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Congrats to Prof. Bui, who received a teaching innovation grant from the provost, to address AI issues in the classroom.
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Congrats to Prof. Bui, who received a teaching innovation grant from the provost, to address AI issues in the classroom.
Mark your calendars!
Next Tuesday at 12.30 (with lunch provided) join Pico Banerjee (Prof. Banerjee's son!). The proprietor of Peek-a-Book Rare Books in Lewiston, Maine, Pico will talk about the world of rare book and paper ephemera sourcing, collecting, and selling.
Next Tuesday at 12.30 (with lunch provided) join Pico Banerjee (Prof. Banerjee's son!). The proprietor of Peek-a-Book Rare Books in Lewiston, Maine, Pico will talk about the world of rare book and paper ephemera sourcing, collecting, and selling.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Mark your calendars!
Next Tuesday at 12.30 (with lunch provided) join Pico Banerjee (Prof. Banerjee's son!). The proprietor of Peek-a-Book Rare Books in Lewiston, Maine, Pico will talk about the world of rare book and paper ephemera sourcing, collecting, and selling.
Next Tuesday at 12.30 (with lunch provided) join Pico Banerjee (Prof. Banerjee's son!). The proprietor of Peek-a-Book Rare Books in Lewiston, Maine, Pico will talk about the world of rare book and paper ephemera sourcing, collecting, and selling.
From last week: In an event coordinated by Prof. Swapna Banerjee, Dr. Namrata Ganneri was invited to deliver a research talk at the college, where she interacted with an enthusiastic group of students and faculty, engaging in insightful discussions on her research work.
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
From last week: In an event coordinated by Prof. Swapna Banerjee, Dr. Namrata Ganneri was invited to deliver a research talk at the college, where she interacted with an enthusiastic group of students and faculty, engaging in insightful discussions on her research work.
Mark your calendars!
Tomorrow, (11 am and 12:15 pm., 320 Boylan), Dr. Namrata Ganneri from the S.N.D.T. Women's College, Mumbai, will speak on her research on women athletes and body builders in colonial India.
BC Historical Society hosts & followed by a lunch with students.
Tomorrow, (11 am and 12:15 pm., 320 Boylan), Dr. Namrata Ganneri from the S.N.D.T. Women's College, Mumbai, will speak on her research on women athletes and body builders in colonial India.
BC Historical Society hosts & followed by a lunch with students.
October 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Mark your calendars!
Tomorrow, (11 am and 12:15 pm., 320 Boylan), Dr. Namrata Ganneri from the S.N.D.T. Women's College, Mumbai, will speak on her research on women athletes and body builders in colonial India.
BC Historical Society hosts & followed by a lunch with students.
Tomorrow, (11 am and 12:15 pm., 320 Boylan), Dr. Namrata Ganneri from the S.N.D.T. Women's College, Mumbai, will speak on her research on women athletes and body builders in colonial India.
BC Historical Society hosts & followed by a lunch with students.
Prof. Remy will be the guest speaker at a webinar at 12 EST this Wednesday sponsored by the Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center at the Alabama Holocaust Education Center. He will talk about universities in Nazi Germany.
Info below:
ahecinfo.org/events/what-...
Info below:
ahecinfo.org/events/what-...
What History Teaches: Universities, Education, and the Role of Intellectuals - Alabama Holocaust Education Center
When Adolf Hitler was appointed Germany's Chancellor in 1933, that country was home to the world's greatest universities and scientific research institutes.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Prof. Remy will be the guest speaker at a webinar at 12 EST this Wednesday sponsored by the Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center at the Alabama Holocaust Education Center. He will talk about universities in Nazi Germany.
Info below:
ahecinfo.org/events/what-...
Info below:
ahecinfo.org/events/what-...
Today at 12.30, 1112 Boylan
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today at 12.30, 1112 Boylan
Today at 6pm!!
Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method
@ ZOOM – Wolfe Institute New Faculty Books series
Prof. Mancia with Prof. Katie Hejtmanek
PRE-REGISTER to receive the zoom link:
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Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method
@ ZOOM – Wolfe Institute New Faculty Books series
Prof. Mancia with Prof. Katie Hejtmanek
PRE-REGISTER to receive the zoom link:
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Celebrate Mancia’s new book and find out how to use performance as a tool of historical investigation!
Normally, we dwell on studying texts—wondering how we can understand what the words of texts mea...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Today at 6pm!!
Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method
@ ZOOM – Wolfe Institute New Faculty Books series
Prof. Mancia with Prof. Katie Hejtmanek
PRE-REGISTER to receive the zoom link:
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method
@ ZOOM – Wolfe Institute New Faculty Books series
Prof. Mancia with Prof. Katie Hejtmanek
PRE-REGISTER to receive the zoom link:
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Mark your calendars!!
Thursday, Oct. 16, conversation with Prof. Mancia. More info below...
Thursday, Oct. 16, conversation with Prof. Mancia. More info below...
September 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Mark your calendars!!
Thursday, Oct. 16, conversation with Prof. Mancia. More info below...
Thursday, Oct. 16, conversation with Prof. Mancia. More info below...
Prof. Remy spoke about his book on the Malmedy Massacre:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv08...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv08...
The Malmedy Massacre - The War Crimes Trial Controversy
YouTube video by WW2TV
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September 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Prof. Remy spoke about his book on the Malmedy Massacre:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv08...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv08...
Kudos to department major Angelina Lambros, advisee of Prof. Carp, for her Gotham Center blog post, "Operation Sail 1976: How New York City Came Together in a Time of Crisis."
More info at link.
www.gothamcenter.org/blog/operati...
More info at link.
www.gothamcenter.org/blog/operati...
Operation Sail 1976: How New York City Came Together in a Time of Crisis — The Gotham Center for New York City History
Operation Sail 1976: How New York City Came Together in a Time of Crisis By Angelina Lambros The On July 4, 1976, New York City celebrated the Bicentennial of American independence with a parade o...
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September 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Kudos to department major Angelina Lambros, advisee of Prof. Carp, for her Gotham Center blog post, "Operation Sail 1976: How New York City Came Together in a Time of Crisis."
More info at link.
www.gothamcenter.org/blog/operati...
More info at link.
www.gothamcenter.org/blog/operati...
From this summer: Prof. Carp in Forbes, on military history lessons from 1775.
For more, see the link below:
www.forbes.com/sites/peters...
For more, see the link below:
www.forbes.com/sites/peters...
This Fourth Of July, Historians Recount Military Lessons From 1775
In 1775, very few Americans were thinking about independence and that concept. That changed between the summer of 1775 and the summer of 1776.
www.forbes.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
From this summer: Prof. Carp in Forbes, on military history lessons from 1775.
For more, see the link below:
www.forbes.com/sites/peters...
For more, see the link below:
www.forbes.com/sites/peters...
Prof. Fishman published an essay, "Those who see plans for a ‘Greater Israel’ are not the first to do so," in Al Majalla, August 2025.
September 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Prof. Fishman published an essay, "Those who see plans for a ‘Greater Israel’ are not the first to do so," in Al Majalla, August 2025.
This Friday, Prof. Mancia will be at a conference celebrating @brooklyncollege.bsky.social Emerita Elizabeth A.R. Brown, and she will be giving a short paper there: “Peggy Brown at Brooklyn College.”
September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This Friday, Prof. Mancia will be at a conference celebrating @brooklyncollege.bsky.social Emerita Elizabeth A.R. Brown, and she will be giving a short paper there: “Peggy Brown at Brooklyn College.”
Prof. Meyer's new book, To Rule All under Heaven: A History of Classical China, from Confucius to the First Emperor, is now available for pre-purchase on Amazon!
www.amazon.com/Rule-All-und...
www.amazon.com/Rule-All-und...
To Rule All under Heaven: A History of Classical China, from Confucius to the First Emperor
Amazon.com: To Rule All under Heaven: A History of Classical China, from Confucius to the First Emperor: 9780197667484: Meyer, Andrew Seth: Books
www.amazon.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Prof. Meyer's new book, To Rule All under Heaven: A History of Classical China, from Confucius to the First Emperor, is now available for pre-purchase on Amazon!
www.amazon.com/Rule-All-und...
www.amazon.com/Rule-All-und...
