History Department @BCCcuny
@bcccunyhistory.bsky.social
We offer courses in History, Geography + Philosophy at Bronx Community College CUNY • Chair: Dr. Mara Lazda • history@bcc.cuny.edu • https://linktr.ee/bcccunyhistory • #wearebcccuny • 📍The Bronx, NY
Sign up for Spring 2026 at Bronx Community College CUNY 🌸🌼
October 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Happy Diwali to members of our Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist communities celebrating this Festival of Lights! Enjoy the celebration and remember the power in the gathering of light ✨
October 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Happy Diwali to members of our Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist communities celebrating this Festival of Lights! Enjoy the celebration and remember the power in the gathering of light ✨
A very good morning from Faculty and Staff Convocation at Bronx Community College #bccpride #wearebcccuny
August 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A very good morning from Faculty and Staff Convocation at Bronx Community College #bccpride #wearebcccuny
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Women across CUNY are innovators, leaders, and changemakers. On Women’s Equality Day, we honor your impact on campus, in NYC, and beyond. ✨
August 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Women across CUNY are innovators, leaders, and changemakers. On Women’s Equality Day, we honor your impact on campus, in NYC, and beyond. ✨
We see you, Bronx Community College 👀
August 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We see you, Bronx Community College 👀
Welcome to Fall 2025, Broncos
Questions about your History, Geography or Philosophy classes, contact:
• Dr. Mara Lazda, Chairperson
• Dr. Kate Culkin, Deputy Chair
• Dr. Prithi Kanakamedala, Deputy Chair
• Ms. Paulette Randall, Department Coordinator
www.bcc.cuny.edu/academics/ac...
Questions about your History, Geography or Philosophy classes, contact:
• Dr. Mara Lazda, Chairperson
• Dr. Kate Culkin, Deputy Chair
• Dr. Prithi Kanakamedala, Deputy Chair
• Ms. Paulette Randall, Department Coordinator
www.bcc.cuny.edu/academics/ac...
August 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Welcome to Fall 2025, Broncos
Questions about your History, Geography or Philosophy classes, contact:
• Dr. Mara Lazda, Chairperson
• Dr. Kate Culkin, Deputy Chair
• Dr. Prithi Kanakamedala, Deputy Chair
• Ms. Paulette Randall, Department Coordinator
www.bcc.cuny.edu/academics/ac...
Questions about your History, Geography or Philosophy classes, contact:
• Dr. Mara Lazda, Chairperson
• Dr. Kate Culkin, Deputy Chair
• Dr. Prithi Kanakamedala, Deputy Chair
• Ms. Paulette Randall, Department Coordinator
www.bcc.cuny.edu/academics/ac...
🧭📍 New to campus? We have members of the Bronx Community College campus community to guide you, & this handy map 🗺️
FALL 2025 BEGINS TUES, AUG 26 💚💛
FALL 2025 BEGINS TUES, AUG 26 💚💛
August 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🧭📍 New to campus? We have members of the Bronx Community College campus community to guide you, & this handy map 🗺️
FALL 2025 BEGINS TUES, AUG 26 💚💛
FALL 2025 BEGINS TUES, AUG 26 💚💛
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Bronx Community College spotted in Bad Bunny's new music video for "NUEVAYoL" 🥰 🇵🇷 He filmed part of the video on campus in February.
July 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Congrats Class of 2025 #BronxCommunityCollege @cuny.edu 🎓🎉
May 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Congrats Class of 2025 #BronxCommunityCollege @cuny.edu 🎓🎉
ICYMI 🎧 Dr. Raquel Otheguy (Bronx Community College) talks about her roots and scholarship @redisclatinidad.bsky.social
www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
April 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
ICYMI 🎧 Dr. Raquel Otheguy (Bronx Community College) talks about her roots and scholarship @redisclatinidad.bsky.social
www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
Listen to our very own Dr. Raquel Otheguy (Associate Professor, History Bronx Community College CUNY) talk about her roots and scholarship #meetbccfaculty #wearebcccuny
We can't cover all of Cuba's beauty and culture in one episode, but we had fun trying!
