{"id":40802286605,"date":"2025-01-11T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802286605"},"modified":"2025-01-16T16:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T21:34:00","slug":"julian-abele-out-of-the-shadows-virtual-symposium-now-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/julian-abele-out-of-the-shadows-virtual-symposium-now-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian Abele &#8216;Out of the Shadows&#8217; Virtual Symposium Now Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Department of History and Anthropology and Monmouth University hosted the fourth annual&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/guides.monmouth.edu\/abele\/symposium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Julian Francis Abele \u201cOut of the Shadows\u201d Public History Symposium<\/a>&nbsp;on Dec. 10 via Zoom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/01\/Symposium.jpg\" alt=\"Flyer for the Julian Abele &quot;Out of the Shadows&quot; Symposium\" class=\"wp-image-40802286606\" style=\"width:485px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/01\/Symposium.jpg 687w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/01\/Symposium-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/01\/Symposium-135x150.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lwB45xorgew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A recording of the event is now available<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by Melissa Ziobro, curator for the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music and adjunct professor of public history, \u201cOut of the Shadows\u201d featured discussions on Abele, the pioneering African American architect who significantly contributed to the design of Monmouth University\u2019s Great Hall, a\u00a0National Historic Landmark.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The virtual event featured Rick Geffken, an independent scholar focusing on various aspects of New Jersey history, as the keynote speaker; Peter F. Rogers, a retired Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge, who presented \u201cJulian Abele: In Photos\u201d; and Bob Ashley, immediate past board chair of the Museum of Durham History, who highlighted Abele\u2019s work on the Duke University campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim Orr, executive director for campus planning and facilities management at the University, also discussed recent updates made to the Great Hall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The symposium is designed to bring regular attention to Abele\u2019s story and to highlight work focused on other figures underrepresented in the historical record.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of History and Anthropology and Monmouth University hosted the fourth annual&nbsp;Julian Francis Abele \u201cOut of the Shadows\u201d Public History Symposium&nbsp;on Dec. 10 via Zoom.&nbsp; A recording of the event is now available.&nbsp; Led by Melissa Ziobro, curator for the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music and adjunct professor of public history, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2249,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[414,176,444,423,170],"tags":[3725],"person":[4922,1388,4921,4919,4924],"audience":[14,17,11,8,50,29,1961],"school":[95,26],"program":[],"class_list":["post-40802286605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life","category-diversity-and-inclusion","category-monmouth-now","category-faculty-perspectives","category-research","tag-julian-abele","person-bob-ashley","person-julian-abele","person-peter-f-rogers","person-rick-geffken","person-tim-orr","audience-alumni","audience-community-member","audience-current-student","audience-faculty","audience-graduate-student","audience-media","audience-parent","school-history-anthropology","school-school-of-humanities-and-social-sciences"],"squareimage":{"id":40802253277,"rendered":"<img width=\"954\" height=\"1012\" style=\"object-position: 50.805% 36.15%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/Abele_courtesy_Duke-e1614092117377.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Julian Abele portrait courtesy of Duke University\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>","original":{"url":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/Abele_courtesy_Duke-e1614092117377.jpg","width":954,"height":1012}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802286605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802286605"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802286605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802286685,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802286605\/revisions\/40802286685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802286605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802286605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802286605"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=40802286605"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=40802286605"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=40802286605"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=40802286605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}