CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art This solo exhibition will spotlight the originality, intelligence, and material pleasure in the singular practice of Brazilian artist Erika Verzutti through a survey of sculpture and wall works from over the past 15 years.
Open Wednesday – Monday, noon – 6:00 pm. Closed Tuesdays.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art The first major exhibition to center performance as an origin point for the development of contemporary art by Native American, First Nations, Inuit, and Alaska Native artists opens this June at the Center for Curatorial Studies’ (CCS Bard) Hessel Museum of Art. Curated by leading scholar and curator Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Indian Theater traces the history of experimentation that emerged from the Institute of American Indian Arts’ Department for New Native Theater in the late 1960s and continues to inform the practice of Native artists today. The exhibition brings together over 100 works by over 40 artists and collectives, including some new commissions, and performances by Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂), Jeffrey Gibson (The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee), Maria Hupfield (Anishnaabek, Wasauksing First Nation / Canada), Kite (Oglala Lakota), and Eric-Paul Riege (Diné).
Open Wednesday – Monday, noon – 6:00 pm. Closed Tuesdays.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Opening September 8 at Opalka Gallery, Albany, New York
Runs through Saturday, October 14, 2023
Opalka Gallery at Russell Sage College in Albany, New York The Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN) invites the public to its art exhibition To Be—Named, at Opalka Gallery at Russell Sage College in Albany, New York, with an opening reception on Friday, September 8.
The exhibition was created by EHCN in collaboration with Opalka Gallery in Albany, New York, and is dedicated to the topic of naming and the significance of names for the development or suppression of a person's identity. The exhibit in New York's Hudson Valley is the second station of an international project that includes exhibitions on the same theme in Germany, Greece, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Palestine, Republic of Sakha (online), and the US.
Names can make ancestry and knowledge of one's mother tongue visible. They are something very personal, but they can also be something very political, as the abuse of power can be exercised through naming.
The exhibition consists of six artistic conceptions from the US, which will be shown at all four locations and supplemented by local conceptions. With this approach of bringing together local and international artists, the show aims to promote a dialogue among the participating artists with different experiences and world views, as well as with the audience. In addition, specific discourses on the exhibition theme in the respective countries will also be addressed.
The works of Jenny Irene Miller, Luz María Sánchez, Bently Spang, Keith S. Wilson, Elizabeth Withstandley, Saya Woolfalk, and zhaoyuefan will be shown at all exhibition venues. They deal, among other things, with the loss of identity when names are translated into another cultural context and with the efforts of Indigenous cultures in North America to manifest their claim to cultural identity and attachment to territorial homelands through names and naming.
Through paintings, installations, films and photographs, the artists featured in the Albany exhibit address the traces of colonial history and colonial injustice that have manifested themselves over decades through naming, image appropriation or one-sided forms of historiography.
Featured artists: Aarati Akkapeddi Birding the Future (Krista Caballero and Frank Ekeberg) Jeremy Dennis Ellen Driscoll Jenny Irene Miller Native Land Digital Luz María Sánchez Jean-Marc Superville Sovak Bently Spang Sayo’:klʌ Kindness Williams Keith S. Wilson Elizabeth Withstandley Saya Woolfalk zhaoyuefan
Exhibit location: Opalka Gallery Russell Sage College 140 New Scotland Ave. Albany, NY
Dates: Sep 1 - Oct 14
Exhibit hours: Tuesday–Saturday 12–5pm open late Thursday 12–8 pm
Due to extenuating circumstances, the following performances of Ulysses have been canceled:
• Saturday, September 23 at 8 pm* • Sunday, September 24 at 3 pm • Thursday, September 28 at 8 pm • Friday, September 29 at 8 pm • Saturday, September 30 at 2 pm • Saturday, September 30 at 8 pm • Sunday, October 1 at 3 pm
*The after-party following Saturday evening’s performance has also been canceled.
If you have tickets to any of these performances, we have canceled and refunded your tickets. Members of the Box Office Team will contact you directly to process your refund if we do not have payment information on file.
We apologize for this inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact 845-758-7900, or email [email protected].
James Joyce’s Ulysses has fascinated, perplexed, scandalized, and/or defeated readers for over a century. Building on a rich history of staging modernist works—Gatz, The Sound and the Fury, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)—Elevator Repair Service (ERS) takes on this Mount Everest of twentieth-century literature in their Fisher Center debut. Seven performers sit down for a sober reading but soon find themselves guzzling pints, getting in brawls, and committing debaucheries as they careen on a fast-forward tour through Joyce’s funhouse of styles. With madcap antics and a densely layered sound design, ERS presents an eclectic sampling from Joyce’s life-affirming masterpiece.
Church of St John the Evangelist,1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services at the Church of St John the Evangelist (Episcopal) in Barrytown. Rides provided from the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am every Sunday throughout the academic year.
All are welcome!
Christians, Non-Christians, Spiritual but not Religious, Agnostics, Believers, Doubters, Seekers, Those who have questions about faith and religion, Those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world, Anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Hudson Valley Ramble - Montgomery Place Innovators and Influencers: Downing, Davis, Gilson, and White
Walk/Hike
Sunday, October 1, 2023 10:30 am – 12 pm
Montgomery Place Estate Long before there was online shopping, there were print catalogs; before the internet there were journals; before social media there were social circles; and before podcasts there were dinner parties. Meet some of the visitors and residents who made significant contributions to life at Montgomery Place while also shaping a wider worldview of their special field of interest. Highlighted personalities will include: A. J. Downing, landscape designer and founding journalist; A. J. Davis, architect and A-list invitee; Alexander Gilson, descendent of slaves, businessman, and groundbreaking gardener; Violetta White Delafield, scientist, pioneering mycologist, and outdoor wellness advocate. Walk will be postponed until October 8 only if heavy rain is forecast. Wear comfortable walking shoes and long pants. Difficulty: Moderate. Not suitable for children under age 7.Sponsored by: Bard Arboretum.
Faculty Recital: Yi-Wen Jiang, violin, and Frank Corliss, piano, performing Schubert, Ravel, Paganini, Albéniz, and more
Sunday, October 1, 2023 2–4 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space PROGRAM Franz Schubert: Violin Sonata in A minor, D.385 (Op.137, No.2) Maurice Ravel: Sonata No.2 in G Major Niccolò Paganini: “La Campanella” Franz von Vecsey: Caprice No.2, “Cascade” Moritz Moszkowski: Guitarre, Op.45, No.2 Jean Sibelius: Waltz, Op.81, No.3 Isaac Albéniz: “Sevilla” from Suite Española No.1, Op.47 Franz Waxman: Carmen Fantasie
Free and open to the public. Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9q3BpTlTYsSponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Montgomery Place Tour with the Cultural Landscape Foundation
What’s Out There Weekend: Rhinebeck and the Mid-Hudson Valley
Sunday, October 1, 2023 2–3 pm
Blithewood What’s Out There Weekend Rhinebeck and the Mid-Hudson Valley will illuminate the unique landscape legacy and local character of the region. The event offers two days of free, expert-led tours of some two dozen sites, encouraging participants to discover the little-known design history of places they may pass every day.
Join us for tours of Blithewood Garden on September 30 from 10:00 to 11:00 am, led by Bard College Formal Gardener Bridget Maple ’05, and Montgomery Place on October 1 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm, led by Montgomery Place Garden and Grounds Docent Henry Woods.
Tours are free, but attendance is limited. Please register in advance.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Bard On Television plans to host biweekly club meetings on 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/5, 11/19, and 12/3 from 6–7:30 pm.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge Needlecraft Club is a resource for all students, regardless of ability level, to come together and knit/crochet/embroider/etc. in a relaxed and open environment. Anyone can drop by to work on an existing project, start a new one, and receive help from other members.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, October 2, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline Commons Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture, and the foreign language community at Bard.
Since Ukrainian language instruction is not currently available at Bard, we also welcome folks interested in learning some basic Ukrainian phrases to join us!Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Experimental Humanities Open House and Moderation Gathering
Monday, October 2, 2023 4–6 pm
New Annandale House Please join Krista Caballero and Laura Kunreuther, codirectors of EH this year, for an informal meeting about moderating into an Experimental Humanities concentration. We will discuss the process of moderation, hear from already moderated students, and get to know other potential moderators.
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 During this gentle Kripalu Yoga flow, students are invited to play with their edge, experiment with what works for their body, and make the practice their very own. In this yoga of compassion, we move through centering techniques and flow through postures, keeping an emphasis on the breath. Kripalu Yoga invites experimentation and inquiry into every movement and moment—come play!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Support for students coming from non-median, Bard-like backgrounds who don’t have a robust/sufficient external support system. Primarily focusing on how to make life skills more accessible, trying to think about what skills are transferable in life. Creating a space for people to do practical DIY projects.
Bimonthly meetings on 9/25, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13. 11/27, 12/11.
Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x7097, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation room, Center for Spiritual Live, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Mondays and Thursdays, 6–7 pm. Join at any time, for any length of time.
Monday: Guided Meditation 6:00–6:15 pm Meditation introduction and dharma teaching 6:15–6:45 pm Meditation for half an hour 6:45–7:00 pm Walking meditation and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6–7 pm Meditation in stillness
The meditation sessions are followed by sangha community time with refreshments. For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium On Monday, October 2 at 6 pm in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Reem-Kayden Center (RKC), Isabella Hammad will read from her work. She will be introduced by Middle Eastern Studies Director Ziad Dallal. The reading will be followed by a discussion moderated by Dinaw Mengestu, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of the Humanities and director of the Written Arts Program.
Isabella Hammad is the author of The Parisian and Enter Ghost. She was awarded the 2018 Plimpton Prize for Fiction, an O. Henry Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Palestine Book Award and a Betty Trask Award, and she was a National Book Foundation “5 under 35.” Her work has been supported with fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, and the Columbia University Institute for Ideas and Imagination, and she has taught literature and creative writing at NYU, Brown, and Al Quds Bard College. In 2023, she was included in the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list.
Read more about Isabella's work here. Sponsored by: Center for Ethics and Writing, Written Arts Program, and Middle Eastern Studies Program.
The Bard Student Tenant Union is hosting a town hall open to all students who want to discuss their housings issues and complaints.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space The opening concert of the sixth annual China Now Music Festival features the NY debut of the Bard East/West Ensemble, an innovative music group combining Chinese and Western instruments to create a new model of cross-cultural performance.
The program features new arrangements of music by Tan Dun, Zhou Long, and Aaron Copland, as well as several new works by outstanding young composers from China, including members of the legendary faculty of the Central Conservatory of Music. Internationally renowned pipa virtuoso Wu Man will join the ensemble to perform a new arrangement of Zhou Long’s popular pipa concerto, ‘King Chu Doff’s His Armor’.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
OSUN Summit on Mobility & Immobility: Keynote Panel and Film Screening
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 – Wednesday, October 4, 2023 9–10:30 am
Online Event The OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives, the OSUN Civic Engagement Initiative (CEI), and Bard High School Early Colleges (BHSEC) invite the OSUN community to join two special online events taking place during the OSUN Summit on Mobility & Immobility, running October 2-6.
Two "blended" events will be livestreamed from Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya and Bard High School Early Colleges in Bronx, NY:
Keynote Panel on Mobility and Immobility
Tuesday, October 3 9 AM Bronx, New York, US l 4 PM Kakuma, Kenya
Film Screening and Discussion of "The Bridge"
Wednesday, October 4 9 AM Bronx, New York, US l 4 PM Kakuma, Kenya
The full agenda for the October 2-6 Summit is available below.
