March 13 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm When We Decide: Plural Agency, Voluntariness, and Migrant Choice: Philosophy of Immigration Series, Part II Online A discussion of voluntariness in migration.
March 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm The Future of New York City: Who Decides? Online What role can people play in shaping the future of their neighborhood and the broader city?
March 21 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Writing About Nazis…for Children?! A Discussion of “Max in the House of Spies,” With Author Adam Gidwitz, Professor Steven Remy, and Provost April Bedford Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium A discussion with author Adam Gidwitz, Professor of History Steven Remy, and Provost April Bedford.
March 27 @ 12:50 pm - 2:05 pm Reckoning With the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism: Frances Haidt Memorial Lecture 2024 Ingersoll Hall Extension, Room 148 Annual Frances Haidt Memorial Lecture, by Professor Madga Teter, on the roots of antisemitism and racism.
April 1 - April 30 Event Series Hess Week Paul Ortiz – Hess Scholar-in-Residence Exhibit Library, Exhibit Area An exhibit located in the main entrance of the Brooklyn College Library that will highlight the works and legacy of Paul Ortiz.
April 1 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – President’s Welcome Ceremony Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Brooklyn College President Michelle Anderson and the Brooklyn College community welcome 2023-24 Hess Scholar-in-Residence Paul Ortiz to campus.
April 1 @ 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – Defending the Freedom to Learn Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium This panel explores how book bans and curriculum gag orders deny K-12 and college students’ freedom to learn and access to education.
April 2 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – Our History, Our Voices: Oral History to Change the World Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium 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.
April 2 @ 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – Defending the Freedom to Teach Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium This panel will explore current political attacks on K-12 and college teachers’ freedom to teach and imagine ways forward.
April 3 @ 9:30 am - 10:45 am Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – Bearing Witness and Taking Action in an Age of Rising Fascism: Oral History in the Field and in the Classroom Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Professor Ortiz will deliver a talk drawing on his personal experiences as an oral historian.
