Saturday, June 25, 2022 – Sunday, November 27, 2022 11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art The practice of Martine Syms is distinguished by its boundlessness: her subjects move across media—print and web publishing, photography, moving image, installation, AI, software—dissolving the lines between these forms. One of the most insightful and important artists to show how digital media shapes our culture, Syms examines representations of Blackness and its relationship to vernacular, feminist thought, and radical traditions. Martine Syms: Grio College presents an expansive selection of Syms’ work, featuring major new and recent works and emphasizing the artist’s versatile approach to photography, highlighting the many scales and methods through which she approaches image-making. The exhibition is accompanied by a screening of Syms’ feature film The African Desperate (2022), and premieres related photographic works, drawings, and installation. The script of The African Desperate, co-written by Syms and Rocket Caleshu, will be published by Nightboat Books and available in conjunction with the exhibition.
Saturday, June 25, 2022 – Sunday, November 27, 2022 11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Reaction charts a wide and in-depth view of Dara Birnbaum’s extraordinary and influential practice, marking the indelible contribution she has made not only to American art but to the global histories of video, Conceptual, performance, and appropriation art. Organized chronologically, and marking the first U.S. retrospective of the artist’s work to date, the exhibition surveys works from 1975 to 2011 with a focus on key single-channel videos and major installations, many not seen in the United States for years. An accompanying presentation of archival material will illustrate her rigorous and interdisciplinary method, while illuminating the varied contexts of her work in art, music, and politics.
Museum Hours Sun, 11am–5pm Mon, Closed Tue, Closed Wed, 11am–5pm Thu, 11am–5pm Fri, 11am–5pm Sat, 11am–5pmSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Saturday, June 25, 2022 – Sunday, October 16, 2022 11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Bringing together the work of twenty-eight artists of African descent, Black Melancholia expands and complicates the notion of melancholy in Western art history and cultures. Including new commissions as well as painting, sculpture, film, photography, works on paper, and sound, from the late 19th century to the present day, the exhibition opens a dialogue with traditional art historical discourses around the representation of melancholia.
Museum Hours Sun, 11am–5pm Mon, Closed Tue, Closed Wed, 11am–5pm Thu, 11am–5pm Fri, 11am–5pm Sat, 11am–5pmSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Study Abroad 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Study Abroad at Bard
Thursday, September 1, 2022 12–1 pm
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge ATTENTION JUNIORS: Want to study abroad for Spring 2023? You MUST attend an Info Session or Drop-In Table, then schedule a 1:1 meeting with Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming at [email protected]. Deadlines for Spring programs arrive early in the Fall term, so start planning now.
WILL DISCUSS: - The Petition for Study Abroad process - Bard Abroad programs - Tuition Exchanges - New OSUN opportunities - Non-Bard programs - Summer programs - The International BA - Financial Aid/Scholarships - Deadlines/timelines
COME SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE!Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
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.
Thursday, September 1, 2022 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. Meet us in the faculty dining area inside Kline. Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The women's soccer team opens the 2022 season against Anna Maria College. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Gahagan All international students are welcome to stop by Gahagan House during these walk-in office hours. For more information, call 845-758-7328, or e-mail [email protected].
Thursday, September 1, 2022 – Friday, December 16, 2022 5–9 pm
Learning Commons Come to the Learning Commons (behind Stone Row) to arrange a session with a friendly peer tutor or to learn about our study rooms in all subjects taught at the College.
You may also contact Margaux Suinat ’22 at [email protected]. Head over to our website for more information on tutoring, study rooms and workshops.Sponsored by: Learning 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.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].
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center The women's volleyball team opens the 2022 season against William Paterson University. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Thursday evening, all are invited to bake challah and prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose (preparing food for Shabbat), they are also a wonderful opportunity for students to chat, relax, and engage with one another in the kitchen. All are welcome. Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin 107 Interested in learning more about the Bard Debate Union? Come to our first meeting of the year to meet the coaches and learn about all that we do: competitive debate, public debates, debate outreach projects, prison debate, international debate, and more! No prior debate experience necessary; all are welcome!Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, or e-mail [email protected].
Study Abroad 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Study Abroad at Bard
Friday, September 2, 2022 12–1 pm
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge ATTENTION JUNIORS: Want to study abroad for Spring 2023? You MUST attend an Info Session or Drop-In Table, then schedule a 1:1 meeting with Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming at [email protected]. Deadlines for Spring programs arrive early in the Fall term, so start planning now.
WILL DISCUSS: - The Petition for Study Abroad process - Bard Abroad programs - Tuition Exchanges - New OSUN opportunities - Non-Bard programs - Summer programs - The International BA - Financial Aid/Scholarships - Deadlines/timelines
COME SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE!Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 An energizing dance fitness class featuring Latin and International music. Exercise in disguise! You'll burn lots of calories and have a great time doing it!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
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.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Study Abroad 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Study Abroad at Bard
Monday, September 5, 2022 12–1 pm
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge ATTENTION JUNIORS: Want to study abroad for Spring 2023? You MUST attend an Info Session or Drop-In Table, then schedule a 1:1 meeting with Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming at [email protected]. Deadlines for Spring programs arrive early in the Fall term, so start planning now.
WILL DISCUSS: - The Petition for Study Abroad process - Bard Abroad programs - Tuition Exchanges - New OSUN opportunities - Non-Bard programs - Summer programs - The International BA - Financial Aid/Scholarships - Deadlines/timelines
COME SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE!Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Library Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Mondays in Stevenson Library 402 and Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-332-6159, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Weis Cinema Sarahana Shrestha will be featured at the Who's on the Ballot series, which hosts local candidates in the November Election. Shrestha is the Democratic candidate for State Assembly to represent District 103. Information on how to volunteer for this campaign will also be available.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-416-2938, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, September 5, 2022 5:30–6:30 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; German Studies Program.
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].
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, September 6, 2022 12–1:30 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; 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, September 6, 2022 1:30–2:30 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.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
An evening of harvesting, storytelling, and cooking at the Bard Farm with Rebecca Yoshino and Vivien Sansour, Palestinian seed keeper, chef, and artist. Register now.
Inspired by the Arabic saying, el batin bustan, participants will be introduced to the diverse food crops in the garden as a model of diversity and form of health and strength. How does one plot of land produce such a multitude of color and variety? How do these varieties interact with each other to support and enhance their blossoming?
We will be harvesting crops, engaging in food preparation, and collectively cooking a menu that will be led by the farmer and the cook. As we cook up biodiversity on our plates, we will be led into a storytelling engagement that will deepen our understanding of the relationship between who we are, the terrain, and the plants we are eating.
Please come prepared to be in the garden and get your shoes and clothes dirty. This is a hands and hearts on workshop.
Register HereSponsored by: Bard Farm; Bard Office of Sustainability; Experimental Humanities Program; OSUN; Office of Sustainability.
For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Out of Place: Three Writers on Fiction, Language, Exile, and Utopia
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 5:30–7:30 pm
Campus Center, Weis Cinema This event brings together in person on the Bard campus in Annandale three esteemed writers—Nuruddin Farah, Ilija Trojanow, and Aleksandar Hemon—to read from and discuss their work. As suggested by the titles North of Dawn (Farah) and Nowhere Man (Hemon), all three writers are concerned in their work with questions of place and displacement, of cultural difference and shared humanity, and of what Trojanow in his recent work calls “utopian narratives.” Each also has deep personal and professional connections to more than one language, and together they comprise a knowledge of literatures that is truly stunning in its diversity, including works composed in Arabic, Bulgarian, German, Serbo-Croation, and Somali, among other languages. All three authors are also active in a plurality of genres and media, which taken together includes novels, short stories, criticism, plays, film and television scripts, and music. On this evening, they will read and discuss their work and explore common concerns and points of difference, and will invite the audience to join in the conversationSponsored by: Africana Studies Program; German Studies Program; Human Rights Project; Literature Program; OSUN; Russian/Eurasian Studies Program; Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7142, or e-mail [email protected].
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Virtual Student Mobility Info Session for Spring 2023
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 8–9 am
Online Event 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
Join OSUN's Student Mobility Info Session to meet representatives from OSUN partner institutions and learn more about the study abroad opportunities available for Spring 2023! This session will include an overview of the host destinations in the OSUN network and a description of the application process. For undergraduate and graduate students.
Please join us for the Mind, Brain, and Behavior (MBB) concentration open house. This will be an opportunity to learn about the MBB concentration while meeting MBB faculty and other interested students. Coffee and donuts will be served!
Sponsored by: Mind, Brain, & Behavior Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room Please note the day change to Wednesday.
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].
Cutting the Plane with Lines: The Study of Arrangements
Moshe Cohen, SUNY New Paltz
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 12–1 pm
RKC 111 A line arrangement is a finite collection of lines in the plane. We can study a line arrangement using algebra and geometry by looking at equations of lines as in high school algebra. We can study this using combinatorics by looking at the points that are intersections of lines. We can study this using topology by looking at the complement -- the leftover space. We can ask if the combinatorial information forecasts the topological information of the complement by studying the moduli space of all geometric realizations. I will introduce several fun problems for us to work on to help acquaint ourselves with this topic and its many complexities. No specific background is required.Sponsored by: Mathematics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Study Abroad 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Study Abroad at Bard
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 5–6 pm
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge ATTENTION JUNIORS: Want to study abroad for Spring 2023? You MUST attend an Info Session or Drop-In Table, then schedule a 1:1 meeting with Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming at [email protected]. Deadlines for Spring programs arrive early in the Fall term, so start planning now.
WILL DISCUSS: - The Petition for Study Abroad process - Bard Abroad programs - Tuition Exchanges - New OSUN opportunities - Non-Bard programs - Summer programs - The International BA - Financial Aid/Scholarships - Deadlines/timelines
COME SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE!Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Albee Basement Come by the Chaplaincy Office to knit or learn to knit. Everyone is welcome. Yarn and needles are provided. You can also join us with your own projects of crochet, needlepoint, cross stitch, etc.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium "Each day we are sold different versions of yesterday, but rarely offered a different tomorrow. The apocalypse streams into every household at a flat rate. In an era of dystopian forebodings, the future can no longer be taken for granted, and optimism is under siege. It seems high time for a reboot of utopian literature, in which a space that is not, may yet come to be in the future. We are near forgetting that history is not a foregone conclusion, and that fatalism is the last refuge of the coward. How we shape the future lies in our own hands, but with the prerequisite that we are ready to think ahead, into the unknown and uncertain, imagining alternatives to given paradigms. If the seeds of human progress are indeed planted by ideas before they can blossom into transformations, utopian narratives are of existential importance." Our guest, Ilija Trojanow, has spent the past several years working on a utopian novel and exploring the history of Utopia. At a time when we reckon with our destruction of the natural world and of imagination, Trojanow's work encourages us to scrub clear our overclouded skies and to ask ourselves: what is literature if not unshackled fancy?Sponsored by: Africana Studies Program; German Studies Program; Human Rights Project; Literature Program; OSUN; Russian/Eurasian Studies Program; Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7142, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 6–7:30 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.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Italian 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.
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 6–7 pm
Kline, College Room Please note: Meeting is now in-person inside Kline's main dining hall (faculty area).
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].
Meditation Garden, Fisher Studio Arts Building Studio Arts students, faculty, and staff: Please join us for the Annual Fall Semester Meet and Greet! There will be refreshments and s'mores!Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
For more information, call 707-246-1223, 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, September 8, 2022 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. Meet us in the faculty dining area inside Kline. Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Gahagan All international students are welcome to stop by Gahagan House during these walk-in office hours. For more information, call 845-758-7328, or e-mail [email protected].
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].
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Thursday evening, all are invited to bake challah and prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose (preparing food for Shabbat), they are also a wonderful opportunity for students to chat, relax, and engage with one another in the kitchen. All are welcome. Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Virtual Faculty Mobility Info Session for Spring 2023
Thursday, September 8, 2022 8–9 am
Online Event 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
Join OSUN's Faculty Mobility Info Session to meet representatives from OSUN partner institutions and learn more about the Faculty Mobility Fellowship opportunities available for Spring 2023! This session will include an overview of the host destinations in the OSUN network and a description of the application process for Junior, Visiting, Short-Term Visiting, and Replacement Faculty Fellowships and for OSUN Sabbaticals.