The Summit is part of OSUN's broader commitment to raising awareness and opening access to higher education and research opportunities for those affected by displacement, in the lead up to the second UNHCR's Global Refugee Forum in December 2023 in Geneva. There, OSUN will convene a key panel on the power of networks to achieve change in the refugee education landscape and will serve as the co-lead on the 15% by 30 Multistakeholder Pledge, alongside UNHCR, the Government of Germany, and Times Higher Education.
Kappa House Have a question about Disability Access Services? Stop by Kappa House for walk-in questions about our office and services! We will be there in the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) at 9 Library Road from noon to 2:00 pm on Tuesdays! For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/accessibility/students/.
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture, and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Squash Courts This indoor cycle class focuses on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity, and recovery with an upbeat playlist to keep you moving! Many different techniques are used to work the legs, core, and arms making this class a full body workout! All fitness levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please bring sneakers (or clip-in cycling shoes), water, and a small towel.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 1:15–2:15 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Spanish Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 5–6 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Chinese Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin Humanities, Room 307 Lecture from a Bard professor about James Joyce and a Catholic philosopher Saint Thomas. Everyone is welcome.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Last Tango in Ogygia: Human and Divine in Odyssey 5
Jenny Strauss Clay, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Classics Emerita at the University of Virginia
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 5–6:30 pm
Olin Humanities, Room 102 The fifth book of the Odyssey—the first to focus exclusively on the epic’s hero—may in some sense be considered the beginning of the epic proper. Its action constitutes a coherent arc that takes the hero from his captivity on Calypso’s island to the land of the Phaeacians, who will bring him back at last to Ithaca. But in addition to its narrative unity, Book 5 possesses a significant thematic unity, one centering on the issue of mortality and immortality. Although the stage is set by il gran rifituto—Odysseus’ refusal of Calypso’s offer of immortality and his choice to return to Ithaca—the tension between the divine and human in fact permeates the book in ways both obvious and subtle. Calypso’s love for the mortal Odysseus, Hermes’ distaste for his mission, Poseidon’s fury, and the aid of Leocothea, who once was mortal but is now immortal, all ring the changes on the possibilities for, and tensions inherent in, divine-human interactions. They also serve to position the Odyssey at a pivotal moment in the relations between gods and mortals: their previous intimacy is waning, and apotheosis belongs to a bygone era. This central theme not only dominates Book Five from beginning to end, but it offers a framework for the whole poem.Sponsored by: Classical Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room An opportunity to discuss the ways in which disability had been overlooked in our community.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Ukrainian Solidarity Club - Get to Know Ukraine via Memes
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 6–7:30 pm
Campus Center, Weis Cinema Join the event and find out how humor serves as a source for Ukrainians to remain strong, resilient and motivates them to continue fighting against Russian aggression. Don't miss a unique opportunity to connect with Ukraine through humor.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Uljana Wolf, Distinguished German Poet and Essayist
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 6:30–8 pm
Hegeman 204A What is a mother tongue, seen by day? Or at night, awake next to a crib? Or when someone changes diapers, performing tasks that interrupt the poem, or the I? Is this then a broken, stuttering language? A muttering tongue? A language never alone with itself, always with room for others? Since her debut collection kochanie ich habe brot gekauft (2005), which was awarded the prestigious Peter Huchel-Preis, Uljana Wolf's poems and essays have been listening to the dissolution of language in the murmur or Mutter of a shimmering multiplicity. Now finally her debut kochanie, today i bought bread has been translated into English by Greg Nissan (World Poetry Books). Simultaneously, Uljana Wolf’s new poetry collection in German, muttertask (kookbooks, 2023) attempts to blend the translingual trajectories of her latest poems with the lyrical beginnings of kochanie.
Wolf will read from the new translation of kochanie ich habe brot gekauft alongside with German poems rom her new book, muttertask, as well as discuss her essays on translation and translingualism from Etymologischer Gossip.Sponsored by: Bard Translation and Translatability Initiative; German Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 6:50–7:50 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Middle Eastern Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
OSUN Summit on Mobility & Immobility: Keynote Panel and Film Screening
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 – Wednesday, October 4, 2023 9–10:30 am
Online Event The OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives, the OSUN Civic Engagement Initiative (CEI), and Bard High School Early Colleges (BHSEC) invite the OSUN community to join two special online events taking place during the OSUN Summit on Mobility & Immobility, running October 2-6.
Two "blended" events will be livestreamed from Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya and Bard High School Early Colleges in Bronx, NY:
Keynote Panel on Mobility and Immobility
Tuesday, October 3 9 AM Bronx, New York, US l 4 PM Kakuma, Kenya
Film Screening and Discussion of "The Bridge"
Wednesday, October 4 9 AM Bronx, New York, US l 4 PM Kakuma, Kenya
The full agenda for the October 2-6 Summit is available below.
The Summit is part of OSUN's broader commitment to raising awareness and opening access to higher education and research opportunities for those affected by displacement, in the lead up to the second UNHCR's Global Refugee Forum in December 2023 in Geneva. There, OSUN will convene a key panel on the power of networks to achieve change in the refugee education landscape and will serve as the co-lead on the 15% by 30 Multistakeholder Pledge, alongside UNHCR, the Government of Germany, and Times Higher Education.
Late Drop Period Ends (last day to drop a class) Pass/Fail Grading Option Deadline (last day for students to petition faculty to take a class pass/fail)
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Bard College Campus Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room
Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Russian/Eurasian Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 This class blends optimal alignment with the movement and grace of vinyasa flow. Class includes seated, standing, and supine poses. The vinyasa segment moves at a moderate pace allowing alignment cues to be woven in. A slower flow is accessible for newer students and allows more experienced students to refine their poses.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 1–2 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; German Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Jewish Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Thinking about teaching abroad after Bard?
JET: Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program
JET has hired Bardians to work and teach English in Japan!
Hear from JET recruiter and Bard alumni/ae about teaching and working in Japan. Learn about the application process and fall deadlines!
Join us!
Wednesday, October 4, 4:15–5:15 pm In-person: Campus Center, Yellow Room 214
A great way to spend your post-graduate year doing something impactful!
This Event is Part of L.A.B (Life After Bard) Senior Series but is Open to ALL Students! For more information, call 845-758-7539, or e-mail [email protected].
Albee Basement (Chaplaincy) All are welcome to join our knitting group that meets weekly. For those who do not yet know how to knit, we will give you a starter kit that includes knitting needles and yarn, providing you with one-on-one instructions. We also provide help and support for any knitting projects that you are working on. Come and have a relaxing hour of knitting and good fellowship!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library Banned Books week is October 1 through 7. Join us at the library to read aloud from frequently banned and challenged books. Books will be provided and on display, or bring your own copy to read from. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, call 845-758-7064, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 6–7:30 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Italian Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Shea House Join the Beyond 30 Campus Road team this Wednesday, October 6 for a Bubble Tea Mixer at 6:00 pm inside Shea House (building #71 on the map). We will discuss our initiative that works to bridge local issues with global impact. Our goal is to make advocacy more accessible by providing students with the resources and support needed to host events centered around important issues, all while leveraging the connecting power of food. We hope to see you there!Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Campus Center, Weis Cinema Lukas Dhont's film ‘Close’ is a study of friendship and the expectations of masculinity placed on boys, inspired by the research of psychologist Niobe Way. Way will be a keynote speaker at our Annual Conference, Friendship & Politics.
Olin LC 118 This is a Narcotics Anonymous Meeting open to anyone. It is a support group to help students struggling with addiction or curious to learn more about it. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Bard East/West Ensemble with special guest Wu Man – NYC
China Now Music Festival – The Bridge of Music
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 7–8:45 pm
Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall Jazz at Lincoln Center, Columbus Circle, New York, NY The sixth annual China Now Music Festival returns to the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center for the NY debut of the Bard East/West Ensemble, an innovative music group combining Chinese and Western instruments to create a new model of cross-cultural performance.
The program features new arrangements of music by Tan Dun, Zhou Long, and Aaron Copland, as well as several new works by outstanding young composers from China, including members of the legendary faculty of the Central Conservatory of Music. Internationally renowned pipa virtuoso Wu Man will join the ensemble to perform a new arrangement of Zhou Long’s popular pipa concerto, ‘King Chu Doff’s His Armor’.
Men's Soccer vs. RPI (Breast Cancer Awareness - Kick it Pink)
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 7–9 pm
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The Men's Soccer team compete in a conference match against RPI. The game theme is Breast Cancer Awareness - Kick it Pink. Come out and support Men's Soccer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Reem-Kayden Center Room 100 Weekly meeting of the Bard CS Club. We'll be working on technical projects together or doing workshops! RKC 100.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation room, Center for Spiritual Live, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Mondays and Thursdays, 6–7 pm. Join at any time, for any length of time.
Monday: Guided Meditation 6:00–6:15 pm Meditation introduction and dharma teaching 6:15–6:45 pm Meditation for half an hour 6:45–7:00 pm Walking meditation and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6–7 pm Meditation in stillness
The meditation sessions are followed by sangha community time with refreshments. For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Squash Courts This indoor cycle class focuses on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity, and recovery with an upbeat playlist to keep you moving! Many different techniques are used to work the legs, core, and arms making this class a full body workout! All fitness levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please bring sneakers (or clip-in cycling shoes), water, and a small towel.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Thursday, October 5, 2023 12:30–1:30 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard. Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Thursday, October 5, 2023 1:30–2:30 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Arendt Center There is an ancient Jewish practice of studying a specific Biblical portion, known as the parsha, each week. We're re-inaugurating the Bard parsha circle, open to everyone (though especially students) of all religious backgrounds, and meeting weekly on Thursdays at 1:30 pm in the Hannah Arendt Center seminar room.As a group, we’ll wrestle with the familiar-foreign biblical text, using multiple translations. Snacks will be provided! With Joshua Boettiger. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 This club is a space created to center the lives and experiences of the queer and gender-nonconforming people of color both on Bard's campus and beyond. It's a place for conversation and action. It's a place that recognizes and affirms the lives of those whose lives are too often forgotten and erased. Though it was made intentionally to elevate the voices of QTPOC, allies and accomplices are welcome, but only with the understanding that your voices will not be centered and that you are there to learn and support.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
In A Nimble Arc, art historian Emilie Boone shifts focus from photographer James Van Der Zee’s renowned Harlem Renaissance work to his role in documenting and advancing “quotidian” Black American life. Van Der Zee was born in 1886. His self-taught skills were augmented by his early training as a department store photography assistant. He maintained a studio in Harlem for decades, and throughout his long life, he photographed a range of notable Black figures, including Countee Cullen and Jean-Michel Basquiat. But beyond Van Der Zee’s portraits of writers, entertainers, and artists were his photographs of other Harlem residents, like an elegant woman posing by a piano with a white cat and a statuesque preacher known as the “Barefoot Prophet.” This talk will examine James Van Der Zee’s legacy in the context of twentieth-century Harlem.
Sponsored by: Art History and Visual Culture Program; Photography Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4658, or e-mail [email protected].
US Policy in Asia Pacific: A Conversation with Susan Thornton
BGIA Chace Talk, cohosted by the National Committee on American Foreign Policy
Thursday, October 5, 2023 6–7:30 pm
BGIA (NYC) Join us for a conversation that looks at US policy in the Asia Pacific region with seasoned diplomat Susan Thornton at BGIA in midtown Manhattan.Sponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
Stevenson Library What makes a community? What do we give up to be part of one? Join Johnny Brennan and Alexa Murphy for discussions on The Civically Engaged Reader by Adam Davis. Copies of select reading(s) will be provided upon sign-up. Space is limited and it is first come first serve, so please sign up here or email Sarah at [email protected]. You will get a confirmation email of your spots. You do not need to attend all four discussions.
