Brooklyn Public Library’s Sips & Scholars: a Series of Public Seminars (2026)

For the second consecutive summer, as part of Brooklyn Public Library’s annual library card drive, BPL and BISR are partnering to offer a series of free public seminars, held at venues throughout the borough, and led by BISR faculty, on a whole host of topics. For more information and to RSVP, please click on the BPL links below.

The Architecture of Red Vienna with Isi Litke — Thursday, July 16th, at The Urbane Arts Club (Ditmas Park)

C.L.R. James and the Politics of Self-Liberation with Nara Roberta Silva — Tuesday, August 4th, at Success Community Garden (Brownsville)

Pythagoras and the Invention of Musical Theory with Bruce King — Wednesday, August 5th, at The Brooklyn Firefly (Bay Ridge)

Freud’s Political Dreaming with Danielle Drori — Thursday, August 6th, at The Tiny Cupboard (Bushwick)

Jane Jacobs, Greenwhich Village, and the Life of the City with Andy Battle — Tuesday, August 11th, at the Carmine Carro Community Center (Marine Park)

On Earthly Delights: Theorizing Paradise with Hieronymous Bosch with Rebecca Ariel Porte — Thursday, August 13th, at Greene Garden (Fort Greene)

Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment with Michael Stevenson — Tuesday, August 25th, at McCarren Parkhouse (Williamsburg)

Event Schedule

Wednesday,
August 26, 2026

Sips & Scholars 2026 runs from Thursday, July 16th to Tuesday, August 25th.