Division of Social Studies News by Date
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October 2013
10-30-2013
Professor Danner reflects on the violence in the region, U.S. intervention, and the new book The Syria Dilemma, edited by Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel.
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 |
10-30-2013
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-27-2013
What really caused World War I? Professor Richard Aldous looks at The War That Ended Peace, by Margaret MacMillan.
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 |
10-17-2013
In the New York Review of Books 50th anniversary issue, Daniel Mendelsohn finds feminism in the cultural phenomenon that is Game of Thrones.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-16-2013
Ian Buruma looks at how Europe and Asia rebuilt after the war's devastation to people, infrastructure, and institutions in his new book Year Zero: A History of 1945.
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 |
10-11-2013
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Economics,Film,Foreign Language,Inclusive Excellence,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-09-2013
What goes into a good translation? Professor Mendelsohn considers the fine balancing act of bring a work to life in a different language.
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 |
10-08-2013
Ian Buruma considers Edward Snowden's claim that he acted in accordance with his own conscience in light of recent remarks by Pope Francis on the importance of individual conscience to living morally.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs,Religion and Theology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs,Religion and Theology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-04-2013
Daniel Mendelsohn asks what the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy can tell us about the U.S. government shutdown.
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 |
10-01-2013
Ian Buruma "depicts heroism, exultation and gratitude, but also brutality, venality, injustice, deceit, hypocrisy—and crushing disappointment" at the end of World War II.
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 |
10-01-2013
Elena Ferrante is "so gifted that by the end she has you in tears," writes Italian professor Joseph Luzzi on Ferrante's newest novel.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Foreign Language | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Foreign Language | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
September 2013
09-25-2013
What does it mean to be an educated citizen? Bard's Roger Berkowitz talks about the upcoming Hannah Arendt Center conference, "Failing Fast: The Educated Citizen in Crisis" (October 3–4).
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Education,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Education,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
09-23-2013
Charles Simic reviews Professor Ian Buruma's new book about the end of World War II, Year Zero: A History of 1945.
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 |
09-16-2013
Richard Aldous spoke about the legacy of President John F. Kennedy at the Kennedy Summer School in Ireland. Professor Aldous is writing a biography of Arthur Schlesinger, JFK’s special assistant.
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 |
09-11-2013
Do humanitarian interventionists get Syria wrong? Bard's Walter Russell Mead weighs in.
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 |
09-09-2013
Bard history professor Richard Aldous's new biography Tony Ryan: Ireland's Aviator chronicles the life of the billionaire philanthropist. This article offers a taste of the new book.
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 |
09-05-2013
Ian Buruma considers the implications of President Obama's "red line," and the distinction between chemical weapons and conventional weapons.
Meta: Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-05-2013
As the tennis season comes to a close, Professor Joseph Luzzi performs an annual ritual of rereading John McPhee’s Levels
of the Game, about the historic 1968 U.S. Open semifinal between Arthur Ashe and Clark
Graebner.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Athletics,Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Athletics,Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-04-2013
Last week the New York Times announced a new back page for its Book Review, called Bookends, in which two writers tackle a provocative question. Daniel Mendelsohn and Francine Prose are among the columnists.
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 |
09-04-2013
Richard Aldous lends his expertise to an ongoing series on the history of British conservatism. This episode looks at the controversy around Free Trade in the 1840s.
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 |
09-03-2013
"The thing to get rid of first is the notion that there is such a thing as the East. Because there isn’t," says Professor Buruma.
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 |
August 2013
08-22-2013
Arthur Holland Michel '13, of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard, met with all manner of drones at a recent convention in Washington, D.C.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
08-22-2013
"The Obama administration had a grand strategy in the Middle East," writes Professor Mead. "It was well intentioned, carefully crafted and consistently pursued. Unfortunately, it failed."
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 |
08-16-2013
Stephen Mucher explains the motivations behind the first teacher observations of the 19th century.
