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Inaugural Public Event: Water and Work: An Interdisciplinary Look at the Brooklyn Waterfront

March 22, 2008 by MK Gold

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 analyzed the history of waterfront labor in Brooklyn since World War II. Professor Betsy McCully considered the natural history of Brooklyn’s waterfront.

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