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
HSS Announces 2022 Expo Award Winners The school awarded cash prizes for winning projects to students and faculty members who participated in the second-annual school-wide event. 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
Faculty Discuss Election 2020 and Why Everyone Should Get Out to Vote Brooklyn College asked some faculty to weigh in on Election 2020, which is happening during an unprecedented time. Here is what they had to say. Read More
Hess Scholar in Residence Winona LaDuke Says We Must Take the “Green Path” to Restore Our Environment and Economy Looking to indigenous people for guidance is a good start, said the First Nation activist. Read More
Brooklyn College Celebrates Black History Month with Performance and Poetry at The Tow Center A reminder of the roots of the month-long holiday and a call to celebrate black history and culture year-round were key messages in the afternoon program. On February 6, members Read More
Faculty and Staff Reading Group Spring 2020 Schedule All faculty and staff are invited to selected readings of Winona LaDuke’s Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming (South End Press, 2005), performed by Brooklyn College Professor Read More
Celebrating Black History Month/Kickoff, February 6, noon The Office of Diversity and Equity Programs invites you to help kick off Black History Month! Join President Michelle J. Anderson and Chief Diversity Officer Anthony Brown in the Tow Read More
Brooklyn College Mourns the Passing of Robert Viscusi, Professor Emeritus Robert Viscusi, a professor emeritus who also served as the executive officer of the Wolfe Institute for the Humanities from 1980 to 2016, died on Sunday, January 19, after a Read More
