Announcements

Reminder about emails, logins, OneDrive files, and SETL

13 May 2026

I've been asked to pass along to everyone the following important notices from the College.

Your New Email & Microsoft 365 Apps Account. Your new student email address is now in this format: firstname.lastname##@stu-mail.lehman.cuny.edu. Your MS 365 Apps account is firstname.lastname##@login.cuny.edu, which is the same username and password you already use for CUNYfirst, Navigate, Brightspace, and other CUNY accounts.

Your previous lc.cuny.edu email will be turned off at the end of the Spring 2026 Semester. Also, your OneDrive files from your previous account (firstname.lastname@lc.cuny.edu) were not migrated to your new account. You must move any files you want to keep to your new OneDrive app within your MS 365 Apps account.

To log in to your new email account: Step 1: Go to https://outlook.office365.com/. Step 2: Sign in with your CUNY Login: firstname.lastname##@login.cuny.edu. Step 3: Use the same password you use for CUNYfirst/Brightspace. Step 4: Complete Microsoft MFA if prompted. Step 5: Open Outlook and check your new Lehman/CUNY email.

It is strongly advised that you log into your Lehman email regularly even if it is not your routine email account. Some official CUNY emails are only sent to your official school email accounts.

Student Evaluation of Teaching and Learning (SETL). I’ve also been asked to remind and encourage everyone to complete the student course evals. The survey is open, completely anonymous, and available until May 14 11:59 pm.

Students can also access the SETL Survey through their email, directly through Lehman 360 under My Apps, or at this link. Sign in with your CUNY Login account (firstname.lastname##@login.cuny.edu, i.e., the same username and password used for CUNYfirst, Navigate, Brightspace, and other CUNY systems).

Link to Lehman 360

Welcome to Week 13!

9 May 2026

This week we're talking about one of the most dramatic periods of the Roman story: the Third Century Crisis, in which everything goes wrong all at once. What do you think are the most prominent causes of the catastrophe? How related are the economic problems to the military setbacks and the political anarchy? How far back does this go? Are policies, people, or the nature of the principate the culprit?

The recovery from the Third Century Crisis takes the form of a number of new normals, including the division of the empire, a new conception of the emperorship known as the Dominate, and the interweaving of Christianity with the Roman political state. How much of the credit for the empire's recovery do you think should go to Diocletian and Constantine? What other factors made it possible for the empire to endure another century and a half in the west and a full millennium in the east after the near-fatal triple calamity of the Third Century? How inevitable was the empire's mutual intrusion with the church?

Finally comes the last stage of the Roman Empire in the west, while the eastern empire goes on without it. Given that the empire stabilizes itself in the fourth century, what do you think are the most telling factors in why the western half falls apart so rapidly in the fifth century? Could the Romans have done anything about it?

Now's a good time to think about the Roman idea. What perseveres about the idea of "Romanness" between Romulus and Romulus Augustus? There's something still palpably Roman that runs through this entire 1300-year story. What does Romanness, Romanitas, consist of? What remains consistent, and how does it evolve over the long centuries of Roman transformation?

Looking forward to discussing all of this with you. See you Thursday!

Link to Schedule page