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November 2021
11-25-2021
BCB Professor of History Marion Detjen has written an article for German news outlet Zeit Online about the controversy surrounding the German Journalist with Palestinian roots Nemi El-Hassan.
German public broadcaster WDR announced they would no longer work with El-Hassan. The decision followed an article in the Berliner Zeitung in which El-Hassan criticized the WDR’s treatment of her in the context of allegations of antisemitism brought to the front by the Bild tabloid newspaper.In her article Prof. Detjen uses this incident as a jumping off point to comment on the difficulties of the German public sphere with dealing with memories and identities that don’t fit into accepted narrative of atonement for the Holocaust, which results in the hiding and suppressing of Palestinian experiences. She calls for engaging with such individuals as El-Hassan in shared learning processes about German-Palestinian entanglements in the history of antisemitism and Germany’s historical responsibility in this matter.
Read the full article on Zeit Online >>
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11-22-2021
BCB Professor of Macroeconomics Marcus Giamattei was awarded the Karl-Heinz-Pollok-Gedächtnispreis Neuburger Gesprächskreises für Wissenschaft und Praxis an der Universität Passau e. V. for his habilitation thesis (post doctoral qualification) „Experiments on Macroeconomics and Cooperation –Theory, Evidence and Teaching.“
Prof. Giamattei’s research in the context of his habilitation preoccupies itself with limited rationality and macroeconomic group decisions. His work combines economic questions with psychological and ethical aspects and is grounded in experimental methods.
Aside from his research, the prize committee praised Prof. Giamattei’s long-standing contribution to teaching in higher education as well as the development of classEx, a digital tool for conducting interactive surveys and classroom experiments.
Prof. Giamattei was presented the prize during the University of Passau’s Dies academicus celebrations on Nov 12, 2021. Read more on the university's website >>
Prof. Giamattei’s research in the context of his habilitation preoccupies itself with limited rationality and macroeconomic group decisions. His work combines economic questions with psychological and ethical aspects and is grounded in experimental methods.
Aside from his research, the prize committee praised Prof. Giamattei’s long-standing contribution to teaching in higher education as well as the development of classEx, a digital tool for conducting interactive surveys and classroom experiments.
Prof. Giamattei was presented the prize during the University of Passau’s Dies academicus celebrations on Nov 12, 2021. Read more on the university's website >>
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11-22-2021
The essay considers this classic work of journalism and modernist myth as a displaced examination of the legacy of British imperialism.
Access the article on Sage Journals Online >>
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11-11-2021
The essay is an edited excerpt of Prof. Toukan’s book The Politics of Art: Dissent and Cultural Diplomacy in Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan (Stanford University Press, 2021) and deals with the concept of cultural funding, the term’s translation into Arabic and the discourses about art and its relationship to society that it is embedded in.
Read the full article here >>
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11-10-2021
The documenta played a key role in rebuilding the reputation of the artists they chose to show, the panel will question why certain artists were preferred over others and the narrative that was built up surrounding the persecuted artists under the Nazi regime.
The discussion is titled “Die Ermorderten und die Verdrängten: Die documenta und der NS“ (The Murdered and the Displaced: The documenta and the National Socialists) and is part of the German Historical Musuem’s event series accompanying their exhibition on the history of the documenta, a prestigious art exhibition which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany.
The talk will take place on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at 6:30 pm at the German Historical Musuem. The event is free and open to the public
Register on the museum’s website here >>
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11-04-2021
The documentary examines how Nolde himself contributed to constructing the image of himself as a defamed artist. It touches not just on his political ideology but also on themes in his work and questions of artistic practice. Attempting to provide a comprehensive introduction, the film also draws on the findings of a research project conducted by Prof. Soika and Dr. Bernhard Fulda which examined the artist's involvement with National Socialism and deconstructed the one-sided Nolde "myth" of being exclusively a victim of Nazi politics due to his prominent position in the "Degenerate Art" exhibition in 1937.
The full documentary is available on the arte website until January 14, 2022 >>
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11-03-2021
The GfeW is the world’s oldest association of experimental economics. They aim to further establish experimental research as an important methodology in economics and provide a forum where young researchers have the opportunity to gain experience and connect with their more experienced peers.
As Managing Director Prof. Giamattei will be part of the GFeW leadership team, who are responsible for awarding the dissertation prize, sponsoring young researchers, and providing ethical approvals for research projects.
We congratulate Prof. Giamattei on this exciting opportunity!
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October 2021
10-29-2021
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10-29-2021
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10-29-2021
The article is titled "La normalisation du catalan vue par les partis pan-espagnols" (The normalization of Catalan as seen by pan-Spanish parties). In the context of the decentralization of the Spanish state in 1978 and the associated policy of revitalizing minority languages, the article discusses how this issue is seen in the Spanish political landscape and whether this process is seen as compatible with a pluralist political project or as an affront to a Castilian-speaking nation-state. It first examines the legislation that has facilitated the normal use of Catalan in Catalonia, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands and Aragon. The article then looks in greater detail at how linguistic normalization is conceived within the main Spanish political formations and their regional branches through an analysis of public policies and party discourses.
