Blithewood Please join us on October 1 for the opening reception of To Be—Named: Palestine. Curated by Vivien Sansour, this online exhibition, Asameena / اسامينا, features artists and filmmakers based both in Palestine and the Palestine Diaspora. The opening will also include a short screening of several artists in conversation with each other. To Be—Named: Palestine was in collaboration with the Humanities and Practicing Arts Division at Al-Quds Bard College (AQB) in Palestine. Refreshments from Ziatün provided!
Artists include: Laura Menchaca Ruiz and Khader H. Handal, Saida Hamad, Ayed Arafah, Samar Hazboun, Bisan Abueisha, Raneem Ayyad, Shada Safadi. Assistant Curator: Melina Roise.
As a multi-site, multidisciplinary exhibition, To Be—Named reflects upon how names are created and used to shape, reshape, and sometimes mis-shape, our worlds, and identities.
The To Be—Named project is a partnership between the OSUN funded Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network, the Recovering Voices program at the Smithsonian Institution and the European Union funded CoLing project. Sponsored by: Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network.
ANOTHER SURREALISM: The Translated Poems of Joyce Mansour and Meret Oppenheim
A Reading and Conversation with Translators C. Francis Fisher and Kathleen Heil, moderated by Prof. Éric Trudel
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 6–7:30 pm
Olin Humanities, Room 202 C. Francis Fisher is the translator of Joyce Mansour’s In the Glittering Maw: Selected Poems (World Poetry, 2024); Kathleen Heil is the translator of Meret Oppenheim’s The Loveliest Vowel Empties (World Poetry, 2022). Joyce Mansour (1928-1986) and Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985) were arguably two of the most important female surrealist figures of the 20th century. Fisher and Heil will be in conversation about their translations on Tuesday, October 1.
About the translators:
C. Francis Fisher is a poet and translator who received her MFA in poetry from Columbia University. Her work has appeared in The Yale Review, The Brooklyn Rail, and The Los Angeles Review of Books, among others. She has been supported by scholarships from Breadloaf Writers Conference, Brooklyn Poets, and the Vermont Studio Center. Her first book of translations, In the Glittering Maw: Selected Poems of Joyce Mansour, appeared with World Poetry May ’24.
Kathleen Heil is an artist whose practice encompasses dance/performance and the writing and translating of poetry and prose. She is the author of the poetry collection You Can Have It All, forthcoming with Moist Books November 2024, and the translator of The Loveliest Vowel Empties, Meret Oppenheim’s collected poems (World Poetry, 2023). Her literary translations appear in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Threepenny Review, and other journals. Originally from New Orleans, she lives and works in Berlin.Sponsored by: Bard Translation and Translatability Initiative, French Studies, German Studies, Italian Studies, and Literature programs.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Film Screening: Unlearning Imperial Plunder (I & II) by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 7–9 pm
Preston Theater Unlearning Imperial Plunder I Un-Documented is a film essay on the strong connection between the plundered objects in European museums and the calls of asylum seekers trying to enter the countries of their former European colonizers. The film treats these two subjects as ones of twinned migrations. The rights of the “undocumented” are inscribed in the plundered objects themselves: colonizers stole not just statues, but rights inscribed in objects. Yet, the statues still live—and can be reclaimed with the rights inscribed in them renewed.
Unlearning Imperial Plunder II The world like a jewel in the hand travels over open books, looted objects, and postcards to look for the imperial foundations of the world in which we live. Instead of accepting the verdict and treating these documents as sealed or objects as pieces of art and relics of “history,” the film presents them as invitations to resistance, reinterpretation, and reclamation of a world deemed “lost.” Narrated in the first person, the film refuses to succumb to imperial histories while focusing on the destruction of the Jewish Muslim world that existed in North Africa.
Join us at the Preston Theater for this film screening.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts; Human Rights Program; Human Rights Project.
For more information, call 518-495-9694, or e-mail [email protected].
Konzerthaus Berlin, Werner-Otto Saal (Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin-Mitte) Together with the Curtis Institute of Music, Bard College Berlin is pleased to host Curtis on Tour on October 1, 2024. Please register here.
The Erinys Quartet was formed by an international group of musicians in Finland. With roots in Estonia, Lithuania, Finland, Greece, and the United States, these four musicians have found common ground together in Helsinki. The acclaimed Erinys Quartet is the fellowship quartet in residence in the Nina von Maltzahn String Quartet program at Curtis. The emerging professional quartet was formed at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and began its highly anticipated two-year residency at Curtis in the fall of 2023.
Curtis on Tour is the Nina von Maltzahn global touring initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music. Grounded in the school’s “learn by doing” philosophy, tours feature extraordinary emerging artists alongside celebrated alumni and faculty. In addition to performances, musicians offer master classes, educational programs, and community engagement activities while on tour. Curtis on Tour also manages solo engagements for Curtis artists with professional orchestras and presenters. Since the program was established in 2008, Curtis on Tour ensembles have performed more than 375 concerts in over 100 cities in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In Berlin, Curtis on Tour partners with Bard College Berlin to make this unique approach to learning and artistic performance accessible to the public.
Program Saariaho: Terra Memoria Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat major, K. 589 BREAK Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
In cooperation with the Curtis Institute of Music, Young Euro Classic, and Konzerthaus Berlin. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
HAC Student Fellows: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism Tabling
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 1:30–4:30 pm
Campus Center Stop by the Campus Center main lobby and engage with the Hannah Arendt Center's Student Fellows on our annual fall conference topic, tribalism and cosmopolitanism. We'll have give-aways like books by conference speakers and sweet treats like boba tea and apple cider donuts! Come learn about our student journalism contest where you can win cash prizes.
Save the date: The conference is October 17-18 at Olin Hall. Drop by for a speaker, a special event, or stay the whole day!
Kline, College Room Many of us speak more Yiddish than we think! Everyone in the college community is invited to join an informal conversation in Yiddish. For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Thursdays from noon – 5 pm, running May 30 through October 31
Thursday, October 3, 2024 12–5 pm
Library Road in front of Gilson Place and Kappa House on Northeastern side of Kline Parking Lot Weekly selections of student produced and seasonally grown herbs, vegetables, mushrooms, honey, plant starts, flowers, and more. Local grass fed meat and eggs available from Triple A Angus and Lisa Benincasa from Shipping and Receiving, respectively.
Oh, and don't forget to bring your market bags! We accept cash and credit card payment methods!
Find us on Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Hudson, NY Catch the next generation of jazz stars playing free pop-up performances around town. Featuring Bard College Jazz musicians and local jazz artists.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Sandy Zane ’80, owner of form & concept gallery in the Santa Fe Railyard Arts District and Jane Brien ’89, director of alumni/ae affairs, are your hosts for an opportunity to engage with the Bard community in a 400-year-old artistic enclave in the stunning high desert of New Mexico.
All Bardians are invited. The itinerary includes the Santa Fe Cities Party and Happy Hour, private tours, behind the scenes of museum collections, open artist studios, an artist reception and demonstrations of paper cutting techniques. Plus meals with fellow Bardians, free time and a trip to Taos if you want.
Please note: There is a $50 donation required to join the weekend's activities. Select food, drink, and entrance fees are included. If you only plan to attend the Santa Fe Cities Party, register here.Sponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
HAC Student Fellows: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism Tabling
Friday, October 4, 2024 11 am – 2 pm
Kline Commons Stop by the Kline lobby and engage with the Hannah Arendt Center's Student Fellows on our annual fall conference topic, tribalism and cosmopolitanism. We'll have give-aways like books by conference speakers and sweet treats like boba tea and apple cider donuts! Come learn about our student journalism contest where you can win cash prizes.
Save the date: The conference is October 17-18 at Olin Hall. Drop by for a speaker, a special event, or stay the whole day!
Online Event Our Virtual Reading Group continues its discussion of Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz. Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
New Annandale House Needle Felting with LEDs Friday, Oct 4 In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the basics of needle felting, and how to construct simple circuits utilizing conductive thread. Bring your bright ideas that incorporate light-up elements (jack-o-lanterns, anyone?), and come take a stab at making something new! EH Program Coordinator, Anna, will lead this workshop. All materials provided. Please RSVP to [email protected], but drop-ins are welcome!Sponsored by: Center for Experimental Humanities.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Hudson, NY Catch the next generation of jazz stars playing free pop-up performances around town. Featuring Bard College Jazz musicians and local jazz artists.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Sandy Zane ’80, owner of form & concept gallery in the Santa Fe Railyard Arts District and Jane Brien ’89, director of alumni/ae affairs, are your hosts for an opportunity to engage with the Bard community in a 400-year-old artistic enclave in the stunning high desert of New Mexico.
All Bardians are invited. The itinerary includes the Santa Fe Cities Party and Happy Hour, private tours, behind the scenes of museum collections, open artist studios, an artist reception and demonstrations of paper cutting techniques. Plus meals with fellow Bardians, free time and a trip to Taos if you want.
Please note: There is a $50 donation required to join the weekend's activities. Select food, drink, and entrance fees are included. If you only plan to attend the Santa Fe Cities Party, register here.Sponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
Degree Recital: "Home" Colton Cook, baritone, with Nomin Samdan, piano
Saturday, October 5, 2024 7 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Featuring works by Beethoven, Glinka, Kohn, and Dvořák.
Free and open to the public. Click hereto watch the livestream on YouTube.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Carlos Chávez Suite de Caballos de Vapor (Horsepower Suite)
Manuel Ponce Chapultepec
Silvestre Revueltas La noche de los Mayas (The Night of the Mayas)
Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now perform works by three of the leading Mexican symphonic composers of the twentieth century. Manuel Ponce, known as the “father of Mexican Music” is represented by two pieces: the exuberant Ferial, depicting an afternoon fair in a small town, and the impressionistic Chapultepec, a colorful symphonic poem that takes audiences to the Mexico City suburb where the composer lived. Carlos Chávez’s boisterous Horsepower Suite reflects the interconnection of humans and industry, which the composer referred to as “struggle, effort, and creation.” And finally, the suite from Silvestre Revueltas’ score for the film La noche de los Mayas is a powerfully expressive work straight out of the Yucatan jungles.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Hudson, NY Catch the next generation of jazz stars playing free pop-up performances around town. Featuring Bard College Jazz musicians and local jazz artists.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Sandy Zane ’80, owner of form & concept gallery in the Santa Fe Railyard Arts District and Jane Brien ’89, director of alumni/ae affairs, are your hosts for an opportunity to engage with the Bard community in a 400-year-old artistic enclave in the stunning high desert of New Mexico.
All Bardians are invited. The itinerary includes the Santa Fe Cities Party and Happy Hour, private tours, behind the scenes of museum collections, open artist studios, an artist reception and demonstrations of paper cutting techniques. Plus meals with fellow Bardians, free time and a trip to Taos if you want.
Please note: There is a $50 donation required to join the weekend's activities. Select food, drink, and entrance fees are included. If you only plan to attend the Santa Fe Cities Party, register here.Sponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space The first concert of the Bard Chinese Ensemble's 24-25 season features concertos for pipa and guqin, with a program full of imaginative storytelling through the unique East/West sounds of this large mixed ensemble.
Carlos Chávez Suite de Caballos de Vapor (Horsepower Suite)
Manuel Ponce Chapultepec
Silvestre Revueltas La noche de los Mayas (The Night of the Mayas)
Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now perform works by three of the leading Mexican symphonic composers of the twentieth century. Manuel Ponce, known as the “father of Mexican Music” is represented by two pieces: the exuberant Ferial, depicting an afternoon fair in a small town, and the impressionistic Chapultepec, a colorful symphonic poem that takes audiences to the Mexico City suburb where the composer lived. Carlos Chávez’s boisterous Horsepower Suite reflects the interconnection of humans and industry, which the composer referred to as “struggle, effort, and creation.” And finally, the suite from Silvestre Revueltas’ score for the film La noche de los Mayas is a powerfully expressive work straight out of the Yucatan jungles.
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
“It’s the Religion, Stupid”: Religious Dimensions in Current Crises
The Confrontation of Orthodoxies in Ukraine
Monday, October 7, 2024 12:30–2 pm
Bard Hall After the Cold War ended American politicians became fond of the mantra, “It's the Economy, Stupid.” They were not wrong, although other factors also have their sway. This autumn's series will consider global crises in which religion plays a central role, sometimes overrules self-interest, and needs to be understood for any address of the situation to be productive.
Presented by Bruce Chilton, Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion and director of the Institute of Advanced Theology, each lecture will have a different topic on the following Mondays.
October 7: The Confrontation of Orthodoxies in Ukraine October 21: “From the River to the Sea” in Likud's Presentation November 4: “From the River to the Sea” in the Hamas CharterSponsored by: Institute of Advanced Theology.
For more information, call 845-758-7667, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Weis Cinema Join members of the Bard Debate Union as we debate the question: "Should U.S. Progressives continue to work within the Democratic Party? Or should they venture out on their own?" Audience members will have the opportunity to voice their own opinions on the topic following the debate! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
HAC Student Fellows: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism Tabling
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 12–2 pm
Kline Commons Stop by the Kline lobby and engage with the Hannah Arendt Center's Student Fellows on our annual fall conference topic, tribalism and cosmopolitanism. We'll have give-aways like books by conference speakers and sweet treats like boba tea and apple cider donuts! Come learn about our student journalism contest where you can win cash prizes.
Save the date: The conference is October 17-18 at Olin Hall. Drop by for a speaker, a special event, or stay the whole day!
A Reading of Select Works in Honor of Margaret Creal
Read by Elizabeth Shafer
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 5 pm
Shafer House On Tuesday, October 8 at 5pm in the Shafer House, Elizabeth Shafer will read from two of Margaret Creal’s works: her 1957 novel, A Lesson in Love, and her 1994 short story, London Bridge is Falling Down. The reading will be followed by a reception with refreshments. All are welcome.
Margaret Creal Shafer was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, where she began her piano study at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She moved to the Hudson Valley with her husband, the late Fredrick Q. Shafer “Fritz,” former rector of St. Johns Church in Barrytown, and Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Bard College. She taught piano for over forty years and authored three books: two short-story collections, The Man Who Sold Prayers and Singing Sky, and a novel, A Lesson in Love, and was a devoted member of the Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle and quintessential host. Her house is now the home of the Written Arts Program, a fitting tribute to an author and beloved community member.