When: Discussion 1: Associating - October 5 from 6:30–7:30 pm led by Johnny Discussion 2: Serving - October 19 from 6:30–7:30 pm led by Johnny Discussion 3: Giving - November 2 from 6:30–7:30 pm led by Alexa Discussion 4: Leading - November 16 from 6:30–7:30 pm led by Alexa Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
For more information, call 845-758-7316, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin Humanities, Room 107 Interested in learning more about the Bard Debate Union? Stop by our weekly meeting and meet the coaches and learn about all that we do—competitive debate, public debates, prison debates, international debates, and more! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Thursday evening, come bake challah and help prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose, they are also a wonderful opportunity for students to chat, relax, and engage with one another with the openness and closeness that seem so natural in kitchens. All are welcome. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
You don't have to leave campus to spend a night at the pub! Come to the pub!! Activities will take place throughout the night, including karaoke, trivia, and more!Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Friday, October 6, 2023 11 am – 12 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Classical Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kingston Mosque The Muslim Student Organization (MSO) offers transportation for anyone who would like to go to the mosque on Fridays for Jummah Prayers. The pick-up time is at 12:00 p.m. for the Kingston Mosque and the departure time from the Mosque is 2 p.m. Time is flexible based on who is driving and how many people join.
Fisher Studio Arts Building The goal of life drawing is to quickly capture a model’s pose, anatomy, and relationship to space. At the same time, it’s about experimenting with mediums and materials to best express the mood and feeling of what you’re seeing in front of you. Life drawing is a challenging but satisfying way to learn and improve your skills. It is also a varied practice, a session can start with one-minute poses and end with a 30-minute pose. This versatility helps develop different skill sets. Studio Arts majors and people with no previous experience are welcome!Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Friday evening, we gather for a short Shabbat prayer service with singing and discussion, followed by a vegetarian Shabbat dinner. All Bardians are welcome to join us for any part of the evening. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
The Orchestra Now Celebrates the Music of Chen Yi and Zhou Long
CHINA NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL: The Bridge of Music
Friday, October 6, 2023 7–8 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Pre-concert talk with composers at 6 pm
The Orchestra Now Jindong Caiconductor
The China Now Music Festival returns to the Sosnoff stage for its sixth season with a concert honoring two of the most influential composers from China working in the US today, Zhou Long and Chen Yi. Led by maestro Jindong Cai, The Orchestra Now (TŌN) will perform US premieres of major symphonic works by this legendary couple and their renowned teacher at Columbia University, Chou Wenchung. With the addition of two pieces by their young protégées Zhou Juan and Li Shaosheng, who now have major careers in China, the program links three generations of composers to highlight the generational bridge that Chen Yi and Zhou Long have built between the country of their birth and the one they now call home — a musical bridge between China and the US that is both strong and enduring.
This concert is presented by the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, in collaboration with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, as part of the 6th annual China Now Music Festival: The Bridge of Music. More information about the program and this year’s festival at www.barduschinamusic.org/the-bridge-of-music.
Sponsored by: The Orchestra Now; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The Men's soccer team compete in a conference match against Union College. Come out and support Men's Soccer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Asia Society – Panel Discussion / Music Forum: Cultural Diplomacy in the U.S.-China Relationship
China Now Music Festival – The Bridge of Music
Saturday, October 7, 2023 3–5 pm
Asia Society of New York, 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10021 Enjoy an afternoon of engaging discussion and live music as Asia Society of New York and the US-China Music Institute at Bard College present a panel of experts from diverse perspectives to look towards the future of US-China relations in music.
Over the past 50 years, classical music exchange between the US and China has brought many benefits to both nations and remains one of the bright spots in an otherwise complex relationship. Speakers will share their thoughts, experiences, and vision as to how we can best continue developing this relationship going forward, despite the strained political relationship and other obstacles.
Tickets: $25 ($10 for Asia Society Members and students)
Faculty Recital: Luosha Fang ’11, violin, with Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano
Violin and piano duo performs Bach, Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Stravinsky
Saturday, October 7, 2023 7–9 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Violinist and violist Luosha Fang ’11brings her adventurous spirit to music ranging from canonical repertoire to world premieres. She was a member of the Bard Conservatory's very first entering class in 2005, and after graduating in 2011 with a double degree in violin performance and Russian Studies, she went on to study violin and viola at the Curtis Institute and the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid. Luosha joined the Bard Conservatory violin/viola faculty in 2019.
As a violinist, she has performed as soloist with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Atlantic Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra, the West Virginia Symphony, the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, and the American Symphony Orchestra, with whom she gave the US premiere of the Grażyna Bacewicz Violin Concerto No. 5. With the Albany Symphony Orchestra, she recorded George Tsontakis’s double violin concerto "Unforgettable" for release on NAXOS Records. She performed Kurtag Concertantes with The Orchestra Now at Carnegie Hall in the spring of 2023. As violist she has performed as soloist with the New Japan Philharmonic, the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, the TOHO-Gakuen Orchestra, the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra.
Zhenni Li-Cohen’s riveting presence and passionate performances have brought audiences to their feet around the world. Hailed for her “torrents of voluptuous sound...Li impresses as an artist of tremendous conviction, who fascinates even as she provokes“ by Gramophone Magazine, “a thrillingly good pianist” by The New Yorker and for her "...big, gorgeous tone and a mesmerizing touch" by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Ms. Li-Cohen has performed in such notable venues as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and WQXR’s Greene Space in New York, Philadelphia’s Kimmel Performing Arts Center, Washington D.C.’s Smithsonian Museum, San Jose’s California Theater, the Helsinki Music Center in Finland, the Grieghallen in Norway and the Berliner Philharmonie in Germany. After studies at Julliard, Yale University, and McGill University, she began concertizing in earnest, earning worldwide recognition as the winner of the 2017 New York Concert Artists Worldwide Debut Audition, Astral Artist’s 2016 National Auditions, the Grieg International Competition in Norway, and the unanimous 1st Prize at the Concours Musical de France.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Church of St John the Evangelist,1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services at the Church of St John the Evangelist (Episcopal) in Barrytown. Rides provided from the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am every Sunday throughout the academic year.
All are welcome!
Christians, Non-Christians, Spiritual but not Religious, Agnostics, Believers, Doubters, Seekers, Those who have questions about faith and religion, Those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world, Anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
The Orchestra Now Celebrates the Music of Chen Yi and Zhou Long – NYC
China Now Music Festival – The Bridge of Music
Sunday, October 8, 2023 3–5 pm
Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall Jazz at Lincoln Center, Columbus Circle, New York, NY The sixth annual China Now Music Festival closes with a symphonic concert in honor of the 70th year of two extraordinary Chinese American composers, Chen Yi and Zhou Long.
The Orchestra Now and conductor Jindong Cai perform major works by the legendary couple, along with pieces by their mentor and teacher Chou Wen-chung and two of their acclaimed students, Zhou Juan and Li Shaosheng.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, October 9, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline Commons Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture, and the foreign language community at Bard.
Since Ukrainian language instruction is not currently available at Bard, we also welcome folks interested in learning some basic Ukrainian phrases to join us!Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 During this gentle Kripalu Yoga flow, students are invited to play with their edge, experiment with what works for their body, and make the practice their very own. In this yoga of compassion, we move through centering techniques and flow through postures, keeping an emphasis on the breath. Kripalu Yoga invites experimentation and inquiry into every movement and moment—come play!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Support for students coming from non-median, Bard-like backgrounds who don’t have a robust/sufficient external support system. Primarily focusing on how to make life skills more accessible, trying to think about what skills are transferable in life. Creating a space for people to do practical DIY projects.
Bimonthly meetings on 9/25, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13. 11/27, 12/11.
Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x7097, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation room, Center for Spiritual Live, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Mondays and Thursdays, 6–7 pm. Join at any time, for any length of time.
Monday: Guided Meditation 6:00–6:15 pm Meditation introduction and dharma teaching 6:15–6:45 pm Meditation for half an hour 6:45–7:00 pm Walking meditation and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6–7 pm Meditation in stillness
The meditation sessions are followed by sangha community time with refreshments. For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kappa House Have a question about Disability Access Services? Stop by Kappa House for walk-in questions about our office and services! We will be there in the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) at 9 Library Road from noon to 2:00 pm on Tuesdays! For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/accessibility/students/.
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture, and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Squash Courts This indoor cycle class focuses on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity, and recovery with an upbeat playlist to keep you moving! Many different techniques are used to work the legs, core, and arms making this class a full body workout! All fitness levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please bring sneakers (or clip-in cycling shoes), water, and a small towel.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 1:15–2:15 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Spanish Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 5–6 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Chinese Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 6:50–7:50 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Middle Eastern Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room
Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Russian/Eurasian Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 This class blends optimal alignment with the movement and grace of vinyasa flow. Class includes seated, standing, and supine poses. The vinyasa segment moves at a moderate pace allowing alignment cues to be woven in. A slower flow is accessible for newer students and allows more experienced students to refine their poses.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 1–2 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; German Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Jewish Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Albee Basement (Chaplaincy) All are welcome to join our knitting group that meets weekly. For those who do not yet know how to knit, we will give you a starter kit that includes knitting needles and yarn, providing you with one-on-one instructions. We also provide help and support for any knitting projects that you are working on. Come and have a relaxing hour of knitting and good fellowship!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 6–7:30 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Italian Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin LC 118 This is a Narcotics Anonymous Meeting open to anyone. It is a support group to help students struggling with addiction or curious to learn more about it. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Reem-Kayden Center Room 100 Weekly meeting of the Bard CS Club. We'll be working on technical projects together or doing workshops! RKC 100.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
The Art of Friendship: A Student Exhibition & Community Dinner Party
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Campus Center Art of Friendship Student Exhibition Submission Deadline: October 1
Starting the night before our 2023 Annual Conference on Friendship & Politics, the Hannah Arendt Center invites you to explore a diverse collection of student artworks, all inspired by the spirit of friendship. These pieces offer a variety of perspectives, all through different mediums, on the nature of human connection. As you explore, take note that selected artworks are available for purchase, supporting our talented student artists. Submit your artwork here!
We especially encourage students who do not study art formally, and thus don't have as many opportunities to exhibit their work, to submit something. We want your poems, paintings, photos, prints, drawings, knits, crochet pieces, and whatever other artwork you have made that you feel captures the spirit of friendship. If your artwork is accepted into the exhibition, there will be an option to sell your piece. Pieces unfortunately must be limited to art that can be hung on a wall, and artists are responsible for obtaining a physical piece to be hung in the exhibit.
The exhibition will run from October 11-November 17. Location: Campus Center
Art of Friendship Community Dinner Party
To kickoff the exhibit we are holding a special community dinner party at MPR, Campus Center at 5:30 pm RSVP to join us here.
Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center.
Public Conversation: What is Liberal Arts and Sciences Education?
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 9–10 am
Online Event 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna
The OSUN Liberal Arts and Sciences Collaborative (LASC) invites the OSUN community to the first installment of its new monthly public conversation series. Each month LASC will be facilitating a 60-minute, in-depth discussion around a topic/concern of relevance to the state of LAS education globally. In October, LASC will explore how we understand LAS education, including its core characteristics and its global histories.
Mark Paul: "Freedom Is Not Enough: The Case for Economic Rights in the US"
EDI Fall 2023 Keynote Lecture
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 12–1:30 pm
Campus Center, Weis Cinema Mark Paul is an Assistant Professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and former fellow of the Roosevelt Institute and Data for Progress. His research and writing have appeared in the New York Times, The Economist, Washington Post, The Financial Times, among other publications. He has testified to Congress on numerous occasions, including most recently in March 2023 to House Oversight on President Biden's energy policies and inflation. The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights (University of Chicago Press) is his first book.
