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Alumni Career Talk: Aurora Energy Research with Lucari Jordan '21Part of the Life After BCB event seriesTuesday, March 5, 2024Lecture Hall, Platanenstraße 98A, 13156 Berlin |
Mexican Feminism Through FilmWednesday, March 6, 2024Lecture Hall |
DEI Community Forum: Gender Identity and Sexual OrientationThursday, March 7, 2024W15 Cafe |
Difference Between Story and Tale (Persian-language lecture)Friday, March 8, 2024W15 Cafe |
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Pankow Weeks Against Racism EventsRuns through Thursday, March 21, 2024Bard College Berlin is participating in this year's Pankow Weeks Against Racism with four events on- and off-campus.Tuesday, March 12, 4:00pm-5:00pm. On-campus, K24 Seminar Room 11. Cultural and Political Engagement in Berlin with BCB Alum Ahmad Denno Wednesday, March 13, 12:00pm-2:30pm. On-campus, W15 Cafe. Taste of Home: Public Reading and Discussion about Cooking and Belonging Thursday, March 21, 4:00pm-5:00pm. On-campus, K24 Seminar Room 11. Talk with Renée Eloundou: How to Decolonize Berlin in 2024 Thursday, March 21.7:00pm. Off-campus, KulturMarktHalle e.V. (Hanns-Eisler-Straße 93, 10409 Berlin). Discussion Salon: Global Citizens and Human Rights with Dr. Nassim Abi Ghanem and Blaise Baneh Mbuh Contact: [email protected] DEI CircleTuesday, March 12, 2024From the many great ideas and candid thoughts that are shared in the SLC Community Forums, we have a responsibility as a larger community to turn those ideas into action. We can do so by brainstorming plans, identifying who can help us achieve these goals, and then carrying out the change over time. If you would like to take part, please come join the DEI Circle in the W15 Cafe from 1-2pm. ALL are encouraged to come. |
Taste of Home: Public Reading and Discussion about Cooking and BelongingWednesday, March 13, 2024Bard College Berlin W15 Cafe (Waldstraße 15, 13156 Berlin) |
Start Your EssayThursday, March 14, 2024W16 Learning Commons |
Community Ramadan IftarFriday, March 15, 2024W15 Cafe |
Student Badminton TournamentSaturday, March 16, 2024All members of the BCB community are invited to join the BCB Badminton Club's Spring Tournament at SPOK. Come together as students, faculty, and staff for an afternoon of friendly competition, sportsmanship, and camaraderie. Whether you're a seasoned badminton player or a beginner looking for some fun, we encourage everyone to join us. Type: Doubles (regardless of gender). |
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Saturday, March 2, 2024
K24, Seminar Room 11
On March 2, from 2-5pm, the BCB chapter of the Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN) will host a workshop in K24 titled How (Not) to Report About Africa and Asia led by Dominique Haensell and Charlotte Ming.
As racist biases and colonial tropes about non-western countries and communities continue to persist in everyday media coverage across the global north, this workshop offers an opportunity to identify and dissect clichés and stereotypical narratives and examine the concept of “journalistic neutrality.” Through collective critique and creative reimagining participants will engage in a hands-on experience to develop more inclusive narratives and images. Working with examples from major English and German print media, the workshop aims to empower participants from diverse backgrounds to understand media stereotypes and play an active role in reshaping media discourse and promoting responsible representation.
Important note: Registration is required for this event. The number of participants is limited so please apply at your earliest convenience (latest by the 22nd of February) using this Google Form.
You will be notified if you have been accepted and receive further instructions for preparation by the 24th of February.
Dominique Haensell is a Berlin-based writer, translator, and editor. Born in the UK and raised in Germany, she studied English Philology, Comp Lit, and Critical Theory at the FU Berlin and King’s College London. In 2019, she completed a PhD at the JFKI’s Graduate School of North American Studies and her award-winning monograph Making Black History: Diasporic Fiction in the Moment of Afropolitanism was published in 2021. Dominique is co-editor-in-chief of Germany’s foremost feminist magazine, Missy (on sabbatical), and is currently working on a hybrid memoir about Afro-German identity, British colonialism, and her family’s relationship to German colonial Africa (The White Rasta, forthcoming with Luchterhand). She has been on the jury of various literary awards, regularly moderates literary panels, and is a member of different research groups such as Women of Color Resist and the African Atlantic Research Group (AARG).
Charlotte Ming is a journalist and visual editor based in Berlin. Her work focuses on underreported and nuanced stories on the themes of culture, history, and migration. She has been published in TIME, National Geographic, die Taz, and Atlas Obscura, among others. She is a recipient of the Robert Bosch Crossing Borders grant and the Kim Wall Memorial Fund for her research and writing on the legacy of German colonialism in China. Ming is a co-founder of Far & Near, a newsletter highlighting human-centric coverage of China by Chinese visual journalists and artists. Before moving to Berlin, she worked as a journalist and photo editor at TIME and Getty Images in New York. In 2023, she completed the Entrepreneurial Journalism Creators Program at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and graduated from Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism with a Master of Science in 2014.Sponsored by: Bard College Berlin; OSUN.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Lecture Hall, Platanenstraße 98A, 13156 Berlin
Join us for an Alumni Talk with Lucari Jordan '21, an EPST graduate from New Mexico, who started their career in the energy and economics sector in Berlin with the goal of eventually working at the intersection of the power industry and regulatory institutions. Lucari will share their experience at their current company, Aurora Energy Research, with BCB students: what they have found helpful for entry into the Berlin job market, and what they have found to be the most important qualities of a company in the early stages of building a career. We will also hear more about Aurora's Graduate Analyst Program, a traineeship which lasts 18-21 months, and allows you to get a perspective of the three main departments of the company (Advisory, Commercial, Customer Success and Research) by completing a rotation working in each.Sponsored by: Bard College Berlin.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Lecture Hall
Film screening and discussion organized by BCB student Ana Helena Mancilla Anguiano with special guest Carlos Pérez Osorio, Emmy-Nominated Mexican documentarist.
