News Archive

On February 8, 2018 Professor of Politics Boris Vormann participated in the panel “Rivalen um die Weltherrschaft” ("Rivals for Global Dominance") organized by the regional public broadcaster SWR2 and moderated by Thomas Ihm. 

In the panel, Vormann discusses together with Jan Gaspers (Mercator Institute for China Studies, Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Carlo Masala (University of the German Federal Armed Forces, Munich) how Trump’s National Security Strategy puts rivals such as Russia and China in the foreground and what this means particularly for the relation with China. While U.S. is losing its global influence under Trump, China is gaining ground both politically, economically and militarily. The three panelists analyze the two countries’ international strategies and their effects on the current global situation.

Listen to the complete panel here

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On February 28, 2018 faculty member and Associate Dean Kerry Bystrom will participate in the discussion "Beyond “Willkommenskultur”: Artistic and Academic Approaches to Integration from a Transatlantic Perspective" held at the American Academy in Berlin and organized in cooperation with the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz.

The event will bring together artists and scholars to talk about the contemporary questions and challenges raised by migration, both in Germany and the United States. Ever since the waves of refugee immigration in 2015, Germany has searched for and implemented solutions for the integration of new arrivals into German society; at the same time, the United States - where migration plays a historical role - is debating the political and humanitarian implications of new migration. In their discussion, the panelists will examine platforms for integration in both countries provided by either the arts or the sciences.

Bystrom will participate in a panel examining the catalysts of integration from an academic perspective, moderated by Michael P. Steinberg (President of the American Academy in Berlin). 

Read more and/or register for the event 

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Bard College Berlin’s Agata Lisiak and Elena Vacchelli (University of Greenwich) recently launched the collaborative website migART - a repository for migration Activism, Research, and Teaching projects featuring creative and collaborative methods. 

migART aims to spark international and interdisciplinary collaborations between researchers, activists, and educators. The website — designed by Bard College Berlin student Sabrina Slipchenko — will showcase past and ongoing activities (research projects, social initiatives, syllabi), as well as information about upcoming events, grant opportunities, and new publications. 

View the website

Follow migART on twitter at @mig__ART

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Public Seminar, the online publishing project of The New School, recently launched the volume #Charlottesville: Before and Beyond, which includes contributions by BCB faculty member Michael Weinman. Edited by Christopher Howard-Woods, Colin Laidley, and Maryam Omidi, this collection of essays deals with the events surrounding the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017, being the first book published on the event. 

From the book’s description:

"#Charlottesville: Before and Beyond is a collection of essays, each of which touch on a distinct aspect of a complex and jarring moment in which the forces and institutions of ethnonationalism, politically sanctioned racism, police brutality, and the unrecognized echoes of our nation’s dark history culminated in an event that shocked the nation. We consider this one step forward in understanding an event whose implications continue to unfold."

Weinman, who is a Contributing Editor at Public Seminar, lived in Charlottesville in the academic year 2016-17. A suite of his posts on memorial politics in Charlottesville and the American south, as well as a separate reflection of the moral assessment of the actions of Charlottesville residents in response to the events of August 2017, are included in the volume.

As Public Seminar Publisher Jeffrey Goldfarb writes, "Michael Weinman and his colleague Isaac Reed of the University of Virginia played a key role in starting the discussion that led to the book. Michael is distinguished by being the only contributor with two chapters included."

Link to download the ebook

Note from the publishers:

"The book is free—we consider it to be our intellectual contribution to public debate—but you are invited to donate whatever you consider its value to be."

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On January 31, 2018 BCB's Professor of Politics Boris Vormann gave two interviews concerning Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address (January 30, 2018) as the President of the United States. 

In these interviews, Vormann speaks about the historical role of the State of the Union address and the ways in which President Trump stuck with or veered away from the normal script.

Hear Vormann's interview with Inforadio RBB here.

Watch Vormann's interview with Deutsche Welle here (source: dw.com).

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On February 8, 2018 faculty member Jeffrey Champlin will participate in the panel “Post-Truth, Social Media and Politics Today” in the framework of the series "Jour Fixe – Turkey in the 21st Century," organized by the Contemporary Turkey Studies Program at Humboldt University Berlin. 

What is new to the post-truth phenomenon? In what ways today’s political lies are different than before? What are the consequences of today's political crisis on democratic politics? What are the dangers of politics detached from truth and facts? What is the role of social media and new technologies in the possibility of a post-truth world? These are some of the questions that the invited panelists will attempt to answer.  

Registration is necessary to attend; more information on the event can be accessed here.

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