EDI 2023 Keynote Address by Mark Paul: Freedom Is Not Enough–The Case for Economic Rights in the US
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 12–1:30 pm
Online Event 12 PM New York l 6 PM Vienna
OSUN's Economic Democracy Initiative presents its 2023 Fall Keynote Address by Mark Paul, Assistant Professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and former fellow of the Roosevelt Institute and Data for Progress. His research and writing have appeared in the New York Times, The Economist, Washington Post, and The Financial Times, among other publications. He has testified to Congress on numerous occasions, including most recently in March 2023 to House Oversight on President Biden's energy policies and inflation. The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights (University of Chicago Press) is his first book.
Remittances, Immunization, and Gender: Polio and Girl Children in the Punjab
Levy Institute Research Program of Gender Equality and the Economy: A Speaker Series Featuring Aniruddha Mitra, Associate Professor of Economics, Bard College
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 5–6 pm
Blithewood
The Gender Equality and the Economy Program of the Levy Economics Institute hosts a speaker series with practitioners and scholars across disciplines from around the globe to address the ever-relevant topic of “Gender Equality and the Economy.” Speakers will present their research and discuss differing approaches to economic analyses through a gender lens. The series highlights the importance of taking an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the implications of how gender and economic inequalities intersect in history, policy, and the everyday.
Join us for our first session with Aniruddha Mitra, Associate Professor of Economics, Bard College, on Wednesday, October 11, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room, or on Zoom. Professor Mitra’s presentation will be followed by an open Q&A session with audience members – both those in person and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions.
Light refreshments will be served. Register to attend via Zoom here.
Abstract: This study investigates if household access to migration and resultant remittance income in the Punjab province of Pakistan has helped to mitigate economic constraints that prevent children receiving necessary vaccination against Polio and Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR). Based on a Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey conducted in 2014, we find that access to remittance income, be it from within Pakistan or abroad, robustly increases the likelihood of children under five receiving the necessary vaccination. However, a more disaggregated analysis paints a far less optimistic picture: while remittances significantly improve the immunization likelihood of boys under five, they have virtually no impact on the corresponding likelihood for girl children. As such, access to remittances may not be sufficient to overcome the stark gender differentials in child immunization that have been documented across South Asia.
Aniruddha Mitra is an Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College, where he also directs the Global and International Studies program. He completed his dissertation at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and taught at Middlebury College prior to joining Bard in 2012. His research pursues three intersecting lines of inquiry, namely, the impact of transnational migration and associated transfers; the amelioration and consequences of gender inequality; and the incidence and impact of political violence.
For additional information on this and future events in the speaker series, please visit tinyurl.com/LevyGenderSeries Sponsored by: Levy Economics Institute.
For more information, call 845-758-7714, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center The Women's Volleyball team compete in a conference match against Vassar. Come out and support Women's Volleyball! Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability - Online Info Session
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 7–8 pm
Online Event Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational webinars for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs. Learn about our programs directly from Director Eban Goodstein and the admissions team. There will be a time for questions at the end of the session.
WHAT WE COVER:
Overview of graduate program offerings
Alumni success and career outcomes
Admissions information
Prerequisite course information
Peace Corps, and AmeriCorps programs
Financial aid and scholarships
Tips for a standout application
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation room, Center for Spiritual Live, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Mondays and Thursdays, 6–7 pm. Join at any time, for any length of time.
Monday: Guided Meditation 6:00–6:15 pm Meditation introduction and dharma teaching 6:15–6:45 pm Meditation for half an hour 6:45–7:00 pm Walking meditation and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6–7 pm Meditation in stillness
The meditation sessions are followed by sangha community time with refreshments. For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Squash Courts This indoor cycle class focuses on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity, and recovery with an upbeat playlist to keep you moving! Many different techniques are used to work the legs, core, and arms making this class a full body workout! All fitness levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please bring sneakers (or clip-in cycling shoes), water, and a small towel.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Thursday, October 12, 2023 12:30–1:30 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard. Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Thursday, October 12, 2023 1:30–2:30 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Arendt Center There is an ancient Jewish practice of studying a specific Biblical portion, known as the parsha, each week. We're re-inaugurating the Bard parsha circle, open to everyone (though especially students) of all religious backgrounds, and meeting weekly on Thursdays at 1:30 pm in the Hannah Arendt Center seminar room.As a group, we’ll wrestle with the familiar-foreign biblical text, using multiple translations. Snacks will be provided! With Joshua Boettiger. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 This club is a space created to center the lives and experiences of the queer and gender-nonconforming people of color both on Bard's campus and beyond. It's a place for conversation and action. It's a place that recognizes and affirms the lives of those whose lives are too often forgotten and erased. Though it was made intentionally to elevate the voices of QTPOC, allies and accomplices are welcome, but only with the understanding that your voices will not be centered and that you are there to learn and support.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin Humanities, Room 107 Interested in learning more about the Bard Debate Union? Stop by our weekly meeting and meet the coaches and learn about all that we do—competitive debate, public debates, prison debates, international debates, and more! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Thursday evening, come bake challah and help prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose, they are also a wonderful opportunity for students to chat, relax, and engage with one another with the openness and closeness that seem so natural in kitchens. All are welcome. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Indigenous Research Methods & Practice: Refusal, Creation, and Intersectionality
Rethinking Place Conference 2023
Thursday, October 12, 2023 – Saturday, October 14, 2023
Bard College will host the second annual conference of Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuck from October 12 through 14. The conference, “Indigenous Research Methods and Practice in the Liberal Arts: Refusal, Creation, and Intersectionality,” explores the topic of “research” within the humanities. Building on last year’s conference surrounding methods, viewpoints, and experiences of archives within Native American and Indigenous Studies and African-American Studies, this conference explores historically marginalized epistemologies of social sciences and arts research. This is the second of three annual conferences supported by Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuck, part of the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities for All Times initiative. For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://rethinkingplace.bard.edu/conference2023.
Thursday, October 12, 2023 – Friday, October 13, 2023
Online Event Thursday-Friday, October 12-13
The Hannah Arendt Humanities Network invites members of the OSUN community to register for free to watch and participate online in its conference on "Friendship & Politics," which will be livestreamed.
The conference will be led by Thomas Bartscherer, the Peter Sourian Senior Lecturer in the Humanities at Bard College and a Senior Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center.
Among the questions to be discussed: What is friendship and why is it meaningful? Is there a crisis of friendship today? How do the politics of identity and the culture of individualism affect the formation of personal and political friendships? How can we nurture the intimate and public friendships that allow us to flourish? What is the possibility of long-distance epistolary friendships in the internet age?
World Mental Health Day: Psychological First Aid Training
Thursday, October 12, 2023 – Friday, October 13, 2023 9–10:30 am
Online Event 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna
Psychological First Aid is a one-hour online training that will help faculty and staff learn trauma-informed techniques that they can use to assist students or anyone in crisis. Participants will learn how to help "ground" a person in crisis while connecting them to appropriate resources.
The session is organized by OSUN's Civic Engagement Initiative and the Global Engagement Fellows and will be led by Adam Brown, Associate Professor of Psychology (Clinical) and Vice Provost for Research at the New School Global Trauma Lab. Dr. Brown focuses his research on the adaptation of mental health and psychosocial interventions that can be delivered globally by non-mental health professionals, and works closely with cross-sector partners to carry out this work. Additionally, he has extensive experience in the study of traumatic stress and the identification of factors that contribute to mental health risks and resilience.
Follow That Baby!: Using Naturalistic Observation to Enrich Word Learning Research
Erica Hsiung Wojcik Skidmore College
Thursday, October 12, 2023 4–5:30 pm
Preston Theater How children learn to link (or “map”) a label to its meaning has been a primary focus of word learning research. Most—if not all—researchers agree that there is more to word learning than mapping. Children must learn the contexts in which words are used, the relationships between words, and more. And yet, our research programs and methods are still dominated by the mapping problem. One way move forward from this mapping focus is to think from a baby’s perspective. Recent technological advances have made it possible to collect, store, and share unprecedented naturalistic audio/video corpora that document the first years of a baby’s life. These new datasets have led to an explosion in exploratory, descriptive, naturalistic studies that aim to unpack how infants learn language out in the real world. In this talk, I present data from two descriptive case studies that use the unique SAYcam database, which comprises headcam footage from three babies, sampled two hours per week across the first two years of life. Both studies unveil new characteristics of early lexical input, demonstrating how descriptive, naturalistic work can enrich word learning research. Sponsored by: Psychology Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Award-winning author, professor in the arts at Bard, and Fisher Center Advisory Board member Neil Gaiman has an astonishingly broad career: from journalism to graphic novels; fiction for adults and children; and writing for film, television, and theater. Over three nights this fall, Gaiman continues a series of lectures on writing in which he will explore his creative strategies, sharing stories and offering advice—live and in-person at the Fisher Center.
Signed books from the author will be available for purchase.
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room Join CaSA for their monthly Jubilee Night! Pizza, giveaways, and fun games! All are welcome.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Friday, October 13, 2023 11 am – 12 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Classical Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kingston Mosque The Muslim Student Organization (MSO) offers transportation for anyone who would like to go to the mosque on Fridays for Jummah Prayers. The pick-up time is at 12:00 p.m. for the Kingston Mosque and the departure time from the Mosque is 2 p.m. Time is flexible based on who is driving and how many people join.
Fisher Studio Arts Building The goal of life drawing is to quickly capture a model’s pose, anatomy, and relationship to space. At the same time, it’s about experimenting with mediums and materials to best express the mood and feeling of what you’re seeing in front of you. Life drawing is a challenging but satisfying way to learn and improve your skills. It is also a varied practice, a session can start with one-minute poses and end with a 30-minute pose. This versatility helps develop different skill sets. Studio Arts majors and people with no previous experience are welcome!Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Friday evening, we gather for a short Shabbat prayer service with singing and discussion, followed by a vegetarian Shabbat dinner. All Bardians are welcome to join us for any part of the evening. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Indigenous Research Methods & Practice: Refusal, Creation, and Intersectionality
Rethinking Place Conference 2023
Thursday, October 12, 2023 – Saturday, October 14, 2023
Bard College will host the second annual conference of Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuck from October 12 through 14. The conference, “Indigenous Research Methods and Practice in the Liberal Arts: Refusal, Creation, and Intersectionality,” explores the topic of “research” within the humanities. Building on last year’s conference surrounding methods, viewpoints, and experiences of archives within Native American and Indigenous Studies and African-American Studies, this conference explores historically marginalized epistemologies of social sciences and arts research. This is the second of three annual conferences supported by Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuck, part of the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities for All Times initiative. For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://rethinkingplace.bard.edu/conference2023.
Thursday, October 12, 2023 – Friday, October 13, 2023
Online Event Thursday-Friday, October 12-13
The Hannah Arendt Humanities Network invites members of the OSUN community to register for free to watch and participate online in its conference on "Friendship & Politics," which will be livestreamed.
The conference will be led by Thomas Bartscherer, the Peter Sourian Senior Lecturer in the Humanities at Bard College and a Senior Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center.
Among the questions to be discussed: What is friendship and why is it meaningful? Is there a crisis of friendship today? How do the politics of identity and the culture of individualism affect the formation of personal and political friendships? How can we nurture the intimate and public friendships that allow us to flourish? What is the possibility of long-distance epistolary friendships in the internet age?
World Mental Health Day: Psychological First Aid Training
Thursday, October 12, 2023 – Friday, October 13, 2023 9–10:30 am
Online Event 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna
Psychological First Aid is a one-hour online training that will help faculty and staff learn trauma-informed techniques that they can use to assist students or anyone in crisis. Participants will learn how to help "ground" a person in crisis while connecting them to appropriate resources.
