Queer Exile - film screening and discussion with the director
Monday, March 2, 2026 12:30–2 pm
JJK Hall Queer Exile is a short film about an exiled activist who flees Egypt in the wake of the revolution and arrives in Berlin yearning for safety, reaching for breath. But before he can catch it, he’s placed in a refugee camp, steps away from far-right rallies chanting for his removal. Trapped between what he fled and where he’s landed, he must confront the cost of escape, the ache of memory, and what freedom really means.
The film screening will be followed by a conversation with the director. Madi Awadalla is a writer, historian, and transdisciplinary artist whose practice spans performance, visual storytelling, and multiple forms of writing. Grounded in counter-histories, archival intervention, and embodied research, their work engages critical debates on public health, sexuality, displacement and the afterlives of colonialism.
This event is part of Prof. Dr. Agata Lisiak's SO204 Urban Ethnography Workshop, organized in collaboration with the Civic Engagement Office and the Equal Opportunity, Participation and Nondiscrimination Office.
The Early Royal Society of London: Interactive Lecture and Collections Tour
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 2–3:30 pm
Online Event What were the origins of modern science? This interactive session takes us inside the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, one of the oldest scientific institutions. Broadcasting live from its home on Carlton House Terrace, we will explore its early ambitions—from Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis to the practical routines of experiments. We will step into the Society’s archives to view Journal Books with minutes and drawings of early scientific instruments, alongside selected objects associated with Isaac Newton. We will close with a virtual visit to today’s exhibition “Nature spoke to her”: Women Scientists in the Royal Society, marking 80 years since the first women were elected Fellows.
Attendance is mandatory as part of the IS212 Early Modern Science core course. Attend via Zoom. Meeting ID: 997 7012 4453 Passcode: 496351
Image credit: Frontispiece from Thomas Sprat's The History of the Royal Society of London (1667)
The Factory (Eichenstraße 43, 13156 Berlin) This series aims to provide the student community at BCB with a platform to share and learn about diverse political issues in the form of informative presentations and discussions given by their own peers.
Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus Reading, discussion, and book launch of Eddi by Dr. Andreas Martin Widmann ( in German) Moderator: Tilla Fuchs Venue: Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus Admission: €6 / concessions: €4. Tickets can be booked in advance through the venue's website. Doors open: 7:30 p.m.
Fifteen-year-old Eddi attends a sports boarding school near Neubrandenburg. Her parents taught there until the summer holidays, but now they are about to move to Japan because her mother has been accused of abuse of power – time for the next stage in her career. While her parents prepare for the move, Eddi has only three days left to avert her fate or adopt a new personality. In the process, she is swept through a series of microcosms in a German province that seem strangely familiar and yet completely new through Eddi's eyes.Sponsored by: Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus, Saarländischer Rundfunk.
BCB Alumnus Donovan Stewart Speaks in Jeffrey Champlin's course "Prophecy: Literature and Divine Intervention."
Thursday, March 5, 2026 10:45 am – 12:15 pm
W16, Classroom 9 Donovan Stewart will present on his Ph. D. research on Derrida's essay "No Apocalypse, Not Now." Other students and faculty are welcome to join us as space allows.
JJK Hall Cafe Erin Honeycutt will bring the CUTT PRESS archive and speak about the social life of the book, tracing the many ways books have come into being through the press as collaborations and collective acts shaped within and by community. The talk reflects on the politics of publishing and considers how independent publishing practices can unsettle traditional power structures, creating space for marginalized and censored voices. What becomes possible when writers and their communities retain agency over how a work is shaped, read, and sustained?
The event takes place in the framework of Berlin Internship Seminar: Working Cultures, Urban Cultures.
