Hess Scholars Paul Ortiz and Barbara Smith to Lecture on “Defending the Humanities”
Ortiz is a professor of history at the University of Florida and will serve as Brooklyn College’s Robert L. Hess Scholar in Residence for 2024.
Read MoreBrooklyn College Launches Book Event Series to Highlight Faculty Authors
To help celebrate and share the news about recent Brooklyn College faculty book projects, the college’s Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities has launched the “New Books by BC Faculty Event
Read MoreInterdisciplinary Experts Hosting Conference to Discuss Premodern Religious Experience
Organized by professors Lauren Mancia and Brian P. Sowers, the two-day conference will explore “lived religion” from Late Antiquity to the Central Middle Ages.
Read MoreBrooklyn College Exhibition to Celebrate Contributions of Female Humanities Professors
“Magisterial Feminae: How Women Who Studied the Ancient World Innovated Brooklyn College, the Latin/Greek Institute, and Beyond” was co-curated by Lauren Mancia and Lucas G. Rubin to celebrate the work of faculty who taught premodern history from 1930-1980.
Read MoreCelebrating 50 Years of the Latin/Greek Institute
Director Lucas Rubin discusses the legacy of the world’s most rigorous and intensive instruction program in the classical languages.
Read MoreAuthor and Activist Barbara Smith to Lecture at Brooklyn College on March 16
One of her first public appearances since 2020 will serve as an extraordinary complement to Brooklyn College’s Women’s History Month celebration.
Read MoreAuthor and Activist Barbara Smith Serving as Brooklyn College’s Hess Scholar-in-Residence for 2022-23
The independent scholar has opened up a national cultural and political dialogue about the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. On November 29, Smith will be part of a conversation on campus with Jeanne Theoharis to discuss selected clips from the newly released documentary, “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,” which features Smith and is also based on Theoharis’ research and book of the same name.
Read MoreHSS Announces 2022 Expo Award Winners
The school awarded cash prizes for winning projects to students and faculty members who participated in the second-annual school-wide event.
Read MoreBrooklyn College Welcomes Lisa Lowe, Ph.D., as Its 2021–2022 Hess Scholar in Residence
Professor of American Studies at Yale University will headline discussions on the Asian-American experience, legacies of settler colonialism, slavery, and empire in the contemporary United States.
Read MoreFaculty Discuss Election 2020 and Why Everyone Should Get Out to Vote
Brooklyn College asked some faculty to weigh in on Election 2020, which is happening during an unprecedented time. Here is what they had to say.
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11.2.2020
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