Access the article on the publisher's website >>
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10-28-2021
The event series preoccupies itself with the question: how the community can shape public space, housing, transport, and resources in a city such as Berlin. The first installment is dedicated to the street, not just as a means for transportation but also a public, and sometimes political space. Prof. Lisiak will participate in the panel discussion titled: „Kritik des bürgerlichen Blicks auf die Straße“ (Critique of the Bourgeois View of the Street) together with the writer Nadire Biskin, and members of the Friedrichshain – Kreuzberg team of the street work organization Gangway.
The event will take place on October 30 from 2:00 to 6:00 pm. Register on the Berliner Landeszentrale für politische Bildung website here >>
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10-28-2021
Simona Baldelli’s book is a fictional account of the life of pioneering female cyclist Alfonsina Strada, the first woman to have participated in the Giro d’Italia. Prof. Scuriatti will be discussing the book with the author and professional Swiss cyclist Marlen Reusser.
Further information on the Zurich liest website >>
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10-27-2021
Prof. Hantelmann’s talk is titled: “Die documenta als Dokument ihrer Zeit“ (The documenta as a Document of its Time) and will give an overview of the past, present, and purpose of the exhibition.
The talk will take place on October 27, 2021 at 6:30 pm at the German Historical Museum in Berlin. The event is free and open to the public.
Register on the museum’s website here >>
All talks in the series will be recorded and are available to listen to on soundcloud >>
Photo: Photo: Christian Werner
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10-20-2021
The event was part of a series organized by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation discussing how the stories of migrants and displaced people hold up a mirror to the conflicts of an era and shape the memory cultures of cities. The event series coincides with the opening of the Documentation Centre for Flight, Displacement, and Reconciliation and the development of an Exile Museum.
Read more on the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation website >>
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10-19-2021
In the interview Prof. Toukan explains how The Politics of Art discusses the entanglement of art, society and international politics: “it centers it’s analysis on the practices of contemporary art and culture in specific parts of the of the Arabic-speaking world at the turn of the millennium, to uncover how counter-hegemonies are constructed, reproduced and above all understood by the publics from which they emerge. Specifically, it grapples with the site of contemporary art’s making and its circulation and reception, to understand how art and what I refer to as “neoliberal cultural funders”, as well as art critics and artists, feature in our thinking about the role of resistance and dissent in cultural production.”
Read the full interview at openDemocracy >>
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10-18-2021
Professor Vormann will speak together with panelists Prof. Dr. Fabian Schuppert (Universität Potsdam) and Prof. Dr. Gary S. Schaal (Bundeswehr-Universität Hamburg) on the panel: “Democracy in Crisis? Challenges, Paths for Action, and Opportunities.”
The event is sponsored by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community.
October 25, 2021: 10 am - 5 pm
Hessische Landesvertretung, In den Ministergärten 5, 10117 Berlin
Watch the livestream on youtube >>
Find Prof. Vormann's book (written together with Chrisitan Lammert) Democracy in Crisis, The Neoliberal Roots of Popular Unrest (2019) on the Penn University Press website >>
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10-13-2021
In the first of a two part episode, titled: “Travel and the Imagination” Prof. Lehman discusses how our dreams and internal life, including our response to art and media, influence us our travel choices and experiences.
Listen to the first part on Spotify here >>
Find out more about Dikte’s work on travel and tourism on the On The Green Track website >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin,Alumni | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
10-13-2021
The workshop series titled “The Pen and the Beat” and running from October 8 to 10, 2021, was part of a series of events dealing with migration, asylum, and exile, coordinated by the HKW to run alongside its oral history installation Archiv der Flucht (Archive of Refuge).
The first two workshops “Listening Critically” and “Between Weimar and Now” involved reading and free writing exercises and focused on creating space for the exchange of migrant and refugee narratives and the (re)definition of legal terminology surrounding asylum. In the third workshop “Refubeats” participants produced audio compositions on their smartphones inspired by the stories from the Archiv der Flucht installation.
The workshops were co-hosted by Sam Zamrik, BCB faculty member Ariane Simard, BCB alumnus Anas Maghrebi (Humanities, Arts, and Social Thought '21), and Syrian journalist Dima Kalaji.
Sam works as a freelance writer, poet and musician. Find out more about his work here >>
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10-11-2021
The conference explores the diplomatic challenges presented by the global climate crisis as well as the strategies and solutions being proposed and employed by practitioners and scholars of diplomacy.
Prof. Toukan is speaking on the panel “Diplomacy and the Arts in the Age of the Anthropocene” together with Jessica Horton (University of Delaware, Newark), and Hameed Khasawnih (Über den Tellerrand, Berlin).