The session is organized by OSUN's Civic Engagement Initiative and the Global Engagement Fellows and will be led by Adam Brown, Associate Professor of Psychology (Clinical) and Vice Provost for Research at the New School Global Trauma Lab. Dr. Brown focuses his research on the adaptation of mental health and psychosocial interventions that can be delivered globally by non-mental health professionals, and works closely with cross-sector partners to carry out this work. Additionally, he has extensive experience in the study of traumatic stress and the identification of factors that contribute to mental health risks and resilience.
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The Men's Soccer team compete in a conference match against Clarkson University. Come out and support Men's Soccer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Sands House The Restaurant Reviewing club will be cooking and eating a fall-themed menu. Come eat comfort food with us, but you must register with the club to take part. Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Open to all Bard students, Asian Student Organization (ASO) is focused on achieving an awareness of the Asian populations at Bard College, which include students, faculty, and off-campus neighbors. ASO also aims to create a space that facilitates a dialogue between Asian and Asian American students with the larger Bard community. From various angles, we demonstrate Asian culture and identity by holding events to educate, entertain, and provide community outreach to all students at Bard. We are conscious of the cultures that exist in Bard College and hope to increase understanding between Asian and non-Asian students.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Red Room 203 Join us and paint! We'll have paint-by-numbers as well as blank canvas! Bring your friend!Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Award-winning author, professor in the arts at Bard, and Fisher Center Advisory Board member Neil Gaiman has an astonishingly broad career: from journalism to graphic novels; fiction for adults and children; and writing for film, television, and theater. Over three nights this fall, Gaiman continues a series of lectures on writing in which he will explore his creative strategies, sharing stories and offering advice—live and in-person at the Fisher Center.
Signed books from the author will be available for purchase.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Indigenous Research Methods & Practice: Refusal, Creation, and Intersectionality
Rethinking Place Conference 2023
Thursday, October 12, 2023 – Saturday, October 14, 2023
Bard College will host the second annual conference of Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuck from October 12 through 14. The conference, “Indigenous Research Methods and Practice in the Liberal Arts: Refusal, Creation, and Intersectionality,” explores the topic of “research” within the humanities. Building on last year’s conference surrounding methods, viewpoints, and experiences of archives within Native American and Indigenous Studies and African-American Studies, this conference explores historically marginalized epistemologies of social sciences and arts research. This is the second of three annual conferences supported by Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuck, part of the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities for All Times initiative. For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://rethinkingplace.bard.edu/conference2023.
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The Men's Soccer team compete in a conference match against St. Lawrence University. The game theme is Youth Soccer Day. Come out and support Men's Soccer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Savage States: Settler Governance in an Age of Sorrow
The Inaugural Electa Quinney Lecture of Rethinking Place, Presented by Audra Simpson
Saturday, October 14, 2023 5 pm
Olin Auditorium How is the past imagined to be settled? What are the conditions that make for this imagining, this fantasy or, rather, demand of a new start point? In this piece I consider the slice of this new-ness in recent history—1990 to the near present in Canada. This is a time of apology, and a time in which Native people and their claims to territory are whittled to the status of claimant or subject in time with the fantasy of their disappearance from a modern and critical present. In this piece I examine how the Canadian practice of settler governance has adjusted itself in line with global trends and rights paradigms away from overt violence to what are seen as softer and kinder, caring modes of governing but governing, violently still and yet, with a language of care, upon on still stolen land. This piece asks not only in what world we imagine time to stop, but takes up the ways in which those that survived the time stoppage stand in critical relationship to dispossession and settler governance apprehend, analyze and act upon this project of affective governance. Here an oral and textual history of the notion of “reconciliation” is constructed and analyzed with recourse to Indigenous criticism of this affective and political project of repair.
Award-winning author, professor in the arts at Bard, and Fisher Center Advisory Board member Neil Gaiman has an astonishingly broad career: from journalism to graphic novels; fiction for adults and children; and writing for film, television, and theater. Over three nights this fall, Gaiman continues a series of lectures on writing in which he will explore his creative strategies, sharing stories and offering advice—live and in-person at the Fisher Center.
Signed books from the author will be available for purchase.
Church of St John the Evangelist,1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services at the Church of St John the Evangelist (Episcopal) in Barrytown. Rides provided from the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am every Sunday throughout the academic year.
All are welcome!
Christians, Non-Christians, Spiritual but not Religious, Agnostics, Believers, Doubters, Seekers, Those who have questions about faith and religion, Those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world, Anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Bard On Television plans to host biweekly club meetings on 10/15, 10/29, 11/5, 11/19, and 12/3 from 6–7:30 pm.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Part II - Faculty Recital: Luosha Fang ’11, viola, with Shannon Lee, violin
Works for viola and violin by Martinů, Prokofiev, Saariaho, and Takemitsu
Sunday, October 15, 2023 7–9 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Violinist and violist Luosha Fang ’11 brings her adventurous spirit to music ranging from canonical repertoire to world premieres. She was a member of the Bard Conservatory's very first entering class in 2005, and after graduating in 2011 with a double degree in violin performance and Russian Studies, she went on to study violin and viola at the Curtis Institute and the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid. Luosha joined the Bard Conservatory violin/viola faculty in 2019.
As a violinist, she has performed as soloist with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Atlantic Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra, the West Virginia Symphony, the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, and the American Symphony Orchestra, with whom she gave the US premiere of the Grażyna Bacewicz Violin Concerto No. 5. With the Albany Symphony Orchestra, she recorded George Tsontakis’s double violin concerto "Unforgettable" for release on NAXOS Records. She performed Kurtag Concertantes with The Orchestra Now at Carnegie Hall in the spring of 2023. As violist she has performed as soloist with the New Japan Philharmonic, the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, the TOHO-Gakuen Orchestra, the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, October 16, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline Commons Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture, and the foreign language community at Bard.
Since Ukrainian language instruction is not currently available at Bard, we also welcome folks interested in learning some basic Ukrainian phrases to join us!Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 During this gentle Kripalu Yoga flow, students are invited to play with their edge, experiment with what works for their body, and make the practice their very own. In this yoga of compassion, we move through centering techniques and flow through postures, keeping an emphasis on the breath. Kripalu Yoga invites experimentation and inquiry into every movement and moment—come play!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Support for students coming from non-median, Bard-like backgrounds who don’t have a robust/sufficient external support system. Primarily focusing on how to make life skills more accessible, trying to think about what skills are transferable in life. Creating a space for people to do practical DIY projects.
Bimonthly meetings on 9/25, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13. 11/27, 12/11.
Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x7097, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation room, Center for Spiritual Live, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Mondays and Thursdays, 6–7 pm. Join at any time, for any length of time.
Monday: Guided Meditation 6:00–6:15 pm Meditation introduction and dharma teaching 6:15–6:45 pm Meditation for half an hour 6:45–7:00 pm Walking meditation and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6–7 pm Meditation in stillness
The meditation sessions are followed by sangha community time with refreshments. For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Noon Concert: Conservatory Students Perform an Hour-Long Program of Short Works
Monday, October 16, 2023 12–1 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.
CCS Bard, Classroom 102 Introduced by Sophie Rose, CCS Bard graduate student.
CCS Bard Speaker Series: Each semester CCS Bard hosts a program of lectures by leading artists, curators, art historians, and critics, situating the school and museum’s concerns within the larger context of contemporary art production and discourse. Speakers are selected primarily by second-year graduate students and also by faculty and staff. All lectures are free and open, and are documented through audio recordings that reside in the CCS Bard Library, Archives, and online. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard MAT Virtual Info Session for Graduating Seniors
Interested in teaching? Stay at Bard for another year and earn your MAT degree and teacher certification
Monday, October 16, 2023 6 pm
Online Event LEARN MORE! Join Cecilia Maple ’01, MA, Director of MAT Admission and Student Affairs for a Bard MAT virtual info session on Monday, October 16; 6:00 PM *Can't make this day/ time but want to learn more? Email us!
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kappa House Have a question about Disability Access Services? Stop by Kappa House for walk-in questions about our office and services! We will be there in the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) at 9 Library Road from noon to 2:00 pm on Tuesdays! For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/accessibility/students/.
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture, and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Squash Courts This indoor cycle class focuses on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity, and recovery with an upbeat playlist to keep you moving! Many different techniques are used to work the legs, core, and arms making this class a full body workout! All fitness levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please bring sneakers (or clip-in cycling shoes), water, and a small towel.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 1:15–2:15 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Spanish Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 5–6 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Chinese Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 6:50–7:50 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Middle Eastern Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard MAT Virtual Info Session for Graduating Seniors
Interested in teaching? Stay at Bard for another year and earn your MAT degree and teacher certification
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 12 pm
Online Event LEARN MORE! Join Cecilia Maple ’01, MA, director of MAT Admission and Student Affairs for a Bard MAT virtual info session on Tuesday, October 17 at 12:00 pm.
Can't make this day/ time but want to learn more? Email us!Sponsored by: Master of Arts in Teaching Program.
Campus Center, Weis Cinema Filmmaker and cinematographer Kirsten Johnson presents her work, including excerpts for her films Cameraperson and Dick Johnson Is Dead. For more information, call 845-238-4615, or e-mail [email protected].
Lower Walls, Longer Tables: Christian Service with Dinner
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 5:30–7 pm
Chapel of the Holy Innocents
All are welcome!
Christians, Non-Christians, Spiritual but not Religious, Agnostics, Believers, Doubters, Seekers, Those who have questions about faith and religion, Those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world, Anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Weis Cinema “Do you want to realize your fullest potential? Be your truest self? Act with confidence? Attract abundance? Alleviate anxiety? Experience clarity? Know your purpose? Be the change you want to see? Be truly present? Experience real freedom? Change the world? Be a part of the solution? On some level, we all want to feel this way, but sometimes in our globalized, capitalist, settler-colonial society it feels impossible. Which is why the New Red Order is developing a dynamic system to help our accomplices achieve all of this and more. This sneak peek of our free introductory video, Never Settle, will tell you what you need to know to take control of your life today!”Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies; Center for Human Rights and the Arts; OSUN; OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts; Studio Arts Program.
Manor CHRA Resident Fellow Juliana Steiner presents an immersive sound installation at the Bard Farm, followed by a talk and food gathering at Manor House. The installation Entre la danza y el Mambeo (In between Dance and Mambeo) is composed of sound recordings made in collaboration with a group of traditional leaders from indigenous communities from the north-east Amazon of Colombia. The recordings were made by the collective Ruak+ Jafaik+ (Spirit of the Song) and informed by conversations with members from the Kanasto de Abundancia (Basket of Abundance) collective. These recordings were made in the ceremonial house of the Tomsatyba Reserve in Sesquilé. These sounds are offerings to the land that function as natural fertilizers for different crops grown in farms and orchards.
This event shares the encounters and findings of a forthcoming book which is part of Ecotone, the curatorial project organized by Juliana in Colombia as part of Common Ground, an international festival on the politics of land and food, initiated by Fisher Center at Bard, and supported by CHRA. The communal food gathering shared with the audience, Envolviendo la Memoria (Wrapping Memory), is based on a recipe featured in the book.Sponsored by: Bard Farm; Center for Human Rights and the Arts; OSUN; OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room
Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Russian/Eurasian Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 This class blends optimal alignment with the movement and grace of vinyasa flow. Class includes seated, standing, and supine poses. The vinyasa segment moves at a moderate pace allowing alignment cues to be woven in. A slower flow is accessible for newer students and allows more experienced students to refine their poses.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 1–2 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; German Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Jewish Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Albee Basement (Chaplaincy) All are welcome to join our knitting group that meets weekly. For those who do not yet know how to knit, we will give you a starter kit that includes knitting needles and yarn, providing you with one-on-one instructions. We also provide help and support for any knitting projects that you are working on. Come and have a relaxing hour of knitting and good fellowship!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 6–7:30 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Italian Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin LC 118 This is a Narcotics Anonymous Meeting open to anyone. It is a support group to help students struggling with addiction or curious to learn more about it. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Reem-Kayden Center Room 100 Weekly meeting of the Bard CS Club. We'll be working on technical projects together or doing workshops! RKC 100.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Woods Studio The Photography Reading and Looking Group is for any and all students, staff, alumni/ae, and faculty to meet to discuss essays, photographs, and ideas together. Refreshments are provided.Sponsored by: Photography Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard MAT Virtual Info Session for Graduating Seniors
Interested in teaching? Stay at Bard for another year and earn your MAT degree and teacher certification
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 6 pm
Online Event LEARN MORE! Join Cecilia Maple ’01, MA, Director of MAT Admission and Student Affairs for a Bard MAT virtual info session on Wednesday, October 18; 6:00 PM *Can't make this day/ time but want to learn more? Email us!Sponsored by: Master of Arts in Teaching Program.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation room, Center for Spiritual Live, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Mondays and Thursdays, 6–7 pm. Join at any time, for any length of time.
