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Amor Mundi is the weekly publication of the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College. Subscribe now to receive the Amor Mundi email in your inbox up to two times a week. You'll get the first look at original articles, essays, and journal features from Roger Berkowitz and other Arendtian thinkers. Read Amor Mundi now >>
The Virtual Reading Group. Join Founder and Academic Director Roger Berkowitz and Acting Assistant Director Samantha Hill on select Fridays as they lead a live, online group discussion in a thoughtful and spirited exploration of the works of Hannah Arendt. Learn more about the VRG >>
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Central to the Fisher Center’s mission is long-term relationships with artists across disciplines. This week, we focus on two artists who are cornerstones of the Fisher Center’s identity. These archival recordings commemorate the first time we welcomed these artists to our stages.
Also in focus this week: the American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Leon Botstein. SummerScape 2019’s Opera marked the ASO’s 16th year appearing at the Fisher Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-fc-artists.
First performed in the U.S. almost 100 years after its world premiere in Hamburg, this lushly orchestrated allegorical tale was staged by Christian Räth in 2019. Performed by a remarkable cast and the 80-member American Symphony Orchestra, this staging was a stellar example of Maestro Botstein’s commitment to reintroduce rarely seen operatic treasures to a contemporary audience.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-Heliane/.
The best art reflects present day realities, lends us perspectives from the past, and helps us imagine futures. This week, we feature two Fisher Center commissions that helped us reconsider the present through chilling encounters with the past. Our first offering from the extensive archive of the Bard Music Festival looks toward the upcoming holiday weekend with a prayer of hope and liberation. Also this week: our first live webcast from the undergraduate Theater & Performance Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-our-world.
Live Arts Bard (LAB) is the Fisher Center’s commissioning and residency program. Through LAB we support artistic innovation, and provide significant resources to artists across disciplines. LAB residencies vary in length from a week to several years. This week, we're streaming three LAB commissions, including Beth Gill: Catacomb (2016), Tere O'Connor: Long Run (2017), and Nature Theater of Oklahoma: Life & Times, Episode 8 (2015).
Also on this week: our second archival opera release, Rubenstein's Demon, from SummerScape 2018, featuring the American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Leon Botstein.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-live-arts-bard.
2018, Sosnoff Theater, SummerScape
Rubinstein’s operatic masterpiece is based on a poem depicting the isolation and despair of a fallen angel. Premiered to great acclaim in 1871, Demon received its first fully staged U.S. performances at Bard in 2018. With rich choral writing and a fiery libretto, the production was staged by Thaddeus Strassberger and featured an all-Russian cast, Pesvebi Georgian Dancers and The American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Botstein.
Read the Program
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-Demon/.
This week we highlight the Live Arts Bard Biennial, a festival of commissioned works that temporarily reconfigures the Fisher Center as a site for innovative and interactive performances and installations. Each edition marks the culmination of a two-year cycle of exploration around a major question or challenge of the 21st century, with multi-faceted research and development by the curators, artists, students, and faculty across Bard College programs.
Our second offering from the archives of the Bard Music Festival features the Russian Moguchaya Kuchka (The Mighty Five), whose work, in the company of their friend Rimsky-Korsakov, opened the 2018 Festival, “Rimsky-Korsakov and His World.”
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-lab-biennial/.
Even while we remain distanced, people are finding new ways to stay connected and in conversation with one another.
This week on UPSTREAMING: our third archival release from SummerScape Opera, Die Liebe der Danae—a neglected treasure from Richard Strauss—featuring the American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Leon Botstein.
Next up: this Saturday at 7 pm ET, the Fisher Center teams up with our local independent bookstore, Oblong Books & Music, to present our first live streamed conversation, bringing together two titans of fantasy literature—Bard professor Neil Gaiman and N. K. Jemisin.
Also this week: we share the archival taping of Crybabies, our first live podcast event, featuring writer Susan Orlean, Sarah Thyre, Malcolm Gladwell, and Theda Hammel.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-together-apart/.
The Fisher Center has a long—and proud—association with director Daniel Fish.
In 2019, Fish directed the “unmissable, … sublime” production (Time Out New York) of Acquanetta, marking his first return to Bard since SummerScape 2015, when he debuted his production of Oklahoma!, which, then went on to Broadway and subsequently won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival.
Also this week: ETERNAL, a video installation that the New York Times calls “an intellectual pleasure” and “emotionally resonant,” presented for the first time in a virtual context.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-daniel-fish/.
Bard SummerScape Opera and the Bard Music Festival have become synonymous with a new kind of concert experience, one that provides a “rich web of context” (New York Times) for a full appreciation of each composer’s inspirations, significance, and legacy.
This week, UPSTREAMING illuminates the world of Russian composer Sergey Taneyev (1856–1915).
A highly gifted pianist and composer, Taneyev was a protégé and champion of Tchaikovsky’s, serving as soloist in early performances of the older composer’s piano concertos.
Taneyev was one of Russia’s most influential music theorists, teaching for nearly three decades at the Moscow Conservatory, where his students included Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, and Glière; Stravinsky later recalled how highly he valued Taneyev’s treatise on counterpoint, calling it “one of the best books of its kind.” Yet in striving to synthesize counterpoint with folksong, he developed a distinct compositional voice that looked forward to Stravinsky himself.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-sergey-taneyev/.
Bard SummerScape Opera and the Bard Music Festival have become synonymous with a new kind of concert experience, one that provides a “rich web of context” (New York Times) for a full appreciation of each composer’s inspirations, significance, and legacy.
This week, UPSTREAMING illuminates the work of German Romantic composer Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), featuring:
Carl Maria von Weber’s short life was marked by many lows—frequent illnesses, an arrest on embezzlement and other charges—but he also became one of the most influential composers of the early 19th century whose prodigious gifts as a composer, pianist, conductor, and writer bring to mind Mozart. The premiere of Der Freischütz in 1821, an opera that immediately captured the imagination of audiences in Europe and beyond, was a transformative event in the history of Romanticism and helped to usher in a new sensibility in music. He did not have a comparable success in the remaining five years of his life, although the overtures to his later Euryanthe and Oberon became repertory standards. In these operas, and in less familiar compositions, his masterful orchestration and compelling evocation of mood became models for composers from Meyerbeer to Wagner, Liszt, Berlioz, Glinka, and Hindemith.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-carl-maria-von-weber/.
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMING
Join the creators and performers of the Bard Theater & Performance Program’s lauded virtual production of Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest for an in-depth look behind the scenes. This 90-minute webinar will feature three 30-minute segments, with Q&A, focusing on a different aspect of the project: technology, design, and rehearsal and performance.
This production, originally mounted for one live performance on April 10, 2020 via the Fisher Center’s UPSTREAMING, was recently remounted for three additional live performances online in a co-production with off-Broadway’s Theatre for a New Audience. Led by director Ashley Tata, 12 Bard students performed the work live from remote locations across the country, aided by a new modified version of Zoom developed by programmer Andy Carluccio. This unique blend of art and technology was crafted by a design team including Eamonn Farrell (video), Afsoon Pajoufar (sets), Asta Bennie Hostetter (costumes), Abigail Hoke-Brady (lighting), Paul Pinto (sound), Dan Safer (movement), with Vanessa Hart as Stage Manager.
The Fisher Center is a premier performing arts center located in New York's Hudson Valley. Embodying Bard College’s commitment to the arts as a cultural and educational necessity, the Fisher Center creates communities of professional artists, students, and audiences through exceptional performing arts experiences that challenge and inspire.
All performances of Mad Forest, and this webinar, are being presented for free due to the ongoing generosity of our patrons. To make a gift in support of the Fisher Center’s innovative programs, please click here. Sponsored by: Fisher Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/the-making-of-mad-forest/.
This engrossing program encompasses varied works exploring religion and spirituality through the lens of female composers: Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers, staged at Bard in 2015, animates a moral drama about social justice and personal courage, while Lili Boulanger’s Psalm 130 “Du fond de l'abîme” (1917) offers a deeply personal requiem dedicated to her father. Lera Auerbach’s Violin Concerto No. 3, “De Profundis” (2015) with Vadim Repin rounds out the program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-The-Wreckers/.
As we find ourselves missing each other’s company under the dazzling glow of our beloved Spiegeltent, this series of DJ mixes from some of our regular favorites is designed to keep the party going in your own home, backyard, or car all summer long. A new mix will be released every other week, and the previous mixes will remain available for the whole summer.
July 1 • DJ Sammy Jo
July 1 • July 15 • DJ Tikka Masala
July 29 • DJ Amber Valentine
August 12 • DJ Jonjon Battles
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/SPT-from-home/.
This week’s offering from the archives of the Bard Music Festival celebrates the music of two seminal composers from south of the border: Carlos Chávez and Silvestre Revueltas. In times of political uncertainty, they fused the rich indigenous heritage of Mexico with modernist techniques and a political message, creating an art that was national, modern, and universal.
Featuring:
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/Mexican-Modernists/.
This week’s UPSTREAMING selection offers an exploration of French romanticism through the work of two composers—Emmanuel Chabrier and Hector Berlioz—who, while stylistically different, shared capacity for independent thought and innovation. The fully staged production of Chabrier’s Le roi malgré lui from the 2012 Bard SummerScape is complemented by Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette from the 2017 Bard Music Festival.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/French-Romanticism/.
“Botstein and Bard SummerScape show courage, foresight and great imagination, honoring operas that larger institutions are content to ignore. —Time Out New York
UPSTREAMING: Opera at Bard presents the musical centerpiece of the 2017 Bard SummerScape: Czech composer Antonín Dvořák’s 1882 rare opera Dimitrij. Supporting content includes a recording of Janáček's Sinfonietta as performed by the American Symphony Orchestra and discussions including a lively and illuminating conversation between ASO music director Leon Botstein and noted Dvořák specialist Michael Beckerman.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-Dimitrij/.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-Danae/.
Out of the Silence:
Saturday, September 5, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMING
“Out of the Silence” opens with two works by the great William Grant Still. The first African-American to have a symphony performed by a major U.S. orchestra, and the subject of a 2009 retrospective curated and conducted by Botstein at Lincoln Center, Still is represented by his meditative miniature Out of the Silence, from Seven Traceries and the evocative tone poem Serenade.
Program One also features a piece by one of Nadia Boulanger’s many distinguished students: the elegiac Lyric for Strings by George Walker, the first African-American winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music and “one of the greatest composers of our time” (Fanfare magazine).
The concert concludes with TŌN’s account of the exuberant String Symphony No. 8 by Felix Mendelssohn, subject of the Bard Music Festival’s second season in 1991.
Out of the Silence, from Seven Traceries (1939)*
Serenade (1957) *
*These works are not included in the archival recording due to copyright restrictions.
George Walker (1922–2018)
Lyric for Strings (1946)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47)
String Symphony No. 8 in D Major (1823)
Adagio e grave—Allegro
Adagio
Menuetto—Trio: Presto
Allegro moltoSponsored by: Bard Music Festival.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/out-of-the-silence-1/.
Out of the Silence:
Watch the Composer Roundtable
Program Two offers a snapshot of contemporary music with works by three of today’s most compelling composers.
A former composer-in-residence of both the Atlanta and Detroit Symphonies, Alvin Singleton is blessed with a “unique musical vision” (ArtsATL), while Adolphus Hailstork, a student of Nadia Boulanger, has accrued a string of honors including Cultural Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Distinguished Alumni Award from Manhattan School of Music.
Both men were born in the early 1940s, four decades before Jessie Montgomery. “Turbulent, wildly colorful and exploding with life” (Washington Post), Montgomery’s music has been recognized with the ASCAP Foundation’s Leonard Bernstein Award, and her current commissions include works for the New York Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall.
Their compositions share the program with the Serenade for Strings by Antonín Dvořák, subject of the 1993 Bard Music Festival, who championed African-American and Native American music as the foundation for a homegrown U.S. musical style.
Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981)
Strum (2018)
Alvin Singleton (b. 1940)
After Choice (2009)
Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
Sonata da Chiesa (1990)
Exultate
O Magnum Mysterium
Adoro
Jubilate
Agnus Dei
Dona Nobis Pacem
Exultate
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 (1875)
Moderato
Tempo di valse
Scherzo: Vivace
Larghetto
Finale: Allegro vivaceSponsored by: Bard Music Festival.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/out-of-the-silence-2/.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Meshell Ndegeocello
“No label, no slogan, no party, no skin color, and no religion is more important than the human being.”—James Baldwin
A project inspired by James Baldwin’s truth-telling treatise on justice in the United States, The Fire Next Time, and our endlessly changing world. Chapter & Verse: The Gospel of James Baldwin is a 21st-century ritual tool kit for justice. A call for revolution. A gift during turbulent times.
“Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace—not in the infantile American sense of being made happy—but in the tough and universal sense of quest and daring and growth.” —James Baldwin
Each month, September–December 2020, we offer gifts—music, thoughts, meditations, and visual testimonies of resilience—inspired by James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time.
“This is my offering to you. This is a different experience so I hope you have an open mind or at least an open heart. I see James Baldwin as an Orisha, his writing as the living word. I wanted to pay homage to him and to the time and effort it took to sit, to physically and emotionally fill the page with a truth that made my own sorrow feel less lonely. He put me on a path of empathy and humility towards my parents. It humbled me towards my mother born in 1944 and my father born in 1939—a time I can’t imagine living in while black.” —Meshell
Check out "Songs of Protest & Healing: Meshell Ndegeocello on the Gospel of James Baldwin" on Tidal Magazine.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/chapter-and-verse/.
Out of the Silence:
Saturday, September 19, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMING
Program Three opens with the Adagio trágico by Roque Cordero, who infused twelve-tone writing with the folk rhythms of his native Panama.
In his Four Novelettes, Anglo-African late-Romantic composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor demonstrates graceful lyricism with a light, balletic touch that is almost reminiscent of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, subject of the festival’s 1998 season, whose soulful Serenade for Strings concludes the concert.
The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein, Andrés Rivas, and Zachary Schwartzman
Roque Cordero (1917–2008)
Adagio trágico (1955)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)
Four Novelettes, Op. 52 (1903)
Allegro moderato
Larghetto
Andante con moto
Allegro molto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–93)
Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 (1880)
Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo—Allegro moderato
Valse: Moderato—Tempo di Valse
Élégie: Larghetto elegiaco
Finale (Tema Russo): Andante—Allegro con spiritoSponsored by: Bard Music Festival.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/out-of-the-silence-3/.
Out of the Silence:
Saturday, September 26, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMING
The centerpiece of Program Four is the Symphonie concertante in G by Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
The son of a slave and a planter in French Guadeloupe, Chevalier de Saint-Georges was not only the first known classical composer of African ancestry, but also an accomplished violinist, champion fencer and colonel of the first all-Black military regiment in Europe.
Bookending his composition are orchestral arrangements of Solitude and Sophisticated Lady, two mid-century masterpieces by the inimitable Duke Ellington, and the Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta by Béla Bartók, subject of the 1995 festival.
The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein
Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Solitude (1934; arr. Gould)
Sophisticated Lady (1933; arr. Gould)
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–99)
Symphonie concertante in G Major, Op. 13 (1782)
Allegro
Rondeau
Cyrus Beroukhim and Philip Payton, violins
Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945)
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1936)
Andante tranquillo
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro molto
Sponsored by: Bard Music Festival.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/out-of-the-silence-4/.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Online Event
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Dr. Kiron Skinner, former director for policy planning at the US State Department and senior adviser to the Secretary of State, will join Walter Russell Mead to discuss what a second Trump administration's foreign policy priorities and challenges might be.
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The Power of the Public Intellectual Series, moderated by Bard College Professor and Wall Street Journal “Global View” columnist Walter Russell Mead, is a series of virtual dialogues focused on the stakes and core issues of the 2020 US election. Professor Mead will be joined by distinguished policy experts, academics, and public servants to discuss the choice America will make this November. Over the course of several livestreamed events, the series will provide insight into both campaigns’ perspectives and the potential consequences, particularly for foreign policy, of either outcome.
Kiron Skinner, Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics at Carnegie Mellon University, was senior policy adviser to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Skinner also served as director of policy planning, one of the State Department’s most influential positions.. Skinner also serves as director of policy planning, one of the State Department’s most influential positions. Skinner is the founding director of Carnegie Mellon’s Institute for Politics and Strategy (IPS) and a renowned expert in foreign policy. She served on President Trump’s national security transition team in 2016.
Sponsored by: Open Society University Network.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94762449321?pwd=aDNJdHlMWGUxK1loYitMa1pTTHluZz09.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Online Event
Please join us weekly for an hour of conversation in French, now on Zoom! Join meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09
French-speaking students and professors gather to share about their week, experiences, and culture. Everyone is more than welcome to join in--stay for as long as you'd like.
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Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Annandale House
Please come join us at the Kline Bus Stop in front of New Annandale House for our summer farm stand. We are at the intersection of Annandale Rd and Woods Ave. We accept cash and credit card payments and will be accepting online preorders for contactless pickup at our farm stand beginning the week of June 15.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ryoshino@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Learn how to present other windows and applications in Zoom, use annotations, and create a Poll.
Zoom Login: https://bard.zoom.us/j/95079007663
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail homan@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/95079007663.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Online Event
Part of a Series of Talks on Buddhist Currents in American Poetry
Join via Zoom https://bard.zoom.us/j/99375628401?pwd=QlNoL1RoRHRYellZOFpma0JRZEJnQT09
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No one ever plans to be a translator, and no artist is more poorly equipped or trained. Nor do translators ever find out exactly what they’re doing—or even how—but, except for the fact that there’s no money it, why would they ever want to stop?
Bill Porter was born in Van Nuys, California on October 3, 1943, and grew up in northern Idaho. After a tour of duty in the US Army in 1964–67, he attended college at UC Santa Barbara and majored in anthropology. In 1970, he entered graduate school at Columbia University and studied anthropology with a faculty that included Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict. While he was in New York, he became interested in Buddhism, and in 1972 he left America for a Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. After three years with the monks and nuns, he struck out on his own and supported himself by teaching English and later by working as a journalist at English-language radio stations in Taiwan and Hong Kong. During this time, he married a Chinese woman, with whom he has two children, and began working on translations of Chinese poetry and Buddhist texts. In 1993, he returned to America, and has lived ever since in Port Townsend, Washington. For the past 27 years, he has worked as an independent scholar. His translations, under the name Red Pine, have been honored with two NEA translation fellowships, a PEN translation award, the inaugural Asian Literature Award of the American Literary Translators Association, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and, more recently, the Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation, bestowed by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Between December 2019 and June 2020 he published a series of seven chapbooks with Empty Bowl Press in Anacortes, including Cathay Revisited, a present for Ezra Pound’s daughter and granddaughter.
Sponsored by: Hutcheson Memorial Fund, Interdisciplinary Study of Religions, Asian Studies, Written Arts, the Center for Civic Engagement and the Bard Translation and Translatability Initiative.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail dtownsend@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99375628401?pwd=QlNoL1RoRHRYellZOFpma0JRZEJnQT09 .
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Online Event
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The Bard Globalization and International Affairs program will be hosting a professional development series so that you can learn more about the program and get a glimpse of what we offer. Brush up on your cover letter and resume writing and get updated tips on interviewing amid the time of Covid-19. Click on the Event Brite link to sign up and learn more. Sponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail bgia@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bgia-professional-development-info-sessions-tickets-121414240261.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Hear tips and strategies from three alumni/ae working in software engineering, development, and consulting.
Register here: tinyurl.com/registerbardtechtalkSponsored by: Bard College Alumni/ae Association.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://tinyurl.com/registerbardtechtalk.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Friday, October 2, 2020
Olin Humanities Building
We are excited to announce that both the October 2 and November 6 Bard College IWT Writer as Reader Workshops will be held online.
Writer as Reader workshops model writing practices that inspire students to read more carefully, to grasp the meaning in more complex texts, and to infer meaning from what they read. These workshops invite secondary and college teachers to consider “writing to read” as a central classroom practice, one that shows rather than tells students how writing clarifies the meaning of texts. Working with diverse writing-to-read strategies, workshop participants discover what they bring to the text, what is apparent in the text, what is inferred, and what questions the text poses.
1. Double Consciousness in Today’s America: Americanah as Social Science
2. Shakespeare on Stage and Page:
3. The Sonnet: Shakespeare, Contemporary Sonneteers, and the Development of Form
4. Memory, Inheritance, and the Social Construction of Self: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and “The Things They Carried”
5. COVID-19 and the U.S. Elections: Making Sense of an Epidemic via 2020 Communications
6. “I sell the shadow to support the substance”: Knowing and Learning in The Narrative of
Sojourner Truth and The House of Mirth
7. The Scarlet Letter in the Age of “Me Too”
8. Advocating Upheaval: Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Jane Addams
9. The Least Dangerous Branch: the Supreme Court, Voting Rights, and Gun ControlSponsored by: Institute for Writing and Thinking.
For more information, call 845-752-4516, e-mail iwt@bard.edu, or visit http://writingandthinking.org/programs/october/.
XXIX Russian-American Seminar
Friday, October 2, 2020
Online Event
St. Petersburg University, Russia / Bard College, USA
On Friday, October 2, 2020, St. Petersburg University holds the 29th Annual Russian-American Seminar. This annual forum brings together researchers and practitioners from Russia, the European Union, the United States, and other countries to discuss current issues in international security, regional development, and intercultural exchange related to the topic. This year, St. Petersburg University, in association with Bard College, will present an online event on U.S.-Russia relations to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. The UN-75 and U.S. Russia Relations online event will include presentations from historians and political scientists from the United States, Russia, and the Netherlands touching on historical topics such as the founding of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, memories of WWII in the context of Soviet/Russian-American relations, the UN-NATO partnership, and seeking a basis for U.S.-Russia understanding.
This event will be held on Zoom. To get the link, please register at https://events.spbu.ru/events/anons/rus-usa-2020/reg.html?lang=EngSponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Friday, October 2, 2020
Online Event
The Bard Globalization and International Affairs program will be hosting a professional development series so that you can learn more about the program and get a glimpse of what we offer. Brush up on your cover letter and resume writing and get updated tips on interviewing amid the time of Covid-19. Click on the Event Brite link to sign up and learn more. Sponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail bgia@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bgia-professional-development-info-sessions-tickets-121414240261.
Friday, October 2, 2020
Hegeman 107-Brody Labs
In December 2018, the Large Hadron Collider completed a three-year data collection run. Since then, particle physicists on the ATLAS and CMS experiments have been analyzing the largest ever dataset of 13 TeV proton-proton collisions. What will this new dataset reveal? In this talk, we will look beyond the current theory of the building blocks of the Standard Model and discuss what motivates our search for exotic new particles. Discovering these minuscule motes of matter could have a tremendous impact on our understanding of physics as a whole: from a better grasp of the Higgs boson and electroweak symmetry breaking, to unraveling the secrets of dark matter. The new dataset contains more than 20 times the number of top quarks seen before. We will highlight several searches and measurements that capitalize on this abundance. None of these investigations are possible without the particle detectors that make up the ATLAS experiment. We will conclude with remarks on the ongoing and upcoming detector upgrades and highlight our work improving these enormous experiments that observe the ephemeral particles of our universe.
Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4391, or e-mail akontos@bard.edu.
Friday, October 2, 2020
Online
2020 Protests in Perspective: A Webinar Series Sponsored by the Open Society University Network (OSUN) and Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
The global wave of protests for racial justice did not occur in isolation or in a vacuum. Is this social movement like others in history? Or is it unique? What can be learned by looking at past protests with similar characteristics? This panel will consider the 2020 protests in light of the legacies of colonialism, self-determination, and previous struggles for universal human rights. Moderator: Neil Roberts (Williams College). Panelists: Adom Getachew (University of Chicago) and Michael Canham (Office of the Governor, Gauteng, South Africa).
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For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Friday, October 2, 2020
Online Event
Reflecting on this hot summer of political unrest, where many took to the streets to protest against police brutality and antiblack violence, it is typical for many people to review past racial uprisings in order to understand the current Black Lives Matter movement. For instance, the civil disorders of the 1960s are a favorite of many scholars and journalists. In these discussions, the social movements of today are compared directly against popular perceptions of (non)violence. What is less discussed or analyzed is the state of “peace” that defines or frames the political order we live under. Yet, I would argue that it is ordinary to view political orders as nonviolent. This attitude is also why it is typical to portray uprisings as disturbances or outbreaks of violence. However, inherent in this attitude is an assumption that everyday life and the politics which frame it is actually peaceful. Drawing on the works of Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Cedric Robinson and Frantz Fanon, this work will first examine how political orders come to be thought of as peaceful even if they enact state violence or condone interpersonal violence on oppressed people. It will also interrogate how this status quo is said to positively represent “law and order” in direct contrast to social movements led by Black people, which are classified as “riots” or “disorders.” Lastly, through the writings of Avia Pasternak, Martin Luther King Jr., and Vicky Osterweil, I will end with discussing the utility of political rioting.
Join via ZoomSponsored by: Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4512, or e-mail zisman@bard.edu.
Friday, October 2, 2020
Online Event
Zoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09
The Philosophy Salon—a new initiative to promote community among students, faculty, and staff interested in philosophy—takes place every Friday from noon to 1:30pm on Zoom. Salon events include: faculty speakers from inside and outside Bard, information sessions, conversations with alumni/ae, and informal philosophical discussions. To be added to the Salon email list, contact Kathryn Tabb at ktabb@bard.edu or Ruth Zisman at zisman@bard.edu.
Salon schedule:
September 11: Welcome and Introductions
September 18: Club of Philosophy: Jay Elliott, “Could It Be Worth Thinking About Aristotle on Slavery?”
September 25: Alumni Speaker Event: Ian Olasov
October 2: Speaker Series: Dana Miranda, "The Riot of Disorder"
October 9: Moderation Info Session
October 16: Work in Progress with Marina Van Zuylen
October 23: Work in Progress with Nora Ben Hammed
October 30: Halloween with Thomas Bartscherer: “All That Is Deep Loves the Mask"
November 6: Politics and Change with Chiara Ricciardone
November 13: Speaker Series: Krisanna Scheiter
November 20: Speaker Series: Rosemarie Garland Thompson
December 4: Friendly Philosopher’s Club: A workshop on giving and receiving feedback
December 11: What Is Philosophy? A discussion for the curiousSponsored by: Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09.
Friday, October 2, 2020
Online Event
Please join us for a brief meeting of history faculty and students. We'll briefly introduce the faculty and senior history majors along with their research projects. We'll outline program requirements as well as career opportunities available to history majors.
Join via Zoom
Meeting ID: 392 535 2678
Passcode: 454338Sponsored by: Historical Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7667, or e-mail moynahan@bard.edu.
Friday, October 2, 2020
Online Event
Join us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Friday, October 2, 2020
Online Event
Please register by emailing wellness@bard.edu to be sent a link.
The Bard Harm Reduction Committee in collaboration with the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health is offering a “Harm Reduction Works” Group on Fridays at 4pm in response to the need for a harm reduction–based alternative to abstinence-only self-help/mutual aid groups. This is NOT in opposition to abstinence-only groups. Harm Reduction Works-HRW is really for anyone who wants to know more about harm reduction and how it might help, for any reason, regardless of their using or drinking history. This includes people with long-term abstinence-based recovery who actively participate in other groups such as 12-step.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/services/.
Friday, October 2, 2020
Online Event
Preregister for your own (free) supplies by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/7CJD2LXy8LhLQZpF8
Zoom Meeting ID: 991 8966 6103 Password: BAD2020
Join us for our first virtual event of the semester! It's a great time to meet new people and play games—all you need is your phone!
If you like this event, stay tuned for next week’s event, Coloring Night.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, e-mail studentactvities@bard.edu, or visit https://forms.gle/7CJD2LXy8LhLQZpF8.
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Online Event
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Bard Abroad and the Bard Stevenson Library present Bard Bookworms: International Edition!
Join us to discuss what you’re reading from across the world, whether it is fiction novels or articles for class. Meetings will take place the first Saturday of each month unless stated otherwise. Students, faculty and staff throughout the Open Society University Network and Bard International Network Partners are welcomed to join.
To join via Zoom:
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Meeting ID: 869 3162 2552
Passcode: 942980
For more information, contact Emily Levine at el4069@bard.edu or Lauren Cooke at lcooke@bard.edu.
Also-- check out Bard Bookworms which meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM EDT! For information contact Alexa Murphy at amurphy@bard.edu.
Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education; Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail lcooke@bard.edu, or visit https://forms.gle/p4Vq81UK1Qq2yUXu6.
Professor Judy Pfaff’s fall sculpture class, Installation, moves outdoors with the exhibition Inside Out. Seven artists have created site-specific works installed throughout the grounds of Montgomery Place, responding to the landscape and activating the surrounding environs and their features. The work is currently on view until November 7, 2020.
Please note: Montgomery Place is temporarily closed to the public, but this exhibition remains open to Bard students, staff, and faculty.
Sponsored by: Division of the Arts; Studio Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://www.bard.edu/montgomeryplace/.
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Online Event
Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O
All are invited to gather for a time of prayer, scripture readings, and reflections on Sundays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Online Event
Join us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
The Bard Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) seeks to connect student’s classroom experiences with the community to enhance learning and promote active citizenship. CCE invites proposals from Bard faculty to design and support courses, which contain an element of community work, called the Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences (ELAS).
CCE is funding faculty stipends of up to $750 for Spring 2021 in support of new or previously taught courses that incorporate ELAS practices:
· Faculty should submit a proposal of up to 500 words outlining ELAS course ideas.
· Courses with sustainable cooperative community partnerships will be given priority.
· Courses with a connection to Kingston, or plan to work with Kingston community organizations, will also be given priority.
· Faculty should supply a budget where appropriate.
Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NKo17WIHXmy_MgX23LhFlaebMwvH1tKLdfvS4HL93AY/editSponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail edougherty@bard.edu.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Online Event
Zoom Meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09
ID: 999 5870 3459 Passcode: sproj
Can't make the clinics? Request an appointment for research or writing help any time at bard.edu/library/ask-a-librarian.php.
Students working on their Senior Projects are welcome to drop in to these weekly Zoom sessions with the librarians for help with finding sources, using interlibrary loan, citation management, and other SPROJ-related questions. (Sorry, this year you will have to byo snacks!)Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 802-375-4599, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Anna Jones Memorial Garden
Register here: https://imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Spaces limited. Please arrive 5 minutes early with your green Involvio App Health Pass open for check-in. Please bring your own mat/blanket. Masks required.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, e-mail hooper@bard.edu, or visit http://www.imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Online Event
Hannah Arendt Center is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join us at https://bard.zoom.us/j/94745912942 (click Read More for details).
This will be an evening talk between Bill T. Jones and our own Roger Berkowitz. Together, they will be examining the residual effects of the recent Floyd protests and exploring the racial imaginary in order to tease out a vision of the future.
BILL T. JONES (Artistic Director/Cofounder/Choreographer: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company; Artistic Director: New York Live Arts) is the Associate Artist of the 2020 Holland Festival and recipient of the 2014 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award; the 2013 National Medal of Arts; the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors; a 2010 Tony Award for Best Choreography of the critically acclaimed FELA!; a 2007 Tony Award, 2007 Obie Award, and 2006 Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation CALLAWAY Award for his choreography for Spring Awakening; the 2010 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award; the 2007 USA Eileen Harris Norton Fellowship; the 2006 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Choreography for The Seven; the 2005 Wexner Prize; the 2005 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement; the 2005 Harlem Renaissance Award; the 2003 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize; and the 1994 MacArthur “Genius” Award. In 2010, Mr. Jones was recognized as Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, and in 2000, The Dance Heritage Coalition named him “An Irreplaceable Dance Treasure.”
Mr. Jones choreographed and performed worldwide with his late partner, Arnie Zane, before forming the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in 1982. He has created more than 140 works for his company. Mr. Jones is the Artistic Director of New York Live Arts, an organization that strives to create a robust framework in support of the nation’s dance and movement-based artists through new approaches to producing, presenting and educating. For more information visit newyorklivearts.org.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94745912942.
How to Get Started on Your Senior Project: A Faculty Panel and Q&A
Monday, October 5, 2020
Online Event
You sort of have a topic for your SPROJ in mind. Now what the heck do you do? Join us on Zoom to find out from the experts: https://bard.zoom.us/j/97231597916.
Distinguished faculty from all four divisions of the college—Richard Aldous, Cathy Collins, Adhaar Desai, and Julia Rosenbaum—as well as Betsy Cawley, director of libraries, and Jim Keller, director of the Learning Commons, will share their best tips for the first semester of SPROJ and invite your questions.
This event is appropriate for students in the divisions of Social Studies, Science, Mathematics & Computing, and Languages & Literature, as well as those in the Art History program.
Cheers,
Your Friends at Stevenson Library
Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/97231597916.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Online Event
Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/89305611991?pwd=cTRpejRTWDJ1K1Q3VlBLTElSUHhYZz09
Webinar ID: 893 0561 1991
Passcode: 140379
Please join us for a panel discussion with Dr. Laurel Mohrmann (Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine) and Dr. Polina Trachuk (NYU Langone), with Bard faculty, students, and community members who will share personal stories from the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sponsored by: Bard Cares Team.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/89305611991?pwd=cTRpejRTWDJ1K1Q3VlBLTElSUHhYZz09.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Online Event
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In this talk based on her forthcoming book Chelsea Szendi Schieder will explore the meanings created by female participation in leftist campus-based protest in the 1960s, as young men and women attended universities together, battled police in the streets together, challenged political institutions, and paralyzed the higher education system. Young women involved in the student movement often imagined that it would offer them a rare chance to engage in activism away from gendered expectations and spaces, such as the home, and to participate as full equals with young men. And yet various dynamics—within the movement and in the interpretation of the movement within the mass media—often foreclosed such an imagination. Here she will explore the tensions within this history and in the historiography that often memorializes the New Left as primarily “male” to uncover gendered dynamics in the Japanese New Left, dynamics that help us understand postwar Japanese politics more generally and the legacies of radical protest in particular.
