Division of Social Studies News by Date
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January 2016
01-29-2016
Thatcher historian Richard Aldous explores the newest volume in Moore's biography of the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher: At Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow.
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 |
01-27-2016
Arthur Holland Michel investigated how a small team of engineers built the first lethal Predator drone and created the basis for modern drone warfare leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,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): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
01-26-2016
Americans are angrier than ever, writes Steven Mazie, and this survey reveals the most heated demographics.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): BHSECs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): BHSECs |
01-26-2016
Helen Epstein, Visiting Professor of Human Rights and Global Public Health, examines Uganda's troubled history, its relationship with the United States government, and the upcoming election.
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 |
01-25-2016
In his book Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War, Bard professor Ian Buruma discusses his Jewish grandparents’ experience in Britain during 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 |
01-11-2016
Bard professor Walter Russell Mead, David Rothkopf, Kori Schake, and Lara Jakes debate which country had the best (and worst) 2015, reviewing the year’s big headlines.
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 |
01-07-2016
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
01-04-2016
"In Beginning Greek, too, one settles for small victories and accepts huge shortfalls. But giving up is not an option," writes Professor Romm on teaching this difficult course.
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 |
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