Online Event REMINDER: THE VIRTUAL READING GROUP IS ON WINTER BREAK, DECEMBER 20 - JANUARY 24
After the break, we will finish discussing Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Online Event REMINDER: THE VIRTUAL READING GROUP IS ON WINTER BREAK, DECEMBER 20 - JANUARY 24
After the break, we will finish discussing Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Levy Graduate Programs in Economics Info Session and Application Workshop
Learn more about applying to Levy with Thomas Masterson, graduate program director, and Tyler Emerson, outreach and recruitment liaison.
Monday, January 13, 2025 11 am – 1 pm
Online Event This information session with Graduate Program Director Thomas Masterson and Graduate Outreach and Recruitment Liaison Tyler Emerson provides an overview of the Levy academic programs, student life, admission requirements, enrollment steps, new scholarships, financial aid procedures, and immigration requirements for international students. Applicants who attend a virtual information session will have their application fees waived.
Bard College Berlin accepts applications for entry to our BA degree programs and one-year programs in Fall 2025. The Regular Decision application deadline is January 15, 2025, at 23:59 in your time zone. Students who apply by the Regular Decision deadline can expect to receive their admission and financial aid/scholarship decisions in late March. Applicants from countries outside the EU/EEA and with a visa entry requirement for Germany are strongly encouraged to submit their application no later than the Regular Decision application deadline.
For more information on eligibility and application requirements, please refer here: How to Apply.
Early Decision Deadline | Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 9 am
The Levy Economics Institute Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy were created to offer students an alternative to mainstream programs in economics and finance. These innovative programs combine a rigorous course of study with the exceptional opportunity to participate in advanced economics research. Our next application deadline is April 15th, 2025. Apply Now Sponsored by: Bard Graduate Programs; Levy Economics Institute; Levy Graduate Programs.
For more information, call 845-758-7776, or e-mail [email protected].
OSUN EDI - Levy Summer Workshop Application Deadline
Summer Workshop in Money, Finance, and Public Policy
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 10 pm
The Open Society University Network (OSUN) Economic Democracy Initiative welcomes undergraduate applications for its summer workshop for professional development in Public Finance and Economic Policy. This EDI Workshop cosponsored by the Levy Institute is open to highly motivated undergraduate students interested in public policy or pursuing graduate work in economics. The workshop presents participants with theoretical, empirical, and policy tools to examine questions of economic instability and insecurity, as well as the financing capacity of governments to eradicate them. Undergraduates will have the opportunity of attending high level lectures at the one-day Levy Institute Conference and to interact with graduate students who are developing their master's research. Apply Now
Learn MoreSponsored by: Levy Economics Institute; OSUN.
Central Bank Currencies and the Future of Monetary Policy: Strategic Paths and Distributional Consequences
Thursday, January 16, 2025 3–4 pm
Blithewood This presentation delves into the transformative potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) for modern monetary systems. It introduces a calibrated Stock-Flow Consistent (SFC) model based on long-term Eurozone data, analyzing the macroeconomic and distributive impacts of various CBDC policy scenarios. The findings shed light on the intricate trade-offs involved in CBDC implementation, particularly their implications for income distribution, financial stability, and economic growth. We will also discuss the divergent strategies adopted by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB) in approaching CBDCs. While the ECB embraces innovation to safeguard its monetary sovereignty, the Federal Reserve maintains a cautious stance, influenced by domestic considerations and political resistance. This dual perspective provides a comprehensive view of the challenges and opportunities posed by CBDCs in reshaping the future of global monetary policy.Sponsored by: Levy Economics Institute.
Online Event REMINDER: THE VIRTUAL READING GROUP IS ON WINTER BREAK, DECEMBER 20 - JANUARY 24
After the break, we will finish discussing Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Postcolonial Queer Feminist Perspectives on Transnational Solidarity
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 2:15–3:45 pm
In this session with Srila Roy (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) and Serena Owusua Dankwa (University of Basel), we will explore the question of transnational queer and feminist solidarities from a postcolonial angle. Departing from specific contexts in India and Ghana, we will discuss the connections between queer and feminist struggles in the Global South and consider their relationships to diasporic and Western contexts. Our guests will also reflect on the conceptual, epistemic, and methodological approaches they use to make sense of gendered power relations and practices of resistance.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Thursday, January 23, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Online Info Session for International Applicants
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school.