Monday: Guided Meditation 6:00–6:15 pm Meditation introduction and dharma teaching 6:15–6:45 pm Meditation for half an hour 6:45–7:00 pm Walking meditation and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6–7 pm Meditation in stillness
The meditation sessions are followed by sangha community time with refreshments. For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Squash Courts This indoor cycle class focuses on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity, and recovery with an upbeat playlist to keep you moving! Many different techniques are used to work the legs, core, and arms making this class a full body workout! All fitness levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please bring sneakers (or clip-in cycling shoes), water, and a small towel.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Thursday, October 19, 2023 12:30–1:30 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard. Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Thursday, October 19, 2023 1:30–2:30 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Arendt Center There is an ancient Jewish practice of studying a specific Biblical portion, known as the parsha, each week. We're re-inaugurating the Bard parsha circle, open to everyone (though especially students) of all religious backgrounds, and meeting weekly on Thursdays at 1:30 pm in the Hannah Arendt Center seminar room.As a group, we’ll wrestle with the familiar-foreign biblical text, using multiple translations. Snacks will be provided! With Joshua Boettiger. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 This club is a space created to center the lives and experiences of the queer and gender-nonconforming people of color both on Bard's campus and beyond. It's a place for conversation and action. It's a place that recognizes and affirms the lives of those whose lives are too often forgotten and erased. Though it was made intentionally to elevate the voices of QTPOC, allies and accomplices are welcome, but only with the understanding that your voices will not be centered and that you are there to learn and support.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin Humanities, Room 107 Interested in learning more about the Bard Debate Union? Stop by our weekly meeting and meet the coaches and learn about all that we do—competitive debate, public debates, prison debates, international debates, and more! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Thursday evening, come bake challah and help prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose, they are also a wonderful opportunity for students to chat, relax, and engage with one another with the openness and closeness that seem so natural in kitchens. All are welcome. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard GPS Online Info Session for International Applicants — October 2023
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.
Thursday, October 19, 2023 12–1 pm
Online Event Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability (GPS) holds online informational webinars specifically for prospective international students. Learn about Bard GPS programs and the admissions process directly from the Bard GPS team. There will be a time for questions at the end of the session.
WHAT WE COVER:
Overview of graduate program offerings available to international students
Admissions information, specifically for international students
Prerequisite course information
Funding opportunities and scholarships
Tips for a standout application
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
Bard MAT Virtual Info Session for Graduating Seniors
Interested in teaching? Stay at Bard for another year and earn your MAT degree and teacher certification
Thursday, October 19, 2023 12 pm
Online Event LEARN MORE! Join Cecilia Maple ’01, MA, Director of MAT Admission and Student Affairs for a Bard MAT virtual info session on Thurdsay, October 19; 12:00 PM *Can't make this day/ time but want to learn more? Email us!Sponsored by: Master of Arts in Teaching Program.
Stevenson Library What makes a community? What do we give up to be part of one? Join Johnny Brennan and Alexa Murphy for discussions on The Civically Engaged Reader by Adam Davis. Copies of select reading(s) will be provided upon sign-up. Space is limited and it is first come first serve, so please sign up here or email Sarah at [email protected]. You will get a confirmation email of your spots. You do not need to attend all four discussions.
When: Discussion 1: Associating - October 5 from 6:30–7:30 pm led by Johnny Discussion 2: Serving - October 1 from 6:30–7:30 pm led by Johnny Discussion 3: Giving - November 2 from 6:30–7:30 pm led by Alexa Discussion 4: Leading - November 16 from 6:30–7:30 pm led by Alexa Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
For more information, call 845-758-7316, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Friday, October 20, 2023 11 am – 12 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Classical Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kingston Mosque The Muslim Student Organization (MSO) offers transportation for anyone who would like to go to the mosque on Fridays for Jummah Prayers. The pick-up time is at 12:00 p.m. for the Kingston Mosque and the departure time from the Mosque is 2 p.m. Time is flexible based on who is driving and how many people join.
Fisher Studio Arts Building The goal of life drawing is to quickly capture a model’s pose, anatomy, and relationship to space. At the same time, it’s about experimenting with mediums and materials to best express the mood and feeling of what you’re seeing in front of you. Life drawing is a challenging but satisfying way to learn and improve your skills. It is also a varied practice, a session can start with one-minute poses and end with a 30-minute pose. This versatility helps develop different skill sets. Studio Arts majors and people with no previous experience are welcome!Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Friday evening, we gather for a short Shabbat prayer service with singing and discussion, followed by a vegetarian Shabbat dinner. All Bardians are welcome to join us for any part of the evening. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Open to all Bard students, Asian Student Organization (ASO) is focused on achieving an awareness of the Asian populations at Bard College, which include students, faculty, and off-campus neighbors. ASO also aims to create a space that facilitates a dialogue between Asian and Asian American students with the larger Bard community. From various angles, we demonstrate Asian culture and identity by holding events to educate, entertain, and provide community outreach to all students at Bard. We are conscious of the cultures that exist in Bard College and hope to increase understanding between Asian and non-Asian students.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
The Synthesis of Heavy Elements in Stellar Explosions
Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University
Friday, October 20, 2023 12–1 pm
Hegeman 107 Since its birth roughly 60 years ago, the field of Nuclear Astrophysics strives to provide a comprehensive description of element synthesis in the Universe. While parts of stellar nucleosynthesis are well understood, others remain elusive to this day. Especially, the production of elements heavier than iron has been one of the major open questions in the field. Multiple processes and stellar sites contribute to the complex puzzle of heavy element production. Interpreting the astronomical observations requires the understanding of the nuclear processes that drive stellar explosions. This colloquium will focus on the critical nuclear properties needed to explain heavy element nucleosynthesis. I will discuss recent experimental results, as well as new initiatives and future plans at the next generation rare isotope facility, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University.Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard MAT Virtual Info Session for Graduating Seniors
Interested in teaching? Stay at Bard for another year and earn your MAT degree and teacher certification
Friday, October 20, 2023 12 pm
Online Event LEARN MORE! Join Cecilia Maple ’01, MA, Director of MAT Admission and Student Affairs for a Bard MAT virtual info session on Friday, October 20; 12:00 PM *Can't make this day/ time but want to learn more? Email us!Sponsored by: Master of Arts in Teaching Program.
Stevenson Athletic Center The Women's Tennis team compete in their first conference match this season against Union College. All are welcome to come out and support!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Stevenson Athletic Center The Women's Volleyball team compete in a conference match against Ithaca. Come out and support Women's Volleyball! Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Written by Women - The Hunger Games Movie Screening
Friday, October 20, 2023 6:30–9:30 pm
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium Come watch the cinematic masterpiece with us! Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Women's Volleyball vs. William Smith (Breast Cancer Awareness - Dig Pink)
Saturday, October 21, 2023 2–4 pm
Stevenson Athletic Center The Women's Volleyball team compete in a conference match against William Smith. They are hosting their Breast Cancer Awareness-Dig Pink game. Come out and support Women's Volleyball! Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Women's Soccer vs. William Smith (Alumni and Senior Day)
Saturday, October 21, 2023 3–5 pm
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The Women's Soccer team compete in a conference match against William Smith. It is Alumni and Senior Day for all former and graduating WSOC players. Come out and support Women's Soccer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Celebrate the culmination of the Fisher Center’s 20th Anniversary festivities at a one-of-a-kind concert featuring The Orchestra Now, led by Leon Botstein, in a rare performance of Béla Bartók’s The Wooden Prince.
The evening continues with consummate vocalist Ms. Lisa Fischer—known for her work with renowned artists like Sting, Tina Turner, and the Rolling Stones—making her Sosnoff stage debut alongside Grand Baton and The Orchestra Now conducted by James Bagwell, promising an unforgettable and dynamic mix of blues, jazz, classical, and progressive rock.
The concert will be preceded by a public groundbreaking for the new Maya Lin–designed performing arts studio building and a private reception for premium ticket holders.
Church of St John the Evangelist,1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services at the Church of St John the Evangelist (Episcopal) in Barrytown. Rides provided from the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am every Sunday throughout the academic year.
All are welcome!
Christians, Non-Christians, Spiritual but not Religious, Agnostics, Believers, Doubters, Seekers, Those who have questions about faith and religion, Those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world, Anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, October 23, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline Commons Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture, and the foreign language community at Bard.
Since Ukrainian language instruction is not currently available at Bard, we also welcome folks interested in learning some basic Ukrainian phrases to join us!Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 During this gentle Kripalu Yoga flow, students are invited to play with their edge, experiment with what works for their body, and make the practice their very own. In this yoga of compassion, we move through centering techniques and flow through postures, keeping an emphasis on the breath. Kripalu Yoga invites experimentation and inquiry into every movement and moment—come play!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Support for students coming from non-median, Bard-like backgrounds who don’t have a robust/sufficient external support system. Primarily focusing on how to make life skills more accessible, trying to think about what skills are transferable in life. Creating a space for people to do practical DIY projects.
Bimonthly meetings on 9/25, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13. 11/27, 12/11.
Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x7097, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation room, Center for Spiritual Live, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Mondays and Thursdays, 6–7 pm. Join at any time, for any length of time.
Monday: Guided Meditation 6:00–6:15 pm Meditation introduction and dharma teaching 6:15–6:45 pm Meditation for half an hour 6:45–7:00 pm Walking meditation and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6–7 pm Meditation in stillness
The meditation sessions are followed by sangha community time with refreshments. For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Reflections from the Outstanding Jewish Pariah: Hannah Arendt on What Went Wrong with the Zionist Project
Monday, October 23, 2023 12–1:30 pm
Arendt Center Arendt’s extraordinary insights on nationalism, federalism, political rebirth, imperialism, and racism originated in her writings on the modern Jewish experience in Europe and on the Zionist project. This talk reviews Arendt’s highly personal and intellectually rich reflections on the promises and perils of Zionism. She took pride in Palestine’s pre-state Yishuv for developing a new Jewish cultural center and socially just institutions, like the kibbutzim. Arendt saw the potential of Zionism to advance Jewish emancipation and contribute to global struggles for a more egalitarian, democratic and peaceful world. Ultimately, however, Arendt lamented the Zionist movement’s embrace of the two dynamics that had proved so deadly to Jews and to the world at large: the nation-state system and imperialism. To realize the promise of Zionism, argued Arendt, the movement would need to overcome two crippling pathologies: a belief in an eternal antisemitism and an attraction to a “tribal” nationalism. Her Zionist writings remain essential for both reflecting upon the grave contemporary crisis of Zionism and inspiring contemporary Jewish pariahs.