The session will start with a small introduction to the situation in Mexico and why it is important to draw international attention to the victims and not the perpetrators (Narcos). We will also explain Mexican feminism and 9th of March “A Day without Women” meaning, origin, and relevance in Mexico. Renata (4th year student at BCB) is doing her thesis on this topic so she will also share a few words (approximately 35 min).
Program:
Prayers for the Stolen (Noche de Fuego) - 2021
By: Tatiana Huezo
Duration: 1h 50m
Description of the movie: https://www.viennale.at/de/film/noche-de-fuego
Pause to debrief and talk about the movie along with clarifications regarding the movie. (10 min)
Brief context (5 min)
The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo (Las tres muertes de Marisela Escobedo) - 2020
By: Carlos Pérez Osorio
Duration: 1h 49m
Description of the documentary: https://anyoneschild.org/2020/11/las-tres-muertes-de-marisela-escobedo-review/
Interview with Carlos Pérez Osorio (40 min approx)
Concluding thoughts (10 min)
Thursday, March 7, 2024
W15 Cafe
Join the DEI Office to engage in an open dialogue about gender identity and sexual orientation. We will discuss resources that BCB offers as well as Berlin-based organizations and initiatives that you can explore. We will also share events happening in Berlin for International Women’s Day (8 March).
Friday, March 8, 2024
W15 Cafe
This event explores the fascinating world of stories and tales. It aims to differentiate between the two, highlighting their unique characteristics and impacts. Participants will learn about the structure and elements of a story - a narrative that can be either fiction or nonfiction, encompassing characters, setting, and plot. The session will also delve into the realm of tales, emphasizing their traditional and often fantastical nature, and their role in passing down morals and lessons through generations. The event promises an insightful journey into the ways these narratives shape culture and contribute to the civilized world and modern humanity. Language of the event will be in Persian!
Organized by Dr. Ahmad Khosrawi.
Tuesday, March 12, 4:00pm-5:00pm. On-campus, K24 Seminar Room 11.
Cultural and Political Engagement in Berlin with BCB Alum Ahmad Denno
Wednesday, March 13, 12:00pm-2:30pm. On-campus, W15 Cafe.
Taste of Home: Public Reading and Discussion about Cooking and Belonging
Thursday, March 21, 4:00pm-5:00pm. On-campus, K24 Seminar Room 11.
Talk with Renée Eloundou: How to Decolonize Berlin in 2024
Thursday, March 21.7:00pm. Off-campus, KulturMarktHalle e.V. (Hanns-Eisler-Straße 93, 10409 Berlin).
Discussion Salon: Global Citizens and Human Rights with Dr. Nassim Abi Ghanem and Blaise Baneh Mbuh
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
From the many great ideas and candid thoughts that are shared in the SLC Community Forums, we have a responsibility as a larger community to turn those ideas into action. We can do so by brainstorming plans, identifying who can help us achieve these goals, and then carrying out the change over time. If you would like to take part, please come join the DEI Circle in the W15 Cafe from 1-2pm. ALL are encouraged to come.
Tuesday, March 12: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Tuesday, March 26: Cultural and Religious Diversity
Tuesday, April 16: Accessibility & Accommodations
Date TBD: Socio-Economic Challenges & Equitable Scholarship Opportunities
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
K24, Seminar Room 11
Ahmad Denno is a BCB alum who pursued studies in Economics, Politics, and Social Thought at Bard College Berlin from 2018 to 2022. He is a Syrian refugee turned German citizen, arriving in Germany in December 2014 and gaining citizenship in March 2022 on the grounds of demonstrating exemplary integration. Since his arrival in Berlin, he's been an active volunteer with various social NGOs, initially stemming from his experience in a refugee camp. Notably, he spearheaded a political campaign in 2021, translating German election information into five languages to empower German citizens with a migration background.
In 2016, Denno co-founded the neighborhood center KulturMarktHalle e.V. to bridge cultural gaps between locals and migrants in Prenzlauer Berg, Pankow district. Simultaneously, he established Eed Be Eed e.V., fostering support for Arab/Syrian refugees in Germany through a free newspaper, workshops, and initiating the first Arabic Arts and Culture Festival in Berlin in 2017 to respond to the dearth of Arabic language offers.
Ahmad Denno´s visit is an opportunity to meet a multifaceted advocate for cultural exchange and political engagement in Germany, to get tips about how to navigate German bureaucracy, to become socially engaged and connected in Berlin, found your own association, or apply for public funding. Please register via email to: [email protected].
This event is part of the Pankow Weeks Against Racism series.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Bard College Berlin W15 Cafe (Waldstraße 15, 13156 Berlin)
Join BCB's Office of Civic Engagement to get a taste of home from the Neukölln-based association Give Something Back to Berlin at the Bard College Berlin campus. This event is part of the 2024 Pankow Weeks Against Racism program. View the rest of BCB's Pankow Weeks Against Racism events here.
The event centers the role that food plays in creating a sense of home and belonging. We will talk about how sharing food builds communities and how food can be a part of building more inclusive societies. We will also introduce both the Open Kitchen, a shared cooking project run by the association Give Something Back to Berlin, as well as The Feast, a cookbook featuring stories and recipes of Berlin’s migrant communities and showcasing ways to become involved in the Open Kitchen. View a selection from The Feast here.
Everyone is invited to bring a cup, and a taste of their own favorite food.
