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September 11th 2001 at Seton Hall University: Retaliation and Remembrance
Maxwell Kastner
Max Kastner is a sophomore majoring in Social & Behavioral Sciences and Modern Languages. Utilizing archival copies of Seton Hall's student newspaper, The Setonian, their project focuses on Seton Hall's reaction to 9/11 as a Catholic Institution of Higher Education. Archival Collection Used: SHU 0054 The Setonian; Seton Hall University Magazine
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Magic in Medicine
Jacob Mudd
Jacob Mudd is a sophomore Creative Writing and Visual and Sound Media double major with a minor in English. His project is inspired by Robert Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy, looking at the role magic played in medicine in the late medieval early Renaissance periods. It includes a creative grimoire that contains a variety of medieval illnesses and their magical cures and is accompanied by a paper that looks at answering the question of whether it would be moral to use magic in medicine from the perspective of someone living during that time.
Archival Collection Used: MSS 0029 Herbert Kraft manuscript and book leaves
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Kenneth Burke and Dennis Donogue: Poetry in the Round at Seton Hall University
Michael O'Brien
Mickey O'Brien is a senior communications major. For his project, he transcribed a video recording of Kenneth Burke, the communications theorist and rhetorician, speaking at Seton Hall in the 1980s. A call was made by the Kenneth Burke society to see what’s on this tape, and Mickey has answered that call. His project also includes discussions with Burke experts on campus, Dr. Radwan, Dr. Kimble and Dean Crable.
Archival Collection Used: SHU 0014 College of Arts and Sciences collection
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The Sicilian Carretto: A Moving Canvas of Heritage and Storytelling
Olivia Pasciucco
Olivia Pasciucco is a senior History major and Russian & East European Studies minor. She will be graduating this May and aspires to have a career in Museum Education. Olivia’s Time Machines project is: The Sicilian Carretto: A Moving Canvas of Heritage and Storytelling. It is a YouTube video about the Sicilian carretto, what it is, historical background, and cultural significance.
Object Used: Painted Wood Panel, Sicilian, 18th century
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Introduction to the life of Dr. Francis Monroe and the Dr. Francis Monroe Hammond papers
Wania Shabee
Wania Shabee is in her second semester, pursuing a degree in Biology. Her project looks at Dr. Francis Monroe Hammond's papers, who was the first black faculty member here at Seton Hall. Her paper primarily focuses on his contributions to academia, diplomacy, racial injustice, and improving intercultural, and interregional connections.
Archival Collection Used: MSS 0156 Dr. Francis Monroe Hammond papers
We are pleased to present the final projects of our 2024-2025 Time Machines cohort. Our students worked hard over the course of the year to conduct research, workshop their ideas, engage in conversation with each other, and produce work that illuminates the variety of materials in Archives and Special Collections.
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