Thursday, January 23, 2025 12–1 pm
Online Event Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability (GPS) holds online informational webinars specifically for prospective international students to learn more about graduate program options.
Join us on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 12:00pm ET to learn about our programs and the admissions process directly from the admissions team. There will be a time for questions at the end of the session. Learn more and register here!
WHAT WE COVER:
Overview of graduate program offerings available to international students
Admissions information, specifically for international students
Prerequisite course information
Funding opportunities and scholarships
Tips for a standout application
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.
REGISTER HERESponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard Graduate Programs; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
Online Event REMINDER: THE VIRTUAL READING GROUP IS ON WINTER BREAK, DECEMBER 20 - JANUARY 24
After the break, we will finish discussing Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Friday, January 24, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Saturday, January 25, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Bring your broken but beloved items for free fixings by volunteer coaches.
Saturday, January 25, 2025 10 am – 1 pm
Red Hook Community Center, 59 Fisk St, Red Hook A Repair Café is a free meeting place where people come together to repair "broken but beloved" things. We love keeping fixable things out of the landfill! We will have volunteers with repair skills ("Repair Coaches") in all kinds of fields ready to fix. Sometimes they can just provide advice, and sometimes more parts are needed than they have, but they have a good time trying!
For this Saturday, we have coaches covering most things: electrical/ mechanical, wood repair, lamps, computers, cell phones, jewelry, sewing technology help, clothing, soft toys, electronics, computers, zippers bikes, book binding. Knife sharpening will be available till 11:30am. This month we are lucky to have Jay's Woodshop offering Chair Repair Demonstrations that repeat throughout the event. For more information, call 845-464-8025, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.repaircafehv.org/red-hook.
2 pm • Pre-concert celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year 3 pm • Performance
Celebrate the Year of the Snake with music! Now in its sixth year, The Sound of Spring is an authentic Chinese New Year concert featuring dramatic orchestral works and world-class Chinese instrument soloists, led by Maestro Jindong Cai.
This year, The Orchestra Now is joined by soloists from the legendary faculty of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing on erhu, sheng (Chinese mouth organ), and percussion. The diverse program combines traditional favorites with new compositions, including a commission especially for this concert by Bard faculty member Xinyan Li.
Before the concert, join us in the Sosnoff lobby for Chinese tea and treats while enjoying Chinese instrument demonstrations, courtesy of the US-China Music Institute.
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Sunday, January 26, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Online Event With special guests Neil Roberts and Jess Feldman on the topic of our spring 2025 conference: Hannah Arendt and Black political thought.
Neil Roberts is associate dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy professor of Africana studies, political theory, and the philosophy of religion at Williams College. Roberts was President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association from 2016-19, and he served for several years on the Executive Editorial Board of the journal Political Theory. His publications include the books Creolizing Hannah Arendt (2024, with Marilyn Nissim-Sabat), A Political Companion to Frederick Douglass (2018), the collaborative volume Journeys in Caribbean Thought (2016), and the award-winning text Freedom as Marronage (2015) as well as numerous articles, book forewords (such as the 2024 foreword to Teodros Kiros's Zara Yacob's Inauguration of Modernity and Cardiocentrism), and chapters on creolizing the canon, Black radicalism, totalitarianism and modern politics, and the bounds of political theory. His work has appeared in periodicals such as Black Perspectives, Caribbean Studies, The C.L.R. James Journal, Contemporary Political Theory, HA: The Journal of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities, Perspectives on Politics, Small Axe, and Theory & Event. How to Live Free in an Age of Pessimism is his next monograph, and he's at work both on a study of Haile Selassie I and the Oxford Handbook of Sylvia Wynter.
Jess Feldman is the Klemens von Klemperer Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College. They hold an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Brown University and a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College. Jess's research focuses on ideas of collective action in the history of political thought. Their book manuscript, Reinventing the General Strike, draws on 20th-century political thought, contemporary democratic theory, and African-American political thought to develop an account of how the general strike has shaped the democratic imaginary. Jess's work on W.E.B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction has been published in Political Theory, and an essay on Hannah Arendt's political theory won the Best Paper Award (2024) from the Foundations of Political Theory section of the American Political Science Association. For more information about Jess and their work, visit jlfeldman.com.
