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February 2016
02-22-2016
Professor Manea is visiting Bard College Berlin and gave a talk at the German Marshall Fund on migration, globalization, and exile.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-20-2016
Language and Thinking faculty member Bruce Watson's Light: A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age is "a delightful journey."
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-14-2016
"Worm Loves Worm ... brilliantly explores the idea of love between two beings, regardless of gender (or species) and despite societal pressures."
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-10-2016
"Han’s glorious treatments of agency, personal choice, submission and subversion find form in the parable," writes Porochista Khakpour, visiting writer in residence.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-10-2016
Celia Bland, international coordinator for the Institute for Writing and Thinking, reflects on how the strong character of Jane Eyre influenced her as a young girl.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Institute for Writing and Thinking |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Institute for Writing and Thinking |
02-10-2016
The writer and critic reveals his nostalgia for an older Paris, mourns the city's disappearing café culture, and touches on the urban defects of neoliberalism.
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 |
02-09-2016
On Thursday, February 25, award-winning author Luc Sante, visiting professor of writing and photography at Bard College, will read from his most recent book, The Other Paris. Presented by Bard’s Written Arts Program, the reading takes place at 7:00 p.m. in Bard Hall, and is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required. Books will be available for sale and signing from Oblong Books & Music.
Credit: Photo: Laura Levine
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 |
02-07-2016
Writer in Residence Francine Prose offers a pop quiz about the romantic works she's most enjoyed discussing with her students in literature classes.
Credit: Photo: Laura Levine
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-03-2016
Hilary Kaplan, faculty in the Language and Thinking Program and the Bard Prison Initiative, has been nominated for her translation of Rilke Shake by Angélica Freitas.
Credit: Photo: Laura Levine
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Prison Initiative,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Prison Initiative,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-03-2016
Alexandra Kleeman, Bard Fiction Prize winner and writer in residence at Bard College, will read from her work on Monday, February 15. Free and open to the public, the reading begins at 7 p.m. in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium in Bard’s Reem-Kayden Center. Kleeman received the 2016 Bard Fiction Prize for her debut novel You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine (Harper 2015). The Bard Fiction Prize committee writes: "Alexandra Kleeman’s You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine wraps a nightmare inside absurdity. It is a novel of alienation, paranoia, anxiety, and dread that puts a smile on your face."
Credit: Photo: Graham Webster
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-01-2016
Writer in Residence Wyatt Mason reviews Moroccan-born author Laila Lalami's new novel, The Moor's Account.
Credit: Photo: Graham Webster
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
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