Two Brooklyn College Faculty Members Named 2023 Guggenheim Fellows Professor of English Tanya Pollard and Adjunct Film Professor Todd Chandler included with 171 scientists, writers, scholars, and artists honored across 48 fields and from 2,500 applicants. Read More
Brooklyn College Exhibition to Celebrate Contributions of Female Humanities Professors “Magisterial Feminae: How Women Who Studied the Ancient World Innovated Brooklyn College, the Latin/Greek Institute, and Beyond” was co-curated by Lauren Mancia and Lucas G. Rubin to celebrate the work of faculty who taught premodern history from 1930-1980. Read More
Celebrating 50 Years of the Latin/Greek Institute Director Lucas Rubin discusses the legacy of the world’s most rigorous and intensive instruction program in the classical languages. Read More
Call Them by Their Name In a new internship last fall, anthropology major Lily Bello helped trans community members overcome the legal red tape of changing their names. 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
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
History Professor Benjamin Carp’s Explores Mysterious New York City Fire from 1776 Benjamin Carp, the Daniel M. Lyons Chair of History, has written a new book, The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution. This work Read More
Alan Aja Contributes to Supreme Court Brief Aimed at Supporting Student Loan Cancellations Professor and Department Chairperson for Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Alan A. Aja was invited as an expert to contribute to an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court calling Read More
Professor of History Swapna Banerjee Publishes Monograph, Fathers in a Motherland: Imagining Fatherhood in Colonial India History Professor Swapna Banerjee recently published her monograph, Fathers in a Motherland: Imagining Fatherhood in Colonial India (Oxford University Press, 2022), that breaks new ground by weaving stories of fathers 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