Give Something Back to Berlin (GSBTB) empowers newly arrived and long-established Berliners through volunteering, education and a social network. Together with their community of migrants, refugees and locals, GSBTB promotes social cohesion, solidarity, and belonging by encouraging people from different backgrounds to co-create and learn together. Their work goes beyond the currently prevalent models of "integration" and enables people to develop their potential and get connected. It is about changing Berlin's cultural and social life together.Sponsored by: Bard College Berlin and Pankow Gegen Rassismus .
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
W16, Learning Commons
"Abendbrot" is your chance to improve your German skills in a fun and casual setting. If you are hesitant to speak the language or just want to practice in a relaxed environment, this is the place to be. We meet every other Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm, and you are welcome to join us anytime. At Abendbrot, we play games, enjoy a meal together, and simply hang out. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or more advanced in German; everyone is welcome. Come along, make mistakes, and improve your German with a friendly group of language enthusiasts.
Thursday, March 14, 2024
W16 Learning Commons
A workshop dedicated to understand the stages of writing and the importance of the generative stage for writing. The focus will be to generate a topic and/or possible main ideas and establish potential connections for midterm essays and assignments.
Friday, March 15, 2024
W15 Cafe
Get together for the BCB community Iftar. Join as we welcome the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. There will be a short talk on the significance of Ramadan followed by food being served. We hope to see you there!
Saturday, March 16, 2024
All members of the BCB community are invited to join the BCB Badminton Club's Spring Tournament at SPOK. Come together as students, faculty, and staff for an afternoon of friendly competition, sportsmanship, and camaraderie. Whether you're a seasoned badminton player or a beginner looking for some fun, we encourage everyone to join us. Type: Doubles (regardless of gender).
The deadline for registration is March 14, 2024, so be sure to secure your spot early. Register here.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
P24 Seminar Room 8
This presentation will feature recent paintings and drawings from two series that have emerged in John Kleckner's Berlin studio since the COVID-19 pandemic. One is a group of blurred landscapes with meticulously rendered sticks and colorful shapes floating in the foreground; the other is a series of stippled, ink self-portraits framed by flora and fungi. John Kleckner will trace the development of these artworks, exploring their themes of nature, solitude, mimesis, fragmentation, juxtaposition, and the passing of time. The audience will gain an understanding of John Kleckner's artistic practice as it has evolved over 20 years, leading up to pieces currently in progress. The actual art objects will be on display for close examination and critique.
John Kleckner is a visual artist working in painting, drawing, and collage and a professor of Studio Arts, Painting, & Drawing at Bard College Berlin. John is known for making finely detailed paintings, drawings, and collages that use mimesis, fragmentation, juxtaposition, synecdoche, and stylistic clashing to explore ideas and feelings about nature, resilience, solitude, perception, and balance. He has exhibited his artwork professionally since 2003, presenting 11 solo exhibitions at galleries in Athens, Berlin, Los Angeles, Milan, Paris, Palermo, and Stockholm. His works are featured in prominent collections including, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, Magasin 3 Konsthalle in Stockholm, Deste Foundation in Athens, the Miettinen Collection in Berlin, and the Saatchi Collection in London. He has exhibited in institutions such as the Athens Biennial in Greece, Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Castrum Peregrini in Amsterdam, CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain in Bordeaux, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Lissone, Kunstraum Innsbruck, the Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture in Maastricht, the Riso Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia in Palermo, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. In 2021 he received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grant, and in 2022 was among 3 finalists for the 26th Wilhelm Morgner Prize for painting in Soest, Germany. John has been teaching at Bard College Berlin since 2013.
This presentation is part of the Faculty Colloquium Series.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Bard College Berlin (Lecture Hall), Platanenstr. 98A, 13156 Berlin
American democracy takes off with the profoundly ambiguous phrase "We the people . . . " But who are "the people?" A motley collection of individuals, micro-communities, and macro-communities? Or a unified entity, national (das Volk), religious, or otherwise? Though it’s easy to define the word democracy as the power of the people, the definition doesn’t get us very far. The fragility of the democratic idea has much to do with the insecurity of democratic experience.
In this lecture, Michael Steinberg will argue, first, that democracy needs to be defined and historicized according to the principle of plurality and, second, that participation in a polity defined by plurality can be understood as a function of affect as well as contract—the affective dimension of what Avishai Margalit has called "thin relations." Third, where there is affect there is also the unconscious. Democratic affect needs to be understood, with the help of insights from psychoanalysis, to allow enough room for the unconscious and its manifestations, including the arts.
Register for the lecture here.
Michael P. Steinberg is the Barnaby Conrad and Mary Critchfield Keeney Professor of History, and Professor of Music and German Studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. From 2016 to 2018 he served as president of the American Academy in Berlin. At Brown he served as the founding director of the Cogut Center for the Humanities (2005-2015) and as Vice Provost for the Arts (2015-16). He was member of the Advisory Board of the Consortium of Humanities Centers ad Institutes (CHCI) between 2006 and 2016 and serves as a board member of Bard College Berlin as well as the Barenboim-Said Foundation USA. His books include The Afterlife of Moses: Exile, Democracy, Renewal (Stanford, 2022), The Trouble with Wagner (Chicago, 2018) as well as the edited volume Makers of Jewish Modernity (Princeton, 2016; winner of the National Jewish Book Award for non-fiction); Listening to Reason: Culture, Music, and Subjectivity in 19th - Century Music (Princeton, 2004), and The Meaning of the Salzburg Festival (Cornell, 2000), of which the German edition (Ursprung und Ideologie der Salzburger Festspiele; Anton Pustet Verlag, 2000) won Austria's Victor Adler Staatspreis in 2001.