Erin Honeycutt is a writer and bookmaker based in Berlin, where they run CUTT PRESS, a publishing project for pamphlets, poetry, artist books, and reprints. Erin is the author of Dear Enheduanna (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2025) and Night School (forthcoming from MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE). Erin co-edits Womanwood, an open-call gazette for queer erotics, and Vortext, a mail-order poetry magazine. Erin has taught across writing and art, including the Radical Publishing seminar at UdK Berlin and Video Art at the Iceland Academy of the Arts.
The Pascal Institute - Master's Degree Info Session
Friday, March 6, 2026 12:30–1:30 pm
Lecture Hall, P98a The Pascal Institute is a young institution in Leiden, The Netherlands, dedicated to the liberal arts understood as the cultivation of "profound thinking and wise judgement." It will be offering an accredited master's degree with a focus on the study of Great Books. Students with an interdisciplinary orientation, who appreciate discussion-based learning, and who would consider further education in Europe (in English or Dutch), may be especially interested. The President of the institute, Dr. Jordi Wiersma, will be on campus to discuss the program and answer any questions you might have.
The Factory (Eichenstraße 43, 13156 Berlin) In preparation for the Weeks Against Racism and International Women's Day, BCB students will be hosting a screen printing drop-in at the factory. Open to all in BCB and beyond.
Come design and print your own stencils or use some of our ready-made stencils. We especially welcome people wanting to design stencils related to BIPOC and FLINTA* Empowerment.
A selection of items from the Swap Shop will be available to use, however we also recommend bringing your own t-shirts, tote bags or fabric scraps you may like to print.
Interested in learning more about Bard College Berlin? Join us on March 7 for Virtual Open Day. You will have the chance to meet current BCB students, and attend informational sessions about our application process, degree programs, student life, campus facilities, and more. Please register for the sessions of interest at the link below.
W16 SR 9 We will cover how to: → Search the BCB library catalog → Access and make renewals on your account → Find your way around the collection (understand call numbers & classification)
News from Home (& Beyond): The unspoken realities of day-to-day life in Tibet
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 7:30–9 pm
The Factory (Eichenstraße 43, 13156 Berlin) This series aims to provide the student community at BCB with a platform to share and learn about diverse political issues in the form of informative presentations and discussions given by their own peers.
March 10: The unspoken realities of day-to-day life in Tibet
Internship Program Info Session (for Fall 2026 Applications)
Thursday, March 12, 2026 12:45–1:45 pm
JJK Hall Café The BCB Internship Program gives you the opportunity to gain an off-campus workplace experience in a field that interests you. You can work 10-13 hours per week in an internship while also exploring various questions regarding work in the internship seminar taught by Florian Duijsens, Agata Lisiak, and Clio Nicastro. While the majority of internships are unpaid, you can earn academic credits through the internship seminar.
If you are a current or upcoming third-year student and curious about BCB’s Internship Program and the opportunity to gain practical experience alongside your studies while interning for an organization or individual in Berlin, please save the date.
The Factory (Eichenstraße 43, 13156 Berlin) Join us for the annual Spring Open-Mic night on Friday, March 13th. This event will be a fun chance for BCB students to perform for one another, sharing their musical skills and other talents. All students are welcome to sign up to sing, dance, play music or perform with their band, do stand-up comedy or spoken work, or really anything else they'd like to share. We also invite all students and members of the BCB community to watch these performances and enjoy the talents of our peers.
Learning Commons, W16 top floor Having trouble getting your Research Question just right? Join the Learning Commons for an interactive workshop that will help you visualize the academic discourse around your topic, allowing you to find gaps and connections that might be worth exploring. Bring any sort of markers, pens or pencils you would like to use.
P24 Conference Room The Cookies and Conversation series aims to provide a regular opportunity for students to meet with University Leadership and administrators to discuss questions about the College, academic and non-academic ideas and suggestions, and anything else on their minds.