The conference will be taking place from October 13 to 15, 2021. Prof. Toukan’s panel begins at 8 pm CEST on October 14.
Register with Eventbrite here >>
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10-07-2021
Deep Godot is an AI developed by Interrobang which participants interact with through microphone and headphones in a one-on-one booth. Through the performance, Interrobang explores the limits and possibilities of individual agency and social solidarity in a world increasingly shaped by A.I. What is the relationship between profit-oriented promises of progress and emancipatory potentials? At the same time, communication with Deep Godot enables a personal and poetic confrontation with one’s own transience.
Deep Godot can be experienced on October 9, 2021, on the hour: 4:00 - 10:00 pm and October, 13 -17 2021, on the hour: 6:00 to 10:00 pm.
Further information and tickets on the Sophiensaele website >>
More projects from Interrobang on their website >>
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10-04-2021
Prof. Raj-Reichert is participating in the fourth seminar of the series titled: “Business and human rights: governance challenges in an era of transition” which will take place on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 from 12:00 am to 1:30 pm.
Further information on the event series and registration on the University of Dundee website >>
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10-04-2021
In The Politics of Art Prof Toukan discusses the intersection of art and politics in the Arab Middle East. Read more on the Stanford University Press website >>
Further details on the seminar on the Stanford Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity website >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
10-01-2021
Published on the eve of the election and titled “Es kostest nichts mit Empathie zu wählen” (It costs nothing to vote with empathy), Sam’s article in the Frankfurter Rundschau is addressed to the voting population. Writing from the perspective of a migrant living in Germany, unable to vote, but who because of his refugee status is profoundly affected by the political decisions resulting from the elections, Sam encourages those that have a vote to make use of it. He appeals to those that vote, to “vote with empathy,” bearing in mind the precarity and stigma that many displaced persons in Germany live with.
In “Wenn sich nichts ändert“ (When nothing changes) published on the front page of the culture section of the Tagesspiegel on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, Sam gives his take on the outcome of the election. Sam sees in the outcome of the election a continuation of the centrist stability orientated politics, which have governed Germany for generations, for him a sign of stagnation: “We don’t live today like we did a hundred years ago. The ideologies haven’t kept up. That’s why its not just ill advised but dangerous to put forward the same solutions for new problems.” He voices his concern, that this stagnation means that the situation for displaced persons such as himself will not improve with the next government.
Sam Zamrik is originally from Damaskus, Syria. He writes prose and poetry in English and German, amongst others for the creative writing project Weiterschreiben.jetzt. His first poetry collection “Sophistry of Survival is set to be released with Hanser Berlin Verlag in 2022. Sam is currently completing his master's at the Freie Universität Berlin in Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East.
Read “Es kostest nichts mit Empathie zu wählen” in the Frankfurter Rundschau here >>
Read “Wenn sich nichts ändert“ in the Tagespiegel here (restricted access) >>
Photo: Juliette Moarbes
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Meta: Type(s): PIESC,Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
10-01-2021
The Dead Ladies Show is a podcast and live show celebrating the lives of women throughout history. Find out more on their website >>
Get tickets for the live recording on eventbrite >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
September 2021
09-30-2021
In the panel “Audiences at play – the role of gaming in the making of digital spectatorship” Prof. Tecklenburg and Dr. Mosse and their co-panelists explored how the relationship between performer and spectator is altered through gamification and participative formats when theater is moved from the physical into the digital realm.
In the discussion the co-panelists drew on examples from their research project Viral Theaters, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, which is building a living archive of post/pandemic theatre realities.
Further information about the EASTAP conference on their website >>
Find out more about on the Viral Theaters Project on the project website >>
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09-29-2021
Alongside a research platform which will gather range of resources including art works, artists and multimedia tools, the project will include a series of zoom seminars. Under the themes of “Currents,” “Underwater,” and “Waves” the seminars will are designed to bring scholars and artists in conversation with each other around water and its political, ecological, and artistic dimensions.
Dr. Mosse is co-organizing the event with Prof. Dr. Anne Laure Fourtin-Tournes, Dr. Anna Street, and Kamila Mamadnazarbekova of Le Mans University (France).
The next seminar is titled "Waves" and will take place on December 14, 2021 at 6:00 pm CET.
Find out more about the project and sign up to the seminars on perfomingwater.org >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
09-24-2021
The evening courses in English or German are taught in various academic disciplines, such as history, literature, philosophy, sociology, or political thought. In small discussion groups participants explore the theme ‘Freedom and Society’ from the different perspectives and receive guidance in academic writing.
The project is supported by the Open Society University Network and is a collaboration between Bard College Berlin and the Central European University (CEU). Courses are offered in Berlin, Vienna and Budapest.
