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Weekend Sustainability Leadership Workshop
C2C Fellows Sustainability Leadership Training: Bard College, 11/30-12/2
Registration fee of $30 covers lodging and food. Free for Bard students. Conference begins at 5 PM Friday and ends noon Sunday. Bard College is 90 miles north of New York City, and is easily accessible by Amtrak from Penn Station in NYC.
APPLY NOW!
Weekend Sustainability Leadership Workshop:
The C2C Fellows Network at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy is a national program for undergraduates and recent graduates aspiring to leadership work in sustainable politics, NGO’s and business. C2C’s intensive skills-based weekend workshops include young people from across the country.
Led by Dr. Eban Goodstein, Director of Bard’s Center for Environmental Policy, C2C trainings focus on key leadership skills: vision, courage, developing your network, telling your story, and raising funds.
Graduates of the workshops join a national network with access to continuing educational and professional opportunities, including dedicated scholarships to attend Bard’s Graduate Programs in Sustainability: Masters of Science degrees in Environmental Policy and Climate Science and Policy and the Bard MBA in Sustainability.
C2C Fellows are leaders whose vision is to make a difference soon. Our mission is to accelerate their life’s work.
APPLY NOW
Questions? Please contact Eban Goodstein (ebangood@bard.edu)
Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
New Saloon
Saturday, December 1, 2018
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater
Preview performances
Founded by Bard alums Milo Cramer ’12, Morgan Green ’12, and Madeline Wise ’12, New Saloon is one of New York City’s most exciting young theater companies. This kaleidoscopic adaptation of Uncle Vanya collages a century’s worth of English translations—from the flowery 1916 version to Google Translate’s nonsensical rendition—into one sprawling, intimate, quietly disastrous evening.
Join the company as they continue developing this work in residence at the Fisher Center, culminating in two in-progress preview performances.
A post-show discussion will be held after each performance.
Approximate running time is 90 minutes. Sponsored by: Live Arts Bard.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/New-Saloon.
Saturday, December 1, 2018
Olin Language Center, Room 115
Join us at Bard College in the Hudson Valley for an Open House hosted by the Bard MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy.
Attendees will hear from a panel of current students and alumni of Bard's MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy. Our Panel of student/alum experts will discuss topics such as:
Our Admissions staff will also be on hand to provide information on the application process and answer questions regarding:
Event Location: This event will be held on Bard College's Hudson Valley campus located at 30 Campus Rd. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
Email Caitlin O'Donnell with any additional questions.Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail codonnel@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/gps/.
Saturday, December 1, 2018
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Saturday, December 1, 2018
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Corey Chang ’19 Persephone Abducted, world premiere
Antonín Dvořák Concerto for Cello in B Minor, Op. 104
Peter Wiley, cello
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/BCOM-December-2018/.
Weekend Sustainability Leadership Workshop
C2C Fellows Sustainability Leadership Training: Bard College, 11/30-12/2
Registration fee of $30 covers lodging and food. Free for Bard students. Conference begins at 5 PM Friday and ends noon Sunday. Bard College is 90 miles north of New York City, and is easily accessible by Amtrak from Penn Station in NYC.
APPLY NOW!
Weekend Sustainability Leadership Workshop:
The C2C Fellows Network at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy is a national program for undergraduates and recent graduates aspiring to leadership work in sustainable politics, NGO’s and business. C2C’s intensive skills-based weekend workshops include young people from across the country.
Led by Dr. Eban Goodstein, Director of Bard’s Center for Environmental Policy, C2C trainings focus on key leadership skills: vision, courage, developing your network, telling your story, and raising funds.
Graduates of the workshops join a national network with access to continuing educational and professional opportunities, including dedicated scholarships to attend Bard’s Graduate Programs in Sustainability: Masters of Science degrees in Environmental Policy and Climate Science and Policy and the Bard MBA in Sustainability.
C2C Fellows are leaders whose vision is to make a difference soon. Our mission is to accelerate their life’s work.
APPLY NOW
Questions? Please contact Eban Goodstein (ebangood@bard.edu)
Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Sunday, December 2, 2018
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Sunday, December 2, 2018
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
A recital of music by Soviet-era artists, as well as infrequently performed Russian/Russian-imperialist music, including Nikolai Mednter’s Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 21, Galina Ustvolskaya’s Violin Sonata (1952), and Prokofiev’s Five Melodies, Op. 35a.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Chapel of the Holy Innocents
You are invited to be part of our service of prayer and Holy Communion as we gather for intellectual discussions about theology, the Bible, and current events. Snacks and fellowship occur after the service. We welcome all—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, and anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Each night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Monday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Chapel of the Holy Innocents
The Annual Interfaith Service
LIGHT AND HOPE IN THE MIDST OF DARKNESSSponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Monday, December 3, 2018
Arendt Center
The Concept of the Public: Between Recognition and Negativity
We are living through a crisis of the public domain, and it is perhaps a good idea to review the meaning of this (relatively recent) concept. The mainstream treatment of the public sphere (by Habermasians, by Neo-Republicans) consists in the existence of accessible fora, of respectable discussion, and of mutual recognition. This meaning depends on what psychoanalysis understands as a presumption of the Big Other. However, the etymology and the actual existence of «the public» points to the more democratic «other» of the populus. The sense of enveloping space that is required by the public sphere proceeds, first, from profanation and subversion, second, from the reversal of symbolic structures.
Bio
Artemy Magun is a Hannah Arendt Center Teaching Fellow and Visiting Professor in Political Studies at Bard College for fall 2017. He is a Professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of St. Petersburg State University (Smolny College) where he teaches political theory and philosophy. Magun received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan and also holds a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Strasbourg. In English, he is the author of Negative Revolution (2013), editor of Politics of the One (2013), and currently editor of the international journal Stasis. Magun has also written extensively for Telos, History of Political Thought, Continental Philosophy Review, and Theory and Event. At Bard, he will be teaching a course on “Russian Politics.”
RSVP required: arendt@bard.edu
Time: 12 noon
Location: Hannah Arendt Center
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Monday, December 3, 2018
Aspinwall
Reception following in the Campus Center Multipurpose Room will feature student art and performances.
This is a project of students in Professor Myra Young Armstead's "Inclusion at Bard" course, an Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences course sponsored by Bard's Center for Civic Engagement. This event is part of the Difference and Justice Symposium, and is underwritten by a grant from the Lumina Foundation.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail armstead@bard.edu.
Monday, December 3, 2018
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
Anita Raghavan is a contributor to the New York Times and Barron’s, and the author of The Billionaire’s Apprentice: The Rise of the Indian-American Elite and the Fall of the Galleon Hedge Fund. Her book was short-listed for the 2013 Financial Times-Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year. Ms. Raghavan has appeared on 60 Minutes and spoken before the Commonwealth Club and the Asia Society. She has also delivered endowed ethics lectures at many U.S. universities, including Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business and NYU Stern.
Raghavan is the former European bureau chief of Forbes magazine. Prior to Forbes, she was at the Wall Street Journal, where she won a New York Press Club award for coverage of the near demise of the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management and an Overseas Press Club Award for best business reporting from abroad.Sponsored by: Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs; Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4454, or e-mail ccape@bard.edu.
Monday, December 3, 2018
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Newcomers receive an introduction to meditation.
Everybody is welcome!
After the silence, we will have some time to hear each other’s stories, experiences and questions, with a meal on Mondays and cookies and tea on Thursdays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-2020, or e-mail jlemmens@bard.edu.
Monday, December 3, 2018
Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Horns: Barbara Jöstlein Currie, Julie Landsman, Julia Pilant
Piano: David SytkowskiSponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
Monday, December 3, 2018
Arendt Center
Each night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Monday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Monday, December 3, 2018
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
The Bard College Community Jazz Orchestra presents the music of Miles Davis, Dizzie Gillespie and Thurman Barker.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail tbarker@bard.edu.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Aspinwall 302
For more information, call 845-758-7203, or e-mail heinowit@bard.edu.
Professor Helen Epstein,Global Public Health Concentration
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
RKC 111
Professors Epstein and Scalzo will introduce the Bard Global Health Concentration and pathways leading to post-baccalaureate degrees in the health professions. The discussion will be tailored to the interests of the audience. If you are interested in a health profession, you should attend this discussion. Sponsored by: Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing.
For more information, call 845-758-7222, or e-mail scalzo@bard.edu.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Gahagan
Each night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Monday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
RKC 103
How does fiction change our lives in the times of political crisis? What do we learn from works of literature that are nourished or powered by history? How do American dissidents of today compare to Soviet dissidents of the 1930-80s? What has literature gained -- and lost -- in the era of Trump and Putin? Come to a talk by the acclaimed novelist and journalist Paul Goldberg, author of two novels The Chateau (a comedy about Trump-supporting Russians), and The Yid (a comedy about Stalin’s death), and two non-fiction books about the Soviet human rights movement, The Final Act (with Ludmilla Alexeyeva) and The Thaw Generation, to discuss these questions and ask other questions of similar urgency and magnitude.Sponsored by: Russian/Eurasian Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ovoronin@bard.edu.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Campus Center, Weis Cinema
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Center for Civic Engagement
Each night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Monday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Kline, Faculty Dining Room
>>>>>RSVP HERE<<<<<
Are today’s children nature deprived? | What are the consequences of “NDD”? | How do we reengage the screen generation?
This workshop will kick off with short presentations from Bard faculty members and community experts. We will then break into small round table conversations to discuss key topics relating to nature deficit disorder and how to address it among young people.
Free and Open to the Public
Light snacks and great conversation provided.
>>>>>RSVP HERE<<<<<Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nature-deficit-disorder-a-cep-crash-course-tickets-52829213600?aff=website.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Stevenson Athletic Center, Main Gym
The women's basketball team hosts University of St. Joseph. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Department of Athletics and Recreation.
For more information, call 845-752-4929, e-mail jsheahan@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bardathletics.com.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Newcomers receive an introduction to meditation.
Everybody is welcome!
After the silence, we will have some time to hear each other’s stories, experiences and questions, with a meal on Mondays and cookies and tea on Thursdays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-2020, or e-mail jlemmens@bard.edu.
Thursday, December 6, 2018 – Friday, December 14, 2018
CCS Bard Galleries
V.5 presents five exhibitions organized by fourteen first-year students from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) working with the Marieluise Hessel Collection. These exhibitions pose five responses to the following conditions: three and a half months, two to four-person groups, 40 artworks, selected from a collection of over 3,000, and displayed in 7,000 square feet of space in and around the CCS Bard Galleries. From five vantage points, we consider how the collection respectively inhabits, haunts, flexes, wracks, or illuminates our queries.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/479-v-5.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Campus Center, Lobby
On Thursday, December 6, the Dutchess County Connect Mid-Hudson team will be conducting voluntary surveys for a regional transit study. The aim of the study is to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the existing regional transit network and identify opportunities to improve regional connections.
Participation is vital to the success of this study and Bard has a large community of commuters via mass transit. Stop by the Campus Center to share your thoughts about our regional transit system, or go online to take the survey at ConnectMidHudson.com/survey.
For more information, call 845-758-7668, e-mail dcochran@bard.edu, or visit https://www.connectmidhudson.com/survey.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
CCS Bard Galleries
Join us for the opening of V.5, five exhibitions organized by 14 first-year students from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), working with the Marieluise Hessel Collection. These exhibitions pose five responses to the following conditions: three and a half months, two- to four-person groups, and 40 artworks, selected from a collection of over 3,000 and displayed in 7,000 square feet of space in and around the CCS Bard Galleries. From five vantage points, we consider how the collection respectively inhabits, haunts, flexes, wracks, or illuminates our queries.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/479-v-5.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs
Each night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Monday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Cyrus R Vance Center for International Justice, 42 W. 44 St., New York, NY 10036
Rokey Suleman, currently executive director of elections for Richland County in South Carolina, has worked overseas on elections in places including Egypt, Russia, Afghanistan, Montenegro, Macedonia, Georgia, and Nepal. In the United States he has overseen elections in the District of Columbia and other positions in Virginia and Ohio. Given his breadth of experience, he is in a unique position to understand the challenges and opportunities related to elections—and more broadly, for democracy—in a truly comparative way. He will discuss his many experiences and the lessons he has learned in conversation with Bard College Dean of International Studies James Ketterer, who has also worked on elections at home and abroad. This event is cosponsored and hosted by the Vance Center for International Justice and supported by Foreign Affairs magazine.
Click here to RSVP.Sponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail jtinneny@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/elections-at-home-abroad-making-democracy-great-again-tickets-50746895330.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Campus Center, Weis Cinema
The Human Rights Project and the Hannah Arendt Center invite you to join us for a screening of No Human Is Illegal (2018, 61 mins.) Followed by Q&A and discussion with filmmaker Richard Ledes and Bard senior and Samos Volunteers member Eric Raimondi.
