Hess Scholar-in-Residence Barbara Smith
Join us in a week-long event with author, activist, and independent scholar, Barbara Smith! She has played a groundbreaking role in opening up a national cultural and political dialogue about
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BC President Welcomes 2022-23 Hess Scholar-in-Residence Barbara Smith
Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger AuditoriumBrooklyn College President Michelle Anderson and the BC community welcome 2022-23 Hess Scholar-in-Residence Barbara Smith to campus. Speakers: Gaston Alonso, Interim Director, Wolfe Institute for the Humanities and Professor of
Defending the Humanities: A Conversation With Hess Scholars Paul Ortiz and Barbara Smith
Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger AuditoriumWe bring together two Hess Scholars to discuss current attacks on the humanities.
Paul Ortiz – Hess Scholar-in-Residence Exhibit
Library, Exhibit AreaAn exhibit located in the main entrance of the Brooklyn College Library that will highlight the works and legacy of Paul Ortiz.
Hess Week – President’s Welcome Ceremony
Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger AuditoriumBrooklyn College President Michelle Anderson and the Brooklyn College community welcome 2023-24 Hess Scholar-in-Residence Paul Ortiz to campus.
Hess Week – Defending the Freedom to Learn
Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger AuditoriumThis panel explores how book bans and curriculum gag orders deny K-12 and college students’ freedom to learn and access to education.
Hess Week – Our History, Our Voices: Oral History to Change the World
Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger AuditoriumThis 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.
Hess Week – Defending the Freedom to Teach
Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger AuditoriumThis panel will explore current political attacks on K-12 and college teachers’ freedom to teach and imagine ways forward.
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 AuditoriumProfessor Ortiz will deliver a talk drawing on his personal experiences as an oral historian.