Dr. Jane Landers from @vanderbilt.edu and Dr. Raquel Otheguy from @bcccunyhistory.bsky.social unpack Cuba's rich history and heritage: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
Dr. Jane Landers from @vanderbilt.edu and Dr. Raquel Otheguy from @bcccunyhistory.bsky.social unpack Cuba's rich history and heritage: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
April 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Listen to our very own Dr. Raquel Otheguy (Associate Professor, History Bronx Community College CUNY) talk about her roots and scholarship #meetbccfaculty #wearebcccuny
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¿Asere, qué bolá? Grab a cafecito and listen to our #CUBA episode with two historians: Dr. Jane Landers from SlaveSocieties.org & Dr. Raquel Otheguy from @bcccunyhistory.bsky.social!
Check it out, compay: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
Check it out, compay: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
April 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
¿Asere, qué bolá? Grab a cafecito and listen to our #CUBA episode with two historians: Dr. Jane Landers from SlaveSocieties.org & Dr. Raquel Otheguy from @bcccunyhistory.bsky.social!
Check it out, compay: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
Check it out, compay: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
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We can't cover all of Cuba's beauty and culture in one episode, but we had fun trying!
Dr. Jane Landers from @vanderbilt.edu and Dr. Raquel Otheguy from @bcccunyhistory.bsky.social unpack Cuba's rich history and heritage: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
Dr. Jane Landers from @vanderbilt.edu and Dr. Raquel Otheguy from @bcccunyhistory.bsky.social unpack Cuba's rich history and heritage: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
April 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We can't cover all of Cuba's beauty and culture in one episode, but we had fun trying!
Dr. Jane Landers from @vanderbilt.edu and Dr. Raquel Otheguy from @bcccunyhistory.bsky.social unpack Cuba's rich history and heritage: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
Dr. Jane Landers from @vanderbilt.edu and Dr. Raquel Otheguy from @bcccunyhistory.bsky.social unpack Cuba's rich history and heritage: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...
In one of the largest U.S. cities, Brooklyn’s free Black community grew their city in an anti-slavery vision. Join historians @prithik.bsky.social & Dr. Manisha Sinha as they share these NY stories of resistance
BCC students for FREE tix email ps2@gc.cuny.edu
www.nyhistory.org/programs/bro...
BCC students for FREE tix email ps2@gc.cuny.edu
www.nyhistory.org/programs/bro...
April 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
In one of the largest U.S. cities, Brooklyn’s free Black community grew their city in an anti-slavery vision. Join historians @prithik.bsky.social & Dr. Manisha Sinha as they share these NY stories of resistance
BCC students for FREE tix email ps2@gc.cuny.edu
www.nyhistory.org/programs/bro...
BCC students for FREE tix email ps2@gc.cuny.edu
www.nyhistory.org/programs/bro...
Join us for Fall 2025 at Bronx Community College CUNY. Our faculty publish and research widely in their fields, and they transfer this expertise to the classroom www.bcc.cuny.edu/registrar/sp...
April 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Join us for Fall 2025 at Bronx Community College CUNY. Our faculty publish and research widely in their fields, and they transfer this expertise to the classroom www.bcc.cuny.edu/registrar/sp...
History made, Broncos. Watch Senator Cory Booker run through 400 years of U.S. History and connect past to present
Senator Cory Booker, his voice still booming after more than a day spent on the Senate floor railing against the Trump administration, surpassed Strom Thurmond for the longest Senate speech on record, in an act of astonishing stamina that he framed as a call to action. nyti.ms/4iXMx8m
April 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
History made, Broncos. Watch Senator Cory Booker run through 400 years of U.S. History and connect past to present
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Hey everyone! We are taking our new doc film, WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD, on the road! It is a documentary about manhood, about America. We start at Bronx Community College this week with an all-day conference built around themes in film. All details on attached flyer.