Elizabeth Shafer is an artist, writer, and retired lawyer. She paints primarily in oils, but also works in pastels, printmaking, and encaustics. She had a solo exhibition of her art work at the Saugerties Public Library in 2019. Her chapbook, Wellsprings, was published in 2019. She was a Contributor in Poetry at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in August 2015. She is involved in environmental issues and has been a Board Member since 1991 of the Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy. She lives with her husband, Stephen Shafer, on their sheep farm in Saugerties, N.Y. Margaret Creal was her beloved mother-in-law.Sponsored by: Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs; Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Weis Cinema Please join us for our first Studio Art Visiting Lecture on Tuesday, October 8, at 5:40 pm in Weis Cinema in the Campus Center.
In a career spanning over 50 years, painter, printmaker, and sculptor Donna Dennis is best known for installations that include sculpture, sound and more recently video, inspired by American vernacular architecture both urban and rural. Solo exhibitions include the Brooklyn Museum, SculptureCenter, the Neuberger Museum, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Group exhibitions include the Whitney Biennial, the Venice Biennale, the Tate Gallery, and the Hirshhorn Museum. She has also collaborated with poets Anne Waldman, Kenward Elmslie, Ted Berrigan, and Daniel Wolff and performance artist/puppeteer Dan Hurlin. This past April, Bamberger Books published Dennis’s first book, Writing Toward Dawn: Selected Journals 1969–1982, and O’Flaherty’s on the Lower East side mounted a solo show of her early works.Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Online Info Session
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 7–8 pm
Online Event Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.
Join us on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7:00pm ET to learn about our programs directly from Director Eban Goodstein and the admissions team. There will be a time for questions at the end of the session. Register here!
WHAT WE COVER:
Overview of graduate program offerings
Alumni success and career outcomes
Admissions information
Financial aid and scholarships
Prerequisite course information
Tips for a standout application
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.
REGISTER HERESponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard Graduate Programs; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Kline, College Room Many of us speak more Yiddish than we think! Everyone in the college community is invited to join an informal conversation in Yiddish. For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
CCS Bard, Classroom 102 Aruna D'Souza writes about modern and contemporary art, intersectional feminisms, and diasporic aesthetics. Her work appears regularly in 4Columns, the New York Times, and in numerous artists’ monographs and exhibition catalogues. Her book Whitewalling: Art, Race, and Protest in 3 Acts was named one of the best art books of 2018 by the New York Times. Recent editorial projects include Linda Nochlin’s Making It Modern: Essays on the Art of the Now and Lorraine O’Grady’s Writing in Space 1973-2018; she co-curated the retrospective “Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And” at the Brooklyn Museum in 2021. She is the recipient of the 2021 Rabkin Prize for art journalism and a 2019 Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant. She was appointed the Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professor at the National Gallery of Art in 2022, and the W.W. Corcoran Professor of Social Engagement at the Corcoran School of Art, George Washington University, in 2022-2023. Her most recent book, Imperfect Solidarities, was published in 2024. For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/events/600-aruna-d-souza.
Abby de Uriarte ’13, Alex Luscher ’22, Samantha Rosenbaum ’13 and Catherine Susser, Office of Alumni/ae Affairs invite you to the Philadelphia Cities Party on Wednesday, October 9th 5:30–7:30 pm EST.
Since the Phillies will be playing a fourth game, we will be gathering indoors in a sectioned-off area where we will have an AYCE snack buffet, direct access to the bar, and TV screen!
Register HereSponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Thursdays from noon – 5 pm, running May 30 through October 31
Thursday, October 10, 2024 12–5 pm
Library Road in front of Gilson Place and Kappa House on Northeastern side of Kline Parking Lot Weekly selections of student produced and seasonally grown herbs, vegetables, mushrooms, honey, plant starts, flowers, and more. Local grass fed meat and eggs available from Triple A Angus and Lisa Benincasa from Shipping and Receiving, respectively.
Oh, and don't forget to bring your market bags! We accept cash and credit card payment methods!
Find us on Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
Thursday, October 10, 2024 – Friday, October 11, 2024 9 am – 8 pm
Hörsaal 3075, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hauptgebäude, 2. Obergeschoss, Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin This two-day conference (Oct 10-11) is the first annual interdisciplinary conference of the Institute for Global Reconstitution (IGRec).
The world is living through an important moment where a multiple crisis – a "polycrisis" – is taking the form of plural and simultaneous global threats: the rise of aggressive militaristic states and right-wing populist parties, the catastrophic consequences of climate change, and an increasing vulnerability to fatal pandemics. This conference aims to examine the potential of new beginnings arising from the polycrisis. The discussion will take place at the intersection of political theory, the philosophy of nature, and policy analysis. It will focus on the concept of formative powers, particularly in two main areas: political constitutionalism and nature politics.
In the political constitutionalism theme, the conference will explore the topics of constituent power, the challenges to traditional approaches to constitutionalism and constitutions, and the visions for the constitution of democratic polities in new circumstances and beyond the stereotypical liberal-democratic models. These new visions will have to address the crisis in its global and domestic implications. In the nature politics theme, the conference will address the nexus between nature and technology, alternatives to extractivism, and environmental ontologies, while also reflecting on the perspectives of global climate governance in the current polycrisis.
The conference is organized in partnership with the Center for Comparative Research on Democracy (CCRD) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Bard College Berlin.
Speakers: Bara Kolenc (University of Ljubljana), Ewa Atanassow (Bard College Berlin), Alexander Etkind (Central European University), Roberto Nigro (Leuphana University), Regina Kreide (University of Giessen), Gregor Moder (University of Ljubljana), David Dyzenhaus (University of Toronto), Peter Niesen (University of Hamburg), Andreas Kalyvas (New School of Social Research), Artemy Magun (IGRec), Oxana Timofeeva (IGRec), Ian James (Cambridge University) For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Notes on the New English Edition of Marx’s Capital
Thursday, October 10, 2024 7–9 pm
W15 Cafe at Bard College Berlin (Waldstrasse 15, 13156 Berlin) Translations of philosophical texts are often not an easy business. The translator should have a profound knowledge and understanding of the thinker in order to transmit their thoughts properly to the reader. Paul Reitter combines both of these aspects. He is Professor at the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University as well as a practicing translator interested in the field of translation studies. Reitter will talk about his New English Edition of Karl Marx’s Capital, providing an overview of how previous English translations responded to some of the main translation challenges the text poses and presenting his own responses in this comparative context.
Reitter’s scholarship focuses primarily on two areas: German-Jewish culture and the history of higher education. Of particular concern in both cases have been the links between intellectual and institutional history, the relationship of cultural crisis and cultural innovation, and the effects of technological change on humanistic culture. A practicing translator, Reitter is also interested in the field of translation studies. He is the author of four books: The Anti-Journalist: Karl Kraus and Jewish Self-Fashioning in Fin-de-Siecle Europe (U of Chicago Press, 2008), On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred (Princeton UP, 2012), and Bambi’s Jewish Roots: Essays on German-Jewish Culture (Bloomsbury, 2015), and, with Chad Wellmon. His current project—coauthored with Chad Wellmon, Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age (U of Chicago Press, 2021). Reitter’s articles and essays have appeared in an array of venues, ranging from Representations, American Imago, and Jewish Social Studies to Harper’s Magazine, the TLS, The Nation, the LA Review of Books, Bookforum, and The Hedgehog Review.
Reitter has worked collaboratively on a number of editions, including The Kraus Project (FSG, 2013), with Jonathan Franzen and Daniel Kehlmann, Anti-Education: On the Future of Our Educational Institutions (New York Review of Books Classics series, 2015), with Chad Wellmon, The Rise of the Research University a Sourcebook (University of Chicago Press, 2017), with Louis Menand and Chad Wellmon, and the volume, for which he served as the translator, The Autobiography of Solomon Maimon (Princeton University Press, 2018), with Abraham Socher and Yitzhak Melamed. Together with Chad Wellmon, Reitter organized and annotated new English edition of Max Weber’s famous vocation lectures, published in the New York Review of Books Classics series (2020). With Anthony Grafton, Caroline Winterer, and Wellmon, Reitter is a co-editor of the new book series “Histories of the University” (University of Chicago Press). For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Online Event Our Virtual Reading Group continues its discussion of Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz. Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
Thursday, October 10, 2024 – Friday, October 11, 2024 9 am – 8 pm
Hörsaal 3075, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hauptgebäude, 2. Obergeschoss, Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin This two-day conference (Oct 10-11) is the first annual interdisciplinary conference of the Institute for Global Reconstitution (IGRec).
The world is living through an important moment where a multiple crisis – a "polycrisis" – is taking the form of plural and simultaneous global threats: the rise of aggressive militaristic states and right-wing populist parties, the catastrophic consequences of climate change, and an increasing vulnerability to fatal pandemics. This conference aims to examine the potential of new beginnings arising from the polycrisis. The discussion will take place at the intersection of political theory, the philosophy of nature, and policy analysis. It will focus on the concept of formative powers, particularly in two main areas: political constitutionalism and nature politics.
In the political constitutionalism theme, the conference will explore the topics of constituent power, the challenges to traditional approaches to constitutionalism and constitutions, and the visions for the constitution of democratic polities in new circumstances and beyond the stereotypical liberal-democratic models. These new visions will have to address the crisis in its global and domestic implications. In the nature politics theme, the conference will address the nexus between nature and technology, alternatives to extractivism, and environmental ontologies, while also reflecting on the perspectives of global climate governance in the current polycrisis.
The conference is organized in partnership with the Center for Comparative Research on Democracy (CCRD) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Bard College Berlin.
Speakers: Bara Kolenc (University of Ljubljana), Ewa Atanassow (Bard College Berlin), Alexander Etkind (Central European University), Roberto Nigro (Leuphana University), Regina Kreide (University of Giessen), Gregor Moder (University of Ljubljana), David Dyzenhaus (University of Toronto), Peter Niesen (University of Hamburg), Andreas Kalyvas (New School of Social Research), Artemy Magun (IGRec), Oxana Timofeeva (IGRec), Ian James (Cambridge University) For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
The Trouble with Thinking: Transnational Dialogues on Academic Freedom
Monday, October 14, 2024 10:30 am – 7:30 pm
ICI Berlin (Christinenstr. 18/19, Haus 8 10119 Berlin) The past decade has seen a troubling turn toward autocracy across wide regions of the globe. What may have once seemed confined to parts of the Global South and the former Communist Bloc is now, through the rise of right-wing populism, markedly visible in Europe and North America as well. Among the first groups to be impacted by autocratic impulses are scientists and scholars — those who are vocationally called to think and question. Cases from Iran to Turkey to Russia, from Hungary to Germany and the United States, demonstrate how often governments, or parties or other social forces struggling to capture governments, believe that thinking creates trouble, and how quickly critical views can be silenced. This may happen through actual repressive force or censorship, policy changes or more informal kinds of pressure. It intersects in often undiagnosed ways with the various economic underpinnings of knowledge production.
Moving beyond humanitarian frames of scholar rescue, this workshop brings together scholars who have been forced to leave their countries of origin as a result of their resistance to the narrowing of space for thought with scholars currently concerned about the fate of academic freedom in their home countries. The participants of the workshop will explore the playbooks through which scholars have been shut out of sanctioned systems of knowledge production in the Global South and the post-Socialist East, along with approaches they developed to fight this attack on thinking and to rebuild spaces for it in exile. They will track political challenges and structural barriers to substantive academic freedom with a focus on the United States and Germany today. And they will think together towards lessons and tactics which may allow academic freedom to be realized from the ground up as what anthropologist Homa Hoodfar (2017) calls a ‘transnational human right’. Are there shared early warning signs of broader strictures on thinking, including targeted attacks on different academic fields or issues? How are repressive policies, laws, and discourses moving iteratively across contexts, and how are they tied to neoliberal imperatives? What successful strategies have been developed to evade or contest these pressures? What theories or paradigms — including new and global understandings of academic freedom itself — might allow us to navigate between contexts, enable meaningful solidarity, and not only secure but also widen the spaces of critical inquiry?
This workshop is organized by Prof. Dr. Kerry Bystrom and Dr. Aysuda Kölemen for Bard College Berlin and the Open Society University Network Threatened Scholar Integration Initiative, in cooperation with ICI Berlin.
The event will take place in person by pre-registration only. All public spaces are full but there are still some remaining seats reserved with priority for BCB faculty and staff. Faculty and staff members who would like to attend should please contact Kerry Bystrom ([email protected]) and Aysuda Kolemen ([email protected]) directly.
Speakers: Homa Hoodfar Tuba İnal-Çekiç Ilya Kalinin Teresa Koloma Beck Thomas Keenan Pascale Laborier Jana Lozanowska Ewa Majewska Jennifer Ruth Nahed Samour Oleksandr Shtokvych Asli Vatansever Jessica Young Tirdad Zolghadr
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
Bard College Berlin accepts applications for transfer to the BA degree programs in Spring 2025. The deadline for applying is October 15, 2024, at 23:59 in your time zone.
Eligible applicants for transfer are students who have completed at least one semester of university by the time of their expected enrollment at BCB. For more information on eligibility and application requirements, please refer to our application requirements for transfer.
Levy Graduate Programs in Economics Info Session Webinar
Learn more about applying to Levy with Thomas Masterson, graduate program director, and Tyler Emerson, outreach and recruitment liaison.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 12–1 pm
Online Event This information session with Graduate Program Director Thomas Masterson and Graduate Outreach and Recruitment Liaison Tyler Emerson provides an overview of the Levy academic programs, student life, admission requirements, enrollment steps, new scholarships, financial aid procedures, and immigration requirements for international students. Applicants who attend a virtual information session will have their application fees waived.
When Music Matters: Political Engagement Since the Enlightenment
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 7–9:30 pm
W15 Cafe at Bard College Berlin (Waldstrasse 15, 13156 Berlin) When thinking about the many connections between music and politics, popular expressions may be what first come to mind. For example, popular music provided much of the youthful soundtrack to the anti-war, civil rights, and social justice movements of the 1960s. In this respect, classical music often seems detached from society, or is beholden to words (as in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony) or to dramatic plot (as in his opera Fidelio) for political meaning. Classical music is too often mystified, uncritically viewed as autonomous and separate from everyday life. As a result, it has become largely irrelevant, an occasional provocative headline notwithstanding, often dealing with glamorous performers rather than with actual musical works.