Additional Info Sessions on September 14th and 20th.
Kline South Patio Please Join TLS leaders and community partners at the annual TLS Recruitment Fair!
Learn about current projects and how to get engaged locally, nationally, and internationally!
Heading into its 26th year, the Trustee Leader Scholar (TLS) program offers formal civic engagement opportunities for students at Bard and is deeply rooted in the mission and outreach efforts of the Bard Center for Civic Engagement.
TLS supports the liberal arts mission of enlightened citizenship: personal development in the context of student-initiated, hands-on community engagement projects.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Olin 107 Interested in learning more about the Bard Debate Union? Stop by our weekly meeting to learn about all that we do—competitive debate, public debates, debate outreach, international debates, prison debate, and more! Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, or e-mail [email protected].
American Avant-Garde Film, 1940 to 1970: Maya Deren & Sidney Peterson
Avery, Room 116
Thursday, September 8, 2022 7–10 pm
Avery Art Center Part of a semester-long Thursday night series presenting classics of American avant-garde cinema. All films will screen on their original 16mm film format unless otherwise noted.
Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1943, 18 mins) At Land (Maya Deren, 1944, 15 mins) A Study in Choreography for Camera (Maya Deren, 1945, 4 mins) Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, 1946, 15 mins) Petrified Dog (Sidney Peterson, 1948, 19 mins) Lead Shoes (Sidney Peterson, 1949, 18 mins) The Potted Psalm (Sidney Peterson & James Broughton, 1946, 18 mins)
Total running time approximately 107 minsSponsored by: Film and Electronic Arts Program.
For more information, call 646-729-1047, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin Auditorium The Bard College Department of Athletics and Recreation is sponsoring a presentation entitled, "Supporting Holistic Mental Health on Campus," to be held at Olin Hall on Thursday, September 8, from 8–9 pm. All Bard students, staff and faculty are welcome.
The presentation will be given by Nathaan Demers, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist and former college student-athlete. In his current role as vice president of Clinical Programs & Strategic Partnerships at Grit Digital Health, his focus has been on working specifically in preventative behavioral health on college campuses. The team develops and implements digital tools that decrease stigma and connect individuals to the right behavioral health resources at the right time.
The presentation will highlight the holistic nature of mental wellbeing, especially for college students or anyone who will benefit from striving for balance and good health in their lives. The event will hopefully leave attendees with tools and strategies to support themselves and others when things don't go as planned.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 An energizing dance fitness class featuring Latin and International music. Exercise in disguise! You'll burn lots of calories and have a great time doing it!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
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.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Study Abroad 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Study Abroad at Bard
Friday, September 9, 2022 1–2 pm
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge ATTENTION JUNIORS: Want to study abroad for Spring 2023? You MUST attend an Info Session or Drop-In Table, then schedule a 1:1 meeting with Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming at [email protected]. Deadlines for Spring programs arrive early in the Fall term, so start planning now.
WILL DISCUSS: - The Petition for Study Abroad process - Bard Abroad programs - Tuition Exchanges - New OSUN opportunities - Non-Bard programs - Summer programs - The International BA - Financial Aid/Scholarships - Deadlines/timelines
COME SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE!Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Lobby Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming and Berlin Programs Manager Lauren Cooke are tabling in the Campus Center today to answer questions about all things Study Abroad. No matter your class year or major, stop by to ask questions about:
Attention Juniors! Want to study abroad for Spring 2023? You must attend an Info Session or the Drop-In Table, then schedule a one-on-one meeting with Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming at [email protected]. Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-7080, or e-mail [email protected].
Online Event Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
RKC 111 Please join us to learn more about the Bard-Rockefeller Semester in Science program. Students and faculty from all majors within the SM&C Division are welcome.Sponsored by: Bard-Rockefeller Semester in Science program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The women's volleyball team hosts WPI and Ramapo in a tri-match. Ramapo vs. Bard, 10 a.m. Ramapo vs. WPI, 12 p.m. WPI vs. Bard, 2 p.m. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The women's tennis team plays it's first home match of the 2022 season against Russell Sage College. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
TŌN begins its eighth season with Mahler’s heroic Fifth Symphony, plus two works featuring winners of the Bard College Conservatory 2022 Concerto Competition: George Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Lilacs and the virtuosic flute concerto of Joan Tower, who has taught composition at Bard for 50 years.
Leon Botsteinconductor Samantha Martin VAP ’22soprano Andrea Ábel ’23flute
TŌN begins its eighth season with Mahler’s heroic Fifth Symphony, plus two works featuring winners of the Bard College Conservatory 2022 Concerto Competition: George Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Lilacs and the virtuosic flute concerto of Joan Tower, who has taught composition at Bard for 50 years.
Leon Botsteinconductor Samantha Martin VAP ’22soprano Andrea Ábel ’23flute
TŌN begins its eighth season with Mahler’s heroic Fifth Symphony, plus two works featuring winners of the Bard College Conservatory 2022 Concerto Competition: George Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Lilacs and the virtuosic flute concerto of Joan Tower, who has taught composition at Bard for 50 years.
Leon Botsteinconductor Samantha Martin VAP ’22soprano Andrea Ábel ’23flute
Harvest Moon with La Voz magazine // La Luna de la Cosecha con la revista La Voz
Sunday, September 11, 2022 3–7 pm
Greig Farm 227 Pitcher Lane, Red Hook, NY 12571 After more than two years without seeing each other in person we invite you to this fundraising event with La Voz magazine, to celebrate our 18th anniversary with live music representing our beautiful Hispanic cultures of the Hudson Valley and food. Do we need to say more?
Sunday September 11, 2022, from 3 to 7pm Enjoy the beautiful views of Greig's farm in Red Hook, accompanied by the music of the Latin Jazz by Pablo Shine, the voice of Alessandra, Argentine chararera and merengue class with Dojo Dance Company, and other surprises, in addition to food for sale from local Hispanic restaurants. What else? Good company, good vibes, raffles and auctions. Looking forward to seeing you!
Después de más de dos años sin vernos en persona los invitamos a este evento de recaudación de fondos con la revista La Voz, para celebrar nuestro 18 aniversario con música en vivo representando nuestras hermosas culturas hispanas del valle de Hudson y con comida.¿Necesitamos decir más?
Domingo 11 de septiembre de 2022, de 3 a 7pm Disfruta de las hermosas vistas de la finca de Greig en Red Hook, acompañado de la música del Latin Jazz de Pablo Shine, la voz de Alessandra, clase y baile de chacarera argentina y merengue con Dojo Dance Company, y otras sorpresas, además de comida a la venta de restaurantes hispanos locales. ¿Qué más? Buena compañía, buena onda, rifas y subastas.¡Te esperamos!Sponsored by: La Voz.
For more information, call 303-746-6462, or e-mail [email protected].
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Library Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Mondays in Stevenson Library 402 and Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-332-6159, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, September 12, 2022 5:30–6:30 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; German Studies Program.
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].
Individuals at OSUN member institutions are invited to attend the first virtual Fall 2022 meeting of the OSUN Gender Equity Working Group on Monday, September 12.
Campus Center, Weis Cinema Jillian Hanlon will be featured at the Who's on the Ballot series, which hosts local candidates in the November Election. Hanlon is the Democratic candidate Dutchess County Sheriff. Information on how to volunteer for this campaign will also be available.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-416-2938, or e-mail [email protected].
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 will take place in Classroom 102 at CCS Bard, are free and open to the public, and are documented through audio recordings that reside in the CCS Bard Library & Archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Listening to the Visuality of Landscapes: Virginia Woolf and José Donoso
Andrés Ferrada, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Chile
Monday, September 12, 2022 5:30–7 pm
Olin, Room 203 Andrés Ferrada, professor of comparative literature at the Universidad de Playa Ancha in Chile, will speak about Virginia Woolf and her enduring influence on one of Latin America's most acclaimed novelists, Chilean writer José Donoso. Dr. Ferrada will explore the relationship between Woolf and Donoso, focusing on ways in which the two writers create visual and acoustic landscapes that blur the boundaries between the phenomenal world and the subject's interiorization of that world.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Spanish Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7382, 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, September 13, 2022 12–1:30 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; 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, September 13, 2022 1:30–2:30 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.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
The Bard Prison Initiative, in partnership with OSUN and Incarceration Nations Network, invites individuals at member institutions to the BPI Global Initiatives Virtual Lecture Series starting in September 2022.
This lecture series is designed for a global community of practitioners in different higher education contexts in prisons and carceral spaces around the world. In ten virtual monthly sessions, different scholars will introduce attendees to several alternative experiences in prisons. The sessions will be an hour and a half long, and each session will end with Q&A. English-Spanish simultaneous interpretation will be available in all the sessions.
The first session, “Puzzle of Prison Order: Why Life Behind Bars Varies Around the World,” led by David Skarbek (Brown University & Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics), takes place on Tuesday, September 13th at 9 AM New York time.
Hannah Arendt, Muslim Europeans and a Sociology of Hope
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 12:30–2 pm
Arendt Center
In "Citizen Strangers: Hannah Arendt, Muslim Europeans and a Sociology of Hope," Elisabeth Becker Topkara presents a project on the intersection of critical 20th century Jewish and critical 21st century Muslim thought in Europe.
This lunchtime talk will focus on how Hannah Arendt's positionality as a citizen stranger - one that is legally part of, while also kept culturally apart from German society as a Jew - fed into her critical political and social theories. Engaging with Arendt's theories of citizenship and understanding, rooted in her personal experiences of exclusion, persecution and exile, the lecture will illuminate how Arendt's thought can be brought to bear on the experiences and growing intellectual milieu of European Muslims: today's citizen strangers in Europe. It will also touch on contemporary crises of (refugee) migration and a rising right-wing in Europe, and the enduring presence of evil, totalitarian tendencies, and anti-pluralistic forces at the heart of Arendt's work. Finally, the talk turns to the transformative potential of a critical social theory for the 21st century rooted in both modern Jewish and modern Muslim thought that may confront and contend with the failures of modernity.
Light refreshments and snacks will be served at the Arendt Center. Join us!
Human Rights Project Events: Eyal Weizman, Five or Six Doors
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 5:30–7 pm
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room During the pandemic, Forensic Architecture undertook a process of transformation. Rather than growing to meet the intensity of the challenges they faced, the agency instead decided to morph into an interlinking structure of smaller, situated, activist groups located in different parts of the world and working in solidarity with local political actors. This lecture will present some recent cases undertaken by these groups. Coincidentally, they had all to deal with doors: open when they needed to be closed, locked when they needed to be unlocked. These doors stand for the collapse of the social order which they promised to maintain, and point to systemic racism and the ghosts of our colonial past.
Eyal Weizman is a professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures and founding director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2010 he founded the research agency Forensic Architecture and has directed it ever since. Forensic Architecture is an interdisciplinary team of researchers that produce evidence for presentation in national and international courts, human rights forums, parliamentary inquiries, truth commissions, people’s tribunals, and also in art and cultural forums.Sponsored by: Architecture Program; Center for Curatorial Studies; Experimental Humanities Program; Human Rights Program; Human Rights Project; Middle Eastern Studies Program; OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts.
For more information, call 845-758-7127, or e-mail [email protected].
ABOUT THE 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/ae success and career outcomes
Admissions information
Prerequisite course information
Peace Corps and AmeriCorps programs
Financial aid and scholarships
Tips for a standout application
DEGREE OPTIONS: MBA in Sustainability MEd in Environmental Education MS in Climate Science and Policy MS in Environmental Policy
Dual degree options include: MS/JD with Pace Law School MS/MAT with Bard’s Master of Arts in Teaching MEd/MAT with Bard’s Master of Arts in Teaching MS/MBA with Bard’s MBA in Sustainability
Peace Corps Programs: Master's International (before you serve) Coverdell Fellows (after you serve)
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar. Email the Bard GPS admissions team at [email protected] for additional information.
RSVP Here! Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room Please note the day change to Wednesday.
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].
