Dreamland Pavilion
 

The Dreamland Pavilion, Coney Island

Conference Contacts

Dr. Eben Wood, Department of English
Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York
2001 Oriental Blvd.
Brooklyn, NY 11235
(718) 368-5229
eben.wood@kingsborough.edu

 

Dr. Libby Garland, Department of History, Philosophy, and Political Science
Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York
2001 Oriental Blvd.
Brooklyn, NY 11235
(718) 368-5624
libby.garland@kingsborough.edu

 

Partial sponsorship provided by:

 

The New York Times

Follett
 

  


Conference Schedule

Friday, Oct. 2, 2009
  
12:00-5:30 p.m.

Registration (MAC Rotunda)
(Note: Participants who have signed up for site visits must arrive by noon on Friday)

 

12:30-4:30 p.m.

Guided Site Visits:

  • Coney Island: Exploration of the neighborhood, with a focus on the site’s history, the recent changes to the boardwalk area, and the city’s planned developments.
  • Downtown Brooklyn: Exploration of the neighborhoods around the Atlantic Yards, BAM, and Fulton Mall, with a focus on the history and future of commercial and cultural development.
  • Brooklyn Waterfront and Gowanus: Exploration of industrial, cultural and residential zones around the Gowanus Canal and the Red Hook waterfront.

For additional information on the guided site visits please see the "Related Events" page.

4:30-5:30 p.m.

Break
5:30-9:00 p.m.

Opening reception (MAC Rotunda)

  • Welcome: Regina Peruggi, President, Kingsborough Community College
  • Opening Comments: Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President
  • Performance by Indoda Entsha
  • Introduction:
    Dr. Eben Wood, Conference Co-Chair, Department of English, Kingsborough
    Community College
  • Keynote address: Kevin Powell, activist and author, Open Letters to America
  • Dinner
   
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009
  

8:00-9:00 a.m.

Breakfast buffet and exhibition viewing (Art Gallery/ S-building)

Art exhibition: “The Soul Is the Size of Elsewhere”: Brooklyn and Development

9:00-10:30 a.m.

MORNING PANELS - SESSION 1:

  • Waterfront
  • Literary Brooklyn
  • Disparate Neighborhoods
  • Transportation
  • Brooklyn at Eye Level

10:30-10:45 a.m.

Break
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

MORNING PANELS - SESSION 2:

  • Water and Work in the Literature of Brooklyn
  • Gentrification
  • Gastropolis
  • Public and Private Spaces
  • Highlights of the Brooklyn Trends Report

12:15-1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30-3:00 p.m.

AFTERNOON PANELS - SESSION 1

  • Atlantic Yards
  • Labor
  • History
  • Education
  • Experimental Spaces

3:00-3:15 p.m.

 Break
3:15-4:45 p.m.

AFTERNOON PANELS - SESSION 2

  • Coney Island
  • Life In/Between Two Cultures: The Russian Immigrant Community
  • Activism
  • Representations
  • Young Brooklyn