These meetings are organized so that students can sign up in advance and set the agenda themselves by submitting topics for discussion. Please note that individual C&C sessions will be canceled if there are no sign ups 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Red Mecca: A Palestinian Navigates the Soviet Union
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 3:45–5:15 pm
Online (Zoom) How did early Stalinist Moscow look from an Arab and post-Ottoman perspective? This presentation follows Najati Sidqi (1905-1979), who studied at the Soviet Union’s Communist University for the Toilers of the East as part of a Comintern effort to “Arabize” the Palestinian Communist Party. From dorm arguments to meetings with ordinary Russians, Sidqi’s academic and extracurricular adventures reveal some paradoxes of late-1920s Soviet domestic and foreign policy.
Margaret Litvin is associate professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at Boston University, USA. Her book Red Mecca: The Life and Afterlives of the Arab-Soviet Romance is forthcoming from Princeton University Press. She has recently co-translated Najati Sidqi’s memoir of his Communist years.
Documentary Screening of The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 7–9 pm
Publix (Hermanstrasse 90, 12051 Berlin) Screening at Publix of the documentary The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo followed by Q&A with the filmmaker Gary Knight.
A former Saigon photo editor reveals a secret he’s been plagued with for 52 years, setting off a gripping two-year investigation into the truth behind one of the Vietnam War’s most iconic photographs. Acclaimed conflict photographer Gary Knight and a small team of journalists embark on a relentless search to locate and seek justice for a man known only as “the stringer.”
News from Home (& Beyond): The State of German Politics
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 7:30–9 pm
The Factory (Eichenstraße 43, 13156 Berlin) This series aims to provide the student community at BCB with a platform to share and learn about diverse political issues in the form of informative presentations and discussions given by their own peers.
Cafeteria Volunteers from VoteFromAbroad.org will hold a VOTER HELP DESK on campus on Friday, March 20th from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria to help American citizens request their overseas ballots for the 2026 midterm primary and general elections. Many states have June primaries so it’s vital to request your overseas ballot now.
Come to the help desk with your Social Security number (last 4 digits) and the U.S. address at which you or your parents most recently live(d). We’ll help you fill out the rest!
Learning Commons, W16 top floor Join the Learning Commons on Friday, March 20th for a full beginners guide to the free citation software: Zotero. Whether you're interested in its academic or professional applications, take this opportunity to optimize the way you do research and writing. Make sure to bring a computer.
Meet at JJK Hall (W15) or StaBi Unter den Linden 8 Visit the Staatsbibliothek Kulturwerk on March 20th at Unter den Linden 8 with Bisera Djundeva
→ Join a free guided tour of the exhibition → Learn about the history of the Berlin State Library and its museum → Register for a free library pass (bring a valid ID, Meldebescheinigung and fill out the pre-registration form online at the StaBi website)
We will meet at the corner in front of JJK Hall (W15) at 2:15 pm. Those who want to meet us directly on site should be at StaBi Unter den Linden 8 at 3:15 pm.
Culture Show: Pankow Weeks Against Racism (+ Nowruz & Eid)
Friday, March 20, 2026 7:30 pm
BCB Factory (Eichenstr. 43, 13156 Berlin) As part of the International Weeks Against Racism / Pankow gegen Rassismus, BCB is proud to present a vibrant cultural show celebrating diversity, solidarity, and lived experience. The evening will feature a rich mix of performances, including colorful dances, music, and powerful personal stories shared by members of our community. Each act reflects the many cultural backgrounds that shape BCB and highlights how art can challenge prejudice.
We will also come together to celebrate Nowruz (Persian New Year), with an introduction to its traditions, a Haft-Seen table, and a henna station, alongside a shared celebration of Eid. Food will be provided by the Choppin’ It Up student initiative.
Organized by Ash Barat from the student body, the event is also a fundraiser, with all proceeds going to an orphanage in India that has a long-standing personal connection with Ash.
Finish Your Senior Project – When You’re Not Ready!