This talk considers the issue of politics and classical music since the Enlightenment through a series of examples and case studies, examining works by Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Shostakovich, Copland, and Reich. Christopher Gibbs argues for the considerable benefits of assigning music its proper place within a broader historical, contextual, and humanistic context.
Christopher H. Gibbs is the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Music at Bard College, Co-Artistic Director of the Bard Music Festival, and Executive Editor of The Musical Quarterly. He is the Vice-Chair of the Schubert Research Center, part of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Gibbs edited The Cambridge Companion to Schubert, co-edited Franz Liszt and His World and Franz Schubert and His World, and is the author of The Life of Schubert, which has been translated into six languages. He is the co-author, with Richard Taruskin, of The Oxford History of Western Music,College Edition. Since 2000 Gibbs has written the program notes for The Philadelphia Orchestra. He is a recipient of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, and in 2022 won the Berlin Prize and was the Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Kline, College Room Many of us speak more Yiddish than we think! Everyone in the college community is invited to join an informal conversation in Yiddish. For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Thursdays from noon – 5 pm, running May 30 through October 31
Thursday, October 17, 2024 12–5 pm
Library Road in front of Gilson Place and Kappa House on Northeastern side of Kline Parking Lot Weekly selections of student produced and seasonally grown herbs, vegetables, mushrooms, honey, plant starts, flowers, and more. Local grass fed meat and eggs available from Triple A Angus and Lisa Benincasa from Shipping and Receiving, respectively.
Oh, and don't forget to bring your market bags! We accept cash and credit card payment methods!
Find us on Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralist Politics?
The full conference will be available via Live Webcast. All registrants will also receive the link to the live webcast.
Thursday, October 17, 2024 – Friday, October 18, 2024
Olin Hall Conference takes place in Olin Hall. The full conference will be available via Live Webcast. ALL registrants will also receive the link to the live webcast.
Hannah Arendt was suspicious of cosmopolitanism, world government, and the loss of the common sense connections that are part of living with and amidst one's tribe. Wary of assimilation and universalism, Arendt understood the need for a tribe, whether that tribe be her “tribe” of good friends or living amongst people with whom one shares cultural and social prejudices. At the same time, Arendt was also deeply suspicious of tribalism in politics. Politics always involves a plurality of peoples. Thus tribal nationalism—what she called the pseudo-mystical consciousness—is anti-political and leads to political programs aimed at ethnic homogeneity.
Arendt believed that the aspiration of politics is to bind together a plurality of persons in ways that do justice to their uniqueness and yet find what is common to them as members of a defined political community. Wary of the nation-state that would privilege the national community of the state over "foreigners" and "minorities," Arendt nevertheless opposed assimilation into a cosmopolitan sameness. Instead, she held onto a vision of politics centered around plurality and federalism, one in which homelands and regions of like-minded peoples would also live together in federalist republics that both respected the particularity of local identities and sought to build meaningful political bonds that transcend tribal sensibilities. Her plan for a federation in Israel and Palestine imagined Jewish and Palestinian homelands as part of a larger federal structure.
The rise of tribalist and populist political movements today is in part a response to the failure of cosmopolitan rule by elites around the world. As understandable as tribalism may be, the challenge today is to think of new political possibilities that allow for the meaningful commitments of tribal identities while also respecting the fact of human plurality. The Hannah Arendt Center Conference Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism responds to the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous. We ask:
• If humans are tribal beings, how can they live in multicultural liberal societies? • Are experts and elites themselves simply one tribe defending their self-interests? • Must social media contribute to the fracturing of society into raging tribes? • Is there a common interest in society knowable through reason? •What is a tribe and is it a useful word in our political vocabulary? •Is there an alternative to the cosmopolitan tribalism of global elites? Above all, we ask, how can make a space for tribal loyalty and tribal meaning while at the same time maintain our commitment to pluralist politics?
The full conference will be available via Live Webcast. ALL registrants will also receive the link to the live webcast.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center; OSUN.
On October 17 + 18, renowned speakers and scholars, prize-winning authors, and people at the forefront of important international cultural dialogues will gather at Olin Hall, and we want to see it through your eyes!
Winning students will receive a cash prize and have their work published in the Hannah Arendt Center's newsletter, Amor Mundi, and/or on our social media. Published submissions will receive a $50 payment, and the first place winner will receive a prize of $500!
Here's what we're accepting: -a piece of writing (1 page or more) and photos, or -a video (edited to no more than 3 min), or -an interview with one or several conference speakers and photos
The first prize winner will be selected by a committee of HAC-affiliated professors, who will be looking for submissions of exceptional quality that are both creative and relevant to the conference theme.
How to submit:
Attend the conference on October 17 + 18 (Bard students get in free!) and capture your experience.
Submit your work through this formby Friday, October 25.
Sebastian Junger on Tribalism and the Human Condition
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Thursday, October 17, 2024 10:30–2:45 am
Olin Hall Join us on Thursday, October 17th for a keynote address by Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm and Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, followed by a breakout session where participants may engage with Junger in conversation.
Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM, FIRE, A DEATH IN BELMONT, WAR, TRIBE, FREEDOM and IN MY TIME OF DYING. As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world, and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award. Junger is also a documentary filmmaker whose debut film "Restrepo", a feature-length documentary (co-directed with Tim Hetherington), was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Wine & Cheese Receptions at the Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism Conference
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference
Thursday, October 17, 2024 5:45–6:15 pm
Olin Hall At the close of each conference day, head to the Olin Atrium for a complimentary wine and cheese reception, where you can continue the conversation with conference speakers, Arendt Center members, Bard community members, and other participants in an informal setting.
The 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on October 17 + 18 will bring notable speakers to Bard College to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. We'll explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024. RSVP for the reception is not required.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center; OSUN.
Romance and Argument in Modern Liberalism: Jane Addams and the Long Campaign for Gender Freedom
Thursday, October 17, 2024 7–9 pm
W15 Cafe at Bard College Berlin (Waldstrasse 15, 13156 Berlin) Liberalism is usually defined as either a political or an economic doctrine of personal freedom, with freedom of speech and exchange as two of its defining features. But since its beginnings around 1800 it has also been a cultural movement strengthening personal freedom in friendships, family, and emotional and erotic relationships. Romance and political argument were often closely interwoven: poets, novelists, political thinkers, philosophers, social scientists and social reformers argued for political freedoms and explored new freedoms in their personal lives.
Women and men criticized the legal and social structures of patriarchy in Europe and the United States; women struggle to achieve gender equality in public life. Jane Addams, founder of the most famous American settlement house, founded a women’s milieu that successfully advanced women’s public roles and private friendships. She also played an important part in redefining liberalism itself, moving it in a democratic direction open to all in a nation grappling with mass immigration. Well educated and widely traveled in Europe, she invites comparison with German and English women across the Atlantic who took part in parallel transformations of women’s private and public lives. Whether in education, politics or their network of friendships and romances, her generation encourages us to engage with liberalism as a way of life.
Harry Liebersohn is Center for Advanced Study Professor of History, emeritus, at the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign. He has held fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton), the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and the American Academy in Berlin. In 2016 was the recipient of a Humboldt Research Prize. His work has focused on cultural encounters and social theory since the late eighteenth century. His most recent book is Music and the New Global Culture: From the Great Exhibitions to the Jazz Age (2019). He is currently writing a history of nineteenth-century liberalism.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the speakers only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralist Politics?
The full conference will be available via Live Webcast. All registrants will also receive the link to the live webcast.
Thursday, October 17, 2024 – Friday, October 18, 2024
Olin Hall Conference takes place in Olin Hall. The full conference will be available via Live Webcast. ALL registrants will also receive the link to the live webcast.
Hannah Arendt was suspicious of cosmopolitanism, world government, and the loss of the common sense connections that are part of living with and amidst one's tribe. Wary of assimilation and universalism, Arendt understood the need for a tribe, whether that tribe be her “tribe” of good friends or living amongst people with whom one shares cultural and social prejudices. At the same time, Arendt was also deeply suspicious of tribalism in politics. Politics always involves a plurality of peoples. Thus tribal nationalism—what she called the pseudo-mystical consciousness—is anti-political and leads to political programs aimed at ethnic homogeneity.
Arendt believed that the aspiration of politics is to bind together a plurality of persons in ways that do justice to their uniqueness and yet find what is common to them as members of a defined political community. Wary of the nation-state that would privilege the national community of the state over "foreigners" and "minorities," Arendt nevertheless opposed assimilation into a cosmopolitan sameness. Instead, she held onto a vision of politics centered around plurality and federalism, one in which homelands and regions of like-minded peoples would also live together in federalist republics that both respected the particularity of local identities and sought to build meaningful political bonds that transcend tribal sensibilities. Her plan for a federation in Israel and Palestine imagined Jewish and Palestinian homelands as part of a larger federal structure.
The rise of tribalist and populist political movements today is in part a response to the failure of cosmopolitan rule by elites around the world. As understandable as tribalism may be, the challenge today is to think of new political possibilities that allow for the meaningful commitments of tribal identities while also respecting the fact of human plurality. The Hannah Arendt Center Conference Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism responds to the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous. We ask:
• If humans are tribal beings, how can they live in multicultural liberal societies? • Are experts and elites themselves simply one tribe defending their self-interests? • Must social media contribute to the fracturing of society into raging tribes? • Is there a common interest in society knowable through reason? •What is a tribe and is it a useful word in our political vocabulary? •Is there an alternative to the cosmopolitan tribalism of global elites? Above all, we ask, how can make a space for tribal loyalty and tribal meaning while at the same time maintain our commitment to pluralist politics?
The full conference will be available via Live Webcast. ALL registrants will also receive the link to the live webcast.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center; OSUN.
On October 17 + 18, renowned speakers and scholars, prize-winning authors, and people at the forefront of important international cultural dialogues will gather at Olin Hall, and we want to see it through your eyes!
Winning students will receive a cash prize and have their work published in the Hannah Arendt Center's newsletter, Amor Mundi, and/or on our social media. Published submissions will receive a $50 payment, and the first place winner will receive a prize of $500!
Here's what we're accepting: -a piece of writing (1 page or more) and photos, or -a video (edited to no more than 3 min), or -an interview with one or several conference speakers and photos
The first prize winner will be selected by a committee of HAC-affiliated professors, who will be looking for submissions of exceptional quality that are both creative and relevant to the conference theme.
How to submit:
Attend the conference on October 17 + 18 (Bard students get in free!) and capture your experience.
Submit your work through this formby Friday, October 25.
Bloods, Crips, and Overcoming Tribalism in Los Angeles
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Friday, October 18, 2024 12–1 pm
Olin Hall A panel discussion with Phillip “Rock” Lester, Gilbert Johnson, Mandar Apte, and moderated by Niobe Way. Join Mandar Apte at 1:30pm after the panel discussion for a Peacebuilding Workshop, also in the Olin Hall Auditorium.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center; OSUN.
Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism in Israel and Palestine
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Friday, October 18, 2024 1:30–2:15 pm
Olin Humanities, Room 202 Join us for a conversation between two academics and friends-one a committed Muslim and Palestinian activist and one an Orthodox Jew.
Khaled Furani is a professor of anthropology at Tel-Aviv University on the lands of al-Sheikh Muwannis. He researches language and literature, theology, secularism, sovereignty, Palestine, and the history of anthropology. For several years, he taught a seminar on "Reading Hannah Arendt for Anthropology." He co-edited, with Yara Sa'di-Ibraheem, Inside the Leviathan: Palestinian Experiences at Israeli Universities (in Arabic, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, 2022).
Shai Lavi is a Professor of Law and heads the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. He is also the co-director of the Minerva Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of End of Life, and until 2017 was also the founding director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics – both at Tel Aviv University.
Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism in Israel and Palestine is one of the many compelling breakout sessions scheduled during the Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism. It provides an opportunity for a less formal conversation with the speakers from a talk held on the conference stage on Thursday, October 17, at noon, titled Can We Be Cosmopolitan Tribalists?
Learn more about the conference at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center; OSUN.
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Friday, October 18, 2024 2:15 pm
Olin Humanities Building A guided walk across Bard campus will lead participants to the historic grave of Hannah Arendt, with a stop at Stevenson Library to view an exhibit featuring books and photographs from Arendt's personal library, curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center, and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections. This lunchtime event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt's legacy while enjoying fresh air, conversation, and movement, as participants walk together and reflect on her life and work. Meet in the Olin Atrium at the Registration Table.
Meet the tour guides:
Jana Mader is the Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and a Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies and the Humanities. Her teaching and research focus on the history, art, and literature of the Hudson River Valley, particularly in the 19th century. As a scholar, writer, and translator, she works at the intersection of theory and practice. She has published four books, including a novel and a comparative analysis of 19th-century literature on the Hudson Valley and the Rhine. Walk Her Way New York City will come out in the Spring of 2025. More about her work can be found at janamarlene.com.
Lyndsey Stonebridge is a professor of humanities and human rights at the University of Birmingham (UK) and a Fellow of the British Academy. Her books include Placeless People: Writing, Rights, and Refugees, winner of the Modernist Studies Association Book Prize and a Choice Outstanding Academic Title; The Judicial Imagination: Writing After Nuremberg, which won the British Academy Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for English Literature; and the essay collection Writing and Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights. We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience (Hogarth) was published in January 2024. She is a regular media commentator and broadcaster. She lives in London and France.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Libraries at Bard College; OSUN.
Wine & Cheese Receptions at the Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism Conference
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference
Friday, October 18, 2024 5–6 pm
Olin Hall At the close of each conference day, head to the Olin Atrium for a complimentary wine and cheese reception, where you can continue the conversation with conference speakers, Arendt Center members, Bard community members, and other participants in an informal setting.
The 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on October 17 + 18 will bring notable speakers to Bard College to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. We'll explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024. RSVP for the reception is not required.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center; OSUN.
