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. Participants will explore the multiple public uses of oral history.

• Zaheer Ali, Executive Director of the Hutchins Institute for Social Justice at the Lawrenceville School
• Paul Ortiz, Professor of History and Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida; Robert L. Hess Scholar 2023-24
• Naomi Schiller, Professor of Anthropology at Brooklyn College
• Amy Starecheski, Director of the Oral History Master’s Program at Columbia University
• Moderator: Phil Napoli, Professor of History and Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Brooklyn College

Co-sponsored by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida.

All events will be live-streamed on the Wolfe Institute’s YouTube Channel.

Free versions of Paul Ortiz’s writings and other relevant readings are available online to the Brooklyn College community.

Hosted by Brooklyn College’s Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities in honor of Professor Paul Ortiz, our 2023-24 Robert L. Hess Scholar-in-Residence.