Chelsea Szendi Schieder, PhD, researches contemporary histories of activism and gender in Japan and works as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan.
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For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wsuzuki@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/86571592995.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Online Event
Interested in learning more about debate at Bard or joining the team? Stop by our weekly debate practices! Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3nG6BzF Join us Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7pm to meet coaches, captains, and returning debaters and learn about all that we do!Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99933361405?pwd=ZWV4MmhSbU15M2p4eXd2VVdPU28zdz09.
Join and receive a $65 application fee waiver!
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Online
<<<< RSVP HERE >>>>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.
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Webinars include a program overview for the Bard MBA in Sustainability and the Bard Center for Environmental Policy programs as well as detailed admissions information, course requirements, tips to make your application strong, and financial information.
Join a live information session with Director Goodstein and the admissions team and ask questions directly of the Bard team.
WHAT WILL BE COVERED?
Degree Options Include:
MS in Environmental Policy
MS in Climate Science and Policy
MBA in Sustainability
Dual Degree Options Include:
MS/JD with Pace Law School
MS/MAT with Bard's Master of Arts in Teaching
MS/MBA with Bard's MBA in Sustainability
Peace Corps Programs Include:
Master's International (before you serve)
Peace Corps Fellows (after you serve)
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar at the end of the session. Email Caitlin O'Donnell at codonnel@bard.edu for further details.
For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail codonnel@bard.edu, or visit https://gps.bard.edu/upcoming-events.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Online Event
Join us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/86738865524Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/86738865524.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Online Event
Born in the wake of the Second World War, the United Nations celebrates a milestone anniversary in 2020. How has the body evolved in 75 years? What will the next 25 years before its centennial look like? And amid enormous changes in the world, what does multilateralism look like in the 21st century?
Join us over Zoom on Wednesday, October 7, at 12pm EDT / 6pm Vienna, for one hour, as we talk to Natalie Samarasinghe, the chief of strategy on the UN's 75 anniversary and Minh-Thu Pham, the cofounder of New American Voices and the former executive director of global policy at the UN Foundation. This is part of BGIA's Chace Speaker Series, which brings expert voices on current events.
RSVP is required. Sponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ebayrasli@bard.edu.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Online Event
For more information, call 845-758-7667, or e-mail ssecunda@bard.edu.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Anna Jones Memorial Garden
Register here: https://imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Spaces limited. Please arrive 5 minutes early and have your green Involvio Health Pass open for check-in. Masks required. Please bring your own mat/blanket.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, e-mail hooper@bard.edu, or visit https://imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Online Event
Assembly Member Kevin Cahill who represents the 103rd District in the New State Assembly (which includes Bard College) will be visiting campus to discuss his campaign for re-election.
Please register in advance for this meeting:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 607-280-4754, or e-mail sgilhool@bard.edu.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Online Event
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Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail kboyle@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-a-career-in-sustainability-advice-from-climate-change-experts-registration-1202237.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Online Event
Please join us weekly for an hour of conversation in French, now on Zoom! Join meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09
French-speaking students and professors gather to share about their week, experiences, and culture. Everyone is more than welcome to join in--stay for as long as you'd like.
Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761
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Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Annandale House
Please come join us at the Kline Bus Stop in front of New Annandale House for our summer farm stand. We are at the intersection of Annandale Rd and Woods Ave. We accept cash and credit card payments and will be accepting online preorders for contactless pickup at our farm stand beginning the week of June 15.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ryoshino@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Online Event
For more information, call 845-758-7514, or e-mail fysem@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Online
Omar Wasow is an Assistant Professor in Princeton’s Department of Politics. His research focuses on race, politics and statistical methods. His paper on the political consequences of the 1960s civil rights movement was published in the American Political Science Review. His co-authored work on estimating causal effects of race was published in the Annual Review of Political Science. Prior to joining the academy, Omar co-founded BlackPlanet.com, an early leading social network, and was a regular technology analyst on radio and television. He received a PhD in African American studies, an MA in Government and an MA in Statistics from Harvard University.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Online Event
Do you like Dancehall? Soca? Salsa? Well, tune in tonight—we will have a little bit of something for everyone!
Meeting ID: 860 0049 8731 Password: 6J8qWXSponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, or e-mail studentactivities@bard.edu.
Friday, October 9, 2020
Online Event
Zoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09
The Philosophy Salon—a new initiative to promote community among students, faculty, and staff interested in philosophy—takes place every Friday from noon to 1:30pm on Zoom. Salon events include: faculty speakers from inside and outside Bard, information sessions, conversations with alumni/ae, and informal philosophical discussions. To be added to the Salon email list, contact Kathryn Tabb at ktabb@bard.edu or Ruth Zisman at zisman@bard.edu.
Salon schedule:
September 11: Welcome and Introductions
September 18: Club of Philosophy: Jay Elliott, “Could It Be Worth Thinking About Aristotle on Slavery?”
September 25: Alumni Speaker Event: Ian Olasov
October 2: Speaker Series: Dana Miranda, "The Riot of Disorder"
October 9: Moderation Info Session
October 16: Work in Progress with Marina Van Zuylen
October 23: Work in Progress with Nora Ben Hammed
October 30: Halloween with Thomas Bartscherer: “All That Is Deep Loves the Mask"
November 6: Politics and Change with Chiara Ricciardone
November 13: Speaker Series: Krisanna Scheiter
November 20: Speaker Series: Rosemarie Garland Thompson
December 4: Friendly Philosopher’s Club: A workshop on giving and receiving feedback
December 11: What Is Philosophy? A discussion for the curiousSponsored by: Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09.
Friday, October 9, 2020
Online Event
Join us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Friday, October 9, 2020
Online Event
Please register by emailing wellness@bard.edu to be sent a link.
The Bard Harm Reduction Committee in collaboration with the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health is offering a “Harm Reduction Works” Group on Fridays at 4pm in response to the need for a harm reduction–based alternative to abstinence-only self-help/mutual aid groups. This is NOT in opposition to abstinence-only groups. Harm Reduction Works-HRW is really for anyone who wants to know more about harm reduction and how it might help, for any reason, regardless of their using or drinking history. This includes people with long-term abstinence-based recovery who actively participate in other groups such as 12-step.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/services/.
Friday, October 9, 2020
Saw Kill
As a member of one of our four sampling teams, you’ll collect water samples (from stream bank or bridges) from 3–4 sites on the Saw Kill and record the results.
Sampling is done on the second Friday of the month starting at 10:30 a.m. From start to finish, it takes about 2 hours.
Sampling is fun and easy—and you’re contributing to the science that helps keep your drinking water safe. If you wish, you can also help process the samples in the Bard Water Lab after collection.
Open to everyone. Free training is available.
If interested, please contact:
Lindsey Drew
Bard Water Lab Manager
ldrew@bard.eduSponsored by: Bard Center for the Study of Land, Air, and Water; Environmental and Urban Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Friday, October 9, 2020
Online Event
The 2020 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three physicists, Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel, for their discoveries of "the darkest secrets of the universe," - namely, the birth of black holes and the presence of a supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Bard physicists, Hal Haggard and Shuo Zhang, will present the stories behind this year's physics prize. In the first half of the discussion, Hal Haggard will introduce Roger Penrose's theoretical work on black hole formation as a robust prediction of General Relativity. In the second half, Shuo Zhang will introduce Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel's observational work on the discovery of a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U0My8E3b0lpueJlepEqDaszuOx8DS-Pg/view?usp=sharingSponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail akontos@bard.edu.
Friday, October 9, 2020 – Saturday, October 10, 2020
Online Event
Join CDO to learn how to write a resume that gets read! Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/98171912935.
Friday, October 9, 2020
Online Event
Are you stressed with midterms coming up so quickly? So you want to relax and let your artistic side show? Join Bard After Dark for a night of coloring fun patterns with a fun, relaxing playlist.
Zoom Meeting ID:991 8966 6103 Password: BAD2020
If you like this event, stay tuned for next week's event, Coffee House! If you would like to share an original story, poem, song, etc., sign up here: https://forms.gle/6NE6ScpdGuCgyc1E9Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, e-mail studentactivities@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99189666103?pwd=Z2gxc2pNaW9xRzhhTjNKZkh5ZVNRUT09.
Friday, October 9, 2020 – Saturday, October 10, 2020
Online Event
Join CDO to learn how to write a resume that gets read! Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/98171912935.
Sunday, October 11, 2020
Online Event
Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O
All are invited to gather for a time of prayer, scripture readings, and reflections on Sundays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Online Event
Join us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Online Event
Zoom Meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09
ID: 999 5870 3459 Passcode: sproj
Can't make the clinics? Request an appointment for research or writing help any time at bard.edu/library/ask-a-librarian.php.
Students working on their Senior Projects are welcome to drop in to these weekly Zoom sessions with the librarians for help with finding sources, using interlibrary loan, citation management, and other SPROJ-related questions. (Sorry, this year you will have to byo snacks!)Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 802-375-4599, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Anna Jones Memorial Garden
Located in the Anna Jones Memorial Garden between the Chapel and Bell Tower. Registration is required. Register here: http://www.imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes
Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, e-mail hooper@bard.edu, or visit http://www.imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Online Event
This will be an evening talk between Kirk Johnson and his special guest Marie Stroughther, founder of African American Conservatives. Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94378744455 Together, they will be examining the residual effects of the recent George Floyd protests and exploring the racial imaginary in order to tease out a vision of the future.
Kirk A. Johnson is the author of African American Tea Party Supporters: Explaining a Political Paradox. He teaches sociology and African American studies at the University of Mississippi, where he studies race and news media. His interest in politics and race dates to his work at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, where he testified before congressional committees on protecting at-risk populations from toxic pollutants, and as senior researcher on the Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1965-1980." He is also founding editor of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Marie Stroughter is a Christian wife, homeschooling mother, pro-life advocate, seasoned social media and digital campaign strategist, Co-Founder of African-American Conservatives (AACONS), Digital Communications Director for the Republican Party of Texas, and an Advisory Board member for Black Voices for Trump. The opinions expressed here tonight are her own. Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Online Event
Join the MSO every other week for evening gatherings where we stay in community, invite guests and educate ourselves on Islam in various aspects! All are welcome! Join via Zoom: http://https//bard.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvdO-przIuHNWMuMOezpSIyFTId2qwUFZM/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurDgsG9WctB-GRpwAAIjCM-vzmFh
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit http://https//bard.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvdO-przIuHNWMuMOezpSIyFTId2qwUFZM/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurDgsG9WctB-GRpwAAIjCM-vzmFh.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Online Event
Interested in learning more about debate at Bard or joining the team? Stop by our weekly debate practices! Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3nG6BzF Join us Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7pm to meet coaches, captains, and returning debaters and learn about all that we do!Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99933361405?pwd=ZWV4MmhSbU15M2p4eXd2VVdPU28zdz09.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Online Event
Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/98206933510
Renowned theater, opera, and festival director Peter Sellars is currently creating a digital project at the Fisher Center. “This body is so impermanent….” is a setting of a fragment from the Vimalakirti Sutra, a first-century Buddhist text that understands illness as a path of spiritual awakening. Peter is collaborating remotely with South Indian singer Ganavya Doraiswamy, dancer Michael Schumacher, and calligrapher Wang Dongling to create a film made in real time, to be released early in 2021 and distributed around the world. Peter will introduce this project, and speak about his vision for theater in the 21st century, and his remarkable and iconoclastic career.Sponsored by: Bard Theater and Performance Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7970, e-mail jlown@bard.edu, or visit https://theater.bard.edu.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Online Event
Attendees receive a $65 application fee waiver!
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Join us for an online Open House hosted by the Bard MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy.
Attendees will hear from a panel of current students and alumni of Bard's MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy. Our panel of student/alum experts will discuss topics such as:
Our Admissions staff will also be on hand to provide information on the application process and answer questions regarding:
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Event Location: This event will be held via Zoom. Access details will be shared with attendees upon event registration.
Email Caitlin O'Donnell with any additional questions.Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail codonnel@bard.edu, or visit https://gps.bard.edu/open-house-4-8-20.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Online
Over the last half-century, the Republican Party has exploited social divisions—and racism in particular—to win power, and then has ruled primarily on behalf of the ultra-wealthy. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party has struggled to respond effectively and has even stooped to imitation. In this conversation, Ian Haney López lays out the history of dog-whistle politics and Donald Trump’s place within it. Then he suggests a clear way forward. His research—discussed in his most recent book, Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America—demonstrates that dog whistle politics can be defeated. Drawing on these results, this lecture assesses the looming 2020 presidential election.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
https://bard.zoom.us/j/99459409079?pwd=SEtuT3E0RTM1OGd4K0h0UzE0cmFzUT09
Are you looking for a way to connect with others during this socially distanced time? Do you love to talk about books and reading, but don’t have time for a lot of extra leisure reading during the semester? Consider joining the Bard Bookworms! We are an informal discussion group that meets biweekly on Zoom to chat about all things books and reading. No reading or preparation required and open to all Bard students, staff and faculty. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/library.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Online Event
Please join us weekly for an hour of conversation in French, now on Zoom! Join meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09
French-speaking students and professors gather to share about their week, experiences, and culture. Everyone is more than welcome to join in--stay for as long as you'd like.
Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761
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Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Annandale House
Please come join us at the Kline Bus Stop in front of New Annandale House for our summer farm stand. We are at the intersection of Annandale Rd and Woods Ave. We accept cash and credit card payments and will be accepting online preorders for contactless pickup at our farm stand beginning the week of June 15.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ryoshino@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Online Event
Stop by this public virtual fitness space to ask the Community Fitness Coordinator anything fitness related, report in your fitness accomplishments and goals, connect with other fitness peeps, and more!
Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96661564418?pwd=NHVLdWxnMU9OSWpxaEtjaGRXd1Nodz09Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 504-355-6033, e-mail fitness@bard.edu, or visit https://zoom.us/j/96661564418?pwd=NHVLdWxnMU9OSWpxaEtjaGRXd1Nodz09.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Online
The crisis facing democratic regimes today is cause for serious concern; it is also an opportunity for deep reflection on questions and assumptions concerning liberal representative democracy. How can we revitalize our democracy today? How can we make our representative democracies more participatory? Might “sortition”—a system whereby governmental representatives are chosen by lottery instead of by election—provide an answer?
Learn more about the Hannah Arendt Center Special Webinar here: Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99620625005?pwd=VHpMYUJFM0FqVnBNbTcrbE5xYU9xZz09.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online Event
Zoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09
The Philosophy Salon—a new initiative to promote community among students, faculty, and staff interested in philosophy—takes place every Friday from noon to 1:30pm on Zoom. Salon events include: faculty speakers from inside and outside Bard, information sessions, conversations with alumni/ae, and informal philosophical discussions. To be added to the Salon email list, contact Kathryn Tabb at ktabb@bard.edu or Ruth Zisman at zisman@bard.edu.
Salon schedule:
September 11: Welcome and Introductions
September 18: Club of Philosophy: Jay Elliott, “Could It Be Worth Thinking About Aristotle on Slavery?”
September 25: Alumni Speaker Event: Ian Olasov
October 2: Speaker Series: Dana Miranda, "The Riot of Disorder"
October 9: Moderation Info Session
October 16: Work in Progress with Marina Van Zuylen
October 23: Work in Progress with Nora Ben Hammed
October 30: Halloween with Thomas Bartscherer: “All That Is Deep Loves the Mask"
November 6: Politics and Change with Chiara Ricciardone
November 13: Speaker Series: Krisanna Scheiter
November 20: Speaker Series: Rosemarie Garland Thompson
December 4: Friendly Philosopher’s Club: A workshop on giving and receiving feedback
December 11: What Is Philosophy? A discussion for the curiousSponsored by: Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online Event
Join us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online Event
Please register by emailing wellness@bard.edu to be sent a link.
The Bard Harm Reduction Committee in collaboration with the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health is offering a “Harm Reduction Works” Group on Fridays at 4pm in response to the need for a harm reduction–based alternative to abstinence-only self-help/mutual aid groups. This is NOT in opposition to abstinence-only groups. Harm Reduction Works-HRW is really for anyone who wants to know more about harm reduction and how it might help, for any reason, regardless of their using or drinking history. This includes people with long-term abstinence-based recovery who actively participate in other groups such as 12-step.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/services/.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online
We are pleased to present this special online event, In association with the Open Society University Network, as a prelude to our annual conference, which will take place April 15 & 16, 2021. To learn more about the conference, click here.
This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
The crisis facing democratic regimes today is cause for serious concern; it is also an opportunity for deep reflection on questions and assumptions concerning liberal representative democracy. Instead of assuming a defensive posture and taking up arms to defend the status quo, our conference asks: how can we revitalize our democracy?Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online
Sponsored by the Hannah Arendt Global Humanities Network at OSUN and the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College.
The crisis facing democratic regimes today is cause for serious concern; it is also an opportunity for deep reflection on questions and assumptions concerning liberal representative democracy. Instead of assuming a defensive posture and taking up arms to defend the status quo, our conference asks: how can we revitalize our democracy?
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online
Join an informal chat with Dimitri Papadimitriou, President Levy Economics Institute, to learn about the research areas of the institute and the academic programs of the M.A. and M.S. in Economic Theory and Policy.Sponsored by: Levy Economics Institute; Levy Graduate Programs.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail levygrad@bard.edu, or visit https://connect.bard.edu/register/October16.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online Event
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail ebangood@bard.edu, or visit https://www.bard.edu/cep/publicprograms/ncs/.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online Event
This talk is copresented with the Africana Studies Program and Film and Electronic Arts Program.
Registration is required in advance. To receive the Zoom link, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speaker-series-jacolby-satterwhite-registration-121246424319
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. Lectures are open to students and faculty, as well as to the general public, and will also be documented through video and/or audio recordings, which will reside in the CCS Bard Library and Archives.Sponsored by: Africana Studies Program; Center for Curatorial Studies; Film and Electronic Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speaker-series-jacolby-satterwhite-registration-121246424319.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online Event
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://bard.zoom.us/j/94922513279?pwd=ZHRvMlEra0kzd2cxc0xiTDVUYnhaZz09
Passcode: 983333Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Open Society University Network.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail mkmurray@bard.edu.
Fantastic 'Lobes' and Where to Find Them:
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online Event
Galaxy clusters are the largest gravitationally-bound structures in the universe. These cosmic megacities are made up of hundreds of galaxies, hot X-ray emitting gas, and dark matter. Although there are large populations of well-studied, relatively nearby clusters, as we probe earlier in the universe, galaxy clusters change and evolve. As such, understanding how these massive structures and the galaxies within them change over time is essential to understanding the evolution of the universe. To identify distant clusters, we take advantage of energetic supermassive black holes (called Radio Active Galactic Nuclei – Radio AGNs), which are an excellent tracer of large structures in the local and early universe. Specifically, we use a particular type of radio AGN--a bent, double lobed radio source--to identify galaxy clusters because of the link between the radio source’s appearance and the cluster’s gas. In this talk, I will present recent findings from the COBRA survey (Clusters Occupied by Bent Radio AGN). Specifically, I will show how we identify galaxy clusters by their populations of red elliptical galaxies and how the radio sources that we use to identify our clusters might be interacting with their host clusters to characterize the cluster’s evolutionary state.
https://bard.zoom.us/j/94181247545?pwd=YmpzREM5V2hweHk2Mlo0cUNGNCsyUT09
Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail akontos@bard.edu.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online Event
Workshop attendance is limited to 15 students. Registration via email is required (dramadan@bard.edu) by Sunday, October 11. Students should familiarize themselves with the website beforehand. https://www.almadaq.net/en/
Sponsored by: Middle Eastern Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail dramadan@bard.edu.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online Event
Join the MSO at 2 pm on Fridays for jum'ah prayers (online) with guest speakers and Chaplain Nora Zaki. All are welcome! Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/82437819314?pwd=RE52cjg4Q2VjTGZ0SFNUamtGbXF1Zz09Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/82437819314?pwd=RE52cjg4Q2VjTGZ0SFNUamtGbXF1Zz09.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online Event
In collaboration with PEN America and City of Asylum, join us on Friday, October 16 from 6-7PM EDT for a reading of contemporary Belarusian literature by PEN America members and friends, including Masha Gessen, Ayad Akhtar, Jennifer Egan, and Valzhyna Mort. Register hereSponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ym8e75JBQOC9nYDk4aTOjQ.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online Event
Connect and share strategies for getting through COVID. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Online Event
Grab a cup of coffee, tea, or cacao and listen to an amazing lineup of your very talented peers as they share their favorite poems, short stories, or songs. Feel free to jump in and share too! It will be night that you don't want to miss. To sign up, fill out this form.
Zoom Meeting ID: 991 8966 6103 Password: BAD2020
If you like this event and want to attend the next one, we will be hosting a DIY pumpkin decorating night on the 23rd! Register for your free supplies here.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, e-mail studentactivities@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99189666103?pwd=Z2gxc2pNaW9xRzhhTjNKZkh5ZVNRUT09.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/ton-concertos-for-strings.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
CCS Galleries
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Online Event
Share challenges and strengths and practice healing strategies. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Online Event
Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O
All are invited to gather for a time of prayer, scripture readings, and reflections on Sundays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O.
Sunday, October 18, 2020
CCS Galleries
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Online Event
A safe space for all LGBTQ+ identities. Create community and talk about a range of topics to be set by the group members. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Online Event
Join us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Online Event
Zoom Meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09
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Can't make the clinics? Request an appointment for research or writing help any time at bard.edu/library/ask-a-librarian.php.
Students working on their Senior Projects are welcome to drop in to these weekly Zoom sessions with the librarians for help with finding sources, using interlibrary loan, citation management, and other SPROJ-related questions. (Sorry, this year you will have to byo snacks!)Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 802-375-4599, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Online Event
Join the MSO every other week for evening gatherings where we stay in community, invite guests and educate ourselves on Islam in various aspects! All are welcome! Join via Zoom: http://https//bard.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvdO-przIuHNWMuMOezpSIyFTId2qwUFZM/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurDgsG9WctB-GRpwAAIjCM-vzmFh
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit http://https//bard.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvdO-przIuHNWMuMOezpSIyFTId2qwUFZM/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurDgsG9WctB-GRpwAAIjCM-vzmFh.
Monday, October 19, 2020 – Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Online Event
Join CDO in learning how to write a proper cover letter! Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91032333795.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Online Event
Bard Early College is pleased to announce Youth Suffrage and the Democratic Process, an event series taking place this October. The series draws together students and colleagues across the BEC and larger Bard network for dialogue on the theme of youth suffrage and the shifting role of young people in America's democratic process.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Anna Jones Memorial Garden
To register, visit https://imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Please arrive 5 minutes before class and have your green Involvio Health Pass open for check-in. Please bring your own mat/blanket. Masks required.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, e-mail hooper@bard.edu, or visit https://imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Online Event
In this special presentation, Heather Bruegl, Director of Cultural Affairs for the Stockbridge Munsee Community, will provide an overview of local history with an aim to restore Indigenous presence at Bard College. Her activation, issued from the community’s current home in Wisconsin, acknowledges the continuing Mohican and Munsee relationship to their homelands.
This event is part of a series of online public programs organized in conjunction with Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere. The series is co-curated Dr. Christian Ayne Crouch, Associate Professor of History, Bard College, and exhibition curator Lauren Cornell.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Online Event
Protests to the Polls: Building the Movement to Win a New York that Works for Working People
Sochie Nnaemeka is the State Director of the New York Working Families Party. In this role, she leads the Party's legislative strategy, electoral and candidate operations, organizing and basebuilding, and political party business towards building a political home for progressive and working class New Yorkers. Since joining the NYWFP in January of 2020, Nnaemeka has steered the Party in endorsing and supporting dozens of candidates through the turmoil of COVID-19 and the subsequent economic and social fall-out. Under her leadership, WFP candidates won several major Congressional races (including Jamaal Bowman in NY-16 and Mondaire Jones in NY-17) and 33 legislative races in the June primary.
The daughter of Nigerian immigrant parents, Nnaemeka was born and raised in New York. She first began organizing in college, with a local union of cafeteria, custodial and clerical workers. Her time in the union halls of New Haven sparked an unwavering commitment to people-powered movements — leading to her first job as an organizer for the 2008 Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Following graduation, Nnaemeka worked alongside casino workers in Miami to form a new union. She later attended Georgetown Law, where she studied how labor law might better protect, serve, and embolden working people.
Nnaemeka led electoral campaigns for Unite Here in New Haven and helped found New Haven Rising, a membership-based organization that served as a progressive political home for working people across the city. In New Haven, Sochie brokered the first-in-the-nation community benefits agreement between a charter school company and municipality, leading to hundreds of union jobs, mandated employment requirements for women and people of color, and a prohibition of exclusive admission practices. She also integrated community organizing techniques in successful electoral campaigns on the federal, state, and local level, from Senator Chris Murphy’s 2012 campaign to Toni Harp’s triumphant race to become the first Black female mayor of New Haven.
Most recently, Sochie served as Director of Emerging Organizing and Leadership at the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD). At CPD, Sochie launched and supported new grassroots people’s organizations, including Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC) in Milwaukee and Detroit Action in Michigan. From Louisiana to Pennsylvania to Brooklyn, she mentored and coached new leaders—in particular young people, women, and people of color—as they cultivated memberships, built power, and transformed their communities.
Sochie lives with her partner and their toddler in Mt. Vernon, NY.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Online Event
For more information, call 845-758-7667, or e-mail norajbh@bard.edu.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Online Event
Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail msargent@bard.edu.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Online Event
Interested in learning more about debate at Bard or joining the team? Stop by our weekly debate practices! Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3nG6BzF Join us Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7pm to meet coaches, captains, and returning debaters and learn about all that we do!Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99933361405?pwd=ZWV4MmhSbU15M2p4eXd2VVdPU28zdz09.
Monday, October 19, 2020 – Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Online Event
Join CDO in learning how to write a proper cover letter! Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91032333795.
by Pietro Mascagni
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/iris/.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Streamed live from the László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
View the concert on:
Bard Conservatory YouTube.
Program
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K. 459 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)
Allegro
Yilin Li, piano
Ryan McCullough, piano
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Allegro non troppo
Andantino quasi allegretto
Zongheng Zhang, violin
Sung-Soo Cho, piano
Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden Paul Reade (1943-97)
Prelude
Spring
Mists
Exotica
Summer
Collin Lewis, clarinet
Sara Magill, harp
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Online Event
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Online Event
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail plopezga@bard.edu.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Online Event
Join us to learn:
What are the signs of an overdose?
What is Narcan and how does it work?
How is Narcan administered?
What are the risk factors associated with an opioid overdose?
What is the Good Samaritan Law?Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Online
This event will take place at 3pm Vienna time.
The Val-Kill Partnership, in conjunction with COV-AID, sponsored by the Open Society University Network and The Talloires Network, present a virtual discussion series highlighting the importance of Eleanor Roosevelt's legacy in today's crisis.
Dr. Mandeep Rai is a global authority on values, working with companies, institutions, and individuals around the world. She has traveled to more than 150 countries and reported as a broadcast journalist for the BBC World Service and Reuters, among others. She began her career in private banking at JPMorgan, and later worked for the United Nations, the European Commission, and grassroots NGOs before setting up the UAE’s first media venture capital fund. Mandeep studied philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE), has an MSc in development from the London School of Economics, and completed an MBA at London Business School, with a year at Harvard Business School and MIT. She also holds a PhD in global values.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Online Event
Join us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/98981490993?pwd=TGpuSFd3NXA5dFJpL2ZTdHljU0owdz09
Stevenson Library is please to offer a workshop series on advanced history research skills for students who have moderated into the Historical Studies program or who are planning to do historical research for their senior projects.
Session 1: Introduction to History Research Skills
Wednesday, October 21, 9–11 am
In this workshop, students taking their major conference course will begin to develop research strategies and skills to prepare for their senior project. We will consider the types of sources used in historical research, practice navigating library resources to find academic and nonacademic resources, and discuss strategies for evaluating different types of sources.
Session 2: Finding Primary Sources Online
Wednesday, October 28, 9–11 am
This session will help students prepare to do archival research and work with primary sources. We’ll discuss different types of physical and digital archives, where to look for them, and how to navigate and understand their contents.
Zoom info:
https://bard.zoom.us/j/98981490993?pwd=TGpuSFd3NXA5dFJpL2ZTdHljU0owdz09
Meeting ID: 989 8149 0993
Passcode: research
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For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/98981490993?pwd=TGpuSFd3NXA5dFJpL2ZTdHljU0owdz09.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Pronouns@Bard is a virtual forum in observance of International Pronouns Day. The event will focus on the use of pronouns in classrooms, offices, dorms, and other spaces around our campus. Hear from Bard students, faculty, and staff about the importance of pronouns, pronoun do's and don'ts, and why this issue is so important.
The Pronouns@Bard forum is open to all faculty, staff, and students currently at Bard, but you must RSVP to attend. Faculty who want to know more about pronouns and how to address them effectively in their classes are especially encouraged to attend. To register for Pronouns@Bard click here to access the registration Google Form.
Pronouns@Bard is sponsored by the Office for Gender Equity, Office for Inclusive Excellence, Out@Bard, Center for Faculty and Curricular Development, and The Office of Human Resources.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail hr@bard.edu, or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebkF5w30Le_IRh5tgYvAAh5RNJdphP2IFQJ-yYlsaUgOwdqA/viewform?gxids=7628.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Misty Seemans '06
https://bard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlce6orjwuEtfSizGV1Ofw2mX3njSFWKFw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlce6orjwuEtfSizGV1Ofw2mX3njSFWKFw.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Online Event
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Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail kboyle@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-a-career-in-sustainability-advice-from-envir-ed-specialists-registration-120285289.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Online Event
Please join us weekly for an hour of conversation in French, now on Zoom! Join meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09
French-speaking students and professors gather to share about their week, experiences, and culture. Everyone is more than welcome to join in--stay for as long as you'd like.
Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761
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Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Annandale House
Please come join us at the Kline Bus Stop in front of New Annandale House for our summer farm stand. We are at the intersection of Annandale Rd and Woods Ave. We accept cash and credit card payments and will be accepting online preorders for contactless pickup at our farm stand beginning the week of June 15.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ryoshino@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Online Event
Stop by this public virtual fitness space to ask the Community Fitness Coordinator anything fitness related, report in your fitness accomplishments and goals, connect with other fitness peeps, and more!
Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96661564418?pwd=NHVLdWxnMU9OSWpxaEtjaGRXd1Nodz09Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 504-355-6033, e-mail fitness@bard.edu, or visit https://zoom.us/j/96661564418?pwd=NHVLdWxnMU9OSWpxaEtjaGRXd1Nodz09.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
CCS Galleries
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Online Event
Since the start of the Trump era, the United States and the Western world has finally begun to wake up to the threat of online warfare and the attacks from Russia. The question no one seems to be able to answer is: what can the West do about it?
Central and Eastern European states, however, have been aware of the threat for years. FPI Fellow Nina Jankowicz has advised these governments on the front lines of the information war. The lessons she learnt from that fight, and from her attempts to get the US Congress to act, make for essential reading.
How to Lose the Information War takes the reader on a journey through five Western governments' responses to Russian information warfare tactics—all of which have failed. She journeys into the campaigns the Russian operatives run, and shows how we can better understand the motivations behind these attacks and how to beat them. Above all, this book shows what is at stake: the future of civil discourse and democracy, and the value of truth itself.
Join us on Thursday, October 22, at 12pm EDT to discuss this important work and what we can expect leading up to the POTUS elections on November 3.
RSVP is required.Sponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ebayrasli@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Online Event
Since the start of the Trump era, the United States and the Western world has finally begun to wake up to the threat of online warfare and the attacks from Russia. The question no one seems to be able to answer is: what can the West do about it?
Central and Eastern European states, however, have been aware of the threat for years. FPI Fellow Nina Jankowicz has advised these governments on the front lines of the information war. The lessons she learnt from that fight, and from her attempts to get the US Congress to act, make for essential reading.
How to Lose the Information War takes the reader on a journey through five Western governments' responses to Russian information warfare tactics—all of which have failed. She journeys into the campaigns the Russian operatives run, and shows how we can better understand the motivations behind these attacks and how to beat them. Above all, this book shows what is at stake: the future of civil discourse and democracy, and the value of truth itself.
Join us on Thursday, October 22, at 12pm EDT to discuss this important work and what we can expect leading up to the POTUS elections on November 3.
RSVP is required.
Contact: Elmira Bayrasli ebayrasli@bard.eduSponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Thursday, October 22, 2020 – Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/98524856040
Looking for a job or internship but don't know where to start? Join us as we will go over the proper way to look for jobs and internships! Learn what platforms and keywords to use!Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/98524856040.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Online Event
Access the event via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/85254136149?pwd=MWVXL1FRR3VtRHlxSjYrbFNKRGdjUT09
An online reading from Sze's forthcoming new and collected poems, The Glass Constellation. The reading will include an introductory poem from Compass Rose, a generous selection of poems from Sight Lines, as well as a few new poems. There will be a Q&A after the reading.
