April 3, 2024 @ 12:50 pm - 2:05 pm 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, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm 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, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm 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.
November 18, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm Election 2024: What Now? A Conversation with Hess Scholars Melissa Murray, Paul Ortiz, and Barbara Smith Zoom Hess Scholars Melissa Murray, Paul Ortiz, and Barbara Smith discuss our post-election landscape
April 1 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Hess Week Welcome Ceremony, Hess Week 2025 Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium The Brooklyn College community welcomes 2024–25 Hess Scholar Melissa Murray.
April 1 @ 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Hess Week Abortion and Democracy Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Conversation on abortion and democracy after the Dobbs decision, led by Hess Scholar-in-Residence Melissa Murray.
April 2 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Hess Week History and the Courts Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium A conversation on what it means for the Court to "do" history, led by Hess Scholar Melissa Murray.
April 2 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Hess Week Dobbs and the Future of Individual Rights Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium A discussion on the future of individual rights, led by Hess Scholar Melissa Murray.
April 2 @ 3:40 pm - 5:00 pm Hess Week The Role of the Courts in Our Democracy Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium A discussion on the role of the Court with Hess Scholar Melissa Murray and other legal experts.
April 3 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Hess Week The 2025 Robert L. Hess Memorial Lecture: Funhouse Footnote Four—How the Roberts Court Is Remaking the Constitutional Order Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Melissa Murray discusses her upcoming book, Woke Warriors: The Roberts Court’s Racial Reckoning.