Albee Basement Come by the Chaplaincy Office to knit or learn to knit. Everyone is welcome. Yarn and needles are provided. You can also join us with your own projects of crochet, needlepoint, cross stitch, etc.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, September 14, 2022 6–7:30 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.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Italian 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.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 6–7 pm
Kline, College Room Please note: Meeting is now in-person inside Kline's main dining hall (faculty area).
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].
Virtual Faculty Mobility Info Session for Spring 2023
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 8–9 am
Online Event 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
Join OSUN's Faculty Mobility Info Session to meet representatives from OSUN partner institutions and learn more about the Faculty Mobility Fellowship opportunities available for Spring 2023! This session will include an overview of the host destinations in the OSUN network and a description of the application process for Junior, Visiting, Short-Term Visiting, and Replacement Faculty Fellowships and for OSUN Sabbaticals.
RKC 111 The card game SET is played with a special deck of 81 cards. There is quite a lot of mathematics that can be explored using the game; understanding that mathematics enhances our appreciation for the game, and the game enhances our appreciation for the mathematics! We’ll look at questions in combinatorics, probability, linear algebra, and especially geometry. There's also a Daily Puzzle, and we have found some interesting things out about that. If you’d like some practice before the talk, go to www.setgame.com (which will redirect you) for the rules and the Daily Puzzle.Sponsored by: Mathematics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 Come study Pilates with Mayerli! She is an apprentice teacher who studied at “The Lab” in Chicago (2021). In this introduction mat class she will work on the basic fundamentals of Pilates. As the weeks progress she will layer on more difficult and challenging exercises. Develop a strong inner core while strengthening and lengthening other muscles. Come check out how Pilates can make you feel tall, strong, and connected!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Meet faculty and other student writers, and ask questions about workshops and Moderation.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 6:30–8 pm
Shafer House The Written Arts Program welcomes any and all interested students to an open house in Shafer House. Members of the faculty will be in attendance to answer any specific questions you may have, and/or to talk with you generally about workshops, Moderation, and Senior Projects.
Enjoy the waterfall and have some refreshments as you chat with other student writers about their experiences in the program and Senior Projects.
Shafer House (9 Cedar Hill Road) is located at the Annandale Triangle on south campus, across the road from Feitler House.Sponsored by: Written Arts Program.
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.
Thursday, September 15, 2022 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. Meet us in the faculty dining area inside Kline. Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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].
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Thursday evening, all are invited to bake challah and prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose (preparing food for Shabbat), they are also a wonderful opportunity for students to chat, relax, and engage with one another in the kitchen. All are welcome. Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin 107 Interested in learning more about the Bard Debate Union? Stop by our weekly meeting to learn about all that we do—competitive debate, public debates, debate outreach, international debates, prison debate, and more! Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, or e-mail [email protected].
Gabriela D'Elia, Fungal Diversity Survey, and John Michelotti, Catskill Fungi
Thursday, September 15, 2022 12:10–1:10 pm
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium Gabriela D’Elia is director of Fungal Diversity Survey (FunDiS), a nonprofit that provides mycophiles the tools to contribute scientifically valuable data for protecting fungi. She is also vice president for Mushroom Society of Utah and project leader for Northern Utah Funga FunDiS Local Project, an founder of Moon Mushrooms. It was love at first sight when she noticed the mysterious mushrooms that dotted the city streets of Seattle in 2012. She holds a BA in Environmental Studies (emphasis in Fungal Ecology) and has taught classes on macrofungi, fungal ecology, cultivation, mushroom medicine, and aspects of fungal philosophy. She is interested in how mycophiles can impact how fungi are understood and protected through community science organization. She also finds value in exploring fungi through observation, imagination, and symbolism.
John Michelotti is the founder of Catskill Fungi which empowers people with fungi through outdoor educational classes, cultivation courses, mushroom art, and mushroom health extracts. John is a former President of the Mid-Hudson Mycological Association (MHMA). He serves as Medicinal Mushroom Committee Chair and is a Poison Control Consultant for the North American Mycological Association. He was chosen by the Catskill Center as a "Steward of the Catskills" for his contribution to the environment. His goal is to educate and inspire people to pair with fungi to improve the environment, their health, and communities.Sponsored by: Biology Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Hate and Holocaust and Genocide Museums and Memorials
Thursday, September 15, 2022 3–4:30 pm
Online Event The Bard Center for the Study of Hate (BCSH) invites individuals at OSUN member institutions to a webinar with Tali Nates, Founder & Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre on “Hate and Holocaust and Genocide Museums and Memorials.”
During Spring 2022, students and/or faculty from the US, the UK, South Africa and Austria participated in the OSUN Network Collaborative Course on “Anti-Semitism, Holocaust, Colonialism, Gender: Connecting the Conversations," discussing hate, anti-Semitism, genocide, memory and related topics.
The course's last instructional session was led by Nates, who spoke about how the Holocaust and genocides are best presented in museums and memorials. She not only “connected the conversations,” but emphasized how memory and denial were related to other factors, such as politics, and how her museum shows the Holocaust in the context of other genocides.
Psychology Program Senior Project Midway Presentations
Thursday, September 15, 2022 4:30–5 pm
Preston Theater Psychology majors completing their Senior Project this fall will present their work to date on Thursday, September 15 from 4:30 – 5:00 pm in the Preston Theater. Topics will include: mind wandering, transphobia, and how music affects our emotions. All are welcome to attend!Sponsored by: Psychology Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Academic Writing Workshop for International Students
Citation, Paraphrasing, and Plagiarism
Thursday, September 15, 2022 5–6 pm
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 All international students are encouraged to attend this workshop that is designed to address important aspects of academic writing and expectations at Bard. For more information, call 845-758-7328, or e-mail [email protected].
The Bard College Center for Civic Engagement and Opus 40 are pleased to cosponsor The Heart of Afghanistan ensemble
The Heart of Afghanistan features four brilliant Afghan musicians: famed singer and Afghan TV star Ahmad Fanoos on vocals and harmonium, his sons Elham Fanoos on piano and Mehran Fanoos on violin, and Hamid Habibzada on tabla. Unable to perform inside Afghanistan today, where the Taliban has banned all music, the group carries the flame of Afghanistan’s rich and complex musical heritage, from its pre-Islamic Buddhist period to the modern era. Included in the program will be traditional ghazals based on the Sufi-inspired poetry of Rumi (who was born in Afghanistan), Afghan folk music, and the iconic hits of legendary singer Ahmad Zahir (of the 60s and 70s, and still wildly popular today). Only recently reunited in the US, the ensemble will give a 360-degree view of Afghan culture through music, poetry, art, and cultural heritage.
In addition to The Heart of Afghanistan, the evening will include a few short performances by some of Bard's talented students from Afghanistan. Bard students will be raising funds to support projects in Afghanistan. Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/opus40/735927#Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
American Avant-Garde Cinema, 1940-1970: Films of the 40s and 50s
Thursday, September 15, 2022 7–10 pm
Avery Room 116 Part of a semester-long series presenting classics of American avant-garde cinema. All films will screen on their original 16mm film format unless otherwise noted.
Geography of the Body (Willard Maas, 1943, 7 mins) Fireworks (Kenneth Anger, 1947, 20 mins) Visual Variations on Noguchi (Marie Menken, 1945, 4 mins) Hurry! Hurry! (Marie Menken, 1957, 3 mins) The End (Christopher MacLaine, 1953, 38 mins) Eaux d’Artifice (Kenneth Anger, 1953, 15 mins) Desistfilm (Stan Brakhage, 1954, 7 mins)
Total running time approximately 94 minsSponsored by: Film and Electronic Arts Program.
For more information, call 646-729-1047, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 An energizing dance fitness class featuring Latin and International music. Exercise in disguise! You'll burn lots of calories and have a great time doing it!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
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.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Online Event Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
Precision Measurements Using Optically Levitated Nanospheres
Andrew Poverman ’21
Friday, September 16, 2022 12–1 pm
Hegeman 107 Using optically levitated nano-spheres, the Geraci group at Northwestern University's Center for Fundamental Physics (CFP) makes precision measurements with the scientific goal of investigating fundamental aspects of gravity and quantum foundations. To search for effects of gravity at short ranges, we employ a dual beam optical trap to confine 300nm fused silica spheres in an optical potential. The sphere is then brought within microns of a driven oscillating mass with a periodic density structure. This oscillating mass causes the motion of the trapped nano-sphere to change as a result of gravitational interaction, and the gravitational force exerted on the nano-sphere is then measured by using imaging techniques to track its motion in the optical trap. This type of system has already shown zepto-newton force sensitivity, and is currently being updated to have even higher sensitivity as well as the capability to search for Casimir-Polder forces. Additionally, I will describe an experiment which plans to investigate quantum properties of these nano-spheres by using matter-wave interferometry. To do so, we must first cool the center of motion of the bead to its motional ground state using parametric feedback cooling. Successfully observing quantum properties of these nano-spheres will potentially open the door to a regime of physics where macroscopic objects can be put into quantum superpositions, allowing for tests of quantum foundations and the quantum to classical transition. Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
The Village of Red Hook is bringing it back to the basics for 2022 Hardscrabble Music Festival. On Saturday, September 17, 2022, enjoy cuisine from featured food trucks as well as an array of specials from local eateries while the streets are full of music from 10 am – 10 pm. Red Hook is fortunate to be surrounded by local farms that help our community thrive and new this year, Hardscrabble will feature our farms and their local ciders production in our Cider Tents! Save the date and come celebrate some of the best Red Hook has to offer! Check out the music line up here. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Starr Library Rhinebeck 68 West Market Street, Rhinebeck, New York 1257 Celebrate the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month with Bard College's own Àvila Ensemble as they kick things off with their repertoire of selected Venezuelan folk songs. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Works for solo piano by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, and Schumann
Sunday, September 18, 2022 3–5 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Wayman Chin’s playing has been described as, “transcendental, long lines spun like glorious gold thread,” “ferociously concentrated, intense, focused, and musically astute” (Boston Herald), “vividly characterized and atmospheric,” (Stamford Mercury, U.K.), and “sheer magic….every note is colored.”(the Freeman, Philippines).
Pianist Wayman Chin has performed widely throughout the United States, Asia, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, his concerts include performances at Princeton University, the Curtis Institute of Music, Jordan Hall, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and the Old First Concert Series in San Francisco. Chin has appeared at Tsuen Wan Town Hall in Hong Kong, and in the Philippines, on the Sala Foundation concert series, at the residence of the United States Ambassador in Manila, and at Soochow University in Taipei.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, or e-mail [email protected].
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Library Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Mondays in Stevenson Library 402 and Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-332-6159, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, September 19, 2022 5:30–6:30 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; German Studies Program.
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, Weis Cinema Kirk Imperati will be featured at the Who's on the Ballot series, which hosts local candidates in the November Election. Imperati is the Republican candidate Dutchess County Sheriff. Information on how to volunteer for this campaign will also be available.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-416-2938, 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, September 20, 2022 12–1:30 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; 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, September 20, 2022 1:30–2:30 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.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Virtual Faculty Mobility Info Session for Spring 2023
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 8–9 am
Online Event 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
Join OSUN's Faculty Mobility Info Session to meet representatives from OSUN partner institutions and learn more about the Faculty Mobility Fellowship opportunities available for Spring 2023! This session will include an overview of the host destinations in the OSUN network and a description of the application process for Junior, Visiting, Short-Term Visiting, and Replacement Faculty Fellowships and for OSUN Sabbaticals.
Campus Center, Weis Cinema What's your voting plan for Election Day, NOVEMBER 8? [email protected] will be at the Bertelsmann Campus Center and Kline Commons from 12pm-7pm to register voters and assist you with any questions you may have about voting in the mid-term elections including:
Updating Voter Record
Checking Voter Status
Find out about voting by absentee ballot
Find Election information
Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-416-2938, 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 Tuesdays at 1:00 pm in the HAC seminar room. As a group, we’ll wrestle with the familiar-foreign biblical text, using Robert Alter’s new translation. Snacks will be provided! With Joshua Boettiger. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room Please note the day change to Wednesday.
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].
