The volume
Contours of the Illiberal State. Governing Circulation in the Smart Economy, co-edited by Professor of Politics
Boris Vormann with Christian Lammert (FU Berlin), was recently published with campus.
The book discusses the relation between government intervention and globalization, and how this can influence democracy. The contributions provide a historical comparative perspective of the sustained, central role of the US state in the smart economy.
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For the second time, the German Studies Program at Bard College Berlin received a DAAD STIBET I.
Similar to last year, the STIBET funding will be used to support the advanced seminar “The German Public Sphere” (in German) that brings together students with guest speakers and faculty to discuss the key themes of migration, populism, artificial intelligence, and gender equity, and to visit German media outlets.
Recent guest seminar leaders included Johanna Luyssen from the
Libération on current Franco-German relationships, Sebastian Kenn on projects of the
European Democracy Lab and Alexander Sängerlaub from
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung on media and fake news; together with Caroline Kent from
Tactical Technology Collective, students discussed the organization’s work at the intersection of technology, human rights and civil liberties, and hosted a
Glassroom Experience exhibition on campus.
Bard College Berlin will also use the funds to continue last year’s conference series on the topic of antisemitism in cooperation with the Centre Marc Bloch. And through the financial support of STIBET I, supervised student tutors will assist students to advance their German language skills in individual meetings, tailored to their needs and questions.
The DAAD's STIBET initiative is a combined scholarship and support program offered to universities using funding from the Federal Foreign Office. STIBET’s overarching objective is to make a contribution towards improving the academic success rate of foreign students.
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On April 12, the exhibition
A German Legend. Emil Nolde and the Nazi Regime. curated by
Aya Soika, Professor of Art History at Bard College Berlin, will open at the Hamburger Bahnhof.
Emil Nolde (1867-1956) is one of the most important and well-known German Modernist artists. The most prominent victim of the Nazi’s art and cultural policy, Nolde celebrated numerous triumphs in the German art world after 1945, not least with his renowned ‘unpainted pictures’. But insiders knew early on of his sympathy for Hitler and the National Socialist regime. In cooperation with the Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, the Nationalgalerie presents the first comprehensive exhibition on this topic, with over 100 works, some of which have never been shown before.
The exhibition will run until September 15.
Parallel the Brücke Museum in Berlin will present
Escape into Art? The Brücke Painters in the Nazi Period., a related exhibition co-curated by Aya Soika (April 14 – August 11).
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On March 9-14, 2019, Bard College Berlin will be represented by students and staff at the Bard Network Debate Conference, organized by the Bard Debate Union at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.
The aim of the conference is to engage the participants “in conversation about the state of their debate programs, their strategic plans for the future of their programs, and best practices for competitive debating, public debates, and debate outreach projects.”
The conference will feature workshops on best practices for running campus debate societies, staging and executing public debates, public speaking, research methods, as well as a number of full adjudicated practice debates and a concluding public debate entitled “Is nationalism always dangerous?”.
The BCB students selected for the Debate Conference are Jillian Igoe (BA ’22), who was the director of the debate team at her high school and participated in a range of debate events, and Shreya Shukla (BA ’22), who held leadership positions in her high school and is keen to examine how civic discourse can foster cross-cultural understanding.
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Between March 15 and March 22, 2019, Bard College Berlin students and representatives will join other members from the Bard International Network for the 6th annual Get Engaged: Student Action and Youth Leadership Conference at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.
The Get Engaged Conference “is an effective forum to strengthen the Bard network/intercampus collaborations among students, faculty, and administrators, and acts as an inspiration to participants whose aspiration is focused on addressing complicated social issues.”
The 2019 edition will include workshops on public speaking, active listening, securing project funding, student leadership, and networking. The welcome address will be delivered by Chrys Margaritidis (CEU’s Dean of Students).
The students representing BCB at the 2019 Get Engaged Conference are Adeeb Hadi (BA ’21) with the documentary film project
Homesick, Between Death and Death, Maria Jose Sarmiento-Bose with Clowning Workshops, Danny Dubner (BA ’21) with the Emancipe Initiative, Elena Müller (BA ’21) with the community project BCB Sparrows, and Mohamad Othman (BA ’21) with the role-playing workshop In Somebody Else’s Shoes.
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