For Love of the World, every fourth Tuesday from 6-6:30 pm on Radio Kingston is your portal to the bold ideas and respectful, deep conversations about contemporary issues that we’re having regularly at the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College. Join host Roger Berkowitz each month as we delve into the work of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, Hannah Arendt, with renowned scholars and public intellectuals, and exemplify what it means to have a conversation of patient humility, in the Arendtian tradition.
1490 AM | 107.9 FM | or stream online and anytime at radiokingston.orgSponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Virtual Open House
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds virtual open houses for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 7–8:30 pm
Online Event Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds virtual open houses for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.
During these open houses, prospective students have the opportunity to meet with alumni and faculty from their program of interest. It's the perfect way to connect with the Bard GPS community, and get any questions answered about the student experience directly from those who know it best - the faculty and alumni of the programs.
WHAT WE COVER:
Overview of graduate program offerings
Student experience
Alumni career outcomes
General admissions and financial aid information
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.
REGISTER HERESponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard Graduate Programs; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Thursday, January 30, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Friday, January 31, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Online Event We finish discussing Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Find the full Virtural Reading Group schedule and learn what we're reading next here: hac.bard.edu/programs/vrg/
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
The popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a selection of scenes from the operatic canon. The performance is directed by Jay Lesenger and accompanied by an orchestra of Bard students.
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program.
Online Event REMINDER: THE VIRTUAL READING GROUP IS ON WINTER BREAK, DECEMBER 20 - JANUARY 24
After the break, we will finish discussing Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Online Event REMINDER: THE VIRTUAL READING GROUP IS ON WINTER BREAK, DECEMBER 20 - JANUARY 24
After the break, we will finish discussing Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Levy Graduate Programs in Economics Info Session and Application Workshop
Learn more about applying to Levy with Thomas Masterson, graduate program director, and Tyler Emerson, outreach and recruitment liaison.
Monday, January 13, 2025 11 am – 1 pm
Online Event This information session with Graduate Program Director Thomas Masterson and Graduate Outreach and Recruitment Liaison Tyler Emerson provides an overview of the Levy academic programs, student life, admission requirements, enrollment steps, new scholarships, financial aid procedures, and immigration requirements for international students. Applicants who attend a virtual information session will have their application fees waived.
Bard College Berlin accepts applications for entry to our BA degree programs and one-year programs in Fall 2025. The Regular Decision application deadline is January 15, 2025, at 23:59 in your time zone. Students who apply by the Regular Decision deadline can expect to receive their admission and financial aid/scholarship decisions in late March. Applicants from countries outside the EU/EEA and with a visa entry requirement for Germany are strongly encouraged to submit their application no later than the Regular Decision application deadline.
For more information on eligibility and application requirements, please refer here: How to Apply.
Early Decision Deadline | Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 9 am
The Levy Economics Institute Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy were created to offer students an alternative to mainstream programs in economics and finance. These innovative programs combine a rigorous course of study with the exceptional opportunity to participate in advanced economics research. Our next application deadline is April 15th, 2025. Apply Now Sponsored by: Bard Graduate Programs; Levy Economics Institute; Levy Graduate Programs.
For more information, call 845-758-7776, or e-mail [email protected].
OSUN EDI - Levy Summer Workshop Application Deadline
Summer Workshop in Money, Finance, and Public Policy
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 10 pm
The Open Society University Network (OSUN) Economic Democracy Initiative welcomes undergraduate applications for its summer workshop for professional development in Public Finance and Economic Policy. This EDI Workshop cosponsored by the Levy Institute is open to highly motivated undergraduate students interested in public policy or pursuing graduate work in economics. The workshop presents participants with theoretical, empirical, and policy tools to examine questions of economic instability and insecurity, as well as the financing capacity of governments to eradicate them. Undergraduates will have the opportunity of attending high level lectures at the one-day Levy Institute Conference and to interact with graduate students who are developing their master's research. Apply Now
Learn MoreSponsored by: Levy Economics Institute; OSUN.