Albee Basement Come by the Chaplaincy Office to knit or learn to knit. Everyone is welcome. Yarn and needles are provided. You can also join us with your own projects of crochet, needlepoint, cross stitch, etc.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, September 21, 2022 6–7:30 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.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Italian 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.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 6–7 pm
Kline, College Room Please note: Meeting is now in-person inside Kline's main dining hall (faculty area).
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].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 Come study Pilates with Mayerli! She is an apprentice teacher who studied at “The Lab” in Chicago (2021). In this introduction mat class she will work on the basic fundamentals of Pilates. As the weeks progress she will layer on more difficult and challenging exercises. Develop a strong inner core while strengthening and lengthening other muscles. Come check out how Pilates can make you feel tall, strong, and connected!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
The Problem with Icons: Feminist Contestations in Sudan’s Ongoing Revolution
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 11:30 am – 1 pm
Online Event 11:30 AM New York l 5:30 PM Vienna
In April 2019, during the early days of a mass sit-in in Khartoum calling for the fall of the alBashir regime, this image of Alaa Salah, a young Sudanese woman reciting poetry, went viral. Within days, the photo appeared in prominent media outlets, including the New York Times, which argued that images such as this “derive their power in part from the sheer quotidian nature of the individual, armored not in defensive gear or in depersonalizing military garb but in the clothes of the everyday.”
In this event organized by OSUN's Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice project, political scientist Sara Abbas takes this image as a starting point and looks at feminist activism during the ongoing revolution in Sudan, situating it within the history of women’s struggles since independence. Highlighting the shifts that are taking place in how women, especially young women, conceive of the “political”, Abbas argues that devoid of an intersectional lens, such images serve to depoliticize struggles for gender justice, and obscure more than they show.
Sara Abbas is a political scientist and current recipient of the “inequalities” fellowship at the Open Society Foundations. She is researching and writing a manuscript on the imaginations and collective practices that have arisen in the sit-in spaces (protestor camps) during Sudan’s ongoing revolution. Sara is a contributor to Diversity on Common Ground: Ten perspectives on contemporary feminism (2020) and A Region in Revolt: Mapping the recent uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa (2020).
Multiplex Juggling Sequences and Kostant's Partition Function
Pamela E. Harris, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 12–1 pm
RKC 111 Multiplex juggling sequences are generalizations of juggling sequences (describing throws of balls at discrete heights) that specify an initial and terminal configuration of balls and allow for multiple balls at any particular discrete height. Kostant’s partition function is a vector function that counts the number of ways one can express a vector as a nonnegative integer linear combination of a fixed set of vectors. What do these two families of combinatorial objects have in common? Attend this talk to find out!Sponsored by: Mathematics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Quad The Office of Sustainability and Bard Bike Co-op present a pop-up event: Bring your bikes by Campus Center to have them looked at and repaired (for free!) by the Bike Co-op in preparation for Car-Free Day.Sponsored by: Office of Sustainability; Student Activities.
For more information, call 206-465-3650, or e-mail [email protected].
European Council President Charles Michel, UN Women, Nadia’s Initiative and the Dr Denis Mukwege Foundation will co-host the third edition of the Council's "Women in Conflicts" debate among young women survivors, activists, policymakers and leaders working in conflict and post-conflict regions.
Sonita Alizada, a senior at OSUN member institution Bard College, and international rapper and human rights activist, will participate in the debate. Originally from Afghanistan, Alizada fled the country with her family at age 10 and has become a fierce advocate against the practice of forced child marriage.
The full list of speakers includes: Charles Michel, President of the European Council Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Sonita Alizadeh, Afghan rapper and activist Louise Mushikiwabo, Secretary-General OIF Grace Adhiambo, Women Volunteers for Peace, Kenya Jayathma Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth
Join us for a 30-minute screening, featuring segments from the documentary followed by panel discussions with Sarah Botstein, Christian Ayne Crouch, Thomas Keenan, Cecile E. Kuznitz, and Daniel Mendelsohn.
The event will be introduced by President Leon Botstein and followed by an audience Q&A session.
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, September 22, 2022 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. Meet us in the faculty dining area inside Kline. Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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].
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Thursday evening, all are invited to bake challah and prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose (preparing food for Shabbat), they are also a wonderful opportunity for students to chat, relax, and engage with one another in the kitchen. All are welcome. Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin 107 Interested in learning more about the Bard Debate Union? Stop by our weekly meeting to learn about all that we do—competitive debate, public debates, debate outreach, international debates, prison debate, and more! Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, or e-mail [email protected].
Faces of the Struggle: Frontispiece Portraits in African-American Literature (1843-1949)
Thursday, September 22, 2022 4–6 pm
Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library Please join us for a reception to celebrate journalist Alvin Patrick's exhibit of selected first editions and rare books from his private collection. This exhibit, Faces of the Struggle: Frontispiece Portraits in African American Literature (1834 to 1949), features the portraits of some of the greatest civil rights activists of the 19th and 20th centuries including, Solomon Northup, Frederick Douglass, Phillis Wheatley, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
Off-Campus Employment Information Session for International Students
Thursday, September 22, 2022 5–6 pm
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge Are you thinking about your off-campus work opportunities during your years at Bard and beyond? Attend this session to learn about your options and timelines. For more information, call 845-758-7328, or e-mail [email protected].
American Avant-Garde Cinema 1940-1970: Films of the '40s and '50s
Thursday, September 22, 2022 7–10 pm
Avery Room 116 Part of a semester-long series presenting classics of American avant-garde cinema. All films will screen on their original 16mm film format unless otherwise noted.
A Movie (Bruce Conner, 1958, 12 mins, digital) Early Abstractions (Harry Smith, 1947-47, 23 mins) What Is a Man? (Sara Kathryn Arledge, 1958, 10 mins) Heaven and Earth Magic (Harry Smith, 1959-61, 66 mins)
Total running time approximately 111 minutesSponsored by: Film and Electronic Arts Program.
For more information, call 646-729-1047, or e-mail [email protected].
Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library Celebrate Banned Books Week with Trivia in the Library, brought to you by the Quiz Bowl Club, the Amnesty Club, and Stevenson Library. Test your knowledge about banned books and censorship. There will be food and prizes! All are welcome. For more information, call 845-758-7064, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 An energizing dance fitness class featuring Latin and International music. Exercise in disguise! You'll burn lots of calories and have a great time doing it!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
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.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Online Event Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
Info Table - Study Abroad with Advanced Studies in England
Friday, September 23, 2022 11 am – 2 pm
Campus Center, Lobby Interested in studying abroad in the UK?
Looking for fascinating courses in English, Creative Writing, Classics, Theatre, History, Education, Social Science, Art History, Studio Art, Film-making, Philosophy, or Psychology?
Ready to live in historic housing in a World Heritage City 90 minutes from London?
Fancy an internship or a one-on-one tutorial in a subject of your choosing?
Come meet the director of Advanced Studies in England to learn about their program in the historic city of Bath, which includes residentials in Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon, day trips to Stonehenge, the Cotswolds, and the Jurassic Coast, and course-connected study trips all over the UK.
Join Rachel Cavell as she leads an interactive workshop where attendees will be working with the Federalist Papers, a foundational document providing the essential blueprint for the U.S. Constitution. In these documents, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison instruct us to “deliberate” on a new Constitution for the United States of America; as they enjoin us to engage in this debate by our very “conduct and example”. Over two hundred years later, in a very different United States, the question is posed most urgently again about what it means to “deliberate” about our democracy, and by what “conduct” and “example” we might do so. What would we need to emphasize or to change about ourselves and our communities to become the kind of democratic citizens so envisioned?
Rachel is a practicing lawyer, and pre-law advisor at Bard. She is also a member of the Bard College Faculty, where she teaches FYSEM and L&T; as well as courses in writing and Civics with the BPI. She will be joining the Women in Leadership class, working with attendees on the Federalist Papers, and what might be required to imagine a Constitution. Open to the Bard community!Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-416-2938, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Library Students starting their senior projects are invited to this one-hour workshop to refresh their research skills. Learn tips and tricks for navigating the library's resources, searching effectively, and finding the best sources for your project. Happens in the library computer lab. Can't make it? Request an appointment for a 1:1 research consultation anytime. For more information, call 845-758-7064, or e-mail [email protected].
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Montgomery Place Estate The women's and men's cross country teams host the Fred Pavlich Invitational at Montgomery Place. The men's event begins at 10 a.m., with the women's event to follow. Come out and support the Raptors!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
What's Your Voting Plan? Off campus Students New Voter Registration and Change of Voter Registration
Saturday, September 24, 2022 12–4 pm
48 Broadway, Tivoli
Join [email protected] at Thrift 2 Fight located at 48 Broadway in Tivoli, to get all of your election questions answered and register to vote or change your voter registration if you have recently moved. Stop by from 12pm - 4pm and enjoy some refreshments and take advantage of the last big sale of the summer season at Thrift 2 Fight with 50% off tank tops, shorts, dresses, swimsuits,& other summer wear, as well as $3 sandals.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-416-2938, or e-mail [email protected].
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].
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The women's volleyball team hosts St. Lawrence in a Liberty League match. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Master Class: Improvisation for musicians with Joshua Pantoja, horn
All musicians welcome!
Sunday, September 25, 2022 5:15–7:15 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Joshua Pantoja has been a horn player for the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra since 2004, horn professor at the Puerto Rico Music Conservatory. Faculty at Clazz International Music Festival IV edition in Arcidosso, Italy and Brass coach for the Puerto Rico Youth Symphony Orchestra. He is an active chamber music performer with Camerata Caribe, Café Corta'o Horn Quartet and Pantojazz Trío. Joshua is also a songwriter and the author of the book From Classical to Jazz an Improvisation Method.
Free and open to vaccinated members of the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Library Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Mondays in Stevenson Library 402 and Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-332-6159, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, September 26, 2022 5:30–6:30 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; German Studies Program.
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, Weis Cinema Colin Schmitt will be featured at the Who's on the Ballot series, which hosts local candidates in the November Election. Schmitt is the Republican Candidate for NY 18th Congressional District. Information on how to volunteer for this campaign will also be available.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-416-2938, or e-mail [email protected].
Xiao Hong, Frontier Literature, and Literatures of East Asia
Miya Qiong Xie, Assistant Professor, The Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages Program, Dartmouth College
Monday, September 26, 2022 6–7 pm
Olin, Room 102 This talk is based on my first monograph, Territorializing Manchuria: The Transnational Frontier and Literatures of East Asia. The book reconceptualizes the contested frontier of modern Manchuria in Northeast Asia as a critical site for making and unmaking multiple national literatures in modern East Asia. In this talk, I use the Chinese writer Xiao Hong’s The Field of Life and Death (1935), a canonical piece of Chinese nationalist literature, to illustrate my conceptions of frontier literature and literary territorialization. Depicting a Chinese Manchuria during the era of Japanese colonial Manchukuo, Xiao Hong’s work exemplifies the process of territory-making through literature. Meanwhile, it features aesthetic and stylistic choices that accommodate the colonial regime, thereby bringing the very translational elements that the author seeks to expel into its formation. By reading Xiao Hong’s work and other works by Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese writers comparatively along the national and imperial margin of modern Manchuria, my book demonstrates how East Asian literatures and cultures co-form in conflict, with mutual inclusion at the very site of exclusion. The book resonates with my broader commitment, as a scholar, to the exploration of how people from the peripheries – geographical or metaphorical – find voices, gain power, and establish connections through transcultural contestation and negotiation. Sponsored by: Chinese Studies Program; Dean of the College; 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, September 27, 2022 12–1:30 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; 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, September 27, 2022 1:30–2:30 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.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 Tuesdays at 1:00 pm in the HAC seminar room. As a group, we’ll wrestle with the familiar-foreign biblical text, using Robert Alter’s new translation. Snacks will be provided! With Joshua Boettiger. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
The Transformation of Du Fu in 21st-Century Chinese Poetry
Ao Wang, Associate Professor of Chinese, College of East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 5:30–6:30 pm
Olin, Room 102 Chinese modern-style poetry, as a genre, was invented in the early twentieth century as a vernacular form of free verse. It deviated radically from the tradition of classical poetry, composed in classical Chinese with strict formal regulations. The division between classical and modern-style poetry has long shadowed the development of modern Chinese poetry. In this talk, I discuss how contemporary Chinese poets are challenging this division by examining their engagement with the iconic classical poet Du Fu (712-770). The great Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu has been a perennial poetic model in Chinese culture for more than a millennium. To this day, he remains the most highly acclaimed, most extensively studied, and most widely quoted poet in China. Despite the fact that many modern Chinese poets of the 20th century were well-versed in his work, his impact on modern poetry has not received the attention it deserves, and modern poets’ tributes to him have been exceptions rather than a common practice. In the past two decades, more and more contemporary Chinese poets have written poems to reestablish their relationship with Du Fu. In so doing, they have transformed Du Fu into an enabling figure in their negotiation with the poetic tradition while responding to a highly ideological contemporary culture that has consistently manipulated Du Fu’s legacy.Sponsored by: Chinese Studies Program; Dean of the College; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
While for decades Bollywood has influenced other film industries in South Asia, this scenario has changed recently. This talk looks “beyond Bollywood” and provides a chronicle of the recent success of other Indian and South Asian film industries.