March 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Hey everyone! We are taking our new doc film, WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD, on the road! It is a documentary about manhood, about America. We start at Bronx Community College this week with an all-day conference built around themes in film. All details on attached flyer.
JOIN US for this hybrid event. Register for zoom here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
JOIN US for this hybrid event. Register for zoom here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Today (& everyday) we honor Dr. Geraldyne Pemberton Diallo Sharpe, who recently passed away.
Dr. Diallo was a dynamic member of our department at Bronx Community College CUNY for over 30 years, & led Affirmative Action office, & Black + Latino Studies degree for years. Rest in power, Dr. Diallo 🕊️🖤
Dr. Diallo was a dynamic member of our department at Bronx Community College CUNY for over 30 years, & led Affirmative Action office, & Black + Latino Studies degree for years. Rest in power, Dr. Diallo 🕊️🖤
March 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Today (& everyday) we honor Dr. Geraldyne Pemberton Diallo Sharpe, who recently passed away.
Dr. Diallo was a dynamic member of our department at Bronx Community College CUNY for over 30 years, & led Affirmative Action office, & Black + Latino Studies degree for years. Rest in power, Dr. Diallo 🕊️🖤
Dr. Diallo was a dynamic member of our department at Bronx Community College CUNY for over 30 years, & led Affirmative Action office, & Black + Latino Studies degree for years. Rest in power, Dr. Diallo 🕊️🖤
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CUNY colleges are closed today. For more important dates on the academic calendar, go to cuny.edu/calendar.
February 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
CUNY colleges are closed today. For more important dates on the academic calendar, go to cuny.edu/calendar.
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#LGBTQI+ #BlackHistoryMonth
Bayard Rustin was an LGBTQ and civil rights activist best known for being a key adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He organized the 1963 March on Washington.
Learn more: youtu.be/GfyqtNfoWCw?...
Bayard Rustin was an LGBTQ and civil rights activist best known for being a key adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He organized the 1963 March on Washington.
Learn more: youtu.be/GfyqtNfoWCw?...
February 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#LGBTQI+ #BlackHistoryMonth
Bayard Rustin was an LGBTQ and civil rights activist best known for being a key adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He organized the 1963 March on Washington.
Learn more: youtu.be/GfyqtNfoWCw?...
Bayard Rustin was an LGBTQ and civil rights activist best known for being a key adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He organized the 1963 March on Washington.
Learn more: youtu.be/GfyqtNfoWCw?...
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Roscoe Brown was a decorated Air Force veteran and best known for flying combat missions as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen. He served as the president of Bronx Community College from 1977 to 1993 and then as the director of the Center for Education Policy at the Graduate Center. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Roscoe Brown was a decorated Air Force veteran and best known for flying combat missions as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen. He served as the president of Bronx Community College from 1977 to 1993 and then as the director of the Center for Education Policy at the Graduate Center. #BlackHistoryMonth
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“Mentoring is a very powerful tool, and it is the best way to have a direct impact on society,” said Bronx Community College Professor Eugene Mananga. He recently received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. bit.ly/4jEWxEd
February 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“Mentoring is a very powerful tool, and it is the best way to have a direct impact on society,” said Bronx Community College Professor Eugene Mananga. He recently received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. bit.ly/4jEWxEd
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Modern #CultureWars and issues of #Equality often begin in the toilet with regards to who gets to use them. Read our five year anniversary issue which looks at this.
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February 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Modern #CultureWars and issues of #Equality often begin in the toilet with regards to who gets to use them. Read our five year anniversary issue which looks at this.
www.bcc.cuny.edu/wp-content/u...
www.bcc.cuny.edu/wp-content/u...
Whether you’re new to campus or returning, online or in person — have a great semester, Broncos 💚💛 Happy first day of classes Spring 2025 #wearebcccuny
January 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Whether you’re new to campus or returning, online or in person — have a great semester, Broncos 💚💛 Happy first day of classes Spring 2025 #wearebcccuny