Find out more about the Socrates Project here >>
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09-23-2021
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09-23-2021
The event titled “Supporting Afghanistan’s scholars: Information for higher education institutions in Europe,” aims to provide answers to the practical questions institutions may have about hosting an at-risk scholars from Afghanistan. The event brings together experts from organizations specialized in supporting at-risk scholars, including Dr. Kölemen who is responsible for coordinating the OSUN Threatened Scholars Integration Initiative.
The InSPIREurope (Initiative to Support, Promote and Integrate Researchers at Risk in Europe) initiative brings together ten European institutions who aim to work together to coordinate and develop their activities in supporting scholars at risk.
The event takes place on September 30, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm CEST. Registration is available over InSPIREurope partner Maynooth University (Ireland) >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
09-22-2021
BCB instructor Paul Festa has published an essay titled, "Cancellation of the Gods," in the Los Angeles Review of Books. The essay personalizes the debate over the composer Richard Wagner, whose strident antisemitism made him a hero to the Nazis, an early target of cultural cancellation, and a vexed and shunned figure to Festa as a young Jewish violinist.
Inspired by Alex Ross's new book Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music, Festa embarks on a project of listening to Wagner’s eleven major operas in succession. He chronicles these encounters in a listening and reading diary that combines history, contemporary controversies, and his own personal conflicts over art, politics, and identity.
Read the full article in the Los Angeles Review of Books >>
Listen to Paul Festa discuss Wagner on the Trilloquy podcast >>
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Inspired by Alex Ross's new book Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music, Festa embarks on a project of listening to Wagner’s eleven major operas in succession. He chronicles these encounters in a listening and reading diary that combines history, contemporary controversies, and his own personal conflicts over art, politics, and identity.
Read the full article in the Los Angeles Review of Books >>
Listen to Paul Festa discuss Wagner on the Trilloquy podcast >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
09-20-2021
Bard College Berlin's Associate Dean Prof. Dr. Kerry Bystrom has co-edited a new essay collection titled The Cultural Cold War and the Global South, Sites of Contest and Communitas.
The volume investigates the cultural sites of the Cold war, and the encounters that took place between writers, artists, filmmakers, and intellectuals from or aligned with the Third World as they navigated the ideological and material constraints set by superpowers and emerging regional powers.
Pushing forward recent scholarship that tracks the Cold War in the Global South and draws on postcolonial approaches, the contributors use archival, secondary, and ethnographic sources to trace the afterlives and memories of key figures and to explore meetings that performed cultural diplomacy.
The Cultural Cold War and the Global South: Sites of Contest and Communitas is published by Routledge, find out more on their website >>
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The volume investigates the cultural sites of the Cold war, and the encounters that took place between writers, artists, filmmakers, and intellectuals from or aligned with the Third World as they navigated the ideological and material constraints set by superpowers and emerging regional powers.
Pushing forward recent scholarship that tracks the Cold War in the Global South and draws on postcolonial approaches, the contributors use archival, secondary, and ethnographic sources to trace the afterlives and memories of key figures and to explore meetings that performed cultural diplomacy.
The Cultural Cold War and the Global South: Sites of Contest and Communitas is published by Routledge, find out more on their website >>
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09-20-2021
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09-20-2021
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09-14-2021
In his contribution, titled: "Global city networks and the nation-state: rethinking a false tradeoff," Prof. Vormann challenges contemporary discussions which state that city networks have a greater importance for global flows of trade than states, arguing instead that the relationship between city and state is complementary and not a tradeoff.
Access the article on Elgaronline >>
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09-13-2021
The paper is motivated by the argument that differences between actors (i.e. countries) in factors such as wealth and potential damage caused by environmental catastrophes represent a major obstacle to a cooperative climate policy.
Prof. Waichman, Prof. Requate, Mr. Karde, and Prof. Milinski conducted an experiment with human participants in a simplified environment to experimentally study the effect of differences in wealth and potential damage from a climate related catastrophe on success in preventing such a catastrophe. The main finding is that heterogenies per se do not necessarily hinder cooperation in preventing a catastrophe.
Read the full paper on Science Direct >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
09-13-2021
Flash fiction pieces created by BCB students as part of the course “Writing African Futures” have been published by the online magazine Warscapes. The course was taught by BCB Associate Dean Prof. Kerry Bystrom and Dr. Aedan Alderson (York University) in the Spring Term of 2021 and brought together BCB students with students pursuing a remote BA through the Borderless Higher Education Program based at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.
Students reflected together with their peers from Dadaab on science fiction as a genre and how it can enable hidden experiences to be seen and different futures to be imagined. Warscapes editor Bhakti Shringarpure and writer Kiprop Kimutai helped students develop future-orientated creative responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The project was funded by the OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning initiatives and the Open Society University Network Center for the Human Rights and Arts.
