“New Books by BC Faculty Series” Returns for Spring 2024 The Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities brings more published works to the masses through intriguing events. Read More
2024 Hess Week Schedule Announced Professor Paul Ortiz is serving as Hess Scholar-in-Residence for series running April 1–4. Read More
Philosophy Department Hosting “Philosophy of Immigration” Series in Spring 2024 Lecture series will feature prominent philosophers and faculty who will discuss the moral and political aspects of this phenomenon. 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
Brooklyn College Launches Book Event Series to Highlight Faculty Authors To help celebrate and share the news about recent Brooklyn College faculty book projects, the college’s Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities has launched the “New Books by BC Faculty Event Read More
Interdisciplinary Experts Hosting Conference to Discuss Premodern Religious Experience Organized by professors Lauren Mancia and Brian P. Sowers, the two-day conference will explore “lived religion” from Late Antiquity to the Central Middle Ages. 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
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
