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BGIA Announces the James Chace Memorial Speaker Series Fall 2009 Line-Up

Please visit this link to learn more about the BGIA James Chace Memorial Speaker  Series Fall 2009 schedule.

Website: http://www.bard.edu/bgia/speakers

6 BGIA Alumni Receive Fulbrights

Ting Ting Cheng, who graduated from Bard College in May 2002 and currently a student at CUNY School of Law- Queens College, will study law in South Africa. While at BGIA in Fall 2001, Ting Ting interned at the Open Society Institute.

Mariana Giusti, who graduated from Bard College in May 2007, will study and research indigenous movements and politics in Peru and Bolivia. While at BGIA in Fall 2005, Mariana interned at The Hunger Project.

Molly Anders, who graduated from Bard College in May 2009, will study and research democracy and journalism in Jordan and other Middle Eastern countries. While at BGIA in Fall 2008, Molly interned at Newsweek International.

Gergely Lodinsky
, who graduated from Bard College in May 2009, will travel to the University of Vienna in Austria to study Austrian politics. While at BGIA in Fall 2007, Gergely interned at Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Alschuler, Inc.

Uriah Ferruccio,
who graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in December 2006, will spend 10 months as a Visiting Research Fellow at Peking University in China studying the country's changing attitudes toward the Arab-Israeli conflict. He also received a Critical Language Enhancement Award to spend 4 months studying Chinese in Harbin, China. While at BGIA in Fall 2007, Uriah interned at the International Center for Transitional Justice.

Jonathan Peyster
, who graduated from Bard College in May 2009, will travel to Qingdao University in China to research and compare the economic stimulus plans of China to the United States' through the Fulbright- Hays Group Project Abroad Program. While at BGIA in Fall 2007, Jonathan interned at the Asia Society.


BGIA Academic Director In The News

BGIA Academic Director and Bard College Dean of International Studies Jonathan Becker was featured in the  New York Times on February 15th regarding a new initiative in Jerusalem to create a joint liberal arts honors college and a master’s degree program in teaching at Al Quds University. For full text of his article, please click on the link below:

Website: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/world/middleeast/15quds.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=becker%20quds&st=cse

BGIA Faculty Member In The News

BGIA Faculty Member Mark Danner published an Op-Ed in the New York Times on March 14, 2009 entitled "Tales From Torture’s Dark World."For full text of his article, please click on the link below:

Website: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/opinion/15danner.html?scp=1&sq=mark%20danner&st=cse