Warscapes is an independent online magazine that provides a lens into current conflict across the world. Read the students’ pieces on the Warscapes website >>
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Students reflected together with their peers from Dadaab on science fiction as a genre and how it can enable hidden experiences to be seen and different futures to be imagined. Warscapes editor Bhakti Shringarpure and writer Kiprop Kimutai helped students develop future-orientated creative responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The project was funded by the OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning initiatives and the Open Society University Network Center for the Human Rights and Arts.
Warscapes is an independent online magazine that provides a lens into current conflict across the world. Read the students’ pieces on the Warscapes website >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin,Academics | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
09-09-2021
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09-09-2021
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09-09-2021
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09-09-2021
Following on from his debut novel Mrs Engels, a fictional account of the life of Frederick Engel’s wife, The Sisters Mao continues with Dr. McCrea's literary account of the development of communism in the 20th century, whilst also covering the everyday familial struggles of the women at the center of the plot.
The Sisters Mao is published by Scribe and released on September 9. Dr. McCrea is currently working on a memoir titled Cells about the relationship with his mother, which is set to be released in September 2022.
Further information about The Sisters Mao on the Scribe website >>
Interview with Dr. Gavin McCrea in the Irish Times >>
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09-08-2021
Bard College Berlin welcomes Dr. Maria Anderson-Long who joined the college as Head of Student Life this term.
Student Life complements students' academic experience, aiming to sustain and further develop an open, vibrant, intellectually curious, supportive and diverse community atmosphere. Student Life comprises several areas, including Residential Life & Housing, Orientation, Career Services, Student Organizations and Clubs, Internships, Student Wellness, and more. The Student Life team supports BCB students and foster their growth and independence.
Dr. Maria Anderson-Long received her Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University in Higher & Postsecondary Education. She received her Master's in Higher Education Student Affairs from The Ohio State University and her Bachelor’s in Women & Gender Studies and Theater Arts from Clark University. Her primary research interests focus on how higher education responds to societal changes, specifically focusing on the creation of policies that better serve marginalized students. Her dissertation utilized organizational theory to understand institutional responses to normative disruption of the gender binary to better support transgender students. Maria has worked in student life for over a decade, with most of her career focused in residential life, academic advising, and student activities. She has also been an assistant adjunct professor at Teachers College for the last several years teaching courses on student development theories and the history and policies of American higher education.
Further information about the Student Life department on the BCB website >>
Meta: Type(s): Staff,Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
Student Life complements students' academic experience, aiming to sustain and further develop an open, vibrant, intellectually curious, supportive and diverse community atmosphere. Student Life comprises several areas, including Residential Life & Housing, Orientation, Career Services, Student Organizations and Clubs, Internships, Student Wellness, and more. The Student Life team supports BCB students and foster their growth and independence.
Dr. Maria Anderson-Long received her Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University in Higher & Postsecondary Education. She received her Master's in Higher Education Student Affairs from The Ohio State University and her Bachelor’s in Women & Gender Studies and Theater Arts from Clark University. Her primary research interests focus on how higher education responds to societal changes, specifically focusing on the creation of policies that better serve marginalized students. Her dissertation utilized organizational theory to understand institutional responses to normative disruption of the gender binary to better support transgender students. Maria has worked in student life for over a decade, with most of her career focused in residential life, academic advising, and student activities. She has also been an assistant adjunct professor at Teachers College for the last several years teaching courses on student development theories and the history and policies of American higher education.
Further information about the Student Life department on the BCB website >>
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09-01-2021
Context
Set in the city’s leafy Pankow neighborhood, the former East Berlin embassy district, and arraying 39 apartments that will be home to 120 students, the twin red and gray brick buildings reflect the heterogeneous architectural character of Berlin, and create permeable connections with their surroundings. The buildings delineate the corner lot on which they are erected, forming a spacious patio that serves as an informal community gathering place and providing a gateway between the adjacent Intelligenzberg Park and Bard College Berlin’s campus. Working closely with development manager DBI Projects and their local partner AVP, Civilian has overseen the architecture, interiors, furniture and landscape design for the project together with a team of local professionals.Architecture
Exterior Residence Hall. Photo by Robert Rieger.
The lounge and study areas on the ground floor of each building are connected by a landscaped courtyard creating a spatial social hub between the two residences and the recently converted former embassies that are now academic buildings adjacent to the project.
Interiors
Common area. Photo by Robert Rieger.
Mindful of creating a flexible environment for open social exchange, living and learning, Civilian has made a suite of custom furniture that takes inspiration from the pared down utility of 1920s furniture by Dutch designers Gerrit Rietveld and Ko Verzuu, as well as artists Donald Judd and Andrea Zittel. In the private living spaces, multifunctional bedroom furniture made from European birch plywood maximizes storage and comfort, while incorporating high quality materials. The beds contain drawer storage for clothing, a back and armrest to be used as a chair and a pull-out night table with a power source and lockable compartment. Individual mirrors have an adjustable light source and lip to house family photos or postcards. Desks have an additional built-in shelf and a wardrobe provides additional open storage. Each piece of furniture has been CNC cut, flat packed, and can be easily assembled or adapted for future use. Refinished vintage furniture from the 70s and 80s contrasts with the custom millwork and paneling that has been placed throughout the public lounge and cafe spaces.