Born in New York City in 1950, Arthur Sze is a poet, translator, and editor. He is the author of 10 books of poetry, including Sight Lines (Coper Canyon Press, 2019), which received the 2019 National Book Award in poetry; Compass Rose (Copper Canyon Press, 2014); and The Ginkgo Light (Copper Canyon Press, 2009). He is also a celebrated translator from the Chinese, and released The Silk Dragon: Translations from the Chinese (Copper Canyon Press) in 2001.
This event is sponsored by The Hutcheson Memorial Fund, the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion, Asian Studies, the CCE, and the Written Arts Program. It is part of a series of talks about Buddhist Currents in American Poetry.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail dtownsend@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/85254136149?pwd=MWVXL1FRR3VtRHlxSjYrbFNKRGdjUT09.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Online Event
What is the economic cost of hate? It’s hard to focus on solutions to a societal problem if we don’t think about its costs.
The Bard Center for the Study of Hate is fortunate to have received a grant from GS Humane Corp to create an “economic cost of hate index” (led by Bard College economics professor Michael Martell).
Lee Badgett, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is a key member of the team of experts we are consulting as we conceptualize and build this index.
Dr. Badgett’s new and highly acclaimed book The Economic Case for LGBT Equality: Why Fair and Equal Treatment Benefits Us All is one of the first and best sources about an important component of the economic cost of hate. It is both an essential contribution in its own right, and instructive as we think about how to measure the cost of other manifestations of hate.
Please join the Bard Center for the Study of Hate as it welcomes Dr. Badgett to talk about her new book.
TO REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR CLICK HERE.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
For more information, call 718-503-4441, e-mail kstern@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aXoOXnlaR1imCZ_-7tf1Jw.
Thursday, October 22, 2020 – Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/84351630766.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Online Event
Jessica Segal, a candidate for Dutchess County Court Judge on the Democratic and Green tickets will visit Bard to talk about her campaign and judicial elections. A Q&A will follow.
https://bard.zoom.us/j/88292871383?pwd=Nm43S2hZUHR2a0xoMUY5VTNXdjV5dz09Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Political Studies Program.
For more information, call 607-280-4754, or e-mail sgilhool@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Online Event
Jessica Segal, a candidate for Dutchess County Court Judge on the Democratic and Green tickets will visit Bard to talk about her campaign and judicial elections. A Q&A will follow.
https://bard.zoom.us/j/88292871383?pwd=Nm43S2hZUHR2a0xoMUY5VTNXdjV5dz09Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Political Studies Program.
For more information, call 607-280-4754, or e-mail sgilhool@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Online Event
Come vibe to some amazing poetry and spoken word with Thursday Night Live! If you like this event, stay tuned for next week's costume and pumpkin carving contests!
Zoom Meeting ID: 860 0049 8731 Password: 638qWX
Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, e-mail studentactivities@bard.edu, or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86000498731?pwd=TXBxQ0NOYStuRE4rTGsxeW9GRWNUZz09.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
Zoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09
The Philosophy Salon—a new initiative to promote community among students, faculty, and staff interested in philosophy—takes place every Friday from noon to 1:30pm on Zoom. Salon events include: faculty speakers from inside and outside Bard, information sessions, conversations with alumni/ae, and informal philosophical discussions. To be added to the Salon email list, contact Kathryn Tabb at ktabb@bard.edu or Ruth Zisman at zisman@bard.edu.
Salon schedule:
September 11: Welcome and Introductions
September 18: Club of Philosophy: Jay Elliott, “Could It Be Worth Thinking About Aristotle on Slavery?”
September 25: Alumni Speaker Event: Ian Olasov
October 2: Speaker Series: Dana Miranda, "The Riot of Disorder"
October 9: Moderation Info Session
October 16: Work in Progress with Marina Van Zuylen
October 23: Work in Progress with Nora Ben Hammed
October 30: Halloween with Thomas Bartscherer: “All That Is Deep Loves the Mask"
November 6: Politics and Change with Chiara Ricciardone
November 13: Speaker Series: Krisanna Scheiter
November 20: Speaker Series: Rosemarie Garland Thompson
December 4: Friendly Philosopher’s Club: A workshop on giving and receiving feedback
December 11: What Is Philosophy? A discussion for the curiousSponsored by: Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
Join us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
Please register by emailing wellness@bard.edu to be sent a link.
The Bard Harm Reduction Committee in collaboration with the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health is offering a “Harm Reduction Works” Group on Fridays at 4pm in response to the need for a harm reduction–based alternative to abstinence-only self-help/mutual aid groups. This is NOT in opposition to abstinence-only groups. Harm Reduction Works-HRW is really for anyone who wants to know more about harm reduction and how it might help, for any reason, regardless of their using or drinking history. This includes people with long-term abstinence-based recovery who actively participate in other groups such as 12-step.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/services/.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
Join the MSO at 2 pm on Fridays for jum'ah prayers (online) with guest speakers and Chaplain Nora Zaki. All are welcome! Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/82437819314?pwd=RE52cjg4Q2VjTGZ0SFNUamtGbXF1Zz09Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/82437819314?pwd=RE52cjg4Q2VjTGZ0SFNUamtGbXF1Zz09.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
Connect and share strategies for getting through COVID. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
Friday, October 23, 2020
CCS Galleries
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
Thursday, October 22, 2020 – Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/98524856040
Looking for a job or internship but don't know where to start? Join us as we will go over the proper way to look for jobs and internships! Learn what platforms and keywords to use!Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/98524856040.
Thursday, October 22, 2020 – Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/84351630766.
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
For parents, Family and Alumni/ae Weekend is one of the most exciting events on the academic calendar. It happens in mid-October, after students have settled in for the semester. The Family and Alumni/ae Weekend schedule is packed full of activities, showcasing just about every program on Bard’s 1,000-acre campus.
For more information, call 845-758-7867.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/ayad-akhtar.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Stevenson Library Parking Lot
Hundreds of books in many subjects including Art, Architecture, Psychology, Political Science, Literature and more.
When: Friday October 23rd 9-5
Where: Parking lot behind the Library
Proceeds to benefit the Student Emergency Fund
Masks and Social Distancing Required!
For more information, call 845-758-7312, or e-mail claing@bard.edu.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Campus Center, Lawn
Pick your animal, stuff it, name it, dress it, and take it home! Snack will be provided, masks and social distancing required. As a part of Community Care Fridays, you can also stop by and grab a care package starting at 12 PM!
Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Dean of Student Affairs; Institute for International Liberal Education; Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, or e-mail ccunningham@bard.edu.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
Registration is required in advance. To receive the Zoom link, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speaker-series-carmen-morsch-tickets-121399660653
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. Lectures are open to students and faculty, as well as to the general public, and will also be documented through video and/or audio recordings, which will reside in the CCS Bard Library and Archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speaker-series-carmen-morsch-tickets-121399660653.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
What the universe is made of - the stuff – is a fundamental question. And yet the origin of dark matter, which makes up > 80% of the matter in the universe, is of unknown nature. One approach to identifying dark matter is to search for cosmic antiparticles produced when dark matter annihilates or decays. But a “smoking gun” signature would be nice, so that the cosmic debris of dark matter is not confused with conventional cosmic rays. Low-energy antideuterons have long been known to represent such a “smoking gun”. The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is the only experiment optimized specifically to search for low-energy (< 0.25 GeV/n) cosmic antiprotons, antideuterons, and antihelium. Its goals are (i) to deliver a first-time detection of cosmic antideuterons, an unambiguous signal of new physics that probes a wide array of dark matter models, or to improve upon previous antideuteron limits by two orders of magnitude, (ii) to provide a precision antiproton spectrum in a previously unexplored energy region, permitting leading constraints on light dark matter, the best limits on primordial black hole evaporation on Galactic length scales and novel constraints on cosmic-ray propagation models, and (iii) to investigate recent AMS claims of evidence for cosmic antihelium. GAPS is a 5-year program to build the experiment and execute two ultra-long duration balloon flights from Antarctica. I will review the current status of antimatter searches for dark matter, and discuss progress on building the GAPS experiment.
https://bard.zoom.us/j/94181247545?pwd=YmpzREM5V2hweHk2Mlo0cUNGNCsyUT09Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4391, or e-mail akontos@bard.edu.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Campus Center Lawn & Kappa Tent
12:00 pm - Care bags with popcorn, candy, drink, an item from a black-owned business (to be picked up during Fluff n' Stuff) at Campus Center Quad
5:00 pm - Care bags pickup outside Kappa Tent
6:30 pm - Watch Party: Nappily Ever After w/a discussion to follow, hosted by Black Women of Color Staff Members
Watch Trailer
Join via Zoom Password: queen
For more information, call 585-313-6078, e-mail dpierce@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/81850197129?pwd=SGFHMjZ3ZW41NWtxWmdMMEIycTMxUT09.
with Alys Moody, Harsha Ram, Stephen J. Ross,
Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
Modernist studies has been transformed in recent years by the claim that modernism is a global phenomenon. Alongside work linking British, Irish, North American, and European modernists to the rest of the world, we have seen controversial claims for modernism’s flourishing in non-Western locations, from Japan to Africa, from Turkey to the Caucasus, and from South-East Asia to Latin America. This uncoupling of modernism from a strictly Western teleology remains under-theorised, and under-sourced. How do we study modernism on a global scale? What implications for modernist scholarship does this disciplinary transformation bring, especially in relation to collaborative work? And what new ways of seeing and understanding modernism arise from adopting a global perspective?
This roundtable showcases the methods and findings of Global Modernists on Modernism (Bloomsbury, 2020), a new anthology of source texts for global modernism. The book gathers texts by practitioners (writers, artists, critics, etc.) that reflect on the theory and practice of modernism around the world. In addition to celebrating (belatedly!) the publication of this volume last January, we will be discussing the collaborative nature of global modernist research and our “inductive” method of assembling and theorizing the anthology’s texts.
The roundtable brings together five editors of the anthology: experts in Russian and Georgian modernism (Harsha Ram), Turkish modernism (Kaitlin Staudt), and Latin American modernism (Camilla Sutherland) with the volume’s general editors, who will speak to modernism in sub-Saharan Africa (Alys Moody), and the Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora (Stephen Ross). We will discuss how global modernism troubles existing assumptions of modernist studies, and what the project of translating, editing, and circulating primary sources can contribute to this conversation. Following short position statements by each speaker, the roundtable will focus on discussion among presenters and with audience members.
This conversation, held under the shared auspices of the Literature Program at Bard College and Concordia University’s Centre for Expanded Poetics, is the first of a three-part series exploring global modernism, in celebration of the anthology. It will be followed by a discussion with poet-translators associated with the anthology on Thursday, 12 November, 6-7:30pm EST; and a workshop on pedagogy and global modernism on Friday, 4 December, 1:30-4:30pm EST.
To receive the Zoom invitation for this event, please email amoody@bard.edu. Invitations will be sent out on the morning of the event.
Speakers
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail amoody@bard.edu.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
Via Zoom: Link
Wondering how to Identify the skills you already have to be successful during and after Bard? Are there skills you need to Develop or Enhance to make it to the next level? Join the IDES workshop series to explore how to identify, develop, and enhance your Skills in and outside of the classroom. During the IDES series you will learn how to tap into the skills you have while learning techniques to connect with the Bard network already at your fingertips.Sponsored by: Career Development Office; Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail edougherty@bard.edu.
Friday, October 23, 2020
https://bard.zoom.us/j/88939075758Sponsored by: Center for Faculty and Curricular Development.
For more information, call 718-440-2528, e-mail bchinsena@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/88939075758.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Online Event
Want to decorate your dorm for Halloween? Let your artistic side take and come join Bard After Dark in painting and decorate adorable mini pumpkins with paint, sharpies, glitter and stickers! Supplies is limited, so click here to register for yours!
If you like this event, stay tuned for next week's Halloween Movie Night!Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, e-mail ccunningham@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99189666103?pwd=Z2gxc2pNaW9xRzhhTjNKZkh5ZVNRUT09#success.
Saturday, October 24, 2020
CCS Galleries
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Online Event
Share challenges and strengths and practice healing strategies. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
For parents, Family and Alumni/ae Weekend is one of the most exciting events on the academic calendar. It happens in mid-October, after students have settled in for the semester. The Family and Alumni/ae Weekend schedule is packed full of activities, showcasing just about every program on Bard’s 1,000-acre campus.
For more information, call 845-758-7867.
Saturday, October 24 at 7:30 pm
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bcom-2020-10.
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Stone Row, McVickar
Halloween Candy for my residence
For more information, call 845-224-4466, or e-mail by6779@bard.edu.
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Online Event
Join us for the Bard Debate Union's Annual Family/Alumni weekend politics roundtable! This year's panelists include: Zachary Israel ’12 (Principal and Manager of Legislative Affairs at the Ferguson Group, and DC Young Democrats’ National Committeeman); Stephanie Presch ’15 (Content Specialist on the Editorial Content Team, UnidosUS); and Eva-Marie Quinones ’17 (PhD candidate in Political Science, Yale University) to discuss the upcoming presidential election. Advance registration required. Register at:
https://www.annandaleonline.org/Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://debate.bard.edu.
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Online Event
Featuring one of our favorite virtual events from the summer, the Pride Panel was composed of humans who represented different aspects of the LGBTQ community. The panel served as an outlet for open and honest dialogue, the sharing of personal stories, and an opportunity for Bard students to engage in a fruitful discussion that began with the panel, and will continue for a lifetime. Tune in to hear these powerful voices and to hear the conversations that began.Sponsored by: Dean of Student Affairs; Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7097, e-mail jrosariocaliz@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/88117474657?pwd=NkxNSmh0VE5KQWlrR3gzcU4yMmZTdz09.
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Online Event
Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O
All are invited to gather for a time of prayer, scripture readings, and reflections on Sundays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O.
Sunday, October 25, 2020
CCS Galleries
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Online Event
A safe space for all LGBTQ+ identities. Create community and talk about a range of topics to be set by the group members. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
For parents, Family and Alumni/ae Weekend is one of the most exciting events on the academic calendar. It happens in mid-October, after students have settled in for the semester. The Family and Alumni/ae Weekend schedule is packed full of activities, showcasing just about every program on Bard’s 1,000-acre campus.
For more information, call 845-758-7867.
Saturday, October 24 at 7:30 pm
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bcom-2020-10.
Monday, October 26, 2020
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Monday, October 26, 2020
Online Event
Join us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Monday, October 26, 2020
Online Event
Zoom Meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09
ID: 999 5870 3459 Passcode: sproj
Can't make the clinics? Request an appointment for research or writing help any time at bard.edu/library/ask-a-librarian.php.
Students working on their Senior Projects are welcome to drop in to these weekly Zoom sessions with the librarians for help with finding sources, using interlibrary loan, citation management, and other SPROJ-related questions. (Sorry, this year you will have to byo snacks!)Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 802-375-4599, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09.
Monday, October 26, 2020
Online Event
Join the MSO every other week for evening gatherings where we stay in community, invite guests and educate ourselves on Islam in various aspects! All are welcome! Join via Zoom: http://https//bard.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvdO-przIuHNWMuMOezpSIyFTId2qwUFZM/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurDgsG9WctB-GRpwAAIjCM-vzmFh
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit http://https//bard.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvdO-przIuHNWMuMOezpSIyFTId2qwUFZM/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurDgsG9WctB-GRpwAAIjCM-vzmFh.
Monday, October 26, 2020
Online Event
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail info@opensocietyuniversitynetwork.org, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/83438786118?pwd=RmNYb3N0c1F1Um1LMkFxcG1FZzc1Zz09.
Monday, October 26, 2020
Online Event
This is now a Zoom class. Join here:
https://zoom.us/j/93911581519?pwd=ak9QUzI5bEpxTE5oak5qem9SV0M3UT09Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, e-mail hooper@bard.edu, or visit https://zoom.us/j/93911581519?pwd=ak9QUzI5bEpxTE5oak5qem9SV0M3UT09.
Monday, October 26, 2020
Please join us for a discussion of how our teaching in the weeks ahead might acknowledge, or even directly address, the 2020 elections. Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/82149173147Sponsored by: Center for Faculty and Curricular Development.
For more information, call 718-440-2528, e-mail bchinsena@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/82149173147.
Monday, October 26, 2020
Online Event
This will be an evening talk between the prolific Juliana Huxtable '10 and her special guest Kimberly Foster, founder and host of For Harriet. Together, they will be examining the residual effects of the recent George Floyd protests and exploring their own racial imaginary in order tease out a vision of the future.
Juliana Huxtable is an artist, writer, and dj/musician. Huxtable has exhibited and performed at a number of venues including Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Project Native Informant, Artists Space, the New Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, and the Musée d'Art Moderne. She is author of Mucus in My Pineal Gland and coauthor, with Hannah Black, of Life: A Novel. Her poetry and visual work were included in the 2015 Triennial at the New Museum. She is the recipient of the 2017 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant and is a 2019 United States Artist Fellow.
Kimberly Foster is a writer, cultural critic and founder and editor-in-chief of For Harriet, a multi-platform digital community for Black women, and Black Girls Gather, a national live event series.
Founded in 2010, For Harriet is a leading voice for Black women’s journalism and storytelling. Kimberly began For Harriet while she was an undergraduate at Harvard University.
The site has been featured in the New York Times, ESSENCE, and Forbes and Huffington Post. Kimberly has written for The Guardian, Newsweek, Quartz, and Fortune, and appeared on OWN, Huffpost Live, NPR, MSNBC, BET.com, and many local radio stations across the country commenting on culture and current events.
Kimberly's video commentaries on current events and feminism have been viewed million of times.
In 2016, she was named to Forbes Magazine's 30 under 30 list. In 2017 ESSENCE named her one of 50 founders to watch. In 2019, her video appeared on OWN’s “Black Women OWN the Conversation.” She has also been recognized as a leading voice online by Teen Vogue and Huffington Post.
Kimberly has been invited to give talks at dozens of universities across the country including keynotes at Cornell University, Boston College, and Emory University. She holds a degree in African American Studies.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Online Event
Interested in learning more about debate at Bard or joining the team? Stop by our weekly debate practices! Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3nG6BzF Join us Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7pm to meet coaches, captains, and returning debaters and learn about all that we do!Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99933361405?pwd=ZWV4MmhSbU15M2p4eXd2VVdPU28zdz09.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 – Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Online Event
Join us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/83528858905Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/83528858905.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Online Event
Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/81408091517?pwd=TWp4WWdiRjZ5bVUvenlKeERqdW1Edz09#success
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/81408091517?pwd=TWp4WWdiRjZ5bVUvenlKeERqdW1Edz09#success.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Online Event
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail plopezga@bard.edu.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Online Event
Join us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/86246936512?pwd=RjdoRVhmalQreWJYZHNJSnJCeW9iZz09
Not sure sure where to start on that research assignment? Join the House Librarians for drop-in research help on Zoom! We’ll spend the first 10 minutes reviewing specific skills. The rest of the hour is open for your questions! Drop in anytime during the hour. This week, Coulter House Librarian Shea Wert will be there to tell you all about interlibrary loan and help you with any other research dilemma or question you have. Complete schedule through Thanksgiving break below.
Tuesday, October 27
Make the Most of Interlibrary Loan Hosted by Shea Wert, Coulter House Librarian
Never pay to access a journal article again! Find out how to use our interlibrary loan system to request books, journal articles, book chapters & more.
Tuesday, November 3
ELECTION DAY! What’s your plan for voting? (No session this week! For research help, stop in to the virtual reference desk or request an appointment to meet with a librarian.)
Tuesday, November 10: Tips and tricks for searching effectively Hosted by Jeremy Hall, Yauch House Librarian
Having trouble finding information on your topic? Learn how to extract key words from your research topic and search more effectively.
Tuesday, November 17: Finding and accessing digital resources Hosted by Amber Billey, McKenzie House Librarian and Alexa Murphy, McWilliams House Librarian
Just in time for remote learning… Where should you look for journal articles on your topic or discipline? How do you find electronic books in our catalog? Find out how to go beyond the “search everything” box to find online resources on your topic.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/86246936512?pwd=RjdoRVhmalQreWJYZHNJSnJCeW9iZz09.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Online Event
Bard College is delighted to announce the appointment of jazz pianist and composer Marcus Roberts, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Music. Professor Whitney Slaten will host him in an interview, which is the beginning of a series of online masterclasses that Roberts will offer. This discussion will highlight features of Roberts work, as well as invite Roberts to address inquires from students across divisions of the College and the Conservatory.
Pianist/composer Marcus Roberts has been hailed “the genius of the modern piano." In 2014, the celebrated CBS News television show 60 Minutes profiled his life and work on a segment entitled “The Virtuoso.” The show traced Roberts’s life to date from his early roots in Jacksonville and at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind to his remarkable career as a modern jazz musician. In addition to his renown as a performer, Roberts is also an accomplished composer who has received numerous commissioning awards, including ones from Chamber Music America, Jazz at Lincoln Center, ASCAP, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Savannah Music Festival, which cocommissioned him to write his first piano concerto—Spirit of the Blues: Piano Concerto in C-Minor (2013). In 2016, Roberts premiered his second piano concerto (Rhapsody in D for Piano and Orchestra) at the Ozawa Music Festival in Matsumoto, Japan, which was commissioned by the Seiji Ozawa and the Saito Kinen Orchestra. Roberts is an associate professor of music at the School of Music at Florida State University. He holds an honorary Doctor of Music degree from The Juilliard School.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail wslaten@bard.edu.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Online Event
Join us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/98981490993?pwd=TGpuSFd3NXA5dFJpL2ZTdHljU0owdz09
Stevenson Library is please to offer a workshop series on advanced history research skills for students who have moderated into the Historical Studies program or who are planning to do historical research for their senior projects.
Session 1: Introduction to History Research Skills
Wednesday, October 21, 9–11 am
In this workshop, students taking their major conference course will begin to develop research strategies and skills to prepare for their senior project. We will consider the types of sources used in historical research, practice navigating library resources to find academic and nonacademic resources, and discuss strategies for evaluating different types of sources.
Session 2: Finding Primary Sources Online
Wednesday, October 28, 9–11 am
This session will help students prepare to do archival research and work with primary sources. We’ll discuss different types of physical and digital archives, where to look for them, and how to navigate and understand their contents.
Zoom info:
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020 – Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Online Event
Join us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/83528858905Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/83528858905.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Online Event
To join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/91015022273
In this virtual city tour of St. Petersburg, the second largest city of Russia, we will see the main sights that attract visitors from all over the world: Palace Square with the Hermitage Museum, Peter and Paul Fortress, Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theatre, Smolny Cathedral, etc. We will learn why St. Petersburg is called the Northern Venice, what went wrong when Nevsky prospect was constructed, and why the fist museum had to attract its visitors with cakes and vodka.Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail caclark@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91015022273.
Richard Kearns
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Online Event
Rick Kearns is a poet, freelance writer, and musician of Boricua (Puerto Rican) and European heritage from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was named Poet Laureate of Harrisburg in January 2014. His poems have appeared in over 80 journals, including the Massachusetts Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Patterson Review, Yellow Medicine Review, Letras (lit review of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, NYC), and Chicago Review. Kearns’s poems are also in two books, five national anthologies, two international anthologies, and seven chapbooks. Several of his poems have been translated into Spanish and Portuguese.
Kearns has given readings throughout the United States since 1992, including at the Nuyorican Poets Café in Manhattan and Capicu in Brooklyn. His poetry is also featured in the CD The Moon Rides a Black Horse, combining his poetry and jazz performed by the Con Alma Quartet (with whom he collaborated between 2010 and 2014).
YouTube Channel
Reading for Poetry 2 + 1, Clark Forum for Contemporary Issues, Dickinson College
THE ZOOM LINK IS HERE.
Topic: Contemporary Latinx Poetry (F20)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 988 8436 4041 Passcode: 3l736jSponsored by: Literature Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail jburns@bard.edu.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Online Event
For more information, call 845-758-7514, or e-mail fysem@bard.edu.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Online Event
This is now a Zoom class. Join here: https://zoom.us/j/97443146502?pwd=cmlKd2l1ZnEzWWVPekllWFhqUkZRQT09Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, e-mail hooper@bard.edu, or visit https://zoom.us/j/97443146502?pwd=cmlKd2l1ZnEzWWVPekllWFhqUkZRQT09.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Online Event
A series on discourse and dialogue surrounding social justice topics of today with the goal of educating and providing tools for our students, staff, and faculty to effectively re-imagine inclusive spaces, and promote an environment for unlearning, learning, and healing for the Bard community.
Zoom credentials:
Webinar ID: 870 4821 3825
Passcode: 830848Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Dean of Student Affairs; Gender Equity/Title XI, The President's Office, Bard Athletics; Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail adunn@bard.edu.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
https://bard.zoom.us/j/99459409079?pwd=SEtuT3E0RTM1OGd4K0h0UzE0cmFzUT09
Are you looking for a way to connect with others during this socially distanced time? Do you love to talk about books and reading, but don’t have time for a lot of extra leisure reading during the semester? Consider joining the Bard Bookworms! We are an informal discussion group that meets biweekly on Zoom to chat about all things books and reading. No reading or preparation required and open to all Bard students, staff and faculty. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/library.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Online Event
Please join us weekly for an hour of conversation in French, now on Zoom! Join meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09
French-speaking students and professors gather to share about their week, experiences, and culture. Everyone is more than welcome to join in--stay for as long as you'd like.
Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761
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Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Annandale House
Please come join us at the Kline Bus Stop in front of New Annandale House for our summer farm stand. We are at the intersection of Annandale Rd and Woods Ave. We accept cash and credit card payments and will be accepting online preorders for contactless pickup at our farm stand beginning the week of June 15.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ryoshino@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Online Event
Stop by this public virtual fitness space to ask the Community Fitness Coordinator anything fitness related, report in your fitness accomplishments and goals, connect with other fitness peeps, and more!
Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96661564418?pwd=NHVLdWxnMU9OSWpxaEtjaGRXd1Nodz09Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 504-355-6033, e-mail fitness@bard.edu, or visit https://zoom.us/j/96661564418?pwd=NHVLdWxnMU9OSWpxaEtjaGRXd1Nodz09.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
CCS Galleries
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Online
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Online Event
Jacqui Lewis is Senior Minister of Middle Collegiate Church, a multi-everything congregation in the East Village, NYC.
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Kenyon Victor Adams is a multidisciplinary artist and curator. His recent work explores the notion of fractured epistemologies, and seeks to reclaim or expand various ways of knowing through integrative artistic practices. Kenyon has contributed art and thought leadership at Yale School of Drama, Yale ISM Poetry Conference, Live IdeasFestival, the Langston Hughes Project, the National Arts Policy Roundtable, and the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College. He studied Religion and Literature at Yale Divinity School, and Theology of Contemporary Performance at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Kenyon served as Artist in Residence at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music for the 2015–16 academic year. His multi-media performance works have addressed issues of legibility, race, and American memory. Currently in production through New York Live Arts, Prayers of the People, directed by Bill T. Jones, is a performance work responding to the writings of Martin Luther King Jr. Kenyon is the Founding Arts Initiative Director at Grace Farms and the SANAA-designed River Building in New Canaan, Conn.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Online Event
Panel discussion on the local and global dimensions of the Black Lives Matter movement. Part of the Making of Citizens Common Course program. Access via: https://bard.zoom.us/j/82319951006?pwd=bVBMalZ0SWJMOUxCS1MvTU1ycGErZz09Sponsored by: Dean of the College.
For more information, call 607-280-4754, e-mail sgilhool@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/82319951006?pwd=bVBMalZ0SWJMOUxCS1MvTU1ycGErZz09.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Online Event
Zoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09
The Philosophy Salon—a new initiative to promote community among students, faculty, and staff interested in philosophy—takes place every Friday from noon to 1:30pm on Zoom. Salon events include: faculty speakers from inside and outside Bard, information sessions, conversations with alumni/ae, and informal philosophical discussions. To be added to the Salon email list, contact Kathryn Tabb at ktabb@bard.edu or Ruth Zisman at zisman@bard.edu.
Salon schedule:
September 11: Welcome and Introductions
September 18: Club of Philosophy: Jay Elliott, “Could It Be Worth Thinking About Aristotle on Slavery?”
September 25: Alumni Speaker Event: Ian Olasov
October 2: Speaker Series: Dana Miranda, "The Riot of Disorder"
October 9: Moderation Info Session
October 16: Work in Progress with Marina Van Zuylen
October 23: Work in Progress with Nora Ben Hammed
October 30: Halloween with Thomas Bartscherer: “All That Is Deep Loves the Mask"
November 6: Politics and Change with Chiara Ricciardone
November 13: Speaker Series: Krisanna Scheiter
November 20: Speaker Series: Rosemarie Garland Thompson
December 4: Friendly Philosopher’s Club: A workshop on giving and receiving feedback
December 11: What Is Philosophy? A discussion for the curiousSponsored by: Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Online Event
Join us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Online Event
Join the MSO at 2 pm on Fridays for jum'ah prayers (online) with guest speakers and Chaplain Nora Zaki. All are welcome! Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/82437819314?pwd=RE52cjg4Q2VjTGZ0SFNUamtGbXF1Zz09Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/82437819314?pwd=RE52cjg4Q2VjTGZ0SFNUamtGbXF1Zz09.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Online Event
Connect and share strategies for getting through COVID. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
Friday, October 30, 2020
CCS Galleries
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
You have the option of streaming the 2018 World Premiere of Four Quartets, or, dive deeper with the All-Access Special Event on October 30, which includes exclusive, early access, live content (details below).
Streaming to the general public October 31–November 1
This ravishing union of dance, music, painting, and poetry is a vast and thrilling performance that has gained admiration from audiences at the Fisher Center, in London, and in Los Angeles.
PURCHASE • FOUR QUARTETS
What is it like to dance Four Quartets? Join us for a rare opportunity to experience this epic performance from the other side of the curtain—through conversations with Kathleen Chalfant, Pam Tanowitz, and the dancers of the company. Filmed remotely over the summer of 2020, There the Dance Is, leads us on a journey of reflection and revelation.
The virtual premiere of There the Dance Is will be preceded by a livestream conversation between Tanowitz and former New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay.
This exclusive experience includes:
PURCHASE • ALL-ACCESS
Sponsored by: Fisher Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/four-quartets-experience.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Online Event
The current pandemic has disrupted economic activity and expectations. Join Jan Kregel, Director, Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy for an informal talk on how the programs will prepare you to analyze the economic outlook postpandemic. We will also answer your questions about admission requirements, financial aid, and more. Registration is required: https://connect.bard.edu/register/oct30Sponsored by: Levy Economics Institute; Levy Graduate Programs.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail levygrad@bard.edu, or visit https://connect.bard.edu/register/oct30.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Online Event
Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94181247545?pwd=YmpzREM5V2hweHk2Mlo0cUNGNCsyUT09Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4391, e-mail akontos@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94181247545?pwd=YmpzREM5V2hweHk2Mlo0cUNGNCsyUT09.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Online Event
To join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/88404304127
Join Professor Alexander Kubyshkin from the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Smolny College) of St. Petersburg University to discuss what the upcoming presidential elections mean for Russia. Professor Kubyshkin will focus on the official policies proposed by each candidate and their importance for the development of mutual cooperation between Russia and the United States in the future. A brief prognosis will be provided for relations following the elections. At Smolny College, Professor Kubyshkin teaches Introduction to American Civilization, History and Political Thought of the USA, History of International Relations, and The Cold War. He is the author of more than 160 publications and regularly provides political commentary on Russian radio.Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail caclark@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/88404304127.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Online Event
Join via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89352702820?pwd=czdSa0M4bDRFSWo0K243d0pRd3VaUT09
Yazan Khalili will talk about “the total work of the cultural institution,” a concept developed during his time at Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre, asking how we can practice critique through the structures of the cultural production. He will also discuss Radio Alhara, the online communal radio that was established in Palestine at the beginning of the lockdown, and functions as an open platform for sharing sound in all its formats. He will think with us about communal media and collective practices, how to establish cultural structures, and infiltrate others.
Yazan Khalili lives and works in and out of Palestine. He is an architect, artist, and cultural producer. His works have been exhibited in several major exhibitions, including KW (Berlin, 2020), MoCA (Toronto, 2020), New Photography (MoMA, 2018), and Shanghai Biennial (2016). Khalili was the director of Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre between 2015 and 2019. He is one of the founders of Radio Alhara, Palestine. Currently, he is the cochair of the photography division of the MFA program at Bard College, a PhD candidate at Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam, and a guest researcher at the Rijksakademie.
Read more by Yazan Khalili in English here:
This event is cosponsored by the Human Rights Project.
Join Zoom MeetingSponsored by: Middle Eastern Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail dramadan@bard.edu, or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89352702820?pwd=czdSa0M4bDRFSWo0K243d0pRd3VaUT09.
Friday, October 30, 2020
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Praised for her “intoxicating” (New York Times) and “ravishing” (STRAD) performances of “silken finesse with gritty vibrancy” (Gramophone), violist Molly Carr enjoys a diverse musical career as recitalist, chamber musician, educator, and artistic director. She has been the recipient of numerous national and international prizes and awards, including the Primrose International Viola Competition, Chamber Music America, ProMusicis Foundation, Davidson Institute, Virtu Foundation, MAW Alumni Enterprise Awards, ASTA, and ARTS, among many others. Her performances have taken her across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and have been broadcast on CBS's Live from Lincoln Center, Good Morning America, and National Public Radio in the United States, as well as on Canadian, Bulgarian, Israeli, and Hungarian National Television and Radio. In October 2018, Ms. Carr was honored at the United Nations for her work with refugees around the globe through the Carr-Petrova Duo’s Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project; she was also chosen as one of America's leading “Creative Women”—subsequently appearing on the Sandi Klein show Conversations with Creative Women.
