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.
March 27, 2024 @ 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, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm 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, 2024 @ 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm 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, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm 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, 2024 @ 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm 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.