Richard Ledes is the director and producer of the new film, NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL. It is a documentary about refugees currently detained on the Greek island of Lesvos. They are indefinitely awaiting a decision from the European Union as to whether they will be allowed to stay in Europe or deported back to Turkey. Take a moment to search using Google “refugees on Lesvos” and you’ll see why this island has a particular importance at this time. The birthplace of Sappho is also home to Camp Moria, a migrant camp the BBC has called the worst in the world.
NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL is structured around interviews with refugees, residents of the island and international volunteers that Ledes conducted on Lesvos in the various refugee camps and other locations where refugees reside. NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL explores the history of Lesvos as a centuries-old destination for refugees, and gives the refugees–mainly from both Arab and Kurdish-speaking Syria, as well as other countries–an opportunity to share their motivations for leaving their homes, what their voyage has been like, and their goals for the future. The film is full of powerful moments and personal stories. A link to the NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL trailer is here: https://goo.gl/2eQMM3
This event is part of our public programming for the Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement, and Education, generously supported by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
For more information, call 845-758-7127, e-mail riou@bard.edu, or visit https://hrp.bard.edu/event/no-human-is-illegal-film-screening/.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
“There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, are are being, evolved” (Darwin, 1859).
Where do we come from? How did we evolve from unicellular microorganisms into complex machines capable of self-reflection? Darwin provided an answers in his On the Origin of Species, first published in 1859. Even though Darwin was obsessed with visual representations on his findings, he included a single diagram in his major volume. The diagram depicted what is now known as the “Tree of Life.” A tree with a single origin (or root) with offshoots growing vertically and occasionally branching off from each other, indicating the evolution a new species. This view was favored by biologists, evolutionary biologists, and philosopher alike for much of the 20th century. Recent work, however, brilliantly described by David Quammen in The Tangled Tree, suggests that the history of life may have taken a different path. Thanks to new genomic tools, we can now observe that some of the branches may be experiencing fusion (or grafting) events. In other words, it is now time to rethink the shape the tree of life. In this public talk, Gabriel Perron will describe the events that led to the redefinition of our tree of life and discuss the implications of this finding.Sponsored by: Biology Program.
For more information, call 845-752-2334, or e-mail gperron@bard.edu.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Bard Hall, Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail clinich@bard.edu.
Friday, December 7, 2018
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Campus Center
The Council for Inclusive Excellence is bringing the community together to hear how students have been working on and toward topics of difference and justice. There will be short lectures, workshops, and a poster session throughout the day. Students will present on their work with socioeconomics, history, race, politics, education, and much more. All levels of experience are represented, and the entire community is invited. Sponsored by: Council for Inclusive Excellence.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail asantana@bard.edu.
Sarah Ballard
Friday, December 7, 2018
Hegeman 107
The Solar System furnishes our most familiar planetary architecture: many planets, orbiting nearly coplanar to one another. However, a typical system of planets in the Milky Way orbits a much smaller M dwarf star. Small stars present a very different blueprint in key ways, compared to the conditions that nourished evolution of life on Earth. My research program combines detailed individual planetary studies with ensemble studies of hundreds-to-thousands of exoplanets. Single planets provide crucial case studies, but understanding planet occurrence and formation requires a wider lens. I will describe ongoing efforts to understand the links between planet formation from disks, orbital dynamics of planets, and the content and observability of planetary atmospheres. Studies of exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope comprise the clear next step toward understanding the hospitability of the Milky Way to life. Our success hinges upon leveraging the many thousands of planet discoveries in hand to determine how to use this precious and limited resource.Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-752-7302, or e-mail hhaggard@bard.edu.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Come and sing and be merry! All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Each night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Monday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Olin, Room 204
A few years ago, it was common for philosophers to begin inquiry into hope by noting that the subject has received little attention in the philosophical literature. But our ability to make this claim is quickly coming to an end; hope has been earning increasing recognition in the discipline, with philosophers exploring important questions related to the nature of hope, what makes hope rational, and how hope is connected to human well-being and motivation. Despite this recent interest, however, there remains very little discussion of the social and political dimensions of hope. My aim in this paper is to demonstrate the importance of a feminist perspective in bringing these dimensions into fuller view. I argue that a feminist approach to hope, one which attends explicitly to who is hoping, and the relative powers people have in their capacities to affect the world, both enables a richer understanding of the nature of hope and opens up space for exploring the value and risks of hope in an unjust social world.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7270, or e-mail hagberg@bard.edu.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Join us for Shabbat candle-lighting, a brief and relaxed service, and a great home-cooked vegetarian Shabbat dinner. Whether you're a Shabbat regular, an occasional participant, or a curious first-timer, come check us out! All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 717-760-9359, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Friday, December 7, 2018
NYC
Mark your calendars for this year's
Annual Alumni/ae Holiday Party!
BARD COMES TO BROOKLYN!
For more information, call 845-758-7867, e-mail events@bard.edu, or visit http://annandaleonline.org/hp18.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
As part of exhibition The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983-2004), a series of public programs will extend the exhibition research, through screenings, talks and conversations.
On Saturday, December 8th at 2:30pm in the Hessel Museum of Art galleries, the artist, writer, and filmmaker Renée Green will speak to her close relationship with Pat Hearn during the years they worked together, as well as her contact and relationship with Colin de Land and American Fine Arts, Co. She will also reflect on her international travels with Hearn, which opened the path to Green’s ongoing work as an artist. After a stroll through the galleries, film and video excerpts will be shown.
The exhibition also includes Ana Mendieta’s Ñáñigo Burial (1976), an important work in her Silueta series, that was previously presented at Pat Hearn Gallery. Ñáñigo Burial consists of 47 black candles arranged in a silhouette of the artist’s body. As part of the recreation of Mendieta’s work in the Hessel Museum of Art exhibition, the candles will be lit on December 8th, during the museum’s open hours, between 11am to 5pm.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/events/369-artist-talk-renee-green.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Stevenson Athletic Center, Main Gym
The men's basketball team hosts Pratt. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Department of Athletics and Recreation.
For more information, call 845-752-4929, e-mail jsheahan@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bardathletics.com.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Performers include the Da Capo Chamber Players, with Marka Gustavsson, Ben Fingland, Rodrigo Ortiz, Justin Morgan, Daniel Matei, Jonathan Eng, Yushi Pan, Zongheng Zhang, Chelsea Fingal, Isabella Argondizza, Chelsea DeSousa, and Cassandra Whitehead.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Bard Exhibition Center, 7401 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY
The Soft Animal of Your Body by June Naureckas
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 8, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Bard Exhibition Center, Studio #16
7401 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY 12571
*Exhibition on view through December 20.Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail mconway@bard.edu.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Bard Exhibition Center, 7401 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY
Splay Remains Somewhere by Lily Lasher
Opening Reception: December 8, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Bard Exhibition Center, Studio #13
7401 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY 12571
*Exhibition on view through December 20.Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail mconway@bard.edu.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Bard Exhibition Center, 7401 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY
Dying in the Closet (Part 22 of 29) by Kouki Higashino
Opening Reception: December 8, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Bard College Exhibition Center
7401 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY 12571
*Exhibition on view through December 20.Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail mconway@bard.edu.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Fisher Studio Arts Bldg., Main Galleries
Crazy in the Garden: Paintings and Prints by Marty Katzoff
Opening Reception: December 8, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Fisher Studio Arts Building, Main Galleries
*Exhibition on view through December 20.Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail mconway@bard.edu.
Lea DeLaria
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Jazz singer, actor, writer, and stand-up comic Lea DeLaria “talks like a coffee grinder, and sounds like a cross between Ella Fitzgerald and a Broadway diva.” —Guardian
Join DeLaria, star of Orange Is the New Black, for a very special and extra sassy concert of holiday favorites with her all-female jazz ensemble.
Featuring
Miki Hayama - Piano
Endea Owens - Bass
Sylvia Cuenca - Drums
Approximate running time is 90 minutes.Sponsored by: Fisher Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/Lea-DeLaria/.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Each night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Monday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Program Information:
HINDEMITH Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 11, No. 1
BEETHOVEN Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Minor, Op. 23, No. 4
GRIEG Sonata for piano and violin, Op. 45
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
Sunday, December 9, 2018
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Chapel of the Holy Innocents
You are invited to be part of our service of prayer and Holy Communion as we gather for intellectual discussions about theology, the Bible, and current events. Snacks and fellowship occur after the service. We welcome all—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, and anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Bard Hall, Bard College Campus
Music of Bach, Vieuxtemps, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, and Andrew Norman
Players: Maeve Schallert, Narain Darakananda, David Banoczi-Ruof, and Valory Hight
Pianist: David SytkowskiSponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail kiesewet@bard.edu.
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Kline Commons
Each night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Monday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Newcomers receive an introduction to meditation.
Everybody is welcome!
After the silence, we will have some time to hear each other’s stories, experiences and questions, with a meal on Mondays and cookies and tea on Thursdays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-2020, or e-mail jlemmens@bard.edu.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Reem-Kayden Center
Sponsored by: Experimental Humanities Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4454, or e-mail ccape@bard.edu.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Olin, Room 102
What am I? Am I only the sum of my physical parts, or is there an intangible, essential aspect of myself that survives the death of my body? If there is a soul, then what is its relation to my body, and what can it experience when disembodied after death? The question of the nature of the human being, and thus her relation to the divine, was at the center of philosophical and theological discussions of the medieval Islamic world. With the Muslim theologians al-Ghazālī (d. 1111) and Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 1210), we witness what has been termed the “Avicennian turn” in Ashʿarite theology. These thinkers, who have often been wrongly censured as the very theologians who stifled the Islamic philosophical movement (al-falsafa), engaged with the falsafa tradition so deeply that their own theology was fundamentally transformed by it.
This talk will begin with a discussion of the understanding of the human being as developed in mainstream Islamic theology, then turn to al-Ghazālī and particularly Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s engagement with the philosophy of Avicenna (d. 1037) and the fundamental shift that they introduced into Islamic theology with their acceptance of the existence of a noncorporeal soul (al-nafs). With an examination of the development of the concept of the soul in Islamic philosophy and theology, we also find ourselves challenging the very paradigm that held that orthodox theologians dealt a death blow to the falsafa movement in the 12th century. Instead, we witness that Islamic philosophy continued to thrive not only through a rich commentary tradition but also as it was absorbed and transformed in Islamic theological and mystical trends.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Religion Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7364, or e-mail rdavis@bard.edu.
Monday, December 10, 2018
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Come and hear Shakespeare texts as imagined by songwriters down the ages, including Berlioz, Chausson, Coleridge-Taylor, Eissler, Korngold, Quilter, Tippett, and Vaughan-Williams, sung and played by the student singers and pianists of Rufus Müller's performance class.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail rumu2000@earthlink.net.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Shafer House
The Written Arts Program welcomes students to Shafer House for an evening of readings, refreshments, and holiday cheer. Listen to our graduating seniors read from their completed projects, meet other student writers, and enjoy some seasonal snacks.
Shafer House (9 Cedar Hill Road) is located at the Annandale Triangle on south campus, across the road from Feitler House.Sponsored by: Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4454, e-mail ccape@bard.edu, or visit https://writtenarts.bard.edu.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
Are you studying abroad next term? Hoping to research or work abroad after graduation? Please join us for a candid discussion on preparing ourselves to be informed and respectful world citizens at a time of rising nationalism, stricter border controls, and a fraught American political and social landscape. Bring your questions and concerns and we'll talk about practical approaches for diffusing anxieties, maintaining situational awareness for personal safety, navigating identity in a new context, respecting host cultures, and seizing the opportunities to achieve rewarding experiences abroad. Our panelists include Dr. Frederic Hof, Ambassador-in-Residence at Bard; James Ketterer, Dean of International Studies; Harry Johnson '17 Watson Fellow; and Dr. Robyn Smyth, Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental and Urban Studies. Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-7387, e-mail jmurray@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/bardabroad/.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Blum N211 - the jazz room
The Bard College Percussion Ensemble program features music for percussion quartet, "Cameo Suite ", "March for Mopeds" and "Dreamscape" by Jared Spears and "Voyage" by Thurman Barker. This concert will include for the first time for the ensemble djembe drumming and a solo piece for drum set. These compositions offer a wide range of sounds from pitched instruments, such as the xylophone and marimba, and non-pitched instruments, such as the woodblocks and concert tom-toms. Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail tbarker@bard.edu.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Join and receive a $65 application fee waiver!
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Online
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Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational webinars for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.
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Webinars include a program overview for the Bard MBA in Sustainability and the Bard Center for Environmental Policy programs as well as detailed admissions information, course requirements, tips to make your application strong, and financial information.
