Faculty News
Bard College among Those “Reviving the College Dreams of Afghan Women,” Writes Inside Higher Ed
Last month, the Taliban banned all women in Afghanistan from attending universities, effectively cutting off hope for girls and women to pursue higher education in their country. Institutions like Bard College are fighting not only to offer educational resources to Afghan women, but to ask other colleges and universities to do the same. “We also know with the emergence of Ukraine, Afghanistan was already becoming old news soon after it began,” Jonathan Becker, vice president for academic affairs, said to Inside Higher Ed. “We’re trying to fight to keep its importance alive.” More >
Bard Film and Electronic Arts Professors Ephraim Asili MFA ’11 and Sky Hopinka Win Ford Foundation Grants for Documentary Film Projects Centered on Social Justice Issues
Filmmakers Ephraim Asili MFA ’11 and Sky Hopinka have been awarded JustFilms grants through the Ford Foundation in support of their documentary film projects. Asili, associate professor of film and electronic arts and director of the Film and Electronic Arts Program at Bard, received a grant for his new project Don & Moki: Organic Music Society. Hopinka, assistant professor of film and electronic arts at Bard and 2022 MacArthur Fellow, received a grant for his continuing project Powwow People. More >
Recent News
- “Good Evening, we are from Ukraine.” Maria Sonevytsky Examines the Development of a Viral Phrase for the Los Angeles Review of Books
- Diplomat in Residence Frederic C. Hof’s Lessons in Diplomacy from Wartime Lebanon
- Bard College Professor Jenny Xie Awarded a 2023 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship in Literature
- Professor Omar G. Encarnación Writes about the Resilience of Brazil’s Democracy for The Nation
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