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Upcoming Conferences, Lectures, and Workshops

October 16-17, 2009
The Burden of Our Times: The Origins of the Global Financial Crisis
On October 16 and 17, 2009, The Hannah Arendt Center for Ethical and Political Thinking at Bard College is hosting an international conference entitled “The Burden of Our Times: The Origins of the Global Financial Crisis.”
 

Past Conferences, Lectures, and Workshops

Past Conferences:

• May 4, 2009
  Lying in Politics: Hannah Arendt and The Persistence of Political Prevarication - A roundtable discussion that took place at Bard College on May 4, 2009 with Verity Smith (Harvard University), Julia Honkasalo (University of Helsinki, Finland), Krista Johannson (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Cassie Cornell (Bard College).
  
   
• February 11, 2009
  Hannah Arendt and the Banality of Evil: Reflections on Moral Blindness
  Featuring: Jacob Dahl Rendtorff (Roskilde University, Denmark), Artemy Magun (Smolny, St. Petersburg), Asma Abbas (Bard College at Simons Rock), Robyn Marasco (Williams College), Lori Marso (Union College), Laurie Naranch (Siena College), Chair: Roger Berkowitz (Bard College)
  
  

Past Events:

• October 14, 2006
  Thinking in Dark Times: The Legacy of Hannah Arendt
  Hannah Arendt would have celebrated her 100th birthday on October 14, 2006. To mark the occasion, Bard College hosted an international conference entitled "Thinking in Dark Times: The Legacy of Hannah Arendt." The conference took place on Friday, October 27 through Sunday, October 29 (for more information click here).