Educated at Princeton University and the University of Chicago, he has been a visiting professor at these two schools as well as at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and National Tsing-hua University in Taiwan. He was a member of the Cornell University Department of History between 1988 and 2005; a fellow of the American Academy in Berlin in 2003 and at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin in 2015-16. He is the recipient of fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Between 2009 and 2013 he served as dramaturg on a co-production of Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung at the Berlin State Opera and the Teatro alla Scala, Milan. He was curator of the exhibition “Richard Wagner and the Nationalization of Feeling” at the German Historical Museum in Berlin (April – September 2022).
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Online (Zoom)
In this talk Prof. Christopher Lynch will present the core findings of his new book Machiavelli on War (Cornell University Press, 2023). The talk draws out the implications of Machiavelli’s assertion that a prince should make the art of war his exclusive concern. To understand this assertion, readers must consider the possibility that Machiavelli has in mind both actual physical warfare and intellectual or philosophical warfare, with the result that his thought must be regarded as even more philosophically radical than is generally believed.
Zoom link.
Register here.
Christopher Lynch is Professor of Political Science at Missouri State University and head of the Department of Political Science. He has served as a senior adviser at the US State Department. He is the editor and translator of Art of War by Niccolò Machiavelli and the coeditor of Principle and Prudence in Western Political Thought.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
W15 Cafe
The DEI Office welcomes you to attend this Community Forum focused on discussing cultural and religious diversity and what it means to you and to our community, both at BCB and in Berlin.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
K24 SR11
Renée Eloundou will give a talk as part of the course Civic Engagement and Engaged Research: Berlin Lab. Please register via email to [email protected].
The association Decolonize Berlin e.V. is committed to the critical examination of the history and present of colonialism and racism, to the recognition and reappraisal of colonial injustice, and to decolonization throughout society. In 2019, the association emerged from a civil society network of Black, diasporic, postcolonial, and development groups in Berlin. This alliance continues their work and is supported by the commitment of more than 100 individuals. Renée Eloundou will give us a glimpse into the work of office.
Renée Eloundou heads the Coordination Office for a city-wide concept to come to terms with Berlin's colonial past. As part of the association Decolonize Berlin and in cooperation with civil society organizations, administration and politics, the coordination office develops a concept for a comprehensive social confrontation with the colonial past and its effects on today's society.
This event is part of the Pankow Weeks Against Racism.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
KulturMarktHalle (Hanns-Eisler-Straße 93, 10409 Berlin)
What does it mean to be a global citizen? This question has gained increasing salience as the world has become more globalized. With globalization, new problems surface that cut across national borders and fall outside the jurisdiction of individual nation-states. The event encourages a discussion to critically examine the concept of global citizenship, to investigates how the idea might work in practice, and how it is linked to human rights.
BCB professor Dr. Nassim Abi Ghanem has been invited to speak at the neighborhood center KulturMarktHalle in Prenzlauerberg alongside Blaise Baneh Mbuh, founder of Bamenda Film School in Cameroon. Nassim Abi Ghanem's research focus is on peace and conflict, non-state actors’ involvement in international politics, conflict management and peacebuilding, and social network theory. He recently taught the OSUN Network Collaborative Course Global Citizenship.
To register for the event, email [email protected].
This event is part of the 2024 Pankow Weeks against Racism (Wochen gegen Rassismus) event program.
For more info:
https://www.pankow-gegen-rassismus.de/woche-1-2/programm-2024
https://www.kulturmarkthalle.berlin/erdenbewohner-innen-festival-2023-24
https://opensocietyuniversitynetwork.org/education/courses/network-collaborative-courses/global-citizenship
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Bard College Berlin and Amtshaus Buchholz
The English Hour is a weekly meeting space for people from our campus neighborhood to improve their English skills through conversation, build new connections, and bridge gaps between different cultures.
English Hour - Tutoring for High School Students: Wednesdays, 18:00-19:00
Location: K30 Lounge (Kuckhoffstr. 30, 13156 Berlin)
Free volunteer-run English tutoring on BCB campus for local high school students on a weekly basis. Register via [email protected].
English Hour - Conversation Round: Wednesdays, 19:00-20:00
Location: P24 Conference Room (Platanenstr. 24, 13156 Berlin)
Open to all who want to practice English through conversation. Register via [email protected].
BCB English Hour @ Amtshaus Buchholz: Tuesdays, 19:00-20:00
Location: NBZ Amtshaus Buchholz (Rosenthaler Weg 32, 13127 Berlin)
Die English Hour wird im Nachbarschaftszentrum Amtshaus Buchholz von internationalen Studentinnen und Studenten des Bard College Berlin angeboten, die zum Teil selbst nur wenig Deutsch sprechen und sich über den Sprachaustausch freuen. Das Angebot ist offen für alle, die Lust haben, ein bisschen auf Englisch ins Gespräch zu kommen und dazuzulernen.
Anmeldung unter: [email protected] oder 030 - 4758 472. Teilnahmegebühr: 1€.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
P24 Conference Room (Platanenstr. 24, 13156 Berlin)
Open Classroom is a student-led initiative that allows neighbors to experience university-level courses taught at BCB. The initiative seeks to foster a dialogue between students and the broader Pankow community. This semester, students will share their knowledge from the course Dystopian Fiction, an undergraduate-level course taught at Bard College Berlin.
Dystopian fiction often involves bleak, post-apocalyptic futures scarred by environmental disaster, societal collapse, totalitarian control or technological subjugation. But, more than simply presenting depressing images, dystopian fiction also offers fruitful ground for questioning today’s world and re-envisioning a more just society. Through a mix of novels, films and short stories, we’ll grapple with climate change, artificial intelligence, authoritarianism and migration and explore questions of freedom, belonging, care and how to find hope in the face of overwhelming crisis. A central focus of the course will be investigating what role fiction can play in helping us imagine and shape the future.
Register via [email protected].
Have your work showcased on Bard Campus for years to come!