Biography of Jonathan Graubart:
Jonathan Graubart is a professor of political science at San Diego State University who specializes in the areas of international relations, international law, Zionism and Jewish dissent, Israel-Palestine, the UN, normative theory, and resistance politics. He received his Ph.D. in political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002 and his JD from UC Berkeley Law School in 1989. Graubart’s recent book is Jewish Self-Determination beyond Zionism: Lessons from Hannah Arendt and other Pariahs (Temple University Press 2023). Richard Falk describes it as “An exciting, profound, and humane critical rethinking of Zionism as the ideological foundation of the Israeli state, Graubart’s alternative vision reinforces what Zionism might have become if its leaders had not opted for an exclusivist Jewish state necessitating the continuous repression, exploitation, and discrimination of the Palestinian people in their own homeland. The recent surge to the Israeli far right gives this fine book a timely urgency, especially for liberal Jews, who should be deeply disturbed by what has happened in Israel beneath the banner of Zionism.”
His other publications include “Reimagining Zionism and Coexistence after Oslo’s Death: Lessons from Hannah Arendt” (Arendt Studies Quarterly, 2019), “David in Goliath’s Citadel: Mobilizing the Security Council’s Normative Power for Palestine” (European Journal of International Relations 2016, co-authored with Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi), and “War is Not the Answer: R2P and Military Intervention,” (part of an edited volume by Cambridge University Press on Responsibility to Protect, 2015). In 2008, Graubart published Legalizing Transnational Activism: The Struggle to Gain Social Change from NAFTA’s Citizen Petitions with Penn State University Press.
Translation Made Me: What I Learned from Translating Maturana, Varela, Anzaldúa, Glissant, and Many Others
Keijiro Suga, University of Minnesota/Meiji University
Monday, October 23, 2023 5–6:30 pm
Olin Humanities, Room 102 I am a poet, but before being a poet, I was a translator, and I still am. Having published translations in the humanities and literature from English, French, and Spanish to Japanese, my verbal matrix of creation has been shaped by translation, through translation. This talk will reveal some of my secrets and ultimately the meaning of Japan's modernity for its language.
Keijiro Suga is currently the visiting chair of Asian Studies at the University of Minnesota. He is professor of critical theory at Meiji University in Tokyo, where his research focuses on the analysis of cultural production in contemporary global society. The author of ten books of essays and a prolific translator from English, Spanish, and French, he was awarded the prestigious Yomiuri Prize for Literature in 2009 for his travelogueTransversal Journeys.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Bard Translation and Translatability Initiative; LAIS Program; Spanish Studies; Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kappa House Have a question about Disability Access Services? Stop by Kappa House for walk-in questions about our office and services! We will be there in the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) at 9 Library Road from noon to 2:00 pm on Tuesdays! For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/accessibility/students/.
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture, and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Squash Courts This indoor cycle class focuses on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity, and recovery with an upbeat playlist to keep you moving! Many different techniques are used to work the legs, core, and arms making this class a full body workout! All fitness levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please bring sneakers (or clip-in cycling shoes), water, and a small towel.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 1:15–2:15 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Spanish Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 5–6 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Chinese Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 6:50–7:50 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Middle Eastern Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Women's Volleyball vs. SUNY Cobleskill (Senior Day)
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 7–9 pm
Stevenson Athletic Center The Women's Volleyball team compete in a non-conference match against SUNY Cobleskill. It is Senior Day for all of our graduating WVB players. Come out and support Women's Volleyball! Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The Men's Soccer team compete in a non-conference match against SUNY Cobleskill. Come out and support Men's Soccer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room
Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Russian/Eurasian Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 This class blends optimal alignment with the movement and grace of vinyasa flow. Class includes seated, standing, and supine poses. The vinyasa segment moves at a moderate pace allowing alignment cues to be woven in. A slower flow is accessible for newer students and allows more experienced students to refine their poses.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 1–2 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; German Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Jewish Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Albee Basement (Chaplaincy) All are welcome to join our knitting group that meets weekly. For those who do not yet know how to knit, we will give you a starter kit that includes knitting needles and yarn, providing you with one-on-one instructions. We also provide help and support for any knitting projects that you are working on. Come and have a relaxing hour of knitting and good fellowship!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 6–7:30 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Italian Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin LC 118 This is a Narcotics Anonymous Meeting open to anyone. It is a support group to help students struggling with addiction or curious to learn more about it. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Reem-Kayden Center Room 100 Weekly meeting of the Bard CS Club. We'll be working on technical projects together or doing workshops! RKC 100.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Szemerédi–Trotter Theorem: How to Use Points and Lines Everywhere
Adam Sheffer, CUNY
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 12–1 pm
RKC 111 The Szemerédi–Trotter theorem is a simple statement about points on lines in the plane. Surprisingly, this result turned out to be surprisingly useful. Over the past 20 years, it has been used to prove impressive results in combinatorics, number theory, harmonic analysis, model theory, theoretical computer science, and more.
In this talk, we will introduce the Szemerédi–Trotter theorem and see how it can be used in unexpected places. We will also chat about the current research front—how mathematicians are currently trying to extend this theorem. Sponsored by: Computer Science Program; Mathematics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation room, Center for Spiritual Live, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Mondays and Thursdays, 6–7 pm. Join at any time, for any length of time.
Monday: Guided Meditation 6:00–6:15 pm Meditation introduction and dharma teaching 6:15–6:45 pm Meditation for half an hour 6:45–7:00 pm Walking meditation and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6–7 pm Meditation in stillness
The meditation sessions are followed by sangha community time with refreshments. For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Squash Courts This indoor cycle class focuses on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity, and recovery with an upbeat playlist to keep you moving! Many different techniques are used to work the legs, core, and arms making this class a full body workout! All fitness levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please bring sneakers (or clip-in cycling shoes), water, and a small towel.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Thursday, October 26, 2023 12:30–1:30 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard. Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Thursday, October 26, 2023 1:30–2:30 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Arendt Center There is an ancient Jewish practice of studying a specific Biblical portion, known as the parsha, each week. We're re-inaugurating the Bard parsha circle, open to everyone (though especially students) of all religious backgrounds, and meeting weekly on Thursdays at 1:30 pm in the Hannah Arendt Center seminar room.As a group, we’ll wrestle with the familiar-foreign biblical text, using multiple translations. Snacks will be provided! With Joshua Boettiger. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 This club is a space created to center the lives and experiences of the queer and gender-nonconforming people of color both on Bard's campus and beyond. It's a place for conversation and action. It's a place that recognizes and affirms the lives of those whose lives are too often forgotten and erased. Though it was made intentionally to elevate the voices of QTPOC, allies and accomplices are welcome, but only with the understanding that your voices will not be centered and that you are there to learn and support.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin Humanities, Room 107 Interested in learning more about the Bard Debate Union? Stop by our weekly meeting and meet the coaches and learn about all that we do—competitive debate, public debates, prison debates, international debates, and more! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Thursday evening, come bake challah and help prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose, they are also a wonderful opportunity for students to chat, relax, and engage with one another with the openness and closeness that seem so natural in kitchens. All are welcome. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability - Online Info Session
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.
Thursday, October 26, 2023 12–1 pm
Online Event Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational webinars for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs. Learn about our programs directly from Director Eban Goodstein and the admissions team. There will be a time for questions at the end of the session.
WHAT WE COVER:
Overview of graduate program offerings
Alumni success and career outcomes
Admissions information
Prerequisite course information
Peace Corps, and AmeriCorps programs
Financial aid and scholarships
Tips for a standout application
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
Ad-Hoc Governance and Education: the Case of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Thursday, October 26, 2023 3–4 pm
3 PM New York l 7 PM Vienna
The OSUN Working Group on Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Host Community Education presents a panel discussion series on "Geographies and Temporalities of Higher Education for Displaced Students."
The next event in the series is a panel discussion on "Ad-Hoc Governance and Education: the Case of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh."
September 2023 marked the sixth year of the Rohingya refugee crisis, and throughout the preceding years, a steady and calculated securitization of the response has threatened and shrunk the space for refugee civic engagement and advocacy. Against the backdrop of informal structures and ad-hoc governance mechanisms, the future prospects for Rohingya refugees confined within the fenced camps in Cox’s Bazar remain uncertain--their access to education hanging in the shrewd balance of tactical bureaucracy and deliberate repression.
The education sector has invariably faced the scourge of makeshift policy-making, ranging from the indisputable ban on using the Bangladeshi native language, Bangla, in the learning centres to the complete shutdown of Rohingya-led education initiatives within the camps. To the community, a proper education is highly revered, making the educated the most celebrated among them--a glimpse into why despite such pushback, the Rohingya community remains firm on their demand for better education for their young and future generations. Further, refugees have expressed their discontent with learning opportunities provided by humanitarians, adamant that education spaces should not only be safe, but also engaging, fruitful and cognizant of community morals and identities.
This panel explains the regulatory context of advancing education in the refugee camps from the past to present, aiming to shed light on the reactionary strategies adopted by stakeholders. Focusing on the understanding that education can be a pathway to a meaningful life, the panel explores the impact of restrictive policies on refugee aspirations, their coping mechanisms and shifting relationship with humanitarians and extended trust networks. Insights are gathered from a desk review of existing literature, key informant interviews and focus group discussions with humanitarians, journalists, researchers and refugees themselves, conducted to prepare a forthcoming report on ad-hoc governance by CPJ and the Asia Foundation.
Moderator M Sanjeeb Hossain, Director, Research, Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC University
Presenters Samira Manzur, Research Development Fellow, Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC U Tasnia Khandaker Prova, Research Associate, Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC U Azizul Hoque, Research Associate, Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC University
Join via Zoom For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center Screening will include:
Morgan Fisher, Standard Gauge, 35 mins, 1984, 16mm Chick Strand, Artificial Paradise, 12 mins, 1986, 16mm Phil Solomon, The Secret Garden, 17 mins, 1988, 16mmSponsored by: Film and Electronic Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Friday, October 27, 2023 11 am – 12 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Classical Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kingston Mosque The Muslim Student Organization (MSO) offers transportation for anyone who would like to go to the mosque on Fridays for Jummah Prayers. The pick-up time is at 12:00 p.m. for the Kingston Mosque and the departure time from the Mosque is 2 p.m. Time is flexible based on who is driving and how many people join.
Fisher Studio Arts Building The goal of life drawing is to quickly capture a model’s pose, anatomy, and relationship to space. At the same time, it’s about experimenting with mediums and materials to best express the mood and feeling of what you’re seeing in front of you. Life drawing is a challenging but satisfying way to learn and improve your skills. It is also a varied practice, a session can start with one-minute poses and end with a 30-minute pose. This versatility helps develop different skill sets. Studio Arts majors and people with no previous experience are welcome!Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Friday evening, we gather for a short Shabbat prayer service with singing and discussion, followed by a vegetarian Shabbat dinner. All Bardians are welcome to join us for any part of the evening. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Open to all Bard students, Asian Student Organization (ASO) is focused on achieving an awareness of the Asian populations at Bard College, which include students, faculty, and off-campus neighbors. ASO also aims to create a space that facilitates a dialogue between Asian and Asian American students with the larger Bard community. From various angles, we demonstrate Asian culture and identity by holding events to educate, entertain, and provide community outreach to all students at Bard. We are conscious of the cultures that exist in Bard College and hope to increase understanding between Asian and non-Asian students.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Friday, October 27, 2023 – Sunday, October 29, 2023
We look forward to welcoming parents, family members, and alumni/ae to campus for Family and Alumni/ae Weekend from Friday, October 27 – Sunday, October 29, 2023. The schedule will be packed full of activities, showcasing just about every program on Bard’s 1,000-acre campus.
Online registration for Family and Alumni/ae Weekend will open in the fall. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
More InformationSponsored by: Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Navigating Accommodations and the Workplace: Accessibility, Employment, and Careers
Friday, October 27, 2023 3–5 pm
Online Event Navigating Accommodations and the Workplace
Friday, October 27 at 3:00 pm Virtual Program - Registration Button Below
Wondering how to approach accessibility and accommodation conversations in the hiring process and the workplace? Learn about your rights and important resources available to you.
