This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture
"This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture" is a monthly podcast produced by Dr. Hettie V. Williams Professor of History in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University. Williams is the author of several essays, articles, book chapters and the author/editor of seven books. Her research interests include African American intellectual and cultural history, women's history, and race/ethnic studies. She is also the former director of the Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture at UMass Boston. Williams periodically interviews scholars, authors, activists, and community leaders on matters related to the history, society, and culture of Black and African American communities in the United States (U.S.) and the world. These podcast episodes are on a variety of subjects including, but not limited to, higher education, economics, criminal justice, reparations, mental health, history, science, gender, popular culture, women, and politics. A new episode will be released monthly on Monday mornings from September to May during each academic term.
This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture
African American Archaeology of New Jersey
In this second episode of season three, Dr. Hettie V. Williams is in conversation with Dr. Richard F. Veit about his work as a historical archaeologist with a focus on African American archaeological and historic sites in New Jersey. Williams is an Associate Professor of history at Monmouth University in the Department of History and Anthropology. Veit is currently interim Dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth and a Professor of Anthropology in the Department of History and Anthropology. He is also the author to Digging New Jersey’s Past: Historical Archaeology in the Garden State (Rutgers University Press, 2002), New Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones: History in the Landscape (Rutgers University Press, 2008) and more recently and edited volume with Michael Gall Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic (University of Alabama Press, 2021).