Monday, March 23, 2026 12:30–1:30 pm
Learning Commons, W16 In this workshop, Jeffrey Champlin (Director of the Learning Commons) will guide you through writing prompts to envision the completion of your senior project in terms of the most important results you wish to share. While it is common to feel like you need more time, you actually already have done significant analysis. Thinking from the perspective of the conclusion at this stage can help you prepare to make the best use remaining time before senior projects are due on April 10.
Democracy on the Line: the Future of Democracy and Hungary
Monday, March 23, 2026 7 pm
JJK Hall Cafe (W15) Come join your Hungarian peers for a lively, slightly absurd, a bit depressing, but still hopeful (and definitely skeptical), presentation and discussion about the upcoming Hungarian elections and the Orbán regime. (Snacks will be provided!) Be prepared for the ridiculous and the deeply honest truth about what’s going on in Hungary, along with some thoughts, possibilities, and predictions about the April elections; featuring the first truly strong opposition challenger in roughly 16 years.
BCB Lecture Hall (Platanenstraße 98a) An outstanding work of Soviet cinematography, Aleksandr Askoldov's 1967 feature Commissar is notable for its artistic qualities as much as for its troubled history. Shot on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution, and featuring some of the brightest stars of Soviet cinema, the film was immediately suppressed and shelved by the KGB for two decades while its director was expelled from the Party, exiled from Moscow, and banned from working on feature films for life. First released under Gorbachov, Commissar won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival in 1988.
Set in Ukraine during the Civil War that followed the October Revolution, Commissar tells the story of Klavdia Vavilova, a female commander of the Red Army, who finds herself pregnant. Forced to request a leave from military service, Vavilova takes shelter in the home of a poor, three-generation Jewish family. Thinking across multiple divides (sexual, political, ethnic, religious), the film is a poetic rumination on human life and the paradoxes of revolutionary politics.
SPOK (Nordendstraße 56, 13156 Berlin) The 4-Hour Race Against Racism is a fundraising event taking place on March 28 from 12:00-05:00pm in Spok (Nordendstraße 56 13156 Berlin), designed to engage students, Pankow residents, and partner organizations in confronting racism through physical activity and collective action. The event involves a 4-hour physical relay race (teams of four runners) with a digital fundraising race, in which each team competes to raise the highest amount of donations via individual fundraising pages. Find out more and sign up here.
Queer Exile - film screening and discussion with the director
Monday, March 2, 2026 12:30–2 pm
JJK Hall Queer Exile is a short film about an exiled activist who flees Egypt in the wake of the revolution and arrives in Berlin yearning for safety, reaching for breath. But before he can catch it, he’s placed in a refugee camp, steps away from far-right rallies chanting for his removal. Trapped between what he fled and where he’s landed, he must confront the cost of escape, the ache of memory, and what freedom really means.
The film screening will be followed by a conversation with the director. Madi Awadalla is a writer, historian, and transdisciplinary artist whose practice spans performance, visual storytelling, and multiple forms of writing. Grounded in counter-histories, archival intervention, and embodied research, their work engages critical debates on public health, sexuality, displacement and the afterlives of colonialism.
This event is part of Prof. Dr. Agata Lisiak's SO204 Urban Ethnography Workshop, organized in collaboration with the Civic Engagement Office and the Equal Opportunity, Participation and Nondiscrimination Office.
The Early Royal Society of London: Interactive Lecture and Collections Tour
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 2–3:30 pm
Online Event What were the origins of modern science? This interactive session takes us inside the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, one of the oldest scientific institutions. Broadcasting live from its home on Carlton House Terrace, we will explore its early ambitions—from Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis to the practical routines of experiments. We will step into the Society’s archives to view Journal Books with minutes and drawings of early scientific instruments, alongside selected objects associated with Isaac Newton. We will close with a virtual visit to today’s exhibition “Nature spoke to her”: Women Scientists in the Royal Society, marking 80 years since the first women were elected Fellows.
