Writing on His Own Terms Adam Ashraf Elsayigh ’22 M.F.A. is determined to write the plays he wants to write, in the way he chooses to write them. 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
Professor of English and American Studies Joseph Entin and Alumni Clare Callahan 09’ Co-Edit “How American Literature Understands Poverty” In this special issue of American Literature Joseph Entin, Clare Callahan and other scholars from the University of Illinois and Princeton aim to illustrate that literature uniquely exceeds the terms Read More
Seventeen Brooklyn College Projects to be Funded as Part of CUNY’s BRESI Initiative to Further Transform Ethnic Studies on Campus and Beyond Brooklyn College is proud to announce that 17 projects from various academic departments and other areas of the college were awarded a total of nearly $300,000 in funding through CUNY’s Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) program. Read More
Best of BC Staff Spotlight: Monique Ngozi Nri ’21 The director of the CUNY EDGE program, recent M.F.A. graduate, and unofficial poet laureate of Brooklyn College discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic and a random question about an English Department Open House changed her life. Read More
Judaic Studies Department Honors a Dozen Students with Scholarship Awards Ceremony recognizes the work of students who helped amplify the rich history and heritage of the Jewish people. Read More
Brooklyn College Putting in Humanities and Social Sciences on Center Stage The two-day Brooklyn College “HHS Expo” is free, open to the public and will feature student work and research. Read More
A Poet’s Priorities When Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August 2021, Zohra Saed ’00 M.F.A. refocused her energy from preserving her culture’s ancient language to helping an activist family get out of the country. With help, she has come closer to her goal. Read More
Brooklyn College to Host a Conversation on the War in Ukraine Faculty experts will discuss historical and political contexts and answer questions. Read More
Charting a Classic Career Combining her love of the classics and art, Niles Marthone ’21 is on a path to one day be a curator of museum antiquities, bringing her love of the subject to a wider, more diverse audience. Read More
