March 13, 2023 @ 9:00 am - March 17, 2023 @ 10:00 pm Hess Scholar-in-Residence Barbara Smith Join us in a week-long event with author, activist, and independent scholar, Barbara Smith! She has played a groundbreaking role in opening up a national cultural and political dialogue about
March 13, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm BC President Welcomes 2022-23 Hess Scholar-in-Residence Barbara Smith Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Brooklyn College President Michelle Anderson and the BC community welcome 2022-23 Hess Scholar-in-Residence Barbara Smith to campus. Speakers: Gaston Alonso, Interim Director, Wolfe Institute for the Humanities and Professor of
June 5, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Event Series LAMEM Spring 2023 Colloquia Fragments of Experience: Approaching “Lived Religion” From Late Antiquity to the Central Middle Ages Library, Room 411, Samuel and Bernice Gottlieb Room Poster for Fragments of Experience: Approaching “Lived Religion” From Late Antiquity to the Central Middle Ages With papers on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the conference considers the question of “lived
June 8, 2023 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm Event Series Symposium: “Great Circles: Mathematics, Philosophy, and Poetry” Symposium: “Great Circles: Mathematics, Philosophy, and Poetry” Student Center, Room 502, State Room “Great Circles: Mathematics, Philosophy, and Poetry” will gather an interdisciplinary group of international scholars to discuss the relationship between mathematics, philosophy, and poetry.
June 9, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 6:00 pm Event Series Symposium: “Great Circles: Mathematics, Philosophy, and Poetry” Symposium: “Great Circles: Mathematics, Philosophy, and Poetry” Student Center, Room 502, State Room “Great Circles: Mathematics, Philosophy, and Poetry” will gather an interdisciplinary group of international scholars to discuss the relationship between mathematics, philosophy, and poetry.
September 13, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm “Black Classicisms:” Celebrating the Life and Works of Professor Gail Smith Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium A memorial lecture by Patrice Rankine ’92.
September 26, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm New Books by BC Faculty Series: Daniel Campos “Sino peripatetico” On Transnational Lives/Sobre las vidas transnacionales Online Philosophy Professor Daniel Campos's philosophical memoir Sino peripatético (New York: Sudaquia Editores, 2023) will serve as the starting point for a conversation on the transnational lives of people who, in the
September 28, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Advocating Empathy and Reconciliation in the Midst of Conflict Student Center, Room 618, Gold Room Professor Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi and Rabbi Jill Jacobs will speak about how to advocate for empathy, even when one’s own community is caught up in a conflict.
October 2, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm “The Fight for Free Speech”: A conversation with author Ian Rosenberg and Brooklyn College Interim Provost April Whatley Bedford Online Ian Rosenberg and Brooklyn College Interim Provost April Whatley Bedford will discuss his important and timely book, The Fight for Free Speech.
October 3, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm New Books by BC Faculty Series: Gunja SenGupta, “History Without Borders: The Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds” Online Professor Edward Rugemer, Yale University, joins History Professor Gunja SenGupta, Brooklyn College, for a conversation on SenGupta's recent co-authored book Sojourners, Sultans, and Slaves: America and the Indian Ocean in
October 11, 2023 @ 12:50 pm - 2:05 pm The Making and Un-Making of Columbus Day Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium A conversation with Professor Patricia Antoniello and Associate Professor Naomi Schiller, Anthropology.
October 12, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm New Books by BC Faculty Series: Rachel M. Brownstein, “American Born: An Immigrant Story, A Daughter’s Memoir” Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium This event celebrates the publication of Rachel M. Brownstein's new book American Born: An Immigrant Story, A Daughter’s Memoir.
October 19, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm New Books by BC Faculty Series: Immanuel Ness, “Migration as Economic Imperialism” This event celebrates the publication of Immanuel Ness’s latest book, Migration is Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries (Polity, 2023). Ness, professor and chairperson
October 26, 2023 @ 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm New Books by BC Faculty Series: Ben Lerner, “The Lights: Poems” Library, Room 411, Samuel and Bernice Gottlieb Room The event celebrates the publication of Ben Lerner’s latest book, The Lights: Poems.
November 2, 2023 @ 12:50 pm - 2:15 pm New Books by BC Faculty Series: Revolutionary Feminists—A Conversation With Barbara Winslow, Zinga Fraser, and Jeanne Theoharis Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium A celebration of the publication of Professor Barbara Winslow's latest book, Revolutionary Feminists.
November 9, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Melissa Murray To Deliver Samuel J. Konefsky Memorial Lecture: “Dobbs, Democracy, and Distrust” Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Melissa Murray will deliver the Samuel J. Konefsky Memorial Lecture, titled "Dobbs, Democracy and Distrust" On November 9.