This recital will be prerecorded and streamed on October 30, 2020, at 7pm. We hope that you will join us. The program is attached.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Online Event
Grab some popcorn and candy because Bard After Dark is hosting a scary movie marathon to get everyone ready for Halloween! Fill out this form to choose the movie(s)you want to watch and to get some Halloween treats delivered right to your mailbox: https://forms.gle/6MY2M77UD9f9254W8
Zoom Meeting ID: 991 8966 6103 Password: BAD2020Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, e-mail studentactivities@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99189666103?pwd=Z2gxc2pNaW9xRzhhTjNKZkh5ZVNRUT09.
Saturday, October 31, 2020
CCS Galleries
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Online Event
Share challenges and strengths and practice healing strategies. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
You have the option of streaming the 2018 World Premiere of Four Quartets, or, dive deeper with the All-Access Special Event on October 30, which includes exclusive, early access, live content (details below).
Streaming to the general public October 31–November 1
This ravishing union of dance, music, painting, and poetry is a vast and thrilling performance that has gained admiration from audiences at the Fisher Center, in London, and in Los Angeles.
PURCHASE • FOUR QUARTETS
What is it like to dance Four Quartets? Join us for a rare opportunity to experience this epic performance from the other side of the curtain—through conversations with Kathleen Chalfant, Pam Tanowitz, and the dancers of the company. Filmed remotely over the summer of 2020, There the Dance Is, leads us on a journey of reflection and revelation.
The virtual premiere of There the Dance Is will be preceded by a livestream conversation between Tanowitz and former New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay.
This exclusive experience includes:
PURCHASE • ALL-ACCESS
Sponsored by: Fisher Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/four-quartets-experience.
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Online Event; https://zoom.us/j/96781475618?pwd=S2RCL3Zzdm4zd3FrVXBGc1VwRn
Please join the OSUN Global Engagement Fellows for their second monthly civic workshop which will focus on civic Project Leadership.
Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail zarsarmast@gmail.com, or visit https://cce.bard.edu/international/global-engagement/.
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Online Event
To fill out the interest form: https://forms.gle/n3yaH2BAZjgAAfZH9
Join Bard Abroad for a special ~Halloween~ of Bard Bookworms: International Edition! We will be sharing eerie tales from around the world. Attendees are also welcome to discuss anything they have been reading from around the world.
For Bard Abroad's eerie book suggestions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11jMAqg_rKatfdJDMQnPm3mkAwjXRzAS-Q3D7isimxo4/edit?usp=sharing
To join via Zoom:
https://bard.zoom.us/j/86931622552?pwd=RXZQVUhERUpHdnBJbTdzS3Z2SThUQT09
Meeting ID: 869 3162 2552
Passcode: 942980
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members throughout the Open Society University Network and Bard International Network Partners are welcomed to join. To sign up for our email alerts: https://forms.gle/n3yaH2BAZjgAAfZH9
Questions? Contact Emily Levine at el4069@bard.edu or Lauren Cooke at lcooke@bard.edu
Also-- check out Bard Bookworms which meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM EDT! For information contact Alexa Murphy at amurphy@bard.edu.Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail lcooke@bard.edu, or visit https://forms.gle/n3yaH2BAZjgAAfZH9.
Amor Mundi and the Virtual Reading Group
Keep the Conversation Going with the Hannah Arendt Center
Friday, February 28, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2027
Hannah Arendt CenterAmor Mundi is the weekly publication of the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College. Subscribe now to receive the Amor Mundi email in your inbox up to two times a week. You'll get the first look at original articles, essays, and journal features from Roger Berkowitz and other Arendtian thinkers. Read Amor Mundi now >>
The Virtual Reading Group. Join Founder and Academic Director Roger Berkowitz and Acting Assistant Director Samantha Hill on select Fridays as they lead a live, online group discussion in a thoughtful and spirited exploration of the works of Hannah Arendt. Learn more about the VRG >>
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Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Save this event: Fisher Center Artists
Neil Gaiman (Bard Professor in the Arts) and Pam Tanowitz (Fisher Center Choreographer in Residence)
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGCentral to the Fisher Center’s mission is long-term relationships with artists across disciplines. This week, we focus on two artists who are cornerstones of the Fisher Center’s identity. These archival recordings commemorate the first time we welcomed these artists to our stages.
Also in focus this week: the American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Leon Botstein. SummerScape 2019’s Opera marked the ASO’s 16th year appearing at the Fisher Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-fc-artists.
The Miracle of Heliane
by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMING2019, Sosnoff Theater, SummerScape
First performed in the U.S. almost 100 years after its world premiere in Hamburg, this lushly orchestrated allegorical tale was staged by Christian Räth in 2019. Performed by a remarkable cast and the 80-member American Symphony Orchestra, this staging was a stellar example of Maestro Botstein’s commitment to reintroduce rarely seen operatic treasures to a contemporary audience.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-Heliane/.
Our World: The Past Reflected in the Present
Wednesday, April 8, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGThe best art reflects present day realities, lends us perspectives from the past, and helps us imagine futures. This week, we feature two Fisher Center commissions that helped us reconsider the present through chilling encounters with the past. Our first offering from the extensive archive of the Bard Music Festival looks toward the upcoming holiday weekend with a prayer of hope and liberation. Also this week: our first live webcast from the undergraduate Theater & Performance Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-our-world.
Live Arts Bard: Commissions and Residencies
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGLive Arts Bard (LAB) is the Fisher Center’s commissioning and residency program. Through LAB we support artistic innovation, and provide significant resources to artists across disciplines. LAB residencies vary in length from a week to several years. This week, we're streaming three LAB commissions, including Beth Gill: Catacomb (2016), Tere O'Connor: Long Run (2017), and Nature Theater of Oklahoma: Life & Times, Episode 8 (2015).
Also on this week: our second archival opera release, Rubenstein's Demon, from SummerScape 2018, featuring the American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Leon Botstein.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-live-arts-bard.
Demon
by Anton Rubinstein
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMING2018, Sosnoff Theater, SummerScape
Rubinstein’s operatic masterpiece is based on a poem depicting the isolation and despair of a fallen angel. Premiered to great acclaim in 1871, Demon received its first fully staged U.S. performances at Bard in 2018. With rich choral writing and a fiery libretto, the production was staged by Thaddeus Strassberger and featured an all-Russian cast, Pesvebi Georgian Dancers and The American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Botstein.
Read the Program
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-Demon/.
Live Arts Bard Biennial
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGThis week we highlight the Live Arts Bard Biennial, a festival of commissioned works that temporarily reconfigures the Fisher Center as a site for innovative and interactive performances and installations. Each edition marks the culmination of a two-year cycle of exploration around a major question or challenge of the 21st century, with multi-faceted research and development by the curators, artists, students, and faculty across Bard College programs.
Our second offering from the archives of the Bard Music Festival features the Russian Moguchaya Kuchka (The Mighty Five), whose work, in the company of their friend Rimsky-Korsakov, opened the 2018 Festival, “Rimsky-Korsakov and His World.”
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-lab-biennial/.
Together, Apart
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGEven while we remain distanced, people are finding new ways to stay connected and in conversation with one another.
This week on UPSTREAMING: our third archival release from SummerScape Opera, Die Liebe der Danae—a neglected treasure from Richard Strauss—featuring the American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Leon Botstein.
Next up: this Saturday at 7 pm ET, the Fisher Center teams up with our local independent bookstore, Oblong Books & Music, to present our first live streamed conversation, bringing together two titans of fantasy literature—Bard professor Neil Gaiman and N. K. Jemisin.
Also this week: we share the archival taping of Crybabies, our first live podcast event, featuring writer Susan Orlean, Sarah Thyre, Malcolm Gladwell, and Theda Hammel.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-together-apart/.
Daniel Fish and the Fisher Center
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGThe Fisher Center has a long—and proud—association with director Daniel Fish.
In 2019, Fish directed the “unmissable, … sublime” production (Time Out New York) of Acquanetta, marking his first return to Bard since SummerScape 2015, when he debuted his production of Oklahoma!, which, then went on to Broadway and subsequently won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival.
Also this week: ETERNAL, a video installation that the New York Times calls “an intellectual pleasure” and “emotionally resonant,” presented for the first time in a virtual context.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-daniel-fish/.
Oresteia
Composer in Context: Sergey Taneyev
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGBard SummerScape Opera and the Bard Music Festival have become synonymous with a new kind of concert experience, one that provides a “rich web of context” (New York Times) for a full appreciation of each composer’s inspirations, significance, and legacy.
This week, UPSTREAMING illuminates the world of Russian composer Sergey Taneyev (1856–1915).
A highly gifted pianist and composer, Taneyev was a protégé and champion of Tchaikovsky’s, serving as soloist in early performances of the older composer’s piano concertos.
Taneyev was one of Russia’s most influential music theorists, teaching for nearly three decades at the Moscow Conservatory, where his students included Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, and Glière; Stravinsky later recalled how highly he valued Taneyev’s treatise on counterpoint, calling it “one of the best books of its kind.” Yet in striving to synthesize counterpoint with folksong, he developed a distinct compositional voice that looked forward to Stravinsky himself.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-sergey-taneyev/.
Euryanthe
Composer in Context: Carl Maria von Weber
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGBard SummerScape Opera and the Bard Music Festival have become synonymous with a new kind of concert experience, one that provides a “rich web of context” (New York Times) for a full appreciation of each composer’s inspirations, significance, and legacy.
This week, UPSTREAMING illuminates the work of German Romantic composer Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), featuring:
- 2014 Bard SummerScape Opera: Euryanthe
- The American Symphony Orchestra performing Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1 from the 2017 Bard Music Festival: Chopin and His World.
- Euryanthe video playlist, which includes: an opera talk with Maestro Botstein, a conversation with set designer Victoria Tzykun, and behind-the-scenes interviews with the producer, director, and cast of Euryanthe.
Carl Maria von Weber’s short life was marked by many lows—frequent illnesses, an arrest on embezzlement and other charges—but he also became one of the most influential composers of the early 19th century whose prodigious gifts as a composer, pianist, conductor, and writer bring to mind Mozart. The premiere of Der Freischütz in 1821, an opera that immediately captured the imagination of audiences in Europe and beyond, was a transformative event in the history of Romanticism and helped to usher in a new sensibility in music. He did not have a comparable success in the remaining five years of his life, although the overtures to his later Euryanthe and Oberon became repertory standards. In these operas, and in less familiar compositions, his masterful orchestration and compelling evocation of mood became models for composers from Meyerbeer to Wagner, Liszt, Berlioz, Glinka, and Hindemith.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-carl-maria-von-weber/.
The Making of Mad Forest
TECHNOLOGY • DESIGN • REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
3 pm
UPSTREAMING
Featuring members of the creative team, performers, and Fisher Center staff
Join the creators and performers of the Bard Theater & Performance Program’s lauded virtual production of Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest for an in-depth look behind the scenes. This 90-minute webinar will feature three 30-minute segments, with Q&A, focusing on a different aspect of the project: technology, design, and rehearsal and performance.
This production, originally mounted for one live performance on April 10, 2020 via the Fisher Center’s UPSTREAMING, was recently remounted for three additional live performances online in a co-production with off-Broadway’s Theatre for a New Audience. Led by director Ashley Tata, 12 Bard students performed the work live from remote locations across the country, aided by a new modified version of Zoom developed by programmer Andy Carluccio. This unique blend of art and technology was crafted by a design team including Eamonn Farrell (video), Afsoon Pajoufar (sets), Asta Bennie Hostetter (costumes), Abigail Hoke-Brady (lighting), Paul Pinto (sound), Dan Safer (movement), with Vanessa Hart as Stage Manager.
The Fisher Center is a premier performing arts center located in New York's Hudson Valley. Embodying Bard College’s commitment to the arts as a cultural and educational necessity, the Fisher Center creates communities of professional artists, students, and audiences through exceptional performing arts experiences that challenge and inspire.
All performances of Mad Forest, and this webinar, are being presented for free due to the ongoing generosity of our patrons. To make a gift in support of the Fisher Center’s innovative programs, please click here. Sponsored by: Fisher Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/the-making-of-mad-forest/.
The Wreckers
by Ethel Smyth
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGThis engrossing program encompasses varied works exploring religion and spirituality through the lens of female composers: Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers, staged at Bard in 2015, animates a moral drama about social justice and personal courage, while Lili Boulanger’s Psalm 130 “Du fond de l'abîme” (1917) offers a deeply personal requiem dedicated to her father. Lera Auerbach’s Violin Concerto No. 3, “De Profundis” (2015) with Vadim Repin rounds out the program.
Featuring:
- SummerScape Opera: The Wreckers
- New Conversation: Leon Botstein with Thaddeus Strassberger
- BMF/TON Recordings: Spirituality Through the Lens of Female Composers
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-The-Wreckers/.
Spiegeltent From Home
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGAs we find ourselves missing each other’s company under the dazzling glow of our beloved Spiegeltent, this series of DJ mixes from some of our regular favorites is designed to keep the party going in your own home, backyard, or car all summer long. A new mix will be released every other week, and the previous mixes will remain available for the whole summer.
July 1 • DJ Sammy Jo
July 1 • July 15 • DJ Tikka Masala
July 29 • DJ Amber Valentine
August 12 • DJ Jonjon Battles
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/SPT-from-home/.
Mexican Modernists
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGThis week’s offering from the archives of the Bard Music Festival celebrates the music of two seminal composers from south of the border: Carlos Chávez and Silvestre Revueltas. In times of political uncertainty, they fused the rich indigenous heritage of Mexico with modernist techniques and a political message, creating an art that was national, modern, and universal.
Featuring:
- Music from the 2015 Bard Music Festival “Chávez and His World.”
- Virtual Tour of “Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945,” with Barbara Haskell, curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
- A tribute to Bard professor and cellist Luis Garcia-Renart.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/Mexican-Modernists/.
French Romanticism
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGThis week’s UPSTREAMING selection offers an exploration of French romanticism through the work of two composers—Emmanuel Chabrier and Hector Berlioz—who, while stylistically different, shared capacity for independent thought and innovation. The fully staged production of Chabrier’s Le roi malgré lui from the 2012 Bard SummerScape is complemented by Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette from the 2017 Bard Music Festival.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/French-Romanticism/.
Dimitrij
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMING“Botstein and Bard SummerScape show courage, foresight and great imagination, honoring operas that larger institutions are content to ignore. —Time Out New York
UPSTREAMING: Opera at Bard presents the musical centerpiece of the 2017 Bard SummerScape: Czech composer Antonín Dvořák’s 1882 rare opera Dimitrij. Supporting content includes a recording of Janáček's Sinfonietta as performed by the American Symphony Orchestra and discussions including a lively and illuminating conversation between ASO music director Leon Botstein and noted Dvořák specialist Michael Beckerman.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-Dimitrij/.
Composer in Focus: Richard Strauss
by Richard Strauss
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGOne of the most revered Romantic composers of the late 19th and early 20th century, Richard Strauss’s symphonic poems and operas remain an indispensable feature of the standard repertoire. This program—which includes the operatic rarity Die Liebe der Danae (The Love of Danae) from the 2011 Bard SummerScape along with various symphonic and choral works—explores the composer’s substantial melodic gifts and his mastery of instrumentation and expression.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/UPS-Danae/.
Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program One
Saturday, September 5, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
5:30 pm
UPSTREAMING
A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Labor Day Weekend Critic's Pick!
“Out of the Silence” opens with two works by the great William Grant Still. The first African-American to have a symphony performed by a major U.S. orchestra, and the subject of a 2009 retrospective curated and conducted by Botstein at Lincoln Center, Still is represented by his meditative miniature Out of the Silence, from Seven Traceries and the evocative tone poem Serenade.Program One also features a piece by one of Nadia Boulanger’s many distinguished students: the elegiac Lyric for Strings by George Walker, the first African-American winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music and “one of the greatest composers of our time” (Fanfare magazine).
The concert concludes with TŌN’s account of the exuberant String Symphony No. 8 by Felix Mendelssohn, subject of the Bard Music Festival’s second season in 1991.
The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein and James Bagwell
William Grant Still (1895–1978)Out of the Silence, from Seven Traceries (1939)*
Serenade (1957) *
*These works are not included in the archival recording due to copyright restrictions.
George Walker (1922–2018)
Lyric for Strings (1946)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47)
String Symphony No. 8 in D Major (1823)
Adagio e grave—Allegro
Adagio
Menuetto—Trio: Presto
Allegro moltoSponsored by: Bard Music Festival.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/out-of-the-silence-1/.
Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Two
Saturday, September 12, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGWatch the Composer Roundtable
Program Two offers a snapshot of contemporary music with works by three of today’s most compelling composers.
A former composer-in-residence of both the Atlanta and Detroit Symphonies, Alvin Singleton is blessed with a “unique musical vision” (ArtsATL), while Adolphus Hailstork, a student of Nadia Boulanger, has accrued a string of honors including Cultural Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Distinguished Alumni Award from Manhattan School of Music.
Both men were born in the early 1940s, four decades before Jessie Montgomery. “Turbulent, wildly colorful and exploding with life” (Washington Post), Montgomery’s music has been recognized with the ASCAP Foundation’s Leonard Bernstein Award, and her current commissions include works for the New York Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall.
Their compositions share the program with the Serenade for Strings by Antonín Dvořák, subject of the 1993 Bard Music Festival, who championed African-American and Native American music as the foundation for a homegrown U.S. musical style.
Program
The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein, James Bagwell, Andrés Rivas, and Zachary SchwartzmanJessie Montgomery (b. 1981)
Strum (2018)
Alvin Singleton (b. 1940)
After Choice (2009)
Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
Sonata da Chiesa (1990)
Exultate
O Magnum Mysterium
Adoro
Jubilate
Agnus Dei
Dona Nobis Pacem
Exultate
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 (1875)
Moderato
Tempo di valse
Scherzo: Vivace
Larghetto
Finale: Allegro vivaceSponsored by: Bard Music Festival.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/out-of-the-silence-2/.
Fall Recruiting Consortium (FRC) — Online Interviews
Monday, September 14, 2020 – Sunday, October 11, 2020
Online EventFor access to FRC jobs/internships, send your resume to frc@bard.edu for system access and instructions.
Seniors: apply for FT postgrad positions in Science, Law, Business, and Technology.
Juniors: apply for select internship positions in tech, finance, and business for summer 2021.
Seniors: apply for FT postgrad positions in Science, Law, Business, and Technology.
Juniors: apply for select internship positions in tech, finance, and business for summer 2021.
If selected, interviews will take place virtually on 10/29 and 10/30.
Sponsored by: Career Development Office.For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Meshell Ndegeocello
Chapter & Verse:
The Gospel of James Baldwin
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGInspired by the writing of James Baldwin
Created by Meshell Ndegeocello
In collaboration with Charlotte Brathwaite
Featuring the contributions of Staceyann Chin, Suné Woods, Nicholas Galanin, Paul Thompson '93, Justin Hicks, and more.
A Co-Production of Bismillah, LLC and Fisher Center at Bard
Co-Commissioned by Live Arts Bard, UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre, and Festival de Marseille.
“No label, no slogan, no party, no skin color, and no religion is more important than the human being.”—James Baldwin
A project inspired by James Baldwin’s truth-telling treatise on justice in the United States, The Fire Next Time, and our endlessly changing world. Chapter & Verse: The Gospel of James Baldwin is a 21st-century ritual tool kit for justice. A call for revolution. A gift during turbulent times.
“Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace—not in the infantile American sense of being made happy—but in the tough and universal sense of quest and daring and growth.” —James Baldwin
Each month, September–December 2020, we offer gifts—music, thoughts, meditations, and visual testimonies of resilience—inspired by James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time.
“This is my offering to you. This is a different experience so I hope you have an open mind or at least an open heart. I see James Baldwin as an Orisha, his writing as the living word. I wanted to pay homage to him and to the time and effort it took to sit, to physically and emotionally fill the page with a truth that made my own sorrow feel less lonely. He put me on a path of empathy and humility towards my parents. It humbled me towards my mother born in 1944 and my father born in 1939—a time I can’t imagine living in while black.” —Meshell
Check out "Songs of Protest & Healing: Meshell Ndegeocello on the Gospel of James Baldwin" on Tidal Magazine.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/chapter-and-verse/.
Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Three
Saturday, September 19, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
5:30 pm
UPSTREAMINGProgram Three opens with the Adagio trágico by Roque Cordero, who infused twelve-tone writing with the folk rhythms of his native Panama.
In his Four Novelettes, Anglo-African late-Romantic composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor demonstrates graceful lyricism with a light, balletic touch that is almost reminiscent of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, subject of the festival’s 1998 season, whose soulful Serenade for Strings concludes the concert.
The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein, Andrés Rivas, and Zachary Schwartzman
Roque Cordero (1917–2008)
Adagio trágico (1955)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)
Four Novelettes, Op. 52 (1903)
Allegro moderato
Larghetto
Andante con moto
Allegro molto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–93)
Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 (1880)
Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo—Allegro moderato
Valse: Moderato—Tempo di Valse
Élégie: Larghetto elegiaco
Finale (Tema Russo): Andante—Allegro con spiritoSponsored by: Bard Music Festival.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/out-of-the-silence-3/.
Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Four
Saturday, September 26, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
5:30 pm
UPSTREAMINGThe centerpiece of Program Four is the Symphonie concertante in G by Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
The son of a slave and a planter in French Guadeloupe, Chevalier de Saint-Georges was not only the first known classical composer of African ancestry, but also an accomplished violinist, champion fencer and colonel of the first all-Black military regiment in Europe.
Bookending his composition are orchestral arrangements of Solitude and Sophisticated Lady, two mid-century masterpieces by the inimitable Duke Ellington, and the Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta by Béla Bartók, subject of the 1995 festival.
The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein
Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Solitude (1934; arr. Gould)
Sophisticated Lady (1933; arr. Gould)
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–99)
Symphonie concertante in G Major, Op. 13 (1782)
Allegro
Rondeau
Cyrus Beroukhim and Philip Payton, violins
Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945)
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1936)
Andante tranquillo
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro molto
Sponsored by: Bard Music Festival.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/out-of-the-silence-4/.
OSUN 2020 U.S. Election Series: A Second Trump Administration? With Dr. Kiron Skinner
Thursday, October 1, 2020
12–1 pm
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Dr. Kiron Skinner, former director for policy planning at the US State Department and senior adviser to the Secretary of State, will join Walter Russell Mead to discuss what a second Trump administration's foreign policy priorities and challenges might be.
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The Power of the Public Intellectual Series, moderated by Bard College Professor and Wall Street Journal “Global View” columnist Walter Russell Mead, is a series of virtual dialogues focused on the stakes and core issues of the 2020 US election. Professor Mead will be joined by distinguished policy experts, academics, and public servants to discuss the choice America will make this November. Over the course of several livestreamed events, the series will provide insight into both campaigns’ perspectives and the potential consequences, particularly for foreign policy, of either outcome.
Kiron Skinner, Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics at Carnegie Mellon University, was senior policy adviser to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Skinner also served as director of policy planning, one of the State Department’s most influential positions.. Skinner also serves as director of policy planning, one of the State Department’s most influential positions. Skinner is the founding director of Carnegie Mellon’s Institute for Politics and Strategy (IPS) and a renowned expert in foreign policy. She served on President Trump’s national security transition team in 2016.
Sponsored by: Open Society University Network.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94762449321?pwd=aDNJdHlMWGUxK1loYitMa1pTTHluZz09.
French Table On Zoom
Thursday, October 1, 2020
12:30–1:30 pm
Online EventPlease join us weekly for an hour of conversation in French, now on Zoom! Join meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09
French-speaking students and professors gather to share about their week, experiences, and culture. Everyone is more than welcome to join in--stay for as long as you'd like.
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Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09.
Bard Farm Stand
Thursday, October 1, 2020
1–5 pm
Annandale HousePlease come join us at the Kline Bus Stop in front of New Annandale House for our summer farm stand. We are at the intersection of Annandale Rd and Woods Ave. We accept cash and credit card payments and will be accepting online preorders for contactless pickup at our farm stand beginning the week of June 15.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ryoshino@bard.edu.
Zoom: Presentations and Polling
Thursday, October 1, 2020
3–4 pm
Learn how to present other windows and applications in Zoom, use annotations, and create a Poll.Zoom Login: https://bard.zoom.us/j/95079007663
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail homan@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/95079007663.
The Joy and Curse of Translation
Bill Porter / Red Pine, Translator
Thursday, October 1, 2020
3–4:30 pm
Online EventPart of a Series of Talks on Buddhist Currents in American Poetry
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No one ever plans to be a translator, and no artist is more poorly equipped or trained. Nor do translators ever find out exactly what they’re doing—or even how—but, except for the fact that there’s no money it, why would they ever want to stop?
Bill Porter was born in Van Nuys, California on October 3, 1943, and grew up in northern Idaho. After a tour of duty in the US Army in 1964–67, he attended college at UC Santa Barbara and majored in anthropology. In 1970, he entered graduate school at Columbia University and studied anthropology with a faculty that included Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict. While he was in New York, he became interested in Buddhism, and in 1972 he left America for a Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. After three years with the monks and nuns, he struck out on his own and supported himself by teaching English and later by working as a journalist at English-language radio stations in Taiwan and Hong Kong. During this time, he married a Chinese woman, with whom he has two children, and began working on translations of Chinese poetry and Buddhist texts. In 1993, he returned to America, and has lived ever since in Port Townsend, Washington. For the past 27 years, he has worked as an independent scholar. His translations, under the name Red Pine, have been honored with two NEA translation fellowships, a PEN translation award, the inaugural Asian Literature Award of the American Literary Translators Association, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and, more recently, the Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation, bestowed by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Between December 2019 and June 2020 he published a series of seven chapbooks with Empty Bowl Press in Anacortes, including Cathay Revisited, a present for Ezra Pound’s daughter and granddaughter.
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For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail dtownsend@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99375628401?pwd=QlNoL1RoRHRYellZOFpma0JRZEJnQT09 .
Bard Globalization and International Affairs Professional Development Info Session
Cutting-edge cover letters
Thursday, October 1, 2020
4–5 pm
Online EventSign up on EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bgia-professional-development-info-sessions-tickets-121414240261
The Bard Globalization and International Affairs program will be hosting a professional development series so that you can learn more about the program and get a glimpse of what we offer. Brush up on your cover letter and resume writing and get updated tips on interviewing amid the time of Covid-19. Click on the Event Brite link to sign up and learn more. Sponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail bgia@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bgia-professional-development-info-sessions-tickets-121414240261.
Alumni/ae Tech Talk
Things I wish I knew . . . : Prep for TECH jobs/interviews and resumes
Thursday, October 1, 2020
5:30–7:30 pm
Hear tips and strategies from three alumni/ae working in software engineering, development, and consulting.Register here: tinyurl.com/registerbardtechtalkSponsored by: Bard College Alumni/ae Association.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://tinyurl.com/registerbardtechtalk.
Buddhist Meditation Group
Thursday, October 1, 2020
6–8 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ASponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
IWT Writer as Reader Workshops - Online
Friday, October 2, 2020
9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Olin Humanities BuildingWe are excited to announce that both the October 2 and November 6 Bard College IWT Writer as Reader Workshops will be held online.
Writer as Reader workshops model writing practices that inspire students to read more carefully, to grasp the meaning in more complex texts, and to infer meaning from what they read. These workshops invite secondary and college teachers to consider “writing to read” as a central classroom practice, one that shows rather than tells students how writing clarifies the meaning of texts. Working with diverse writing-to-read strategies, workshop participants discover what they bring to the text, what is apparent in the text, what is inferred, and what questions the text poses.
1. Double Consciousness in Today’s America: Americanah as Social Science
2. Shakespeare on Stage and Page:
3. The Sonnet: Shakespeare, Contemporary Sonneteers, and the Development of Form
4. Memory, Inheritance, and the Social Construction of Self: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and “The Things They Carried”
5. COVID-19 and the U.S. Elections: Making Sense of an Epidemic via 2020 Communications
6. “I sell the shadow to support the substance”: Knowing and Learning in The Narrative of
Sojourner Truth and The House of Mirth
7. The Scarlet Letter in the Age of “Me Too”
8. Advocating Upheaval: Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Jane Addams
9. The Least Dangerous Branch: the Supreme Court, Voting Rights, and Gun ControlSponsored by: Institute for Writing and Thinking.
For more information, call 845-752-4516, e-mail iwt@bard.edu, or visit http://writingandthinking.org/programs/october/.
UN-75 and U.S.-Russia Relations
XXIX Russian-American Seminar
Friday, October 2, 2020
10 am – 2 pm
Online EventSt. Petersburg University, Russia / Bard College, USA
On Friday, October 2, 2020, St. Petersburg University holds the 29th Annual Russian-American Seminar. This annual forum brings together researchers and practitioners from Russia, the European Union, the United States, and other countries to discuss current issues in international security, regional development, and intercultural exchange related to the topic. This year, St. Petersburg University, in association with Bard College, will present an online event on U.S.-Russia relations to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. The UN-75 and U.S. Russia Relations online event will include presentations from historians and political scientists from the United States, Russia, and the Netherlands touching on historical topics such as the founding of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, memories of WWII in the context of Soviet/Russian-American relations, the UN-NATO partnership, and seeking a basis for U.S.-Russia understanding.
This event will be held on Zoom. To get the link, please register at https://events.spbu.ru/events/anons/rus-usa-2020/reg.html?lang=Eng
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Bard Globalization and International Affairs Professional Development Info Session
Mastering the Interview
Friday, October 2, 2020
12–1 pm
Online EventThe Bard Globalization and International Affairs program will be hosting a professional development series so that you can learn more about the program and get a glimpse of what we offer. Brush up on your cover letter and resume writing and get updated tips on interviewing amid the time of Covid-19. Click on the Event Brite link to sign up and learn more. Sponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail bgia@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bgia-professional-development-info-sessions-tickets-121414240261.
Physics From the Top: Updates from the ATLAS Experiment
Tim Andeen, University of Texas, Austin
Friday, October 2, 2020
12–1 pm
Hegeman 107-Brody LabsIn December 2018, the Large Hadron Collider completed a three-year data collection run. Since then, particle physicists on the ATLAS and CMS experiments have been analyzing the largest ever dataset of 13 TeV proton-proton collisions. What will this new dataset reveal? In this talk, we will look beyond the current theory of the building blocks of the Standard Model and discuss what motivates our search for exotic new particles. Discovering these minuscule motes of matter could have a tremendous impact on our understanding of physics as a whole: from a better grasp of the Higgs boson and electroweak symmetry breaking, to unraveling the secrets of dark matter. The new dataset contains more than 20 times the number of top quarks seen before. We will highlight several searches and measurements that capitalize on this abundance. None of these investigations are possible without the particle detectors that make up the ATLAS experiment. We will conclude with remarks on the ongoing and upcoming detector upgrades and highlight our work improving these enormous experiments that observe the ephemeral particles of our universe.
Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4391, or e-mail akontos@bard.edu.
Protests in Perspective: On the Streets for Social Justice—Lessons from the Past
Friday, October 2, 2020
12–1:30 pm
Online2020 Protests in Perspective: A Webinar Series Sponsored by the Open Society University Network (OSUN) and Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
The global wave of protests for racial justice did not occur in isolation or in a vacuum. Is this social movement like others in history? Or is it unique? What can be learned by looking at past protests with similar characteristics? This panel will consider the 2020 protests in light of the legacies of colonialism, self-determination, and previous struggles for universal human rights. Moderator: Neil Roberts (Williams College). Panelists: Adom Getachew (University of Chicago) and Michael Canham (Office of the Governor, Gauteng, South Africa).
Learn More
Register to join the webinar
To watch the livestream on YouTube, visit carnegiecouncil.org/live.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
The Riot of Disorder
Dana Francisco Miranda ’14, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Friday, October 2, 2020
12–1:30 pm
Online EventReflecting on this hot summer of political unrest, where many took to the streets to protest against police brutality and antiblack violence, it is typical for many people to review past racial uprisings in order to understand the current Black Lives Matter movement. For instance, the civil disorders of the 1960s are a favorite of many scholars and journalists. In these discussions, the social movements of today are compared directly against popular perceptions of (non)violence. What is less discussed or analyzed is the state of “peace” that defines or frames the political order we live under. Yet, I would argue that it is ordinary to view political orders as nonviolent. This attitude is also why it is typical to portray uprisings as disturbances or outbreaks of violence. However, inherent in this attitude is an assumption that everyday life and the politics which frame it is actually peaceful. Drawing on the works of Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Cedric Robinson and Frantz Fanon, this work will first examine how political orders come to be thought of as peaceful even if they enact state violence or condone interpersonal violence on oppressed people. It will also interrogate how this status quo is said to positively represent “law and order” in direct contrast to social movements led by Black people, which are classified as “riots” or “disorders.” Lastly, through the writings of Avia Pasternak, Martin Luther King Jr., and Vicky Osterweil, I will end with discussing the utility of political rioting.
Join via ZoomSponsored by: Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4512, or e-mail zisman@bard.edu.
The Philosophy Salon
Friday, October 2, 2020
12–1:30 pm
Online EventZoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09
The Philosophy Salon—a new initiative to promote community among students, faculty, and staff interested in philosophy—takes place every Friday from noon to 1:30pm on Zoom. Salon events include: faculty speakers from inside and outside Bard, information sessions, conversations with alumni/ae, and informal philosophical discussions. To be added to the Salon email list, contact Kathryn Tabb at ktabb@bard.edu or Ruth Zisman at zisman@bard.edu.
