Faculty News
Hubris and Delusion: Daniel Mendelsohn on the End of Hilary Mantel’s Tudor Trilogy
History, in one view, “is the record of what people have done: Richard Crookback, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn. The final installment of the ‘Wolf Hall’ trilogy is a reminder that a history is not the same as a story. I suspect that Mantel had already said everything she had to say about Thomas Cromwell in the first two books, but felt compelled—by her evident love for the character; perhaps, too, by the appetite of her audience for more—to doggedly follow the historical trail to its conclusion.” More >
Bard’s Pavlina R. Tcherneva: Look to Congress, Not the Fed, for Help on the Coronavirus
As the coronavirus barrels toward the U.S., all eyes are on the Federal Reserve, which on March 3 delivered a 50-basis-point interest-rate cut. But interest rates are a blunt tool for tackling the many challenges we’re facing, says Bard economist Pavlina R. Tcherneva. "What we need now is aggressive public-health-services mobilization and an economic stabilization package. And that’s the job of Congress, not the Fed.” More >
Recent News
- Opinion: Bard Diplomat in Residence Frederic C. Hof on the West’s “Pseudo Diplomacy” in Syria
- First Cow Review: Kelly Reichardt’s Latest Film Is “a Masterpiece,” Says the Times
- Cole Heinowitz’s Translation of Argentine Poet Alejandra Pizarnik’s Critical Essays Excerpted in Paris Review
- Waste Siege: Bard Anthropologist Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins on the Politics of Garbage in the West Bank
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