Attendance is mandatory as part of the IS212 Early Modern Science core course. Attend via Zoom. Meeting ID: 997 7012 4453 Passcode: 496351
Image credit: Frontispiece from Thomas Sprat's The History of the Royal Society of London (1667)
The Factory (Eichenstraße 43, 13156 Berlin) This series aims to provide the student community at BCB with a platform to share and learn about diverse political issues in the form of informative presentations and discussions given by their own peers.
Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus Reading, discussion, and book launch of Eddi by Dr. Andreas Martin Widmann ( in German) Moderator: Tilla Fuchs Venue: Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus Admission: €6 / concessions: €4. Tickets can be booked in advance through the venue's website. Doors open: 7:30 p.m.
Fifteen-year-old Eddi attends a sports boarding school near Neubrandenburg. Her parents taught there until the summer holidays, but now they are about to move to Japan because her mother has been accused of abuse of power – time for the next stage in her career. While her parents prepare for the move, Eddi has only three days left to avert her fate or adopt a new personality. In the process, she is swept through a series of microcosms in a German province that seem strangely familiar and yet completely new through Eddi's eyes.Sponsored by: Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus, Saarländischer Rundfunk.
BCB Alumnus Donovan Stewart Speaks in Jeffrey Champlin's course "Prophecy: Literature and Divine Intervention."
Thursday, March 5, 2026 10:45 am – 12:15 pm
W16, Classroom 9 Donovan Stewart will present on his Ph. D. research on Derrida's essay "No Apocalypse, Not Now." Other students and faculty are welcome to join us as space allows.
JJK Hall Cafe Erin Honeycutt will bring the CUTT PRESS archive and speak about the social life of the book, tracing the many ways books have come into being through the press as collaborations and collective acts shaped within and by community. The talk reflects on the politics of publishing and considers how independent publishing practices can unsettle traditional power structures, creating space for marginalized and censored voices. What becomes possible when writers and their communities retain agency over how a work is shaped, read, and sustained?
The event takes place in the framework of Berlin Internship Seminar: Working Cultures, Urban Cultures.
Erin Honeycutt is a writer and bookmaker based in Berlin, where they run CUTT PRESS, a publishing project for pamphlets, poetry, artist books, and reprints. Erin is the author of Dear Enheduanna (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2025) and Night School (forthcoming from MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE). Erin co-edits Womanwood, an open-call gazette for queer erotics, and Vortext, a mail-order poetry magazine. Erin has taught across writing and art, including the Radical Publishing seminar at UdK Berlin and Video Art at the Iceland Academy of the Arts.
The Pascal Institute - Master's Degree Info Session
Friday, March 6, 2026 12:30–1:30 pm
Lecture Hall, P98a The Pascal Institute is a young institution in Leiden, The Netherlands, dedicated to the liberal arts understood as the cultivation of "profound thinking and wise judgement." It will be offering an accredited master's degree with a focus on the study of Great Books. Students with an interdisciplinary orientation, who appreciate discussion-based learning, and who would consider further education in Europe (in English or Dutch), may be especially interested. The President of the institute, Dr. Jordi Wiersma, will be on campus to discuss the program and answer any questions you might have.
The Factory (Eichenstraße 43, 13156 Berlin) In preparation for the Weeks Against Racism and International Women's Day, BCB students will be hosting a screen printing drop-in at the factory. Open to all in BCB and beyond.
Come design and print your own stencils or use some of our ready-made stencils. We especially welcome people wanting to design stencils related to BIPOC and FLINTA* Empowerment.
A selection of items from the Swap Shop will be available to use, however we also recommend bringing your own t-shirts, tote bags or fabric scraps you may like to print.
Interested in learning more about Bard College Berlin? Join us on March 7 for Virtual Open Day. You will have the chance to meet current BCB students, and attend informational sessions about our application process, degree programs, student life, campus facilities, and more. Please register for the sessions of interest at the link below.