Bed and Wardrobe. Photo by Robert Rieger.
The new residences provide students with a thoughtfully-designed living and studying environment that has incorporated the rich local history and that will further enhance the shaping and functioning of the close-knit intellectual community that is Bard College Berlin.
"By partnering with developers, Bard College Berlin was able to leverage its land assets with private investment to ensure that its growing international student community could continue to reap the benefits of a residential campus that offers students the opportunity to study and live together. Characteristic of a liberal arts education, it is a trait that is rare to find in Europe. The newly constructed student residences will be home to 120 international students who are enrolled in one of the two four-year BA programs that Bard College Berlin offers,” said Florian Becker, Managing Director of Bard College Berlin in Berlin.”
“The project shows that functional student housing can tackle sustainability concerns, be aesthetically advanced, and act as a community and social hub all at once. Designed with a nod to both Bauhaus and the "Kreuzberg brick" in their modern facades, these highly energy efficient units aim to honor the past while fully incorporating today's environmental requirements. In a city that is a palimpsest of European history, this is a project truly coming full circle, as former East-German embassies are flanking two brand-new residences that will serve a student community of over sixty nationalities," added Taun Toay, Bard College Berlin’s Managing Director based in Annandale.
“Civilian is honored to work with Bard College Berlin on this project, which we hope will serve as a dynamic new gathering place that facilitates the exchange of ideas on campus,” said Civilian’s principal and co-founder Nicko Elliott. “Our goal was to create a range of convivial public lounges across both buildings for both individual study and collaboration while designing flexible private living spaces for maximum comfort and personalization.”
“We partnered with Bard College Berlin to develop high-quality yet affordable facilities for the college that address their need for more student housing while creating significant added value through intentional design and thoughtful execution," said Ofer Ohad, Managing Partner at DBI Projects. "We are excited to see students now accessing housing that stimulates learning and socialization and enhances their overall academic experience.”
For further information visit the civilian projects or dbi projects website.
Media Coverage
"Minute On Design," in Monocle >>
"Berlin student housing designed with co-working spaces", in Icon >>
"Apartment interior design: outstanding spaces around the globe", in Wallpaper* >>
"Berlin student residences by Civilian foster wellbeing and togetherness", in Frame >>
"In Berlin, A Student Residence That's Far from Sterile," in Azure >>
"Bard College Berlin – dieses Studentenwohnheim setzt auf starke Farben und gutes Design," in AD-Magazin >>
"Bard College Student Housing in Berlin by Civilian," in Yellow Trace >>
"Der Kontext im Kaleidoskop, Das Bard College ist Berlin's schönste studentische WG," in baunetz id >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
August 2021
08-31-2021
BCB Professor of Migration Studies Agata Lisiak is to give a talk at the second Emma Goldman Awards hosted by the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna and presented by the FLAX Foundation. Her talk is titled “Recalcitrant: Emma Goldman, Rosa Luxemburg, and the Politics of Waywardness.” Prof. Lisiak was previously IWM junior fellow from 2013 to 2014.
The talk will take place on September 2, 2021 at 6:00 pm CEST.
Further details on the IWM website >>
Meta: Type(s): Faculty,Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
The talk will take place on September 2, 2021 at 6:00 pm CEST.
Further details on the IWM website >>
Meta: Type(s): Faculty,Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
08-25-2021
In an article titled “Die Verletzlichsten” (the most woundable) for Zeit Online, BCB alumna Maheen Atif (EPST ’19) sheds light on the situation of the Afghan Hazara minority in the context of the recent Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
Outside of Afghanistan the largest Hazara group can be found in Pakistan. Originating from Pakistan herself, Maheen feels a strong affiliation to Afghanistan and the Hazara.
In the article Maheen outlines the history of the Hazara diaspora in Pakistan, discusses the challenges facing them in other countries, and lastly draws attention to the imminent danger facing them due to Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
Maheen Atif is a 2019 BCB Economics, Politics, and Social Thought graduate. Her thesis titled: “Migration Culture and Survival Memory among the Hazaras of the World” is dedicated to the Hazara people.
Read the full article on Zeit Online >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin,Alumni | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
Outside of Afghanistan the largest Hazara group can be found in Pakistan. Originating from Pakistan herself, Maheen feels a strong affiliation to Afghanistan and the Hazara.
In the article Maheen outlines the history of the Hazara diaspora in Pakistan, discusses the challenges facing them in other countries, and lastly draws attention to the imminent danger facing them due to Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
Maheen Atif is a 2019 BCB Economics, Politics, and Social Thought graduate. Her thesis titled: “Migration Culture and Survival Memory among the Hazaras of the World” is dedicated to the Hazara people.