Join a live information session with Director Goodstein and the admissions team and ask questions directly of the Bard team.
WHAT WILL BE COVERED?
Degree Options Include:
MS in Environmental Policy
MS in Climate Science and Policy
MBA in Sustainability
Dual Degree Options Include:
MS/JD with Pace Law School
MS/MAT with Bard's Master of Arts in Teaching
MS/MBA with Bard's MBA in Sustainability
Peace Corps Programs Include:
Master's International (before you serve)
Peace Corps Fellows (after you serve)
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar at the end of the session. Email Caitlin O'Donnell for further details.
For more information, call 845-758-7073.
<<<< REGISTER HERE FOR LINK >>>>Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail codonnel@bard.edu, or visit https://gps.bard.edu/informational-webinar-01/09/18.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Olin, Room 102
In our modern world, public speech can change the course of history. Public speech was even more powerful in the ancient world when modern multimedia such as the internet, television, radio, and newspaper did not exist and when people relied more on face-to-face communication with their audience to inform, praise, and persuade. Most famously, the Greeks and Romans practiced and systematized the art of public speaking. Like the ancient Greek and Romans, the Arabs after them took immense pride in their oratory. Muslim scholars in the Middle Ages boasted about Arabs’ natural rhetorical abilities and believed that there was something special about Arabic itself. They concluded that because the Qur’an is God’s masterpiece and transcends human imitation, Arabic was a sacred language, the chosen language of God.
What did Arabic public speaking mean before these later opinions of Arabic appeared? In this talk I analyze the role, nature, and effect of Arabic oral performance in the early Islamic period (622–750 CE), when Islamic civilization was beginning to take shape. I specifically engage the Umayyad governor, named al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (d. 714), who was one of the most salient figures of early Islam and directly controlled a large territory from Iraq to India around the year 700. He is remembered both as a notorious tyrant and as an eloquent orator, which creates an interesting paradox. I will solve this paradox and use his figure and speeches to explore the power of oratory in early Islam before Arabic acquired its later “nationalistic” and religious dimensions. I will explain why early Islamic oratory has been neglected in modern scholarship, argue for its recovery as a
field of study, and point to the key ideological role of public speech in al-Hajjaj’s imperial project. Al-Hajjaj’s case, furthermore, points to the symbolic, ritualistic, and magical impact of speech in his time, which helps us reimagine the role of Arabic oratory in the building of the newborn Islamic Empire.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Religion Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7364, or e-mail rdavis@bard.edu.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Webinar
If you haven’t submitted your application, join us for an informal chat about requirements for admission, financial aid specifics, and other admission topics.
If you’ve been offered admission, let’s chat about the stages of enrolling in the programs, life on Bard's Annandale campus, Dutchess County (the area in which we’re located), and, of course, the Levy Economics Institute!Sponsored by: Levy Economics Institute; Levy Graduate Programs.
For more information, call 845-758-7776, e-mail levygrad@bard.edu, or visit https://connect.bard.edu/register/DEC12.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Conducted by Leon Botstein
Music Director of The Orchestra Now and the American Symphony Orchestra
For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail boxoffice@bard.edu, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/Russian-Evolution/.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Newcomers receive an introduction to meditation.
Everybody is welcome!
After the silence, we will have some time to hear each other’s stories, experiences and questions, with a meal on Mondays and cookies and tea on Thursdays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-2020, or e-mail jlemmens@bard.edu.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater
Choreographed and performed by seniors in the Bard Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry. Their ideas are supported by a professional staff of designers.Sponsored by: Dance Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/senior-dance-2018/.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Blum Hall
Featuring: Kat Davila - piano, Alexus Foster - piano, Edgar Guzman - drums, Tony Henry - piano, Raphael Lelan-Cox - bass, Max Satow - guitar and Tim Trumpet - trumpet Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail sunjump@gmail.com.
First Fiction Workshop students read from their beguiling fiction.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Olin, Room 102
READERS:
Haydon Alexander
Raksha Boiteau
Laurent Brodie
Anyata Hamilton
Tobias Hess
Benedict Hutchinson
Nate Kouri
Rachel Lyons
Photini Kamvisseli-Suarez
Ari Mackoff
Jude Markey-Smith
Grace McNally
Sophia Slezak
Eliza WatsonSponsored by: Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4454, e-mail ccape@bard.edu, or visit http://writtenarts.bard.edu.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail lindsay@bard.edu.
Friday, December 14, 2018
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Friday, December 14, 2018
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Join us for Shabbat candle-lighting, a brief and relaxed service, and a great home-cooked vegetarian Shabbat dinner. Whether you're a Shabbat regular, an occasional participant, or a curious first-timer, come check us out! All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 717-760-9359, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Friday, December 14, 2018
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater
Choreographed and performed by seniors in the Bard Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry. Their ideas are supported by a professional staff of designers.Sponsored by: Dance Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/senior-dance-2018/.
Friday, December 14, 2018
Olin, Room 204
Sometimes, we face choices between actions most likely to lead to valuable outcomes, and actions that put us in a better position to learn. These choices exemplify what is called the exploration/exploitation trade-off. In computer science and statistics, this trade-off has fruitfully been applied to modulating the way agents make choices over time. In this talk, I argue that the trade-off also extends to belief. We can be torn between two ways of believing, one of which is expected to be more accurate, whereas the other looks like it will lead to more learning opportunity. Further, it is sometimes rationally permissible to choose the latter. I break down the features of action that give rise to the trade-off, and then argue that each feature applies equally well to belief. This result hangs on the connection between what we believe and how we imagine. I end by presenting some preliminary experimental work testing whether humans actually do believe in an exploratory way.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7270, or e-mail hagberg@bard.edu.
Friday, December 14, 2018
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Konzertmusik, Morgenmusik, and Sonatas for Brass and Piano by Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). Festive music for horns, trumpets, trombones, and tubas with piano accompaniment, curated by Edward Carroll.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater
Choreographed and performed by seniors in the Bard Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry. Their ideas are supported by a professional staff of designers.Sponsored by: Dance Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/senior-dance-2018/.
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater
Choreographed and performed by seniors in the Bard Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry. Their ideas are supported by a professional staff of designers.Sponsored by: Dance Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/senior-dance-2018/.
Saturday, December 15, 2018 – Sunday, December 16, 2018
LMHQ 150 Broadway, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10038
During the Saturday of each Residency Weekend we invite visiting prospective MBA students to:
Please click here to reserve your spot for the visit day. Send an email to Caitlin O'Donnell, Graduate Admissions Counselor, with any questions.
Location: LMHQ 150 Broadway NY, NY 10038Sponsored by: Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail codonnel@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/mba/.
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
This holiday tradition features a program of works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, including “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. With the Bard College Symphonic Chorus, Bard College Chamber Singers, members of the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program, the Bard Conservatory Orchestra, and The Orchestra Now (TŌN).
Runtime is 1 hour 55 minutes, including one intermission.
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/winter-songfest-2018/.
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Olin Hall
Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Chapel of the Holy Innocents
You are invited to be part of our service of prayer and Holy Communion as we gather for intellectual discussions about theology, the Bible, and current events. Snacks and fellowship occur after the service. We welcome all—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, and anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Saturday, December 15, 2018 – Sunday, December 16, 2018
LMHQ 150 Broadway, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10038
During the Saturday of each Residency Weekend we invite visiting prospective MBA students to:
Please click here to reserve your spot for the visit day. Send an email to Caitlin O'Donnell, Graduate Admissions Counselor, with any questions.
Location: LMHQ 150 Broadway NY, NY 10038Sponsored by: Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail codonnel@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/mba/.
Sunday, December 16, 2018
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.
Sunday, December 16, 2018
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.
Performing works by Hindemith, Bach, and Quincy Porter, with Jimmy Berger, piano
Sunday, December 16, 2018
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Program
Speed Etude for Viola and Piano (1947) Quincy Porter (1897–1966) I. Predule
IV. Sarabande
VI. Gigue
Short Intermission
Sonata for Viola Solo Op. 25, No. 1 Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
I. Breit Viertel
II. Sehr Frisch und straff (Viertel)
III. Sehr langsam
IV. Rasendes Zeitmaß. Wild. Tonschönheit ist Nebensache
About the Artists
Weilan Li, from Shenzhen, China, is now a third-year student at the Bard Conservatory, where she studies viola with Steven Tenenbom and Marka Gustavsson. In addition to studying viola, Weilan has chosen anthropology as her second major at Bard. She began playing the viola in 2009 after seven years of playing the violin while attending the middle school at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in China.
Weilan has attended many music festivals, including the Young Artists Program (YAP) of National Arts Center in Ottawa, where she was selected for the Pinchas Zukerman studio and studied with Zukerman, Patinka Kopec, and Grigory Kalinovsky in 2017. She attended the National Youth Orchestra of China (NYO–China) the same year, where she was principal viola performing in New York’s Carnegie Hall with Yuja Wang and Maestro Ludovic Morlot. She also played on tour in China, performing in Beijing, Shanghai, and Suzhou with pianist Olga Kern.
In the summer of 2018, Weilan attended the Chamber Music Intensive of Taconic Music in Manchester, Vermont, where she studied chamber music with Enso Quartet, the Indianapolis Quartet, and the Horszowski Trio, and had lessons with Melissa Reardon, Michael Strauss, Ariel Rudiakov, Amadi Azikiwe, and others. In July, she attended the String Summer Mastercourse of Keshet Eilon in Israel, where she started with soloist Tatjana Masurenko (Hochschule für Musik) and Francoise Gneri (CNSM of Lyon). Weilan collaborated with solo violinist Sergey Ostrovsky and violist Tatjana Masurenko, performing Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence.” She has had coachings with Shmuel Ashkenasi, Ira Weller, Peter Serkin, Raman Ramakrishnan, Nicholas Mann, David Geber, Yi-Wen Jiang, and Jay Liu. She has also played in masterclasses with the Shanghai Quartet, Ani Kavafian, Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, Peter Wiley, Ivan Chan, and Samuel Rhodes. She won the second prize in the Viola Category in the Hong Kong International String Competition.
Pianist James Berger, from Buffalo, New York, is a second-year student in the Conservatory, studying piano with Benjamin Hochman.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Newcomers receive an introduction to meditation.
Everybody is welcome!
After the silence, we will have some time to hear each other’s stories, experiences and questions, with a meal on Mondays and cookies and tea on Thursdays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-2020, or e-mail jlemmens@bard.edu.
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Olin, Room 102
Current discourses within Muslim communities over same-sex intercourse suggest that Islamic law, because Divine, is fixed and immutable. They do not, however, take into account the process of human, and therefore fallible, interpretive reasoning that went into the historical development of legal doctrines. Indeed, Islamic law did not exist in a vacuum but was rather part of an evolving, vibrant discursive tradition. This talk surveys some of the discourses surrounding same-sex intercourse across an array of historical genres. It follows texts, their writers, ideas, and discourses across time, space, disciplines, and occasionally across religious traditions. It seeks to illustrate the ways in which early Muslims’ constructions and suggested punishments for same-sex intercourse were not simply based on self-evident scriptural passages but involved a number of extrapolations and interpretations by early exegetes and jurists. It makes a more general theoretical assertion about the relation between scriptural texts and authoritative religious interpretations, and the ways in which the latter inevitably go beyond the former in a number of historically specific ways.
Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Religion Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7364, or e-mail rdavis@bard.edu.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Blum Hall
Performing two works by Pauline Oliveros, along with new compositions by Bard students.
Directed by Prof. Matt Sargent, the Bard electroacoustic ensemble is an ensemble that performs new and experimental music using a large variety of instruments, software, objects, and voices.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail msargent@bard.edu.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841-1904)
Michael Patterson, conductor
Carnival Overture, Op. 92, B. 169
Erica Kiesewetter, conductor
Silent Woods. Op. 68, B. 133
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Joseph Suk (1874-1935)
Zachary Schwartzman, conductor
Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
Zachary Schwartzman, conductor
My Homeland
Tábor
The Moldau
ŠárkaSponsored by: Bard College Community Orchestra.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/BCCO-December-2018/.
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Kathryn Tabb
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Olin, Room 102
In 2015, President Obama introduced an exciting new approach to medical research: the Precision Medicine Initiative. By using massive data sets and cutting-edge methods from genetics, neuroscience, and other fields, this $1.5 billion effort promises scientific breakthroughs that will yield better options for treatment and care. But is precision always a good thing for medicine? In this talk, I will draw on a tradition in the history of science, that of medical skepticism, to suggest that maybe precision isn’t always as valuable as it might appear to be at first glance. Galen, an influential Greek physician in the Roman Empire, described a popular approach to medicine that rejected the search for underlying causes of disease, and instead focused on alleviating symptoms and bringing comfort. Centuries later, John Locke, a physician as well as a philosopher, argued that knowledge of medical causes would always be out of human reach, no matter how far science advanced. In the current milieu, the celebration of precision amounts to a preference for clinical interventions that can be understood at the molecular level. But as skeptical physicians have long argued, the pursuit of this sort of explanation risks tempting the medical establishment away from its proper task, that of healing the sick. Drawing on this history, I build an ethical case for the revival of medical skepticism, in a form appropriate for the 21st century.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7270, or e-mail hagberg@bard.edu.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Reem-Kayden Center
Light refreshments will be served.Sponsored by: Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing.