Salon schedule:
September 11: Welcome and Introductions
September 18: Club of Philosophy: Jay Elliott, “Could It Be Worth Thinking About Aristotle on Slavery?”
September 25: Alumni Speaker Event: Ian Olasov
October 2: Speaker Series: Dana Miranda, "The Riot of Disorder"
October 9: Moderation Info Session
October 16: Work in Progress with Marina Van Zuylen
October 23: Work in Progress with Nora Ben Hammed
October 30: Halloween with Thomas Bartscherer: “All That Is Deep Loves the Mask"
November 6: Politics and Change with Chiara Ricciardone
November 13: Speaker Series: Krisanna Scheiter
November 20: Speaker Series: Rosemarie Garland Thompson
December 4: Friendly Philosopher’s Club: A workshop on giving and receiving feedback
December 11: What Is Philosophy? A discussion for the curiousSponsored by: Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09.
Historical Studies Open House
Friday, October 2, 2020
1:30–2:30 pm
Online EventPlease join us for a brief meeting of history faculty and students. We'll briefly introduce the faculty and senior history majors along with their research projects. We'll outline program requirements as well as career opportunities available to history majors.
Join via Zoom
Meeting ID: 392 535 2678
Passcode: 454338Sponsored by: Historical Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7667, or e-mail moynahan@bard.edu.
Shut Up and SPROJ!
Friday, October 2, 2020
2–3:30 pm
Online EventJoin us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
"Harm Reduction Works" Group
Friday, October 2, 2020
4–5 pm
Online EventPlease register by emailing wellness@bard.edu to be sent a link.
The Bard Harm Reduction Committee in collaboration with the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health is offering a “Harm Reduction Works” Group on Fridays at 4pm in response to the need for a harm reduction–based alternative to abstinence-only self-help/mutual aid groups. This is NOT in opposition to abstinence-only groups. Harm Reduction Works-HRW is really for anyone who wants to know more about harm reduction and how it might help, for any reason, regardless of their using or drinking history. This includes people with long-term abstinence-based recovery who actively participate in other groups such as 12-step.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/services/.
Bard After Dark Presents: Jackbox.tv Game Night
Friday, October 2, 2020
8–10 pm
Online EventPreregister for your own (free) supplies by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/7CJD2LXy8LhLQZpF8
Zoom Meeting ID: 991 8966 6103 Password: BAD2020
Join us for our first virtual event of the semester! It's a great time to meet new people and play games—all you need is your phone!
If you like this event, stay tuned for next week’s event, Coloring Night.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, e-mail studentactvities@bard.edu, or visit https://forms.gle/7CJD2LXy8LhLQZpF8.
Bard Bookworms: International Edition
Saturday, October 3, 2020
11 am – 12 pm
Online EventTo fill out the interest form, click here.
Bard Abroad and the Bard Stevenson Library present Bard Bookworms: International Edition!
Join us to discuss what you’re reading from across the world, whether it is fiction novels or articles for class. Meetings will take place the first Saturday of each month unless stated otherwise. Students, faculty and staff throughout the Open Society University Network and Bard International Network Partners are welcomed to join.
To join via Zoom:
https://bard.zoom.us/j/86931622552?pwd=RXZQVUhERUpHdnBJbTdzS3Z2SThUQT09
Meeting ID: 869 3162 2552
Passcode: 942980
For more information, contact Emily Levine at el4069@bard.edu or Lauren Cooke at lcooke@bard.edu.
Also-- check out Bard Bookworms which meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM EDT! For information contact Alexa Murphy at amurphy@bard.edu.
Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education; Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail lcooke@bard.edu, or visit https://forms.gle/p4Vq81UK1Qq2yUXu6.
Fall Sculpture Exhibit: Inside Out
Sunday, October 4, 2020 – Saturday, November 7, 2020
Montgomery Place EstateProfessor Judy Pfaff’s fall sculpture class, Installation, moves outdoors with the exhibition Inside Out. Seven artists have created site-specific works installed throughout the grounds of Montgomery Place, responding to the landscape and activating the surrounding environs and their features. The work is currently on view until November 7, 2020.
Please note: Montgomery Place is temporarily closed to the public, but this exhibition remains open to Bard students, staff, and faculty.
Sponsored by: Division of the Arts; Studio Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://www.bard.edu/montgomeryplace/.
Bard Chapel Service (Virtual)
Sunday, October 4, 2020
3–4 pm
Online EventJoin via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O
All are invited to gather for a time of prayer, scripture readings, and reflections on Sundays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O.
Buddhist Meditation Group
Monday, October 5, 2020
6–8 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ASponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Shut Up and SPROJ!
Monday, October 5, 2020
2–3:30 pm
Online EventJoin us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
ELAS Network Development Grant Application
Monday, October 5, 2020 – Sunday, November 1, 2020
Online EventThe Bard Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) seeks to connect student’s classroom experiences with the community to enhance learning and promote active citizenship. CCE invites proposals from Bard faculty to design and support courses, which contain an element of community work, called the Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences (ELAS).
CCE is funding faculty stipends of up to $750 for Spring 2021 in support of new or previously taught courses that incorporate ELAS practices:
· Faculty should submit a proposal of up to 500 words outlining ELAS course ideas.
· Courses with sustainable cooperative community partnerships will be given priority.
· Courses with a connection to Kingston, or plan to work with Kingston community organizations, will also be given priority.
· Faculty should supply a budget where appropriate.
Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NKo17WIHXmy_MgX23LhFlaebMwvH1tKLdfvS4HL93AY/editSponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail edougherty@bard.edu.
SPROJ Clinic
Drop-In Senior Project Help on Zoom
Monday, October 5, 2020
4–5 pm
Online EventZoom Meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09
ID: 999 5870 3459 Passcode: sproj
Can't make the clinics? Request an appointment for research or writing help any time at bard.edu/library/ask-a-librarian.php.
Students working on their Senior Projects are welcome to drop in to these weekly Zoom sessions with the librarians for help with finding sources, using interlibrary loan, citation management, and other SPROJ-related questions. (Sorry, this year you will have to byo snacks!)Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 802-375-4599, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09.
Monday Yoga with Julia
Monday, October 5, 2020
5–6 pm
Anna Jones Memorial GardenRegister here: https://imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Spaces limited. Please arrive 5 minutes early with your green Involvio App Health Pass open for check-in. Please bring your own mat/blanket. Masks required.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, e-mail hooper@bard.edu, or visit http://www.imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Bill T. Jones
Part of the Race and Revolution Lecture Series
Monday, October 5, 2020
6–8 pm
Online EventHannah Arendt Center is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join us at https://bard.zoom.us/j/94745912942 (click Read More for details).
This will be an evening talk between Bill T. Jones and our own Roger Berkowitz. Together, they will be examining the residual effects of the recent Floyd protests and exploring the racial imaginary in order to tease out a vision of the future.
BILL T. JONES (Artistic Director/Cofounder/Choreographer: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company; Artistic Director: New York Live Arts) is the Associate Artist of the 2020 Holland Festival and recipient of the 2014 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award; the 2013 National Medal of Arts; the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors; a 2010 Tony Award for Best Choreography of the critically acclaimed FELA!; a 2007 Tony Award, 2007 Obie Award, and 2006 Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation CALLAWAY Award for his choreography for Spring Awakening; the 2010 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award; the 2007 USA Eileen Harris Norton Fellowship; the 2006 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Choreography for The Seven; the 2005 Wexner Prize; the 2005 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement; the 2005 Harlem Renaissance Award; the 2003 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize; and the 1994 MacArthur “Genius” Award. In 2010, Mr. Jones was recognized as Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, and in 2000, The Dance Heritage Coalition named him “An Irreplaceable Dance Treasure.”
Mr. Jones choreographed and performed worldwide with his late partner, Arnie Zane, before forming the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in 1982. He has created more than 140 works for his company. Mr. Jones is the Artistic Director of New York Live Arts, an organization that strives to create a robust framework in support of the nation’s dance and movement-based artists through new approaches to producing, presenting and educating. For more information visit newyorklivearts.org.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94745912942.
How to Get Started on Your Senior Project: A Faculty Panel and Q&A
Monday, October 5, 2020
7–8:15 pm
Online EventYou sort of have a topic for your SPROJ in mind. Now what the heck do you do? Join us on Zoom to find out from the experts: https://bard.zoom.us/j/97231597916.
Distinguished faculty from all four divisions of the college—Richard Aldous, Cathy Collins, Adhaar Desai, and Julia Rosenbaum—as well as Betsy Cawley, director of libraries, and Jim Keller, director of the Learning Commons, will share their best tips for the first semester of SPROJ and invite your questions.
This event is appropriate for students in the divisions of Social Studies, Science, Mathematics & Computing, and Languages & Literature, as well as those in the Art History program.
Cheers,
Your Friends at Stevenson Library
Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/97231597916.
COVID-19: Experiences from Life and the Field—A Panel Discussion
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
5–6:30 pm
Online EventJoin via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/89305611991?pwd=cTRpejRTWDJ1K1Q3VlBLTElSUHhYZz09
Webinar ID: 893 0561 1991
Passcode: 140379
Please join us for a panel discussion with Dr. Laurel Mohrmann (Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine) and Dr. Polina Trachuk (NYU Langone), with Bard faculty, students, and community members who will share personal stories from the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sponsored by: Bard Cares Team.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/89305611991?pwd=cTRpejRTWDJ1K1Q3VlBLTElSUHhYZz09.
Coed Revolution: The Gendered Dynamics of the Japanese New Left and Its Legacies
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
6–8 pm
Online EventJoin Zoom Meeting
https://bard.zoom.us/j/86571592995
In this talk based on her forthcoming book Chelsea Szendi Schieder will explore the meanings created by female participation in leftist campus-based protest in the 1960s, as young men and women attended universities together, battled police in the streets together, challenged political institutions, and paralyzed the higher education system. Young women involved in the student movement often imagined that it would offer them a rare chance to engage in activism away from gendered expectations and spaces, such as the home, and to participate as full equals with young men. And yet various dynamics—within the movement and in the interpretation of the movement within the mass media—often foreclosed such an imagination. Here she will explore the tensions within this history and in the historiography that often memorializes the New Left as primarily “male” to uncover gendered dynamics in the Japanese New Left, dynamics that help us understand postwar Japanese politics more generally and the legacies of radical protest in particular.
Chelsea Szendi Schieder, PhD, researches contemporary histories of activism and gender in Japan and works as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://bard.zoom.us/j/86571592995
Meeting ID: 865 7159 2995
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Find your local number: https://bard.zoom.us/u/kglzL4zhXSponsored by: Asian Studies Program; Historical Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wsuzuki@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/86571592995.
Bard Debate Union: Weekly Practice
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
7–9 pm
Online EventInterested in learning more about debate at Bard or joining the team? Stop by our weekly debate practices! Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3nG6BzF Join us Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7pm to meet coaches, captains, and returning debaters and learn about all that we do!Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99933361405?pwd=ZWV4MmhSbU15M2p4eXd2VVdPU28zdz09.
Informational Webinar: Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability
Join and receive a $65 application fee waiver!
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
7–8 pm
Online<<<< RSVP HERE >>>>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.
ABOUT
Webinars include a program overview for the Bard MBA in Sustainability and the Bard Center for Environmental Policy programs as well as detailed admissions information, course requirements, tips to make your application strong, and financial information.
Join a live information session with Director Goodstein and the admissions team and ask questions directly of the Bard team.
WHAT WILL BE COVERED?
- Overview of graduate program offerings
- Alumni success and career outcomes
- Admissions information
- Prerequisite course requirements
- Peace Corps and AmeriCorps programs
- Financial aid availability
- Tips for a standout application
Degree Options Include:
MS in Environmental Policy
MS in Climate Science and Policy
MBA in Sustainability
Dual Degree Options Include:
MS/JD with Pace Law School
MS/MAT with Bard's Master of Arts in Teaching
MS/MBA with Bard's MBA in Sustainability
Peace Corps Programs Include:
Master's International (before you serve)
Peace Corps Fellows (after you serve)
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar at the end of the session. Email Caitlin O'Donnell at codonnel@bard.edu for further details.
<<<< RSVP HERE >>>>
Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail codonnel@bard.edu, or visit https://gps.bard.edu/upcoming-events.
Grad School Info Session! Planning Grad School
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
12–1 pm
Online EventJoin us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/86738865524Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/86738865524.
The UN at 75
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
12–1 pm
Online EventBorn in the wake of the Second World War, the United Nations celebrates a milestone anniversary in 2020. How has the body evolved in 75 years? What will the next 25 years before its centennial look like? And amid enormous changes in the world, what does multilateralism look like in the 21st century?
Join us over Zoom on Wednesday, October 7, at 12pm EDT / 6pm Vienna, for one hour, as we talk to Natalie Samarasinghe, the chief of strategy on the UN's 75 anniversary and Minh-Thu Pham, the cofounder of New American Voices and the former executive director of global policy at the UN Foundation. This is part of BGIA's Chace Speaker Series, which brings expert voices on current events.
RSVP is required. Sponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ebayrasli@bard.edu.
I Will Give Thee the Opening of the Mouth
A Streaming Lecture-Workshop with Victoria Hanna
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
2–3:15 pm
Online EventThe Jerusalem-based, international voice artist Victoria Hanna will discuss the physical and sensual explorations that she has been pursuing in her art. This is a living exploration, anchored in the human voice, its location in the body, and its relation to speech. Building on ancient Kabbalistic traditions that see language, the voice, and the mouth as tools of creating worlds, Victoria will reveal the Hebrew alphabet as an instrument for playing with the mouth. By thinking with foundational Kabbalistic texts, such as the Book of Creation (Sefer Yetzirah) and the writings of Abraham Abulafia, we will come to understand how the letters have been, and can be, used for daily work with speech and the body.
Join Zoom Meeting: Meeting ID: 890 3136 4380 / Passcode: 531991
Sponsored by: Interdisciplinary Study of Religions, the Bard Theater and Performance Program, Middle Eastern Studies Program, Hebrew, Jewish Studies and the Music Program.Join Zoom Meeting: Meeting ID: 890 3136 4380 / Passcode: 531991
For more information, call 845-758-7667, or e-mail ssecunda@bard.edu.
Wednesday Yoga with Barbara
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
5–6 pm
Anna Jones Memorial GardenRegister here: https://imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Spaces limited. Please arrive 5 minutes early and have your green Involvio Health Pass open for check-in. Masks required. Please bring your own mat/blanket.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, e-mail hooper@bard.edu, or visit https://imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Assembly Member Kevin Cahill
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
6–7 pm
Online EventAssembly Member Kevin Cahill who represents the 103rd District in the New State Assembly (which includes Bard College) will be visiting campus to discuss his campaign for re-election.
Please register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpceGprD8iE9TmxgdVkVl9Qvl2r5m0qizv
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 607-280-4754, or e-mail sgilhool@bard.edu.
Building a Career in Sustainability: Advice From Climate Action Experts
Engage with sustainability consulting experts to learn how to launch your career in the field!
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
6:30–7:30 pm
Online Event>>>RSVP HERE<<<
About this Event:
Bard’s Graduate Programs in Sustainability are pleased to host a webinar series providing aspiring change-makers access to sustainability experts to gain tips on launching their own careers in sustainability.
Climate Change Careers Expert Panel:
Bard’s Graduate Programs in Sustainability are pleased to host a webinar series providing aspiring change-makers access to sustainability experts to gain tips on launching their own careers in sustainability.
Climate Change Careers Expert Panel:
- Josè Campos, Manager, New York Power Authority (moderator)
- Anton Seimon, Climatologist
- Jasmine Sanders, Executive Director, Our Climate
Climate change impacts all aspects of human existence and requires all types of skill sets, industries, and people to take up this work to create a sustainable future. Join this conversation to hear from experienced climate change professionals working across the industry on how they launched and grew their career, what tips they have for working in climate change, and what they look for in their new hires. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of panelists.
>>>RSVP HERE<<<
Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail kboyle@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-a-career-in-sustainability-advice-from-climate-change-experts-registration-1202237.
French Table On Zoom
Thursday, October 8, 2020
12:30–1:30 pm
Online EventPlease join us weekly for an hour of conversation in French, now on Zoom! Join meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09
French-speaking students and professors gather to share about their week, experiences, and culture. Everyone is more than welcome to join in--stay for as long as you'd like.
Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761
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Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09.
Bard Farm Stand
Thursday, October 8, 2020
1–5 pm
Annandale HousePlease come join us at the Kline Bus Stop in front of New Annandale House for our summer farm stand. We are at the intersection of Annandale Rd and Woods Ave. We accept cash and credit card payments and will be accepting online preorders for contactless pickup at our farm stand beginning the week of June 15.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ryoshino@bard.edu.
Buddhist Meditation Group
Thursday, October 8, 2020
6–8 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ASponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Self, Statehood, and Tradition: A Conversation with Chiara Ricciardone
Recording will be shared Thursday, October 8
Thursday, October 8, 2020
4:45–6:30 pm
Online EventIn the first of three panel conversations around the texts and ideas of First-Year Seminar, first-year students and faculty will speak with Chiara Ricciardone, a scholar and activist whose research and teaching interests encompass critical theory and ancient Greek philosophy, rhetoric, and medicine. Using Virgil’s Aeneid as our touchstone text, this student/faculty panel will discuss what it means to read classical texts in the contemporary world. Is it possible or useful for us, as we grapple with defining the political community we belong to, to engage with or appropriate an ancient text? How could our relationship with ancient texts inform, provoke, and inspire questions about the world we want to live in?
About our panelist: Chiara Ricciardone is the cofounder and provost of the Activist Graduate School, and the Klemens von Klemperer Hannah Arendt Center Teaching Fellow at Bard College. In addition to teaching at the Bard Prison Initiative, she is coteaching a new seminar on Classics and Activism at Princeton University. With a PhD in rhetoric from UC Berkeley (2017), Ricciardone writes across a range of genres and disciplines. She is particularly interested in the political and formal problem that difference poses for human beings, and how it might be possible to think of difference without hierarchy. She is at work on a book of autofiction that suggests the self itself is a fiction, and perhaps no longer a useful one. Ricciardone is also the US commissioning editor for the public philosophy journal The Philosopher.
Sponsored by: First-Year Seminar.About our panelist: Chiara Ricciardone is the cofounder and provost of the Activist Graduate School, and the Klemens von Klemperer Hannah Arendt Center Teaching Fellow at Bard College. In addition to teaching at the Bard Prison Initiative, she is coteaching a new seminar on Classics and Activism at Princeton University. With a PhD in rhetoric from UC Berkeley (2017), Ricciardone writes across a range of genres and disciplines. She is particularly interested in the political and formal problem that difference poses for human beings, and how it might be possible to think of difference without hierarchy. She is at work on a book of autofiction that suggests the self itself is a fiction, and perhaps no longer a useful one. Ricciardone is also the US commissioning editor for the public philosophy journal The Philosopher.
For more information, call 845-758-7514, or e-mail fysem@bard.edu.
Tough Talks: Dr. Omar Wasow
Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Media, Public Opinion and Voting
Thursday, October 8, 2020
6–8 pm
OnlineOmar Wasow is an Assistant Professor in Princeton’s Department of Politics. His research focuses on race, politics and statistical methods. His paper on the political consequences of the 1960s civil rights movement was published in the American Political Science Review. His co-authored work on estimating causal effects of race was published in the Annual Review of Political Science. Prior to joining the academy, Omar co-founded BlackPlanet.com, an early leading social network, and was a regular technology analyst on radio and television. He received a PhD in African American studies, an MA in Government and an MA in Statistics from Harvard University.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Thursday Night Live and Dance Club Presents: Virtual Dance Party
Thursday, October 8, 2020
9–11 pm
Online EventDo you like Dancehall? Soca? Salsa? Well, tune in tonight—we will have a little bit of something for everyone!
Meeting ID: 860 0049 8731 Password: 6J8qWXSponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, or e-mail studentactivities@bard.edu.
The Philosophy Salon
Friday, October 9, 2020
12–1:30 pm
Online EventZoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09
The Philosophy Salon—a new initiative to promote community among students, faculty, and staff interested in philosophy—takes place every Friday from noon to 1:30pm on Zoom. Salon events include: faculty speakers from inside and outside Bard, information sessions, conversations with alumni/ae, and informal philosophical discussions. To be added to the Salon email list, contact Kathryn Tabb at ktabb@bard.edu or Ruth Zisman at zisman@bard.edu.
Salon schedule:
September 11: Welcome and Introductions
September 18: Club of Philosophy: Jay Elliott, “Could It Be Worth Thinking About Aristotle on Slavery?”
September 25: Alumni Speaker Event: Ian Olasov
October 2: Speaker Series: Dana Miranda, "The Riot of Disorder"
October 9: Moderation Info Session
October 16: Work in Progress with Marina Van Zuylen
October 23: Work in Progress with Nora Ben Hammed
October 30: Halloween with Thomas Bartscherer: “All That Is Deep Loves the Mask"
November 6: Politics and Change with Chiara Ricciardone
November 13: Speaker Series: Krisanna Scheiter
November 20: Speaker Series: Rosemarie Garland Thompson
December 4: Friendly Philosopher’s Club: A workshop on giving and receiving feedback
December 11: What Is Philosophy? A discussion for the curiousSponsored by: Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09.
Shut Up and SPROJ!
Friday, October 9, 2020
2–3:30 pm
Online EventJoin us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
"Harm Reduction Works" Group
Friday, October 9, 2020
4–5 pm
Online EventPlease register by emailing wellness@bard.edu to be sent a link.
The Bard Harm Reduction Committee in collaboration with the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health is offering a “Harm Reduction Works” Group on Fridays at 4pm in response to the need for a harm reduction–based alternative to abstinence-only self-help/mutual aid groups. This is NOT in opposition to abstinence-only groups. Harm Reduction Works-HRW is really for anyone who wants to know more about harm reduction and how it might help, for any reason, regardless of their using or drinking history. This includes people with long-term abstinence-based recovery who actively participate in other groups such as 12-step.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/services/.
Saw Kill Water Sampling
Friday, October 9, 2020
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Saw KillAs a member of one of our four sampling teams, you’ll collect water samples (from stream bank or bridges) from 3–4 sites on the Saw Kill and record the results.
Sampling is done on the second Friday of the month starting at 10:30 a.m. From start to finish, it takes about 2 hours.
Sampling is fun and easy—and you’re contributing to the science that helps keep your drinking water safe. If you wish, you can also help process the samples in the Bard Water Lab after collection.
Open to everyone. Free training is available.
If interested, please contact:
Lindsey Drew
Bard Water Lab Manager
ldrew@bard.eduSponsored by: Bard Center for the Study of Land, Air, and Water; Environmental and Urban Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics - Revealing the Darkest Secrets of the Universe
Friday, October 9, 2020
12–1 pm
Online EventThe 2020 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three physicists, Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel, for their discoveries of "the darkest secrets of the universe," - namely, the birth of black holes and the presence of a supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Bard physicists, Hal Haggard and Shuo Zhang, will present the stories behind this year's physics prize. In the first half of the discussion, Hal Haggard will introduce Roger Penrose's theoretical work on black hole formation as a robust prediction of General Relativity. In the second half, Shuo Zhang will introduce Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel's observational work on the discovery of a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U0My8E3b0lpueJlepEqDaszuOx8DS-Pg/view?usp=sharingSponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail akontos@bard.edu.
Resume WorkShop
Friday, October 9, 2020 – Saturday, October 10, 2020
2–3 pm
Online EventJoin CDO to learn how to write a resume that gets read! Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/98171912935.
Bard After Dark Presents: Coloring Night
Friday, October 9, 2020
8–10 pm
Online EventAre you stressed with midterms coming up so quickly? So you want to relax and let your artistic side show? Join Bard After Dark for a night of coloring fun patterns with a fun, relaxing playlist.
Zoom Meeting ID:991 8966 6103 Password: BAD2020
If you like this event, stay tuned for next week's event, Coffee House! If you would like to share an original story, poem, song, etc., sign up here: https://forms.gle/6NE6ScpdGuCgyc1E9Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, e-mail studentactivities@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99189666103?pwd=Z2gxc2pNaW9xRzhhTjNKZkh5ZVNRUT09.
Resume WorkShop
Friday, October 9, 2020 – Saturday, October 10, 2020
2–3 pm
Online EventJoin CDO to learn how to write a resume that gets read! Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/98171912935.
Bard Chapel Service (Virtual)
Sunday, October 11, 2020
3–4 pm
Online EventJoin via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O
All are invited to gather for a time of prayer, scripture readings, and reflections on Sundays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O.
Buddhist Meditation Group
Monday, October 12, 2020
6–8 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ASponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Shut Up and SPROJ!
Monday, October 12, 2020
2–3:30 pm
Online EventJoin us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
SPROJ Clinic
Drop-In Senior Project Help on Zoom
Monday, October 12, 2020
4–5 pm
Online EventZoom Meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09
ID: 999 5870 3459 Passcode: sproj
Can't make the clinics? Request an appointment for research or writing help any time at bard.edu/library/ask-a-librarian.php.
Students working on their Senior Projects are welcome to drop in to these weekly Zoom sessions with the librarians for help with finding sources, using interlibrary loan, citation management, and other SPROJ-related questions. (Sorry, this year you will have to byo snacks!)Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 802-375-4599, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09.
Monday Yoga with Julia
Monday, October 12, 2020
5–6 pm
Anna Jones Memorial GardenLocated in the Anna Jones Memorial Garden between the Chapel and Bell Tower. Registration is required. Register here: http://www.imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes
Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, e-mail hooper@bard.edu, or visit http://www.imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Kirk Johnson
Part of the Race and Revolution Lecture Series
Monday, October 12, 2020
6–8 pm
Online EventThis will be an evening talk between Kirk Johnson and his special guest Marie Stroughther, founder of African American Conservatives. Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94378744455 Together, they will be examining the residual effects of the recent George Floyd protests and exploring the racial imaginary in order to tease out a vision of the future.
Kirk A. Johnson is the author of African American Tea Party Supporters: Explaining a Political Paradox. He teaches sociology and African American studies at the University of Mississippi, where he studies race and news media. His interest in politics and race dates to his work at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, where he testified before congressional committees on protecting at-risk populations from toxic pollutants, and as senior researcher on the Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1965-1980." He is also founding editor of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Marie Stroughter is a Christian wife, homeschooling mother, pro-life advocate, seasoned social media and digital campaign strategist, Co-Founder of African-American Conservatives (AACONS), Digital Communications Director for the Republican Party of Texas, and an Advisory Board member for Black Voices for Trump. The opinions expressed here tonight are her own. Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Biweekly Gatherings for Muslim Student Organization (MSO)
Monday, October 12, 2020
6:30–7:30 pm
Online EventJoin the MSO every other week for evening gatherings where we stay in community, invite guests and educate ourselves on Islam in various aspects! All are welcome! Join via Zoom: http://https//bard.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvdO-przIuHNWMuMOezpSIyFTId2qwUFZM/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurDgsG9WctB-GRpwAAIjCM-vzmFh
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit http://https//bard.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvdO-przIuHNWMuMOezpSIyFTId2qwUFZM/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurDgsG9WctB-GRpwAAIjCM-vzmFh.
Bard Debate Union: Weekly Practice
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
7–9 pm
Online EventInterested in learning more about debate at Bard or joining the team? Stop by our weekly debate practices! Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3nG6BzF Join us Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7pm to meet coaches, captains, and returning debaters and learn about all that we do!Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99933361405?pwd=ZWV4MmhSbU15M2p4eXd2VVdPU28zdz09.
Cultures of Healing, Care, and Repair: a Conversation with Peter Sellars
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
6:30–8 pm
Online EventJoin via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/98206933510
Renowned theater, opera, and festival director Peter Sellars is currently creating a digital project at the Fisher Center. “This body is so impermanent….” is a setting of a fragment from the Vimalakirti Sutra, a first-century Buddhist text that understands illness as a path of spiritual awakening. Peter is collaborating remotely with South Indian singer Ganavya Doraiswamy, dancer Michael Schumacher, and calligrapher Wang Dongling to create a film made in real time, to be released early in 2021 and distributed around the world. Peter will introduce this project, and speak about his vision for theater in the 21st century, and his remarkable and iconoclastic career.Sponsored by: Bard Theater and Performance Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7970, e-mail jlown@bard.edu, or visit https://theater.bard.edu.
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability: Virtual Open House
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
7–8:30 pm
Online EventAttendees receive a $65 application fee waiver!
>>>RSVP HERE<<<
Join us for an online Open House hosted by the Bard MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy.
Attendees will hear from a panel of current students and alumni of Bard's MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy. Our panel of student/alum experts will discuss topics such as:
- career outcomes -- how the MS degrees at CEP and MBA in Sustainability have led to impactful sustainability careers
- the program experience -- highlights on courses and key features at Bard (including the NYCLab course and the CEP internship)
- how to get the most of your graduate school journey -- career development + student engagement opportunities at Bard
- how to make your application stand out -- tips on perfecting your application materials, advice on getting through the graduate school admissions process
Our Admissions staff will also be on hand to provide information on the application process and answer questions regarding:
- financial aid opportunities
- successfully completing program prerequisites
>>>RSVP HERE<<<
Event Location: This event will be held via Zoom. Access details will be shared with attendees upon event registration.
Email Caitlin O'Donnell with any additional questions.Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail codonnel@bard.edu, or visit https://gps.bard.edu/open-house-4-8-20.
Dog Whistle Politics
Dog whistle racism, race-class fusion politics, and our future
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
7:30–9:30 pm
OnlineOver the last half-century, the Republican Party has exploited social divisions—and racism in particular—to win power, and then has ruled primarily on behalf of the ultra-wealthy. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party has struggled to respond effectively and has even stooped to imitation. In this conversation, Ian Haney López lays out the history of dog-whistle politics and Donald Trump’s place within it. Then he suggests a clear way forward. His research—discussed in his most recent book, Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America—demonstrates that dog whistle politics can be defeated. Drawing on these results, this lecture assesses the looming 2020 presidential election.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Bard Bookworms Meeting
A space to chat informally about books and reading.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
7:30–8:30 pm
https://bard.zoom.us/j/99459409079?pwd=SEtuT3E0RTM1OGd4K0h0UzE0cmFzUT09Are you looking for a way to connect with others during this socially distanced time? Do you love to talk about books and reading, but don’t have time for a lot of extra leisure reading during the semester? Consider joining the Bard Bookworms! We are an informal discussion group that meets biweekly on Zoom to chat about all things books and reading. No reading or preparation required and open to all Bard students, staff and faculty. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/library.
French Table On Zoom
Thursday, October 15, 2020
12:30–1:30 pm
Online EventPlease join us weekly for an hour of conversation in French, now on Zoom! Join meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09
French-speaking students and professors gather to share about their week, experiences, and culture. Everyone is more than welcome to join in--stay for as long as you'd like.
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Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09.
Bard Farm Stand
Thursday, October 15, 2020
1–5 pm
Annandale HousePlease come join us at the Kline Bus Stop in front of New Annandale House for our summer farm stand. We are at the intersection of Annandale Rd and Woods Ave. We accept cash and credit card payments and will be accepting online preorders for contactless pickup at our farm stand beginning the week of June 15.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ryoshino@bard.edu.
Buddhist Meditation Group
Thursday, October 15, 2020
6–8 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ASponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Fitness Forums
Thursday, October 15, 2020
3–4 pm
Online EventStop by this public virtual fitness space to ask the Community Fitness Coordinator anything fitness related, report in your fitness accomplishments and goals, connect with other fitness peeps, and more!
Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96661564418?pwd=NHVLdWxnMU9OSWpxaEtjaGRXd1Nodz09Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 504-355-6033, e-mail fitness@bard.edu, or visit https://zoom.us/j/96661564418?pwd=NHVLdWxnMU9OSWpxaEtjaGRXd1Nodz09.
Hannah Arendt Center Public Debate
Part of the Special Webinar: Revitalizing Democracy: Sortition, Citizen Power, and Spaces of Freedom
Thursday, October 15, 2020
7–9 pm
OnlinePlease join the Bard Debate Union, the Hannah Arendt Center, and the Center for Civic Engagement for a PUBLIC DEBATE on the question:
Should federal officeholders in the United States be determined through sortition instead of election?
Hannah Arendt writes: “Representative government is in crisis today, partly because it has lost, in the course of time, all institutions that permitted the citizens’ actual participation, and partly because it is now gravely affected by the disease from which the party system suffers: bureaucratization and the two parties’ tendency to represent nobody except the party machines.”Should federal officeholders in the United States be determined through sortition instead of election?
The crisis facing democratic regimes today is cause for serious concern; it is also an opportunity for deep reflection on questions and assumptions concerning liberal representative democracy. How can we revitalize our democracy today? How can we make our representative democracies more participatory? Might “sortition”—a system whereby governmental representatives are chosen by lottery instead of by election—provide an answer?
Learn more about the Hannah Arendt Center Special Webinar here: Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99620625005?pwd=VHpMYUJFM0FqVnBNbTcrbE5xYU9xZz09.
The Philosophy Salon
Friday, October 16, 2020
12–1:30 pm
Online EventZoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09
The Philosophy Salon—a new initiative to promote community among students, faculty, and staff interested in philosophy—takes place every Friday from noon to 1:30pm on Zoom. Salon events include: faculty speakers from inside and outside Bard, information sessions, conversations with alumni/ae, and informal philosophical discussions. To be added to the Salon email list, contact Kathryn Tabb at ktabb@bard.edu or Ruth Zisman at zisman@bard.edu.