The seventh annual China Now Music Festival, Composing the Future, presents a concert opera by visionary composer Hao Weiya. Hao’s AI’s Variation, Opera of the Future is a science fiction–themed drama for three voices and chamber orchestra and is the second installment of his chamber opera trilogy. AI’s Variation tells the story of a troubled artist who allows his identity to be ‘enhanced’ by AI but then struggles with the consequences in his personal life.
The first half of the program features a performance by the dynamic young musicians of the Bard East/West Ensemble presenting newly commissioned works for Chinese and Western instruments, with a special appearance by the guzheng and guitar combo Duo Chinoiserie.
Sponsored by: US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
On October 17 + 18, renowned speakers and scholars, prize-winning authors, and people at the forefront of important international cultural dialogues will gather at Olin Hall, and we want to see it through your eyes!
Winning students will receive a cash prize and have their work published in the Hannah Arendt Center's newsletter, Amor Mundi, and/or on our social media. Published submissions will receive a $50 payment, and the first place winner will receive a prize of $500!
Here's what we're accepting: -a piece of writing (1 page or more) and photos, or -a video (edited to no more than 3 min), or -an interview with one or several conference speakers and photos
The first prize winner will be selected by a committee of HAC-affiliated professors, who will be looking for submissions of exceptional quality that are both creative and relevant to the conference theme.
How to submit:
Attend the conference on October 17 + 18 (Bard students get in free!) and capture your experience.
Submit your work through this formby Friday, October 25.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
On October 17 + 18, renowned speakers and scholars, prize-winning authors, and people at the forefront of important international cultural dialogues will gather at Olin Hall, and we want to see it through your eyes!
Winning students will receive a cash prize and have their work published in the Hannah Arendt Center's newsletter, Amor Mundi, and/or on our social media. Published submissions will receive a $50 payment, and the first place winner will receive a prize of $500!
Here's what we're accepting: -a piece of writing (1 page or more) and photos, or -a video (edited to no more than 3 min), or -an interview with one or several conference speakers and photos
The first prize winner will be selected by a committee of HAC-affiliated professors, who will be looking for submissions of exceptional quality that are both creative and relevant to the conference theme.
How to submit:
Attend the conference on October 17 + 18 (Bard students get in free!) and capture your experience.
Submit your work through this formby Friday, October 25.
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
On October 17 + 18, renowned speakers and scholars, prize-winning authors, and people at the forefront of important international cultural dialogues will gather at Olin Hall, and we want to see it through your eyes!
Winning students will receive a cash prize and have their work published in the Hannah Arendt Center's newsletter, Amor Mundi, and/or on our social media. Published submissions will receive a $50 payment, and the first place winner will receive a prize of $500!
Here's what we're accepting: -a piece of writing (1 page or more) and photos, or -a video (edited to no more than 3 min), or -an interview with one or several conference speakers and photos
The first prize winner will be selected by a committee of HAC-affiliated professors, who will be looking for submissions of exceptional quality that are both creative and relevant to the conference theme.
How to submit:
Attend the conference on October 17 + 18 (Bard students get in free!) and capture your experience.
Submit your work through this formby Friday, October 25.
“It’s the Religion, Stupid”: Religious Dimensions in Current Crises
“From the River to the Sea” in Likud’s Presentation
Monday, October 21, 2024 12:30–2 pm
Bard Hall After the Cold War ended American politicians became fond of the mantra, “It's the Economy, Stupid.” They were not wrong, although other factors also have their sway. This autumn's series will consider global crises in which religion plays a central role, sometimes overrules self-interest, and needs to be understood for any address of the situation to be productive.
Presented by Bruce Chilton, Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion and director of the Institute of Advanced Theology, each lecture will have a different topic on the following Mondays.
October 21: “From the River to the Sea” in Likud's Presentation November 4: “From the River to the Sea” in the Hamas CharterSponsored by: Institute of Advanced Theology.
For more information, call 845-758-7667, or e-mail [email protected].
The internationallyrenowned writer will read from her work.
Monday, October 21, 2024 4–5 pm
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Internationallyrenowned writer Joyce Carol Oates will give a reading at Bard College on Monday, October 21, at 4:00 pm in the Chapel of the Holy Innocents. Oates is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award, the National Book Award, the Jerusalem Prize for Lifetime Achievement, the Prix Femina, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Art of the Short Story, and the Cino Del Duca World Prize, among many other honors. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including the national best sellers We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, and the New York Times best seller The Falls.
The reading, which is being presented as part of Bradford Morrow’s course on innovative contemporary fiction, is free and open to the public. With Morrow, Oates is co-editing Conjunctions:83, Revenants, The Ghost Issue, which will be published in November. Revenants will bring together fiction and poetry on the “unliving-living” by a wide array of esteemed writers, such as Margaret Atwood, Carmen Maria Machado, Ben Okri, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Patricia Smith, Valerie Martin, Jonathan Carroll, Reggie Oliver, James Morrow, Can Xue, Brian Evenson, Paul Muldoon, and others.
Praise for Joyce Carol Oates
“It’s hard to think of another writer with as fecund and protean an imagination . . . who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers.” —The New York Times Magazine
“Her short stories—she has won more Pushcart Prizes than any other writer—feel perfect, like tight circles around a kind of unspoken abyss.” —The New Yorker For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
On October 17 + 18, renowned speakers and scholars, prize-winning authors, and people at the forefront of important international cultural dialogues will gather at Olin Hall, and we want to see it through your eyes!
Winning students will receive a cash prize and have their work published in the Hannah Arendt Center's newsletter, Amor Mundi, and/or on our social media. Published submissions will receive a $50 payment, and the first place winner will receive a prize of $500!
Here's what we're accepting: -a piece of writing (1 page or more) and photos, or -a video (edited to no more than 3 min), or -an interview with one or several conference speakers and photos
The first prize winner will be selected by a committee of HAC-affiliated professors, who will be looking for submissions of exceptional quality that are both creative and relevant to the conference theme.
How to submit:
Attend the conference on October 17 + 18 (Bard students get in free!) and capture your experience.
Submit your work through this formby Friday, October 25.
Blithewood On Tuesday, October 22 at 6:30 pm at Blithewood, Diana Khoi Nguyen will read from her work. The reading will be followed by a moderated Q&A.
A poet and multimedia artist, Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author of Root Fractures (2024) and Ghost Of (2018), which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her video work has been exhibited at the Miller ICA. Nguyen is a MacDowell fellow and member of the Vietnamese artist collective, She Who Has No Master(s). She's received an NEA fellowship and awards from the 92Y “Discovery” Poetry and 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery contests. She teaches in the Randolph College Low-Residency MFA and is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
Read more about Diana Khoi Nguyen’s work here.Sponsored by: Center for Ethics and Writing and the Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Kline, College Room Many of us speak more Yiddish than we think! Everyone in the college community is invited to join an informal conversation in Yiddish. For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
On October 17 + 18, renowned speakers and scholars, prize-winning authors, and people at the forefront of important international cultural dialogues will gather at Olin Hall, and we want to see it through your eyes!
Winning students will receive a cash prize and have their work published in the Hannah Arendt Center's newsletter, Amor Mundi, and/or on our social media. Published submissions will receive a $50 payment, and the first place winner will receive a prize of $500!
Here's what we're accepting: -a piece of writing (1 page or more) and photos, or -a video (edited to no more than 3 min), or -an interview with one or several conference speakers and photos
The first prize winner will be selected by a committee of HAC-affiliated professors, who will be looking for submissions of exceptional quality that are both creative and relevant to the conference theme.
How to submit:
Attend the conference on October 17 + 18 (Bard students get in free!) and capture your experience.
Submit your work through this formby Friday, October 25.
Director Natalie Zimmerman and producer Guetty Felin in attendance!
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 7–9 pm
Avery Art Center; Avery/Ottaway Theater Oceania: Journey to the Center, a film by Natalie Zimmerman and Tekinati Ruka, begins on a coral atoll predicted to become uninhabitable by 2030 due to rising sea levels and temperatures brought by climate change. We are invited on a journey with a mother and her adult son as they strive to maintain their culture, freedom, and independence after decades of colonizing encounters. Join us for the screening!Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Environmental and Urban Studies Program; Film and Electronic Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Thursdays from noon – 5 pm, running May 30 through October 31
Thursday, October 24, 2024 12–5 pm
Library Road in front of Gilson Place and Kappa House on Northeastern side of Kline Parking Lot Weekly selections of student produced and seasonally grown herbs, vegetables, mushrooms, honey, plant starts, flowers, and more. Local grass fed meat and eggs available from Triple A Angus and Lisa Benincasa from Shipping and Receiving, respectively.
Oh, and don't forget to bring your market bags! We accept cash and credit card payment methods!
Find us on Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
On October 17 + 18, renowned speakers and scholars, prize-winning authors, and people at the forefront of important international cultural dialogues will gather at Olin Hall, and we want to see it through your eyes!
Winning students will receive a cash prize and have their work published in the Hannah Arendt Center's newsletter, Amor Mundi, and/or on our social media. Published submissions will receive a $50 payment, and the first place winner will receive a prize of $500!
Here's what we're accepting: -a piece of writing (1 page or more) and photos, or -a video (edited to no more than 3 min), or -an interview with one or several conference speakers and photos
The first prize winner will be selected by a committee of HAC-affiliated professors, who will be looking for submissions of exceptional quality that are both creative and relevant to the conference theme.
How to submit:
Attend the conference on October 17 + 18 (Bard students get in free!) and capture your experience.
Submit your work through this formby Friday, October 25.
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room Astrid Weiske in conversation about her work in Queer Tango in Germany, the Netherlands. France, and the UK. When I started to lead 30 years ago, there was no intellectual space for women leaders.
I was a reject, outside the cultural norm, but I loved the music and dance so I threw myself onto the dance floor. Please join Astrid online at this link. And see our new Bard Tango Program website!
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
On October 17 + 18, renowned speakers and scholars, prize-winning authors, and people at the forefront of important international cultural dialogues will gather at Olin Hall, and we want to see it through your eyes!
Winning students will receive a cash prize and have their work published in the Hannah Arendt Center's newsletter, Amor Mundi, and/or on our social media. Published submissions will receive a $50 payment, and the first place winner will receive a prize of $500!
Here's what we're accepting: -a piece of writing (1 page or more) and photos, or -a video (edited to no more than 3 min), or -an interview with one or several conference speakers and photos
The first prize winner will be selected by a committee of HAC-affiliated professors, who will be looking for submissions of exceptional quality that are both creative and relevant to the conference theme.
How to submit:
Attend the conference on October 17 + 18 (Bard students get in free!) and capture your experience.
Submit your work through this formby Friday, October 25.
Ancram Center for the Arts Presents: A Concert Production of Centuries
by Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh, and Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
Runs through Sunday, November 3, 2024
Ancram Center for the Arts Featuring: Kate Douglas, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Billy Keane, Matthew Dean Marsh, Ryan Melia, Adrien Reju, Aisha Sampson, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
October 25th - November 3rd Fridays at 7pm Saturday, 10/26 at 5:30pm Saturday, 11/2 at 2pm & 7pm Sundays at 3pm Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Writer As Reader: Discovering New Ways into the Text
Friday, October 25, 2024 9:30 am – 4 pm
Writer as Reader workshops model writing practices that inspire students to read more carefully, grasp meaning in complex texts, and build understanding through collaboration. These workshops invite secondary and college teachers to consider “writing to read” as a central classroom practice. Using diverse writing-to-read strategies, workshop participants explore their individual perspectives, consider what is apparent and what is inferred, and attend to the questions posed by the text.
This year, IWT’s Writer as Reader workshops will be held on Friday, October 25, 2024. The reading lists feature novels, poetry, nonfiction, historical documents, plays, and parables. Each workshop will highlight strategies that foster close reading and help readers develop an appreciation for the connections between different but related texts. Writer as Reader workshops emphasize the pedagogical value of teaching texts that are unfamiliar to students, prompting them to read closely and critically with attentiveness and an open mind.
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
Ancram Center for the Arts Presents: A Concert Production of Centuries
by Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh, and Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
Runs through Sunday, November 3, 2024
Ancram Center for the Arts Featuring: Kate Douglas, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Billy Keane, Matthew Dean Marsh, Ryan Melia, Adrien Reju, Aisha Sampson, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
October 25th - November 3rd Fridays at 7pm Saturday, 10/26 at 5:30pm Saturday, 11/2 at 2pm & 7pm Sundays at 3pm Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
Ancram Center for the Arts Presents: A Concert Production of Centuries
by Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh, and Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
Runs through Sunday, November 3, 2024
Ancram Center for the Arts Featuring: Kate Douglas, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Billy Keane, Matthew Dean Marsh, Ryan Melia, Adrien Reju, Aisha Sampson, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
October 25th - November 3rd Fridays at 7pm Saturday, 10/26 at 5:30pm Saturday, 11/2 at 2pm & 7pm Sundays at 3pm Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Peter Norton Symphony Space in NYC TŌN Resident Conductor Zachary Schwartzman returns with the orchestra to Symphony Space for another free concert. The program comprises Debussy’s colorful Nocturnes and selections from Prokofiev’s three Romeo & Juliet suites. The program also includes the New York premiere of the Scherzo No. 1 of composer Herman Whitfield III, a Black man who died in April 2022 after he was restrained by the police when his parents called 911 because he was having a mental health crisis. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
Ancram Center for the Arts Presents: A Concert Production of Centuries
by Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh, and Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
Runs through Sunday, November 3, 2024
Ancram Center for the Arts Featuring: Kate Douglas, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Billy Keane, Matthew Dean Marsh, Ryan Melia, Adrien Reju, Aisha Sampson, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
October 25th - November 3rd Fridays at 7pm Saturday, 10/26 at 5:30pm Saturday, 11/2 at 2pm & 7pm Sundays at 3pm Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
The Mass Renunciations of U.S. Citizenship at Tule Lake
Monday, October 28, 2024 5:30–7 pm
Online Event During World War II, the U.S. government incarcerated more than 125,000 persons of Japanese ancestry. One of that history’s most buried and most misunderstood stories is that of Tule Lake, a maximum-security segregation center for people the government deemed “disloyal.” Today, descendants and others are uncovering what happened at Tule Lake, when prisoners said “no” to the government, organized pro-Japan groups, and ultimately renounced their U.S. citizenship. Join writer Akemi Johnson as she tells her family’s story and shares her process of researching and writing a narrative nonfiction book on Tule Lake.
