Division of Social Studies News by Date
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March 2013
03-27-2013
From April 17 to 19, the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College will gather top policymakers, economists, and analysts at the 22nd Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference on the State of the U.S. and World Economies. Participants will discuss the progress of the economic recovery from the global financial crisis and address both financial reform and poverty in the context of Minsky’s work. Click here to view the full schedule of events.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Economics,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Levy Economics Institute |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Economics,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Levy Economics Institute |
03-26-2013
More than 85 colleges and community organizations across the country have joined the Bard Center for Environmental Policy and C2C Fellows Network in leading a national conversation on democracy and climate change with a screening of The Island President—the 2011 documentary that chronicles Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed’s efforts to confront climate change and rising sea levels, which threaten to submerge the low-lying island nation. The film will be screened on Wednesday, April 17.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies,Environmental/Sustainability,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies,Environmental/Sustainability,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
03-25-2013
Professor Armstead lectures on her book Freedom’s Gardener: James F. Brown, Horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum America at Columbia University's Lehman Center for American History on April 24.
Photo: Photo by Pete Mauney
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-18-2013
Bard College first-year percussion student Chris Gunnell was featured in the annual report of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Chris is pursuing a five-year dual degree at Bard, studying music at the Conservatory as well as philosophy and social policy at the College.
Photo: Photo by Pete Mauney
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Division of Social Studies,Music,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Division of Social Studies,Music,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-06-2013
Blackburn writes on local and national history in “The Architect and the Artist: FDR, Olin Dows, and the New Deal Post Office Program.”
Photo: Photo by Pete Mauney
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-06-2013
A new viral video on the income gap in the United States prompts Steven Mazie's response.
Photo: Photo by Pete Mauney
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): BHSECs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): BHSECs |
03-05-2013
Ian Buruma examines two types of contemporary populist leaders: the wealthy business tycoon and the clown.
Photo: Photo by Pete Mauney
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
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