On March 7, 2008, NYU Professor Karen Karbiener visited City Tech to discuss Walt Whitman’s Brooklyn. Dr. Karbiener is Master Teacher of Humanities in the General Studies Program at NYU. She is editor of Leaves of Grass: First and Death-Bed Editions (Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005), curator of “Walt Whitman and the Promise of [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Photos from the Walt Whitman Session
Posted in Events, Photos, Seminars, tagged Brooklyn, citytech, CUNY, Photos, poetry, publishing, whitman on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Inaugural Public Event: Water and Work: An Interdisciplinary Look at the Brooklyn Waterfront
Posted in Events, tagged Brooklyn, Events, labor, nature, waterfront, whitman on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Inaugural Public Event: “Water and Work: An Interdisciplinary Look at the Brooklyn Waterfront”
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 – 3-5pm
This panel event featured three eminent scholars, who focused on the Brooklyn waterfront from their areas of specialization. Professor Karen Karbiener discussed Walt Whitman’s close relationship to the waterfront and its presence in his poetry. Professor Joshua Freeman [...]
Spring Schedule
Posted in Events, tagged Events, schedules on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Semester 1: The History of the Brooklyn Waterfront
Inaugural Public Event: “Water and Work: An Interdisciplinary Look at the Brooklyn Waterfront”
This panel event will feature three eminent scholars, who will focus on the Brooklyn waterfront from their areas of specialization. Professor Karen Karbiener will discuss Walt Whitman’s close relationship to the waterfront and its presence [...]