Akemi Johnson is the author of Night in the American Village: Women in the Shadow of the U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa, which was shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. A former Fulbright scholar, she has also written for The New York Times, The Nation, NPR’s Code Switch, The Washington Post, and other publications. Akemi earned an MFA in fiction writing from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and an AB in East Asian Studies from Brown University.Sponsored by: American and Indigenous Studies, Asian Studies, Global and International Studies, History, Human Rights, Japanese, Politics, and Written Arts.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
Ancram Center for the Arts Presents: A Concert Production of Centuries
by Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh, and Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
Runs through Sunday, November 3, 2024
Ancram Center for the Arts Featuring: Kate Douglas, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Billy Keane, Matthew Dean Marsh, Ryan Melia, Adrien Reju, Aisha Sampson, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
October 25th - November 3rd Fridays at 7pm Saturday, 10/26 at 5:30pm Saturday, 11/2 at 2pm & 7pm Sundays at 3pm Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Kline, College Room Many of us speak more Yiddish than we think! Everyone in the college community is invited to join an informal conversation in Yiddish. For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
Ancram Center for the Arts Presents: A Concert Production of Centuries
by Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh, and Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
Runs through Sunday, November 3, 2024
Ancram Center for the Arts Featuring: Kate Douglas, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Billy Keane, Matthew Dean Marsh, Ryan Melia, Adrien Reju, Aisha Sampson, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
October 25th - November 3rd Fridays at 7pm Saturday, 10/26 at 5:30pm Saturday, 11/2 at 2pm & 7pm Sundays at 3pm Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Thursdays from noon – 5 pm, running May 30 through October 31
Thursday, October 31, 2024 12–5 pm
Library Road in front of Gilson Place and Kappa House on Northeastern side of Kline Parking Lot Weekly selections of student produced and seasonally grown herbs, vegetables, mushrooms, honey, plant starts, flowers, and more. Local grass fed meat and eggs available from Triple A Angus and Lisa Benincasa from Shipping and Receiving, respectively.
Oh, and don't forget to bring your market bags! We accept cash and credit card payment methods!
Find us on Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
Ancram Center for the Arts Presents: A Concert Production of Centuries
by Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh, and Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
Runs through Sunday, November 3, 2024
Ancram Center for the Arts Featuring: Kate Douglas, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Billy Keane, Matthew Dean Marsh, Ryan Melia, Adrien Reju, Aisha Sampson, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
October 25th - November 3rd Fridays at 7pm Saturday, 10/26 at 5:30pm Saturday, 11/2 at 2pm & 7pm Sundays at 3pm Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
One Year On: War, Genocide, and the Transformation of Palestinian, Israeli, and Regional Politics
Online Panel with Tareq Baconi, Aslı Ü. Bâli, and Shay Hazkani. Moderated by Ziad Abu-Rish.
Thursday, October 31, 2024 10:30 am – 12 pm
Online Event This panel explores how the Hamas-led attack on October 7 and the Israeli war on Gaza have changed and intensified specific dynamics shaping Palestinian, Israeli, and regional/international politics. Taking seriously that history did not begin on October 7, and that the level of death, displacement, and destruction in Gaza caused by the Israeli military has raised the specter of genocide, this panel moves beyond adjudicating the nature of the war to interrogate its reverberations, reflections, and consequences for Palestinian, Israeli, and regional politics. Where does Hamas stand strategically vis-a-vis its objectives, other Palestinian factions, and the Palestinian people? What social, demographic, and institutional transformations are taking place within the Israeli state and society? In what ways is the regional and international order fundamentally different or affected by the past year?Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts; Human Rights Program; Human Rights Project; Institute for International Liberal Education; Middle Eastern Studies Program; Politics Program.
Blithewood Please join us on October 1 for the opening reception of To Be—Named: Palestine. Curated by Vivien Sansour, this online exhibition, Asameena / اسامينا, features artists and filmmakers based both in Palestine and the Palestine Diaspora. The opening will also include a short screening of several artists in conversation with each other. To Be—Named: Palestine was in collaboration with the Humanities and Practicing Arts Division at Al-Quds Bard College (AQB) in Palestine. Refreshments from Ziatün provided!
Artists include: Laura Menchaca Ruiz and Khader H. Handal, Saida Hamad, Ayed Arafah, Samar Hazboun, Bisan Abueisha, Raneem Ayyad, Shada Safadi. Assistant Curator: Melina Roise.
As a multi-site, multidisciplinary exhibition, To Be—Named reflects upon how names are created and used to shape, reshape, and sometimes mis-shape, our worlds, and identities.
The To Be—Named project is a partnership between the OSUN funded Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network, the Recovering Voices program at the Smithsonian Institution and the European Union funded CoLing project. Sponsored by: Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network.
ANOTHER SURREALISM: The Translated Poems of Joyce Mansour and Meret Oppenheim
A Reading and Conversation with Translators C. Francis Fisher and Kathleen Heil, moderated by Prof. Éric Trudel
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 6–7:30 pm
Olin Humanities, Room 202 C. Francis Fisher is the translator of Joyce Mansour’s In the Glittering Maw: Selected Poems (World Poetry, 2024); Kathleen Heil is the translator of Meret Oppenheim’s The Loveliest Vowel Empties (World Poetry, 2022). Joyce Mansour (1928-1986) and Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985) were arguably two of the most important female surrealist figures of the 20th century. Fisher and Heil will be in conversation about their translations on Tuesday, October 1.
About the translators:
C. Francis Fisher is a poet and translator who received her MFA in poetry from Columbia University. Her work has appeared in The Yale Review, The Brooklyn Rail, and The Los Angeles Review of Books, among others. She has been supported by scholarships from Breadloaf Writers Conference, Brooklyn Poets, and the Vermont Studio Center. Her first book of translations, In the Glittering Maw: Selected Poems of Joyce Mansour, appeared with World Poetry May ’24.
Kathleen Heil is an artist whose practice encompasses dance/performance and the writing and translating of poetry and prose. She is the author of the poetry collection You Can Have It All, forthcoming with Moist Books November 2024, and the translator of The Loveliest Vowel Empties, Meret Oppenheim’s collected poems (World Poetry, 2023). Her literary translations appear in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Threepenny Review, and other journals. Originally from New Orleans, she lives and works in Berlin.Sponsored by: Bard Translation and Translatability Initiative, French Studies, German Studies, Italian Studies, and Literature programs.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Film Screening: Unlearning Imperial Plunder (I & II) by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 7–9 pm
Preston Theater Unlearning Imperial Plunder I Un-Documented is a film essay on the strong connection between the plundered objects in European museums and the calls of asylum seekers trying to enter the countries of their former European colonizers. The film treats these two subjects as ones of twinned migrations. The rights of the “undocumented” are inscribed in the plundered objects themselves: colonizers stole not just statues, but rights inscribed in objects. Yet, the statues still live—and can be reclaimed with the rights inscribed in them renewed.
Unlearning Imperial Plunder II The world like a jewel in the hand travels over open books, looted objects, and postcards to look for the imperial foundations of the world in which we live. Instead of accepting the verdict and treating these documents as sealed or objects as pieces of art and relics of “history,” the film presents them as invitations to resistance, reinterpretation, and reclamation of a world deemed “lost.” Narrated in the first person, the film refuses to succumb to imperial histories while focusing on the destruction of the Jewish Muslim world that existed in North Africa.
Join us at the Preston Theater for this film screening.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts; Human Rights Program; Human Rights Project.
For more information, call 518-495-9694, or e-mail [email protected].
Konzerthaus Berlin, Werner-Otto Saal (Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin-Mitte) Together with the Curtis Institute of Music, Bard College Berlin is pleased to host Curtis on Tour on October 1, 2024. Please register here.
The Erinys Quartet was formed by an international group of musicians in Finland. With roots in Estonia, Lithuania, Finland, Greece, and the United States, these four musicians have found common ground together in Helsinki. The acclaimed Erinys Quartet is the fellowship quartet in residence in the Nina von Maltzahn String Quartet program at Curtis. The emerging professional quartet was formed at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and began its highly anticipated two-year residency at Curtis in the fall of 2023.
Curtis on Tour is the Nina von Maltzahn global touring initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music. Grounded in the school’s “learn by doing” philosophy, tours feature extraordinary emerging artists alongside celebrated alumni and faculty. In addition to performances, musicians offer master classes, educational programs, and community engagement activities while on tour. Curtis on Tour also manages solo engagements for Curtis artists with professional orchestras and presenters. Since the program was established in 2008, Curtis on Tour ensembles have performed more than 375 concerts in over 100 cities in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In Berlin, Curtis on Tour partners with Bard College Berlin to make this unique approach to learning and artistic performance accessible to the public.
Program Saariaho: Terra Memoria Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat major, K. 589 BREAK Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
In cooperation with the Curtis Institute of Music, Young Euro Classic, and Konzerthaus Berlin. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
HAC Student Fellows: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism Tabling
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 1:30–4:30 pm
Campus Center Stop by the Campus Center main lobby and engage with the Hannah Arendt Center's Student Fellows on our annual fall conference topic, tribalism and cosmopolitanism. We'll have give-aways like books by conference speakers and sweet treats like boba tea and apple cider donuts! Come learn about our student journalism contest where you can win cash prizes.
Save the date: The conference is October 17-18 at Olin Hall. Drop by for a speaker, a special event, or stay the whole day!
Kline, College Room Many of us speak more Yiddish than we think! Everyone in the college community is invited to join an informal conversation in Yiddish. For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Thursdays from noon – 5 pm, running May 30 through October 31
Thursday, October 3, 2024 12–5 pm
Library Road in front of Gilson Place and Kappa House on Northeastern side of Kline Parking Lot Weekly selections of student produced and seasonally grown herbs, vegetables, mushrooms, honey, plant starts, flowers, and more. Local grass fed meat and eggs available from Triple A Angus and Lisa Benincasa from Shipping and Receiving, respectively.
Oh, and don't forget to bring your market bags! We accept cash and credit card payment methods!
Find us on Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Hudson, NY Catch the next generation of jazz stars playing free pop-up performances around town. Featuring Bard College Jazz musicians and local jazz artists.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Sandy Zane ’80, owner of form & concept gallery in the Santa Fe Railyard Arts District and Jane Brien ’89, director of alumni/ae affairs, are your hosts for an opportunity to engage with the Bard community in a 400-year-old artistic enclave in the stunning high desert of New Mexico.
All Bardians are invited. The itinerary includes the Santa Fe Cities Party and Happy Hour, private tours, behind the scenes of museum collections, open artist studios, an artist reception and demonstrations of paper cutting techniques. Plus meals with fellow Bardians, free time and a trip to Taos if you want.
Please note: There is a $50 donation required to join the weekend's activities. Select food, drink, and entrance fees are included. If you only plan to attend the Santa Fe Cities Party, register here.Sponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
HAC Student Fellows: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism Tabling
Friday, October 4, 2024 11 am – 2 pm
Kline Commons Stop by the Kline lobby and engage with the Hannah Arendt Center's Student Fellows on our annual fall conference topic, tribalism and cosmopolitanism. We'll have give-aways like books by conference speakers and sweet treats like boba tea and apple cider donuts! Come learn about our student journalism contest where you can win cash prizes.
Save the date: The conference is October 17-18 at Olin Hall. Drop by for a speaker, a special event, or stay the whole day!
Online Event Our Virtual Reading Group continues its discussion of Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz. Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
New Annandale House Needle Felting with LEDs Friday, Oct 4 In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the basics of needle felting, and how to construct simple circuits utilizing conductive thread. Bring your bright ideas that incorporate light-up elements (jack-o-lanterns, anyone?), and come take a stab at making something new! EH Program Coordinator, Anna, will lead this workshop. All materials provided. Please RSVP to [email protected], but drop-ins are welcome!Sponsored by: Center for Experimental Humanities.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Hudson, NY Catch the next generation of jazz stars playing free pop-up performances around town. Featuring Bard College Jazz musicians and local jazz artists.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Sandy Zane ’80, owner of form & concept gallery in the Santa Fe Railyard Arts District and Jane Brien ’89, director of alumni/ae affairs, are your hosts for an opportunity to engage with the Bard community in a 400-year-old artistic enclave in the stunning high desert of New Mexico.
All Bardians are invited. The itinerary includes the Santa Fe Cities Party and Happy Hour, private tours, behind the scenes of museum collections, open artist studios, an artist reception and demonstrations of paper cutting techniques. Plus meals with fellow Bardians, free time and a trip to Taos if you want.
Please note: There is a $50 donation required to join the weekend's activities. Select food, drink, and entrance fees are included. If you only plan to attend the Santa Fe Cities Party, register here.Sponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
Degree Recital: "Home" Colton Cook, baritone, with Nomin Samdan, piano
Saturday, October 5, 2024 7 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Featuring works by Beethoven, Glinka, Kohn, and Dvořák.
Free and open to the public. Click hereto watch the livestream on YouTube.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Carlos Chávez Suite de Caballos de Vapor (Horsepower Suite)
Manuel Ponce Chapultepec
Silvestre Revueltas La noche de los Mayas (The Night of the Mayas)
Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now perform works by three of the leading Mexican symphonic composers of the twentieth century. Manuel Ponce, known as the “father of Mexican Music” is represented by two pieces: the exuberant Ferial, depicting an afternoon fair in a small town, and the impressionistic Chapultepec, a colorful symphonic poem that takes audiences to the Mexico City suburb where the composer lived. Carlos Chávez’s boisterous Horsepower Suite reflects the interconnection of humans and industry, which the composer referred to as “struggle, effort, and creation.” And finally, the suite from Silvestre Revueltas’ score for the film La noche de los Mayas is a powerfully expressive work straight out of the Yucatan jungles.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Hudson, NY Catch the next generation of jazz stars playing free pop-up performances around town. Featuring Bard College Jazz musicians and local jazz artists.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Sandy Zane ’80, owner of form & concept gallery in the Santa Fe Railyard Arts District and Jane Brien ’89, director of alumni/ae affairs, are your hosts for an opportunity to engage with the Bard community in a 400-year-old artistic enclave in the stunning high desert of New Mexico.