$300 compensation for two artists whose chosen designs will beautify Kline and raise sustainability awareness surrounding post consumer food waste.
We will be taking submissions until the end of February, the project will occur in March. See details in attached PDF.
Brought to you by BardEats
[email protected]
Kline Commons
Sponsored by: Office of Sustainability.
How (Not) to Report About Africa and Asia
Saturday, March 2, 2024
2–5 pm
K24, Seminar Room 11On March 2, from 2-5pm, the BCB chapter of the Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN) will host a workshop in K24 titled How (Not) to Report About Africa and Asia led by Dominique Haensell and Charlotte Ming.
As racist biases and colonial tropes about non-western countries and communities continue to persist in everyday media coverage across the global north, this workshop offers an opportunity to identify and dissect clichés and stereotypical narratives and examine the concept of “journalistic neutrality.” Through collective critique and creative reimagining participants will engage in a hands-on experience to develop more inclusive narratives and images. Working with examples from major English and German print media, the workshop aims to empower participants from diverse backgrounds to understand media stereotypes and play an active role in reshaping media discourse and promoting responsible representation.
Important note: Registration is required for this event. The number of participants is limited so please apply at your earliest convenience (latest by the 22nd of February) using this Google Form.
You will be notified if you have been accepted and receive further instructions for preparation by the 24th of February.
Dominique Haensell is a Berlin-based writer, translator, and editor. Born in the UK and raised in Germany, she studied English Philology, Comp Lit, and Critical Theory at the FU Berlin and King’s College London. In 2019, she completed a PhD at the JFKI’s Graduate School of North American Studies and her award-winning monograph Making Black History: Diasporic Fiction in the Moment of Afropolitanism was published in 2021. Dominique is co-editor-in-chief of Germany’s foremost feminist magazine, Missy (on sabbatical), and is currently working on a hybrid memoir about Afro-German identity, British colonialism, and her family’s relationship to German colonial Africa (The White Rasta, forthcoming with Luchterhand). She has been on the jury of various literary awards, regularly moderates literary panels, and is a member of different research groups such as Women of Color Resist and the African Atlantic Research Group (AARG).
Charlotte Ming is a journalist and visual editor based in Berlin. Her work focuses on underreported and nuanced stories on the themes of culture, history, and migration. She has been published in TIME, National Geographic, die Taz, and Atlas Obscura, among others. She is a recipient of the Robert Bosch Crossing Borders grant and the Kim Wall Memorial Fund for her research and writing on the legacy of German colonialism in China. Ming is a co-founder of Far & Near, a newsletter highlighting human-centric coverage of China by Chinese visual journalists and artists. Before moving to Berlin, she worked as a journalist and photo editor at TIME and Getty Images in New York. In 2023, she completed the Entrepreneurial Journalism Creators Program at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and graduated from Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism with a Master of Science in 2014.Sponsored by: Bard College Berlin; OSUN.
Contact: [email protected]
Alumni Career Talk: Aurora Energy Research with Lucari Jordan '21
Part of the Life After BCB event series
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Lecture Hall, Platanenstraße 98A, 13156 BerlinJoin us for an Alumni Talk with Lucari Jordan '21, an EPST graduate from New Mexico, who started their career in the energy and economics sector in Berlin with the goal of eventually working at the intersection of the power industry and regulatory institutions. Lucari will share their experience at their current company, Aurora Energy Research, with BCB students: what they have found helpful for entry into the Berlin job market, and what they have found to be the most important qualities of a company in the early stages of building a career. We will also hear more about Aurora's Graduate Analyst Program, a traineeship which lasts 18-21 months, and allows you to get a perspective of the three main departments of the company (Advisory, Commercial, Customer Success and Research) by completing a rotation working in each.Sponsored by: Bard College Berlin.
Mexican Feminism Through Film
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
7–10 pm
Lecture HallFilm screening and discussion organized by BCB student Ana Helena Mancilla Anguiano with special guest Carlos Pérez Osorio, Emmy-Nominated Mexican documentarist.
The session will start with a small introduction to the situation in Mexico and why it is important to draw international attention to the victims and not the perpetrators (Narcos). We will also explain Mexican feminism and 9th of March “A Day without Women” meaning, origin, and relevance in Mexico. Renata (4th year student at BCB) is doing her thesis on this topic so she will also share a few words (approximately 35 min).
Program:
Prayers for the Stolen (Noche de Fuego) - 2021
By: Tatiana Huezo
Duration: 1h 50m
Description of the movie: https://www.viennale.at/de/film/noche-de-fuego
Pause to debrief and talk about the movie along with clarifications regarding the movie. (10 min)
Brief context (5 min)
The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo (Las tres muertes de Marisela Escobedo) - 2020
By: Carlos Pérez Osorio
Duration: 1h 49m
Description of the documentary: https://anyoneschild.org/2020/11/las-tres-muertes-de-marisela-escobedo-review/
Interview with Carlos Pérez Osorio (40 min approx)
Concluding thoughts (10 min)
Contact: [email protected]
DEI Community Forum: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Thursday, March 7, 2024
12:30–1:30 pm
W15 CafeJoin the DEI Office to engage in an open dialogue about gender identity and sexual orientation. We will discuss resources that BCB offers as well as Berlin-based organizations and initiatives that you can explore. We will also share events happening in Berlin for International Women’s Day (8 March).
Contact: [email protected]
Difference Between Story and Tale (Persian-language lecture)
Friday, March 8, 2024
2–3 pm
W15 CafeThis event explores the fascinating world of stories and tales. It aims to differentiate between the two, highlighting their unique characteristics and impacts. Participants will learn about the structure and elements of a story - a narrative that can be either fiction or nonfiction, encompassing characters, setting, and plot. The session will also delve into the realm of tales, emphasizing their traditional and often fantastical nature, and their role in passing down morals and lessons through generations. The event promises an insightful journey into the ways these narratives shape culture and contribute to the civilized world and modern humanity. Language of the event will be in Persian!