W16 SR 9 We will cover how to: → Search the BCB library catalog → Access and make renewals on your account → Find your way around the collection (understand call numbers & classification)
News from Home (& Beyond): The unspoken realities of day-to-day life in Tibet
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 7:30–9 pm
The Factory (Eichenstraße 43, 13156 Berlin) This series aims to provide the student community at BCB with a platform to share and learn about diverse political issues in the form of informative presentations and discussions given by their own peers.
March 10: The unspoken realities of day-to-day life in Tibet
Internship Program Info Session (for Fall 2026 Applications)
Thursday, March 12, 2026 12:45–1:45 pm
JJK Hall Café The BCB Internship Program gives you the opportunity to gain an off-campus workplace experience in a field that interests you. You can work 10-13 hours per week in an internship while also exploring various questions regarding work in the internship seminar taught by Florian Duijsens, Agata Lisiak, and Clio Nicastro. While the majority of internships are unpaid, you can earn academic credits through the internship seminar.
If you are a current or upcoming third-year student and curious about BCB’s Internship Program and the opportunity to gain practical experience alongside your studies while interning for an organization or individual in Berlin, please save the date.
The Factory (Eichenstraße 43, 13156 Berlin) Join us for the annual Spring Open-Mic night on Friday, March 13th. This event will be a fun chance for BCB students to perform for one another, sharing their musical skills and other talents. All students are welcome to sign up to sing, dance, play music or perform with their band, do stand-up comedy or spoken work, or really anything else they'd like to share. We also invite all students and members of the BCB community to watch these performances and enjoy the talents of our peers.
Learning Commons, W16 top floor Having trouble getting your Research Question just right? Join the Learning Commons for an interactive workshop that will help you visualize the academic discourse around your topic, allowing you to find gaps and connections that might be worth exploring. Bring any sort of markers, pens or pencils you would like to use.
P24 Conference Room The Cookies and Conversation series aims to provide a regular opportunity for students to meet with University Leadership and administrators to discuss questions about the College, academic and non-academic ideas and suggestions, and anything else on their minds.
These meetings are organized so that students can sign up in advance and set the agenda themselves by submitting topics for discussion. Please note that individual C&C sessions will be canceled if there are no sign ups 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Red Mecca: A Palestinian Navigates the Soviet Union
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 3:45–5:15 pm
Online (Zoom) How did early Stalinist Moscow look from an Arab and post-Ottoman perspective? This presentation follows Najati Sidqi (1905-1979), who studied at the Soviet Union’s Communist University for the Toilers of the East as part of a Comintern effort to “Arabize” the Palestinian Communist Party. From dorm arguments to meetings with ordinary Russians, Sidqi’s academic and extracurricular adventures reveal some paradoxes of late-1920s Soviet domestic and foreign policy.
Margaret Litvin is associate professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at Boston University, USA. Her book Red Mecca: The Life and Afterlives of the Arab-Soviet Romance is forthcoming from Princeton University Press. She has recently co-translated Najati Sidqi’s memoir of his Communist years.
Documentary Screening of The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 7–9 pm
Publix (Hermanstrasse 90, 12051 Berlin) Screening at Publix of the documentary The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo followed by Q&A with the filmmaker Gary Knight.
A former Saigon photo editor reveals a secret he’s been plagued with for 52 years, setting off a gripping two-year investigation into the truth behind one of the Vietnam War’s most iconic photographs. Acclaimed conflict photographer Gary Knight and a small team of journalists embark on a relentless search to locate and seek justice for a man known only as “the stringer.”
News from Home (& Beyond): The State of German Politics
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 7:30–9 pm
The Factory (Eichenstraße 43, 13156 Berlin) This series aims to provide the student community at BCB with a platform to share and learn about diverse political issues in the form of informative presentations and discussions given by their own peers.