All Bardians are invited. The itinerary includes the Santa Fe Cities Party and Happy Hour, private tours, behind the scenes of museum collections, open artist studios, an artist reception and demonstrations of paper cutting techniques. Plus meals with fellow Bardians, free time and a trip to Taos if you want.
Please note: There is a $50 donation required to join the weekend's activities. Select food, drink, and entrance fees are included. If you only plan to attend the Santa Fe Cities Party, register here.Sponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space The first concert of the Bard Chinese Ensemble's 24-25 season features concertos for pipa and guqin, with a program full of imaginative storytelling through the unique East/West sounds of this large mixed ensemble.
Carlos Chávez Suite de Caballos de Vapor (Horsepower Suite)
Manuel Ponce Chapultepec
Silvestre Revueltas La noche de los Mayas (The Night of the Mayas)
Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now perform works by three of the leading Mexican symphonic composers of the twentieth century. Manuel Ponce, known as the “father of Mexican Music” is represented by two pieces: the exuberant Ferial, depicting an afternoon fair in a small town, and the impressionistic Chapultepec, a colorful symphonic poem that takes audiences to the Mexico City suburb where the composer lived. Carlos Chávez’s boisterous Horsepower Suite reflects the interconnection of humans and industry, which the composer referred to as “struggle, effort, and creation.” And finally, the suite from Silvestre Revueltas’ score for the film La noche de los Mayas is a powerfully expressive work straight out of the Yucatan jungles.
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Hannah Arendt on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: Selections from the Hannah Arendt Personal Library Collection
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Runs through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Stevenson Library Following Arendt’s passing in 1975, her extensive collection—comprising approximately 4,000 volumes, pamphlets, and ephemera—was relocated from her New York City apartment to Bard College. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in collaboration with the Stevenson Library, is presenting an exhibition featuring three display tables that showcase items from Hannah Arendt’s personal library. This exhibition coincides with the Hannah Arendt Center's annual fall conference, taking place on October 17 and 18 at Bard College's Olin Hall. The exhibition is divided into three sections, emphasizing Arendt’s own works as well as key texts related to this year’s conference theme: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism.
Curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections.
A guided walking tour with Jana Mader on Friday, October 18th, beginning in the Olin Atrium at 2:15pm will lead participants to the exhibition at the Stevenson Library, and to Hannah Arendt's grave. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt’s legacy through conversation, reflection, and a walk in the fresh air. Meet at the Registration Table.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center; Libraries at Bard College.
“It’s the Religion, Stupid”: Religious Dimensions in Current Crises
The Confrontation of Orthodoxies in Ukraine
Monday, October 7, 2024 12:30–2 pm
Bard Hall After the Cold War ended American politicians became fond of the mantra, “It's the Economy, Stupid.” They were not wrong, although other factors also have their sway. This autumn's series will consider global crises in which religion plays a central role, sometimes overrules self-interest, and needs to be understood for any address of the situation to be productive.
Presented by Bruce Chilton, Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion and director of the Institute of Advanced Theology, each lecture will have a different topic on the following Mondays.
October 7: The Confrontation of Orthodoxies in Ukraine October 21: “From the River to the Sea” in Likud's Presentation November 4: “From the River to the Sea” in the Hamas CharterSponsored by: Institute of Advanced Theology.
For more information, call 845-758-7667, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Weis Cinema Join members of the Bard Debate Union as we debate the question: "Should U.S. Progressives continue to work within the Democratic Party? Or should they venture out on their own?" Audience members will have the opportunity to voice their own opinions on the topic following the debate! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
HAC Student Fellows: Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism Tabling
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 12–2 pm
Kline Commons Stop by the Kline lobby and engage with the Hannah Arendt Center's Student Fellows on our annual fall conference topic, tribalism and cosmopolitanism. We'll have give-aways like books by conference speakers and sweet treats like boba tea and apple cider donuts! Come learn about our student journalism contest where you can win cash prizes.
Save the date: The conference is October 17-18 at Olin Hall. Drop by for a speaker, a special event, or stay the whole day!
A Reading of Select Works in Honor of Margaret Creal
Read by Elizabeth Shafer
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 5 pm
Shafer House On Tuesday, October 8 at 5pm in the Shafer House, Elizabeth Shafer will read from two of Margaret Creal’s works: her 1957 novel, A Lesson in Love, and her 1994 short story, London Bridge is Falling Down. The reading will be followed by a reception with refreshments. All are welcome.
Margaret Creal Shafer was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, where she began her piano study at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She moved to the Hudson Valley with her husband, the late Fredrick Q. Shafer “Fritz,” former rector of St. Johns Church in Barrytown, and Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Bard College. She taught piano for over forty years and authored three books: two short-story collections, The Man Who Sold Prayers and Singing Sky, and a novel, A Lesson in Love, and was a devoted member of the Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle and quintessential host. Her house is now the home of the Written Arts Program, a fitting tribute to an author and beloved community member.
Elizabeth Shafer is an artist, writer, and retired lawyer. She paints primarily in oils, but also works in pastels, printmaking, and encaustics. She had a solo exhibition of her art work at the Saugerties Public Library in 2019. Her chapbook, Wellsprings, was published in 2019. She was a Contributor in Poetry at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in August 2015. She is involved in environmental issues and has been a Board Member since 1991 of the Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy. She lives with her husband, Stephen Shafer, on their sheep farm in Saugerties, N.Y. Margaret Creal was her beloved mother-in-law.Sponsored by: Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs; Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Weis Cinema Please join us for our first Studio Art Visiting Lecture on Tuesday, October 8, at 5:40 pm in Weis Cinema in the Campus Center.
In a career spanning over 50 years, painter, printmaker, and sculptor Donna Dennis is best known for installations that include sculpture, sound and more recently video, inspired by American vernacular architecture both urban and rural. Solo exhibitions include the Brooklyn Museum, SculptureCenter, the Neuberger Museum, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Group exhibitions include the Whitney Biennial, the Venice Biennale, the Tate Gallery, and the Hirshhorn Museum. She has also collaborated with poets Anne Waldman, Kenward Elmslie, Ted Berrigan, and Daniel Wolff and performance artist/puppeteer Dan Hurlin. This past April, Bamberger Books published Dennis’s first book, Writing Toward Dawn: Selected Journals 1969–1982, and O’Flaherty’s on the Lower East side mounted a solo show of her early works.Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Online Info Session
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 7–8 pm
Online Event Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.
Join us on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7:00pm ET to learn about our programs directly from Director Eban Goodstein and the admissions team. There will be a time for questions at the end of the session. Register here!
WHAT WE COVER:
Overview of graduate program offerings
Alumni success and career outcomes
Admissions information
Financial aid and scholarships
Prerequisite course information
Tips for a standout application
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.
REGISTER HERESponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard Graduate Programs; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Kline, College Room Many of us speak more Yiddish than we think! Everyone in the college community is invited to join an informal conversation in Yiddish. For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
CCS Bard, Classroom 102 Aruna D'Souza writes about modern and contemporary art, intersectional feminisms, and diasporic aesthetics. Her work appears regularly in 4Columns, the New York Times, and in numerous artists’ monographs and exhibition catalogues. Her book Whitewalling: Art, Race, and Protest in 3 Acts was named one of the best art books of 2018 by the New York Times. Recent editorial projects include Linda Nochlin’s Making It Modern: Essays on the Art of the Now and Lorraine O’Grady’s Writing in Space 1973-2018; she co-curated the retrospective “Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And” at the Brooklyn Museum in 2021. She is the recipient of the 2021 Rabkin Prize for art journalism and a 2019 Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant. She was appointed the Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professor at the National Gallery of Art in 2022, and the W.W. Corcoran Professor of Social Engagement at the Corcoran School of Art, George Washington University, in 2022-2023. Her most recent book, Imperfect Solidarities, was published in 2024. For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/events/600-aruna-d-souza.
Abby de Uriarte ’13, Alex Luscher ’22, Samantha Rosenbaum ’13 and Catherine Susser, Office of Alumni/ae Affairs invite you to the Philadelphia Cities Party on Wednesday, October 9th 5:30–7:30 pm EST.
Since the Phillies will be playing a fourth game, we will be gathering indoors in a sectioned-off area where we will have an AYCE snack buffet, direct access to the bar, and TV screen!
Register HereSponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Thursdays from noon – 5 pm, running May 30 through October 31
Thursday, October 10, 2024 12–5 pm
Library Road in front of Gilson Place and Kappa House on Northeastern side of Kline Parking Lot Weekly selections of student produced and seasonally grown herbs, vegetables, mushrooms, honey, plant starts, flowers, and more. Local grass fed meat and eggs available from Triple A Angus and Lisa Benincasa from Shipping and Receiving, respectively.
Oh, and don't forget to bring your market bags! We accept cash and credit card payment methods!
Find us on Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Thursday, October 10, 2024 – Friday, October 11, 2024 9 am – 8 pm
Hörsaal 3075, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hauptgebäude, 2. Obergeschoss, Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin This two-day conference (Oct 10-11) is the first annual interdisciplinary conference of the Institute for Global Reconstitution (IGRec).
The world is living through an important moment where a multiple crisis – a "polycrisis" – is taking the form of plural and simultaneous global threats: the rise of aggressive militaristic states and right-wing populist parties, the catastrophic consequences of climate change, and an increasing vulnerability to fatal pandemics. This conference aims to examine the potential of new beginnings arising from the polycrisis. The discussion will take place at the intersection of political theory, the philosophy of nature, and policy analysis. It will focus on the concept of formative powers, particularly in two main areas: political constitutionalism and nature politics.
In the political constitutionalism theme, the conference will explore the topics of constituent power, the challenges to traditional approaches to constitutionalism and constitutions, and the visions for the constitution of democratic polities in new circumstances and beyond the stereotypical liberal-democratic models. These new visions will have to address the crisis in its global and domestic implications. In the nature politics theme, the conference will address the nexus between nature and technology, alternatives to extractivism, and environmental ontologies, while also reflecting on the perspectives of global climate governance in the current polycrisis.
The conference is organized in partnership with the Center for Comparative Research on Democracy (CCRD) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Bard College Berlin.
Speakers: Bara Kolenc (University of Ljubljana), Ewa Atanassow (Bard College Berlin), Alexander Etkind (Central European University), Roberto Nigro (Leuphana University), Regina Kreide (University of Giessen), Gregor Moder (University of Ljubljana), David Dyzenhaus (University of Toronto), Peter Niesen (University of Hamburg), Andreas Kalyvas (New School of Social Research), Artemy Magun (IGRec), Oxana Timofeeva (IGRec), Ian James (Cambridge University) For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Notes on the New English Edition of Marx’s Capital
Thursday, October 10, 2024 7–9 pm
W15 Cafe at Bard College Berlin (Waldstrasse 15, 13156 Berlin) Translations of philosophical texts are often not an easy business. The translator should have a profound knowledge and understanding of the thinker in order to transmit their thoughts properly to the reader. Paul Reitter combines both of these aspects. He is Professor at the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University as well as a practicing translator interested in the field of translation studies. Reitter will talk about his New English Edition of Karl Marx’s Capital, providing an overview of how previous English translations responded to some of the main translation challenges the text poses and presenting his own responses in this comparative context.
Reitter’s scholarship focuses primarily on two areas: German-Jewish culture and the history of higher education. Of particular concern in both cases have been the links between intellectual and institutional history, the relationship of cultural crisis and cultural innovation, and the effects of technological change on humanistic culture. A practicing translator, Reitter is also interested in the field of translation studies. He is the author of four books: The Anti-Journalist: Karl Kraus and Jewish Self-Fashioning in Fin-de-Siecle Europe (U of Chicago Press, 2008), On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred (Princeton UP, 2012), and Bambi’s Jewish Roots: Essays on German-Jewish Culture (Bloomsbury, 2015), and, with Chad Wellmon. His current project—coauthored with Chad Wellmon, Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age (U of Chicago Press, 2021). Reitter’s articles and essays have appeared in an array of venues, ranging from Representations, American Imago, and Jewish Social Studies to Harper’s Magazine, the TLS, The Nation, the LA Review of Books, Bookforum, and The Hedgehog Review.
Reitter has worked collaboratively on a number of editions, including The Kraus Project (FSG, 2013), with Jonathan Franzen and Daniel Kehlmann, Anti-Education: On the Future of Our Educational Institutions (New York Review of Books Classics series, 2015), with Chad Wellmon, The Rise of the Research University a Sourcebook (University of Chicago Press, 2017), with Louis Menand and Chad Wellmon, and the volume, for which he served as the translator, The Autobiography of Solomon Maimon (Princeton University Press, 2018), with Abraham Socher and Yitzhak Melamed. Together with Chad Wellmon, Reitter organized and annotated new English edition of Max Weber’s famous vocation lectures, published in the New York Review of Books Classics series (2020). With Anthony Grafton, Caroline Winterer, and Wellmon, Reitter is a co-editor of the new book series “Histories of the University” (University of Chicago Press). For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Online Event Our Virtual Reading Group continues its discussion of Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz. Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
Thursday, October 10, 2024 – Friday, October 11, 2024 9 am – 8 pm
Hörsaal 3075, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hauptgebäude, 2. Obergeschoss, Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin This two-day conference (Oct 10-11) is the first annual interdisciplinary conference of the Institute for Global Reconstitution (IGRec).
The world is living through an important moment where a multiple crisis – a "polycrisis" – is taking the form of plural and simultaneous global threats: the rise of aggressive militaristic states and right-wing populist parties, the catastrophic consequences of climate change, and an increasing vulnerability to fatal pandemics. This conference aims to examine the potential of new beginnings arising from the polycrisis. The discussion will take place at the intersection of political theory, the philosophy of nature, and policy analysis. It will focus on the concept of formative powers, particularly in two main areas: political constitutionalism and nature politics.
In the political constitutionalism theme, the conference will explore the topics of constituent power, the challenges to traditional approaches to constitutionalism and constitutions, and the visions for the constitution of democratic polities in new circumstances and beyond the stereotypical liberal-democratic models. These new visions will have to address the crisis in its global and domestic implications. In the nature politics theme, the conference will address the nexus between nature and technology, alternatives to extractivism, and environmental ontologies, while also reflecting on the perspectives of global climate governance in the current polycrisis.
