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  • 9/26
    Saturday
    Race Against Racism
    1:00 pm – 5:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    The 2026 Race Against Racism is a four-hour collaborative race and fundraiser led by students to unite BCB and Berlin communities for a cause of their...
  • 9/28
    Monday
    Patrick Radden Keefe: "London Falling" (Munich)
    7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    Patrick Radden Keefe is an award-winning investigative journalist for The New Yorker, a bestselling author, and a film producer. His latest book,...
  • 9/28
    Monday
    "Handyhotel": Film Screening & Conversation with BCB Alumna Anđela Despotović and Director Anastasia Veber
    7:30 pm – 9:30 pm CET/GMT+1
    BCB alumna Anđela Despotović returns to campus for a screening of "Handyhotel", a short film she produced with director Anastasia...
  • 9/29
    Tuesday
    US Voter Registration & Ballot Assistance (with Vote from Abroad)
    1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    Attention all US Citizens! You have the right to vote in federal elections, even while living or studying abroad. Volunteers from VoteFromAbroad.org...
  • 9/30
    Wednesday
    Disability Intimacy by Alice Wong: Slow reading
    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
    The Disability Intimacy slow reading group has been rescheduled to Wednesday 30th of September, at 12:30-13:30 in Seminar Room 11 in K24. This session...
  • 9/30
    Wednesday
    30 Minute Mindful Writing
    1:00 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
    Does it seem like there’s never free time to write? Always pressured by another deadline or to-do list item? Tempted by a few more minutes of...
  • 9/30
    Wednesday
    The Magna Carta of Refugee Protection Under Pressure – the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention at 75
    6:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees turns 75 years on 28 July this year. It is often designated as the “Magna Carta of...
  • 9/30
    Wednesday
    Political Polarization and the U.S. Midterms: In Conversation with Lilliana Mason (Frankfurt)
    7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    In advance of historic midterm elections in the US, we welcome Lilliana Mason, a premier political scientist and scholar of political polarization, in...
  • 10/01
    Thursday
    Spring Transfer Application Deadline
    Bard College Berlin accepts applications for transfer to the BA degree programs in Spring 2027. The deadline for applying is October 1, 2026, at 23:59...
  • 10/01
    Thursday
    Sidewalk Solidarity Info and Planning Meeting
    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
    Learn about the Sidewalk Solidarity initiative at Bard College Berlin! At this first meeting, we will discuss our goals for the semester and...
  • 10/01
    Thursday
    Political Polarization and the U.S. Midterms: In Conversation with Lilliana Mason
    7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    In advance of historic midterm elections in the U.S., Lilliana Mason, a premier political scientist and scholar of political polarization, makes a...
  • 10/02
    Friday
    Accommodations in Academia. A Conversation with Lived Experience Expert Dr. Imke Heuer
    5:30 pm – 7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    The conversation will be dedicated to the experiences and the needs of neurodivergent students and students on the autism spectrum. Lauren Gaillard...
  • 10/05
    Monday
    Life After BCB: Your Residence Permit after Graduation (Jobseeker & Student Permits)
    5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    If you’re interested in staying in Germany, there’s no time like the present to be thinking about what comes after your student residence...
  • 10/05
    Monday
    Film Screening and Discussion of Crip Camp with Jessica Milbern
    5:30 pm – 8:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    Come join us on Monday, October 5 at 5:30PM in P98A Lecture Hall for food and a film screening of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution, followed by...
  • 10/06
    Tuesday
    Study Abroad Info Session & Student Panel
    12:45 pm – 1:45 pm CET/GMT+1
    We will kick off this petition period with a General Study Abroad Info Session on Tuesday, 6 October at 12:45 in the P98a Lecture Hall. This session...
  • 10/06
    Tuesday
    Abendbrot
    6:30 pm – 7:30 pm CET/GMT+1
    "Abendbrot" is an informal social gathering for all students interested in speaking German. Takes place bi-weekly on Tuesdays, led by your...
  • 10/08
    Thursday
    Anatomy of an Opposition in Lebanon - Book Discussion
    12:30 pm – 2:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    Lebanon is often read as a textbook case of a deeply divided society, where sectarian identity dictates political life. Yet years of economic...
  • 10/08
    Thursday
    SLC Community Forum
    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
    Join Student Life and Student Parliament for the first Student Life Committee (SLC) of the academic year. The SLC Community Forum is a regular...
  • 10/08
    Thursday
    ESMT Berlin Info Session
    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
    Thinking about what comes after your bachelor’s degree or looking for an international learning experience while you are still studying? Join us...
  • 10/09
    Friday
    Nina von Maltzahn Memorial Concert
    7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    Rising stars Audrey Goodner, Elliot Sloss, and Jessie Gong are joined by Curtis Institute of Music viola faculty...
  • 10/13
    Tuesday
    Spring '27 Internship Program Application Info Session
    12:30 pm – 1:45 pm CET/GMT+1
    Interested in doing an internship for academic credit in spring 2027? Come to our info session to learn more about BCB’s Internship Program,...