Organized by Dr. Ahmad Khosrawi.
Contact: [email protected]
Pankow Weeks Against Racism Events
Runs through Thursday, March 21, 2024
Bard College Berlin is participating in this year's Pankow Weeks Against Racism with four events on- and off-campus.Tuesday, March 12, 4:00pm-5:00pm. On-campus, K24 Seminar Room 11.
Cultural and Political Engagement in Berlin with BCB Alum Ahmad Denno
Wednesday, March 13, 12:00pm-2:30pm. On-campus, W15 Cafe.
Taste of Home: Public Reading and Discussion about Cooking and Belonging
Thursday, March 21, 4:00pm-5:00pm. On-campus, K24 Seminar Room 11.
Talk with Renée Eloundou: How to Decolonize Berlin in 2024
Thursday, March 21.7:00pm. Off-campus, KulturMarktHalle e.V. (Hanns-Eisler-Straße 93, 10409 Berlin).
Discussion Salon: Global Citizens and Human Rights with Dr. Nassim Abi Ghanem and Blaise Baneh Mbuh
Contact: [email protected]
DEI Circle
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
1–2 pm
From the many great ideas and candid thoughts that are shared in the SLC Community Forums, we have a responsibility as a larger community to turn those ideas into action. We can do so by brainstorming plans, identifying who can help us achieve these goals, and then carrying out the change over time. If you would like to take part, please come join the DEI Circle in the W15 Cafe from 1-2pm. ALL are encouraged to come.Tuesday, March 12: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Tuesday, March 26: Cultural and Religious Diversity
Tuesday, April 16: Accessibility & Accommodations
Date TBD: Socio-Economic Challenges & Equitable Scholarship Opportunities
Cultural and Political Engagement in Berlin with BCB Alum Ahmad Denno
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
4–5 pm
K24, Seminar Room 11Ahmad Denno is a BCB alum who pursued studies in Economics, Politics, and Social Thought at Bard College Berlin from 2018 to 2022. He is a Syrian refugee turned German citizen, arriving in Germany in December 2014 and gaining citizenship in March 2022 on the grounds of demonstrating exemplary integration. Since his arrival in Berlin, he's been an active volunteer with various social NGOs, initially stemming from his experience in a refugee camp. Notably, he spearheaded a political campaign in 2021, translating German election information into five languages to empower German citizens with a migration background.
In 2016, Denno co-founded the neighborhood center KulturMarktHalle e.V. to bridge cultural gaps between locals and migrants in Prenzlauer Berg, Pankow district. Simultaneously, he established Eed Be Eed e.V., fostering support for Arab/Syrian refugees in Germany through a free newspaper, workshops, and initiating the first Arabic Arts and Culture Festival in Berlin in 2017 to respond to the dearth of Arabic language offers.
Ahmad Denno´s visit is an opportunity to meet a multifaceted advocate for cultural exchange and political engagement in Germany, to get tips about how to navigate German bureaucracy, to become socially engaged and connected in Berlin, found your own association, or apply for public funding. Please register via email to: [email protected].
This event is part of the Pankow Weeks Against Racism series.
Taste of Home: Public Reading and Discussion about Cooking and Belonging
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
12–2:30 pm
Bard College Berlin W15 Cafe (Waldstraße 15, 13156 Berlin)Join BCB's Office of Civic Engagement to get a taste of home from the Neukölln-based association Give Something Back to Berlin at the Bard College Berlin campus. This event is part of the 2024 Pankow Weeks Against Racism program. View the rest of BCB's Pankow Weeks Against Racism events here.
The event centers the role that food plays in creating a sense of home and belonging. We will talk about how sharing food builds communities and how food can be a part of building more inclusive societies. We will also introduce both the Open Kitchen, a shared cooking project run by the association Give Something Back to Berlin, as well as The Feast, a cookbook featuring stories and recipes of Berlin’s migrant communities and showcasing ways to become involved in the Open Kitchen. View a selection from The Feast here.
Everyone is invited to bring a cup, and a taste of their own favorite food.
Give Something Back to Berlin (GSBTB) empowers newly arrived and long-established Berliners through volunteering, education and a social network. Together with their community of migrants, refugees and locals, GSBTB promotes social cohesion, solidarity, and belonging by encouraging people from different backgrounds to co-create and learn together. Their work goes beyond the currently prevalent models of "integration" and enables people to develop their potential and get connected. It is about changing Berlin's cultural and social life together.Sponsored by: Bard College Berlin and Pankow Gegen Rassismus .
Contact: [email protected]
Abendbrot
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
7:30–9 pm
W16, Learning Commons"Abendbrot" is your chance to improve your German skills in a fun and casual setting. If you are hesitant to speak the language or just want to practice in a relaxed environment, this is the place to be. We meet every other Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm, and you are welcome to join us anytime. At Abendbrot, we play games, enjoy a meal together, and simply hang out. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or more advanced in German; everyone is welcome. Come along, make mistakes, and improve your German with a friendly group of language enthusiasts.
Start Your Essay
Thursday, March 14, 2024
4:30–5:30 pm
W16 Learning CommonsA workshop dedicated to understand the stages of writing and the importance of the generative stage for writing. The focus will be to generate a topic and/or possible main ideas and establish potential connections for midterm essays and assignments.
Contact: [email protected]
Community Ramadan Iftar
Friday, March 15, 2024
5:45–7:30 pm
W15 CafeGet together for the BCB community Iftar. Join as we welcome the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. There will be a short talk on the significance of Ramadan followed by food being served. We hope to see you there!