For more information, call 845-752-2309, or e-mail tibbetts@bard.edu.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
A concert of music inspired by the words of three icons of poetry: Goethe, Verlaine, and Dickinson. Performed by the first-year singers of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and the postgraduate Piano Fellows.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Avery Integrated Arts Room
Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Newcomers receive an introduction to meditation.
Everybody is welcome!
After the silence, we will have some time to hear each other’s stories, experiences and questions, with a meal on Mondays and cookies and tea on Thursdays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-2020, or e-mail jlemmens@bard.edu.
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Olin, Room 102
Consciousness has sometimes been said to be dual, or divided, after split-brain surgery. But what about self-consciousness? In this paper, I argue that after split-brain surgery, the two hemispheres of the brain are associated with distinct self-conscious thinkers. On the other hand, there is something about the way their self-consciousness operates that makes them unlike other pairs of self-conscious thinkers and rather more like a single self-conscious human being.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7270, or e-mail hagberg@bard.edu.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Olin Hall
Luigi Cherubini Médée Overture
Mozart Symphony No. 25
Beethoven Incidental music to Egmont
Conducted by Zachary Schwartzman
With soprano Paulina Swierczek
Free | No RSVP necessarySponsored by: TON.
For more information, call 646-237-5034, e-mail hello@theorchestranow.org, or visit http://theorchestranow.org/mozarts-symphony-no-25/.
Friday, December 21, 2018
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm A
Join us for Shabbat candle-lighting, a brief and relaxed service, and a great home-cooked vegetarian Shabbat dinner. Whether you're a Shabbat regular, an occasional participant, or a curious first-timer, come check us out! All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 717-760-9359, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Multiple Grammy Award–winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant returns to the Fisher Center for a special winter concert. Accompanied by Franco-American virtuoso pianist Dan Tepfer, she presents the enchanting music of the French Songbook, from Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel to Serge Gainsbourg and more. Sung in French.Sponsored by: Catskill Jazz Factory; Fisher Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/les-belles-chansons-francaise/.
C2C Fellows Sustainability Leadership Training
Weekend Sustainability Leadership Workshop
Friday, November 30, 2018 – Sunday, December 2, 2018
Bard College CampusC2C Fellows Sustainability Leadership Training: Bard College, 11/30-12/2
Registration fee of $30 covers lodging and food. Free for Bard students. Conference begins at 5 PM Friday and ends noon Sunday. Bard College is 90 miles north of New York City, and is easily accessible by Amtrak from Penn Station in NYC.
APPLY NOW!
Weekend Sustainability Leadership Workshop:
The C2C Fellows Network at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy is a national program for undergraduates and recent graduates aspiring to leadership work in sustainable politics, NGO’s and business. C2C’s intensive skills-based weekend workshops include young people from across the country.
Led by Dr. Eban Goodstein, Director of Bard’s Center for Environmental Policy, C2C trainings focus on key leadership skills: vision, courage, developing your network, telling your story, and raising funds.
Graduates of the workshops join a national network with access to continuing educational and professional opportunities, including dedicated scholarships to attend Bard’s Graduate Programs in Sustainability: Masters of Science degrees in Environmental Policy and Climate Science and Policy and the Bard MBA in Sustainability.
C2C Fellows are leaders whose vision is to make a difference soon. Our mission is to accelerate their life’s work.
APPLY NOW
Questions? Please contact Eban Goodstein (ebangood@bard.edu)
Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Save this event: New Saloon
Minor Character
Saturday, December 1, 2018
7:30 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterPreview performances
Founded by Bard alums Milo Cramer ’12, Morgan Green ’12, and Madeline Wise ’12, New Saloon is one of New York City’s most exciting young theater companies. This kaleidoscopic adaptation of Uncle Vanya collages a century’s worth of English translations—from the flowery 1916 version to Google Translate’s nonsensical rendition—into one sprawling, intimate, quietly disastrous evening.
Join the company as they continue developing this work in residence at the Fisher Center, culminating in two in-progress preview performances.
A post-show discussion will be held after each performance.
Approximate running time is 90 minutes. Sponsored by: Live Arts Bard.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/New-Saloon.
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability: Open House at Bard College
Attendees receive a $65 application fee waiver! RSVP: HERE
Saturday, December 1, 2018
11 am – 2 pm
Olin Language Center, Room 115Join us at Bard College in the Hudson Valley for an Open House hosted by the Bard MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy.
Attendees will hear from a panel of current students and alumni of Bard's MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy. Our Panel of student/alum experts will discuss topics such as:
- career outcomes -- how the MS degrees at CEP and MBA in Sustainability have led to impactful sustainability careers
- the program experience -- highlights on courses and key features at Bard (including the NYCLab course and the CEP internship)
- how to get the most of your graduate school journey -- career development + student engagement opportunities at Bard
- how to make your application stand out -- tips on perfecting your application materials, advice on getting through the graduate school admissions process
Our Admissions staff will also be on hand to provide information on the application process and answer questions regarding:
- how to complete and submit your application
- financial aid opportunities
- successfully completing program prerequisites
Event Location: This event will be held on Bard College's Hudson Valley campus located at 30 Campus Rd. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
Email Caitlin O'Donnell with any additional questions.Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail codonnel@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/gps/.
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004)
Saturday, December 1, 2018
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtThe Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Bard College Conservatory Orchestra
Xian Zhang, guest conductor
Saturday, December 1, 2018
8 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterCorey Chang ’19 Persephone Abducted, world premiere
Antonín Dvořák Concerto for Cello in B Minor, Op. 104
Peter Wiley, cello
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/BCOM-December-2018/.
C2C Fellows Sustainability Leadership Training
Weekend Sustainability Leadership Workshop
Friday, November 30, 2018 – Sunday, December 2, 2018
Bard College CampusC2C Fellows Sustainability Leadership Training: Bard College, 11/30-12/2
Registration fee of $30 covers lodging and food. Free for Bard students. Conference begins at 5 PM Friday and ends noon Sunday. Bard College is 90 miles north of New York City, and is easily accessible by Amtrak from Penn Station in NYC.
APPLY NOW!
Weekend Sustainability Leadership Workshop:
The C2C Fellows Network at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy is a national program for undergraduates and recent graduates aspiring to leadership work in sustainable politics, NGO’s and business. C2C’s intensive skills-based weekend workshops include young people from across the country.
Led by Dr. Eban Goodstein, Director of Bard’s Center for Environmental Policy, C2C trainings focus on key leadership skills: vision, courage, developing your network, telling your story, and raising funds.
Graduates of the workshops join a national network with access to continuing educational and professional opportunities, including dedicated scholarships to attend Bard’s Graduate Programs in Sustainability: Masters of Science degrees in Environmental Policy and Climate Science and Policy and the Bard MBA in Sustainability.
C2C Fellows are leaders whose vision is to make a difference soon. Our mission is to accelerate their life’s work.
APPLY NOW
Questions? Please contact Eban Goodstein (ebangood@bard.edu)
Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004)
Sunday, December 2, 2018
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtThe Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Silenced Voices: Music of Soviet Russia
Alumni/ae Recital with Matthew Woodard ’17, violin, and Liliya Ugay, piano
Sunday, December 2, 2018
3–5 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingA recital of music by Soviet-era artists, as well as infrequently performed Russian/Russian-imperialist music, including Nikolai Mednter’s Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 21, Galina Ustvolskaya’s Violin Sonata (1952), and Prokofiev’s Five Melodies, Op. 35a.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
Christian Services
Sunday, December 2, 2018
3–5 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsYou are invited to be part of our service of prayer and Holy Communion as we gather for intellectual discussions about theology, the Bible, and current events. Snacks and fellowship occur after the service. We welcome all—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, and anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Hanukkah Celebration
Bard Chaplaincy Hosts a Hanukkah Celebration at the Festival of Lights
Sunday, December 2, 2018
6–8 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsEach night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Full Schedule of 2018 Hanukkah Celebrations on Bard College Campus
Sunday Dec. 2 at 6 pm hosted by the Chaplaincy at the Festival of Lights in the ChapelMonday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Festival of Lights Interfaith Service
Sunday, December 2, 2018
6–8 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsThe Annual Interfaith Service
LIGHT AND HOPE IN THE MIDST OF DARKNESSSponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
The Concept of the Public: Between Recognition and Negativity: Lunchtime Talk by Artemy Magun
Monday, December 3, 2018
12–2 pm
Arendt CenterThe Concept of the Public: Between Recognition and Negativity
We are living through a crisis of the public domain, and it is perhaps a good idea to review the meaning of this (relatively recent) concept. The mainstream treatment of the public sphere (by Habermasians, by Neo-Republicans) consists in the existence of accessible fora, of respectable discussion, and of mutual recognition. This meaning depends on what psychoanalysis understands as a presumption of the Big Other. However, the etymology and the actual existence of «the public» points to the more democratic «other» of the populus. The sense of enveloping space that is required by the public sphere proceeds, first, from profanation and subversion, second, from the reversal of symbolic structures.
Bio
Artemy Magun is a Hannah Arendt Center Teaching Fellow and Visiting Professor in Political Studies at Bard College for fall 2017. He is a Professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of St. Petersburg State University (Smolny College) where he teaches political theory and philosophy. Magun received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan and also holds a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Strasbourg. In English, he is the author of Negative Revolution (2013), editor of Politics of the One (2013), and currently editor of the international journal Stasis. Magun has also written extensively for Telos, History of Political Thought, Continental Philosophy Review, and Theory and Event. At Bard, he will be teaching a course on “Russian Politics.”
RSVP required: arendt@bard.edu
Time: 12 noon
Location: Hannah Arendt Center
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Commemoration Walk
Monday, December 3, 2018
3–5 pm
AspinwallWe will tour new campus signage designed to encourage critical reflection on community practices of public memory, recognition, and forgetting through geographical markers.
Walk beginning outside Aspinwall Hall, Bard College, on Monday, December 3, at 3:00 pm.Reception following in the Campus Center Multipurpose Room will feature student art and performances.
This is a project of students in Professor Myra Young Armstead's "Inclusion at Bard" course, an Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences course sponsored by Bard's Center for Civic Engagement. This event is part of the Difference and Justice Symposium, and is underwritten by a grant from the Lumina Foundation.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail armstead@bard.edu.
Journalism in the Time of Fake News
Anita Raghavan Presents the Annual John J. Curran ’75 Lecture in Journalism
Monday, December 3, 2018
4:45–6:30 pm
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 AuditoriumAnita Raghavan is a contributor to the New York Times and Barron’s, and the author of The Billionaire’s Apprentice: The Rise of the Indian-American Elite and the Fall of the Galleon Hedge Fund. Her book was short-listed for the 2013 Financial Times-Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year. Ms. Raghavan has appeared on 60 Minutes and spoken before the Commonwealth Club and the Asia Society. She has also delivered endowed ethics lectures at many U.S. universities, including Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business and NYU Stern.
Raghavan is the former European bureau chief of Forbes magazine. Prior to Forbes, she was at the Wall Street Journal, where she won a New York Press Club award for coverage of the near demise of the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management and an Overseas Press Club Award for best business reporting from abroad.Sponsored by: Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs; Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4454, or e-mail ccape@bard.edu.
Meditation Group
Monday, December 3, 2018
5–6:30 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ATo study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Newcomers receive an introduction to meditation.
Everybody is welcome!
After the silence, we will have some time to hear each other’s stories, experiences and questions, with a meal on Mondays and cookies and tea on Thursdays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-2020, or e-mail jlemmens@bard.edu.
Horns o' Plenty: A Celebration!
Faculty and students perform festive works for horns, strings, and piano by Beethoven, Bach, Boismortier, Carl Nielson, and Robert Planel.
Monday, December 3, 2018
7–8:30 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsHorns: Barbara Jöstlein Currie, Julie Landsman, Julia Pilant
Strings: Marka Gustavsson, Valory Hight, Robert Martin, Emily Daggett Smith
Piano: David SytkowskiSponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
Hanukkah Celebration
Hannah Arendt Center Hosts the Second Night of Hanukkah
Monday, December 3, 2018
7–8 pm
Arendt CenterEach night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Full Schedule of 2018 Hanukkah Celebrations on Bard College Campus
Sunday Dec. 2 at 6 pm hosted by the Chaplaincy at the Festival of Lights in the ChapelMonday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Bard College Community Jazz Orchestra
Monday, December 3, 2018
8–10 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingThe Bard College Community Jazz Orchestra presents the music of Miles Davis, Dizzie Gillespie and Thurman Barker.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail tbarker@bard.edu.