Read the full article on Zeit Online >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin,Alumni | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
08-18-2021
Dear friends of Bard College Berlin,
We wish to express our deep concern for our Afghan students and their families at Bard College Berlin, Bard College (USA), the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), Bard’s long-time dual-degree partner, and the American University of Afghanistan (AUAf), our partner institution in the Open Society University Network (OSUN).
The leadership of Bard College in New York is now working to find safe havens for students and graduates. President Leon Botstein has offered that Bard would immediately take in as many as 100 students in Annandale, as well as threatened scholars. Vice President Jonathan Becker has arranged for The American University of Central Asia to offer scholarships through OSUN to up to 120 graduates, in addition to its 120 Afghan undergraduates, and a home to another 100+ AUAf students. Several other OSUN partners have stepped forward and offered to take students and faculty through OSUN’s Threatened Scholars Integration Initiative (TSI), of which Bard College Berlin is a member.
Bard College Berlin is committed to providing scholarships for Afghan students at risk and to offering these students a personal and academic sanctuary here in Berlin.
While most Afghans are trapped at the moment, we need to be prepared to act as soon as possibilities to leave the country become available. We are urgently inviting donations now so that Afghan students will be able to enroll at our college once pathways are clear. Donations will be matched with funds from the OSUN Threatened Scholars Integration Initiative.
Sincerely,
Dr. Florian N. Becker
Managing Director, Bard College Berlin
Meta: Type(s): Student,Faculty,Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
We wish to express our deep concern for our Afghan students and their families at Bard College Berlin, Bard College (USA), the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), Bard’s long-time dual-degree partner, and the American University of Afghanistan (AUAf), our partner institution in the Open Society University Network (OSUN).
The leadership of Bard College in New York is now working to find safe havens for students and graduates. President Leon Botstein has offered that Bard would immediately take in as many as 100 students in Annandale, as well as threatened scholars. Vice President Jonathan Becker has arranged for The American University of Central Asia to offer scholarships through OSUN to up to 120 graduates, in addition to its 120 Afghan undergraduates, and a home to another 100+ AUAf students. Several other OSUN partners have stepped forward and offered to take students and faculty through OSUN’s Threatened Scholars Integration Initiative (TSI), of which Bard College Berlin is a member.
Bard College Berlin is committed to providing scholarships for Afghan students at risk and to offering these students a personal and academic sanctuary here in Berlin.
While most Afghans are trapped at the moment, we need to be prepared to act as soon as possibilities to leave the country become available. We are urgently inviting donations now so that Afghan students will be able to enroll at our college once pathways are clear. Donations will be matched with funds from the OSUN Threatened Scholars Integration Initiative.
Sincerely,
Dr. Florian N. Becker
Managing Director, Bard College Berlin
Meta: Type(s): Student,Faculty,Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
July 2021
07-23-2021
BCB faculty member and artist John Kleckner will be exhibiting his work in a joint show with Maximilian Arnold at the goeben gallery in Berlin.
Titled Sidesteps: Roughly Edged, this is the first show in which Kleckner and Arnold have exhibited together. The two artists share many formal and conceptual ideas about painting and through the process of selecting works for the exhibition it can be said that they are holding a visual conversation, the topics of which range from formal issues of color, texture, and shape to more conceptual themes, such as: the imprecision of memory, illusionism of surfaces, (dis)locations, interior/exterior, and the joy of ambiguity and not knowing.
The vernissage of Sidesteps: Roughly Edged will be taking place on Friday, July 23, from 6:00 to 10:00pm and is open to the public. The exhibition will be showing a the goeben gallery from July 24 to August 28, 2021.
John Kleckner’s works have been exhibited internationally and can be found in prominent public and private collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Charles Saatchi Collection in London.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty,Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
Titled Sidesteps: Roughly Edged, this is the first show in which Kleckner and Arnold have exhibited together. The two artists share many formal and conceptual ideas about painting and through the process of selecting works for the exhibition it can be said that they are holding a visual conversation, the topics of which range from formal issues of color, texture, and shape to more conceptual themes, such as: the imprecision of memory, illusionism of surfaces, (dis)locations, interior/exterior, and the joy of ambiguity and not knowing.
The vernissage of Sidesteps: Roughly Edged will be taking place on Friday, July 23, from 6:00 to 10:00pm and is open to the public. The exhibition will be showing a the goeben gallery from July 24 to August 28, 2021.
John Kleckner’s works have been exhibited internationally and can be found in prominent public and private collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Charles Saatchi Collection in London.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty,Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
07-16-2021
BCB alumna Wafa Mustafa spoke to the Guardian about the disappearance of her father Ali Mustafa, a human rights activist, who was detained by the Syrian Regime in July 2013 and has not been heard from since.
In the interview she reflects on how this family tragedy has affected her activism as well as her personal life. She also speaks about her experiences protesting during the Syrian revolution in 2011 and being detained in a Syrian government prison herself.
