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

This summer, as a part of its ongoing library card drive, Brooklyn Public Library has partnered with BISR to offer a series of public seminars, held at venues throughout the borough and led by BISR faculty in subject areas of their expertise. For more information and to RSVP, please click on the links below.

What is Gender? Theorizing Sexual Difference from Simone de Beauvoir to Judith Butler with Hannah Leffingwell — Thursday, July 17th, at The Bush (Bushwick)

Who was Socrates? with Robbie Howton — Thursday, July 31st, at Lips Cafe (Flatbush)

The Authoritarian Personality Today: Psychology, Politics, and the New Right Wing Resurgence with Robyn Marasco — Thursday, August 7th, at Halyards (Gowanus)

Quantum Physics at 100 with Alfred Lee — Tuesday, August 12th, at Sunset Stoop (Sunset Park)

What is Literary Translation? A Brief History of the Translator’s Task with Lauren K. Wolfe — Thursday, August 14th, at Compère Collective (Red Hook)

Revolution and Underdevelopment: Walter Rodney’s African Perspective with Nara Roberta Silva — Thursday, August 14th, at TriniJam BK (Canarsie)

Too Many Wives: Polygamist Nightmares in Gogol’s Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt with Ruth Averbach — Tuesday, August 19th, at Freak Bar (Coney Island)

Event Schedule

Thursday,
July 17 — August 19, 2025