November 14, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm New Books by Brooklyn College Faculty Series: Sylvester’s Letter—Collaboration and Creative Process in Picture Books Library, Room 411, Samuel and Bernice Gottlieb Room A celebration of the publication of Assistant Professor Matthew Burgess' latest book, Sylvester's Letter.
November 30, 2023 @ 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Defending the Humanities: A Conversation With Hess Scholars Paul Ortiz and Barbara Smith Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium We bring together two Hess Scholars to discuss current attacks on the humanities.
February 26 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm Moral Obligations in a World Afraid of Refugees: Philosophy of Immigration Series, Part I Online A discussion on the ethics of immigration, especially as it pertains to refugees.
February 27 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm Defining Immigration, Empire, Race, and Slavery Online An exploration of the interconnections between race, empire, slavery and immigration.
February 29 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm Why Medieval Thinkers Are Relevant to 2024: New Books by BC Faculty Series Online A discussion of the contemporary relevance of medieval thinkers.
March 6 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Abortion Beyond the Law Ingersoll Hall Extension, Room 227 Women's Center Celebration of Sociology Professor Naomi Braine's recent book, "Abortion Beyond the Law."
March 13 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm When We Decide: Plural Agency, Voluntariness, and Migrant Choice: Philosophy of Immigration Series, Part II Online A discussion of voluntariness in migration.
March 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm The Future of New York City: Who Decides? Online What role can people play in shaping the future of their neighborhood and the broader city?
March 21 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Writing About Nazis…for Children?! A Discussion of “Max in the House of Spies,” With Author Adam Gidwitz, Professor Steven Remy, and Provost April Bedford Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium A discussion with author Adam Gidwitz, Professor of History Steven Remy, and Provost April Bedford.
March 27 @ 12:50 pm - 2:05 pm Reckoning With the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism: Frances Haidt Memorial Lecture 2024 Ingersoll Hall Extension, Room 148 Annual Frances Haidt Memorial Lecture, by Professor Madga Teter, on the roots of antisemitism and racism.
April 1 - April 30 Event Series Hess Week Paul Ortiz – Hess Scholar-in-Residence Exhibit Library, Exhibit Area An exhibit located in the main entrance of the Brooklyn College Library that will highlight the works and legacy of Paul Ortiz.
April 1 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – President’s Welcome Ceremony Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Brooklyn College President Michelle Anderson and the Brooklyn College community welcome 2023-24 Hess Scholar-in-Residence Paul Ortiz to campus.
April 1 @ 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – Defending the Freedom to Learn Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium This panel explores how book bans and curriculum gag orders deny K-12 and college students’ freedom to learn and access to education.
April 2 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – Our History, Our Voices: Oral History to Change the World Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium This panel takes inspiration from Paul Ortiz’s work as President of the Oral History Association and Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida.
April 2 @ 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – Defending the Freedom to Teach Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium This panel will explore current political attacks on K-12 and college teachers’ freedom to teach and imagine ways forward.
April 3 @ 9:30 am - 10:45 am Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – Bearing Witness and Taking Action in an Age of Rising Fascism: Oral History in the Field and in the Classroom Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Professor Ortiz will deliver a talk drawing on his personal experiences as an oral historian.
April 3 @ 9:30 am - 11:00 am Bearing Witness and Taking Action in an Age of Rising Fascism: Oral History in the Field and in the Classroom—Hess Week Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Hess Scholar Paul Ortiz delivers a lecture on the practice of oral history.
April 3 @ 12:50 pm - 2:05 pm Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – Union Power! Academic Freedom and the Future of Higher Education Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium The panel will explore the role of academic labor unions in defending academic freedom in the current political moment.
April 4 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – Blueprint for Solidarity: Black, Latinx, and Asian American Freedom Struggles Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium The panel will explore lessons to be learned from Black, Latinx, and Asian American freedom struggles.
April 4 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – A Social Movement History of the United States TBD Professor Ortiz delivers the 2024 Hess Memorial Lecture based on his forthcoming book, A Social Movement History of the United States.
April 10 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm The Diminished Citizenship of U.S.-Citizen Children of Undocumented Migrants: Philosophy of Immigration Series, Part III Online A discussion of birthright citizenship among U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
April 18 @ 4:15 pm - 5:55 pm Affective Masculinities: From Colonial Fathers to Bachelor Banisters in India and England (19th and 20th Centuries)—New Books by BC Faculty Series Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Celebrate the publication of Professor Swapna M. Banerjee's recent book, Fathers in the Motherland.
May 8 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm Advocacy and Archaeology: Present Thoughts—New Books by BC Faculty Series Online A celebration of Assistant Professor Kelly Britt's "Advocacy and Archaeology: Urban Intersections."
