Veterans Oral History Project

Veterans Oral History Project
116 Pinehurst Ave Apt. 1B
New York, NY 10033

ph: 1-646-330-5751
fax: 1-866-631-2060

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Philip F. Napoli

Assistant Professor
20th Century US Social and Public History
Brooklyn College

Director
Veterans Oral History Project


514 Whitehead Hall
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
Department of History
Brooklyn, New York 11210

Phone: 1-646-330-5751
Fax: 1-866-631-2060
email: pnapoli@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Office Hours Fall 2008:

Monday and Wednesday 12:15 to 1:45

And by appointment

Please note: I am on a limited schedule in fall 2008 as I work to complete my oral history of New York City's Vietnam Veterans.


NB: As of Aug. 13 there are 5 seats still available in American Studies 68, American Popular Culture


Courses Taught BC History Department Page My (old) CV
Adjunct Instructor's Manual Links

Vietnam Oral History Project

I am preparing an oral history of New York's Vietnam Veterans.

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Vietnam veteran Ed Blanco has posted some photos taken at the December 13, 2007 opening of 
In Our Own Words: Portraits of Brooklyn Vietnam Veterans
an exhibition I co-curated with Kate Fermoile, VP for Exhibitions at the Brooklyn Historical Society.

Read the New York Sun article about the exhibition.

Read the Review of the exhibition
 in the Vietnam Veterans of America Veteran.

Read the New York Times article about the exhibition.

Read the New York Daily Newsarticle about the exhibition.

Read the History News Newtork blog posting about the exhibition.

Read the New York Sun article on the exhibition.

Read Denis Hamill's New York Daily News column,
"A Belated Holiday Card (No stamp Required)" about the exhibition.

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Read the New York Daily News article
"Vietnam Veterans, Share your Stories"
about the project.

Read the Newsday article about the project:
"Saving Vietnam Veteran's Experiences"

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Visit the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 72 web site
Visit the Incarcerated Veterans Consortium web site



Courses Taught:

  • Core 2.2
  • History 14: US History since 1865
  • History 43.4: US Social History from Reconstruction
  • History 43.9 Special topics: Vietnam and the American Experience of War
  • History 43.16: US Immigration and Ethnicity
  • History 43.17: The Public and the Past
  • History 43.18 & Amer 68: American Popular Culture
  • Histotry 69.2: Oral History in the Brooklyn Communities
 

Vietnam Memorial Wall
April 30, 2005
Photograph by Luigi Masu

 

Last Updated: January 23, 2008

 

 

 

Veterans Oral History Project
116 Pinehurst Ave Apt. 1B
New York, NY 10033

ph: 1-646-330-5751
fax: 1-866-631-2060