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Screening of The Master and Margarita and discussion with BCB Writer-in-residence Joshua Yaffa and the film’s director Michael Lockshin
Bard College Berlin and Yorck Kinogruppe co-hosted a public screening of The Master and Margarita at Filmtheater am Friedrichshain, followed by a discussion with the film’s director Michael Lockshin and BCB writer-in-residence Joshua Yaffa, who has reported on Russia for The New Yorker for many years. More >
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Migration, displacement, and exile: Bard College Berlin’s Research Creation course celebrates its annual concluding conference with an exhibition and lecture
Focusing on the year 1945 and the global post-War migration regimes as this semester’s theme, the cross-campus course led by Dr. Marion Detjen in collaboration with Universidad de los Andes and the University of the Witwatersrand celebrated its annual closing conference with a student exhibition titled “We Threw Open the Doors” and a guest lecture from Eyal Weizman titled “The Longue Durée of Genocide.” More >

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Students live on campus in a quiet, green and secluded neighborhood, perfect for learning. The modern, versatile, and sustainable residence halls provide spaces for collaborative learning and community building, lively discussions and quiet study, student clubs and recreation. The bustling center of Berlin is just a tram ride away with all its cultural spaces, political institutions, and tech hubs. 

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  • Muhammad Faraz Sadiq
    (Pakistan)
    BA in Economics, Politics, and Social Thought (2025)
    I think it is important to see how different fields of understanding our world are interrelated and it is important in developing a holistic understanding of ourselves and our world. 
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  • Clara Canales
    (Chile/Netherlands)
    Graduated: BA in Economics, Politics, and Social Thought (2019)
    BCB provided me with a strong theoretical framework with which to analyze current issues. When faced with a question, I am able to relate it to greater themes.
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  • Gale Raj
    (Malaysia/USA)
    Associate Professor of Politics
    I value small classroom teaching and going deep into the seminar topics during our discussions. In my class on Global Public Policies and their Impact on the Global South students get hands-on experiene in developing and presenting their own arguments.
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