Division of Social Studies News by Date
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February 2017
02-25-2017
Omar Encarnación, director of Bard's Political Studies Program, discusses Donald Trump through the lens of the Latin American phenomenon of the caudillo, or populist strongman.
02-19-2017
"[I]t is ...the demand that people be treated as rights-bearers rather than remaining invisible or as victims or recipients of charity, that makes all the difference."
02-16-2017
Professor of Political Studies Omar Encarnación examines the future of Obama's gay rights legacy under the Trump administration.
02-09-2017
Historian and Rachel Carson biographer Mark Lytle is a significant voice in a new documentary on the famous conservationist and author of the highly influential book Silent Spring.
02-05-2017
Professor Armstead talks about the significant African American presence in the Hudson Valley, beginning with the colonial period, through the Civil War, and to the post–World War II era.
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