April 3, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 10:45 am 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, 2024 @ 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, 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.
May 8, 2024 @ 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."
October 8, 2024 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm “Unseen” Film Screening WEB Building, Room 220 A screening of "Unseen," an impactful documentary by director Set Hernandez.
October 16, 2024 @ 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm The 2024 Samuel J. Konefsky Memorial Lecture: Understanding Latinx Anti-Blackness Through the Lens of Equality Law Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Professor Tanya Katerí Hernández shares insights into anti-Black bias in the U.S. Latino community.
October 17, 2024 @ 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm “And Still We Rise”: Gender Studies in Challenging Times—50 Years of Women’s and Gender Studies at Brooklyn College Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Fiftieth anniversary of the program in women's and gender studies at Brooklyn College celebration.
October 23, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm Gender and Development in Nigeria: Concepts, Issues, and Strategies Online An interdisciplinary discussion to contextualize gender discourses and policy approaches in Nigeria.