Wafa is a 2020 Humanities, Arts, and Social Thought graduate and a former PIESC Program scholar. She is a journalist and activist, who works together with the organization Families for Freedom, campaigning for the freedom of those who have been detained by the Syrian Regime.
Read the full interview on the Guardian website >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin,Alumni | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
In the interview she reflects on how this family tragedy has affected her activism as well as her personal life. She also speaks about her experiences protesting during the Syrian revolution in 2011 and being detained in a Syrian government prison herself.
Wafa is a 2020 Humanities, Arts, and Social Thought graduate and a former PIESC Program scholar. She is a journalist and activist, who works together with the organization Families for Freedom, campaigning for the freedom of those who have been detained by the Syrian Regime.
Read the full interview on the Guardian website >>
Meta: Type(s): Berlin,Alumni | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
07-13-2021
BCB Professor of Literature and Film Studies Matthias Hurst has published an essay on renowned German director Wim Wenders and his film Don't Come Knocking (2005) in a new book: Kontinuität im Wandel. Begegnungen mit dem Filmemacher Wim Wenders (München: edition text + kritik, 2021), edited by Jörn Glasenapp.
The essay is called "How The West Was Lost: Don't Come Knocking und der lange Abschied vom Amerikanischen Traum" and explores Wenders's ambivalent relation to, and perception of, the American myth and the American Dream, and the specific presentation of this topic in the Post-Western Don't Come Knocking (2005), co-written by Sam Shepard and starring Shepard, Jessica Lange, Sarah Polley and Tim Roth.
Wenders has been influenced by American pop culture and American movies since his youth ("Is 'America' not an invention of the movies? Would there be the dreaming of America, all over the world, without the movies?" -- Wim Wenders) and in many of his films we see his critical vision of the American Dream in contrast to social reality in the US. In Don't Come Knocking Shepard plays an aging cowboy actor of trite Western movies who realizes the superficiality and meaninglessness of his hedonistic lifestyle and wants to reconcile with his 'family' that he actually never had. Inspired by classical Western films and road movies, the visual art of Edward Hopper, and a bitter sense of fate and irony, Wenders presents a postmodern meta-Western of a very special kind that shows both his love and his critical, disillusioned stance towards America, and "the Western's double movement of yearning and mourning" (Neil Campbell).
Meta: Type(s): Faculty,Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
The essay is called "How The West Was Lost: Don't Come Knocking und der lange Abschied vom Amerikanischen Traum" and explores Wenders's ambivalent relation to, and perception of, the American myth and the American Dream, and the specific presentation of this topic in the Post-Western Don't Come Knocking (2005), co-written by Sam Shepard and starring Shepard, Jessica Lange, Sarah Polley and Tim Roth.
Wenders has been influenced by American pop culture and American movies since his youth ("Is 'America' not an invention of the movies? Would there be the dreaming of America, all over the world, without the movies?" -- Wim Wenders) and in many of his films we see his critical vision of the American Dream in contrast to social reality in the US. In Don't Come Knocking Shepard plays an aging cowboy actor of trite Western movies who realizes the superficiality and meaninglessness of his hedonistic lifestyle and wants to reconcile with his 'family' that he actually never had. Inspired by classical Western films and road movies, the visual art of Edward Hopper, and a bitter sense of fate and irony, Wenders presents a postmodern meta-Western of a very special kind that shows both his love and his critical, disillusioned stance towards America, and "the Western's double movement of yearning and mourning" (Neil Campbell).
Meta: Type(s): Faculty,Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
07-07-2021
Bard College Berlin is delighted to announce that Prof. Dr. Gale Raj-Reichert will be joining the faculty as Associate Professor of Politics with a focus on public policy and policy analysis.
Prof. Raj-Reichert joins BCB from the Queen Mary University of London, where she held a lectureship in economic geography. She received her PhD in development studies from the Manchester Global Development Institute.
Prof. Raj-Reichert comes with a research background in labor governance in global production networks, specializing in the Asia Pacific region. In the fall semester, students at BCB will be able to attend her seminar on "Global Public Policies and their Impact on the Global South."
We are looking forward to welcoming Prof. Raj-Reichert on campus!
Meta: Type(s): Faculty,Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin,Academics | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
Prof. Raj-Reichert joins BCB from the Queen Mary University of London, where she held a lectureship in economic geography. She received her PhD in development studies from the Manchester Global Development Institute.
Prof. Raj-Reichert comes with a research background in labor governance in global production networks, specializing in the Asia Pacific region. In the fall semester, students at BCB will be able to attend her seminar on "Global Public Policies and their Impact on the Global South."
We are looking forward to welcoming Prof. Raj-Reichert on campus!
Meta: Type(s): Faculty,Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin,Academics | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
07-06-2021
Meta: Type(s): Berlin | Subject(s): Bard College Berlin | Institutes(s): Bard College Berlin |
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