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 |
08-06-2013
Arthur Holland Michel '13, of Bard's Center for the Study of the Drone, examines the many possible uses of drone technology, and the ethical implications of drone development.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
July 2013
07-18-2013
Stellar Bard volunteer Karimah Janelle Shabazz '15 brings her passion for civic engagement and education to Ghana this week, on a service trip funded by Episcopal Relief & Development.
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Foreign Language,Politics and International Affairs,Religion and Theology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Foreign Language,Politics and International Affairs,Religion and Theology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
07-08-2013
Professor Berkowitz examines the controversy over Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem, and her insight "not that Eichmann was just following orders, but that Eichmann was a 'joiner.'''
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Hannah Arendt Center |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Hannah Arendt Center |
07-03-2013
Professor Berkowitz discusses the founding of the Hannah Arendt Center, and the new biopic about the political thinker.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Film,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Film,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
07-02-2013
President Leon Botstein sits down with the Vienna Review to talk memoirs, modernism, and the role of music in a polyglot world. (PDF)
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
07-02-2013
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Division of the Arts,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Center for Curatorial Studies |
07-01-2013
History faculty member Richard Aldous marks the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's historic visit to Ireland with a look at a controversial presidency. "Certainly JFK the man was a contradiction. Yet none of the four presidents who followed ... showed anything approaching his public grace or calibre."
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 |
07-01-2013
Professor Mead discusses Edward J. Snowden's presence in Russia, and U.S. foreign policy concerns in Middle East.
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 |
07-01-2013
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
June 2013
06-28-2013
"Master craftsman" Daniel Mendelsohn's essay collection makes NPR's list of top five nonfiction summer reads.
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 |
06-25-2013
Bard classicist, critic, and literature professor Daniel Mendelsohn talks with KUOW in Seattle about the role of professional critics in an age of customer reviews and blogs.
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 |
06-25-2013
Professor Romm reviews Harry Eyres's new book Horace and Me.
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 |
06-12-2013
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Center for Civic Engagement |
06-04-2013
Professor Omar Encarnación participates in a discussion on gay rights progress in Latin America in light of the likelihood that Brazil will soon become the third country in the region to legalize same-sex marriage, following Argentina and Uruguay.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs,Religion and Theology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs,Religion and Theology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
May 2013
05-31-2013
Professor Berkowitz participated in a discussion with Pamela Katz, Hannah Arendt screenwriter, and Natan Sznaider, professor of government and society at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
05-30-2013
"To make a film about a thinker is a challenge; to do so in a way that is accessible and gripping is a triumph," writes Roger Berkowitz.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
05-29-2013
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
05-23-2013
Art historian and Bard professor Susan Aberth discusses Matta's painting "Prisoner of Light," which is being seen for the first time on the international art market as part of Christie's Latin American Sale this month.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-15-2013
What can Greek tragedy teach us about the controversy surrounding Tamerlan Tsarnaev's burial? Professor Mendelsohn looks at the reaction in Boston in light of classic texts.
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 |
05-14-2013
History professor Richard Aldous, author of Reagan and Thatcher, reviews Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher. Former Daily Telegraph editor Moore is "an inspired choice," writes Aldous.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-09-2013
Bard Graduate Center faculty member Amy Ogata's new book, Designing the Creative Child: Playthings and Places in Midcentury America, looks at how U.S. worries about conformity during the Cold War changed parenting and play.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Graduate Center |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Graduate Center |
05-09-2013
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
05-08-2013
Dance/philosophy double major Samuel Pratt ’14 talks about the interdisciplinary study opportunities at Bard, and how his two chosen fields illuminate each other. "What I knew was that any academic pursuit was going to be integral to my growth and evolution as an artist," he says.
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Dance,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Dance,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
April 2013
04-26-2013
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs,Religion and Theology | Institutes(s): Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program,Bard Prison Initiative,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
04-25-2013
Thai Jones considers the recent bombing in Boston in light of the nation's history of terrorist attacks and government responses.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Master of Arts in Teaching |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Master of Arts in Teaching |
04-23-2013
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Hannah Arendt Center |
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