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Archive for March, 2008

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Spring Schedule

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 [...]

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Welcome

Welcome to the online home of the NEH-sponsored Water and Work project at the New York City College of Technology. We will use this blog to share our resources and findings with the public and to archive our sessions for future reference.

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