Literature Open House
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
5–6:30 pm
Aspinwall 302Join the Literature faculty and current majors for food, drink, and conversation about the program and other literature-related opportunities.
All are welcome!
For more information, call 845-758-7203, or e-mail heinowit@bard.edu.
The Global Public Health Concentration and Paths into the Health Professions
Professor Helen Epstein,Global Public Health Concentration
and
Professor Frank Scalzo, Health Professions Adviser
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
5–6 pm
RKC 111Professors Epstein and Scalzo will introduce the Bard Global Health Concentration and pathways leading to post-baccalaureate degrees in the health professions. The discussion will be tailored to the interests of the audience. If you are interested in a health profession, you should attend this discussion. Sponsored by: Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing.
For more information, call 845-758-7222, or e-mail scalzo@bard.edu.
Hanukkah Celebration
Office for Gender Equity Hosts a Hanukkah Celebration in Gahagan House
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
5–7 pm
GahaganEach night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Full Schedule of 2018 Hanukkah Celebrations on Bard College Campus
Sunday Dec. 2 at 6 pm hosted by the Chaplaincy at the Festival of Lights in the ChapelMonday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Turning History into Fiction: What's Gained / What's Lost
Paul Goldberg, Novelist, journalist, author of The Chateau, The Yid, and The Final Act
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
6–7:30 pm
RKC 103How does fiction change our lives in the times of political crisis? What do we learn from works of literature that are nourished or powered by history? How do American dissidents of today compare to Soviet dissidents of the 1930-80s? What has literature gained -- and lost -- in the era of Trump and Putin? Come to a talk by the acclaimed novelist and journalist Paul Goldberg, author of two novels The Chateau (a comedy about Trump-supporting Russians), and The Yid (a comedy about Stalin’s death), and two non-fiction books about the Soviet human rights movement, The Final Act (with Ludmilla Alexeyeva) and The Thaw Generation, to discuss these questions and ask other questions of similar urgency and magnitude.Sponsored by: Russian/Eurasian Studies Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ovoronin@bard.edu.
Naila and the Uprising: Screening and Discussion
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
6:30–8:30 pm
Campus Center, Weis CinemaJoin us for a screening and discussion with Daniel Nerenberg, Ph.D., Communications Manager for Just Vision. Sponsored by the Hannah Arendt Center and the Middle Eastern Studies Department at Bard College.
Date: Tuesday, December 4th
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Weis Cinema, Campus Center on Bard College campus (map)
Naila and the Uprising is the newest documentary from Just Vision, the award-winning creators of Budrus and My Neighbourhood. Naila and the Uprising chronicles the remarkable journey of Naila Ayesh whose story weaves through the most vibrant, nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history -- the First Intifada in the 1980s. When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a young woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time. You can watch the trailer here.
Naila and the Uprising had it's world premiere in November 2017 at DOC NYC, followed by its International Premiere at IDFA and its Middle East Premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival in December. The film was then featured on opening night of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London on the occasion of International Women's Day and showcased at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) in Geneva to another sold-out audience. Since, the film has screened at the Seattle International Film Festival, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and numerous other festivals in the Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, the UK, Lebanon, Turkey and beyond. It has earned numerous awards including, Special Jury Mention for the Golden Butterfly Human Rights Award at the Movies that Matter Festival in the Hague, Special Jury Prize from the It's All True Documentary Festival in Brazil, the Justice Matters Award from Filmfest DC and both the Jury Award and Audience Award for Best Documentary from the Mizna Arab Film Festival.
Free and Open to the Public
Sponsored by: Middle Eastern Studies Program.Date: Tuesday, December 4th
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Weis Cinema, Campus Center on Bard College campus (map)
Naila and the Uprising is the newest documentary from Just Vision, the award-winning creators of Budrus and My Neighbourhood. Naila and the Uprising chronicles the remarkable journey of Naila Ayesh whose story weaves through the most vibrant, nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history -- the First Intifada in the 1980s. When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a young woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time. You can watch the trailer here.
Naila and the Uprising had it's world premiere in November 2017 at DOC NYC, followed by its International Premiere at IDFA and its Middle East Premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival in December. The film was then featured on opening night of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London on the occasion of International Women's Day and showcased at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) in Geneva to another sold-out audience. Since, the film has screened at the Seattle International Film Festival, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and numerous other festivals in the Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, the UK, Lebanon, Turkey and beyond. It has earned numerous awards including, Special Jury Mention for the Golden Butterfly Human Rights Award at the Movies that Matter Festival in the Hague, Special Jury Prize from the It's All True Documentary Festival in Brazil, the Justice Matters Award from Filmfest DC and both the Jury Award and Audience Award for Best Documentary from the Mizna Arab Film Festival.
Free and Open to the Public
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
CMIA – International Film Noir
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
7–11:55 pm
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- Touch of Evil
(Orson Welles, 1958, USA, 112 minutes, 35mm) - Point Blank
(John Boorman, 1967, USA, 92 minutes, 35mm)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Advising Day
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Hanukkah Celebration
The Center for Civic Engagement Hosts the Fourth Night of Hanukkah
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
5–7 pm
Center for Civic EngagementEach night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Full Schedule of 2018 Hanukkah Celebrations on Bard College Campus
Sunday Dec. 2 at 6 pm hosted by the Chaplaincy at the Festival of Lights in the ChapelMonday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
A Crash Course: Nature Deficit Disorder
Join an evening of roundtable conversation inspired by Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
6–9 pm
Kline, Faculty Dining Room>>>>>RSVP HERE<<<<<
Are today’s children nature deprived? | What are the consequences of “NDD”? | How do we reengage the screen generation?
This workshop will kick off with short presentations from Bard faculty members and community experts. We will then break into small round table conversations to discuss key topics relating to nature deficit disorder and how to address it among young people.
Free and Open to the Public
Light snacks and great conversation provided.
>>>>>RSVP HERE<<<<<Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nature-deficit-disorder-a-cep-crash-course-tickets-52829213600?aff=website.
CMIA – The Passenger
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
6–8:10 pm
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- The Passenger
(Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975, UK/Italy, 126 minutes, 35mm)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Women's Basketball Game
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
7–9 pm
Stevenson Athletic Center, Main GymThe women's basketball team hosts University of St. Joseph. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Department of Athletics and Recreation.
For more information, call 845-752-4929, e-mail jsheahan@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bardathletics.com.
CMIA – Sculpting in Time
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
8:30–10:30 pm
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- The Mirror
(Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975, USSR, 106 minutes, 35mm)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004)
Thursday, December 6, 2018
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtThe Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Meditation Group
Thursday, December 6, 2018
5–6:30 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ATo study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Newcomers receive an introduction to meditation.
Everybody is welcome!
After the silence, we will have some time to hear each other’s stories, experiences and questions, with a meal on Mondays and cookies and tea on Thursdays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-2020, or e-mail jlemmens@bard.edu.
CCS Bard Presents V.5
Thursday, December 6, 2018 – Friday, December 14, 2018
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard GalleriesV.5 presents five exhibitions organized by fourteen first-year students from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) working with the Marieluise Hessel Collection. These exhibitions pose five responses to the following conditions: three and a half months, two to four-person groups, 40 artworks, selected from a collection of over 3,000, and displayed in 7,000 square feet of space in and around the CCS Bard Galleries. From five vantage points, we consider how the collection respectively inhabits, haunts, flexes, wracks, or illuminates our queries.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/479-v-5.
Regional Transit Study: Connect Mid-Hudson
Dutchess County Transportation Council
Thursday, December 6, 2018
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Campus Center, LobbyOn Thursday, December 6, the Dutchess County Connect Mid-Hudson team will be conducting voluntary surveys for a regional transit study. The aim of the study is to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the existing regional transit network and identify opportunities to improve regional connections.
Participation is vital to the success of this study and Bard has a large community of commuters via mass transit. Stop by the Campus Center to share your thoughts about our regional transit system, or go online to take the survey at ConnectMidHudson.com/survey.
For more information, call 845-758-7668, e-mail dcochran@bard.edu, or visit https://www.connectmidhudson.com/survey.
CCS Bard Presents V.5: Opening Reception
Thursday, December 6, 2018
4:30–6:30 pm
CCS Bard GalleriesJoin us for the opening of V.5, five exhibitions organized by 14 first-year students from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), working with the Marieluise Hessel Collection. These exhibitions pose five responses to the following conditions: three and a half months, two- to four-person groups, and 40 artworks, selected from a collection of over 3,000 and displayed in 7,000 square feet of space in and around the CCS Bard Galleries. From five vantage points, we consider how the collection respectively inhabits, haunts, flexes, wracks, or illuminates our queries.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/479-v-5.
Hanukkah Celebration
The Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs Hosts a Celebration of Hanukkah
Thursday, December 6, 2018
5:30–7:30 pm
Office of Development and Alumni/ae AffairsEach night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Full Schedule of 2018 Hanukkah Celebrations on Bard College Campus
Sunday Dec. 2 at 6 pm hosted by the Chaplaincy at the Festival of Lights in the ChapelMonday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Elections at Home and Abroad: Making Democracy Great (Again)?
A James Clarke Chace Memorial Speaker Series Event
Thursday, December 6, 2018
6–8 pm
Cyrus R Vance Center for International Justice, 42 W. 44 St., New York, NY 10036Rokey Suleman, currently executive director of elections for Richland County in South Carolina, has worked overseas on elections in places including Egypt, Russia, Afghanistan, Montenegro, Macedonia, Georgia, and Nepal. In the United States he has overseen elections in the District of Columbia and other positions in Virginia and Ohio. Given his breadth of experience, he is in a unique position to understand the challenges and opportunities related to elections—and more broadly, for democracy—in a truly comparative way. He will discuss his many experiences and the lessons he has learned in conversation with Bard College Dean of International Studies James Ketterer, who has also worked on elections at home and abroad. This event is cosponsored and hosted by the Vance Center for International Justice and supported by Foreign Affairs magazine.
Click here to RSVP.Sponsored by: Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail jtinneny@bard.edu, or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/elections-at-home-abroad-making-democracy-great-again-tickets-50746895330.
Screening of No Human Is Illegal, with Discussion to Follow
Thursday, December 6, 2018
6–8:30 pm
Campus Center, Weis CinemaThe Human Rights Project and the Hannah Arendt Center invite you to join us for a screening of No Human Is Illegal (2018, 61 mins.) Followed by Q&A and discussion with filmmaker Richard Ledes and Bard senior and Samos Volunteers member Eric Raimondi.
Richard Ledes is the director and producer of the new film, NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL. It is a documentary about refugees currently detained on the Greek island of Lesvos. They are indefinitely awaiting a decision from the European Union as to whether they will be allowed to stay in Europe or deported back to Turkey. Take a moment to search using Google “refugees on Lesvos” and you’ll see why this island has a particular importance at this time. The birthplace of Sappho is also home to Camp Moria, a migrant camp the BBC has called the worst in the world.
NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL is structured around interviews with refugees, residents of the island and international volunteers that Ledes conducted on Lesvos in the various refugee camps and other locations where refugees reside. NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL explores the history of Lesvos as a centuries-old destination for refugees, and gives the refugees–mainly from both Arab and Kurdish-speaking Syria, as well as other countries–an opportunity to share their motivations for leaving their homes, what their voyage has been like, and their goals for the future. The film is full of powerful moments and personal stories. A link to the NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL trailer is here: https://goo.gl/2eQMM3
This event is part of our public programming for the Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement, and Education, generously supported by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
For more information, call 845-758-7127, e-mail riou@bard.edu, or visit https://hrp.bard.edu/event/no-human-is-illegal-film-screening/.
The Tangled Tree: A New Understanding of the History of Life, followed by a discussion with Dr. John Ferguson
Gabriel G. Perron, Biology Program
Thursday, December 6, 2018
6–7:30 pm
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium“There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, are are being, evolved” (Darwin, 1859).
Where do we come from? How did we evolve from unicellular microorganisms into complex machines capable of self-reflection? Darwin provided an answers in his On the Origin of Species, first published in 1859. Even though Darwin was obsessed with visual representations on his findings, he included a single diagram in his major volume. The diagram depicted what is now known as the “Tree of Life.” A tree with a single origin (or root) with offshoots growing vertically and occasionally branching off from each other, indicating the evolution a new species. This view was favored by biologists, evolutionary biologists, and philosopher alike for much of the 20th century. Recent work, however, brilliantly described by David Quammen in The Tangled Tree, suggests that the history of life may have taken a different path. Thanks to new genomic tools, we can now observe that some of the branches may be experiencing fusion (or grafting) events. In other words, it is now time to rethink the shape the tree of life. In this public talk, Gabriel Perron will describe the events that led to the redefinition of our tree of life and discuss the implications of this finding.Sponsored by: Biology Program.
