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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Congrats to Prof. Warren! His book, Starved for Light: The Long Shadow of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency, has been awarded the George Rosen Prize for the best historical monograph in the history of social medicine at the annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Today! "Among the Extremists: A Practitioner's Perspective on Online Terrorist Communication and Propaganda." Joshua Fisher-Birch, Researcher and Content Review Specialist, Counter Extremism Project Thursday, April 23, 1-2 Boylan Hall 1112 Lunch will be provided!
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Mark calendars! "Among the Extremists: A Practitioner's Perspective on Online Terrorist Communication and Propaganda." Joshua Fisher-Birch, Researcher and Content Review Specialist, Counter Extremism Project Thursday, April 23, 1-2 Boylan Hall 1112 Lunch will be provided!
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Coming this fall!! History 3534 Revolutionary China, with Prof. Meyer Tuesday, Thursday 3:40-4:55 PM For more info, see below:
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Coming this fall!! Prof. O'Keeffe's Russian History class--History 3252. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3.40.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Coming this fall: Prof. Rawson, History of the Future. T-Th at 2.15. History 3339 For more info, see below.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
From Prof. Warren next fall, Medicine & Health in American History. Course meets t-th at 2.15--for more information, see below.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Congrats to Prof. Meyer, whose book--To Rule All under Heaven: A History of Classical China, from Confucius to the First Emperor--was just published by Oxford University Press.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Kudos to B.A. and current M.A. student Shlomo Muller presented at the International Big History Association's annual symposium, on "Big History's Narrow Vision," making a "call for conceptual boldness." You can watch Shlomo's presentation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYUB...
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Shlomo Muller; A Call for Conceptual Boldness
YouTube video by IBHA International Big History Association
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Mark your calendars!! MONDAY DECEMBER 15 5:00 PM BOYLAN 1112 History movie night with Prof. Meyer (more info below). CHINESE DUMPLINGS AND SOFT DRINKS WILL BE SERVED ALL HISTORY STUDENTS WELCOME
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
History Department colloquium student research showcase starts tomorrow!! 2.15 in Boylan 4121. Contact Prof. O'Keeffe for more info.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
From last week: Prof. Bùi & @brooklyncollege.bsky.social student Cobe Liu, in a guest lecture for high schoolers from the Asian Americans for Equality's Castle Leadership Program.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Congrats to Prof. Bui, who received a teaching innovation grant from the provost, to address AI issues in the classroom.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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-...
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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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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Today at 12.30, 1112 Boylan
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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:/...
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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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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Mark your calendars!! Thursday, Oct. 16, conversation with Prof. Mancia. More info below...
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Prof. Remy spoke about his book on the Malmedy Massacre: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv08...
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The Malmedy Massacre - The War Crimes Trial Controversy
YouTube video by WW2TV
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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...
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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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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
From this summer: Prof. Carp in Forbes, on military history lessons from 1775. For more, see the link below: www.forbes.com/sites/peters...
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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.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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.”
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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...
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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
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
History Department student event tomorrow!! 12.15, Boylan Hall 1112. More info below:
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
"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...
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Leadership, Legacy, and the Enduring Power of History - Brooklyn College
A Conversation With Recently Retired Professor David Troyansky.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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...
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Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Prof. Bui will be attending "South Vietnam: Endings, Beginnings, Continuities" workshop at Dartmouth College at the end of May.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Prof. Mancia's latest work is available for two weeks open access: engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Prof. Mancia's latest work is available for two weeks open access: engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...
engage.metmuseum.org
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
From Performing the Premodern event at @bcthinkers.bsky.social HSS expo.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Dean Napoli took members of the Historical Society to Ellis Island.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
On tap for Thursday at 12.30--mark your calendars!
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Mark your calendars--event this Thursday at 12.30! More info below.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Mark your calendars!! Tomorrow, 12:30-2 pm, 1112 Boylan: on occasion of Women's History month, Prof. Banerjee will give a talk for the BC Historical Society about her research on native Indian female caregivers. There will be pizza lunch for all. More info below.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Kudos to Prof. Mancia, who was awarded a fellowship from the Committee on Globalization & Social Change at The Graduate Center. The theme in 2025-2026 is "frequencies," relevant to her work on monasticism.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
History prof Lauren Mancia took her class to The Met Cloisters with Educator Emerita Dr. Nancy Wu. The class also met with extraordinary medievalist Dr. Caroline Walker Bynum (Columbia, Institute of Advanced Study).
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Mark your calendars!! Prof. Banerjee will be speaking before the Historical Society on March 25th--food & beverage to be served. More info below:
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Congrats to departmental alums: Jeremy Caba will be starting as a policy analyst at the mayor's office. Steven Vavasis will be joining the GC History Department as a Ph.D. student.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Congrats to Prof. Banerjee--who has been accepted into the BRES program as a faculty member at the Graduate Center.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Study abroad opportunity with Prof. Fishman. For more info, contact him.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Deadline is looming for student paper submissions to Clio, the Historical Society's journal. March 5 is the deadline--for more info, see below.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Brooklyn MA student Elena Kalvar gives a presentation about her MA thesis on Mother/Infant bonds in medieval Europe, as Prof. Troyansky (History), Prof. Masciandaro (English), and others look on.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The department's newest member, Prof. Bui, will be attending a "New Directions in Taiwan History" workshop at Princeton in late February.
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Brooklyn College History Department @historydeptbc.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Prof. Carp was a panelist in “State of the Field for Busy Teachers: Eve of American Revolution,” AHA Teaching Division, American Historical Association, annual meeting, New York, Jan. 2025.
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