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September 2001
09-21-2001
COLORADO QUARTET WILL PERFORM CONCERT AT BARD COLLEGE ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Program features works by Beethoven, Husa, and Brahms
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09-20-2001
LECTURE BY EVOLUTION EXPERT DR. PETER GRANT SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 29 AT BARD COLLEGE IS CANCELLED
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09-18-2001
BARD COLLEGE RECEIVES HENRY LUCE FOUNDATION GRANT FOR PROFESSOR IN HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, AND NEW MEDIA
Grant Will Help Foster Studies of the Impact of The Internet on Human Rights
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09-17-2001
"ISLAM, THE MEDIA, AND HUMAN RIGHTS" TO BE THE TOPIC OF A PANEL DISCUSSIONWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, AT BARD COLLEGE Full Story
09-14-2001
SERBIAN AUTHOR ALEKSANDAR TIŠMA'S RESIDENCY AT
BARD COLLEGE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
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09-14-2001
TALK BY GABRIELA ADAMESTEANU AT BARD COLLEGE, ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 18, HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 19 The topic of her talk is "Gender Politics and Trafficking of Women and Children in Eastern Europe Today" Full Story
09-12-2001
DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICT, THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED THEOLOGY AT BARD COLLEGE RESCHEDULES THE FIRST LECTURE-DIALOGUE IN SERIES FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 Full Story
09-12-2001
VIVA VERDI SERIES AT BARD COLLEGE FEATURES LECTURES AND A CONCERT DURING OCTOBER World-famous Verdi authority Julian Budden will speak on October 15; a concert of 17th- and 18th-century music will be performed on October 17; and George Martin, Verdi and c Full Story
09-11-2001
JONATHAN FLETCHER WORDSWORTH, AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED AUTHORITY ON ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETRY AND DESCENDENT OF POET WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, WILL LECTURE AT BARD COLLEGE
"'Everything That Lives is Holy': The One Life in Romantic Poetry" is the topic of the Full Story
09-10-2001
ARM-OF-THE-SEA THEATER WILL PERFORM AT BARD COLLEGE AND IN TIVOLI, CELEBRATING NATIONAL ESTUARY DAY ON SEPTEMBER 28 AND 29
Local residents are encouraged to participate in the original production of Estuary Tales: A Hudson River Pageant
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09-10-2001
WOODSTOCK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES ITS 2001-2002 CONCERT SERIES AT BARD COLLEGE
Programs feature world premiere works by Colin Stack, Gerald Cohen, and Peter Schickele; featured artists include tuba soloist Matt Ingman, cellist Ashley Bathgate, violin Full Story
09-07-2001
ALEKSANDAR TIŠMA, INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED SERBIAN AUTHOR, WILL SPEAK AT BARD COLLEGE ON SEPTEMBER 20 AND 25
Tišma is Distinguished Visiting Writer in Residence during September and October in Norman Manea's "Contemporary Masters" course at Bard
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09-07-2001
ALEKSANDAR TI?MA, NOTED SERBIAN AUTHOR, AND JOSÉ SARAMAGO, PORTUGUESE WRITER AND NOBEL LAUREATE, ARE DISTINGUISHED VISITING WRITERS IN RESIDENCE AT BARD DURING FALL 2001
Ti?ma and Saramago will give public lectures in addition to participating in Norman Full Story
09-05-2001
XUEJIN ZUO, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, WILL SPEAK AT BARD COLLEGE
September 14th talk focuses on "The Reform of China's Social Security System During its Transition: Past Experiences and Future Challenges"
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09-04-2001
GABRIELA ADAMESTEANU, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF ROMANIA'S MAIN POLITICAL AND CULTURAL WEEKLY, WILL SPEAK AT BARD HALL IN NEW YORK CITY ON SEPTEMBER 13
The topic of her talk is "Gender Politics and Trafficking of Women and Children in
Eastern Europe Today"
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August 2001
08-30-2001
INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED THEOLOGY AT BARD COLLEGE OFFERS A LECTURE-DIALOGUE SERIES IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER
The Rev. Dr. Bruce Chilton and Professor Jacob Neusner lead discussions about "The Politics of Faith," "Ethics and Sanctification," and "Ethics and S Full Story
08-29-2001
SHEIK DIEYE, SUFI TEACHER AND A MEMBER OF THE SENEGALESE CABINET, WILL SPEAK AT BARD COLLEGE
Topic of September 7th talk is "Politics, Religion, and Human Rights in the Third Millennium
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08-24-2001
GABRIELA ADAMESTEANU, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF ROMANIA'S MAIN POLITICAL AND CULTURAL WEEKLY, WILL SPEAK AT BARD COLLEGE ON SEPTEMBER 19
The topic of her talk is "Gender Politics and Trafficking of Women and Children in
Eastern Europe Today"
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08-23-2001
CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES AT BARD COLLEGE PUBLISHES ILYA KABAKOV: 1969-1998, A CATALOGUE OF THE 2000 SUMMER EXHIBITION
Catalogue features an essay by author Amei Wallach and 43 illustrations of Kabakov's work
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08-22-2001
MORE THAN 100 WORKS REPRESENTED IN FIRST U.S. MUSEUM EXHIBITION OF BRITISH ARTIST DAVID SHRIGLEY TO BE PRESENTED BY THE CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES
Exhibition opens September 30 concurrent with an exhibition of works on paper from the Marieluise Hesse Full Story
08-19-2001
TWELFTH ANNUAL BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL TO EXPLORE MUSICAL WORLD OF FRENCH COMPOSER CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Turn of the Century Parisian Society and Culture Provide Vivid Backdrop to Bard Festival's Rediscovery of
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08-15-2001
RENOWNED TRANSLATOR, AUTHOR, AND CRITIC WILLIAM WEAVER WILL SPEAK ON THE TOPIC OF "VERDI'S SHAKESPEARE" AT BARD COLLEGE
September 19th talk begins a two-year Verdi celebration at Bard featuring lectures, concerts, and films
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08-10-2001
TWELFTH ANNUAL BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL CELEBRATES CLAUDE DEBUSSY AND HIS WORLD
Eleven Concert Programs, Film Screenings, and Other Special Events Explore Debussy's Role in Creating a Distinctly French Voice in Music
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08-03-2001
BARD COLLEGE COMMUNITY CHORUS SEEKS SINGERS FOR DECEMBER PERFORMANCE OF VIVALDI'S GLORIA Full Story
08-01-2001
FIRST CONCERTS OF THE ASCO BARD-VASSAR SERIES FEATURE GUEST ARTISTS SOPRANO KAREN HOLVIK AND PIANIST RICHARD WILSON
September 7 and 8 concert program includes works by Barber, Mozart, and Haydn
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