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Bard College Celebrates Student Excellence at Annual Scholarship Reception

“We are pleased to recognize this year’s Bard Scholars, who represent the very best of what we are and what we do.” — Dean of Studies David Shein

Pavlina Tcherneva Writes Levy Policy Note on Election Outcome

She addresses how numerous issues, including economic concerns, wages, immigration policy, and reproductive health rights, among many other factors, affected the way voters responded, particularly in states that voted Republican.

Omar G. Encarnación Published in <em>History Today</em>

Omar G. Encarnación Published in History Today

Encarnación explores how Spain’s decision to enact the Pact of Forgetting from 1975 to 2007, intended to avoid confronting directly the authoritarian legacy of Francoism, meant adopting practices that promoted political amnesia.

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January 2014

01-29-2014

The owner of a previously unknown papyrus made a chance call to an Oxford classicist, who uncovered that the collector possessed texts from two previously unknown poems by Sappho, the ancient Greek poet.

Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

01-29-2014

"The celebration of activists and politicians has overlooked another hero in this campaign: the region’s high courts," writes Omar Encarnación. "Their embrace of gay rights has been nothing short of audacious, especially in contrast to recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court."

Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

01-28-2014

Keith Haring Foundation Donates $400,000 to Establish Fellowship in Art and Activism at Bard College<br />

The Center for Curatorial Studies and the Human Rights Project at Bard College are pleased to announce the Keith Haring Fellowship in Art and Activism. Made possible through a five year-grant of $80,000 per year, the Keith Haring Fellowship is a cross-disciplinary, annual, visiting fellowship for a scholar, activist, or artist to teach and conduct research at both the Center for Curatorial Studies and the Human Rights Project at Bard College.

Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Center for Curatorial Studies |

01-21-2014

Students Give TED Talks a New Spin with Bard Talks<br />

On Sunday, January 19, Bard's Office of Student Activities held it’s inaugural first-year lecture series, Bard Talks, inspired by the widely known TED Talks conferences. Six students presented on a range of topics that showcased social and political issues of global concern, as well as ways to engage with those issues on campus. Topics addressed included malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, food initiatives at Bard, climate change, organ trafficking, and information security. Bard Talks took place in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Day of Service and the Citizen Science program. The event was well attended by students and faculty at the Bito Auditorium in the Reem-Kayden Center.

Photo: L-R: participants Kristin Prunskis ‘17, Justin Shin ‘17, David Yu ‘17, Alyssa Freeman ‘16, Ethan Quinones ‘17, and Carl Amritt ‘17.
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies,Environmental/Sustainability,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |

01-08-2014

Journalist and historian David Andelman talked about the history of the “imperial” president and the changes in power to democratic leaders around the world at BGIA's James Clarke Chace Memorial Speaker Series in December.

Photo: L-R: participants Kristin Prunskis ‘17, Justin Shin ‘17, David Yu ‘17, Alyssa Freeman ‘16, Ethan Quinones ‘17, and Carl Amritt ‘17.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program,Bard Undergraduate Programs |

01-02-2014

Professor Walter Russell Mead selects the most important books on the United States reviewed during the last year, comprising Mark Leibovich's This Town, Stanley McChrystal's My Share of the Task, and Jeffrey Toobin's The Oath.

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