Division of Social Studies News by Date
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May 2014
05-16-2014
Political Studies Professor Omar Encarnación writes that Pope Francis is changing the Catholic church with a focus on social issues that stems from his time working in Latin America.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs,Religion and Theology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs,Religion and Theology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-15-2014
Arthur Holland Michel, Bard graduate and cofounder of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard, reports on the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International convention.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-09-2014
Professor Baruah takes a look at last week's ethnically targeted killings in the Indian state of Assam, where Muslims of East Bengali descent were attacked for the way they voted.
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 |
05-09-2014
Ian Buruma explores the films of Kenji Mizoguchi, whose work is showing in a retrospective at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City through June 8.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-06-2014
Professor Mendelsohn writes that the skills required of an excellent critic are often impediments to writing strong fiction.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-05-2014
Professor Romm examines the actions of Martin Heidegger, Paul de Man, Seneca, and Socrates in response to oppressive governments and considers the moral responsibilities writers and thinkers have to align their words and their deeds.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-04-2014
Roger Berkowitz and colleagues discuss the recent publication of Martin Heidegger’s Black Notebooks, which contain anti-Semitic passages. This article includes links to videos of conversations between Professor Berkowitz, Black Notebooks editor Peter Trawny, and Fordham University Professor Babette Babich.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
05-01-2014
Until recently Bard alumnus Dan Cline was teaching English language classes to young people in Haisyn, Ukraine, working on community projects, and even ending up in the local press for his efforts. That changed over the winter as political unrest in the country grew into a revolution and the Peace Corps evacuated all its volunteers from the country.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bard Abroad,Career Development,Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Foreign Language,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bard Abroad,Career Development,Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Foreign Language,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
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