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
Read MoreAuthor 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 MoreBrooklyn 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 MoreHess 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 MoreFaculty 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‘The World Is Before You, and You Need Not Take It or Leave It as You Came In,’ Says Hess Scholar in Residence Edwidge Danticat
The award-winning Haitian-American author and activist spoke at the annual Hess Memorial Lecture about the shared experience of people of the African diaspora and how to work together for positive change.
Read MoreNobel-Prize Winning Columnist Paul Krugman and Political Analyst Thomas Frank Discuss the Obama Legacy
Talk is part of the college’s annual Robert L. Hess Memorial Lecture.
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04.1.2015
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Susan Landers