For more information, call 845-752-2334, or e-mail gperron@bard.edu.
Georgian Choir Concert
Thursday, December 6, 2018
7–9 pm
Bard Hall, Bard College CampusSponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail clinich@bard.edu.
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004)
Friday, December 7, 2018
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtThe Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Symposium on Difference and Justice
Friday, December 7, 2018
9 am – 5 pm
Campus CenterThe Council for Inclusive Excellence is bringing the community together to hear how students have been working on and toward topics of difference and justice. There will be short lectures, workshops, and a poster session throughout the day. Students will present on their work with socioeconomics, history, race, politics, education, and much more. All levels of experience are represented, and the entire community is invited. Sponsored by: Council for Inclusive Excellence.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail asantana@bard.edu.
The Grand Planetary Ensemble
Sarah Ballard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Friday, December 7, 2018
12–1 pm
Hegeman 107The Solar System furnishes our most familiar planetary architecture: many planets, orbiting nearly coplanar to one another. However, a typical system of planets in the Milky Way orbits a much smaller M dwarf star. Small stars present a very different blueprint in key ways, compared to the conditions that nourished evolution of life on Earth. My research program combines detailed individual planetary studies with ensemble studies of hundreds-to-thousands of exoplanets. Single planets provide crucial case studies, but understanding planet occurrence and formation requires a wider lens. I will describe ongoing efforts to understand the links between planet formation from disks, orbital dynamics of planets, and the content and observability of planetary atmospheres. Studies of exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope comprise the clear next step toward understanding the hospitability of the Milky Way to life. Our success hinges upon leveraging the many thousands of planet discoveries in hand to determine how to use this precious and limited resource.Sponsored by: Physics Program.
For more information, call 845-752-7302, or e-mail hhaggard@bard.edu.
Christmas Caroling
Friday, December 7, 2018
3:30–4:30 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsCome and sing and be merry! All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Hanukkah Celebration
Jewish Students Organization Hosts Hanukkah Celebration at the Center for Spiritual Life
Friday, December 7, 2018
4–6 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm AEach night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Full Schedule of 2018 Hanukkah Celebrations on Bard College Campus
Sunday Dec. 2 at 6 pm hosted by the Chaplaincy at the Festival of Lights in the ChapelMonday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Social and Political Dimensions of Hope
Katie Stockdale, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Sam Houston State University
Friday, December 7, 2018
5–6:15 pm
Olin, Room 204A few years ago, it was common for philosophers to begin inquiry into hope by noting that the subject has received little attention in the philosophical literature. But our ability to make this claim is quickly coming to an end; hope has been earning increasing recognition in the discipline, with philosophers exploring important questions related to the nature of hope, what makes hope rational, and how hope is connected to human well-being and motivation. Despite this recent interest, however, there remains very little discussion of the social and political dimensions of hope. My aim in this paper is to demonstrate the importance of a feminist perspective in bringing these dimensions into fuller view. I argue that a feminist approach to hope, one which attends explicitly to who is hoping, and the relative powers people have in their capacities to affect the world, both enables a richer understanding of the nature of hope and opens up space for exploring the value and risks of hope in an unjust social world.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7270, or e-mail hagberg@bard.edu.
CMIA – Contemporary Cinema
Friday, December 7, 2018
6–11 pm
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- Russian Ark
(Alexander Sokurov, 2002, Russia, 81 minutes) - Casino
(Martin Scorsese, 1995, USA, 178 minutes, 35mm)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Shabbat
Friday, December 7, 2018
6:30–8:30 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm AJoin us for Shabbat candle-lighting, a brief and relaxed service, and a great home-cooked vegetarian Shabbat dinner. Whether you're a Shabbat regular, an occasional participant, or a curious first-timer, come check us out! All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 717-760-9359, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Annual Alumni/ae Holiday Party
Friday, December 7, 2018
7–9 pm
NYCMark your calendars for this year's
Annual Alumni/ae Holiday Party!
BARD COMES TO BROOKLYN!
For more information, call 845-758-7867, e-mail events@bard.edu, or visit http://annandaleonline.org/hp18.
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004)
Saturday, December 8, 2018
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtThe Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Artist Talk: Renée Green
Saturday, December 8, 2018
2:30–5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtAs part of exhibition The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983-2004), a series of public programs will extend the exhibition research, through screenings, talks and conversations.
On Saturday, December 8th at 2:30pm in the Hessel Museum of Art galleries, the artist, writer, and filmmaker Renée Green will speak to her close relationship with Pat Hearn during the years they worked together, as well as her contact and relationship with Colin de Land and American Fine Arts, Co. She will also reflect on her international travels with Hearn, which opened the path to Green’s ongoing work as an artist. After a stroll through the galleries, film and video excerpts will be shown.
The exhibition also includes Ana Mendieta’s Ñáñigo Burial (1976), an important work in her Silueta series, that was previously presented at Pat Hearn Gallery. Ñáñigo Burial consists of 47 black candles arranged in a silhouette of the artist’s body. As part of the recreation of Mendieta’s work in the Hessel Museum of Art exhibition, the candles will be lit on December 8th, during the museum’s open hours, between 11am to 5pm.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/events/369-artist-talk-renee-green.
Men's Basketball Game
Saturday, December 8, 2018
3–5 pm
Stevenson Athletic Center, Main GymThe men's basketball team hosts Pratt. Come out and cheer!Sponsored by: Department of Athletics and Recreation.
For more information, call 845-752-4929, e-mail jsheahan@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bardathletics.com.
Da Capo Chamber Players and Friends: Premieres by Bard Composers!!
Concert featuring premieres of compositions Luke Haaksma, Luke Jennings, Jackson Spargur, Angel Luo, Meghan Mercier, Patrick Staples, Evan Lampson, Liri Ronen, and Jason Yang
Saturday, December 8, 2018
5–7 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingPerformers include the Da Capo Chamber Players, with Marka Gustavsson, Ben Fingland, Rodrigo Ortiz, Justin Morgan, Daniel Matei, Jonathan Eng, Yushi Pan, Zongheng Zhang, Chelsea Fingal, Isabella Argondizza, Chelsea DeSousa, and Cassandra Whitehead.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
The Soft Animal of Your Body by June Naureckas
Saturday, December 8, 2018
6–8 pm
Bard Exhibition Center, 7401 South Broadway, Red Hook, NYThe Soft Animal of Your Body by June Naureckas
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 8, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Bard Exhibition Center, Studio #16
7401 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY 12571
*Exhibition on view through December 20.Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail mconway@bard.edu.
Splay Remains Somewhere by Lily Lasher
Saturday, December 8, 2018
6:30–8 pm
Bard Exhibition Center, 7401 South Broadway, Red Hook, NYSplay Remains Somewhere by Lily Lasher
Opening Reception: December 8, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Bard Exhibition Center, Studio #13
7401 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY 12571
*Exhibition on view through December 20.Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail mconway@bard.edu.
Dying in the Closet (Part 22 of 29) by Kouki Higashino
Saturday, December 8, 2018
6:30–8 pm
Bard Exhibition Center, 7401 South Broadway, Red Hook, NYDying in the Closet (Part 22 of 29) by Kouki Higashino
Opening Reception: December 8, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Bard College Exhibition Center
7401 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY 12571
*Exhibition on view through December 20.Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail mconway@bard.edu.
Crazy in the Garden: Paintings and Prints by Marty Katzoff
Saturday, December 8, 2018
7–9 pm
Fisher Studio Arts Bldg., Main GalleriesCrazy in the Garden: Paintings and Prints by Marty Katzoff
Opening Reception: December 8, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Fisher Studio Arts Building, Main Galleries
*Exhibition on view through December 20.Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail mconway@bard.edu.
Lea DeLaria
Oh F*ck It’s Christmas
Saturday, December 8, 2018
7:30 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterJazz singer, actor, writer, and stand-up comic Lea DeLaria “talks like a coffee grinder, and sounds like a cross between Ella Fitzgerald and a Broadway diva.” —Guardian
Join DeLaria, star of Orange Is the New Black, for a very special and extra sassy concert of holiday favorites with her all-female jazz ensemble.
Featuring
Miki Hayama - Piano
Endea Owens - Bass
Sylvia Cuenca - Drums
Approximate running time is 90 minutes.Sponsored by: Fisher Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/Lea-DeLaria/.
Hanukkah Party
The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party at the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday, December 8, 2018
7:30–9:30 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm AEach night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Full Schedule of 2018 Hanukkah Celebrations on Bard College Campus
Sunday Dec. 2 at 6 pm hosted by the Chaplaincy at the Festival of Lights in the ChapelMonday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Faculty Recital: Laurie Smukler, violin, and Robert McDonald, piano
Works by Hindemith, Beethoven, and Grieg
Saturday, December 8, 2018
8–9:30 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingProgram Information:
HINDEMITH Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 11, No. 1
BEETHOVEN Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Minor, Op. 23, No. 4
GRIEG Sonata for piano and violin, Op. 45
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004)
Sunday, December 9, 2018
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtThe Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Christian Services
Sunday, December 9, 2018
3–5 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsYou are invited to be part of our service of prayer and Holy Communion as we gather for intellectual discussions about theology, the Bible, and current events. Snacks and fellowship occur after the service. We welcome all—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, and anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Students of Erica Kiesewetter Recital
Come in from the cold and enjoy a warming concert of violin music.
Sunday, December 9, 2018
4–6 pm
Bard Hall, Bard College CampusMusic of Bach, Vieuxtemps, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, and Andrew Norman
Players: Maeve Schallert, Narain Darakananda, David Banoczi-Ruof, and Valory Hight
Pianist: David SytkowskiSponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail kiesewet@bard.edu.
Hanukkah Celebration
Jewish Students Organization Hosts Hanukkah Celebration in Kline
Sunday, December 9, 2018
6–8 pm
Kline CommonsEach night of Hanukkah hosted by a different campus group in a different location—candles, snacks, dreydels, and more!
Full Schedule of 2018 Hanukkah Celebrations on Bard College Campus
Sunday Dec. 2 at 6 pm hosted by the Chaplaincy at the Festival of Lights in the ChapelMonday Dec. 3 at 7 pm hosted by and held at the Hannah Arendt Center in McCarthy House
Tuesday Dec. 4 at 5 pm hosted by the Office for Gender Equity in Gahagan House, 1st floor
Wednesday Dec. 5 at 5 pm hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Barringer House
Thursday Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm hosted by Development and Alumni/ae Affairs in the Alumni/ae Center (across 9G)
Friday Dec. 7 at 4 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in the Center for Spiritual Life
Saturday Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm The Annual Jewish Students Organization Hanukkah Party in the Center for Spiritual Life
Sunday Dec. 9 at 6 pm hosted by the Jewish Students Organization in Kline
ALL ARE INVITED!
Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 201-956-8228, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Meditation Group
Monday, December 10, 2018
5–6:30 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ATo study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Newcomers receive an introduction to meditation.
Everybody is welcome!
After the silence, we will have some time to hear each other’s stories, experiences and questions, with a meal on Mondays and cookies and tea on Thursdays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-2020, or e-mail jlemmens@bard.edu.
Senior Projects Due
Monday, December 10, 2018
5 pm
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Experimental Humanities Share Event
Monday, December 10, 2018
5–7 pm
Reem-Kayden CenterSponsored by: Experimental Humanities Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4454, or e-mail ccape@bard.edu.
Soulful Contentions: Debates on the Soul in Post-Avicennian Islamic Thought
Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed, Lecturer in Philosophy, Purchase College, State University of New York
Monday, December 10, 2018
5:45–7:15 pm
Olin, Room 102What am I? Am I only the sum of my physical parts, or is there an intangible, essential aspect of myself that survives the death of my body? If there is a soul, then what is its relation to my body, and what can it experience when disembodied after death? The question of the nature of the human being, and thus her relation to the divine, was at the center of philosophical and theological discussions of the medieval Islamic world. With the Muslim theologians al-Ghazālī (d. 1111) and Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 1210), we witness what has been termed the “Avicennian turn” in Ashʿarite theology. These thinkers, who have often been wrongly censured as the very theologians who stifled the Islamic philosophical movement (al-falsafa), engaged with the falsafa tradition so deeply that their own theology was fundamentally transformed by it.