  • 10/13
    Tuesday
    This Cursed Beautiful Land: In Conversation with Evan Gershkovich
    7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    In March 2023, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was meeting a source 900 miles east of Moscow when masked FSB agents stormed in,...
  • 10/14
    Wednesday
    Study Abroad Info Session Part 2: Partner Institutions
    12:45 pm – 1:45 pm CET/GMT+1
    This session will include a more in-depth overview of the various partner institutions for study abroad. Depending on the availability of time, it is...
  • 10/15
    Thursday
    Hertie Info Session: Joint BA-Master's Degree Program
    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
    Information session on the Joint BA-Master's Degree Program pathway at Hertie. This session will cover the 5-year BA-Master's Program between...
  • 10/27
    Tuesday
    Performing Science and Medicine (Online Lecture Series)
    6:00 pm – 7:30 pm CET/GMT+1
    Performing Science and Medicine is an online lecture series that treats performance as a mode of inquiry, an active method for thinking through the...
  • 10/27
    Tuesday
    The Value of Diversity
    7:30 pm – 10:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    Why do we value diversity, and what kind of value is it? In their brand new books, Diversity: The History of a Wandering Value and The Diversity...
  • 10/29
    Thursday
    Philosophy, Politics, and the Possible: Plato's Seventh Letter in Dialogue with the Republic
    7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    In this lecture, BCB alum Schuyler Curriden '21 will introduce his recent work on Plato's much debated Seventh Letter. In the Seventh Letter,...
  • 11/01
    Sunday
    Early Action Application Deadline
    Bard College Berlin accepts applications for entry to our BA degree programs and one-year programs in Fall 2027. The Early Action deadline for...
  • 11/05
    Thursday
    Against a Politics of Truth: Hannah Arendt and the Power of Friendship in a Broken World
    7:00 pm – 10:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    We often hear that democracy is in crisis because people no longer agree on the truth. Hannah Arendt suggests something deeper: democracy is failing...
  • 11/07
    Saturday
    Immediate Decision Plan - Los Angeles
    12:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST/GMT-8
    Bard College Berlin's Immediate Decision Plan (IDP) in Los Angeles is an in-person application process that allows students around the West...
  • 11/09
    Monday
    Life After BCB: Bureaucracy in Reverse
    5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    You did it, but now what? Come learn about how to wrap up your time at BCB and transition to your next adventure, be that in Berlin or across the...
  • 11/14
    Saturday
    Immediate Decision Plan - New York
    12:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
    Bard College Berlin's Immediate Decision Plan (IDP) in New York is an in-person application process that allows students around the East...
  • 11/17
    Tuesday
    Life After BCB: LinkedIn & Networking 101
    5:30 pm – 6:30 pm CET/GMT+1
    Have you heard of LinkedIn and networking but aren’t sure where to start, or whether they’re right for you? Join this session to learn how...
  • 11/18
    Wednesday
    Longing for the Wall and Barbed Wire? The Romanticization and Political Consequences of Inner-German History Before and After 1990
    6:00 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    Thirty-six years after reunification, many historical facts seem to have been forgotten: the causes of the Cold War from 1947 to 1990; the reasons for...
  • 11/20
    Friday
    Drawing Unequal Childhoods: Ethics, Memory, and Material Testimony in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza
    12:30 pm – 2:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    This talk introduces Innocent Knowledge, a collaborative research and public humanities project centered on nearly four hundred drawings created by...
  • 11/23
    Monday
    State and Nation in Eastern Europe: A Conversation with Zlatko Enev
    7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    Hosted by the “History of Modernities in Eastern Europe” seminar, this event will introduce Zlatko Enev’s new book Philosophy of...
  • 11/25
    Wednesday
    The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery
    7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    The Origins of Political Economy core warmly invites you to a talk by Professor John Harpham who will present his new book The Intellectual Origins of...
  • 12/02
    Wednesday
    Amelia Ada: Reading and Discussion
    5:30 pm – 7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    Amelia Ada will read from her new work HARD AND GLAD (Dopamine/Semiotext(e), 2026), set in California, between Oakland and Los Angeles, in the years...
  • 12/05
    Saturday
    Virtual Open Day
    Interested in learning more about Bard College Berlin? Save the date and join us on December 5 for Virtual Open Day! You will have the chance to meet...
  • 1/10
    Sunday
    Regular Decision Application Deadline
    Bard College Berlin accepts applications for entry to our BA degree programs and one-year programs in Fall 2027. The Regular Decision application...
  • 2/06
    Saturday
    Immediate Decision Plan - Berlin
    12:00 pm – 7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
    Bard College Berlin's Immediate Decision Plan (IDP) in Berlin is an in-person application process that allows students based in Berlin and in...
  • 3/06
    Saturday
    Virtual Open Day
    Interested in learning more about Bard College Berlin? Save the date and join us on March 6 for Virtual Open Day! You will have the chance to meet...
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