Please join us for Visiting Professor Fahmid Haq's talk, followed by a reception with food and drink to celebrate his new book: Identity, Nationhood and Bangladesh Independent Cinema, published by Routledge, 2022Sponsored by: Experimental Humanities Program; Human Rights Project; Threatened Scholar Initiative.
For more information, call 845-758-7103, or e-mail [email protected].
With Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming and Spring ’22 Gilman Recipient (to Trento, Italy) Francesca Houran ’23
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 6–7 pm
Kappa House Lounge Do you have a Pell Grant and are a US citizen?
Are you thinking of study abroad?
Did you know that you're eligible to apply for a Gilman Scholarship, which could give you up to $5,000 to help with study abroad expenses?
Come have some pizza and learn all about it!
If you're applying for a Gilman, bring your laptop! We're happy to answer questions about the application and review your essays.Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-7080, or e-mail [email protected].
Online Event The tips and tricks of creating a LinkedIn page! Learn how to create an impressive LinkedIn profile. Find out how LinkedIn can be a resource for you for networking, job searches, and more!Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room Please note the day change to Wednesday.
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].
Albee Basement Come by the Chaplaincy Office to knit or learn to knit. Everyone is welcome. Yarn and needles are provided. You can also join us with your own projects of crochet, needlepoint, cross stitch, etc.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, September 28, 2022 6–7:30 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.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Italian 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.
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 6–7 pm
Kline, College Room Please note: Meeting is now in-person inside Kline's main dining hall (faculty area).
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].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 Come study Pilates with Mayerli! She is an apprentice teacher who studied at “The Lab” in Chicago (2021). In this introduction mat class she will work on the basic fundamentals of Pilates. As the weeks progress she will layer on more difficult and challenging exercises. Develop a strong inner core while strengthening and lengthening other muscles. Come check out how Pilates can make you feel tall, strong, and connected!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
RKC 111 Join Antu Santanu, Tina Giorgadze, Hannah Kaufmann, Felicia Flores, Darrion Thornburgh, Josef Lazar, and Daniel Rose-Levine as their present their summer research.Sponsored by: Mathematics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
RKC 111 Antu Santanu “Towards a Universal Gibbs Phenomenon” Felicia Flores & Darrion Thornburgh “2-Caps in the Game of EvenQuads” Tina Giorgadze “Simplifying Text Using Sentence Fusion Graph” Hannah Kaufmann “Data Assimilation for Geophysics Models: Glaciers and Storm Surge” Josef Lazar “A Closer look at Projective SET”Sponsored by: Mathematics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Professor Susan Neiman Director of the Einstein Forum (Potsdam)
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 5–7 pm
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium This lecture will discuss the ways in which contemporary voices who consider themselves leftist have abandoned philosophical ideas which are crucial to any left-wing standpoint: a commitment to universalism, a firm distinction between power and justice, and a belief in the possibility of progress. These ideas are connected and have their roots in the much-maligned Enlightenment. Most critiques of contemporary positions on the so-called woke left have been made from liberal, centrist, or rightwing perspectives. Neiman, by contrast, situates her work squarely on the left, and argues that today’s left has deprived itself of concepts which are crucial for resisting the right-wing lurch.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Hannah Arendt Center; Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7667, 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, September 29, 2022 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. Meet us in the faculty dining area inside Kline. Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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].
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Thursday evening, all are invited to bake challah and prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose (preparing food for Shabbat), they are also a wonderful opportunity for students to chat, relax, and engage with one another in the kitchen. All are welcome. Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin 107 Interested in learning more about the Bard Debate Union? Stop by our weekly meeting to learn about all that we do—competitive debate, public debates, debate outreach, international debates, prison debate, and more! Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, or e-mail [email protected].
Erased, _____ Ascent of the Invisible, طِرسْ، _____رحلة الصعود إلى المرئيّ
Film screening and discussion with director Ghassan Halawani
Thursday, September 29, 2022 4–6 pm
Upstate Films, Rhinebeck “Thirty-five years ago, I witnessed the kidnapping of a man I know. He has disappeared since. Ten years ago, I caught a glimpse of his face while walking in the street, but I wasn’t sure it was him. Parts of his face were torn off, but his features had remained unchanged since the incident. Yet something was different, as if he wasn’t the same man.”
Director Ghassan Halawani takes the viewer on a forensic chase, uncovering, layer by layer, the darkest chapters of Lebanese history on walls, in documents and urban architecture.
The screening will be followed by a conversation with Sabine El Chamaa, filmmaker and a current CHRA research fellow.
The event is free and open to the public.
Copresented with the Middle Eastern Studies Program at Bard.Sponsored by: Middle Eastern Studies Program.
Hegeman 300 Please join us for refreshments and the celebration of a new academic year at the annual welcome back party for the Center for Environmental Sciences and Humanities and the Environmental and Urban Studies Program!
The event is from 5:00–8:30 pm in Hegeman 300, located on the third floor. We can't wait to welcome you!Sponsored by: Environmental and Urban Studies Program.
For more information, call 203-999-1165, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Weis Cinema The Madrigals are an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place called the Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift — every child except Mirabel. However, she soon may be the Madrigals last hope when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is now in danger. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
American Avant-Garde Film 1940-1970: Stan Brakhage / Jack Smith
Thursday, September 29, 2022 7–10 pm
Avery Room 116 Part of a semester-long series presenting classics of American avant-garde cinema. All films will screen on their original 16mm format unless otherwise noted.
Prelude to Dog Star Man (Stan Brakhage, 1962, 25 mins) Window Water Baby Moving (Stan Brakhage, 1962, 13 mins) Mothlight (Stan Brakhage, 1963, 4 mins) Little Stabs of Happiness (Ken Jacobs, 1959-63, 15 mins) Flaming Creatures (Jack Smith, 1963, 43 mins) Filmmaker’s Showcase (Francis Lee, 1963, 3 mins)
Total running time approximately 103 minsSponsored by: Film and Electronic Arts Program.
For more information, call 646-729-1047, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 An energizing dance fitness class featuring Latin and International music. Exercise in disguise! You'll burn lots of calories and have a great time doing it!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
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.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Online Event Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
From Seed-as-Object to Seed-as-Relation in South Africa
Webinar talk by Zayaan Khan
Friday, September 30, 2022 12–1:30 pm
Online Event Governments in South Africa and beyond are working to ratify new laws that limit and criminalize seed access and use. In response, a local and global resistance movement is working to keep seeds free and accessible. The idea of freedom is inherent to a seed, its very purpose is to share itself as widely as possible to ensure the continuity of its species while also providing material for further use. Yet these laws claim the exact opposite: seed is objectified and not seen in relation to all that rely on it, across the spectrums of species. Zayaan’s talk will focus on her multidisciplinary work with seed, land, and food, based in sociopolitical, ecological, and spiritual-political perspectives.
Zayaan Khan works as an artist using local urban and ecological relationships to understand the elements that build ecosystems. Through curiosity, research, experimentation and engagement, her work finds a resting place through food as a means of understanding the world, particularly seed, land, and our collective heritage. For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://chra.bard.edu/event/zayaan-khan/.
Zayaan Khan: From Seed-as-Object to Seed-as-Relation in South Africa
Friday, September 30, 2022 12–1:30 pm
Online Event CHRA's first talk in its fall series focusing on the politics of land and food features multidisciplinary artist and researcher Zayaan Khan. Zayaan’s webinar will focus on her work with seed, land and food in South Africa based in sociopolitical, ecological, and spiritual-political perspectives. Zayaan is one of the artists commissioned by Boyzie Cekwana as part of CHRA's network project Common Ground, in collaboration with the Fisher Center at Bard.
“From seed-to-object to seed-as-relation in South Africa” explores the laws that limit and criminalize seed use and the local and global resistance movements that aim to extend the accessibility of seed.
Khan works as an artist using local urban and ecological relationship/s to understand the elements that build ecosystems. Through curiosity, research, experimentation and engagement, her work finds a resting place through food as a means of understanding the world, particularly seed, land and collective heritage.
This webinar will be moderated by Mocke Jansen van Veuren (University of the Witwatersrand).
Known for “sublime dance theater of the highest caliber,” the Fisher Center’s first-ever choreographer in residence Pam Tanowitz “has long been one of the most formally brilliant choreographers around.” (The New York Times)
Join Pam and her critically acclaimed ensemble, Pam Tanowitz Dance, for a behind-the-scenes look into their creative process featuring work-in-progress showings of two new works and the Fisher Center premiere screening of I was waiting for the echo of a better day, a film created by Jeremy Jacob during the SummerScape 2021 premiere of Pam’s work of the same title.
Join us on Friday and Saturday for a discussion with Pam Tanowitz, Fisher Center Artistic Director, Gideon Lester, and film director, Jeremy Jacob immediately following the performance and screening.
Saturday, June 25, 2022 – Sunday, November 27, 2022 11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art The practice of Martine Syms is distinguished by its boundlessness: her subjects move across media—print and web publishing, photography, moving image, installation, AI, software—dissolving the lines between these forms. One of the most insightful and important artists to show how digital media shapes our culture, Syms examines representations of Blackness and its relationship to vernacular, feminist thought, and radical traditions. Martine Syms: Grio College presents an expansive selection of Syms’ work, featuring major new and recent works and emphasizing the artist’s versatile approach to photography, highlighting the many scales and methods through which she approaches image-making. The exhibition is accompanied by a screening of Syms’ feature film The African Desperate (2022), and premieres related photographic works, drawings, and installation. The script of The African Desperate, co-written by Syms and Rocket Caleshu, will be published by Nightboat Books and available in conjunction with the exhibition.
Saturday, June 25, 2022 – Sunday, November 27, 2022 11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Reaction charts a wide and in-depth view of Dara Birnbaum’s extraordinary and influential practice, marking the indelible contribution she has made not only to American art but to the global histories of video, Conceptual, performance, and appropriation art. Organized chronologically, and marking the first U.S. retrospective of the artist’s work to date, the exhibition surveys works from 1975 to 2011 with a focus on key single-channel videos and major installations, many not seen in the United States for years. An accompanying presentation of archival material will illustrate her rigorous and interdisciplinary method, while illuminating the varied contexts of her work in art, music, and politics.
Museum Hours Sun, 11am–5pm Mon, Closed Tue, Closed Wed, 11am–5pm Thu, 11am–5pm Fri, 11am–5pm Sat, 11am–5pmSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Saturday, June 25, 2022 – Sunday, October 16, 2022 11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Bringing together the work of twenty-eight artists of African descent, Black Melancholia expands and complicates the notion of melancholy in Western art history and cultures. Including new commissions as well as painting, sculpture, film, photography, works on paper, and sound, from the late 19th century to the present day, the exhibition opens a dialogue with traditional art historical discourses around the representation of melancholia.
Museum Hours Sun, 11am–5pm Mon, Closed Tue, Closed Wed, 11am–5pm Thu, 11am–5pm Fri, 11am–5pm Sat, 11am–5pmSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Study Abroad 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Study Abroad at Bard
Thursday, September 1, 2022 12–1 pm
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge ATTENTION JUNIORS: Want to study abroad for Spring 2023? You MUST attend an Info Session or Drop-In Table, then schedule a 1:1 meeting with Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming at [email protected]. Deadlines for Spring programs arrive early in the Fall term, so start planning now.