This talk will begin with a discussion of the understanding of the human being as developed in mainstream Islamic theology, then turn to al-Ghazālī and particularly Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s engagement with the philosophy of Avicenna (d. 1037) and the fundamental shift that they introduced into Islamic theology with their acceptance of the existence of a noncorporeal soul (al-nafs). With an examination of the development of the concept of the soul in Islamic philosophy and theology, we also find ourselves challenging the very paradigm that held that orthodox theologians dealt a death blow to the falsafa movement in the 12th century. Instead, we witness that Islamic philosophy continued to thrive not only through a rich commentary tradition but also as it was absorbed and transformed in Islamic theological and mystical trends.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Religion Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7364, or e-mail rdavis@bard.edu.
"Where the Bee Sucks"
Art song settings of Shakespeare.
Monday, December 10, 2018
6–7:30 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingCome and hear Shakespeare texts as imagined by songwriters down the ages, including Berlioz, Chausson, Coleridge-Taylor, Eissler, Korngold, Quilter, Tippett, and Vaughan-Williams, sung and played by the student singers and pianists of Rufus Müller's performance class.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail rumu2000@earthlink.net.
Written Arts Senior Project Reading and Holiday Party
Monday, December 10, 2018
6–8 pm
Shafer HouseThe Written Arts Program welcomes students to Shafer House for an evening of readings, refreshments, and holiday cheer. Listen to our graduating seniors read from their completed projects, meet other student writers, and enjoy some seasonal snacks.
Shafer House (9 Cedar Hill Road) is located at the Annandale Triangle on south campus, across the road from Feitler House.Sponsored by: Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4454, e-mail ccape@bard.edu, or visit https://writtenarts.bard.edu.
Being An American Abroad: Panel Discussion
Monday, December 10, 2018
6–7:30 pm
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 AuditoriumAre you studying abroad next term? Hoping to research or work abroad after graduation? Please join us for a candid discussion on preparing ourselves to be informed and respectful world citizens at a time of rising nationalism, stricter border controls, and a fraught American political and social landscape. Bring your questions and concerns and we'll talk about practical approaches for diffusing anxieties, maintaining situational awareness for personal safety, navigating identity in a new context, respecting host cultures, and seizing the opportunities to achieve rewarding experiences abroad. Our panelists include Dr. Frederic Hof, Ambassador-in-Residence at Bard; James Ketterer, Dean of International Studies; Harry Johnson '17 Watson Fellow; and Dr. Robyn Smyth, Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental and Urban Studies. Sponsored by: Bard Abroad; Institute for International Liberal Education.
For more information, call 845-758-7387, e-mail jmurray@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/bardabroad/.
CMIA – Antonioni Panel Discussion
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
10:15–11:15 am
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- Panel discussion about Michelangelo Antonioni with Franco Baldasso, Joseph Luzzi, and Richard Suchenski
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Noon Concerts
Students perform an hour-long program.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
12–1 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingSponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
The Bard College Percussion Ensemble
"Rhythm produces a Melody"
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
7–9 pm
Blum N211 - the jazz roomThe Bard College Percussion Ensemble program features music for percussion quartet, "Cameo Suite ", "March for Mopeds" and "Dreamscape" by Jared Spears and "Voyage" by Thurman Barker. This concert will include for the first time for the ensemble djembe drumming and a solo piece for drum set. These compositions offer a wide range of sounds from pitched instruments, such as the xylophone and marimba, and non-pitched instruments, such as the woodblocks and concert tom-toms. Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail tbarker@bard.edu.
CMIA – International Film Noir
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
7–11:55 pm
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- Night Moves
(Arthur Penn, 1975, USA, 100 minutes, 35mm) - Chinatown
(Roman Polanski, 1974, USA, 130 minutes, 35mm)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Informational Webinar: Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability
Join and receive a $65 application fee waiver!
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
7:30–8:30 pm
Online<<<< REGISTER HERE FOR LINK >>>>
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational webinars for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.
ABOUT
Webinars include a program overview for the Bard MBA in Sustainability and the Bard Center for Environmental Policy programs as well as detailed admissions information, course requirements, tips to make your application strong, and financial information.
Join a live information session with Director Goodstein and the admissions team and ask questions directly of the Bard team.
WHAT WILL BE COVERED?
- Overview of graduate program offerings
- Alumni success and career outcomes
- Admissions information
- Prerequisite course requirements
- Peace Corps and AmeriCorps programs
- Financial aid availability
- Tips for a standout application
Degree Options Include:
MS in Environmental Policy
MS in Climate Science and Policy
MBA in Sustainability
Dual Degree Options Include:
MS/JD with Pace Law School
MS/MAT with Bard's Master of Arts in Teaching
MS/MBA with Bard's MBA in Sustainability
Peace Corps Programs Include:
Master's International (before you serve)
Peace Corps Fellows (after you serve)
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar at the end of the session. Email Caitlin O'Donnell for further details.
For more information, call 845-758-7073.
<<<< REGISTER HERE FOR LINK >>>>Sponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail codonnel@bard.edu, or visit https://gps.bard.edu/informational-webinar-01/09/18.
Empire through Language: Al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf and the Power of Oratory in Early Islam
Pamela Klasova, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Arabic, Bowdoin College
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
4–5:30 pm
Olin, Room 102In our modern world, public speech can change the course of history. Public speech was even more powerful in the ancient world when modern multimedia such as the internet, television, radio, and newspaper did not exist and when people relied more on face-to-face communication with their audience to inform, praise, and persuade. Most famously, the Greeks and Romans practiced and systematized the art of public speaking. Like the ancient Greek and Romans, the Arabs after them took immense pride in their oratory. Muslim scholars in the Middle Ages boasted about Arabs’ natural rhetorical abilities and believed that there was something special about Arabic itself. They concluded that because the Qur’an is God’s masterpiece and transcends human imitation, Arabic was a sacred language, the chosen language of God.
What did Arabic public speaking mean before these later opinions of Arabic appeared? In this talk I analyze the role, nature, and effect of Arabic oral performance in the early Islamic period (622–750 CE), when Islamic civilization was beginning to take shape. I specifically engage the Umayyad governor, named al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (d. 714), who was one of the most salient figures of early Islam and directly controlled a large territory from Iraq to India around the year 700. He is remembered both as a notorious tyrant and as an eloquent orator, which creates an interesting paradox. I will solve this paradox and use his figure and speeches to explore the power of oratory in early Islam before Arabic acquired its later “nationalistic” and religious dimensions. I will explain why early Islamic oratory has been neglected in modern scholarship, argue for its recovery as a
field of study, and point to the key ideological role of public speech in al-Hajjaj’s imperial project. Al-Hajjaj’s case, furthermore, points to the symbolic, ritualistic, and magical impact of speech in his time, which helps us reimagine the role of Arabic oratory in the building of the newborn Islamic Empire.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Religion Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7364, or e-mail rdavis@bard.edu.
CMIA – Charles Burnett Event (Filmmaker in Attendance)
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
6–11 pm
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- To Sleep with Anger
(Charles Burnett, 1990, USA, 102 minutes, 35mm)*
*Studio vault print, Filmmaker in Attendance
- Please check bard.edu/cmia for the full schedule.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Levy Graduate Programs Online Information Session
All about admissions and enrolling!
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
6–8 pm
WebinarIf you haven’t submitted your application, join us for an informal chat about requirements for admission, financial aid specifics, and other admission topics.
If you’ve been offered admission, let’s chat about the stages of enrolling in the programs, life on Bard's Annandale campus, Dutchess County (the area in which we’re located), and, of course, the Levy Economics Institute!Sponsored by: Levy Economics Institute; Levy Graduate Programs.
For more information, call 845-758-7776, e-mail levygrad@bard.edu, or visit https://connect.bard.edu/register/DEC12.
Russian Evolution: From Rimsky-Korsakov to Glière
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
7 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterConducted by Leon Botstein
Music Director of The Orchestra Now and the American Symphony Orchestra
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No. 1
Reinhold Glière Symphony No. 3, “Ilya Muromets”
The concert will last approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes.
Sponsored by: The Orchestra Now.Reinhold Glière Symphony No. 3, “Ilya Muromets”
The concert will last approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes.
For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail boxoffice@bard.edu, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/Russian-Evolution/.
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004)
Thursday, December 13, 2018
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtThe Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Meditation Group
Thursday, December 13, 2018
5–6:30 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ATo study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Newcomers receive an introduction to meditation.
Everybody is welcome!
After the silence, we will have some time to hear each other’s stories, experiences and questions, with a meal on Mondays and cookies and tea on Thursdays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-2020, or e-mail jlemmens@bard.edu.
veto visible
Thursday, December 13, 2018
7:30 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterChoreographed and performed by seniors in the Bard Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry. Their ideas are supported by a professional staff of designers.Sponsored by: Dance Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/senior-dance-2018/.
Registration for Spring Classes Opens
Thursday, December 13, 2018
8 am
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Bebop Masters Ensemble
The Music Of Charlie Parker & Bud Powell
Thursday, December 13, 2018
6:30–8 pm
Blum HallFeaturing: Kat Davila - piano, Alexus Foster - piano, Edgar Guzman - drums, Tony Henry - piano, Raphael Lelan-Cox - bass, Max Satow - guitar and Tim Trumpet - trumpet Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail sunjump@gmail.com.
Written Arts First Fiction Reading
First Fiction Workshop students read from their beguiling fiction.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
7–8:30 pm
Olin, Room 102READERS:
Haydon Alexander
Raksha Boiteau
Laurent Brodie
Anyata Hamilton
Tobias Hess
Benedict Hutchinson
Nate Kouri
Rachel Lyons
Photini Kamvisseli-Suarez
Ari Mackoff
Jude Markey-Smith
Grace McNally
Sophia Slezak
Eliza WatsonSponsored by: Written Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-752-4454, e-mail ccape@bard.edu, or visit http://writtenarts.bard.edu.
Contemporary Jazz Composers
Thursday, December 13, 2018
8:30–10:30 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingSponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail lindsay@bard.edu.
The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004)
Friday, December 14, 2018
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtThe Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the shared histories, art, and programming activities of Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art, whose archives are housed at CCS Bard and which have been the focus of an ongoing research program within the curatorial graduate program that has included three semester-long courses on the histories of both galleries and involved visits from artists as well as friends and colleagues of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
The museum and galleries are open Thursday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/the-conditions-of-being-art-pat-hearn-gallery-and-american-fine-arts-co-1983-2004/.
Shabbat
Friday, December 14, 2018
6:30–8:30 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm AJoin us for Shabbat candle-lighting, a brief and relaxed service, and a great home-cooked vegetarian Shabbat dinner. Whether you're a Shabbat regular, an occasional participant, or a curious first-timer, come check us out! All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 717-760-9359, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
veto visible
Friday, December 14, 2018
7:30 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterChoreographed and performed by seniors in the Bard Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry. Their ideas are supported by a professional staff of designers.Sponsored by: Dance Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/senior-dance-2018/.
Exploring by Believing
Sara Aronowitz, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Science of Values, Princeton University
Friday, December 14, 2018
5–6:15 pm
Olin, Room 204Sometimes, we face choices between actions most likely to lead to valuable outcomes, and actions that put us in a better position to learn. These choices exemplify what is called the exploration/exploitation trade-off. In computer science and statistics, this trade-off has fruitfully been applied to modulating the way agents make choices over time. In this talk, I argue that the trade-off also extends to belief. We can be torn between two ways of believing, one of which is expected to be more accurate, whereas the other looks like it will lead to more learning opportunity. Further, it is sometimes rationally permissible to choose the latter. I break down the features of action that give rise to the trade-off, and then argue that each feature applies equally well to belief. This result hangs on the connection between what we believe and how we imagine. I end by presenting some preliminary experimental work testing whether humans actually do believe in an exploratory way.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7270, or e-mail hagberg@bard.edu.
Hindemith and Brass
A Concert Featuring Conservatory Brass Players and Pianists, with Edward Carroll, Conductor
Friday, December 14, 2018
7–8:30 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingKonzertmusik, Morgenmusik, and Sonatas for Brass and Piano by Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). Festive music for horns, trumpets, trombones, and tubas with piano accompaniment, curated by Edward Carroll.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
veto visible
Saturday, December 15, 2018
7:30 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterChoreographed and performed by seniors in the Bard Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry. Their ideas are supported by a professional staff of designers.Sponsored by: Dance Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/senior-dance-2018/.
veto visible
Saturday, December 15, 2018
2 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterChoreographed and performed by seniors in the Bard Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry. Their ideas are supported by a professional staff of designers.Sponsored by: Dance Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/senior-dance-2018/.
Bard MBA in Sustainability: December Residency Visit
Join Us to experience the Bard MBA program in action!