Salon schedule:
September 11: Welcome and Introductions
September 18: Club of Philosophy: Jay Elliott, “Could It Be Worth Thinking About Aristotle on Slavery?”
September 25: Alumni Speaker Event: Ian Olasov
October 2: Speaker Series: Dana Miranda, "The Riot of Disorder"
October 9: Moderation Info Session
October 16: Work in Progress with Marina Van Zuylen
October 23: Work in Progress with Nora Ben Hammed
October 30: Halloween with Thomas Bartscherer: “All That Is Deep Loves the Mask"
November 6: Politics and Change with Chiara Ricciardone
November 13: Speaker Series: Krisanna Scheiter
November 20: Speaker Series: Rosemarie Garland Thompson
December 4: Friendly Philosopher’s Club: A workshop on giving and receiving feedback
December 11: What Is Philosophy? A discussion for the curiousSponsored by: Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09.
Shut Up and SPROJ!
Friday, October 16, 2020
2–3:30 pm
Online EventJoin us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
"Harm Reduction Works" Group
Friday, October 16, 2020
4–5 pm
Online EventPlease register by emailing wellness@bard.edu to be sent a link.
The Bard Harm Reduction Committee in collaboration with the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health is offering a “Harm Reduction Works” Group on Fridays at 4pm in response to the need for a harm reduction–based alternative to abstinence-only self-help/mutual aid groups. This is NOT in opposition to abstinence-only groups. Harm Reduction Works-HRW is really for anyone who wants to know more about harm reduction and how it might help, for any reason, regardless of their using or drinking history. This includes people with long-term abstinence-based recovery who actively participate in other groups such as 12-step.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/services/.
Special Webinar: Revitalizing Democracy: Sortition, Citizen Power, and Spaces of Freedom
Friday, October 16, 2020
9 am – 5 pm
OnlineWe are pleased to present this special online event, In association with the Open Society University Network, as a prelude to our annual conference, which will take place April 15 & 16, 2021. To learn more about the conference, click here.
This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
The crisis facing democratic regimes today is cause for serious concern; it is also an opportunity for deep reflection on questions and assumptions concerning liberal representative democracy. Instead of assuming a defensive posture and taking up arms to defend the status quo, our conference asks: how can we revitalize our democracy?Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Special Webinar: Revitalizing Democracy—Sortition, Citizen Power, and Spaces of Freedom
Friday, October 16, 2020
10 am – 3 pm
OnlineSponsored by the Hannah Arendt Global Humanities Network at OSUN and the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College.
The crisis facing democratic regimes today is cause for serious concern; it is also an opportunity for deep reflection on questions and assumptions concerning liberal representative democracy. Instead of assuming a defensive posture and taking up arms to defend the status quo, our conference asks: how can we revitalize our democracy?
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Webinar with Dimitri Papadimitriou, President Levy Economics Institute
Graduate Programs Information Session
Friday, October 16, 2020
10–11 am
OnlineJoin an informal chat with Dimitri Papadimitriou, President Levy Economics Institute, to learn about the research areas of the institute and the academic programs of the M.A. and M.S. in Economic Theory and Policy.Sponsored by: Levy Economics Institute; Levy Graduate Programs.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail levygrad@bard.edu, or visit https://connect.bard.edu/register/October16.
National Climate Seminar: Biden's First 100 Days on Climate
Friday, October 16, 2020
12–1 pm
Online EventJoin the National Climate Seminar on Friday, October 16th for a conversation with Bill Becker, Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. The topic: Biden's First 100 Days on Climate.
Click HERE to access the webinar.
About the National Climate Seminar:
The National Climate Seminar is a monthly, lunchtime webinar that features climate scientists, political leaders, and policy analysts, each exploring the politics and science driving critical climate change decisions. Join us each month at noon eastern for a chance to connect with experts on climate and clean energy solutions.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail ebangood@bard.edu, or visit https://www.bard.edu/cep/publicprograms/ncs/.
Speaker Series: Jacolby Satterwhite
Friday, October 16, 2020
12–2 pm
Online EventThis talk is copresented with the Africana Studies Program and Film and Electronic Arts Program.
Registration is required in advance. To receive the Zoom link, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speaker-series-jacolby-satterwhite-registration-121246424319
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. Lectures are open to students and faculty, as well as to the general public, and will also be documented through video and/or audio recordings, which will reside in the CCS Bard Library and Archives.Sponsored by: Africana Studies Program; Center for Curatorial Studies; Film and Electronic Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speaker-series-jacolby-satterwhite-registration-121246424319.
Resurgent Citizenship
The Place of Social Movements in Democracy
Friday, October 16, 2020
12–1:30 pm
Online EventDeva Woodly
Associate Professor of Politics, The New School for Social Research
in conversation with
Neil Roberts, Professor of Africana Studies, Williams College
In this lecture Professor Woodly will unpack the relationship between political participation, democracy and social movements. Specifically, she will explore how social movements—like the movement for Black Lives—can change our ideas about what active citizenship requires. This event is part of the Common Course, The Making of Citizenship: Local, National, Global, and is sponsored by the Open Society University Network.Associate Professor of Politics, The New School for Social Research
in conversation with
Neil Roberts, Professor of Africana Studies, Williams College
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://bard.zoom.us/j/94922513279?pwd=ZHRvMlEra0kzd2cxc0xiTDVUYnhaZz09
Passcode: 983333Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Open Society University Network.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail mkmurray@bard.edu.
Fantastic 'Lobes' and Where to Find Them:
A Study of Early Universe Galaxy Clusters with Bent, Double-Lobed Radio Sources
Emmet Golden-Marx, Boston University
Friday, October 16, 2020
12–1 pm
Online EventGalaxy clusters are the largest gravitationally-bound structures in the universe. These cosmic megacities are made up of hundreds of galaxies, hot X-ray emitting gas, and dark matter. Although there are large populations of well-studied, relatively nearby clusters, as we probe earlier in the universe, galaxy clusters change and evolve. As such, understanding how these massive structures and the galaxies within them change over time is essential to understanding the evolution of the universe. To identify distant clusters, we take advantage of energetic supermassive black holes (called Radio Active Galactic Nuclei – Radio AGNs), which are an excellent tracer of large structures in the local and early universe. Specifically, we use a particular type of radio AGN--a bent, double lobed radio source--to identify galaxy clusters because of the link between the radio source’s appearance and the cluster’s gas. In this talk, I will present recent findings from the COBRA survey (Clusters Occupied by Bent Radio AGN). Specifically, I will show how we identify galaxy clusters by their populations of red elliptical galaxies and how the radio sources that we use to identify our clusters might be interacting with their host clusters to characterize the cluster’s evolutionary state.
https://bard.zoom.us/j/94181247545?pwd=YmpzREM5V2hweHk2Mlo0cUNGNCsyUT09
Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail akontos@bard.edu.
Mapping Historical Cairo: Online Workshop with Shehab Ismail
Friday, October 16, 2020
1–3 pm
Online EventThis workshop is designed to introduce Al-Madaq and provide a walk-through of the platform’s capabilities. Al-Madaq is a digital history website that presents historical research to a broad audience and features an open access cartographic archive containing some of Cairo’s most significant historical maps, from the French Expedition (1798–1801) to the year 1920. The workshop will 1) introduce the research questions and the motivations behind the project, 2) go over the digital map collection and the control tools, and 3) discuss the use of maps as sources for historical research.
Workshop attendance is limited to 15 students. Registration via email is required (dramadan@bard.edu) by Sunday, October 11. Students should familiarize themselves with the website beforehand. https://www.almadaq.net/en/
Shehab Fakhry Ismail is a historian of the modern Middle East who specializes in the history of technology and urban history. His research examines engineering sanitary infrastructures in Cairo during the British colonial period (1882–1922). In March 20202, he launched the digital history project Al-Madaq: A Virtual Tour of Cairo’s History. He is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin, Germany).
This event is cosponsored by the Historical Studies and EUS programs and the Human Rights Project.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail dramadan@bard.edu.
Muslim Friday Prayers
Friday, October 16, 2020
2–3 pm
Online EventJoin the MSO at 2 pm on Fridays for jum'ah prayers (online) with guest speakers and Chaplain Nora Zaki. All are welcome! Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/82437819314?pwd=RE52cjg4Q2VjTGZ0SFNUamtGbXF1Zz09Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/82437819314?pwd=RE52cjg4Q2VjTGZ0SFNUamtGbXF1Zz09.
A Reading in Solidarity with the Belarusian People
Friday, October 16, 2020
6–7 pm
Online EventOn August 9, 2020, Belarus erupted in protest following the results of a fraudulent presidential election. Among those facing intimidation from Belarusian authorities is Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Prize-winning author and president of PEN Belarus, who is a part of opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Coordinating Council.
In collaboration with PEN America and City of Asylum, join us on Friday, October 16 from 6-7PM EDT for a reading of contemporary Belarusian literature by PEN America members and friends, including Masha Gessen, Ayad Akhtar, Jennifer Egan, and Valzhyna Mort. Register here
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ym8e75JBQOC9nYDk4aTOjQ.
COVID Isolation Support
Facilitated by Peer Health and BRAVE
Friday, October 16, 2020
7–8 pm
Online EventConnect and share strategies for getting through COVID. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
Bard After Dark Presents: Coffee House
Friday, October 16, 2020
8–10 pm
Online EventGrab a cup of coffee, tea, or cacao and listen to an amazing lineup of your very talented peers as they share their favorite poems, short stories, or songs. Feel free to jump in and share too! It will be night that you don't want to miss. To sign up, fill out this form.
Zoom Meeting ID: 991 8966 6103 Password: BAD2020
If you like this event and want to attend the next one, we will be hosting a DIY pumpkin decorating night on the 23rd! Register for your free supplies here.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, e-mail studentactivities@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99189666103?pwd=Z2gxc2pNaW9xRzhhTjNKZkh5ZVNRUT09.
Concertos for Strings
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Online Event
Streaming online live from the Fisher Center at Bard, this concert features 20th-century concertos and other works for string orchestra by Polish composers Grażyna Bacewicz and Witold Lutosławski, Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů, and Brazilian composer M. Camargo Guarnieri.
The Orchestra Now
Zachary Schwartzman, conductor
Witold Lutosławski
Overture for Strings
Bohuslav Martinů
Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani
Grażyna Bacewicz
Concerto for String Orchestra
M. Camargo Guarnieri
Concerto for String Orchestra and Percussion
Estimated run time: 70 minutes
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/ton-concertos-for-strings.
Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
Saturday, October 17, 2020
12–5 pm
CCS GalleriesThe Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Support Group
Saturday, October 17, 2020
7–8 pm
Online EventShare challenges and strengths and practice healing strategies. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
Bard Chapel Service (Virtual)
Sunday, October 18, 2020
3–4 pm
Online EventJoin via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O
All are invited to gather for a time of prayer, scripture readings, and reflections on Sundays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O.
Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
Sunday, October 18, 2020
12–5 pm
CCS GalleriesThe Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
LGBTQ+ Student Support Group
Facilitated by Peer Health and BRAVE
Sunday, October 18, 2020
7–8 pm
Online EventA safe space for all LGBTQ+ identities. Create community and talk about a range of topics to be set by the group members. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
Buddhist Meditation Group
Monday, October 19, 2020
6–8 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ASponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Shut Up and SPROJ!
Monday, October 19, 2020
2–3:30 pm
Online EventJoin us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
SPROJ Clinic
Drop-In Senior Project Help on Zoom
Monday, October 19, 2020
4–5 pm
Online EventZoom Meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09
ID: 999 5870 3459 Passcode: sproj
Can't make the clinics? Request an appointment for research or writing help any time at bard.edu/library/ask-a-librarian.php.
Students working on their Senior Projects are welcome to drop in to these weekly Zoom sessions with the librarians for help with finding sources, using interlibrary loan, citation management, and other SPROJ-related questions. (Sorry, this year you will have to byo snacks!)Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 802-375-4599, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09.
Biweekly Gatherings for Muslim Student Organization (MSO)
Monday, October 19, 2020
6:30–7:30 pm
Online EventJoin the MSO every other week for evening gatherings where we stay in community, invite guests and educate ourselves on Islam in various aspects! All are welcome! Join via Zoom: http://https//bard.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvdO-przIuHNWMuMOezpSIyFTId2qwUFZM/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurDgsG9WctB-GRpwAAIjCM-vzmFh
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit http://https//bard.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvdO-przIuHNWMuMOezpSIyFTId2qwUFZM/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurDgsG9WctB-GRpwAAIjCM-vzmFh.
Cover Letter Workshop
Monday, October 19, 2020 – Tuesday, October 20, 2020
3–4 pm
Online EventJoin CDO in learning how to write a proper cover letter! Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91032333795.
Youth Suffrage and the Democratic Process
Monday, October 19, 2020
4:30–5:30 pm
Online EventBard Early College is pleased to announce Youth Suffrage and the Democratic Process, an event series taking place this October. The series draws together students and colleagues across the BEC and larger Bard network for dialogue on the theme of youth suffrage and the shifting role of young people in America's democratic process.
The age at which a person is first allowed to vote differs across the world. In America, that age has shifted from 21 to 18, and a long-standing movement has been working to lower the age again. This movement has seen both noteworthy successes and failures, and it reflects social attitudes, hopes, and anxieties towards young people. This series brings in scholars, activists, and other experts on this issue and on the larger context of enfranchisement in our system of elections, to foster dialogue and debate on the question of the voting age in America.
Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Monday Yoga with Julia
Monday, October 19, 2020
5–6 pm
Anna Jones Memorial GardenTo register, visit https://imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Please arrive 5 minutes before class and have your green Involvio Health Pass open for check-in. Please bring your own mat/blanket. Masks required.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, e-mail hooper@bard.edu, or visit https://imleagues.com/bardfitness/classes.
Online Talk: Heather Bruegl
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
Monday, October 19, 2020
5–7 pm
Online EventIn this special presentation, Heather Bruegl, Director of Cultural Affairs for the Stockbridge Munsee Community, will provide an overview of local history with an aim to restore Indigenous presence at Bard College. Her activation, issued from the community’s current home in Wisconsin, acknowledges the continuing Mohican and Munsee relationship to their homelands.
This event is part of a series of online public programs organized in conjunction with Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere. The series is co-curated Dr. Christian Ayne Crouch, Associate Professor of History, Bard College, and exhibition curator Lauren Cornell.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu.
Sochie Nnaemeka
Part of the Race and Revolution Lecture Series
Monday, October 19, 2020
6–8 pm
Online EventProtests to the Polls: Building the Movement to Win a New York that Works for Working People
Sochie Nnaemeka is the State Director of the New York Working Families Party. In this role, she leads the Party's legislative strategy, electoral and candidate operations, organizing and basebuilding, and political party business towards building a political home for progressive and working class New Yorkers. Since joining the NYWFP in January of 2020, Nnaemeka has steered the Party in endorsing and supporting dozens of candidates through the turmoil of COVID-19 and the subsequent economic and social fall-out. Under her leadership, WFP candidates won several major Congressional races (including Jamaal Bowman in NY-16 and Mondaire Jones in NY-17) and 33 legislative races in the June primary.
The daughter of Nigerian immigrant parents, Nnaemeka was born and raised in New York. She first began organizing in college, with a local union of cafeteria, custodial and clerical workers. Her time in the union halls of New Haven sparked an unwavering commitment to people-powered movements — leading to her first job as an organizer for the 2008 Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Following graduation, Nnaemeka worked alongside casino workers in Miami to form a new union. She later attended Georgetown Law, where she studied how labor law might better protect, serve, and embolden working people.
Nnaemeka led electoral campaigns for Unite Here in New Haven and helped found New Haven Rising, a membership-based organization that served as a progressive political home for working people across the city. In New Haven, Sochie brokered the first-in-the-nation community benefits agreement between a charter school company and municipality, leading to hundreds of union jobs, mandated employment requirements for women and people of color, and a prohibition of exclusive admission practices. She also integrated community organizing techniques in successful electoral campaigns on the federal, state, and local level, from Senator Chris Murphy’s 2012 campaign to Toni Harp’s triumphant race to become the first Black female mayor of New Haven.
Most recently, Sochie served as Director of Emerging Organizing and Leadership at the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD). At CPD, Sochie launched and supported new grassroots people’s organizations, including Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC) in Milwaukee and Detroit Action in Michigan. From Louisiana to Pennsylvania to Brooklyn, she mentored and coached new leaders—in particular young people, women, and people of color—as they cultivated memberships, built power, and transformed their communities.
Sochie lives with her partner and their toddler in Mt. Vernon, NY.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Performing Realization: The Sufi Music Videos and Hip-Hop of Senegal
Dr. Oludamini Ogunnaike
Monday, October 19, 2020
6–7:30 pm
Online EventIn the late 1990s, a new genre of Sufi art began to emerge in Dakar, Senegal: the Sufi music video. Drawing on the local traditions of Arabic, Wolof, and Pulaar Sufi poetry, local praise-poetry traditions, as well as local and global genres of music video (especially hip-hop and reggae videos), these music videos have become one of the most popular forms of expression of Sufism amongst youth in Senegal. Many disciples have begun to use these music videos as a form of spiritual practice, deliberately watching and singing along with them as a means of cultivating a particular state of remembrance (dhikr), much as Arabic Sufi poetry was and is used to express and cultivate similar states of spiritual realization. In this talk, I present and analyze two of the most popular contemporary Sufi music videos, which the disciples of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (d. 1975) brought to my attention during my research in Dakar in 2014. I will analyze the lyrics and the significant visual symbolism of the two videos, explaining and exploring their extensive references to classical and local Sufi doctrines and poetry, local praise-poetry traditions, and hip-hop and reggae, concluding with a theoretical discussion of the ways in which these videos perform, not only particular African Muslim identities but also spiritual realization and sanctity.
Oludamini Ogunnaike is an Assistant Professor of African Religious Thought and Democracy in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. His research examines the philosophical and artistic dimensions of postcolonial, colonial, and precolonial Islamic and indigenous religious traditions of West and North Africa, especially Sufism and Ifa. His research falls into two general areas: the intellectual history and literary studies of the Islamic and indigenous traditions of West Africa (redressing the general neglect of Sub-Saharan Africa as an important center of Islamic scholarship and literary production and the neglect of the intellectual dimensions of indigenous African religious traditions), and employing the insights and ideas from these traditions to contribute to contemporary philosophical debates relevant to a variety of disciplines.
Oludamini Ogunnaike is an Assistant Professor of African Religious Thought and Democracy in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. His research examines the philosophical and artistic dimensions of postcolonial, colonial, and precolonial Islamic and indigenous religious traditions of West and North Africa, especially Sufism and Ifa. His research falls into two general areas: the intellectual history and literary studies of the Islamic and indigenous traditions of West Africa (redressing the general neglect of Sub-Saharan Africa as an important center of Islamic scholarship and literary production and the neglect of the intellectual dimensions of indigenous African religious traditions), and employing the insights and ideas from these traditions to contribute to contemporary philosophical debates relevant to a variety of disciplines.
Join via Zoom
Meeting ID: 959 2998 3725 / Passcode: 357393
Sponsored by: Africana Studies Program; the Interdisciplinary Study of Religions program.Meeting ID: 959 2998 3725 / Passcode: 357393
For more information, call 845-758-7667, or e-mail norajbh@bard.edu.
Bard Electroacoustic Ensemble presents: Opening the Virtual Space
Monday, October 19, 2020
8–9:30 pm
Online EventSponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail msargent@bard.edu.
Bard Debate Union: Weekly Practice
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
7–9 pm
Online EventInterested in learning more about debate at Bard or joining the team? Stop by our weekly debate practices! Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3nG6BzF Join us Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7pm to meet coaches, captains, and returning debaters and learn about all that we do!Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99933361405?pwd=ZWV4MmhSbU15M2p4eXd2VVdPU28zdz09.
Cover Letter Workshop
Monday, October 19, 2020 – Tuesday, October 20, 2020
3–4 pm
Online EventJoin CDO in learning how to write a proper cover letter! Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91032333795.
Iris
by Pietro Mascagni
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 – Thursday, December 31, 2020
UPSTREAMINGVideo: Archival Recording Coming Soon!
At once opulent and eerie, Pietro Mascagni’s Iris, composed in 1898 with libretto by Luigi Illica, received its North American premiere at Bard SummerScape in 2016. The American Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Leon Botstein performed with a brilliant cast of accomplished singers including the Australian tenor Gerard Schneider as a menacing and callous Osaka alongside the soprano Talise Travigne who movingly embodied the naivete and fragility of the eponymous character.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/iris/.
Live-Streamed Noon Concert
Conservatory students perform an hour-long concert of works by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, and Paul Reade.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
12–1 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingStreamed live from the László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
View the concert on:
Bard Conservatory YouTube.
Program
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K. 459 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)
Allegro
Yilin Li, piano
Ryan McCullough, piano
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Allegro non troppo
Andantino quasi allegretto
Zongheng Zhang, violin
Sung-Soo Cho, piano
Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden Paul Reade (1943-97)
Prelude
Spring
Mists
Exotica
Summer
Collin Lewis, clarinet
Sara Magill, harp
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.
The 2020 U.S. Election Series: POTUS 46: Prospects for a Biden Administration's Foreign Policy
Ben Judah in conversation with Walter Russell Mead
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
12–1 pm
Online Event12-1pm NY | 6-7pm Vienna
Author and POLITICO contributing writer, Ben Judah, joins Walter Russell Mead to discuss how a Biden administration's foreign policy will diverge from Donald Trump's. Ben Judah is an author and journalist. He has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic and Foreign Policy. He is the author of Fragile Empire and This is London.
Join via Zoom
Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.Author and POLITICO contributing writer, Ben Judah, joins Walter Russell Mead to discuss how a Biden administration's foreign policy will diverge from Donald Trump's. Ben Judah is an author and journalist. He has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic and Foreign Policy. He is the author of Fragile Empire and This is London.
Join via Zoom
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
The Future of the Book, and of Libraries
A Two-Session Cyber Workshop with Paloma Celis Carbajal, Curator for Latin American, Iberian, and U.S. Latino Collections, New York Public Library (Session 1)
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
12:30–1:30 pm
Online EventSome five years ago, the New York Times reported that the book in print was far from dead, a plot twist to the numerous predictions that the 21st century would turn books into bytes only. However, the current pandemic could bring about another plot change given that most aspects of our lives have moved to the digital realm. We are all aware that the virtual plane is not equally accessible throughout the world. How are the current trends defining book production worldwide, but more specifically, in Latin America? How does its past and present inform us as to where it's heading? What is the role that libraries play, especially if these institutions have, as one of their goals, to document and preserve the intellectual production of our cultures? In these two sessions we will try to explore these questions together. Open to the wide Bard community.
Zoom Details:
Event: The Future of the Book, and of Libraries, with Paloma Celis Carbajal (NYPL)
Tuesday, October 20, 12:30pm–1:30pm; and Tuesday, October 27, 2:00–3:00pm
Join Zoom Meeting
https://bard.zoom.us/j/97663579921. Meeting ID: 976 6357 9921.
Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Experimental Humanities Program; LAIS Program.Zoom Details:
Event: The Future of the Book, and of Libraries, with Paloma Celis Carbajal (NYPL)
Tuesday, October 20, 12:30pm–1:30pm; and Tuesday, October 27, 2:00–3:00pm
Join Zoom Meeting
https://bard.zoom.us/j/97663579921. Meeting ID: 976 6357 9921.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail plopezga@bard.edu.
Narcan Training
Help Save A Life
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
4–5 pm
Online EventJoin us to learn:
What are the signs of an overdose?
What is Narcan and how does it work?
How is Narcan administered?
What are the risk factors associated with an opioid overdose?
What is the Good Samaritan Law?Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/.
Tomorrow Is Now: The Eleanor Roosevelt Conferences featuring Dr. Mandeep Rai
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
9–10 am
OnlineThis event will take place at 3pm Vienna time.
The Val-Kill Partnership, in conjunction with COV-AID, sponsored by the Open Society University Network and The Talloires Network, present a virtual discussion series highlighting the importance of Eleanor Roosevelt's legacy in today's crisis.
Dr. Mandeep Rai is a global authority on values, working with companies, institutions, and individuals around the world. She has traveled to more than 150 countries and reported as a broadcast journalist for the BBC World Service and Reuters, among others. She began her career in private banking at JPMorgan, and later worked for the United Nations, the European Commission, and grassroots NGOs before setting up the UAE’s first media venture capital fund. Mandeep studied philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE), has an MSc in development from the London School of Economics, and completed an MBA at London Business School, with a year at Harvard Business School and MIT. She also holds a PhD in global values.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Historical Studies Research Workshop
A two-part research workshop series for juniors who have moderated into Historical Studies.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
9–11 am
Online EventJoin us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/98981490993?pwd=TGpuSFd3NXA5dFJpL2ZTdHljU0owdz09
Stevenson Library is please to offer a workshop series on advanced history research skills for students who have moderated into the Historical Studies program or who are planning to do historical research for their senior projects.
Session 1: Introduction to History Research Skills
Wednesday, October 21, 9–11 am
In this workshop, students taking their major conference course will begin to develop research strategies and skills to prepare for their senior project. We will consider the types of sources used in historical research, practice navigating library resources to find academic and nonacademic resources, and discuss strategies for evaluating different types of sources.
Session 2: Finding Primary Sources Online
Wednesday, October 28, 9–11 am
This session will help students prepare to do archival research and work with primary sources. We’ll discuss different types of physical and digital archives, where to look for them, and how to navigate and understand their contents.
Zoom info:
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For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/98981490993?pwd=TGpuSFd3NXA5dFJpL2ZTdHljU0owdz09.
Pronouns@Bard
International Pronouns Day: Third Annual Observance
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
2:30–3:30 pm
Pronouns@Bard is a virtual forum in observance of International Pronouns Day. The event will focus on the use of pronouns in classrooms, offices, dorms, and other spaces around our campus. Hear from Bard students, faculty, and staff about the importance of pronouns, pronoun do's and don'ts, and why this issue is so important.The Pronouns@Bard forum is open to all faculty, staff, and students currently at Bard, but you must RSVP to attend. Faculty who want to know more about pronouns and how to address them effectively in their classes are especially encouraged to attend. To register for Pronouns@Bard click here to access the registration Google Form.
Pronouns@Bard is sponsored by the Office for Gender Equity, Office for Inclusive Excellence, Out@Bard, Center for Faculty and Curricular Development, and The Office of Human Resources.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail hr@bard.edu, or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebkF5w30Le_IRh5tgYvAAh5RNJdphP2IFQJ-yYlsaUgOwdqA/viewform?gxids=7628.
What Can You Do With a Law Degree?
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
3–4 pm
Alumni/ae Panel
October 21st at 3pm
(advance registration required, see below)
Panelists:
Jack Blum '62,
An expert on white-collar financial crime, international tax evasion and a renowned advocate for victims of financial fraud.
Monica Elkinton '03
Assistant Municipal Attorney in Anchorage, Alaska. Monica was instrumental in helping Bard students vote in the 2000 election.
Zachary Hammond '10
Associate at Boyle Shaughnessy Law in Boston
Misty Seemans '06
Assistant Public Defender in Delaware and professor at Widener University Delaware Law School.
The Honorable Lynn Tepper '74
Former judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Florida,
also had a private practice, clerked in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and was an assistant public defender.
TO REGISTER
https://bard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlce6orjwuEtfSizGV1Ofw2mX3njSFWKFw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you have questions please contact Jacqui Rose in the CDO (jrose@bard.edu).
Sponsored by: Bard College Alumni/ae Association.For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlce6orjwuEtfSizGV1Ofw2mX3njSFWKFw.
Building a Career in Sustainability: Advice from Environmental Education Specialists
Engage with sustainability consulting experts to learn how to launch your career in the field!
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
6:30–7:30 pm
Online Event>>>RSVP HERE<<<
About this Event:
Bard’s Graduate Programs in Sustainability are pleased to host a webinar series providing aspiring change-makers access to sustainability experts to gain tips on launching their own careers in sustainability.
Environmental Education Expert Panel: additional panelists will be announced when confirmed
Bard’s Graduate Programs in Sustainability are pleased to host a webinar series providing aspiring change-makers access to sustainability experts to gain tips on launching their own careers in sustainability.
Environmental Education Expert Panel: additional panelists will be announced when confirmed
- Siira Rieschl, All Kids Are Scientists Program Coordinator at Impact NW (moderator)
- Scott Kellogg, Educational Director, Radix Ecological Sustainability Center
Many people passionate about environmental education exit the field early in their careers as they struggle to turn a passion into a meaningful career with advancement opportunities. Join us to learn how leading environmental educators launched and grew their career, what tips they have for working in environmental education, and what they look for in their new hires. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of panelists.
>>>RSVP HERE<<<
Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail kboyle@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-a-career-in-sustainability-advice-from-envir-ed-specialists-registration-120285289.
French Table On Zoom
Thursday, October 22, 2020
12:30–1:30 pm
Online EventPlease join us weekly for an hour of conversation in French, now on Zoom! Join meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09
French-speaking students and professors gather to share about their week, experiences, and culture. Everyone is more than welcome to join in--stay for as long as you'd like.
Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761
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Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09.
Bard Farm Stand
Thursday, October 22, 2020
1–5 pm
Annandale HousePlease come join us at the Kline Bus Stop in front of New Annandale House for our summer farm stand. We are at the intersection of Annandale Rd and Woods Ave. We accept cash and credit card payments and will be accepting online preorders for contactless pickup at our farm stand beginning the week of June 15.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ryoshino@bard.edu.
Buddhist Meditation Group
Thursday, October 22, 2020
6–8 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ASponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Fitness Forums
Thursday, October 22, 2020
3–4 pm
Online EventStop by this public virtual fitness space to ask the Community Fitness Coordinator anything fitness related, report in your fitness accomplishments and goals, connect with other fitness peeps, and more!
Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96661564418?pwd=NHVLdWxnMU9OSWpxaEtjaGRXd1Nodz09Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 504-355-6033, e-mail fitness@bard.edu, or visit https://zoom.us/j/96661564418?pwd=NHVLdWxnMU9OSWpxaEtjaGRXd1Nodz09.
Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
Thursday, October 22, 2020
12–5 pm
CCS GalleriesThe Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
How to Lose the Information War: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe
Thursday, October 22, 2020
12–1 pm
Online EventSince the start of the Trump era, the United States and the Western world has finally begun to wake up to the threat of online warfare and the attacks from Russia. The question no one seems to be able to answer is: what can the West do about it?
Central and Eastern European states, however, have been aware of the threat for years. FPI Fellow Nina Jankowicz has advised these governments on the front lines of the information war. The lessons she learnt from that fight, and from her attempts to get the US Congress to act, make for essential reading.
How to Lose the Information War takes the reader on a journey through five Western governments' responses to Russian information warfare tactics—all of which have failed. She journeys into the campaigns the Russian operatives run, and shows how we can better understand the motivations behind these attacks and how to beat them. Above all, this book shows what is at stake: the future of civil discourse and democracy, and the value of truth itself.
Join us on Thursday, October 22, at 12pm EDT to discuss this important work and what we can expect leading up to the POTUS elections on November 3.
RSVP is required.Sponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ebayrasli@bard.edu.
How to Lose the Information War: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe
Thursday, October 22, 2020
12–1 pm
Online EventSince the start of the Trump era, the United States and the Western world has finally begun to wake up to the threat of online warfare and the attacks from Russia. The question no one seems to be able to answer is: what can the West do about it?
Central and Eastern European states, however, have been aware of the threat for years. FPI Fellow Nina Jankowicz has advised these governments on the front lines of the information war. The lessons she learnt from that fight, and from her attempts to get the US Congress to act, make for essential reading.
How to Lose the Information War takes the reader on a journey through five Western governments' responses to Russian information warfare tactics—all of which have failed. She journeys into the campaigns the Russian operatives run, and shows how we can better understand the motivations behind these attacks and how to beat them. Above all, this book shows what is at stake: the future of civil discourse and democracy, and the value of truth itself.
Join us on Thursday, October 22, at 12pm EDT to discuss this important work and what we can expect leading up to the POTUS elections on November 3.
RSVP is required.
Contact: Elmira Bayrasli ebayrasli@bard.eduSponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Job/Internship Search Workshop
Thursday, October 22, 2020 – Friday, October 23, 2020
1–2 pm
Online EventJoin via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/98524856040
Looking for a job or internship but don't know where to start? Join us as we will go over the proper way to look for jobs and internships! Learn what platforms and keywords to use!Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/98524856040.
The Glass Constellation
A Poetry Reading and Discussion with Arthur Sze
Thursday, October 22, 2020
3–4:30 pm
Online EventAccess the event via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/85254136149?pwd=MWVXL1FRR3VtRHlxSjYrbFNKRGdjUT09
An online reading from Sze's forthcoming new and collected poems, The Glass Constellation. The reading will include an introductory poem from Compass Rose, a generous selection of poems from Sight Lines, as well as a few new poems. There will be a Q&A after the reading.
Born in New York City in 1950, Arthur Sze is a poet, translator, and editor. He is the author of 10 books of poetry, including Sight Lines (Coper Canyon Press, 2019), which received the 2019 National Book Award in poetry; Compass Rose (Copper Canyon Press, 2014); and The Ginkgo Light (Copper Canyon Press, 2009). He is also a celebrated translator from the Chinese, and released The Silk Dragon: Translations from the Chinese (Copper Canyon Press) in 2001.