The conference is organized in partnership with the Center for Comparative Research on Democracy (CCRD) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Bard College Berlin.
Speakers: Bara Kolenc (University of Ljubljana), Ewa Atanassow (Bard College Berlin), Alexander Etkind (Central European University), Roberto Nigro (Leuphana University), Regina Kreide (University of Giessen), Gregor Moder (University of Ljubljana), David Dyzenhaus (University of Toronto), Peter Niesen (University of Hamburg), Andreas Kalyvas (New School of Social Research), Artemy Magun (IGRec), Oxana Timofeeva (IGRec), Ian James (Cambridge University) For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
The Trouble with Thinking: Transnational Dialogues on Academic Freedom
Monday, October 14, 2024 10:30 am – 7:30 pm
ICI Berlin (Christinenstr. 18/19, Haus 8 10119 Berlin) The past decade has seen a troubling turn toward autocracy across wide regions of the globe. What may have once seemed confined to parts of the Global South and the former Communist Bloc is now, through the rise of right-wing populism, markedly visible in Europe and North America as well. Among the first groups to be impacted by autocratic impulses are scientists and scholars — those who are vocationally called to think and question. Cases from Iran to Turkey to Russia, from Hungary to Germany and the United States, demonstrate how often governments, or parties or other social forces struggling to capture governments, believe that thinking creates trouble, and how quickly critical views can be silenced. This may happen through actual repressive force or censorship, policy changes or more informal kinds of pressure. It intersects in often undiagnosed ways with the various economic underpinnings of knowledge production.
Moving beyond humanitarian frames of scholar rescue, this workshop brings together scholars who have been forced to leave their countries of origin as a result of their resistance to the narrowing of space for thought with scholars currently concerned about the fate of academic freedom in their home countries. The participants of the workshop will explore the playbooks through which scholars have been shut out of sanctioned systems of knowledge production in the Global South and the post-Socialist East, along with approaches they developed to fight this attack on thinking and to rebuild spaces for it in exile. They will track political challenges and structural barriers to substantive academic freedom with a focus on the United States and Germany today. And they will think together towards lessons and tactics which may allow academic freedom to be realized from the ground up as what anthropologist Homa Hoodfar (2017) calls a ‘transnational human right’. Are there shared early warning signs of broader strictures on thinking, including targeted attacks on different academic fields or issues? How are repressive policies, laws, and discourses moving iteratively across contexts, and how are they tied to neoliberal imperatives? What successful strategies have been developed to evade or contest these pressures? What theories or paradigms — including new and global understandings of academic freedom itself — might allow us to navigate between contexts, enable meaningful solidarity, and not only secure but also widen the spaces of critical inquiry?
This workshop is organized by Prof. Dr. Kerry Bystrom and Dr. Aysuda Kölemen for Bard College Berlin and the Open Society University Network Threatened Scholar Integration Initiative, in cooperation with ICI Berlin.
The event will take place in person by pre-registration only. All public spaces are full but there are still some remaining seats reserved with priority for BCB faculty and staff. Faculty and staff members who would like to attend should please contact Kerry Bystrom ([email protected]) and Aysuda Kolemen ([email protected]) directly.
Speakers: Homa Hoodfar Tuba İnal-Çekiç Ilya Kalinin Teresa Koloma Beck Thomas Keenan Pascale Laborier Jana Lozanowska Ewa Majewska Jennifer Ruth Nahed Samour Oleksandr Shtokvych Asli Vatansever Jessica Young Tirdad Zolghadr
Bard College Berlin accepts applications for transfer to the BA degree programs in Spring 2025. The deadline for applying is October 15, 2024, at 23:59 in your time zone.
Eligible applicants for transfer are students who have completed at least one semester of university by the time of their expected enrollment at BCB. For more information on eligibility and application requirements, please refer to our application requirements for transfer.
Levy Graduate Programs in Economics Info Session Webinar
Learn more about applying to Levy with Thomas Masterson, graduate program director, and Tyler Emerson, outreach and recruitment liaison.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 12–1 pm
Online Event This information session with Graduate Program Director Thomas Masterson and Graduate Outreach and Recruitment Liaison Tyler Emerson provides an overview of the Levy academic programs, student life, admission requirements, enrollment steps, new scholarships, financial aid procedures, and immigration requirements for international students. Applicants who attend a virtual information session will have their application fees waived.
When Music Matters: Political Engagement Since the Enlightenment
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 7–9:30 pm
W15 Cafe at Bard College Berlin (Waldstrasse 15, 13156 Berlin) When thinking about the many connections between music and politics, popular expressions may be what first come to mind. For example, popular music provided much of the youthful soundtrack to the anti-war, civil rights, and social justice movements of the 1960s. In this respect, classical music often seems detached from society, or is beholden to words (as in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony) or to dramatic plot (as in his opera Fidelio) for political meaning. Classical music is too often mystified, uncritically viewed as autonomous and separate from everyday life. As a result, it has become largely irrelevant, an occasional provocative headline notwithstanding, often dealing with glamorous performers rather than with actual musical works.
This talk considers the issue of politics and classical music since the Enlightenment through a series of examples and case studies, examining works by Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Shostakovich, Copland, and Reich. Christopher Gibbs argues for the considerable benefits of assigning music its proper place within a broader historical, contextual, and humanistic context.
Christopher H. Gibbs is the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Music at Bard College, Co-Artistic Director of the Bard Music Festival, and Executive Editor of The Musical Quarterly. He is the Vice-Chair of the Schubert Research Center, part of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Gibbs edited The Cambridge Companion to Schubert, co-edited Franz Liszt and His World and Franz Schubert and His World, and is the author of The Life of Schubert, which has been translated into six languages. He is the co-author, with Richard Taruskin, of The Oxford History of Western Music,College Edition. Since 2000 Gibbs has written the program notes for The Philadelphia Orchestra. He is a recipient of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, and in 2022 won the Berlin Prize and was the Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Kline, College Room Many of us speak more Yiddish than we think! Everyone in the college community is invited to join an informal conversation in Yiddish. For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Thursdays from noon – 5 pm, running May 30 through October 31
Thursday, October 17, 2024 12–5 pm
Library Road in front of Gilson Place and Kappa House on Northeastern side of Kline Parking Lot Weekly selections of student produced and seasonally grown herbs, vegetables, mushrooms, honey, plant starts, flowers, and more. Local grass fed meat and eggs available from Triple A Angus and Lisa Benincasa from Shipping and Receiving, respectively.
Oh, and don't forget to bring your market bags! We accept cash and credit card payment methods!
Find us on Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralist Politics?
The full conference will be available via Live Webcast. All registrants will also receive the link to the live webcast.
Thursday, October 17, 2024 – Friday, October 18, 2024
Olin Hall Conference takes place in Olin Hall. The full conference will be available via Live Webcast. ALL registrants will also receive the link to the live webcast.
Hannah Arendt was suspicious of cosmopolitanism, world government, and the loss of the common sense connections that are part of living with and amidst one's tribe. Wary of assimilation and universalism, Arendt understood the need for a tribe, whether that tribe be her “tribe” of good friends or living amongst people with whom one shares cultural and social prejudices. At the same time, Arendt was also deeply suspicious of tribalism in politics. Politics always involves a plurality of peoples. Thus tribal nationalism—what she called the pseudo-mystical consciousness—is anti-political and leads to political programs aimed at ethnic homogeneity.
Arendt believed that the aspiration of politics is to bind together a plurality of persons in ways that do justice to their uniqueness and yet find what is common to them as members of a defined political community. Wary of the nation-state that would privilege the national community of the state over "foreigners" and "minorities," Arendt nevertheless opposed assimilation into a cosmopolitan sameness. Instead, she held onto a vision of politics centered around plurality and federalism, one in which homelands and regions of like-minded peoples would also live together in federalist republics that both respected the particularity of local identities and sought to build meaningful political bonds that transcend tribal sensibilities. Her plan for a federation in Israel and Palestine imagined Jewish and Palestinian homelands as part of a larger federal structure.
The rise of tribalist and populist political movements today is in part a response to the failure of cosmopolitan rule by elites around the world. As understandable as tribalism may be, the challenge today is to think of new political possibilities that allow for the meaningful commitments of tribal identities while also respecting the fact of human plurality. The Hannah Arendt Center Conference Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism responds to the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous. We ask:
• If humans are tribal beings, how can they live in multicultural liberal societies? • Are experts and elites themselves simply one tribe defending their self-interests? • Must social media contribute to the fracturing of society into raging tribes? • Is there a common interest in society knowable through reason? •What is a tribe and is it a useful word in our political vocabulary? •Is there an alternative to the cosmopolitan tribalism of global elites? Above all, we ask, how can make a space for tribal loyalty and tribal meaning while at the same time maintain our commitment to pluralist politics?
The full conference will be available via Live Webcast. ALL registrants will also receive the link to the live webcast.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center; OSUN.
On October 17 + 18, renowned speakers and scholars, prize-winning authors, and people at the forefront of important international cultural dialogues will gather at Olin Hall, and we want to see it through your eyes!
Winning students will receive a cash prize and have their work published in the Hannah Arendt Center's newsletter, Amor Mundi, and/or on our social media. Published submissions will receive a $50 payment, and the first place winner will receive a prize of $500!
Here's what we're accepting: -a piece of writing (1 page or more) and photos, or -a video (edited to no more than 3 min), or -an interview with one or several conference speakers and photos
The first prize winner will be selected by a committee of HAC-affiliated professors, who will be looking for submissions of exceptional quality that are both creative and relevant to the conference theme.
How to submit:
Attend the conference on October 17 + 18 (Bard students get in free!) and capture your experience.
Submit your work through this formby Friday, October 25.
Sebastian Junger on Tribalism and the Human Condition
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Thursday, October 17, 2024 10:30–2:45 am
Olin Hall Join us on Thursday, October 17th for a keynote address by Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm and Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, followed by a breakout session where participants may engage with Junger in conversation.
Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM, FIRE, A DEATH IN BELMONT, WAR, TRIBE, FREEDOM and IN MY TIME OF DYING. As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world, and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award. Junger is also a documentary filmmaker whose debut film "Restrepo", a feature-length documentary (co-directed with Tim Hetherington), was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Wine & Cheese Receptions at the Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism Conference
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference
Thursday, October 17, 2024 5:45–6:15 pm
Olin Hall At the close of each conference day, head to the Olin Atrium for a complimentary wine and cheese reception, where you can continue the conversation with conference speakers, Arendt Center members, Bard community members, and other participants in an informal setting.
The 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on October 17 + 18 will bring notable speakers to Bard College to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. We'll explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024. RSVP for the reception is not required.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center; OSUN.
Romance and Argument in Modern Liberalism: Jane Addams and the Long Campaign for Gender Freedom
Thursday, October 17, 2024 7–9 pm
W15 Cafe at Bard College Berlin (Waldstrasse 15, 13156 Berlin) Liberalism is usually defined as either a political or an economic doctrine of personal freedom, with freedom of speech and exchange as two of its defining features. But since its beginnings around 1800 it has also been a cultural movement strengthening personal freedom in friendships, family, and emotional and erotic relationships. Romance and political argument were often closely interwoven: poets, novelists, political thinkers, philosophers, social scientists and social reformers argued for political freedoms and explored new freedoms in their personal lives.
Women and men criticized the legal and social structures of patriarchy in Europe and the United States; women struggle to achieve gender equality in public life. Jane Addams, founder of the most famous American settlement house, founded a women’s milieu that successfully advanced women’s public roles and private friendships. She also played an important part in redefining liberalism itself, moving it in a democratic direction open to all in a nation grappling with mass immigration. Well educated and widely traveled in Europe, she invites comparison with German and English women across the Atlantic who took part in parallel transformations of women’s private and public lives. Whether in education, politics or their network of friendships and romances, her generation encourages us to engage with liberalism as a way of life.
Harry Liebersohn is Center for Advanced Study Professor of History, emeritus, at the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign. He has held fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton), the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and the American Academy in Berlin. In 2016 was the recipient of a Humboldt Research Prize. His work has focused on cultural encounters and social theory since the late eighteenth century. His most recent book is Music and the New Global Culture: From the Great Exhibitions to the Jazz Age (2019). He is currently writing a history of nineteenth-century liberalism.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the speakers only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralist Politics?
The full conference will be available via Live Webcast. All registrants will also receive the link to the live webcast.
Thursday, October 17, 2024 – Friday, October 18, 2024
Olin Hall Conference takes place in Olin Hall. The full conference will be available via Live Webcast. ALL registrants will also receive the link to the live webcast.
Hannah Arendt was suspicious of cosmopolitanism, world government, and the loss of the common sense connections that are part of living with and amidst one's tribe. Wary of assimilation and universalism, Arendt understood the need for a tribe, whether that tribe be her “tribe” of good friends or living amongst people with whom one shares cultural and social prejudices. At the same time, Arendt was also deeply suspicious of tribalism in politics. Politics always involves a plurality of peoples. Thus tribal nationalism—what she called the pseudo-mystical consciousness—is anti-political and leads to political programs aimed at ethnic homogeneity.
Arendt believed that the aspiration of politics is to bind together a plurality of persons in ways that do justice to their uniqueness and yet find what is common to them as members of a defined political community. Wary of the nation-state that would privilege the national community of the state over "foreigners" and "minorities," Arendt nevertheless opposed assimilation into a cosmopolitan sameness. Instead, she held onto a vision of politics centered around plurality and federalism, one in which homelands and regions of like-minded peoples would also live together in federalist republics that both respected the particularity of local identities and sought to build meaningful political bonds that transcend tribal sensibilities. Her plan for a federation in Israel and Palestine imagined Jewish and Palestinian homelands as part of a larger federal structure.
