Hess Week – Union Power! Academic Freedom and the Future of Higher Education The panel will explore the role of academic labor unions in defending academic freedom in the current political moment. Read More
Hess Week – Bearing Witness and Taking Action in an Age of Rising Fascism: Oral History in the Field and in the Classroom Professor Ortiz will deliver a talk drawing on his personal experiences as an oral historian. Read More
Hess Week – Defending the Freedom to Teach This panel will explore current political attacks on K-12 and college teachers’ freedom to teach and imagine ways forward. Read More
Hess Week – Our History, Our Voices: Oral History to Change the World 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. Read More
Hess Week – Defending the Freedom to Learn This panel explores how book bans and curriculum gag orders deny K-12 and college students’ freedom to learn and access to education. Read More
Hess Week – President’s Welcome Ceremony Brooklyn College President Michelle Anderson and the Brooklyn College community welcome 2023-24 Hess Scholar-in-Residence Paul Ortiz to campus. Read More
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 More
Author 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 More
Author 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 More
Brooklyn 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 More
