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September 2013
09-25-2013
What does it mean to be an educated citizen? Bard's Roger Berkowitz talks about the upcoming Hannah Arendt Center conference, "Failing Fast: The Educated Citizen in Crisis" (October 3–4).
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Education,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Education,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
09-23-2013
Charles Simic reviews Professor Ian Buruma's new book about the end of World War II, Year Zero: A History of 1945.
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 |
09-16-2013
Richard Aldous spoke about the legacy of President John F. Kennedy at the Kennedy Summer School in Ireland. Professor Aldous is writing a biography of Arthur Schlesinger, JFK’s special assistant.
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 |
09-11-2013
Do humanitarian interventionists get Syria wrong? Bard's Walter Russell Mead weighs in.
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 |
09-09-2013
Bard history professor Richard Aldous's new biography Tony Ryan: Ireland's Aviator chronicles the life of the billionaire philanthropist. This article offers a taste of the new book.
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 |
09-05-2013
As the tennis season comes to a close, Professor Joseph Luzzi performs an annual ritual of rereading John McPhee’s Levels
of the Game, about the historic 1968 U.S. Open semifinal between Arthur Ashe and Clark
Graebner.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Athletics,Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Athletics,Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-05-2013
Ian Buruma considers the implications of President Obama's "red line," and the distinction between chemical weapons and conventional weapons.
Meta: Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-04-2013
Last week the New York Times announced a new back page for its Book Review, called Bookends, in which two writers tackle a provocative question. Daniel Mendelsohn and Francine Prose are among the columnists.
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 |
09-04-2013
Richard Aldous lends his expertise to an ongoing series on the history of British conservatism. This episode looks at the controversy around Free Trade in the 1840s.
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 |
09-03-2013
"The thing to get rid of first is the notion that there is such a thing as the East. Because there isn’t," says Professor Buruma.
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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