History Department student event tomorrow!!
12.15, Boylan Hall 1112.
More info below:
12.15, Boylan Hall 1112.
More info below:
September 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
History Department student event tomorrow!!
12.15, Boylan Hall 1112.
More info below:
12.15, Boylan Hall 1112.
More info below:
The Founding Fathers solved some problems, ignored others, and created new ones--but they also warned us about the problems we’re facing now. For an exploration on the Revolutionary Era that’s relevant to us today, enroll in HIST 3420 with Prof. Carp this fall!
class time: M/W12
class time: M/W12
August 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The Founding Fathers solved some problems, ignored others, and created new ones--but they also warned us about the problems we’re facing now. For an exploration on the Revolutionary Era that’s relevant to us today, enroll in HIST 3420 with Prof. Carp this fall!
class time: M/W12
class time: M/W12
"Whenever we speak of liberty and constitutionalism, inequality and struggle, or work and progress, we are rooting ourselves in history."
Interview with retiring @BklynCollege411 professor & our former chair, David Troyansky.
www.brooklyn.edu/best-of-bc/l...
Interview with retiring @BklynCollege411 professor & our former chair, David Troyansky.
www.brooklyn.edu/best-of-bc/l...
Leadership, Legacy, and the Enduring Power of History - Brooklyn College
A Conversation With Recently Retired Professor David Troyansky.
www.brooklyn.edu
July 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Whenever we speak of liberty and constitutionalism, inequality and struggle, or work and progress, we are rooting ourselves in history."
Interview with retiring @BklynCollege411 professor & our former chair, David Troyansky.
www.brooklyn.edu/best-of-bc/l...
Interview with retiring @BklynCollege411 professor & our former chair, David Troyansky.
www.brooklyn.edu/best-of-bc/l...
Kudos to Prof. Mancia, whose new book, Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method, has been published by Cambridge Element.
Open access at the link below, through the 23rd!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Open access at the link below, through the 23rd!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method
www.cambridge.org
June 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Kudos to Prof. Mancia, whose new book, Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method, has been published by Cambridge Element.
Open access at the link below, through the 23rd!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Open access at the link below, through the 23rd!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Prof. Bui will be attending "South Vietnam: Endings, Beginnings, Continuities" workshop at Dartmouth College at the end of May.
May 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Prof. Bui will be attending "South Vietnam: Endings, Beginnings, Continuities" workshop at Dartmouth College at the end of May.
Prof. Mancia's latest work is available for two weeks open access:
engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...
engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...
engage.metmuseum.org
May 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Prof. Mancia's latest work is available for two weeks open access:
engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...
engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...
Prof. Mancia's latest work is available for two weeks open access:
engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...
engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...
engage.metmuseum.org
May 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Prof. Mancia's latest work is available for two weeks open access:
engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...
engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...
From Performing the Premodern event at @bcthinkers.bsky.social HSS expo.
May 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
From Performing the Premodern event at @bcthinkers.bsky.social HSS expo.
Dean Napoli took members of the Historical Society to Ellis Island.
April 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Dean Napoli took members of the Historical Society to Ellis Island.
On tap for Thursday at 12.30--mark your calendars!
April 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On tap for Thursday at 12.30--mark your calendars!
The Brooklyn College Historical Society will screen the film Ghare Baire (The Home and the World, directed by Satyajit Ray, 1985) this Thursday, April 10, 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm, 1112 Boylan Hall. Lunch will be served.
Prof. Banerjee will moderate the event.
Prof. Banerjee will moderate the event.
April 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The Brooklyn College Historical Society will screen the film Ghare Baire (The Home and the World, directed by Satyajit Ray, 1985) this Thursday, April 10, 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm, 1112 Boylan Hall. Lunch will be served.
Prof. Banerjee will moderate the event.
Prof. Banerjee will moderate the event.