Central Bank Currencies and the Future of Monetary Policy: Strategic Paths and Distributional Consequences
Thursday, January 16, 2025 3–4 pm
Blithewood This presentation delves into the transformative potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) for modern monetary systems. It introduces a calibrated Stock-Flow Consistent (SFC) model based on long-term Eurozone data, analyzing the macroeconomic and distributive impacts of various CBDC policy scenarios. The findings shed light on the intricate trade-offs involved in CBDC implementation, particularly their implications for income distribution, financial stability, and economic growth. We will also discuss the divergent strategies adopted by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB) in approaching CBDCs. While the ECB embraces innovation to safeguard its monetary sovereignty, the Federal Reserve maintains a cautious stance, influenced by domestic considerations and political resistance. This dual perspective provides a comprehensive view of the challenges and opportunities posed by CBDCs in reshaping the future of global monetary policy.Sponsored by: Levy Economics Institute.
Online Event REMINDER: THE VIRTUAL READING GROUP IS ON WINTER BREAK, DECEMBER 20 - JANUARY 24
After the break, we will finish discussing Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Postcolonial Queer Feminist Perspectives on Transnational Solidarity
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 2:15–3:45 pm
In this session with Srila Roy (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) and Serena Owusua Dankwa (University of Basel), we will explore the question of transnational queer and feminist solidarities from a postcolonial angle. Departing from specific contexts in India and Ghana, we will discuss the connections between queer and feminist struggles in the Global South and consider their relationships to diasporic and Western contexts. Our guests will also reflect on the conceptual, epistemic, and methodological approaches they use to make sense of gendered power relations and practices of resistance.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Thursday, January 23, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Online Info Session for International Applicants
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school.
Thursday, January 23, 2025 12–1 pm
Online Event Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability (GPS) holds online informational webinars specifically for prospective international students to learn more about graduate program options.
Join us on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 12:00pm ET to learn about our programs and the admissions process directly from the admissions team. There will be a time for questions at the end of the session. Learn more and register here!
WHAT WE COVER:
Overview of graduate program offerings available to international students
Admissions information, specifically for international students
Prerequisite course information
Funding opportunities and scholarships
Tips for a standout application
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.
REGISTER HERESponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard Graduate Programs; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
Online Event REMINDER: THE VIRTUAL READING GROUP IS ON WINTER BREAK, DECEMBER 20 - JANUARY 24
After the break, we will finish discussing Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Friday, January 24, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Saturday, January 25, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Bring your broken but beloved items for free fixings by volunteer coaches.
Saturday, January 25, 2025 10 am – 1 pm
Red Hook Community Center, 59 Fisk St, Red Hook A Repair Café is a free meeting place where people come together to repair "broken but beloved" things. We love keeping fixable things out of the landfill! We will have volunteers with repair skills ("Repair Coaches") in all kinds of fields ready to fix. Sometimes they can just provide advice, and sometimes more parts are needed than they have, but they have a good time trying!
For this Saturday, we have coaches covering most things: electrical/ mechanical, wood repair, lamps, computers, cell phones, jewelry, sewing technology help, clothing, soft toys, electronics, computers, zippers bikes, book binding. Knife sharpening will be available till 11:30am. This month we are lucky to have Jay's Woodshop offering Chair Repair Demonstrations that repeat throughout the event. For more information, call 845-464-8025, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.repaircafehv.org/red-hook.
2 pm • Pre-concert celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year 3 pm • Performance
Celebrate the Year of the Snake with music! Now in its sixth year, The Sound of Spring is an authentic Chinese New Year concert featuring dramatic orchestral works and world-class Chinese instrument soloists, led by Maestro Jindong Cai.
This year, The Orchestra Now is joined by soloists from the legendary faculty of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing on erhu, sheng (Chinese mouth organ), and percussion. The diverse program combines traditional favorites with new compositions, including a commission especially for this concert by Bard faculty member Xinyan Li.
Before the concert, join us in the Sosnoff lobby for Chinese tea and treats while enjoying Chinese instrument demonstrations, courtesy of the US-China Music Institute.
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.
All are welcome!
Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world! For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Catholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Sunday, January 26, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Online Event With special guests Neil Roberts and Jess Feldman on the topic of our spring 2025 conference: Hannah Arendt and Black political thought.