Contact: [email protected]
Student Badminton Tournament
Saturday, March 16, 2024
2–5 pm
All members of the BCB community are invited to join the BCB Badminton Club's Spring Tournament at SPOK. Come together as students, faculty, and staff for an afternoon of friendly competition, sportsmanship, and camaraderie. Whether you're a seasoned badminton player or a beginner looking for some fun, we encourage everyone to join us. Type: Doubles (regardless of gender).The deadline for registration is March 14, 2024, so be sure to secure your spot early. Register here.
Stick Paintings & Foliate Heads: Recent Artworks by John Kleckner
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
12:30–1:30 pm
P24 Seminar Room 8This presentation will feature recent paintings and drawings from two series that have emerged in John Kleckner's Berlin studio since the COVID-19 pandemic. One is a group of blurred landscapes with meticulously rendered sticks and colorful shapes floating in the foreground; the other is a series of stippled, ink self-portraits framed by flora and fungi. John Kleckner will trace the development of these artworks, exploring their themes of nature, solitude, mimesis, fragmentation, juxtaposition, and the passing of time. The audience will gain an understanding of John Kleckner's artistic practice as it has evolved over 20 years, leading up to pieces currently in progress. The actual art objects will be on display for close examination and critique.
John Kleckner is a visual artist working in painting, drawing, and collage and a professor of Studio Arts, Painting, & Drawing at Bard College Berlin. John is known for making finely detailed paintings, drawings, and collages that use mimesis, fragmentation, juxtaposition, synecdoche, and stylistic clashing to explore ideas and feelings about nature, resilience, solitude, perception, and balance. He has exhibited his artwork professionally since 2003, presenting 11 solo exhibitions at galleries in Athens, Berlin, Los Angeles, Milan, Paris, Palermo, and Stockholm. His works are featured in prominent collections including, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, Magasin 3 Konsthalle in Stockholm, Deste Foundation in Athens, the Miettinen Collection in Berlin, and the Saatchi Collection in London. He has exhibited in institutions such as the Athens Biennial in Greece, Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Castrum Peregrini in Amsterdam, CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain in Bordeaux, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Lissone, Kunstraum Innsbruck, the Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture in Maastricht, the Riso Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia in Palermo, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. In 2021 he received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grant, and in 2022 was among 3 finalists for the 26th Wilhelm Morgner Prize for painting in Soest, Germany. John has been teaching at Bard College Berlin since 2013.
This presentation is part of the Faculty Colloquium Series.
Contact: [email protected]
The Democratic Unconscious
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
7 pm
Bard College Berlin (Lecture Hall), Platanenstr. 98A, 13156 BerlinAmerican democracy takes off with the profoundly ambiguous phrase "We the people . . . " But who are "the people?" A motley collection of individuals, micro-communities, and macro-communities? Or a unified entity, national (das Volk), religious, or otherwise? Though it’s easy to define the word democracy as the power of the people, the definition doesn’t get us very far. The fragility of the democratic idea has much to do with the insecurity of democratic experience.
In this lecture, Michael Steinberg will argue, first, that democracy needs to be defined and historicized according to the principle of plurality and, second, that participation in a polity defined by plurality can be understood as a function of affect as well as contract—the affective dimension of what Avishai Margalit has called "thin relations." Third, where there is affect there is also the unconscious. Democratic affect needs to be understood, with the help of insights from psychoanalysis, to allow enough room for the unconscious and its manifestations, including the arts.
Register for the lecture here.
Michael P. Steinberg is the Barnaby Conrad and Mary Critchfield Keeney Professor of History, and Professor of Music and German Studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. From 2016 to 2018 he served as president of the American Academy in Berlin. At Brown he served as the founding director of the Cogut Center for the Humanities (2005-2015) and as Vice Provost for the Arts (2015-16). He was member of the Advisory Board of the Consortium of Humanities Centers ad Institutes (CHCI) between 2006 and 2016 and serves as a board member of Bard College Berlin as well as the Barenboim-Said Foundation USA. His books include The Afterlife of Moses: Exile, Democracy, Renewal (Stanford, 2022), The Trouble with Wagner (Chicago, 2018) as well as the edited volume Makers of Jewish Modernity (Princeton, 2016; winner of the National Jewish Book Award for non-fiction); Listening to Reason: Culture, Music, and Subjectivity in 19th - Century Music (Princeton, 2004), and The Meaning of the Salzburg Festival (Cornell, 2000), of which the German edition (Ursprung und Ideologie der Salzburger Festspiele; Anton Pustet Verlag, 2000) won Austria's Victor Adler Staatspreis in 2001.
Educated at Princeton University and the University of Chicago, he has been a visiting professor at these two schools as well as at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and National Tsing-hua University in Taiwan. He was a member of the Cornell University Department of History between 1988 and 2005; a fellow of the American Academy in Berlin in 2003 and at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin in 2015-16. He is the recipient of fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Between 2009 and 2013 he served as dramaturg on a co-production of Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung at the Berlin State Opera and the Teatro alla Scala, Milan. He was curator of the exhibition “Richard Wagner and the Nationalization of Feeling” at the German Historical Museum in Berlin (April – September 2022).
Contact: [email protected]
Philosopher of War: Machiavelli on Physical and Intellectual Warfare. Online Book Presentation.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
7:30–9 pm
Online (Zoom)In this talk Prof. Christopher Lynch will present the core findings of his new book Machiavelli on War (Cornell University Press, 2023). The talk draws out the implications of Machiavelli’s assertion that a prince should make the art of war his exclusive concern. To understand this assertion, readers must consider the possibility that Machiavelli has in mind both actual physical warfare and intellectual or philosophical warfare, with the result that his thought must be regarded as even more philosophically radical than is generally believed.
Zoom link.