WILL DISCUSS: - The Petition for Study Abroad process - Bard Abroad programs - Tuition Exchanges - New OSUN opportunities - Non-Bard programs - Summer programs - The International BA - Financial Aid/Scholarships - Deadlines/timelines
COME SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE!Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
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.
Thursday, September 1, 2022 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. Meet us in the faculty dining area inside Kline. Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The women's soccer team opens the 2022 season against Anna Maria College. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Gahagan All international students are welcome to stop by Gahagan House during these walk-in office hours. For more information, call 845-758-7328, or e-mail [email protected].
Thursday, September 1, 2022 – Friday, December 16, 2022 5–9 pm
Learning Commons Come to the Learning Commons (behind Stone Row) to arrange a session with a friendly peer tutor or to learn about our study rooms in all subjects taught at the College.
You may also contact Margaux Suinat ’22 at [email protected]. Head over to our website for more information on tutoring, study rooms and workshops.Sponsored by: Learning 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.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].
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center The women's volleyball team opens the 2022 season against William Paterson University. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Thursday evening, all are invited to bake challah and prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose (preparing food for Shabbat), they are also a wonderful opportunity for students to chat, relax, and engage with one another in the kitchen. All are welcome. Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin 107 Interested in learning more about the Bard Debate Union? Come to our first meeting of the year to meet the coaches and learn about all that we do: competitive debate, public debates, debate outreach projects, prison debate, international debate, and more! No prior debate experience necessary; all are welcome!Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, or e-mail [email protected].
Study Abroad 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Study Abroad at Bard
Friday, September 2, 2022 12–1 pm
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge ATTENTION JUNIORS: Want to study abroad for Spring 2023? You MUST attend an Info Session or Drop-In Table, then schedule a 1:1 meeting with Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming at [email protected]. Deadlines for Spring programs arrive early in the Fall term, so start planning now.
WILL DISCUSS: - The Petition for Study Abroad process - Bard Abroad programs - Tuition Exchanges - New OSUN opportunities - Non-Bard programs - Summer programs - The International BA - Financial Aid/Scholarships - Deadlines/timelines
COME SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE!Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 An energizing dance fitness class featuring Latin and International music. Exercise in disguise! You'll burn lots of calories and have a great time doing it!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
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.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Study Abroad 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Study Abroad at Bard
Monday, September 5, 2022 12–1 pm
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge ATTENTION JUNIORS: Want to study abroad for Spring 2023? You MUST attend an Info Session or Drop-In Table, then schedule a 1:1 meeting with Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming at [email protected]. Deadlines for Spring programs arrive early in the Fall term, so start planning now.
WILL DISCUSS: - The Petition for Study Abroad process - Bard Abroad programs - Tuition Exchanges - New OSUN opportunities - Non-Bard programs - Summer programs - The International BA - Financial Aid/Scholarships - Deadlines/timelines
COME SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE!Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Library Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Mondays in Stevenson Library 402 and Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-332-6159, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Weis Cinema Sarahana Shrestha will be featured at the Who's on the Ballot series, which hosts local candidates in the November Election. Shrestha is the Democratic candidate for State Assembly to represent District 103. Information on how to volunteer for this campaign will also be available.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-416-2938, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, September 5, 2022 5:30–6:30 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; German Studies Program.
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].
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, September 6, 2022 12–1:30 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; 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, September 6, 2022 1:30–2:30 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.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
An evening of harvesting, storytelling, and cooking at the Bard Farm with Rebecca Yoshino and Vivien Sansour, Palestinian seed keeper, chef, and artist. Register now.
Inspired by the Arabic saying, el batin bustan, participants will be introduced to the diverse food crops in the garden as a model of diversity and form of health and strength. How does one plot of land produce such a multitude of color and variety? How do these varieties interact with each other to support and enhance their blossoming?
We will be harvesting crops, engaging in food preparation, and collectively cooking a menu that will be led by the farmer and the cook. As we cook up biodiversity on our plates, we will be led into a storytelling engagement that will deepen our understanding of the relationship between who we are, the terrain, and the plants we are eating.
Please come prepared to be in the garden and get your shoes and clothes dirty. This is a hands and hearts on workshop.
Register HereSponsored by: Bard Farm; Bard Office of Sustainability; Experimental Humanities Program; OSUN; Office of Sustainability.
For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Out of Place: Three Writers on Fiction, Language, Exile, and Utopia
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 5:30–7:30 pm
Campus Center, Weis Cinema This event brings together in person on the Bard campus in Annandale three esteemed writers—Nuruddin Farah, Ilija Trojanow, and Aleksandar Hemon—to read from and discuss their work. As suggested by the titles North of Dawn (Farah) and Nowhere Man (Hemon), all three writers are concerned in their work with questions of place and displacement, of cultural difference and shared humanity, and of what Trojanow in his recent work calls “utopian narratives.” Each also has deep personal and professional connections to more than one language, and together they comprise a knowledge of literatures that is truly stunning in its diversity, including works composed in Arabic, Bulgarian, German, Serbo-Croation, and Somali, among other languages. All three authors are also active in a plurality of genres and media, which taken together includes novels, short stories, criticism, plays, film and television scripts, and music. On this evening, they will read and discuss their work and explore common concerns and points of difference, and will invite the audience to join in the conversationSponsored by: Africana Studies Program; German Studies Program; Human Rights Project; Literature Program; OSUN; Russian/Eurasian Studies Program; Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7142, or e-mail [email protected].
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Virtual Student Mobility Info Session for Spring 2023
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 8–9 am
Online Event 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
Join OSUN's Student Mobility Info Session to meet representatives from OSUN partner institutions and learn more about the study abroad opportunities available for Spring 2023! This session will include an overview of the host destinations in the OSUN network and a description of the application process. For undergraduate and graduate students.
Please join us for the Mind, Brain, and Behavior (MBB) concentration open house. This will be an opportunity to learn about the MBB concentration while meeting MBB faculty and other interested students. Coffee and donuts will be served!
Sponsored by: Mind, Brain, & Behavior Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room Please note the day change to Wednesday.
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].
Cutting the Plane with Lines: The Study of Arrangements
Moshe Cohen, SUNY New Paltz
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 12–1 pm
RKC 111 A line arrangement is a finite collection of lines in the plane. We can study a line arrangement using algebra and geometry by looking at equations of lines as in high school algebra. We can study this using combinatorics by looking at the points that are intersections of lines. We can study this using topology by looking at the complement -- the leftover space. We can ask if the combinatorial information forecasts the topological information of the complement by studying the moduli space of all geometric realizations. I will introduce several fun problems for us to work on to help acquaint ourselves with this topic and its many complexities. No specific background is required.Sponsored by: Mathematics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Study Abroad 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Study Abroad at Bard
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 5–6 pm
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge ATTENTION JUNIORS: Want to study abroad for Spring 2023? You MUST attend an Info Session or Drop-In Table, then schedule a 1:1 meeting with Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming at [email protected]. Deadlines for Spring programs arrive early in the Fall term, so start planning now.
WILL DISCUSS: - The Petition for Study Abroad process - Bard Abroad programs - Tuition Exchanges - New OSUN opportunities - Non-Bard programs - Summer programs - The International BA - Financial Aid/Scholarships - Deadlines/timelines
COME SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE!Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Albee Basement Come by the Chaplaincy Office to knit or learn to knit. Everyone is welcome. Yarn and needles are provided. You can also join us with your own projects of crochet, needlepoint, cross stitch, etc.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium "Each day we are sold different versions of yesterday, but rarely offered a different tomorrow. The apocalypse streams into every household at a flat rate. In an era of dystopian forebodings, the future can no longer be taken for granted, and optimism is under siege. It seems high time for a reboot of utopian literature, in which a space that is not, may yet come to be in the future. We are near forgetting that history is not a foregone conclusion, and that fatalism is the last refuge of the coward. How we shape the future lies in our own hands, but with the prerequisite that we are ready to think ahead, into the unknown and uncertain, imagining alternatives to given paradigms. If the seeds of human progress are indeed planted by ideas before they can blossom into transformations, utopian narratives are of existential importance." Our guest, Ilija Trojanow, has spent the past several years working on a utopian novel and exploring the history of Utopia. At a time when we reckon with our destruction of the natural world and of imagination, Trojanow's work encourages us to scrub clear our overclouded skies and to ask ourselves: what is literature if not unshackled fancy?Sponsored by: Africana Studies Program; German Studies Program; Human Rights Project; Literature Program; OSUN; Russian/Eurasian Studies Program; Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7142, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 6–7:30 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.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Italian 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.
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 6–7 pm
Kline, College Room Please note: Meeting is now in-person inside Kline's main dining hall (faculty area).
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].
Meditation Garden, Fisher Studio Arts Building Studio Arts students, faculty, and staff: Please join us for the Annual Fall Semester Meet and Greet! There will be refreshments and s'mores!Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
For more information, call 707-246-1223, 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, September 8, 2022 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. Meet us in the faculty dining area inside Kline. Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Gahagan All international students are welcome to stop by Gahagan House during these walk-in office hours. For more information, call 845-758-7328, or e-mail [email protected].
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].
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Thursday evening, all are invited to bake challah and prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose (preparing food for Shabbat), they are also a wonderful opportunity for students to chat, relax, and engage with one another in the kitchen. All are welcome. Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Virtual Faculty Mobility Info Session for Spring 2023
Thursday, September 8, 2022 8–9 am
Online Event 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
Join OSUN's Faculty Mobility Info Session to meet representatives from OSUN partner institutions and learn more about the Faculty Mobility Fellowship opportunities available for Spring 2023! This session will include an overview of the host destinations in the OSUN network and a description of the application process for Junior, Visiting, Short-Term Visiting, and Replacement Faculty Fellowships and for OSUN Sabbaticals.
Additional Info Sessions on September 14th and 20th.
Kline South Patio Please Join TLS leaders and community partners at the annual TLS Recruitment Fair!
Learn about current projects and how to get engaged locally, nationally, and internationally!
Heading into its 26th year, the Trustee Leader Scholar (TLS) program offers formal civic engagement opportunities for students at Bard and is deeply rooted in the mission and outreach efforts of the Bard Center for Civic Engagement.
TLS supports the liberal arts mission of enlightened citizenship: personal development in the context of student-initiated, hands-on community engagement projects.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Olin 107 Interested in learning more about the Bard Debate Union? Stop by our weekly meeting to learn about all that we do—competitive debate, public debates, debate outreach, international debates, prison debate, and more! Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, or e-mail [email protected].
American Avant-Garde Film, 1940 to 1970: Maya Deren & Sidney Peterson
Avery, Room 116
Thursday, September 8, 2022 7–10 pm
Avery Art Center Part of a semester-long Thursday night series presenting classics of American avant-garde cinema. All films will screen on their original 16mm film format unless otherwise noted.
Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1943, 18 mins) At Land (Maya Deren, 1944, 15 mins) A Study in Choreography for Camera (Maya Deren, 1945, 4 mins) Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, 1946, 15 mins) Petrified Dog (Sidney Peterson, 1948, 19 mins) Lead Shoes (Sidney Peterson, 1949, 18 mins) The Potted Psalm (Sidney Peterson & James Broughton, 1946, 18 mins)
Total running time approximately 107 minsSponsored by: Film and Electronic Arts Program.
For more information, call 646-729-1047, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin Auditorium The Bard College Department of Athletics and Recreation is sponsoring a presentation entitled, "Supporting Holistic Mental Health on Campus," to be held at Olin Hall on Thursday, September 8, from 8–9 pm. All Bard students, staff and faculty are welcome.
The presentation will be given by Nathaan Demers, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist and former college student-athlete. In his current role as vice president of Clinical Programs & Strategic Partnerships at Grit Digital Health, his focus has been on working specifically in preventative behavioral health on college campuses. The team develops and implements digital tools that decrease stigma and connect individuals to the right behavioral health resources at the right time.