Speaker:
Veronica Jones, Employment Services Disability Coordinator, Orange County Career Center
Celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month - October 2023 Open to all Bard & MHCC Students!
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Friday, October 27, 2023 – Sunday, October 29, 2023
We look forward to welcoming parents, family members, and alumni/ae to campus for Family and Alumni/ae Weekend from Friday, October 27 – Sunday, October 29, 2023. The schedule will be packed full of activities, showcasing just about every program on Bard’s 1,000-acre campus.
Online registration for Family and Alumni/ae Weekend will open in the fall. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
More InformationSponsored by: Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center The Men's and Women's Swimming team open their season with a home opener against SUNY Postdam. Come out and support Men's Soccer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The Men's Soccer team compete in a conference match against Skidmore College. It is Senior Day for all of our graduating MSOC players. Come out and support Men's Soccer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Joan Tower • Aaron Copland • Béla Bartók • Duke Ellington
Saturday, October 28, 2023 7–8 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
A concert by the Bard Conservatory Orchestra with maestro Leon Botstein celebrating faculty members Joan Tower and Marcus Roberts. The program includes Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman and Duke Ellington’s New World A-Comin’ featuring jazz pianist Marcus Roberts with members of his jazz ensemble, and Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring to round out the program.
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra Leon Botstein, Music Director
Church of St John the Evangelist,1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services at the Church of St John the Evangelist (Episcopal) in Barrytown. Rides provided from the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am every Sunday throughout the academic year.
All are welcome!
Christians, Non-Christians, Spiritual but not Religious, Agnostics, Believers, Doubters, Seekers, Those who have questions about faith and religion, Those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world, Anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Friday, October 27, 2023 – Sunday, October 29, 2023
We look forward to welcoming parents, family members, and alumni/ae to campus for Family and Alumni/ae Weekend from Friday, October 27 – Sunday, October 29, 2023. The schedule will be packed full of activities, showcasing just about every program on Bard’s 1,000-acre campus.
Online registration for Family and Alumni/ae Weekend will open in the fall. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
More InformationSponsored by: Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Joan Tower • Aaron Copland • Béla Bartók • Duke Ellington
Sunday, October 29, 2023 2–5 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
A concert by the Bard Conservatory Orchestra with maestro Leon Botstein celebrating faculty members Joan Tower and Marcus Roberts. The program includes Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman and Duke Ellington’s New World A-Comin’ featuring jazz pianist Marcus Roberts with members of his jazz ensemble, and Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring to round out the program.
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra Leon Botstein, Music Director
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Bard On Television plans to host biweekly club meetings on 10/29, 11/5, 11/19, and 12/3 from 6–7:30 pm.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete body workout. Great way to start your day!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, October 30, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline Commons Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture, and the foreign language community at Bard.
Since Ukrainian language instruction is not currently available at Bard, we also welcome folks interested in learning some basic Ukrainian phrases to join us!Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 During this gentle Kripalu Yoga flow, students are invited to play with their edge, experiment with what works for their body, and make the practice their very own. In this yoga of compassion, we move through centering techniques and flow through postures, keeping an emphasis on the breath. Kripalu Yoga invites experimentation and inquiry into every movement and moment—come play!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Support for students coming from non-median, Bard-like backgrounds who don’t have a robust/sufficient external support system. Primarily focusing on how to make life skills more accessible, trying to think about what skills are transferable in life. Creating a space for people to do practical DIY projects.
Bimonthly meetings on 9/25, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13. 11/27, 12/11.
Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x7097, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation room, Center for Spiritual Live, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Mondays and Thursdays, 6–7 pm. Join at any time, for any length of time.
Monday: Guided Meditation 6:00–6:15 pm Meditation introduction and dharma teaching 6:15–6:45 pm Meditation for half an hour 6:45–7:00 pm Walking meditation and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6–7 pm Meditation in stillness
The meditation sessions are followed by sangha community time with refreshments. For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Teaching Academic Literacy: Approaches and Reflections
Monday, October 30, 2023 9–10:30 am
Online Event 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna
The Liberal Arts and Sciences Collaborative (LASC) invites the OSUN community to a public gathering with Sue Robbins on the topic of teaching academic literacy. In recognizing critical reading and articulate communication as foundational skills of the liberal arts education experience, we encourage university faculty, administrators, and academic support staff to join us and learn how Robbins teaches discursive writing and argumentation to undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Sussex. This stands to be very practical in nature, with deeper exploration of how to approach important aspects of academic literacy.
During our 90-minute event, Robbins will lead discussions on topics such as embedding academic literacies, academic socialization, a process approach to teaching writing, and some implications of generative AI on academic literacies. This session will situate the teaching of academic literacy within the broader LAS system and consequently touch upon opportunities for mainstreaming academic literacy as well as structural challenges educators may face. This event promises to be highly interactive and informative, with opportunities for participants to learn not only from Robbins but also from each other.
Sue Robbins is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Language Studies and Director of Continuing Professional Development in the School of Media, Arts & Humanities at the University of Sussex, UK. She has also co-authored the open-access Academic Writing Guide, which is used in the University of Sussex's Foundation Year program.
Sex, Cancer, and Other Things My Mother Wishes I Never Had
Artist Presentation by Brian Lobel
Monday, October 30, 2023 6–8 pm
Fisher Center, Resnick Theater Studio Sex, Cancer & Other Things My Mother Wishes I Never Had is a talk, performance, analysis, and meditation on 20+ years living in a body which had cancer, healed from cancer, remained scarred from cancer, kept being questioned about cancer, worked with cancer, lost colleagues to cancer, a body which made cancer friends, lost cancer friends, taught on cancer, and ran away from teaching, living and breathing cancer. Content warning: there will be talk about cancer. But not just cancer, promise.Sponsored by: Bard Theater and Performance Program; Center for Human Rights and the Arts; OSUN; OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts.
Learning Commons Come meet with a one-on-one writing tutor to improve your essay idea or draft! Writing tutors may be best understood as a friendly second set of eyes on your drafts: they will notice things that need noticing and help you revisit choices that merit revision. Join us at any stage in your writing process, from pulling together class notes and first thoughts to late-stage revision. You may visit and make an appointment during our regular hours, Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm, and weekends from 4–6 pm. Tutoring takes place Sunday through Thursday from 4–8 pm and Friday through Saturday from 4–6 pm. We are located on the south side of Stone Row, across the quad from Old Henderson (see our Instagram @bardlearningcommons for directions). Visit our website: www.bard.edu/learningcommons For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kappa House Have a question about Disability Access Services? Stop by Kappa House for walk-in questions about our office and services! We will be there in the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) at 9 Library Road from noon to 2:00 pm on Tuesdays! For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/accessibility/students/.
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture, and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Squash Courts This indoor cycle class focuses on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity, and recovery with an upbeat playlist to keep you moving! Many different techniques are used to work the legs, core, and arms making this class a full body workout! All fitness levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please bring sneakers (or clip-in cycling shoes), water, and a small towel.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 1:15–2:15 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Spanish Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 5–6 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Chinese Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 6:50–7:50 pm
Kline, College Room Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Middle Eastern Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art This solo exhibition will spotlight the originality, intelligence, and material pleasure in the singular practice of Brazilian artist Erika Verzutti through a survey of sculpture and wall works from over the past 15 years.
Open Wednesday – Monday, noon – 6:00 pm. Closed Tuesdays.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art The first major exhibition to center performance as an origin point for the development of contemporary art by Native American, First Nations, Inuit, and Alaska Native artists opens this June at the Center for Curatorial Studies’ (CCS Bard) Hessel Museum of Art. Curated by leading scholar and curator Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Indian Theater traces the history of experimentation that emerged from the Institute of American Indian Arts’ Department for New Native Theater in the late 1960s and continues to inform the practice of Native artists today. The exhibition brings together over 100 works by over 40 artists and collectives, including some new commissions, and performances by Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂), Jeffrey Gibson (The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee), Maria Hupfield (Anishnaabek, Wasauksing First Nation / Canada), Kite (Oglala Lakota), and Eric-Paul Riege (Diné).
Open Wednesday – Monday, noon – 6:00 pm. Closed Tuesdays.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Opening September 8 at Opalka Gallery, Albany, New York
Runs through Saturday, October 14, 2023
Opalka Gallery at Russell Sage College in Albany, New York The Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN) invites the public to its art exhibition To Be—Named, at Opalka Gallery at Russell Sage College in Albany, New York, with an opening reception on Friday, September 8.
The exhibition was created by EHCN in collaboration with Opalka Gallery in Albany, New York, and is dedicated to the topic of naming and the significance of names for the development or suppression of a person's identity. The exhibit in New York's Hudson Valley is the second station of an international project that includes exhibitions on the same theme in Germany, Greece, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Palestine, Republic of Sakha (online), and the US.
Names can make ancestry and knowledge of one's mother tongue visible. They are something very personal, but they can also be something very political, as the abuse of power can be exercised through naming.
The exhibition consists of six artistic conceptions from the US, which will be shown at all four locations and supplemented by local conceptions. With this approach of bringing together local and international artists, the show aims to promote a dialogue among the participating artists with different experiences and world views, as well as with the audience. In addition, specific discourses on the exhibition theme in the respective countries will also be addressed.
The works of Jenny Irene Miller, Luz María Sánchez, Bently Spang, Keith S. Wilson, Elizabeth Withstandley, Saya Woolfalk, and zhaoyuefan will be shown at all exhibition venues. They deal, among other things, with the loss of identity when names are translated into another cultural context and with the efforts of Indigenous cultures in North America to manifest their claim to cultural identity and attachment to territorial homelands through names and naming.
Through paintings, installations, films and photographs, the artists featured in the Albany exhibit address the traces of colonial history and colonial injustice that have manifested themselves over decades through naming, image appropriation or one-sided forms of historiography.
Featured artists: Aarati Akkapeddi Birding the Future (Krista Caballero and Frank Ekeberg) Jeremy Dennis Ellen Driscoll Jenny Irene Miller Native Land Digital Luz María Sánchez Jean-Marc Superville Sovak Bently Spang Sayo’:klʌ Kindness Williams Keith S. Wilson Elizabeth Withstandley Saya Woolfalk zhaoyuefan
Exhibit location: Opalka Gallery Russell Sage College 140 New Scotland Ave. Albany, NY
Dates: Sep 1 - Oct 14
Exhibit hours: Tuesday–Saturday 12–5pm open late Thursday 12–8 pm
Due to extenuating circumstances, the following performances of Ulysses have been canceled:
• Saturday, September 23 at 8 pm* • Sunday, September 24 at 3 pm • Thursday, September 28 at 8 pm • Friday, September 29 at 8 pm • Saturday, September 30 at 2 pm • Saturday, September 30 at 8 pm • Sunday, October 1 at 3 pm
*The after-party following Saturday evening’s performance has also been canceled.
If you have tickets to any of these performances, we have canceled and refunded your tickets. Members of the Box Office Team will contact you directly to process your refund if we do not have payment information on file.
We apologize for this inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact 845-758-7900, or email [email protected].
James Joyce’s Ulysses has fascinated, perplexed, scandalized, and/or defeated readers for over a century. Building on a rich history of staging modernist works—Gatz, The Sound and the Fury, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)—Elevator Repair Service (ERS) takes on this Mount Everest of twentieth-century literature in their Fisher Center debut. Seven performers sit down for a sober reading but soon find themselves guzzling pints, getting in brawls, and committing debaucheries as they careen on a fast-forward tour through Joyce’s funhouse of styles. With madcap antics and a densely layered sound design, ERS presents an eclectic sampling from Joyce’s life-affirming masterpi
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