This event is sponsored by The Hutcheson Memorial Fund, the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion, Asian Studies, the CCE, and the Written Arts Program. It is part of a series of talks about Buddhist Currents in American Poetry.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail dtownsend@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/85254136149?pwd=MWVXL1FRR3VtRHlxSjYrbFNKRGdjUT09.
Lee Badgett: The Economic Case for LGBT Equality
A Bard Center for the Study of Hate Webinar
Thursday, October 22, 2020
3–4:30 pm
Online EventWhat is the economic cost of hate? It’s hard to focus on solutions to a societal problem if we don’t think about its costs.
The Bard Center for the Study of Hate is fortunate to have received a grant from GS Humane Corp to create an “economic cost of hate index” (led by Bard College economics professor Michael Martell).
Lee Badgett, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is a key member of the team of experts we are consulting as we conceptualize and build this index.
Dr. Badgett’s new and highly acclaimed book The Economic Case for LGBT Equality: Why Fair and Equal Treatment Benefits Us All is one of the first and best sources about an important component of the economic cost of hate. It is both an essential contribution in its own right, and instructive as we think about how to measure the cost of other manifestations of hate.
Please join the Bard Center for the Study of Hate as it welcomes Dr. Badgett to talk about her new book.
TO REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR CLICK HERE.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
For more information, call 718-503-4441, e-mail kstern@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aXoOXnlaR1imCZ_-7tf1Jw.
Diversity Recruiting Programs - Panel
Thursday, October 22, 2020 – Friday, October 23, 2020
5–6 pm
Online EventHear from Diversity Recruiting Programs SEO & InRoads about their programs and how they are able to connect students with summer internships with top companies.
This session is hosted by Bard CDO & the Recruiting Consortia group of schools
Students from all consortia schools are invited to join to learn.
This session is hosted by Bard CDO & the Recruiting Consortia group of schools
Students from all consortia schools are invited to join to learn.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/84351630766.
Jessica Segal: Candidate for County Court Judge
Thursday, October 22, 2020
6:30–7:30 pm
Online EventJessica Segal, a candidate for Dutchess County Court Judge on the Democratic and Green tickets will visit Bard to talk about her campaign and judicial elections. A Q&A will follow.
https://bard.zoom.us/j/88292871383?pwd=Nm43S2hZUHR2a0xoMUY5VTNXdjV5dz09Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Political Studies Program.
For more information, call 607-280-4754, or e-mail sgilhool@bard.edu.
Jessica Segal: Candidate for County Court Judge
Thursday, October 22, 2020
6:30–7:30 pm
Online EventJessica Segal, a candidate for Dutchess County Court Judge on the Democratic and Green tickets will visit Bard to talk about her campaign and judicial elections. A Q&A will follow.
https://bard.zoom.us/j/88292871383?pwd=Nm43S2hZUHR2a0xoMUY5VTNXdjV5dz09Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Political Studies Program.
For more information, call 607-280-4754, or e-mail sgilhool@bard.edu.
Thursday Night Live Presents: Virtual Poetry and Chill
Thursday, October 22, 2020
9–11 pm
Online EventCome vibe to some amazing poetry and spoken word with Thursday Night Live! If you like this event, stay tuned for next week's costume and pumpkin carving contests!
Zoom Meeting ID: 860 0049 8731 Password: 638qWX
Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, e-mail studentactivities@bard.edu, or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86000498731?pwd=TXBxQ0NOYStuRE4rTGsxeW9GRWNUZz09.
The Philosophy Salon
Friday, October 23, 2020
12–1:30 pm
Online EventZoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09
The Philosophy Salon—a new initiative to promote community among students, faculty, and staff interested in philosophy—takes place every Friday from noon to 1:30pm on Zoom. Salon events include: faculty speakers from inside and outside Bard, information sessions, conversations with alumni/ae, and informal philosophical discussions. To be added to the Salon email list, contact Kathryn Tabb at ktabb@bard.edu or Ruth Zisman at zisman@bard.edu.
Salon schedule:
September 11: Welcome and Introductions
September 18: Club of Philosophy: Jay Elliott, “Could It Be Worth Thinking About Aristotle on Slavery?”
September 25: Alumni Speaker Event: Ian Olasov
October 2: Speaker Series: Dana Miranda, "The Riot of Disorder"
October 9: Moderation Info Session
October 16: Work in Progress with Marina Van Zuylen
October 23: Work in Progress with Nora Ben Hammed
October 30: Halloween with Thomas Bartscherer: “All That Is Deep Loves the Mask"
November 6: Politics and Change with Chiara Ricciardone
November 13: Speaker Series: Krisanna Scheiter
November 20: Speaker Series: Rosemarie Garland Thompson
December 4: Friendly Philosopher’s Club: A workshop on giving and receiving feedback
December 11: What Is Philosophy? A discussion for the curiousSponsored by: Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09.
Shut Up and SPROJ!
Friday, October 23, 2020
2–3:30 pm
Online EventJoin us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
"Harm Reduction Works" Group
Friday, October 23, 2020
4–5 pm
Online EventPlease register by emailing wellness@bard.edu to be sent a link.
The Bard Harm Reduction Committee in collaboration with the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health is offering a “Harm Reduction Works” Group on Fridays at 4pm in response to the need for a harm reduction–based alternative to abstinence-only self-help/mutual aid groups. This is NOT in opposition to abstinence-only groups. Harm Reduction Works-HRW is really for anyone who wants to know more about harm reduction and how it might help, for any reason, regardless of their using or drinking history. This includes people with long-term abstinence-based recovery who actively participate in other groups such as 12-step.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/services/.
Muslim Friday Prayers
Friday, October 23, 2020
2–3 pm
Online EventJoin the MSO at 2 pm on Fridays for jum'ah prayers (online) with guest speakers and Chaplain Nora Zaki. All are welcome! Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/82437819314?pwd=RE52cjg4Q2VjTGZ0SFNUamtGbXF1Zz09Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/82437819314?pwd=RE52cjg4Q2VjTGZ0SFNUamtGbXF1Zz09.
COVID Isolation Support
Facilitated by Peer Health and BRAVE
Friday, October 23, 2020
7–8 pm
Online EventConnect and share strategies for getting through COVID. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
Friday, October 23, 2020
12–5 pm
CCS GalleriesThe Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
Job/Internship Search Workshop
Thursday, October 22, 2020 – Friday, October 23, 2020
1–2 pm
Online EventJoin via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/98524856040
Looking for a job or internship but don't know where to start? Join us as we will go over the proper way to look for jobs and internships! Learn what platforms and keywords to use!Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/98524856040.
Diversity Recruiting Programs - Panel
Thursday, October 22, 2020 – Friday, October 23, 2020
5–6 pm
Online EventHear from Diversity Recruiting Programs SEO & InRoads about their programs and how they are able to connect students with summer internships with top companies.
This session is hosted by Bard CDO & the Recruiting Consortia group of schools
Students from all consortia schools are invited to join to learn.
This session is hosted by Bard CDO & the Recruiting Consortia group of schools
Students from all consortia schools are invited to join to learn.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/84351630766.
Midterm Grades and Criteria Sheets Due
Friday, October 23, 2020
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Moderation Papers Due
Friday, October 23, 2020
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Virtual Family & Alumni/ae Weekend
Friday, October 23, 2020 – Sunday, October 25, 2020
Online EventFor parents, Family and Alumni/ae Weekend is one of the most exciting events on the academic calendar. It happens in mid-October, after students have settled in for the semester. The Family and Alumni/ae Weekend schedule is packed full of activities, showcasing just about every program on Bard’s 1,000-acre campus.
See What's Happening
For more information, call 845-758-7867.
Homeland Elegies
A Conversation with Ayad Akhtar
Friday, October 23, 2020
UPSTREAMING
"Homeland Elegies is a very American novel. It’s a lover’s quarrel with this country, and . . . it has candor and seriousness to burn.” —New York Times
“Passionate, disturbing, unputdownable.” —Salman Rushdie
In this time of continued separation, we look to stories that can unite, ignite, and illuminate. The Fisher Center and the Bard College Written Arts Program are inviting our community, on- and off-campus, to join a “read-in” and subsequent conversation centered on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar’s new novel.
A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home. Akhtar attempts to make sense of it all through the lens of a story about one family, from a heartland town in America to palatial suites in Central Europe to guerrilla lookouts in the mountains of Afghanistan, and spares no one—least of all himself—in the process.
Bard’s Director of Written Arts and MacArthur Fellow Dinaw Mengestu moderates a conversation with Akhtar, followed by a Q&A with the virtual audience.
Purchase your copy of Homeland Elegies from Oblong Books & Music via this link, and 10% of your purchase will come back to the Fisher Center to support our virtual programming.
Sponsored by: Fisher Center; Written Arts Program.For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/ayad-akhtar.
Book Sale
at the Stevenson Library
Friday, October 23, 2020
9 am – 5 pm
Stevenson Library Parking LotHundreds of books in many subjects including Art, Architecture, Psychology, Political Science, Literature and more.
When: Friday October 23rd 9-5
Where: Parking lot behind the Library
Proceeds to benefit the Student Emergency Fund
Masks and Social Distancing Required!
For more information, call 845-758-7312, or e-mail claing@bard.edu.
Fluff N' Stuff
Friday, October 23, 2020
12–6 pm
Campus Center, LawnPick your animal, stuff it, name it, dress it, and take it home! Snack will be provided, masks and social distancing required. As a part of Community Care Fridays, you can also stop by and grab a care package starting at 12 PM!
Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Dean of Student Affairs; Institute for International Liberal Education; Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, or e-mail ccunningham@bard.edu.
Speaker Series: Carmen Mörsch (online)
Friday, October 23, 2020
12–2 pm
Online EventRegistration is required in advance. To receive the Zoom link, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speaker-series-carmen-morsch-tickets-121399660653
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. Lectures are open to students and faculty, as well as to the general public, and will also be documented through video and/or audio recordings, which will reside in the CCS Bard Library and Archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speaker-series-carmen-morsch-tickets-121399660653.
A Search for Low-energy Cosmic Antiparticles as a Signature of Dark Matter – the GAPS Experiment
Chuck Hailey, Columbia University
Friday, October 23, 2020
12–1 pm
Online EventWhat the universe is made of - the stuff – is a fundamental question. And yet the origin of dark matter, which makes up > 80% of the matter in the universe, is of unknown nature. One approach to identifying dark matter is to search for cosmic antiparticles produced when dark matter annihilates or decays. But a “smoking gun” signature would be nice, so that the cosmic debris of dark matter is not confused with conventional cosmic rays. Low-energy antideuterons have long been known to represent such a “smoking gun”. The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is the only experiment optimized specifically to search for low-energy (< 0.25 GeV/n) cosmic antiprotons, antideuterons, and antihelium. Its goals are (i) to deliver a first-time detection of cosmic antideuterons, an unambiguous signal of new physics that probes a wide array of dark matter models, or to improve upon previous antideuteron limits by two orders of magnitude, (ii) to provide a precision antiproton spectrum in a previously unexplored energy region, permitting leading constraints on light dark matter, the best limits on primordial black hole evaporation on Galactic length scales and novel constraints on cosmic-ray propagation models, and (iii) to investigate recent AMS claims of evidence for cosmic antihelium. GAPS is a 5-year program to build the experiment and execute two ultra-long duration balloon flights from Antarctica. I will review the current status of antimatter searches for dark matter, and discuss progress on building the GAPS experiment.
https://bard.zoom.us/j/94181247545?pwd=YmpzREM5V2hweHk2Mlo0cUNGNCsyUT09Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4391, or e-mail akontos@bard.edu.
Caring for Our Black Queens
Community Care Friday Event!
Friday, October 23, 2020
12:30–8:30 pm
Campus Center Lawn & Kappa TentJoin us as we celebrate and uplift our Black Queens.
As part of the Community Care Friday series, we are holding space specifically and intentionally for our Black Bardian Queens on Friday, October 2312:00 pm - Care bags with popcorn, candy, drink, an item from a black-owned business (to be picked up during Fluff n' Stuff) at Campus Center Quad
5:00 pm - Care bags pickup outside Kappa Tent
6:30 pm - Watch Party: Nappily Ever After w/a discussion to follow, hosted by Black Women of Color Staff Members
Watch Trailer
Join via Zoom Password: queen
For more information, call 585-313-6078, e-mail dpierce@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/81850197129?pwd=SGFHMjZ3ZW41NWtxWmdMMEIycTMxUT09.
Editing Global Modernism: A Roundtable
with Alys Moody, Harsha Ram, Stephen J. Ross,
Kaitlin Staudt, and Camilla Sutherland
Friday, October 23, 2020
1:30–3 pm
Online EventModernist studies has been transformed in recent years by the claim that modernism is a global phenomenon. Alongside work linking British, Irish, North American, and European modernists to the rest of the world, we have seen controversial claims for modernism’s flourishing in non-Western locations, from Japan to Africa, from Turkey to the Caucasus, and from South-East Asia to Latin America. This uncoupling of modernism from a strictly Western teleology remains under-theorised, and under-sourced. How do we study modernism on a global scale? What implications for modernist scholarship does this disciplinary transformation bring, especially in relation to collaborative work? And what new ways of seeing and understanding modernism arise from adopting a global perspective?
This roundtable showcases the methods and findings of Global Modernists on Modernism (Bloomsbury, 2020), a new anthology of source texts for global modernism. The book gathers texts by practitioners (writers, artists, critics, etc.) that reflect on the theory and practice of modernism around the world. In addition to celebrating (belatedly!) the publication of this volume last January, we will be discussing the collaborative nature of global modernist research and our “inductive” method of assembling and theorizing the anthology’s texts.
The roundtable brings together five editors of the anthology: experts in Russian and Georgian modernism (Harsha Ram), Turkish modernism (Kaitlin Staudt), and Latin American modernism (Camilla Sutherland) with the volume’s general editors, who will speak to modernism in sub-Saharan Africa (Alys Moody), and the Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora (Stephen Ross). We will discuss how global modernism troubles existing assumptions of modernist studies, and what the project of translating, editing, and circulating primary sources can contribute to this conversation. Following short position statements by each speaker, the roundtable will focus on discussion among presenters and with audience members.
This conversation, held under the shared auspices of the Literature Program at Bard College and Concordia University’s Centre for Expanded Poetics, is the first of a three-part series exploring global modernism, in celebration of the anthology. It will be followed by a discussion with poet-translators associated with the anthology on Thursday, 12 November, 6-7:30pm EST; and a workshop on pedagogy and global modernism on Friday, 4 December, 1:30-4:30pm EST.
To receive the Zoom invitation for this event, please email amoody@bard.edu. Invitations will be sent out on the morning of the event.
Speakers
- Alys Moody is Assistant Professor of Literature at Bard College. She is the author of The Art of Hunger: Aesthetic Autonomy and the Afterlives of Modernism (OUP, 2018) and is currently working on a second book, provisionally entitled, The Literature of World Hunger: Poverty, Global Modernism, and the Emergence of a World Literary System. She is one of the general editors of Global Modernists on Modernism, and section editor or co-editor of the sections on modernism in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, the Arab world, Japan, and the South Pacific.
- Harsha Ram is an Associate Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at UC Berkeley. He is the author of The Imperial Sublime: A Russian Poetics of Empire, and is currently completing his second book, The Scale of Culture: City, Nation, Empire and the Russian-Georgian Encounter. Harsha edited the section on modernism in the Caucasus.
- Stephen J. Ross is Assistant Professor of English at Concordia University. He is the author of Invisible Terrain: John Ashbery and the Aesthetics of Nature (OUP, 2017). He is one of the general editors of the anthology, and was section editor or co-editor of the sections on modernism in the Caribbean, the Arab world, and greater China.
- Kaitlin Staudt is a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the University of Auburn. She has published article in venues such as Feminist Modernist Studies and Middle Eastern Literatures, and is currently completing her first monograph, Move Forward and Ascend!: Temporality and The Politics of Form in the Turkish Modernist Novel and editing a cluster of essays on “Global Modernism’s Other Empires.” She edited the Turkish modernism section of this anthology.
- Camilla Sutherland is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Groningen, Netherlands. She is a contributor to the forthcoming Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Global Modernist Magazines and is currently working on a monograph entitled The Space of Latin American Women Modernists. Camilla edited the Latin American section of this anthology.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail amoody@bard.edu.
CDO IDES Professional Development Workshop
Friday, October 23, 2020
2–3 pm
Online EventVia Zoom: Link
Wondering how to Identify the skills you already have to be successful during and after Bard? Are there skills you need to Develop or Enhance to make it to the next level? Join the IDES workshop series to explore how to identify, develop, and enhance your Skills in and outside of the classroom. During the IDES series you will learn how to tap into the skills you have while learning techniques to connect with the Bard network already at your fingertips.Sponsored by: Career Development Office; Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail edougherty@bard.edu.
How to Continue Our Writing, Research, and Creative Work in the Current Moment
Friday, October 23, 2020
3–4 pm
https://bard.zoom.us/j/88939075758Sponsored by: Center for Faculty and Curricular Development.For more information, call 718-440-2528, e-mail bchinsena@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/88939075758.
Bard After Dark Presents: Pumpkin Painting
Friday, October 23, 2020
8–10 pm
Online EventWant to decorate your dorm for Halloween? Let your artistic side take and come join Bard After Dark in painting and decorate adorable mini pumpkins with paint, sharpies, glitter and stickers! Supplies is limited, so click here to register for yours!
If you like this event, stay tuned for next week's Halloween Movie Night!Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, e-mail ccunningham@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99189666103?pwd=Z2gxc2pNaW9xRzhhTjNKZkh5ZVNRUT09#success.
Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
Saturday, October 24, 2020
12–5 pm
CCS GalleriesThe Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Support Group
Saturday, October 24, 2020
7–8 pm
Online EventShare challenges and strengths and practice healing strategies. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
Virtual Family & Alumni/ae Weekend
Friday, October 23, 2020 – Sunday, October 25, 2020
Online EventFor parents, Family and Alumni/ae Weekend is one of the most exciting events on the academic calendar. It happens in mid-October, after students have settled in for the semester. The Family and Alumni/ae Weekend schedule is packed full of activities, showcasing just about every program on Bard’s 1,000-acre campus.
See What's Happening
For more information, call 845-758-7867.
Bard College Conservatory of Music
Student and Faculty Showcase Weekend
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Online EventSaturday, October 24 at 7:30 pm
Bard College Conservatory Orchestra Leon Botstein, Music Director
Concert in honor of cellist and faculty member Luis Garcia-Renart (1936–2020)
Pablo Casals
Song of the Birds (El Cant dels Ocells)
La Sardana, Cello choir with faculty members Peter Wiley and Raman Ramakrishnan and students from the Music Program, Conservatory, and The Orchestra Now
Erica Lindsay
Adagio World Premiere
Conservatory Orchestra with Erica Kiesewetter, conductor
Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
Conservatory Orchestra
with faculty soloists Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony, violins
Sunday, October 25 at 3 pm
Bard College Conservatory Orchestra Leon Botstein, Music Director
W.A. Mozart
Serenade No. 6 in D major, KV 239 "Serenata notturna"
Gustav Mahler
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet and string orchestra in G major, Op.47
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bcom-2020-10.
Halloween Candy Event
Holloween Candy
Saturday, October 24, 2020
1–5 pm
Stone Row, McVickarHalloween Candy for my residence
For more information, call 845-224-4466, or e-mail by6779@bard.edu.
Alumni Roundtable: The Presidential Election and America in the World
Saturday, October 24, 2020
2–3 pm
Online EventJoin us for the Bard Debate Union's Annual Family/Alumni weekend politics roundtable! This year's panelists include: Zachary Israel ’12 (Principal and Manager of Legislative Affairs at the Ferguson Group, and DC Young Democrats’ National Committeeman); Stephanie Presch ’15 (Content Specialist on the Editorial Content Team, UnidosUS); and Eva-Marie Quinones ’17 (PhD candidate in Political Science, Yale University) to discuss the upcoming presidential election. Advance registration required. Register at:
https://www.annandaleonline.org/Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://debate.bard.edu.
COADQ Panel (Pre-Recorded Event)
Saturday, October 24, 2020
6–7:30 pm
Online EventFeaturing one of our favorite virtual events from the summer, the Pride Panel was composed of humans who represented different aspects of the LGBTQ community. The panel served as an outlet for open and honest dialogue, the sharing of personal stories, and an opportunity for Bard students to engage in a fruitful discussion that began with the panel, and will continue for a lifetime. Tune in to hear these powerful voices and to hear the conversations that began.Sponsored by: Dean of Student Affairs; Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7097, e-mail jrosariocaliz@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/88117474657?pwd=NkxNSmh0VE5KQWlrR3gzcU4yMmZTdz09.
Bard Chapel Service (Virtual)
Sunday, October 25, 2020
3–4 pm
Online EventJoin via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O
All are invited to gather for a time of prayer, scripture readings, and reflections on Sundays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/391331169?pwd=aGhpc1E4YzFubXV1O.
Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
Sunday, October 25, 2020
12–5 pm
CCS GalleriesThe Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
LGBTQ+ Student Support Group
Facilitated by Peer Health and BRAVE
Sunday, October 25, 2020
7–8 pm
Online EventA safe space for all LGBTQ+ identities. Create community and talk about a range of topics to be set by the group members. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
Virtual Family & Alumni/ae Weekend
Friday, October 23, 2020 – Sunday, October 25, 2020
Online EventFor parents, Family and Alumni/ae Weekend is one of the most exciting events on the academic calendar. It happens in mid-October, after students have settled in for the semester. The Family and Alumni/ae Weekend schedule is packed full of activities, showcasing just about every program on Bard’s 1,000-acre campus.
See What's Happening
For more information, call 845-758-7867.
Bard College Conservatory of Music
Student and Faculty Showcase Weekend
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Online EventSaturday, October 24 at 7:30 pm
Bard College Conservatory Orchestra Leon Botstein, Music Director
Concert in honor of cellist and faculty member Luis Garcia-Renart (1936–2020)
Pablo Casals
Song of the Birds (El Cant dels Ocells)
La Sardana, Cello choir with faculty members Peter Wiley and Raman Ramakrishnan and students from the Music Program, Conservatory, and The Orchestra Now
Erica Lindsay
Adagio World Premiere
Conservatory Orchestra with Erica Kiesewetter, conductor
Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
Conservatory Orchestra
with faculty soloists Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony, violins
Sunday, October 25 at 3 pm
Bard College Conservatory Orchestra Leon Botstein, Music Director
W.A. Mozart
Serenade No. 6 in D major, KV 239 "Serenata notturna"
Gustav Mahler
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet and string orchestra in G major, Op.47
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bcom-2020-10.
Buddhist Meditation Group
Monday, October 26, 2020
6–8 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ASponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Shut Up and SPROJ!
Monday, October 26, 2020
2–3:30 pm
Online EventJoin us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
SPROJ Clinic
Drop-In Senior Project Help on Zoom
Monday, October 26, 2020
4–5 pm
Online EventZoom Meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09
ID: 999 5870 3459 Passcode: sproj
Can't make the clinics? Request an appointment for research or writing help any time at bard.edu/library/ask-a-librarian.php.
Students working on their Senior Projects are welcome to drop in to these weekly Zoom sessions with the librarians for help with finding sources, using interlibrary loan, citation management, and other SPROJ-related questions. (Sorry, this year you will have to byo snacks!)Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 802-375-4599, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99958703459?pwd=TGJSM3U2QW1IcndYQy9TTzFKTGJKdz09.
Biweekly Gatherings for Muslim Student Organization (MSO)
Monday, October 26, 2020
6:30–7:30 pm
Online EventJoin the MSO every other week for evening gatherings where we stay in community, invite guests and educate ourselves on Islam in various aspects! All are welcome! Join via Zoom: http://https//bard.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvdO-przIuHNWMuMOezpSIyFTId2qwUFZM/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurDgsG9WctB-GRpwAAIjCM-vzmFh
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit http://https//bard.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvdO-przIuHNWMuMOezpSIyFTId2qwUFZM/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurDgsG9WctB-GRpwAAIjCM-vzmFh.
Adapting to the New Reality: Civically Engaged Universities in Partnership with Indigenous Peoples
Monday, October 26, 2020
9–10 am
Online EventJoin us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/83438786118?pwd=RmNYb3N0c1F1Um1LMkFxcG1FZzc1Zz09
Panelists:
Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.Panelists:
- Patricio Belloy, Centro de Emprendizaje at Universidad Austral de Chile (Chile)
- Uncle Ray Woods, Wiradjuri Council of Elders (Australia)
- Sue Green, Charles Sturt University (Australia)
- Maura Sullivan, Chumash Language Activist, PhD student in Linguistics, Tulane University (US)
- Nada Greku, CEU Roma Students Organizer, PhD Student, Central European University (Hungary)
To join via Zoom:
https://bard.zoom.us/j/83438786118?pwd=RmNYb3N0c1F1Um1LMkFxcG1FZzc1Zz09
Passcode: 160522
Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16465588656,,83438786118#,,,,,,0#,,160522# or +13017158592,,83438786118#,,,,,,0#,,160522#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 9128
Webinar ID: 834 3878 6118
Passcode: 160522
International numbers available: https://bard.zoom.us/u/kbvhJIYM4k
Passcode: 160522
Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16465588656,,83438786118#,,,,,,0#,,160522# or +13017158592,,83438786118#,,,,,,0#,,160522#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 9128
Webinar ID: 834 3878 6118
Passcode: 160522
International numbers available: https://bard.zoom.us/u/kbvhJIYM4k
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail info@opensocietyuniversitynetwork.org, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/83438786118?pwd=RmNYb3N0c1F1Um1LMkFxcG1FZzc1Zz09.
Monday Yoga with Julia
Monday, October 26, 2020
5:30–6:30 pm
Online EventThis is now a Zoom class. Join here:
https://zoom.us/j/93911581519?pwd=ak9QUzI5bEpxTE5oak5qem9SV0M3UT09Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, e-mail hooper@bard.edu, or visit https://zoom.us/j/93911581519?pwd=ak9QUzI5bEpxTE5oak5qem9SV0M3UT09.
Teaching and the Election: What to Expect, What We Can Do
Monday, October 26, 2020
5:30–6:45 pm
Please join us for a discussion of how our teaching in the weeks ahead might acknowledge, or even directly address, the 2020 elections. Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/82149173147Sponsored by: Center for Faculty and Curricular Development.For more information, call 718-440-2528, e-mail bchinsena@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/82149173147.
Juliana Huxtable '10 and Kimberly N. Foster
Part of the Race and Revolution Lecture Series
Monday, October 26, 2020
6–8 pm
Online EventThis will be an evening talk between the prolific Juliana Huxtable '10 and her special guest Kimberly Foster, founder and host of For Harriet. Together, they will be examining the residual effects of the recent George Floyd protests and exploring their own racial imaginary in order tease out a vision of the future.
Juliana Huxtable is an artist, writer, and dj/musician. Huxtable has exhibited and performed at a number of venues including Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Project Native Informant, Artists Space, the New Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, and the Musée d'Art Moderne. She is author of Mucus in My Pineal Gland and coauthor, with Hannah Black, of Life: A Novel. Her poetry and visual work were included in the 2015 Triennial at the New Museum. She is the recipient of the 2017 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant and is a 2019 United States Artist Fellow.
Kimberly Foster is a writer, cultural critic and founder and editor-in-chief of For Harriet, a multi-platform digital community for Black women, and Black Girls Gather, a national live event series.
Founded in 2010, For Harriet is a leading voice for Black women’s journalism and storytelling. Kimberly began For Harriet while she was an undergraduate at Harvard University.
The site has been featured in the New York Times, ESSENCE, and Forbes and Huffington Post. Kimberly has written for The Guardian, Newsweek, Quartz, and Fortune, and appeared on OWN, Huffpost Live, NPR, MSNBC, BET.com, and many local radio stations across the country commenting on culture and current events.
Kimberly's video commentaries on current events and feminism have been viewed million of times.
In 2016, she was named to Forbes Magazine's 30 under 30 list. In 2017 ESSENCE named her one of 50 founders to watch. In 2019, her video appeared on OWN’s “Black Women OWN the Conversation.” She has also been recognized as a leading voice online by Teen Vogue and Huffington Post.
Kimberly has been invited to give talks at dozens of universities across the country including keynotes at Cornell University, Boston College, and Emory University. She holds a degree in African American Studies.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Bard Debate Union: Weekly Practice
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
7–9 pm
Online EventInterested in learning more about debate at Bard or joining the team? Stop by our weekly debate practices! Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3nG6BzF Join us Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7pm to meet coaches, captains, and returning debaters and learn about all that we do!Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99933361405?pwd=ZWV4MmhSbU15M2p4eXd2VVdPU28zdz09.
Networking Workshop
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 – Wednesday, October 28, 2020
10–11 am
Online EventJoin us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/83528858905Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/83528858905.
The State of Affairs in Belarus and Kyrgyzstan
Victor Martinovich, Maksimas Milta, Saniya Toktogazieva
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
12–1 pm
Online EventJoin via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/81408091517?pwd=TWp4WWdiRjZ5bVUvenlKeERqdW1Edz09#success
- Victor Martinovich, Associate Professor, Academic Department of Humanities and Art, EHU
- Maksimas Milta, Head of the Communication and Development Unit, EHU
- Saniya Toktogazieva, Associate Professor, International and Business Law Department, AUCA
- Moderated by Jonathan Becker, OSUN Vice Chancellor and Executive Vice President, Bard College
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/81408091517?pwd=TWp4WWdiRjZ5bVUvenlKeERqdW1Edz09#success.
The Future of the Book, and of Libraries
A Two-Session Cyber Workshop with Paloma Celis Carbajal, Curator for Latin American, Iberian, and U.S. Latino Collections, at the NY Public Library (Session 2)
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
2–3 pm
Online EventSome five years ago, the New York Times reported that the book in print was far from dead, a plot twist to the numerous predictions that the 21st century would turn books into bytes only. However, the current pandemic could bring about another plot change given that most aspects of our lives have moved to the digital realm. We are all aware that the virtual plane is not equally accessible throughout the world. How are the current trends defining book production worldwide, but more specifically in Latin America? How does its past and present inform us as to where it's heading? What is the role that libraries play, especially if these institutions have, as one of their goals, to document and preserve the intellectual production of our cultures? In these two sessions we will try to explore these questions together. Open to the wide Bard community.
Zoom Details:
Event: "The Future of the Book, and of Libraries, with Paloma Celis Carbajal (NYPL)"
Tuesday October 20, from 12:30-1:30pm; and Tuesday, October 27, from 2-3pm.
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https://bard.zoom.us/j/97663579921. Meeting ID: 976 6357 9921.
Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; Experimental Humanities Program; LAIS Program.Zoom Details:
Event: "The Future of the Book, and of Libraries, with Paloma Celis Carbajal (NYPL)"
Tuesday October 20, from 12:30-1:30pm; and Tuesday, October 27, from 2-3pm.
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https://bard.zoom.us/j/97663579921. Meeting ID: 976 6357 9921.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail plopezga@bard.edu.
Research Break with the House Librarians
Research tips and tricks with the House Librarians.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
5–6 pm
Online EventJoin us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/86246936512?pwd=RjdoRVhmalQreWJYZHNJSnJCeW9iZz09
Not sure sure where to start on that research assignment? Join the House Librarians for drop-in research help on Zoom! We’ll spend the first 10 minutes reviewing specific skills. The rest of the hour is open for your questions! Drop in anytime during the hour. This week, Coulter House Librarian Shea Wert will be there to tell you all about interlibrary loan and help you with any other research dilemma or question you have. Complete schedule through Thanksgiving break below.
Tuesday, October 27
Make the Most of Interlibrary Loan Hosted by Shea Wert, Coulter House Librarian
Never pay to access a journal article again! Find out how to use our interlibrary loan system to request books, journal articles, book chapters & more.
Tuesday, November 3
ELECTION DAY! What’s your plan for voting? (No session this week! For research help, stop in to the virtual reference desk or request an appointment to meet with a librarian.)
Tuesday, November 10: Tips and tricks for searching effectively Hosted by Jeremy Hall, Yauch House Librarian
Having trouble finding information on your topic? Learn how to extract key words from your research topic and search more effectively.
Tuesday, November 17: Finding and accessing digital resources Hosted by Amber Billey, McKenzie House Librarian and Alexa Murphy, McWilliams House Librarian
Just in time for remote learning… Where should you look for journal articles on your topic or discipline? How do you find electronic books in our catalog? Find out how to go beyond the “search everything” box to find online resources on your topic.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/86246936512?pwd=RjdoRVhmalQreWJYZHNJSnJCeW9iZz09.
A Conversation with Marcus Roberts
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
6:30–7:30 pm
Online EventBard College is delighted to announce the appointment of jazz pianist and composer Marcus Roberts, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Music. Professor Whitney Slaten will host him in an interview, which is the beginning of a series of online masterclasses that Roberts will offer. This discussion will highlight features of Roberts work, as well as invite Roberts to address inquires from students across divisions of the College and the Conservatory.