The presentation will highlight the holistic nature of mental wellbeing, especially for college students or anyone who will benefit from striving for balance and good health in their lives. The event will hopefully leave attendees with tools and strategies to support themselves and others when things don't go as planned.Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 An energizing dance fitness class featuring Latin and International music. Exercise in disguise! You'll burn lots of calories and have a great time doing it!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
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.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Study Abroad 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Study Abroad at Bard
Friday, September 9, 2022 1–2 pm
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge ATTENTION JUNIORS: Want to study abroad for Spring 2023? You MUST attend an Info Session or Drop-In Table, then schedule a 1:1 meeting with Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming at [email protected]. Deadlines for Spring programs arrive early in the Fall term, so start planning now.
WILL DISCUSS: - The Petition for Study Abroad process - Bard Abroad programs - Tuition Exchanges - New OSUN opportunities - Non-Bard programs - Summer programs - The International BA - Financial Aid/Scholarships - Deadlines/timelines
COME SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE!Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Lobby Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming and Berlin Programs Manager Lauren Cooke are tabling in the Campus Center today to answer questions about all things Study Abroad. No matter your class year or major, stop by to ask questions about:
Attention Juniors! Want to study abroad for Spring 2023? You must attend an Info Session or the Drop-In Table, then schedule a one-on-one meeting with Study Abroad Adviser Trish Fleming at [email protected]. Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-7080, or e-mail [email protected].
Online Event Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
RKC 111 Please join us to learn more about the Bard-Rockefeller Semester in Science program. Students and faculty from all majors within the SM&C Division are welcome.Sponsored by: Bard-Rockefeller Semester in Science program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The women's volleyball team hosts WPI and Ramapo in a tri-match. Ramapo vs. Bard, 10 a.m. Ramapo vs. WPI, 12 p.m. WPI vs. Bard, 2 p.m. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex The women's tennis team plays it's first home match of the 2022 season against Russell Sage College. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
TŌN begins its eighth season with Mahler’s heroic Fifth Symphony, plus two works featuring winners of the Bard College Conservatory 2022 Concerto Competition: George Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Lilacs and the virtuosic flute concerto of Joan Tower, who has taught composition at Bard for 50 years.
Leon Botsteinconductor Samantha Martin VAP ’22soprano Andrea Ábel ’23flute
TŌN begins its eighth season with Mahler’s heroic Fifth Symphony, plus two works featuring winners of the Bard College Conservatory 2022 Concerto Competition: George Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Lilacs and the virtuosic flute concerto of Joan Tower, who has taught composition at Bard for 50 years.
Leon Botsteinconductor Samantha Martin VAP ’22soprano Andrea Ábel ’23flute
TŌN begins its eighth season with Mahler’s heroic Fifth Symphony, plus two works featuring winners of the Bard College Conservatory 2022 Concerto Competition: George Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Lilacs and the virtuosic flute concerto of Joan Tower, who has taught composition at Bard for 50 years.
Leon Botsteinconductor Samantha Martin VAP ’22soprano Andrea Ábel ’23flute
Harvest Moon with La Voz magazine // La Luna de la Cosecha con la revista La Voz
Sunday, September 11, 2022 3–7 pm
Greig Farm 227 Pitcher Lane, Red Hook, NY 12571 After more than two years without seeing each other in person we invite you to this fundraising event with La Voz magazine, to celebrate our 18th anniversary with live music representing our beautiful Hispanic cultures of the Hudson Valley and food. Do we need to say more?
Sunday September 11, 2022, from 3 to 7pm Enjoy the beautiful views of Greig's farm in Red Hook, accompanied by the music of the Latin Jazz by Pablo Shine, the voice of Alessandra, Argentine chararera and merengue class with Dojo Dance Company, and other surprises, in addition to food for sale from local Hispanic restaurants. What else? Good company, good vibes, raffles and auctions. Looking forward to seeing you!
Después de más de dos años sin vernos en persona los invitamos a este evento de recaudación de fondos con la revista La Voz, para celebrar nuestro 18 aniversario con música en vivo representando nuestras hermosas culturas hispanas del valle de Hudson y con comida.¿Necesitamos decir más?
Domingo 11 de septiembre de 2022, de 3 a 7pm Disfruta de las hermosas vistas de la finca de Greig en Red Hook, acompañado de la música del Latin Jazz de Pablo Shine, la voz de Alessandra, clase y baile de chacarera argentina y merengue con Dojo Dance Company, y otras sorpresas, además de comida a la venta de restaurantes hispanos locales. ¿Qué más? Buena compañía, buena onda, rifas y subastas.¡Te esperamos!Sponsored by: La Voz.
For more information, call 303-746-6462, or e-mail [email protected].
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Library Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Mondays in Stevenson Library 402 and Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-332-6159, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, September 12, 2022 5:30–6:30 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; German Studies Program.
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].
Individuals at OSUN member institutions are invited to attend the first virtual Fall 2022 meeting of the OSUN Gender Equity Working Group on Monday, September 12.
Campus Center, Weis Cinema Jillian Hanlon will be featured at the Who's on the Ballot series, which hosts local candidates in the November Election. Hanlon is the Democratic candidate Dutchess County Sheriff. Information on how to volunteer for this campaign will also be available.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-416-2938, or e-mail [email protected].
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 will take place in Classroom 102 at CCS Bard, are free and open to the public, and are documented through audio recordings that reside in the CCS Bard Library & Archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Listening to the Visuality of Landscapes: Virginia Woolf and José Donoso
Andrés Ferrada, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Chile
Monday, September 12, 2022 5:30–7 pm
Olin, Room 203 Andrés Ferrada, professor of comparative literature at the Universidad de Playa Ancha in Chile, will speak about Virginia Woolf and her enduring influence on one of Latin America's most acclaimed novelists, Chilean writer José Donoso. Dr. Ferrada will explore the relationship between Woolf and Donoso, focusing on ways in which the two writers create visual and acoustic landscapes that blur the boundaries between the phenomenal world and the subject's interiorization of that world.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Spanish Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7382, 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, September 13, 2022 12–1:30 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; 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, September 13, 2022 1:30–2:30 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.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
The Bard Prison Initiative, in partnership with OSUN and Incarceration Nations Network, invites individuals at member institutions to the BPI Global Initiatives Virtual Lecture Series starting in September 2022.
This lecture series is designed for a global community of practitioners in different higher education contexts in prisons and carceral spaces around the world. In ten virtual monthly sessions, different scholars will introduce attendees to several alternative experiences in prisons. The sessions will be an hour and a half long, and each session will end with Q&A. English-Spanish simultaneous interpretation will be available in all the sessions.
The first session, “Puzzle of Prison Order: Why Life Behind Bars Varies Around the World,” led by David Skarbek (Brown University & Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics), takes place on Tuesday, September 13th at 9 AM New York time.
Hannah Arendt, Muslim Europeans and a Sociology of Hope
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 12:30–2 pm
Arendt Center
In "Citizen Strangers: Hannah Arendt, Muslim Europeans and a Sociology of Hope," Elisabeth Becker Topkara presents a project on the intersection of critical 20th century Jewish and critical 21st century Muslim thought in Europe.
This lunchtime talk will focus on how Hannah Arendt's positionality as a citizen stranger - one that is legally part of, while also kept culturally apart from German society as a Jew - fed into her critical political and social theories. Engaging with Arendt's theories of citizenship and understanding, rooted in her personal experiences of exclusion, persecution and exile, the lecture will illuminate how Arendt's thought can be brought to bear on the experiences and growing intellectual milieu of European Muslims: today's citizen strangers in Europe. It will also touch on contemporary crises of (refugee) migration and a rising right-wing in Europe, and the enduring presence of evil, totalitarian tendencies, and anti-pluralistic forces at the heart of Arendt's work. Finally, the talk turns to the transformative potential of a critical social theory for the 21st century rooted in both modern Jewish and modern Muslim thought that may confront and contend with the failures of modernity.
Light refreshments and snacks will be served at the Arendt Center. Join us!
Human Rights Project Events: Eyal Weizman, Five or Six Doors
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 5:30–7 pm
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room During the pandemic, Forensic Architecture undertook a process of transformation. Rather than growing to meet the intensity of the challenges they faced, the agency instead decided to morph into an interlinking structure of smaller, situated, activist groups located in different parts of the world and working in solidarity with local political actors. This lecture will present some recent cases undertaken by these groups. Coincidentally, they had all to deal with doors: open when they needed to be closed, locked when they needed to be unlocked. These doors stand for the collapse of the social order which they promised to maintain, and point to systemic racism and the ghosts of our colonial past.
Eyal Weizman is a professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures and founding director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2010 he founded the research agency Forensic Architecture and has directed it ever since. Forensic Architecture is an interdisciplinary team of researchers that produce evidence for presentation in national and international courts, human rights forums, parliamentary inquiries, truth commissions, people’s tribunals, and also in art and cultural forums.Sponsored by: Architecture Program; Center for Curatorial Studies; Experimental Humanities Program; Human Rights Program; Human Rights Project; Middle Eastern Studies Program; OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts.
For more information, call 845-758-7127, or e-mail [email protected].
ABOUT THE 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/ae success and career outcomes
Admissions information
Prerequisite course information
Peace Corps and AmeriCorps programs
Financial aid and scholarships
Tips for a standout application
DEGREE OPTIONS: MBA in Sustainability MEd in Environmental Education MS in Climate Science and Policy MS in Environmental Policy
Dual degree options include: MS/JD with Pace Law School MS/MAT with Bard’s Master of Arts in Teaching MEd/MAT with Bard’s Master of Arts in Teaching MS/MBA with Bard’s MBA in Sustainability
Peace Corps Programs: Master's International (before you serve) Coverdell Fellows (after you serve)
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar. Email the Bard GPS admissions team at [email protected] for additional information.
RSVP Here! Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room Please note the day change to Wednesday.
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].
Albee Basement Come by the Chaplaincy Office to knit or learn to knit. Everyone is welcome. Yarn and needles are provided. You can also join us with your own projects of crochet, needlepoint, cross stitch, etc.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, September 14, 2022 6–7:30 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.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Italian 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.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 6–7 pm
Kline, College Room Please note: Meeting is now in-person inside Kline's main dining hall (faculty area).
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].
Virtual Faculty Mobility Info Session for Spring 2023
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 8–9 am
Online Event 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
Join OSUN's Faculty Mobility Info Session to meet representatives from OSUN partner institutions and learn more about the Faculty Mobility Fellowship opportunities available for Spring 2023! This session will include an overview of the host destinations in the OSUN network and a description of the application process for Junior, Visiting, Short-Term Visiting, and Replacement Faculty Fellowships and for OSUN Sabbaticals.
RKC 111 The card game SET is played with a special deck of 81 cards. There is quite a lot of mathematics that can be explored using the game; understanding that mathematics enhances our appreciation for the game, and the game enhances our appreciation for the mathematics! We’ll look at questions in combinatorics, probability, linear algebra, and especially geometry. There's also a Daily Puzzle, and we have found some interesting things out about that. If you’d like some practice before the talk, go to www.setgame.com (which will redirect you) for the rules and the Daily Puzzle.Sponsored by: Mathematics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 Come study Pilates with Mayerli! She is an apprentice teacher who studied at “The Lab” in Chicago (2021). In this introduction mat class she will work on the basic fundamentals of Pilates. As the weeks progress she will layer on more difficult and challenging exercises. Develop a strong inner core while strengthening and lengthening other muscles. Come check out how Pilates can make you feel tall, strong, and connected!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
Meet faculty and other student writers, and ask questions about workshops and Moderation.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 6:30–8 pm
Shafer House The Written Arts Program welcomes any and all interested students to an open house in Shafer House. Members of the faculty will be in attendance to answer any specific questions you may have, and/or to talk with you generally about workshops, Moderation, and Senior Projects.
Enjoy the waterfall and have some refreshments as you chat with other student writers about their experiences in the program and Senior Projects.
Shafer House (9 Cedar Hill Road) is located at the Annandale Triangle on south campus, across the road from Feitler House.Sponsored by: Written Arts Program.
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.
Thursday, September 15, 2022 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. Meet us in the faculty dining area inside Kline. Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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].
