Events

All Upcoming Events

• 11/23

  Sunday
  Open Classroom
  6:30 pm – 8:00 pm CET/GMT+1
  This initiative offers an opportunity to experience university-level courses in an informal, discussion-based setting that is open to everyone. Our goal ...
  
• 11/24

  Monday
  Universities and the Crisis of the Republic
  12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
  An informal lunchtime talk with conversation with Dr. Michael P. Steinberg, Barnaby Conrad and Mary Critchfield Keeney Professor of History and Music, ...
  
• 11/26

  Wednesday
  Abendbrot
  6:30 pm – 7:30 pm CET/GMT+1
  "Abendbrot" is an informal social gathering for all students interested in speaking German. Bi-weekly on Wednesdays at 6:30pm in JJK Cafe ...
  
• 11/27

  Thursday
  Faculty Colloquium: What are Cultural Artifacts?
  12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
  In this presentation, Dr. ​​​​​Luis Miguel Isava proposes a working definition of cultural artifacts, distinguishing ...
  
• 11/27

  Thursday
  AARON: Think the Image — AI Art History and the Structure of Creativity
  2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CET/GMT+1
  This workshop explores Harold Cohen’s pioneering art program AARON as both a historical case study and a conceptual tool for understanding how creativity ...
  
• 11/28

  Friday
  AI and art: an ongoing conversation: Screening of Doireann O’Malley’s film Conversations on a Cross-Town Algorithm (2025) followed by a response from, and guided discussion with, Penny Yiou Peng
  2:00 pm – 5:00 pm CET/GMT+1
  In this screening and discussion event, artist Doireann O’Malley will screen their film Conversations on a Cross-Town Algorithm (2025) and will ...
  
• 12/01

  Monday
  Post Soviet Legacies in the Global Context (Reading Group)
  6:30 pm – 8:30 pm CET/GMT+1
  The working group “Post-Soviet Legacies in the Global Context”, organized by the academic association FG Dekolonial, seeks to examine the ...
  
• 12/01

  Monday
  An Evening with Jamaica Kincaid
  6:30 pm – 8:30 pm CET/GMT+1
  Join us for “An Evening with Jamaica Kincaid,” featuring the acclaimed writer and Fall 2025 Fellow at the American Academy ...
  
• 12/01

  Monday
  Reporting the Genocide
  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
  Yossi Bartal is an independent journalist living in Berlin. He writes for taz, Neues Deutschland, The Diasporist, and Der Spiegel.Jad Salfiti is a British-Palestinian ...
  
• 12/03

  Wednesday
  Cookies & Conversation
  1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CET/GMT+1
  Cookies and Conversations is a casual opportunity to connect directly with University Leadership and other administrators to share your ideas, ask questions, ...
  
• 12/04

  Thursday
  Student Life Committee Community Forum
  12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
  The Community Forums are dedicated to bringing our entire community (staff, students, and faculty) together to discuss topics related to life at BCB. ...
  
• 12/05

  Friday
  Let´s Walk. A participitory expedition through the neighborhood
  12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
  You are warmly invited to join us for a Performance Walk through the neighborhood with Eva Burghardt. Open your eyes and ears and start relating to the ...
  
• 12/06

  Saturday
  Virtual Open Day
  Interested in learning more about Bard College Berlin?Join us on December 6 for Virtual Open Day. You will have the chance to meet current BCB students, ...
  
• 12/07

  Sunday
  Ein Tag für Hannah Arendt – Verstehen, was ist
  12:00 pm – 6:00 pm CET/GMT+1
  Zum 50. Todestag von Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) lädt die Internationale Hannah Arendt Gesellschaft e.V. (IHAG) gemeinsam mit Bard College Berlin ...
  
• 12/09

  Tuesday
  Hermaphrodite Logic: A New History of the Intersex Movement (1990-2025)
  12:30 pm – 2:00 pm CET/GMT+1
  This talk begins with a reading from the opening of Juliana Gleeson's new book Hermaphrodite Logic, to drop us in medias res at the moment of the ...
  
• 12/12

  Friday
  Continuities of Fascism
  7:30 pm – 9:30 pm CET/GMT+1
  The distinction between reason and unreason, a tenet of Enlightenment thought, sustains the universal appeal of liberal democracy, but leaves unexamined ...
  
• 1/15

  Thursday
  Regular Decision Application Deadline
  Bard College Berlin accepts applications for entry to our BA degree programs and one-year programs in Fall 2026. The Regular Decision application deadline ...
  
• 1/26

  Monday
  Welcome Reception
  6:30 pm – 8:00 pm CET/GMT+1
  The Welcome Reception is an opportunity for the BCB community to come together after the first day of classes, welcome our new community members, and ...
  
• 1/28

  Wednesday
  Fritz Stern Award for Democratic Engagement 
  Fritz Stern Award for Democratic Engagement honoring Małgorzata Maria Gersdorf, Former First President of the Supreme Court of the Republic ...
  
• 2/15

  Sunday
  Fall Transfer Application Deadline
  Bard College Berlin accepts applications for transfer to the BA degree programs in Fall 2026. The deadline for applying is February 15, 2026, at 23:59 ...
  
• 5/01

  Friday
  Final Application Deadline
  Bard College Berlin accepts applications for entry to the BA and Academy Year programs in Fall 2026. The final deadline for applying is May 1, at 23:59 ...