Pianist/composer Marcus Roberts has been hailed “the genius of the modern piano." In 2014, the celebrated CBS News television show 60 Minutes profiled his life and work on a segment entitled “The Virtuoso.” The show traced Roberts’s life to date from his early roots in Jacksonville and at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind to his remarkable career as a modern jazz musician. In addition to his renown as a performer, Roberts is also an accomplished composer who has received numerous commissioning awards, including ones from Chamber Music America, Jazz at Lincoln Center, ASCAP, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Savannah Music Festival, which cocommissioned him to write his first piano concerto—Spirit of the Blues: Piano Concerto in C-Minor (2013). In 2016, Roberts premiered his second piano concerto (Rhapsody in D for Piano and Orchestra) at the Ozawa Music Festival in Matsumoto, Japan, which was commissioned by the Seiji Ozawa and the Saito Kinen Orchestra. Roberts is an associate professor of music at the School of Music at Florida State University. He holds an honorary Doctor of Music degree from The Juilliard School.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail wslaten@bard.edu.
Historical Studies Research Workshop
A two-part research workshop series for juniors who have moderated into Historical Studies.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
9–11 am
Online EventJoin us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/98981490993?pwd=TGpuSFd3NXA5dFJpL2ZTdHljU0owdz09
Stevenson Library is please to offer a workshop series on advanced history research skills for students who have moderated into the Historical Studies program or who are planning to do historical research for their senior projects.
Session 1: Introduction to History Research Skills
Wednesday, October 21, 9–11 am
In this workshop, students taking their major conference course will begin to develop research strategies and skills to prepare for their senior project. We will consider the types of sources used in historical research, practice navigating library resources to find academic and nonacademic resources, and discuss strategies for evaluating different types of sources.
Session 2: Finding Primary Sources Online
Wednesday, October 28, 9–11 am
This session will help students prepare to do archival research and work with primary sources. We’ll discuss different types of physical and digital archives, where to look for them, and how to navigate and understand their contents.
Zoom info:
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For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/98981490993?pwd=TGpuSFd3NXA5dFJpL2ZTdHljU0owdz09.
Networking Workshop
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 – Wednesday, October 28, 2020
10–11 am
Online EventJoin us via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/83528858905Sponsored by: Career Development Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/83528858905.
Virtual City Tour of St. Petersburg
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
10–11 am
Online EventTo join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/91015022273
In this virtual city tour of St. Petersburg, the second largest city of Russia, we will see the main sights that attract visitors from all over the world: Palace Square with the Hermitage Museum, Peter and Paul Fortress, Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theatre, Smolny Cathedral, etc. We will learn why St. Petersburg is called the Northern Venice, what went wrong when Nevsky prospect was constructed, and why the fist museum had to attract its visitors with cakes and vodka.Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail caclark@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91015022273.
A Puerto Rican They Didn’t Expect
Richard Kearns
Poet, Freelance Writer, and Musician
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
2–3:20 pm
Online EventRick Kearns is a poet, freelance writer, and musician of Boricua (Puerto Rican) and European heritage from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was named Poet Laureate of Harrisburg in January 2014. His poems have appeared in over 80 journals, including the Massachusetts Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Patterson Review, Yellow Medicine Review, Letras (lit review of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, NYC), and Chicago Review. Kearns’s poems are also in two books, five national anthologies, two international anthologies, and seven chapbooks. Several of his poems have been translated into Spanish and Portuguese.
Kearns has given readings throughout the United States since 1992, including at the Nuyorican Poets Café in Manhattan and Capicu in Brooklyn. His poetry is also featured in the CD The Moon Rides a Black Horse, combining his poetry and jazz performed by the Con Alma Quartet (with whom he collaborated between 2010 and 2014).
YouTube Channel
Reading for Poetry 2 + 1, Clark Forum for Contemporary Issues, Dickinson College
THE ZOOM LINK IS HERE.
Topic: Contemporary Latinx Poetry (F20)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 988 8436 4041 Passcode: 3l736jSponsored by: Literature Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail jburns@bard.edu.
The Self and the Soul: A Conversation with Dinaw Mengestu
Recording will be shared Wednesday, October 28
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
4:45–6:30 pm
Online EventIn the second of three panel conversations around the texts and ideas of First-Year Seminar, first-year students and faculty will speak with Dinaw Mengestu, the highly acclaimed Ethiopian-American novelist and journalist who directs Bard’s Written Arts program. Using Dante’s Inferno as our touchstone text, this student/faculty panel will discuss how and why Mengestu is inspired to create (in the words of the New York Times Book Review of his third novel, All Our Names), “disruptive, disturbing stories exploring the puzzles of identity, place, and human connection.”
About our panelist: Dinaw Mengestu is professor of written arts and director of the Written Arts Program at Bard College. He is the author of three novels, all of which were named New York Times Notable Books: All Our Names (Knopf, 2014), How to Read the Air (Riverhead, 2010), and The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (Riverhead, 2007). A native of Ethiopia who came with his family to the United States at the age of two, Mengestu is also a freelance journalist who has reported about life in Darfur, northern Uganda, and eastern Congo. His articles and fiction have appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Harper’s, Granta, Jane, and Rolling Stone. He is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow and recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction, National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award, Guardian First Book Award, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize, among other honors. He was also included in the New Yorker’s “20 under 40” list in 2010.
Sponsored by: First-Year Seminar.About our panelist: Dinaw Mengestu is professor of written arts and director of the Written Arts Program at Bard College. He is the author of three novels, all of which were named New York Times Notable Books: All Our Names (Knopf, 2014), How to Read the Air (Riverhead, 2010), and The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (Riverhead, 2007). A native of Ethiopia who came with his family to the United States at the age of two, Mengestu is also a freelance journalist who has reported about life in Darfur, northern Uganda, and eastern Congo. His articles and fiction have appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Harper’s, Granta, Jane, and Rolling Stone. He is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow and recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction, National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award, Guardian First Book Award, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize, among other honors. He was also included in the New Yorker’s “20 under 40” list in 2010.
For more information, call 845-758-7514, or e-mail fysem@bard.edu.
Wednesday Yoga with Barbara
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
5:30–6:30 pm
Online EventThis is now a Zoom class. Join here: https://zoom.us/j/97443146502?pwd=cmlKd2l1ZnEzWWVPekllWFhqUkZRQT09Sponsored by: Bard Athletics.
For more information, call 845-758-7531, e-mail hooper@bard.edu, or visit https://zoom.us/j/97443146502?pwd=cmlKd2l1ZnEzWWVPekllWFhqUkZRQT09.
Re-Imagining the World As We Know It
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
6–7:15 pm
Online EventA series on discourse and dialogue surrounding social justice topics of today with the goal of educating and providing tools for our students, staff, and faculty to effectively re-imagine inclusive spaces, and promote an environment for unlearning, learning, and healing for the Bard community.
Zoom credentials:
Webinar ID: 870 4821 3825
Passcode: 830848Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Dean of Student Affairs; Gender Equity/Title XI, The President's Office, Bard Athletics; Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail adunn@bard.edu.
Bard Bookworms Meeting
A space to chat informally about books and reading.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
7:30–8:30 pm
https://bard.zoom.us/j/99459409079?pwd=SEtuT3E0RTM1OGd4K0h0UzE0cmFzUT09Are you looking for a way to connect with others during this socially distanced time? Do you love to talk about books and reading, but don’t have time for a lot of extra leisure reading during the semester? Consider joining the Bard Bookworms! We are an informal discussion group that meets biweekly on Zoom to chat about all things books and reading. No reading or preparation required and open to all Bard students, staff and faculty. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail amurphy@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/library.
French Table On Zoom
Thursday, October 29, 2020
12:30–1:30 pm
Online EventPlease join us weekly for an hour of conversation in French, now on Zoom! Join meeting: https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09
French-speaking students and professors gather to share about their week, experiences, and culture. Everyone is more than welcome to join in--stay for as long as you'd like.
Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761
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Meeting ID: 917 8648 2761Sponsored by: Division of Languages and Literature; French Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/91786482761?pwd=MDdndmllLzM1ZnhxZDRieWl4Z1BXZz09.
Bard Farm Stand
Thursday, October 29, 2020
1–5 pm
Annandale HousePlease come join us at the Kline Bus Stop in front of New Annandale House for our summer farm stand. We are at the intersection of Annandale Rd and Woods Ave. We accept cash and credit card payments and will be accepting online preorders for contactless pickup at our farm stand beginning the week of June 15.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ryoshino@bard.edu.
Buddhist Meditation Group
Thursday, October 29, 2020
6–8 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ASponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Fitness Forums
Thursday, October 29, 2020
3–4 pm
Online EventStop by this public virtual fitness space to ask the Community Fitness Coordinator anything fitness related, report in your fitness accomplishments and goals, connect with other fitness peeps, and more!
Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96661564418?pwd=NHVLdWxnMU9OSWpxaEtjaGRXd1Nodz09Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 504-355-6033, e-mail fitness@bard.edu, or visit https://zoom.us/j/96661564418?pwd=NHVLdWxnMU9OSWpxaEtjaGRXd1Nodz09.
Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
Thursday, October 29, 2020
12–5 pm
CCS GalleriesThe Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
The 2020 U.S. Election Series: Elections in the Information Age: Polls, Ballots, Media and Meddling
Mark Steitz in conversation with Walter Russell Mead
Thursday, October 29, 2020
12–1 pm
Online12-1pm NY | 6-7pm Vienna
Mark Steitz, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs and senior principal at TSD Communications, will join Walter Russell Mead to discuss current polling data for the 2020 election. Looking beyond horse race politics, they will consider what the information teaches us about American society as it exists today.
Zoom info: https://bard.zoom.us/j/85215800019?pwd=b0lzRHR4SGMwN3NmSnFFMGtFVFl4Zz09
Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.Mark Steitz, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs and senior principal at TSD Communications, will join Walter Russell Mead to discuss current polling data for the 2020 election. Looking beyond horse race politics, they will consider what the information teaches us about American society as it exists today.
Zoom info: https://bard.zoom.us/j/85215800019?pwd=b0lzRHR4SGMwN3NmSnFFMGtFVFl4Zz09
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Rev. Jacqui Lewis and Kenyon Adams
Part of the Race and Revolution Lecture Series
Thursday, October 29, 2020
6–8 pm
Online EventJacqui Lewis is Senior Minister of Middle Collegiate Church, a multi-everything congregation in the East Village, NYC.
Kenyon Victor Adams is a multidisciplinary artist and curator. His recent work explores the notion of fractured epistemologies, and seeks to reclaim or expand various ways of knowing through integrative artistic practices. Kenyon has contributed art and thought leadership at Yale School of Drama, Yale ISM Poetry Conference, Live IdeasFestival, the Langston Hughes Project, the National Arts Policy Roundtable, and the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College. He studied Religion and Literature at Yale Divinity School, and Theology of Contemporary Performance at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Kenyon served as Artist in Residence at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music for the 2015–16 academic year. His multi-media performance works have addressed issues of legibility, race, and American memory. Currently in production through New York Live Arts, Prayers of the People, directed by Bill T. Jones, is a performance work responding to the writings of Martin Luther King Jr. Kenyon is the Founding Arts Initiative Director at Grace Farms and the SANAA-designed River Building in New Canaan, Conn.For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Black Lives Matter in a Global Perspective
Thursday, October 29, 2020
6:30–7:30 pm
Online EventPanel discussion on the local and global dimensions of the Black Lives Matter movement. Part of the Making of Citizens Common Course program. Access via: https://bard.zoom.us/j/82319951006?pwd=bVBMalZ0SWJMOUxCS1MvTU1ycGErZz09Sponsored by: Dean of the College.
For more information, call 607-280-4754, e-mail sgilhool@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/82319951006?pwd=bVBMalZ0SWJMOUxCS1MvTU1ycGErZz09.
The Philosophy Salon
Friday, October 30, 2020
12–1:30 pm
Online EventZoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09
The Philosophy Salon—a new initiative to promote community among students, faculty, and staff interested in philosophy—takes place every Friday from noon to 1:30pm on Zoom. Salon events include: faculty speakers from inside and outside Bard, information sessions, conversations with alumni/ae, and informal philosophical discussions. To be added to the Salon email list, contact Kathryn Tabb at ktabb@bard.edu or Ruth Zisman at zisman@bard.edu.
Salon schedule:
September 11: Welcome and Introductions
September 18: Club of Philosophy: Jay Elliott, “Could It Be Worth Thinking About Aristotle on Slavery?”
September 25: Alumni Speaker Event: Ian Olasov
October 2: Speaker Series: Dana Miranda, "The Riot of Disorder"
October 9: Moderation Info Session
October 16: Work in Progress with Marina Van Zuylen
October 23: Work in Progress with Nora Ben Hammed
October 30: Halloween with Thomas Bartscherer: “All That Is Deep Loves the Mask"
November 6: Politics and Change with Chiara Ricciardone
November 13: Speaker Series: Krisanna Scheiter
November 20: Speaker Series: Rosemarie Garland Thompson
December 4: Friendly Philosopher’s Club: A workshop on giving and receiving feedback
December 11: What Is Philosophy? A discussion for the curiousSponsored by: Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4512, e-mail zisman@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94775040518?pwd=SzJlZDNPcXZKY0tjS21YZlEzRUNzdz09.
Shut Up and SPROJ!
Friday, October 30, 2020
2–3:30 pm
Online EventJoin us on Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Start showing up for your SPROJ! I’ll be hosting a Zoom room from 2:00 to 3:30 pm every Monday and Friday afternoon where you can work quietly on your project in the virtual presence of your peers. We’ll check in with each other at the beginning and end of the session; in between we’ll mute ourselves and turn off our cameras.
“Work” means anything that pushes your project forward—like making to-do lists, freewriting, composing emails to professors, taking notes on sources, researching. Whatever helps.
Not sure how to get started on your SPROJ? Not to worry. As the associate director for library writing support, I will be happy to meet with you in a breakout room to listen to your ideas and offer guidance.Sponsored by: Libraries at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-7892, e-mail jesmith@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94131442602.
Muslim Friday Prayers
Friday, October 30, 2020
2–3 pm
Online EventJoin the MSO at 2 pm on Fridays for jum'ah prayers (online) with guest speakers and Chaplain Nora Zaki. All are welcome! Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/82437819314?pwd=RE52cjg4Q2VjTGZ0SFNUamtGbXF1Zz09Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/82437819314?pwd=RE52cjg4Q2VjTGZ0SFNUamtGbXF1Zz09.
COVID Isolation Support
Facilitated by Peer Health and BRAVE
Friday, October 30, 2020
7–8 pm
Online EventConnect and share strategies for getting through COVID. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
Friday, October 30, 2020
12–5 pm
CCS GalleriesThe Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
The Four Quartets Experience
Friday, October 30, 2020 – Sunday, November 1, 2020
Online Event"The greatest creation of dance theater so far this century.”—The New York Times
The pandemic has postponed future engagements for now, and so we offer audiences around the world the chance to experience Four Quartets from home.You have the option of streaming the 2018 World Premiere of Four Quartets, or, dive deeper with the All-Access Special Event on October 30, which includes exclusive, early access, live content (details below).
1. Four Quartets: 2018 World Premiere
Streaming to the general public October 31–November 1This ravishing union of dance, music, painting, and poetry is a vast and thrilling performance that has gained admiration from audiences at the Fisher Center, in London, and in Los Angeles.
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2. All-Access Special Event: There the Dance Is (In the steps of Pam Tanowitz’s Four Quartets) Film Premiere
Friday, October 30 at 7 pm EDTWhat is it like to dance Four Quartets? Join us for a rare opportunity to experience this epic performance from the other side of the curtain—through conversations with Kathleen Chalfant, Pam Tanowitz, and the dancers of the company. Filmed remotely over the summer of 2020, There the Dance Is, leads us on a journey of reflection and revelation.
The virtual premiere of There the Dance Is will be preceded by a livestream conversation between Tanowitz and former New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay.
This exclusive experience includes:
- A live-streamed conversation between Pam Tanowitz and Alastair Macaulay
- A virtual toast with the company
- A screening of There the Dance Is
- Advance access to the Four Quartets stream
- Advance access to the new Four Quartets audiobook featuring Kathleen Chalfant
PURCHASE • ALL-ACCESS
Sponsored by: Fisher Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/four-quartets-experience.
Webinar and Information Session: Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy
Friday, October 30, 2020
10–11:30 am
Online EventThe current pandemic has disrupted economic activity and expectations. Join Jan Kregel, Director, Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy for an informal talk on how the programs will prepare you to analyze the economic outlook postpandemic. We will also answer your questions about admission requirements, financial aid, and more. Registration is required: https://connect.bard.edu/register/oct30Sponsored by: Levy Economics Institute; Levy Graduate Programs.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail levygrad@bard.edu, or visit https://connect.bard.edu/register/oct30.
History of Physics
Joe Martin, Durham University
Friday, October 30, 2020
12–1 pm
Online EventJoin via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/94181247545?pwd=YmpzREM5V2hweHk2Mlo0cUNGNCsyUT09Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4391, e-mail akontos@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/94181247545?pwd=YmpzREM5V2hweHk2Mlo0cUNGNCsyUT09.
The Impact of a Biden or Trump Victory on Russia
Friday, October 30, 2020
12–1 pm
Online EventTo join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/88404304127
Join Professor Alexander Kubyshkin from the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Smolny College) of St. Petersburg University to discuss what the upcoming presidential elections mean for Russia. Professor Kubyshkin will focus on the official policies proposed by each candidate and their importance for the development of mutual cooperation between Russia and the United States in the future. A brief prognosis will be provided for relations following the elections. At Smolny College, Professor Kubyshkin teaches Introduction to American Civilization, History and Political Thought of the USA, History of International Relations, and The Cold War. He is the author of more than 160 publications and regularly provides political commentary on Russian radio.Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail caclark@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/88404304127.
Towards Communal Media: A Conversation with Yazan Khalili
Friday, October 30, 2020
2–4 pm
Online EventJoin via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89352702820?pwd=czdSa0M4bDRFSWo0K243d0pRd3VaUT09
Yazan Khalili will talk about “the total work of the cultural institution,” a concept developed during his time at Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre, asking how we can practice critique through the structures of the cultural production. He will also discuss Radio Alhara, the online communal radio that was established in Palestine at the beginning of the lockdown, and functions as an open platform for sharing sound in all its formats. He will think with us about communal media and collective practices, how to establish cultural structures, and infiltrate others.
Yazan Khalili lives and works in and out of Palestine. He is an architect, artist, and cultural producer. His works have been exhibited in several major exhibitions, including KW (Berlin, 2020), MoCA (Toronto, 2020), New Photography (MoMA, 2018), and Shanghai Biennial (2016). Khalili was the director of Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre between 2015 and 2019. He is one of the founders of Radio Alhara, Palestine. Currently, he is the cochair of the photography division of the MFA program at Bard College, a PhD candidate at Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam, and a guest researcher at the Rijksakademie.
Read more by Yazan Khalili in English here:
and in Arabic here:
This event is cosponsored by the Human Rights Project.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 893 5270 2820
Passcode: Db8Q96
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail dramadan@bard.edu, or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89352702820?pwd=czdSa0M4bDRFSWo0K243d0pRd3VaUT09.
Faculty Recital: Molly Carr, viola
American Visionaries: Works by Amy Beach, Beyonce, George Gershwin, Fernando Lascurain, and Florence Price
Friday, October 30, 2020
7–9 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingPraised for her “intoxicating” (New York Times) and “ravishing” (STRAD) performances of “silken finesse with gritty vibrancy” (Gramophone), violist Molly Carr enjoys a diverse musical career as recitalist, chamber musician, educator, and artistic director. She has been the recipient of numerous national and international prizes and awards, including the Primrose International Viola Competition, Chamber Music America, ProMusicis Foundation, Davidson Institute, Virtu Foundation, MAW Alumni Enterprise Awards, ASTA, and ARTS, among many others. Her performances have taken her across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and have been broadcast on CBS's Live from Lincoln Center, Good Morning America, and National Public Radio in the United States, as well as on Canadian, Bulgarian, Israeli, and Hungarian National Television and Radio. In October 2018, Ms. Carr was honored at the United Nations for her work with refugees around the globe through the Carr-Petrova Duo’s Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project; she was also chosen as one of America's leading “Creative Women”—subsequently appearing on the Sandi Klein show Conversations with Creative Women.
This recital will be prerecorded and streamed on October 30, 2020, at 7pm. We hope that you will join us. The program is attached.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Bard After Dark Presents: Halloween Movie Marathon
Friday, October 30, 2020
8–11:55 pm
Online EventGrab some popcorn and candy because Bard After Dark is hosting a scary movie marathon to get everyone ready for Halloween! Fill out this form to choose the movie(s)you want to watch and to get some Halloween treats delivered right to your mailbox: https://forms.gle/6MY2M77UD9f9254W8
Zoom Meeting ID: 991 8966 6103 Password: BAD2020Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-7096, e-mail studentactivities@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/99189666103?pwd=Z2gxc2pNaW9xRzhhTjNKZkh5ZVNRUT09.
Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
Saturday, October 31, 2020
12–5 pm
CCS GalleriesThe Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), will present Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere, opening October 17, 2020, a focused look at key ideas, preoccupations, and methods in the work of artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Hopinka (born 1984 in Ferndale, Washington) is recognized for video work that centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and that explores language as a container of culture.
Centers of Somewhere will present a newly commissioned multichannel work, Here you are before the trees (2020), that will explore Indigenous histories of the Hudson Valley as they are connected to other regions in the United States. Centers of Somewhere will also present a selection of recent videos and photography, including a new series of 16 photographs entitled Breathings (2020) that were shot throughout the United States in 2020, and several short video works by Hopinka, including Dislocation Blues (2017), Jáaji Approx (2015), and I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016).
Visitor information available here: https://ccs.bard.edu/visit/reservationsSponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/560-sky-hopinka-centers-of-somewhere.
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Support Group
Saturday, October 31, 2020
7–8 pm
Online EventShare challenges and strengths and practice healing strategies. Email wellness@bard.edu for Zoom links.Sponsored by: Health and Counseling.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail wellness@bard.edu, or visit https://hcw.bard.edu/wellness/peer-educators/.
The Four Quartets Experience
Friday, October 30, 2020 – Sunday, November 1, 2020
Online Event"The greatest creation of dance theater so far this century.”—The New York Times
The pandemic has postponed future engagements for now, and so we offer audiences around the world the chance to experience Four Quartets from home.You have the option of streaming the 2018 World Premiere of Four Quartets, or, dive deeper with the All-Access Special Event on October 30, which includes exclusive, early access, live content (details below).
1. Four Quartets: 2018 World Premiere
Streaming to the general public October 31–November 1This ravishing union of dance, music, painting, and poetry is a vast and thrilling performance that has gained admiration from audiences at the Fisher Center, in London, and in Los Angeles.
PURCHASE • FOUR QUARTETS
2. All-Access Special Event: There the Dance Is (In the steps of Pam Tanowitz’s Four Quartets) Film Premiere
Friday, October 30 at 7 pm EDTWhat is it like to dance Four Quartets? Join us for a rare opportunity to experience this epic performance from the other side of the curtain—through conversations with Kathleen Chalfant, Pam Tanowitz, and the dancers of the company. Filmed remotely over the summer of 2020, There the Dance Is, leads us on a journey of reflection and revelation.
The virtual premiere of There the Dance Is will be preceded by a livestream conversation between Tanowitz and former New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay.
This exclusive experience includes:
- A live-streamed conversation between Pam Tanowitz and Alastair Macaulay
- A virtual toast with the company
- A screening of There the Dance Is
- Advance access to the Four Quartets stream
- Advance access to the new Four Quartets audiobook featuring Kathleen Chalfant
PURCHASE • ALL-ACCESS
Sponsored by: Fisher Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/four-quartets-experience.
Global Engagement Fellows Project Leadership Workshop
Saturday, October 31, 2020
9–10:30 am
Online Event; https://zoom.us/j/96781475618?pwd=S2RCL3Zzdm4zd3FrVXBGc1VwRnPlease join the OSUN Global Engagement Fellows for their second monthly civic workshop which will focus on civic Project Leadership.
Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail zarsarmast@gmail.com, or visit https://cce.bard.edu/international/global-engagement/.
Bard Bookworms: International Edition
Saturday, October 31, 2020
11 am – 12 pm
Online EventTo fill out the interest form: https://forms.gle/n3yaH2BAZjgAAfZH9
Join Bard Abroad for a special ~Halloween~ of Bard Bookworms: International Edition! We will be sharing eerie tales from around the world. Attendees are also welcome to discuss anything they have been reading from around the world.
For Bard Abroad's eerie book suggestions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11jMAqg_rKatfdJDMQnPm3mkAwjXRzAS-Q3D7isimxo4/edit?usp=sharing
To join via Zoom:
https://bard.zoom.us/j/86931622552?pwd=RXZQVUhERUpHdnBJbTdzS3Z2SThUQT09
Meeting ID: 869 3162 2552
Passcode: 942980
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members throughout the Open Society University Network and Bard International Network Partners are welcomed to join. To sign up for our email alerts: https://forms.gle/n3yaH2BAZjgAAfZH9
Questions? Contact Emily Levine at el4069@bard.edu or Lauren Cooke at lcooke@bard.edu
Also-- check out Bard Bookworms which meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM EDT! For information contact Alexa Murphy at amurphy@bard.edu.Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail lcooke@bard.edu, or visit https://forms.gle/n3yaH2BAZjgAAfZH9.
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Sunday, October 25, 2020
- 12–5 pm Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
- 3 pm The Making of Mad Forest
- 3–4 pm Bard Chapel Service (Virtual)
- 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program One - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Three - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Four - 7–8 pm LGBTQ+ Student Support Group
- Virtual Family & Alumni/ae Weekend
- Amor Mundi and the Virtual Reading Group
- Fisher Center Artists
- Our World: The Past Reflected in the Present
- Live Arts Bard: Commissions and Residencies
- Live Arts Bard Biennial
- Together, Apart
- Daniel Fish and the Fisher Center
- Oresteia
- Euryanthe
- The Wreckers
- Spiegeltent From Home
- Mexican Modernists
- French Romanticism
- Demon
- The Miracle of Heliane
- Composer in Focus: Richard Strauss
- Dimitrij
- Meshell Ndegeocello
Chapter & Verse:
The Gospel of James Baldwin - Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Two - Bard College Conservatory of Music
- ELAS Network Development Grant Application
- Fall Sculpture Exhibit: Inside Out
- Iris
Monday, October 26, 2020
- 9–10 am Adapting to the New Reality: Civically Engaged Universities in Partnership with Indigenous Peoples
- 2–3:30 pm Shut Up and SPROJ!
- 3 pm The Making of Mad Forest
- 4–5 pm SPROJ Clinic
- 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program One - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Three - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Four - 5:30–6:30 pm Monday Yoga with Julia
- 5:30–6:45 pm Teaching and the Election: What to Expect, What We Can Do
- 6–8 pm Buddhist Meditation Group
- 6–8 pm Juliana Huxtable '10 and Kimberly N. Foster
- 6:30–7:30 pm Biweekly Gatherings for Muslim Student Organization (MSO)
- Amor Mundi and the Virtual Reading Group
- Fisher Center Artists
- Our World: The Past Reflected in the Present
- Live Arts Bard: Commissions and Residencies
- Live Arts Bard Biennial
- Together, Apart
- Daniel Fish and the Fisher Center
- Oresteia
- Euryanthe
- The Wreckers
- Spiegeltent From Home
- Mexican Modernists
- French Romanticism
- Demon
- The Miracle of Heliane
- Composer in Focus: Richard Strauss
- Dimitrij
- Meshell Ndegeocello
Chapter & Verse:
The Gospel of James Baldwin - Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Two - ELAS Network Development Grant Application
- Fall Sculpture Exhibit: Inside Out
- Iris
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
- 10–11 am Networking Workshop
- 12–1 pm The State of Affairs in Belarus and Kyrgyzstan
- 2–3 pm The Future of the Book, and of Libraries
- 3 pm The Making of Mad Forest
- 5–6 pm Research Break with the House Librarians
- 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program One - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Three - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Four - 6:30–7:30 pm A Conversation with Marcus Roberts
- 7–9 pm Bard Debate Union: Weekly Practice
- Amor Mundi and the Virtual Reading Group
- Fisher Center Artists
- Our World: The Past Reflected in the Present
- Live Arts Bard: Commissions and Residencies
- Live Arts Bard Biennial
- Together, Apart
- Daniel Fish and the Fisher Center
- Oresteia
- Euryanthe
- The Wreckers
- Spiegeltent From Home
- Mexican Modernists
- French Romanticism
- Demon
- The Miracle of Heliane
- Composer in Focus: Richard Strauss
- Dimitrij
- Meshell Ndegeocello
Chapter & Verse:
The Gospel of James Baldwin - Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Two - ELAS Network Development Grant Application
- Fall Sculpture Exhibit: Inside Out
- Iris
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
- 9–11 am Historical Studies Research Workshop
- 10–11 am Networking Workshop
- 10–11 am Virtual City Tour of St. Petersburg
- 2–3:20 pm A Puerto Rican They Didn’t Expect
- 3 pm The Making of Mad Forest
- 4:45–6:30 pm The Self and the Soul: A Conversation with Dinaw Mengestu
- 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program One - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Three - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Four - 5:30–6:30 pm Wednesday Yoga with Barbara
- 6–7:15 pm Re-Imagining the World As We Know It
- 7:30–8:30 pm Bard Bookworms Meeting
- Amor Mundi and the Virtual Reading Group
- Fisher Center Artists
- Our World: The Past Reflected in the Present
- Live Arts Bard: Commissions and Residencies
- Live Arts Bard Biennial
- Together, Apart
- Daniel Fish and the Fisher Center
- Oresteia
- Euryanthe
- The Wreckers
- Spiegeltent From Home
- Mexican Modernists
- French Romanticism
- Demon
- The Miracle of Heliane
- Composer in Focus: Richard Strauss
- Dimitrij
- Meshell Ndegeocello
Chapter & Verse:
The Gospel of James Baldwin - Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Two - ELAS Network Development Grant Application
- Fall Sculpture Exhibit: Inside Out
- Iris
Thursday, October 29, 2020
- 12–5 pm Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
- 12–1 pm The 2020 U.S. Election Series: Elections in the Information Age: Polls, Ballots, Media and Meddling
- 12:30–1:30 pm French Table On Zoom
- 1–5 pm Bard Farm Stand
- 3 pm The Making of Mad Forest
- 3–4 pm Fitness Forums
- 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program One - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Three - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Four - 6–8 pm Buddhist Meditation Group
- 6–8 pm Rev. Jacqui Lewis and Kenyon Adams
- 6:30–7:30 pm Black Lives Matter in a Global Perspective
- Amor Mundi and the Virtual Reading Group
- Fisher Center Artists
- Our World: The Past Reflected in the Present
- Live Arts Bard: Commissions and Residencies
- Live Arts Bard Biennial
- Together, Apart
- Daniel Fish and the Fisher Center
- Oresteia
- Euryanthe
- The Wreckers
- Spiegeltent From Home
- Mexican Modernists
- French Romanticism
- Demon
- The Miracle of Heliane
- Composer in Focus: Richard Strauss
- Dimitrij
- Meshell Ndegeocello
Chapter & Verse:
The Gospel of James Baldwin - Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Two - ELAS Network Development Grant Application
- Fall Sculpture Exhibit: Inside Out
- Iris
Friday, October 30, 2020
- 10–11:30 am Webinar and Information Session: Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy
- 12–1:30 pm The Philosophy Salon
- 12–5 pm Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
- 12–1 pm History of Physics
- 12–1 pm The Impact of a Biden or Trump Victory on Russia
- 2–3:30 pm Shut Up and SPROJ!
- 2–3 pm Muslim Friday Prayers
- 2–4 pm Towards Communal Media: A Conversation with Yazan Khalili
- 3 pm The Making of Mad Forest
- 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program One - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Three - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Four - 7–9 pm Faculty Recital: Molly Carr, viola
- 7–8 pm COVID Isolation Support
- 8–11:55 pm Bard After Dark Presents: Halloween Movie Marathon
- Amor Mundi and the Virtual Reading Group
- Fisher Center Artists
- Our World: The Past Reflected in the Present
- Live Arts Bard: Commissions and Residencies
- Live Arts Bard Biennial
- Together, Apart
- Daniel Fish and the Fisher Center
- Oresteia
- Euryanthe
- The Wreckers
- Spiegeltent From Home
- Mexican Modernists
- French Romanticism
- Demon
- The Miracle of Heliane
- Composer in Focus: Richard Strauss
- Dimitrij
- Meshell Ndegeocello
Chapter & Verse:
The Gospel of James Baldwin - Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Two - The Four Quartets Experience
- ELAS Network Development Grant Application
- Fall Sculpture Exhibit: Inside Out
- Iris
Saturday, October 31, 2020
- 9–10:30 am Global Engagement Fellows Project Leadership Workshop
- 11 am – 12 pm Bard Bookworms: International Edition
- 12–5 pm Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere
- 3 pm The Making of Mad Forest
- 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program One - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Three - 5:30 pm Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Four - 7–8 pm Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Support Group
- Amor Mundi and the Virtual Reading Group
- Fisher Center Artists
- Our World: The Past Reflected in the Present
- Live Arts Bard: Commissions and Residencies
- Live Arts Bard Biennial
- Together, Apart
- Daniel Fish and the Fisher Center
- Oresteia
- Euryanthe
- The Wreckers
- Spiegeltent From Home
- Mexican Modernists
- French Romanticism
- Demon
- The Miracle of Heliane
- Composer in Focus: Richard Strauss
- Dimitrij
- Meshell Ndegeocello
Chapter & Verse:
The Gospel of James Baldwin - Out of the Silence:
A Celebration of Music
Program Two - The Four Quartets Experience
- ELAS Network Development Grant Application
- Fall Sculpture Exhibit: Inside Out
- Iris