Division of Social Studies News by Date
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December 2013
12-19-2013
When Italian professor Joseph Luzzi's wife, Katherine, died suddenly in a car accident, Dante's Divine Comedy took on new meaning as he faced his grief.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Religion and Theology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Religion and Theology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-17-2013
Ian Buruma looks at the military tensions over a group of small islands in the East China Sea as they relate to the dynasic politics of China, Japan, and Korea.
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 |
12-12-2013
Kirkus Reviews lists Ian Buruma's Year Zero among the year's best nonfiction, calling it an "insightful meditation on the world's emergence from the wreckage of World War II."
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 |
12-10-2013
Bard history faculty member Greg Moynahan has been appointed the new historian for the village of Tivoli, New York. “I look forward to helping develop this history in new formats for new audiences and to building on the wonderful work done by my predecessor, Bernie Tieger," said Professor Moynahan.
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 |
12-10-2013
This week, the APA recognized Professor Daniel Mendelsohn's contributions to the field of classical studies by honoring him with the 2013 President's Award.
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 |
12-05-2013
Bard class of 2013 alumni Arthur Holland Michel and Dan Gettinger, founders of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard, argue for an interdisciplinary and nonpartisan approach to drone study.
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 |
12-05-2013
A Greek tragedy, a retuned piano, and many musical Bardians: Dylan Mattingly '14 discusses his composition of The Bakkhai, to be performed at Bard on December 10.
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-05-2013
"You have to know who you are—as a person, but also as a member of a given civilization—in order to speak about a work," says Professor Mendelsohn in this interview.
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 |
12-03-2013
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
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