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A Every Thursday evening, all are invited to bake challah and prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose (preparing food for Shabbat), they are also a wonderful opportunity for students to chat, relax, and engage with one another in the kitchen. All are welcome. Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin 107 Interested in learning more about the Bard Debate Union? Stop by our weekly meeting to learn about all that we do—competitive debate, public debates, debate outreach, international debates, prison debate, and more! Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, or e-mail [email protected].
Gabriela D'Elia, Fungal Diversity Survey, and John Michelotti, Catskill Fungi
Thursday, September 15, 2022 12:10–1:10 pm
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium Gabriela D’Elia is director of Fungal Diversity Survey (FunDiS), a nonprofit that provides mycophiles the tools to contribute scientifically valuable data for protecting fungi. She is also vice president for Mushroom Society of Utah and project leader for Northern Utah Funga FunDiS Local Project, an founder of Moon Mushrooms. It was love at first sight when she noticed the mysterious mushrooms that dotted the city streets of Seattle in 2012. She holds a BA in Environmental Studies (emphasis in Fungal Ecology) and has taught classes on macrofungi, fungal ecology, cultivation, mushroom medicine, and aspects of fungal philosophy. She is interested in how mycophiles can impact how fungi are understood and protected through community science organization. She also finds value in exploring fungi through observation, imagination, and symbolism.
John Michelotti is the founder of Catskill Fungi which empowers people with fungi through outdoor educational classes, cultivation courses, mushroom art, and mushroom health extracts. John is a former President of the Mid-Hudson Mycological Association (MHMA). He serves as Medicinal Mushroom Committee Chair and is a Poison Control Consultant for the North American Mycological Association. He was chosen by the Catskill Center as a "Steward of the Catskills" for his contribution to the environment. His goal is to educate and inspire people to pair with fungi to improve the environment, their health, and communities.Sponsored by: Biology Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Hate and Holocaust and Genocide Museums and Memorials
Thursday, September 15, 2022 3–4:30 pm
Online Event The Bard Center for the Study of Hate (BCSH) invites individuals at OSUN member institutions to a webinar with Tali Nates, Founder & Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre on “Hate and Holocaust and Genocide Museums and Memorials.”
During Spring 2022, students and/or faculty from the US, the UK, South Africa and Austria participated in the OSUN Network Collaborative Course on “Anti-Semitism, Holocaust, Colonialism, Gender: Connecting the Conversations," discussing hate, anti-Semitism, genocide, memory and related topics.
The course's last instructional session was led by Nates, who spoke about how the Holocaust and genocides are best presented in museums and memorials. She not only “connected the conversations,” but emphasized how memory and denial were related to other factors, such as politics, and how her museum shows the Holocaust in the context of other genocides.
Psychology Program Senior Project Midway Presentations
Thursday, September 15, 2022 4:30–5 pm
Preston Theater Psychology majors completing their Senior Project this fall will present their work to date on Thursday, September 15 from 4:30 – 5:00 pm in the Preston Theater. Topics will include: mind wandering, transphobia, and how music affects our emotions. All are welcome to attend!Sponsored by: Psychology Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Academic Writing Workshop for International Students
Citation, Paraphrasing, and Plagiarism
Thursday, September 15, 2022 5–6 pm
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 All international students are encouraged to attend this workshop that is designed to address important aspects of academic writing and expectations at Bard. For more information, call 845-758-7328, or e-mail [email protected].
The Bard College Center for Civic Engagement and Opus 40 are pleased to cosponsor The Heart of Afghanistan ensemble
The Heart of Afghanistan features four brilliant Afghan musicians: famed singer and Afghan TV star Ahmad Fanoos on vocals and harmonium, his sons Elham Fanoos on piano and Mehran Fanoos on violin, and Hamid Habibzada on tabla. Unable to perform inside Afghanistan today, where the Taliban has banned all music, the group carries the flame of Afghanistan’s rich and complex musical heritage, from its pre-Islamic Buddhist period to the modern era. Included in the program will be traditional ghazals based on the Sufi-inspired poetry of Rumi (who was born in Afghanistan), Afghan folk music, and the iconic hits of legendary singer Ahmad Zahir (of the 60s and 70s, and still wildly popular today). Only recently reunited in the US, the ensemble will give a 360-degree view of Afghan culture through music, poetry, art, and cultural heritage.
In addition to The Heart of Afghanistan, the evening will include a few short performances by some of Bard's talented students from Afghanistan. Bard students will be raising funds to support projects in Afghanistan. Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/opus40/735927#Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
American Avant-Garde Cinema, 1940-1970: Films of the 40s and 50s
Thursday, September 15, 2022 7–10 pm
Avery Room 116 Part of a semester-long series presenting classics of American avant-garde cinema. All films will screen on their original 16mm film format unless otherwise noted.
Geography of the Body (Willard Maas, 1943, 7 mins) Fireworks (Kenneth Anger, 1947, 20 mins) Visual Variations on Noguchi (Marie Menken, 1945, 4 mins) Hurry! Hurry! (Marie Menken, 1957, 3 mins) The End (Christopher MacLaine, 1953, 38 mins) Eaux d’Artifice (Kenneth Anger, 1953, 15 mins) Desistfilm (Stan Brakhage, 1954, 7 mins)
Total running time approximately 94 minsSponsored by: Film and Electronic Arts Program.
For more information, call 646-729-1047, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1 An energizing dance fitness class featuring Latin and International music. Exercise in disguise! You'll burn lots of calories and have a great time doing it!Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, or e-mail [email protected].
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.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
Online Event Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
Precision Measurements Using Optically Levitated Nanospheres
Andrew Poverman ’21
Friday, September 16, 2022 12–1 pm
Hegeman 107 Using optically levitated nano-spheres, the Geraci group at Northwestern University's Center for Fundamental Physics (CFP) makes precision measurements with the scientific goal of investigating fundamental aspects of gravity and quantum foundations. To search for effects of gravity at short ranges, we employ a dual beam optical trap to confine 300nm fused silica spheres in an optical potential. The sphere is then brought within microns of a driven oscillating mass with a periodic density structure. This oscillating mass causes the motion of the trapped nano-sphere to change as a result of gravitational interaction, and the gravitational force exerted on the nano-sphere is then measured by using imaging techniques to track its motion in the optical trap. This type of system has already shown zepto-newton force sensitivity, and is currently being updated to have even higher sensitivity as well as the capability to search for Casimir-Polder forces. Additionally, I will describe an experiment which plans to investigate quantum properties of these nano-spheres by using matter-wave interferometry. To do so, we must first cool the center of motion of the bead to its motional ground state using parametric feedback cooling. Successfully observing quantum properties of these nano-spheres will potentially open the door to a regime of physics where macroscopic objects can be put into quantum superpositions, allowing for tests of quantum foundations and the quantum to classical transition. Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
The Village of Red Hook is bringing it back to the basics for 2022 Hardscrabble Music Festival. On Saturday, September 17, 2022, enjoy cuisine from featured food trucks as well as an array of specials from local eateries while the streets are full of music from 10 am – 10 pm. Red Hook is fortunate to be surrounded by local farms that help our community thrive and new this year, Hardscrabble will feature our farms and their local ciders production in our Cider Tents! Save the date and come celebrate some of the best Red Hook has to offer! Check out the music line up here. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Starr Library Rhinebeck 68 West Market Street, Rhinebeck, New York 1257 Celebrate the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month with Bard College's own Àvila Ensemble as they kick things off with their repertoire of selected Venezuelan folk songs. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Works for solo piano by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, and Schumann
Sunday, September 18, 2022 3–5 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Wayman Chin’s playing has been described as, “transcendental, long lines spun like glorious gold thread,” “ferociously concentrated, intense, focused, and musically astute” (Boston Herald), “vividly characterized and atmospheric,” (Stamford Mercury, U.K.), and “sheer magic….every note is colored.”(the Freeman, Philippines).
Pianist Wayman Chin has performed widely throughout the United States, Asia, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, his concerts include performances at Princeton University, the Curtis Institute of Music, Jordan Hall, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and the Old First Concert Series in San Francisco. Chin has appeared at Tsuen Wan Town Hall in Hong Kong, and in the Philippines, on the Sala Foundation concert series, at the residence of the United States Ambassador in Manila, and at Soochow University in Taipei.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, or e-mail [email protected].
Center for Spiritual Life Monday: Guided Meditation 6 pm-6:15: Introduction & dharma words 6:15-6:45: Meditation 6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation & chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation 6-7 pm: Quiet contemplation Join for any length of time.
Meditation is followed by sangha community time with refreshments.
All are welcome!
First timers, experience meditators, Buddhists, seekers. We support each other quieting the mind and develop compassion, with others, ourselves, and the miraculous world around us.
Please email if you are interested in joining our sangha list for special events such as sutra studying, cultural events, dharma excursions, or extended meditation retreats.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Library Shut Up & Sproj provides you with a quiet, communal space to work on your Senior Project. We meet Mondays in Stevenson Library 402 and Fridays from 3:30–5:00 pm on Zoom. By making the commitment to show up for your Senior Project each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time. Note that "Senior Project work" is anything that moves your project forward.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-332-6159, or e-mail [email protected].
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, September 19, 2022 5:30–6:30 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; German Studies Program.
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, Weis Cinema Kirk Imperati will be featured at the Who's on the Ballot series, which hosts local candidates in the November Election. Imperati is the Republican candidate Dutchess County Sheriff. Information on how to volunteer for this campaign will also be available.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-416-2938, 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, September 20, 2022 12–1:30 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; 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, September 20, 2022 1:30–2:30 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.Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Division of Languages and Literature.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Virtual Faculty Mobility Info Session for Spring 2023
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 8–9 am
Online Event 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
Join OSUN's Faculty Mobility Info Session to meet representatives from OSUN partner institutions and learn more about the Faculty Mobility Fellowship opportunities available for Spring 2023! This session will include an overview of the host destinations in the OSUN network and a description of the application process for Junior, Visiting, Short-Term Visiting, and Replacement Faculty Fellowships and for OSUN Sabbaticals.
Campus Center, Weis Cinema What's your voting plan for Election Day, NOVEMBER 8? [email protected] will be at the Bertelsmann Campus Center and Kline Commons from 12pm-7pm to register voters and assist you with any questions you may have about voting in the mid-term elections including:
Updating Voter Record
Checking Voter Status
Find out about voting by absentee ballot
Find Election information
Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-416-2938, 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 Tuesdays at 1:00 pm in the HAC seminar room. As a group, we’ll wrestle with the familiar-foreign biblical text, using Robert Alter’s new translation. Snacks will be provided! With Joshua Boettiger. For more information, call 802-733-6342, or e-mail [email protected].
YMCA Kingston For a second year, the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is partnering with the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) to offer this groundbreaking program. Girls Write Kingston is a free, 15-week program that offers girls and female identifying youth ages 13–18 years oldthe opportunity to experiment, experience, and explore the writing process through a range of fun creative activities, in a supportive learning community.
Girls Write Kingston classes will be offered in-person at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Youth may enroll in either the Wednesday afternoon 4:30–6:30 pm section or Saturday morning 10:00 am–12:00 pm section. Each registered participant will receive a free Girls Write Kingston journal and pen set. Additionally, the program will feature a panel of local women writers and journalists and will conclude with a celebratory reading event.
Wednesday classes will be taught by author, storyteller, and educator Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Saturday classes will be taught by Dr. Kristy McMorris, dean of studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and an associate for the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking.
Dr. McMorris was the founding director of the Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy and was a Bard Fellow at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2016–18. Program Coordinator and class mentor will be Skylar Walker, cofounder of Sister2Sister, a mentorship program dedicated to the growth and development of young women of color.
Wednesday classes begin June 8 at 4:30 pm and Saturday classes will start June 11 at 10:00 am at the YMCA at 507 Broadway in Kingston. Girls Write Kingston is made possible by a grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
Register HERESponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 12–1 pm
Kline, College Room Please note the day change to Wednesday.
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].
Albee Basement Come by the Chaplaincy Office to knit or learn to knit. Everyone is welcome. Yarn and needles are provided. You can also join us with your own projects of crochet, needlepoint, cross stitch, etc.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, September 21, 2022 6–7:30 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.Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Italian 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.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 6–7 pm
Kline, College Room Please note: Meeting is now in-person inside Kline's main dining hall (faculty area).
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].
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