2017–18 Hess Scholar in Residence Edwidge Danticat
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Politics of Immigration in U.S. Today, in co-sponsorship with the CUNY Haitian Studies Institute
Panel discussion with CUNY Citizenship Now lawyer Stephanie Delia, Hunter student Thamara Jean, and moderated by Carolina Bank Muñoz and with undergraduate students enrolled in Women's and Gender Studies 1001: Sex, Gender, and Power (Swapna Banerjee), and Africana Studies 3360: Black Women in America (Prudence Cumberbatch).
11 a.m.–12:15 p.m., Gold Room, sixth floor, Student Center
Luncheon with Student Activists
12:30–2 p.m., State Lounge, fifth floor, Student Center
TransHispaniola: Listening to Caribbean Women's Stories
Discussion with undergraduate students enrolled in Puerto Rican and Latino Studies 2250: Digital Life Stories: Chicana/Latino Testimonio
3:40–4:55 p.m., Gold Room, sixth floor, Student Center
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Narrating Our Lives: Brunch With Faculty and Students From the Listening Project
11 a.m.–1 p.m., State Lounge, fifth floor, Student Center
The Power to Change
In-process observation of short, issue-based plays researched and developed by undergraduate students enrolled in Theater 3620: Devising and Collaborative Creation (Laura Tesman and Jolie Tong)
1–2:15 p.m.
A Right to Be Here: Race, Immigration, and My Third Culture Kids
Robert L. Hess Memorial Lecture
Hosted by President Michelle Anderson and the Robert L. Hess Scholar-in-Residence Planning Committee
5:05–6:20 p.m., Woody Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College Library
Reception and Dinner in Honor of Edwidge Danticat, immediately following Memorial Lecture
6:30–8 p.m., Penthouse, Student Center
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Event Canceled Stones in the Sun
Film viewing starring Danticat and discussion with undergraduate students enrolled in American Studies 1010: American Identities (Joseph Entin)
11 a.m.–12:15 p.m., Gold Room, sixth floor, Student Center
Creating Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
Discussion with Madeleine Thien and moderated by Rosamond King on the craft of writing and producing art
3:40–4:55 p.m., Occidental Lounge, fifth floor, Student Center
Reception to follow
5:05–6:20 p.m., International Lounge, fifth floor, Student Center