Saturday, December 15, 2018 – Sunday, December 16, 2018
12–6 pm
LMHQ 150 Broadway, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10038Bard MBA December Residency Visit: RSVP HERE
During the Saturday of each Residency Weekend we invite visiting prospective MBA students to:
- sit in on a first or second year MBA class
- meet with Program Director Eban Goodstein + admissions staff
- have lunch with current MBA students
- participate in the Bard MBA Community Meeting
Please click here to reserve your spot for the visit day. Send an email to Caitlin O'Donnell, Graduate Admissions Counselor, with any questions.
Location: LMHQ 150 Broadway NY, NY 10038Sponsored by: Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail codonnel@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/mba/.
Winter Songfest
James Bagwell, conductor
Saturday, December 15, 2018
8 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterThis holiday tradition features a program of works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, including “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. With the Bard College Symphonic Chorus, Bard College Chamber Singers, members of the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program, the Bard Conservatory Orchestra, and The Orchestra Now (TŌN).
Runtime is 1 hour 55 minutes, including one intermission.
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/winter-songfest-2018/.
Gamelan Concert
Saturday, December 15, 2018
8–10 pm
Olin HallSponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Christian Services
Sunday, December 16, 2018
3–5 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsYou are invited to be part of our service of prayer and Holy Communion as we gather for intellectual discussions about theology, the Bible, and current events. Snacks and fellowship occur after the service. We welcome all—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, and anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail mwilliams@bard.edu.
Bard MBA in Sustainability: December Residency Visit
Join Us to experience the Bard MBA program in action!
Saturday, December 15, 2018 – Sunday, December 16, 2018
12–6 pm
LMHQ 150 Broadway, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10038Bard MBA December Residency Visit: RSVP HERE
During the Saturday of each Residency Weekend we invite visiting prospective MBA students to:
- sit in on a first or second year MBA class
- meet with Program Director Eban Goodstein + admissions staff
- have lunch with current MBA students
- participate in the Bard MBA Community Meeting
Please click here to reserve your spot for the visit day. Send an email to Caitlin O'Donnell, Graduate Admissions Counselor, with any questions.
Location: LMHQ 150 Broadway NY, NY 10038Sponsored by: Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail codonnel@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/mba/.
Anna-Sofia Botti, Piano Recital
Conservatory Student Recital: Works by Beethoven and Schumann
Sunday, December 16, 2018
2–3 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingFor more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.
Joseph Burke, Viola Recital
Conservatory Student Recital. Works by Pablo de Sarasate and J.S. Bach
Sunday, December 16, 2018
5:30–6:30 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingSponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.
Conservatory Student Recital: Weilan Li, viola
Performing works by Hindemith, Bach, and Quincy Porter, with Jimmy Berger, piano
Sunday, December 16, 2018
7:30–9 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingProgram
Speed Etude for Viola and Piano (1947) Quincy Porter (1897–1966)
Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
IV. Sarabande
VI. Gigue
Short Intermission
Sonata for Viola Solo Op. 25, No. 1 Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
I. Breit Viertel
II. Sehr Frisch und straff (Viertel)
III. Sehr langsam
IV. Rasendes Zeitmaß. Wild. Tonschönheit ist Nebensache
About the Artists
Weilan Li, from Shenzhen, China, is now a third-year student at the Bard Conservatory, where she studies viola with Steven Tenenbom and Marka Gustavsson. In addition to studying viola, Weilan has chosen anthropology as her second major at Bard. She began playing the viola in 2009 after seven years of playing the violin while attending the middle school at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in China.
Weilan has attended many music festivals, including the Young Artists Program (YAP) of National Arts Center in Ottawa, where she was selected for the Pinchas Zukerman studio and studied with Zukerman, Patinka Kopec, and Grigory Kalinovsky in 2017. She attended the National Youth Orchestra of China (NYO–China) the same year, where she was principal viola performing in New York’s Carnegie Hall with Yuja Wang and Maestro Ludovic Morlot. She also played on tour in China, performing in Beijing, Shanghai, and Suzhou with pianist Olga Kern.
In the summer of 2018, Weilan attended the Chamber Music Intensive of Taconic Music in Manchester, Vermont, where she studied chamber music with Enso Quartet, the Indianapolis Quartet, and the Horszowski Trio, and had lessons with Melissa Reardon, Michael Strauss, Ariel Rudiakov, Amadi Azikiwe, and others. In July, she attended the String Summer Mastercourse of Keshet Eilon in Israel, where she started with soloist Tatjana Masurenko (Hochschule für Musik) and Francoise Gneri (CNSM of Lyon). Weilan collaborated with solo violinist Sergey Ostrovsky and violist Tatjana Masurenko, performing Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence.” She has had coachings with Shmuel Ashkenasi, Ira Weller, Peter Serkin, Raman Ramakrishnan, Nicholas Mann, David Geber, Yi-Wen Jiang, and Jay Liu. She has also played in masterclasses with the Shanghai Quartet, Ani Kavafian, Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, Peter Wiley, Ivan Chan, and Samuel Rhodes. She won the second prize in the Viola Category in the Hong Kong International String Competition.
Pianist James Berger, from Buffalo, New York, is a second-year student in the Conservatory, studying piano with Benjamin Hochman.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.
Meditation Group
Monday, December 17, 2018
5–6:30 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ATo study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Newcomers receive an introduction to meditation.
Everybody is welcome!
After the silence, we will have some time to hear each other’s stories, experiences and questions, with a meal on Mondays and cookies and tea on Thursdays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-2020, or e-mail jlemmens@bard.edu.
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams
All students and faculty remain on campus
Monday, December 17, 2018 – Friday, December 21, 2018
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Same-sex Intercourse and the Formation of Muslim Discourse
Sara Omar, Lecturer in Modern Middle East Studies, Yale University
Monday, December 17, 2018
4–5:30 pm
Olin, Room 102Current discourses within Muslim communities over same-sex intercourse suggest that Islamic law, because Divine, is fixed and immutable. They do not, however, take into account the process of human, and therefore fallible, interpretive reasoning that went into the historical development of legal doctrines. Indeed, Islamic law did not exist in a vacuum but was rather part of an evolving, vibrant discursive tradition. This talk surveys some of the discourses surrounding same-sex intercourse across an array of historical genres. It follows texts, their writers, ideas, and discourses across time, space, disciplines, and occasionally across religious traditions. It seeks to illustrate the ways in which early Muslims’ constructions and suggested punishments for same-sex intercourse were not simply based on self-evident scriptural passages but involved a number of extrapolations and interpretations by early exegetes and jurists. It makes a more general theoretical assertion about the relation between scriptural texts and authoritative religious interpretations, and the ways in which the latter inevitably go beyond the former in a number of historically specific ways.
Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Religion Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7364, or e-mail rdavis@bard.edu.
Violin and Cello Recital: Zhongheng Zhang and Nathan Matsubara
Conservatory students perform works by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Paganini, and Ravel.
Monday, December 17, 2018
6–7:30 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsSponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.
Bard Electroacoustic Ensemble Winter Concert
Monday, December 17, 2018
7:30–9:30 pm
Blum HallPerforming two works by Pauline Oliveros, along with new compositions by Bard students.
Directed by Prof. Matt Sargent, the Bard electroacoustic ensemble is an ensemble that performs new and experimental music using a large variety of instruments, software, objects, and voices.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail msargent@bard.edu.
Bohemian Rhapsodies Plus
With faculty cello soloist Raman Ramakrishnan
Monday, December 17, 2018
8 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterAntonín Leopold Dvořák (1841-1904)
Michael Patterson, conductor
Carnival Overture, Op. 92, B. 169
Erica Kiesewetter, conductor
Silent Woods. Op. 68, B. 133
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Joseph Suk (1874-1935)
Zachary Schwartzman, conductor
Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
Zachary Schwartzman, conductor
My Homeland
Tábor
The Moldau
ŠárkaSponsored by: Bard College Community Orchestra.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/BCCO-December-2018/.
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams
All students and faculty remain on campus
Monday, December 17, 2018 – Friday, December 21, 2018
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Skepticism as a Medical Virtue, Precision as a Medical Vice
Kathryn Tabb
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
5–6:15 pm
Olin, Room 102In 2015, President Obama introduced an exciting new approach to medical research: the Precision Medicine Initiative. By using massive data sets and cutting-edge methods from genetics, neuroscience, and other fields, this $1.5 billion effort promises scientific breakthroughs that will yield better options for treatment and care. But is precision always a good thing for medicine? In this talk, I will draw on a tradition in the history of science, that of medical skepticism, to suggest that maybe precision isn’t always as valuable as it might appear to be at first glance. Galen, an influential Greek physician in the Roman Empire, described a popular approach to medicine that rejected the search for underlying causes of disease, and instead focused on alleviating symptoms and bringing comfort. Centuries later, John Locke, a physician as well as a philosopher, argued that knowledge of medical causes would always be out of human reach, no matter how far science advanced. In the current milieu, the celebration of precision amounts to a preference for clinical interventions that can be understood at the molecular level. But as skeptical physicians have long argued, the pursuit of this sort of explanation risks tempting the medical establishment away from its proper task, that of healing the sick. Drawing on this history, I build an ethical case for the revival of medical skepticism, in a form appropriate for the 21st century.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7270, or e-mail hagberg@bard.edu.
Senior Project Poster Session
Join our December graduating seniors in presenting their senior projects
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
6–7:30 pm
Reem-Kayden CenterLight refreshments will be served.Sponsored by: Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing.
For more information, call 845-752-2309, or e-mail tibbetts@bard.edu.
The Graduate Vocal Arts Program presents Poetry into Song
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
7–9 pm
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingA concert of music inspired by the words of three icons of poetry: Goethe, Verlaine, and Dickinson. Performed by the first-year singers of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and the postgraduate Piano Fellows.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit http://bard.edu/conservatory.
CMIA – International Film Noir
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
7–11:55 pm
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- Jean-Pierre Melville Screening
- Thief
(Michael Mann, 1981, USA, 126 minutes)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Kwami Winfield Senior Concert
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
8–10 pm
Avery Integrated Arts RoomSponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams
All students and faculty remain on campus
Monday, December 17, 2018 – Friday, December 21, 2018
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
CMIA – The Great Escape
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
6–9:10 pm
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- The Great Escape
(John Sturges, 1963, USA, 175 minutes, 35mm)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail cmia@bard.edu, or visit http://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Meditation Group
Thursday, December 20, 2018
5–6:30 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm ATo study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Newcomers receive an introduction to meditation.
Everybody is welcome!
After the silence, we will have some time to hear each other’s stories, experiences and questions, with a meal on Mondays and cookies and tea on Thursdays.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-2020, or e-mail jlemmens@bard.edu.
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams
All students and faculty remain on campus
Monday, December 17, 2018 – Friday, December 21, 2018
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Self-consciousness in the split-brain subject
Elizabeth Schechter, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis
Thursday, December 20, 2018
5:15–6:30 pm
Olin, Room 102Consciousness has sometimes been said to be dual, or divided, after split-brain surgery. But what about self-consciousness? In this paper, I argue that after split-brain surgery, the two hemispheres of the brain are associated with distinct self-conscious thinkers. On the other hand, there is something about the way their self-consciousness operates that makes them unlike other pairs of self-conscious thinkers and rather more like a single self-conscious human being.Sponsored by: Dean of the College; Philosophy Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7270, or e-mail hagberg@bard.edu.
Mozart's Symphony No. 25
Part of the TŌN series Free Concerts
Thursday, December 20, 2018
7:30–9:30 pm
Olin HallLuigi Cherubini Médée Overture
Mozart Symphony No. 25
Beethoven Incidental music to Egmont
Conducted by Zachary Schwartzman
With soprano Paulina Swierczek
Free | No RSVP necessarySponsored by: TON.
For more information, call 646-237-5034, e-mail hello@theorchestranow.org, or visit http://theorchestranow.org/mozarts-symphony-no-25/.
Shabbat
Friday, December 21, 2018
6:30–8:30 pm
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Dorm AJoin us for Shabbat candle-lighting, a brief and relaxed service, and a great home-cooked vegetarian Shabbat dinner. Whether you're a Shabbat regular, an occasional participant, or a curious first-timer, come check us out! All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 717-760-9359, or e-mail nelson@bard.edu.
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams
All students and faculty remain on campus
Monday, December 17, 2018 – Friday, December 21, 2018
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Last Day of Classes
Friday, December 21, 2018
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Cécile McLorin Salvant and Dan Tepfer: Les Belles Chansons Françaises
World Premiere
Saturday, December 22, 2018
7:30 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterMultiple Grammy Award–winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant returns to the Fisher Center for a special winter concert. Accompanied by Franco-American virtuoso pianist Dan Tepfer, she presents the enchanting music of the French Songbook, from Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel to Serge Gainsbourg and more. Sung in French.Sponsored by: Catskill Jazz Factory; Fisher Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/les-belles-chansons-francaise/.