The rise of tribalist and populist political movements today is in part a response to the failure of cosmopolitan rule by elites around the world. As understandable as tribalism may be, the challenge today is to think of new political possibilities that allow for the meaningful commitments of tribal identities while also respecting the fact of human plurality. The Hannah Arendt Center Conference Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism responds to the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous. We ask:
• If humans are tribal beings, how can they live in multicultural liberal societies? • Are experts and elites themselves simply one tribe defending their self-interests? • Must social media contribute to the fracturing of society into raging tribes? • Is there a common interest in society knowable through reason? •What is a tribe and is it a useful word in our political vocabulary? •Is there an alternative to the cosmopolitan tribalism of global elites? Above all, we ask, how can make a space for tribal loyalty and tribal meaning while at the same time maintain our commitment to pluralist politics?
The full conference will be available via Live Webcast. ALL registrants will also receive the link to the live webcast.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center; OSUN.
Bloods, Crips, and Overcoming Tribalism in Los Angeles
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Friday, October 18, 2024 12–1 pm
Olin Hall A panel discussion with Phillip “Rock” Lester, Gilbert Johnson, Mandar Apte, and moderated by Niobe Way. Join Mandar Apte at 1:30pm after the panel discussion for a Peacebuilding Workshop, also in the Olin Hall Auditorium.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center; OSUN.
Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism in Israel and Palestine
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Friday, October 18, 2024 1:30–2:15 pm
Olin Humanities, Room 202 Join us for a conversation between two academics and friends-one a committed Muslim and Palestinian activist and one an Orthodox Jew.
Khaled Furani is a professor of anthropology at Tel-Aviv University on the lands of al-Sheikh Muwannis. He researches language and literature, theology, secularism, sovereignty, Palestine, and the history of anthropology. For several years, he taught a seminar on "Reading Hannah Arendt for Anthropology." He co-edited, with Yara Sa'di-Ibraheem, Inside the Leviathan: Palestinian Experiences at Israeli Universities (in Arabic, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, 2022).
Shai Lavi is a Professor of Law and heads the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. He is also the co-director of the Minerva Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of End of Life, and until 2017 was also the founding director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics – both at Tel Aviv University.
Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism in Israel and Palestine is one of the many compelling breakout sessions scheduled during the Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism. It provides an opportunity for a less formal conversation with the speakers from a talk held on the conference stage on Thursday, October 17, at noon, titled Can We Be Cosmopolitan Tribalists?
Learn more about the conference at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center; OSUN.
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Friday, October 18, 2024 2:15 pm
Olin Humanities Building A guided walk across Bard campus will lead participants to the historic grave of Hannah Arendt, with a stop at Stevenson Library to view an exhibit featuring books and photographs from Arendt's personal library, curated by Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center, and Helene Tieger, Head of Archives & Special Collections. This lunchtime event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Arendt's legacy while enjoying fresh air, conversation, and movement, as participants walk together and reflect on her life and work. Meet in the Olin Atrium at the Registration Table.
Meet the tour guides:
Jana Mader is the Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and a Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies and the Humanities. Her teaching and research focus on the history, art, and literature of the Hudson River Valley, particularly in the 19th century. As a scholar, writer, and translator, she works at the intersection of theory and practice. She has published four books, including a novel and a comparative analysis of 19th-century literature on the Hudson Valley and the Rhine. Walk Her Way New York City will come out in the Spring of 2025. More about her work can be found at janamarlene.com.
Lyndsey Stonebridge is a professor of humanities and human rights at the University of Birmingham (UK) and a Fellow of the British Academy. Her books include Placeless People: Writing, Rights, and Refugees, winner of the Modernist Studies Association Book Prize and a Choice Outstanding Academic Title; The Judicial Imagination: Writing After Nuremberg, which won the British Academy Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for English Literature; and the essay collection Writing and Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights. We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience (Hogarth) was published in January 2024. She is a regular media commentator and broadcaster. She lives in London and France.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Libraries at Bard College; OSUN.
Wine & Cheese Receptions at the Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism Conference
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference
Friday, October 18, 2024 5–6 pm
Olin Hall At the close of each conference day, head to the Olin Atrium for a complimentary wine and cheese reception, where you can continue the conversation with conference speakers, Arendt Center members, Bard community members, and other participants in an informal setting.
The 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on October 17 + 18 will bring notable speakers to Bard College to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. We'll explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference and register (Bard students, faculty, and staff attend free) at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024. RSVP for the reception is not required.Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement; Hannah Arendt Center; OSUN.
The seventh annual China Now Music Festival, Composing the Future, presents a concert opera by visionary composer Hao Weiya. Hao’s AI’s Variation, Opera of the Future is a science fiction–themed drama for three voices and chamber orchestra and is the second installment of his chamber opera trilogy. AI’s Variation tells the story of a troubled artist who allows his identity to be ‘enhanced’ by AI but then struggles with the consequences in his personal life.
The first half of the program features a performance by the dynamic young musicians of the Bard East/West Ensemble presenting newly commissioned works for Chinese and Western instruments, with a special appearance by the guzheng and guitar combo Duo Chinoiserie.
Sponsored by: US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Galleries Start Making Sense brings together highlights from the collections housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the art collection, Special Collections, part of the CCS Bard library, and the CCS Bard archives. At a moment when the Center is poised to greatly expand its library, archives and classrooms with the new 6,000 sq foot Keith Haring Wing, doubling the size of the library and adding 75% more collection storage below ground (opening in 2025), Start Making Sense creates an open dialogue between artworks and the contexts (exhibitions, institutions, galleries, events, curators, and collectors) which literally “make sense” of the works on display. It does so in a playful dialogue between art objects, archives, ephemera, and rare books held at CCS Bard beginning with the Marieluise Hessel Collection and moving to more recent gifts from a broad range of collectors, curators, artists and others who have placed their gifts at the disposition of the students, faculty and outside researchers who form the CCS Bard community. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
“It’s the Religion, Stupid”: Religious Dimensions in Current Crises
“From the River to the Sea” in Likud’s Presentation
Monday, October 21, 2024 12:30–2 pm
Bard Hall After the Cold War ended American politicians became fond of the mantra, “It's the Economy, Stupid.” They were not wrong, although other factors also have their sway. This autumn's series will consider global crises in which religion plays a central role, sometimes overrules self-interest, and needs to be understood for any address of the situation to be productive.
Presented by Bruce Chilton, Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion and director of the Institute of Advanced Theology, each lecture will have a different topic on the following Mondays.
October 21: “From the River to the Sea” in Likud's Presentation November 4: “From the River to the Sea” in the Hamas CharterSponsored by: Institute of Advanced Theology.
For more information, call 845-758-7667, or e-mail [email protected].
The internationallyrenowned writer will read from her work.
Monday, October 21, 2024 4–5 pm
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Internationallyrenowned writer Joyce Carol Oates will give a reading at Bard College on Monday, October 21, at 4:00 pm in the Chapel of the Holy Innocents. Oates is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award, the National Book Award, the Jerusalem Prize for Lifetime Achievement, the Prix Femina, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Art of the Short Story, and the Cino Del Duca World Prize, among many other honors. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including the national best sellers We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, and the New York Times best seller The Falls.
The reading, which is being presented as part of Bradford Morrow’s course on innovative contemporary fiction, is free and open to the public. With Morrow, Oates is co-editing Conjunctions:83, Revenants, The Ghost Issue, which will be published in November. Revenants will bring together fiction and poetry on the “unliving-living” by a wide array of esteemed writers, such as Margaret Atwood, Carmen Maria Machado, Ben Okri, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Patricia Smith, Valerie Martin, Jonathan Carroll, Reggie Oliver, James Morrow, Can Xue, Brian Evenson, Paul Muldoon, and others.
Praise for Joyce Carol Oates
“It’s hard to think of another writer with as fecund and protean an imagination . . . who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers.” —The New York Times Magazine
“Her short stories—she has won more Pushcart Prizes than any other writer—feel perfect, like tight circles around a kind of unspoken abyss.” —The New Yorker For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Blithewood On Tuesday, October 22 at 6:30 pm at Blithewood, Diana Khoi Nguyen will read from her work. The reading will be followed by a moderated Q&A.
A poet and multimedia artist, Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author of Root Fractures (2024) and Ghost Of (2018), which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her video work has been exhibited at the Miller ICA. Nguyen is a MacDowell fellow and member of the Vietnamese artist collective, She Who Has No Master(s). She's received an NEA fellowship and awards from the 92Y “Discovery” Poetry and 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery contests. She teaches in the Randolph College Low-Residency MFA and is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
Read more about Diana Khoi Nguyen’s work here.Sponsored by: Center for Ethics and Writing and the Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Kline, College Room Many of us speak more Yiddish than we think! Everyone in the college community is invited to join an informal conversation in Yiddish. For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
Director Natalie Zimmerman and producer Guetty Felin in attendance!
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 7–9 pm
Avery Art Center; Avery/Ottaway Theater Oceania: Journey to the Center, a film by Natalie Zimmerman and Tekinati Ruka, begins on a coral atoll predicted to become uninhabitable by 2030 due to rising sea levels and temperatures brought by climate change. We are invited on a journey with a mother and her adult son as they strive to maintain their culture, freedom, and independence after decades of colonizing encounters. Join us for the screening!Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Environmental and Urban Studies Program; Film and Electronic Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Thursdays from noon – 5 pm, running May 30 through October 31
Thursday, October 24, 2024 12–5 pm
Library Road in front of Gilson Place and Kappa House on Northeastern side of Kline Parking Lot Weekly selections of student produced and seasonally grown herbs, vegetables, mushrooms, honey, plant starts, flowers, and more. Local grass fed meat and eggs available from Triple A Angus and Lisa Benincasa from Shipping and Receiving, respectively.
Oh, and don't forget to bring your market bags! We accept cash and credit card payment methods!
Find us on Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room Astrid Weiske in conversation about her work in Queer Tango in Germany, the Netherlands. France, and the UK. When I started to lead 30 years ago, there was no intellectual space for women leaders.
I was a reject, outside the cultural norm, but I loved the music and dance so I threw myself onto the dance floor. Please join Astrid online at this link. And see our new Bard Tango Program website!
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Ancram Center for the Arts Presents: A Concert Production of Centuries
by Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh, and Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
Runs through Sunday, November 3, 2024
Ancram Center for the Arts Featuring: Kate Douglas, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Billy Keane, Matthew Dean Marsh, Ryan Melia, Adrien Reju, Aisha Sampson, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
October 25th - November 3rd Fridays at 7pm Saturday, 10/26 at 5:30pm Saturday, 11/2 at 2pm & 7pm Sundays at 3pm Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Writer As Reader: Discovering New Ways into the Text
Friday, October 25, 2024 9:30 am – 4 pm
Writer as Reader workshops model writing practices that inspire students to read more carefully, grasp meaning in complex texts, and build understanding through collaboration. These workshops invite secondary and college teachers to consider “writing to read” as a central classroom practice. Using diverse writing-to-read strategies, workshop participants explore their individual perspectives, consider what is apparent and what is inferred, and attend to the questions posed by the text.
This year, IWT’s Writer as Reader workshops will be held on Friday, October 25, 2024. The reading lists feature novels, poetry, nonfiction, historical documents, plays, and parables. Each workshop will highlight strategies that foster close reading and help readers develop an appreciation for the connections between different but related texts. Writer as Reader workshops emphasize the pedagogical value of teaching texts that are unfamiliar to students, prompting them to read closely and critically with attentiveness and an open mind.
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Peter Norton Symphony Space in NYC TŌN Resident Conductor Zachary Schwartzman returns with the orchestra to Symphony Space for another free concert. The program comprises Debussy’s colorful Nocturnes and selections from Prokofiev’s three Romeo & Juliet suites. The program also includes the New York premiere of the Scherzo No. 1 of composer Herman Whitfield III, a Black man who died in April 2022 after he was restrained by the police when his parents called 911 because he was having a mental health crisis. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Room, Center for Spiritual Life, basement of Resnick Village Dorm A Monday: Guided Meditation, 6-7 pm 6-6:15 dharma words 6:15-6:45 meditation 6:45-7 pm kinhin (walking meditation) and chanting
Thursday: Silent Meditation, 6-7 pm One hour of stillness and contemplation, plus the opportunity to ask questions about your spiritual practice in an one-on-one meeting with Myoko Osho.
You may join the meditation sessions at any time. Afterwards join our sangha community get-together with refreshments. Contact us to receive announcements for special Buddhist community events throughout the semester.
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
The Mass Renunciations of U.S. Citizenship at Tule Lake
Monday, October 28, 2024 5:30–7 pm
Online Event During World War II, the U.S. government incarcerated more than 125,000 persons of Japanese ancestry. One of that history’s most buried and most misunderstood stories is that of Tule Lake, a maximum-security segregation center for people the government deemed “disloyal.” Today, descendants and others are uncovering what happened at Tule Lake, when prisoners said “no” to the government, organized pro-Japan groups, and ultimately renounced their U.S. citizenship. Join writer Akemi Johnson as she tells her family’s story and shares her process of researching and writing a narrative nonfiction book on Tule Lake.
Akemi Johnson is the author of Night in the American Village: Women in the Shadow of the U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa, which was shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. A former Fulbright scholar, she has also written for The New York Times, The Nation, NPR’s Code Switch, The Washington Post, and other publications. Akemi earned an MFA in fiction writing from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and an AB in East Asian Studies from Brown University.Sponsored by: American and Indigenous Studies, Asian Studies, Global and International Studies, History, Human Rights, Japanese, Politics, and Written Arts.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Kline, College Room Many of us speak more Yiddish than we think! Everyone in the college community is invited to join an informal conversation in Yiddish. For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger marks the first in-depth examination of artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s multifaceted practice (b. 1976, Singapore) in the United States. Widely considered one of the most innovative artists to emerge internationally in the past 20 years, Ho creates complex and compelling video installations that probe reality, history, and fiction rooted in the culture of Southeast Asia. Time & the Tiger features five immersive film and multimedia installations spanning two decades that draw from historical events, documentary footage, art history, music videos, and mythical stories to investigate the construction of history, the narrative of myths, and the plurality of identities. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Remember to Dream revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. Moving beyond iconic projects, Remember to Dream seeks to rebalance understanding of Weems’ artistic development over the past 30 years while locating her work in the context of her own lived experiences and commitment to activism. Ranging from large-scale installations to serial bodies of photography, the works in the exhibition provide a through-line from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, tracing significant moments of racial reckoning through Weems’ own lens. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
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