Cafeteria Volunteers from VoteFromAbroad.org will hold a VOTER HELP DESK on campus on Friday, March 20th from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria to help American citizens request their overseas ballots for the 2026 midterm primary and general elections. Many states have June primaries so it’s vital to request your overseas ballot now.
Come to the help desk with your Social Security number (last 4 digits) and the U.S. address at which you or your parents most recently live(d). We’ll help you fill out the rest!
Learning Commons, W16 top floor Join the Learning Commons on Friday, March 20th for a full beginners guide to the free citation software: Zotero. Whether you're interested in its academic or professional applications, take this opportunity to optimize the way you do research and writing. Make sure to bring a computer.
Meet at JJK Hall (W15) or StaBi Unter den Linden 8 Visit the Staatsbibliothek Kulturwerk on March 20th at Unter den Linden 8 with Bisera Djundeva
→ Join a free guided tour of the exhibition → Learn about the history of the Berlin State Library and its museum → Register for a free library pass (bring a valid ID, Meldebescheinigung and fill out the pre-registration form online at the StaBi website)
We will meet at the corner in front of JJK Hall (W15) at 2:15 pm. Those who want to meet us directly on site should be at StaBi Unter den Linden 8 at 3:15 pm.
Culture Show: Pankow Weeks Against Racism (+ Nowruz & Eid)
Friday, March 20, 2026 7:30 pm
BCB Factory (Eichenstr. 43, 13156 Berlin) As part of the International Weeks Against Racism / Pankow gegen Rassismus, BCB is proud to present a vibrant cultural show celebrating diversity, solidarity, and lived experience. The evening will feature a rich mix of performances, including colorful dances, music, and powerful personal stories shared by members of our community. Each act reflects the many cultural backgrounds that shape BCB and highlights how art can challenge prejudice.
We will also come together to celebrate Nowruz (Persian New Year), with an introduction to its traditions, a Haft-Seen table, and a henna station, alongside a shared celebration of Eid. Food will be provided by the Choppin’ It Up student initiative.
Organized by Ash Barat from the student body, the event is also a fundraiser, with all proceeds going to an orphanage in India that has a long-standing personal connection with Ash.
Finish Your Senior Project – When You’re Not Ready!
Monday, March 23, 2026 12:30–1:30 pm
Learning Commons, W16 In this workshop, Jeffrey Champlin (Director of the Learning Commons) will guide you through writing prompts to envision the completion of your senior project in terms of the most important results you wish to share. While it is common to feel like you need more time, you actually already have done significant analysis. Thinking from the perspective of the conclusion at this stage can help you prepare to make the best use remaining time before senior projects are due on April 10.
Democracy on the Line: the Future of Democracy and Hungary
Monday, March 23, 2026 7 pm
JJK Hall Cafe (W15) Come join your Hungarian peers for a lively, slightly absurd, a bit depressing, but still hopeful (and definitely skeptical), presentation and discussion about the upcoming Hungarian elections and the Orbán regime. (Snacks will be provided!) Be prepared for the ridiculous and the deeply honest truth about what’s going on in Hungary, along with some thoughts, possibilities, and predictions about the April elections; featuring the first truly strong opposition challenger in roughly 16 years.
BCB Lecture Hall (Platanenstraße 98a) An outstanding work of Soviet cinematography, Aleksandr Askoldov's 1967 feature Commissar is notable for its artistic qualities as much as for its troubled history. Shot on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution, and featuring some of the brightest stars of Soviet cinema, the film was immediately suppressed and shelved by the KGB for two decades while its director was expelled from the Party, exiled from Moscow, and banned from working on feature films for life. First released under Gorbachov, Commissar won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival in 1988.
Set in Ukraine during the Civil War that followed the October Revolution, Commissar tells the story of Klavdia Vavilova, a female commander of the Red Army, who finds herself pregnant. Forced to request a leave from military service, Vavilova takes shelter in the home of a poor, three-generation Jewish family. Thinking across multiple divides (sexual, political, ethnic, religious), the film is a poetic rumination on human life and the paradoxes of revolutionary politics.
