Division of Social Studies News by Date
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June 2017
06-26-2017
Philosophy and Literature editor Garry Hagberg talks about the groundbreaking journal and the types of scholarship it regularly features. Hagberg discusses how the journal delves into questions of human motivation, ethical concerns and the power of language.
06-19-2017
If it is ever proved that Lenin was acting on behalf of the German Imperial Government in 1917, the implications for our understanding of the October Revolution, and the Soviet Communist regime born of it, which lasted until 1991, would be profound. Meekin asks: Was it true?
06-13-2017
06-06-2017
Buruma argues that the post-1945 order constructed by the US in Europe and East Asia has been fraying at the edges for some time now. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement has only hastened its unraveling.
06-06-2017
Bard professor Sean McMeekin's book The Russian Revolution: A New History is reviewed by the New York Times Book Review.
06-06-2017
Jonathan Cristol '00 Discusses Why Qatar's Isolation Only Makes Sense in Trump's World
06-02-2017
Bard professor Omar G. Encarnación talks about the misogynistic political culture that helped bring down Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
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