Neil Roberts is associate dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy professor of Africana studies, political theory, and the philosophy of religion at Williams College. Roberts was President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association from 2016-19, and he served for several years on the Executive Editorial Board of the journal Political Theory. His publications include the books Creolizing Hannah Arendt (2024, with Marilyn Nissim-Sabat), A Political Companion to Frederick Douglass (2018), the collaborative volume Journeys in Caribbean Thought (2016), and the award-winning text Freedom as Marronage (2015) as well as numerous articles, book forewords (such as the 2024 foreword to Teodros Kiros's Zara Yacob's Inauguration of Modernity and Cardiocentrism), and chapters on creolizing the canon, Black radicalism, totalitarianism and modern politics, and the bounds of political theory. His work has appeared in periodicals such as Black Perspectives, Caribbean Studies, The C.L.R. James Journal, Contemporary Political Theory, HA: The Journal of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities, Perspectives on Politics, Small Axe, and Theory & Event. How to Live Free in an Age of Pessimism is his next monograph, and he's at work both on a study of Haile Selassie I and the Oxford Handbook of Sylvia Wynter.
Jess Feldman is the Klemens von Klemperer Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College. They hold an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Brown University and a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College. Jess's research focuses on ideas of collective action in the history of political thought. Their book manuscript, Reinventing the General Strike, draws on 20th-century political thought, contemporary democratic theory, and African-American political thought to develop an account of how the general strike has shaped the democratic imaginary. Jess's work on W.E.B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction has been published in Political Theory, and an essay on Hannah Arendt's political theory won the Best Paper Award (2024) from the Foundations of Political Theory section of the American Political Science Association. For more information about Jess and their work, visit jlfeldman.com.
For Love of the World, every fourth Tuesday from 6-6:30 pm on Radio Kingston is your portal to the bold ideas and respectful, deep conversations about contemporary issues that we’re having regularly at the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College. Join host Roger Berkowitz each month as we delve into the work of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, Hannah Arendt, with renowned scholars and public intellectuals, and exemplify what it means to have a conversation of patient humility, in the Arendtian tradition.
1490 AM | 107.9 FM | or stream online and anytime at radiokingston.orgSponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Virtual Open House
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds virtual open houses for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 7–8:30 pm
Online Event Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds virtual open houses for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.
During these open houses, prospective students have the opportunity to meet with alumni and faculty from their program of interest. It's the perfect way to connect with the Bard GPS community, and get any questions answered about the student experience directly from those who know it best - the faculty and alumni of the programs.
WHAT WE COVER:
Overview of graduate program offerings
Student experience
Alumni career outcomes
General admissions and financial aid information
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.
REGISTER HERESponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard Graduate Programs; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Thursday, January 30, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Friday, January 31, 2025 11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry Gallery Organized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Entry Gallery XIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Online Event We finish discussing Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Find the full Virtural Reading Group schedule and learn what we're reading next here: hac.bard.edu/programs/vrg/
Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.
The popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a selection of scenes from the operatic canon. The performance is directed by Jay Lesenger and accompanied by an orchestra of Bard students.
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program.
Early Decision Deadline | Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 9 am
The Levy Economics Institute Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy were created to offer students an alternative to mainstream programs in economics and finance. These innovative programs combine a rigorous course of study with the exceptional opportunity to participate in advanced economics research. Our next application deadline is April 15th, 2025. Apply Now Sponsored by: Bard Graduate Programs; Levy Economics Institute; Levy Graduate Programs.
For more information, call 845-758-7776, or e-mail [email protected].
OSUN EDI - Levy Summer Workshop Application Deadline
Summer Workshop in Money, Finance, and Public Policy
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 10 pm
The Open Society University Network (OSUN) Economic Democracy Initiative welcomes undergraduate applications for its summer workshop for professional development in Public Finance and Economic Policy. This EDI Workshop cosponsored by the Levy Institute is open to highly motivated undergraduate students interested in public policy or pursuing graduate work in economics. The workshop presents participants with theoretical, empirical, and policy tools to examine questions of economic instability and insecurity, as well as the financing capacity of governments to eradicate them. Undergraduates will have the opportunity of attending high level lectures at the one-day Levy Institute Conference and to interact with graduate students who are developing their master's research. Apply Now
Learn More Sponsored by: Levy Economics Institute; OSUN.
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