TO AMERICA
AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE’SCONTRIBUTION TO VICTORY
Sunday, November 2, 2008
1:00 pm - 4:00pm
WARNER STUDENT LIFE CENTER
BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, LINCROFT, NJ
PROGRAM FREE TO ALL. PLEASE REGISTER. CODE: XWWTS 183
To register for one or all of these programs, call (732) 224-2315 or email
cww2sconres@brookdalecc.edu.
