The Bard Prison Initiative and the Future of the Liberal Arts

What differences do freedom, and unfreedom, make for the pursuit of a college education? What can incarcerated students teach their non-incarcerated peers about what it means to be a serious undergraduate thinker, writer, and scholar? How should students of the humanities reimagine their work in an era of mass incarceration? Begun in 1999 by then-Bard student Max Kenner, the Bard Prison Initiative is the largest program of its kind in the United States. BPI enrolls nearly 300 incarcerated men and women across a full spectrum of academic disciplines and offers over 70 courses each semester. To date, there are nearly 450 Bard College alumni who have received degrees through BPI. This panel will feature four distinguished BPI graduates reflecting on their experiences as incarcerated liberal arts students.

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For more information, call 845-758-7097, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium

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