SPOK (Nordendstraße 56, 13156 Berlin) The 4-Hour Race Against Racism is a fundraising event taking place on March 28 from 12:00-05:00pm in Spok (Nordendstraße 56 13156 Berlin), designed to engage students, Pankow residents, and partner organizations in confronting racism through physical activity and collective action. The event involves a 4-hour physical relay race (teams of four runners) with a digital fundraising race, in which each team competes to raise the highest amount of donations via individual fundraising pages. Find out more and sign up here.
Nick Mauss is an artist whose work connects drawing, gesture, and implications of space with writing, performance, and display. His exhibition Transmissions at the Whitney Museum of American Art catalyzed a new poetics of the archive and historiography through highly innovative work with dancers, curators, art historians, conservators, artworks, collectors, librarians, artists, costume makers, and exhibition designers–where the entire infrastructure of making exhibitions was treated through the lens of performance. Mauss has also collaborated with artists including Ken Okiishi, Lorraine O’Grady, Juliana Huxtable, Kim Gordon, and Yvonne Rainer, among others. A volume of his selected essays on art, cinema, dance, and fashion, titled Dispersed Events, was published by After 8 Books, Paris, in 2024. Touching on the simultaneous modes of his practice, Mauss will narrate an artistic method of re-orientation through which counter-histories are proposed. CCS Bard, Classroom 102 Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa in conversation with Evan Calder Williams and Lucas Blalock
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 12–2 pm
On Tuesday, March 24, at 12pm, CCS Bard in collaboration with The Photography Program at Bard College will present a conversation featuring Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, Evan Calder Williams, and Lucas Blalock. The talk will center on Wolukau-Wanambwa’s recent exhibition Scene at Eastman (George Eastman Museum, 2024-5).
More information here. CCS Bard, Classroom 102 Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies; Photography Program.
Forge Project Talks: Marcel Pardo Ariza and Ambrose Trataris, co-founders of Art Handlxrs*
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 5–7 pm
A series co-presented by Forge Project and CCS Bard. In this talk, the co-founders of Art Handlxrs* — Marcel Pardo Ariza and Ambrose Trataris — will explore the future of art handling and the importance of care, coalition building, and diversity in the art world. They will discuss individual and collective efforts that improve the working conditions and sustainability of the industry with a specific focus on BIPOC, queer, non-binary and trans people, and women* in the professional arts industry as preparators, art handlxrs, technicians, fabricators, and other industry support roles.
Art Handlxrs* hopes that audiences will come away from this discussion with an expanded understanding of what an art handlxr looks like, broadening their own perspective and challenging assumptions that are widely accepted through the hegemonic identities of the art world.
Being an art handlxr is based on the act of caring — for an artwork, the artist’s intention, the needs of the institution, the upkeep of the space, and the experience of an audience. Why is this intentional care not an integral part of our labor practices? How can we create work environments that foster inclusivity and access to work for folx from a diverse range of experiences?
Forge Project Talks Forge Project Talks are part of a set of broader initiatives at Bard College that seek to place Native American and Indigenous Studies at the heart of curricular innovation, which includes programming organized by the Center for Indigenous Studies and the Rethinking Place initiative. These programs are made possible by the Forge Endowed Fund for Indigenous Studies at Bard College, generously supported by the Gochman Family Foundation along with George Soros and the Open Society Foundations.
More information can be found here. CCS Bard, Classroom 102 Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
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Monday, March 30, 2026 – Wednesday, April 1, 2026 8 am – 5 pm
Vote for Bard's Fisher Center for Performing Arts--- 100% geothermal facility--- in the "New York's favorite heat pump bracket breaker" challenge! We’re going head-to-head with other Experience Clean Heat sites across the State with the hopes of winning bragging rights.
Round 2 is open 3/30 – 4/1 (until 5pm).
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