Register here.
Christopher Lynch is Professor of Political Science at Missouri State University and head of the Department of Political Science. He has served as a senior adviser at the US State Department. He is the editor and translator of Art of War by Niccolò Machiavelli and the coeditor of Principle and Prudence in Western Political Thought.
DEI Community Forum: Cultural and Religious Diversity
Thursday, March 21, 2024
12:30–1:30 pm
W15 CafeThe DEI Office welcomes you to attend this Community Forum focused on discussing cultural and religious diversity and what it means to you and to our community, both at BCB and in Berlin.
Contact: [email protected]
Talk with Renée Eloundou: How to Decolonize Berlin in 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
4–5 pm
K24 SR11Renée Eloundou will give a talk as part of the course Civic Engagement and Engaged Research: Berlin Lab. Please register via email to [email protected].
The association Decolonize Berlin e.V. is committed to the critical examination of the history and present of colonialism and racism, to the recognition and reappraisal of colonial injustice, and to decolonization throughout society. In 2019, the association emerged from a civil society network of Black, diasporic, postcolonial, and development groups in Berlin. This alliance continues their work and is supported by the commitment of more than 100 individuals. Renée Eloundou will give us a glimpse into the work of office.
Renée Eloundou heads the Coordination Office for a city-wide concept to come to terms with Berlin's colonial past. As part of the association Decolonize Berlin and in cooperation with civil society organizations, administration and politics, the coordination office develops a concept for a comprehensive social confrontation with the colonial past and its effects on today's society.
This event is part of the Pankow Weeks Against Racism.
Salon: Global Citizens and Human Rights
Thursday, March 21, 2024
7 pm
KulturMarktHalle (Hanns-Eisler-Straße 93, 10409 Berlin)What does it mean to be a global citizen? This question has gained increasing salience as the world has become more globalized. With globalization, new problems surface that cut across national borders and fall outside the jurisdiction of individual nation-states. The event encourages a discussion to critically examine the concept of global citizenship, to investigates how the idea might work in practice, and how it is linked to human rights.
BCB professor Dr. Nassim Abi Ghanem has been invited to speak at the neighborhood center KulturMarktHalle in Prenzlauerberg alongside Blaise Baneh Mbuh, founder of Bamenda Film School in Cameroon. Nassim Abi Ghanem's research focus is on peace and conflict, non-state actors’ involvement in international politics, conflict management and peacebuilding, and social network theory. He recently taught the OSUN Network Collaborative Course Global Citizenship.
To register for the event, email [email protected].
This event is part of the 2024 Pankow Weeks against Racism (Wochen gegen Rassismus) event program.
For more info:
https://www.pankow-gegen-rassismus.de/woche-1-2/programm-2024
https://www.kulturmarkthalle.berlin/erdenbewohner-innen-festival-2023-24
https://opensocietyuniversitynetwork.org/education/courses/network-collaborative-courses/global-citizenship
BCB English Hour
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
6–8 pm
Bard College Berlin and Amtshaus BuchholzThe English Hour is a weekly meeting space for people from our campus neighborhood to improve their English skills through conversation, build new connections, and bridge gaps between different cultures.
English Hour - Tutoring for High School Students: Wednesdays, 18:00-19:00
Location: K30 Lounge (Kuckhoffstr. 30, 13156 Berlin)
Free volunteer-run English tutoring on BCB campus for local high school students on a weekly basis. Register via [email protected].
English Hour - Conversation Round: Wednesdays, 19:00-20:00
Location: P24 Conference Room (Platanenstr. 24, 13156 Berlin)
Open to all who want to practice English through conversation. Register via [email protected].
BCB English Hour @ Amtshaus Buchholz: Tuesdays, 19:00-20:00
Location: NBZ Amtshaus Buchholz (Rosenthaler Weg 32, 13127 Berlin)
Die English Hour wird im Nachbarschaftszentrum Amtshaus Buchholz von internationalen Studentinnen und Studenten des Bard College Berlin angeboten, die zum Teil selbst nur wenig Deutsch sprechen und sich über den Sprachaustausch freuen. Das Angebot ist offen für alle, die Lust haben, ein bisschen auf Englisch ins Gespräch zu kommen und dazuzulernen.
Anmeldung unter: [email protected] oder 030 - 4758 472. Teilnahmegebühr: 1€.
Contact: [email protected]
Open Classroom: Dystopian Fiction
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
7–8:30 pm
P24 Conference Room (Platanenstr. 24, 13156 Berlin)Open Classroom is a student-led initiative that allows neighbors to experience university-level courses taught at BCB. The initiative seeks to foster a dialogue between students and the broader Pankow community. This semester, students will share their knowledge from the course Dystopian Fiction, an undergraduate-level course taught at Bard College Berlin.
Dystopian fiction often involves bleak, post-apocalyptic futures scarred by environmental disaster, societal collapse, totalitarian control or technological subjugation. But, more than simply presenting depressing images, dystopian fiction also offers fruitful ground for questioning today’s world and re-envisioning a more just society. Through a mix of novels, films and short stories, we’ll grapple with climate change, artificial intelligence, authoritarianism and migration and explore questions of freedom, belonging, care and how to find hope in the face of overwhelming crisis. A central focus of the course will be investigating what role fiction can play in helping us imagine and shape the future.
Register via [email protected].
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Mural Project BardEats
Calling all artists!
Monday, February 5, 2024 – Monday, March 4, 2024
Have your work showcased on Bard Campus for years to come!
$300 compensation for two artists whose chosen designs will beautify Kline and raise sustainability awareness surrounding post consumer food waste.
We will be taking submissions until the end of February, the project will occur in March. See details in attached PDF.
Brought to you by BardEats
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Kline Commons
Sponsored by: Office of Sustainability.
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