Memory Across Time and Disciplines: Tracing, Storing, Reawakening

9:30–9:45 – OPENING REMARKS: In Memory of Our Beloved Colleague, Prof. Jean Alvares
Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, PhD (Dept. of Classics & General Humanities, Montclair State University)
Ling Fan, PhD (Dept. of World Languages and Cultures, Montclair State University)

SESSION I: Cultural & Historical Memory – Recording, Interpreting, Preserving

Chair: Sophia Hudzik, MA (Dept. of Classics & General Humanities)
9:45–9:55 – Chair’s Welcome
9:55–10:25 – Morgan Palmer, PhD (Dept. of Classics & Religious Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln)
Remembering Ancient Roman Priestesses: The Vestal Virgins and Construction of Memory
10:25–10:45 – Dahlia Reigns (Independent Artist, New Jersey)
Time in Focus: Artistic Perspectives on Antique Imagery
10:45–10:50 – Discussion
10:50–11:05 – Coffee Break
11:05–11:30 – William Peniston, PhD (Librarian and Archivist, Newark Museum)
The Librarian and Archivist as Keeper of Institutional Memory
11:30–11:50 – Joanna Madloch, PhD (Dept. of Classics & General Humanities, Montclair State University)
Photography: Death, Memory, and the Dialectics of the Gaze
11:50–12:00 – Discussion

12:00–2:00 – Lunch Break

SESSION II: Local and Global Approaches to Memory – Neuroscience, Cultural Heritage, Environmental Imprint, and Digital Memory

Chair: Deborah Chatr Aryamontri (Dept. of Classics & General Humanities, Montclair State University)
2:00–2:05 – Chair’s Welcome
2:05–2:25 – Haidy M. Behman, MD (Affiliations: Old Bridge Medical Center, JFK University Medical Center, Raritan Bay Medical Center, New Jersey)
Evaluation and Management of Memory Decline
2:25–2:45 – Thomas J. Hudzik, PhD (Founder/Principal Executive at ALA BioPharma Consulting)
The Neuroscience of memory – Everything is connected to Everything Else
2:45–2:55 – Discussion

2:55–3:00 – Coffee Break

3:00–3:30 – Peter Siegel, PhD (Dept. of Anthropology, Montclair State University)
Archaeological History, Memory, and Heritage at the White Marl Site, Jamaica
3:30–3:50 – Jacob Welch, PhD (Dept. of Anthropology, Montclair State University)
Ancient Memory and Ancestral Places in Yucatán, Mexico
3:50–4:10 – Greg Pope, PhD (Dept. of Earth & Environmental Studies, Montclair State University)
Memory in the Landscape: Exploring Evidence of Inheritance at Earth’s Surface
4:10–4:30 – Michele Collauto, VCP, PMP (Vice President Information Technology at Cantor Fitzgerald)
Data, Memory, AI
4:30–4:40 – Discussion & Final Remarks for Day One
4:40–5:00 – Mix & Mingle: Light refreshments and informal discussion with speakers

SESSION III: Reawakening and Mapping Memory of Present and Past

Chair: Joanna Madloch, PhD (Dept. of Classics & General Humanities, Montclair State University)
9:30–9:40 – Chair’s Welcome
9:40–10:10 – Tiziana Rinaldi Castro, PhD (Dept. of Classics & General Humanities, Montclair State University)
Counter-Mapping the City: Reawakening Radical Memory in Urban Space
10:10–10:40 – Christopher W. Parker, EdD (Dept. of Classics & General Humanities/Theatre and Dance, Montclair State University)
Igniting the Spark: Bridging Creative Thinking and Classical Memory in the Journey of Recovery
10:40–10:50 – Discussion

10:50–11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00–11:30 – Alexandra Counter (Senior Student, Classics Major/Intern, Center for Heritage and Archaeological Studies, Montclair State University)
Preserving Repositories of Memory: Bookbinding Workshop
11:30–12:00 – Sophia Hudzik, MA (Dept. of Classics & General Humanities, Montclair State University/NJ Historical Commission)
Historical Commemoration: The 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution
12:00–12:20 – Ling Fan, PhD (Dept. of World Languages and Cultures, Montclair State University)
Memory and Experience: Strategies for Effective Language Learning
12:20–12:30 – Discussion and Final Remarks