2024 Past Events
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Monday, April 22, 2024
Lecture by Matthew Longo
P98a Lecture Hall (Platanenstraße 98a, 13156 Berlin) 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm CET/GMT+1
In August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists organized a picnic on the border of Hungary and Austria. But this was not an ordinary picnic—it was located on the dangerous militarized frontier known as the Iron Curtain. Tacit permission from the highest state authorities could be revoked at any moment. On wisps of rumor, thousands of East German “vacationers” packed Hungarian campgrounds, awaiting an opportunity, fearing prison, surveilled by lurking Stasi agents. The Pan-European Picnic set the stage for the greatest border breach in Cold War history: hundreds crossed from the Communist East to the longed-for freedom of the West.
Drawing on dozens of original interviews—including Hungarian activists and border guards, East German refugees, Stasi secret police, and the last Communist prime minister of Hungary—Matthew Longo tells a gripping and revelatory tale of the unraveling of the Iron Curtain and the birth of a new world order. Just a few months after the Picnic, the Berlin Wall fell, and the freedom for which the activists and refugees had abandoned their homes, risked imprisonment, sacrificed jobs, family, and friends, was suddenly available to everyone. But were they really free? And why, three decades since the Iron Curtain was torn down, have so many sought once again to build walls?
Register for the event through this Google Form.
Matthew Longo is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Leiden University. He is the author of two books: The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain (W. W. Norton, 2023) and The Politics of Borders: Sovereignty, Security, and the Citizen After 9/11 (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
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Monday, April 22, 2024 – Friday, May 10, 2024
This semester's Senior Thesis Presentations are taking place from April 22 to May 10. The presentations are an essential step towards graduation for every senior, and they are an established and cherished event in the BCB academic year.
Monday, April 22 | 12:45pm-1:15pm, Lecture Hall
Sarah Wolbach, "The New Marriage Plot: Sally Rooney and the Legacy of Jane Austen"
Monday, April 29 | 11:30am-12:00pm, P24 SR 8
Camila Rosales, "Reconceiving Spaces of Consumption: A Look into Interactions in a Berlin Mall"
Monday, April 29 | 11:30am-12:00pm, Lecture Hall
Ana Mihajlovska, "Empty Shelves: Causes of the Toilet Paper Shortage During the Covid-19 Crisis in the U.S."
Monday, April 29 | 12:00pm-12:30pm, P24 SR 8
Tay Mitchell, "Multiculturalism and the Promotion of Yiddishism through Labour Unions: An Archival Research"
Monday, April 29 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, Lecture Hall
Olivia Thayer, "Structures of Change: The Breaking of Binaries in Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook"
Monday, April 29 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, P24 SR 8
Renata Álvarez León, "Reclaiming the Capital: Women's Reappropriation of Urban Public Spaces in Mexico City"
Monday, April 29 | 1:00pm-1:30pm, P24 SR 8
Carla Schwingler, "(In)Accessible Education: A Case Study of Bard College Berlin"
Monday, April 29 | 1:00pm-1:30pm, Lecture Hall
Jasmine Ahmed, "Making Waves in the Pacific: Examining the Reasons behind the Chinese Naval Build Up; and the Potential US response"
Monday, April 29 | 1:30pm-2:00pm, Lecture Hall
Aisha Khurram, "Education as a Lifeline; The Imperative of Including Education as a Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan"
Monday, April 29 | 2:00pm-2:30pm, Lecture Hall
Ayman Ndam Njoya, "Navigating Modernity: Assessing the Leverage of Traditional Authorities within a Republic and Decentralized Territorial Collectivities "
Monday, April 29 | 2:30pm-3:00pm, Lecture Hall
Sultana Taib, "The Socio-Economic Implications of Policy Reforms in Higher Education: A Case of the UK"
Tuesday, April 30 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, Lecture Hall
Mouadh Elarbi, "Microfinance in North Africa: Learning from Past Failures"
Tuesday, April 30 | 1:00pm-1:30pm, Lecture Hall
Anđela Despotović, "In Search of a Mother’s Tongue: Dinçer Güçyeter’s Unser Deutschlandmärchen as a Writing in 'Postmonolingual' Condition"
Thursday, May 2 | 11:30am-12:00pm, W70 SR 10
Eve Sanchez, "A Critical Inquiry into Israel’s Mobilization of Happiness Discourse to Stimulate Normalization of Occupation: Exploring the Relationship Between Governments and National Happiness"
Thursday, May 2 | 11:30am-12:00pm, W15 Cafe
Elma Talić, "Where Did The Enemy Go? Performing LAIBACH In Post-Ideological Era"
Thursday, May 2 | 12:00pm-12:30pm, W70 SR 10
Milica Vučić, "Democracy in Crisis: a Historical Analysis from the Time of Kemalist Reforms to the AKP and How Secularism Became the Defining Force of Turkish Politics"
Thursday, May 2 | 12:00pm-12:30pm, W15 Cafe
Wanda Alvesová, "Staging Authenticity: An Exploration of ‘Real People’ in She She Pop’s Theatre"
Thursday, May 2 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, P24 SR 2
Lara Habboub, "The Algorithmic Oracle: Decoding the Human-Machine Feedback Loop of Value Capture"
Thursday, May 2 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, P24 SR8
Andrea Kalife de la Garza, "A Symbolic Disorder: Language & Addiction"
Tuesday, May 2 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, K24 SR 11
Andrej Jovičić, "Jugonostalgija: The Response to the Aftermath of Genocidal and Economic Violence in Post-Conflict and Post-Transition Bosnia and Herzegovina"
Thursday, May 2 | 1:00pm-1:30pm, K24 SR 11
Salma Barakat, "Settler Colonialism in Kashmir and Palestine: Exploring Themes of Ecocide, Memoricide, and Spaciocide"
Thursday, May 2 | 1:30pm-2:00pm, P24 SR 8
Jacob Horack, "Artificial Cognition: An Ethics of the Creation of Minds"
Friday, May 3 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, Lecture Hall
Maia Angela Villarica, "Democracy and Disinformation: Addressing the Problem of Post-Truth in Social Media"
Friday, May 3 | 1:00pm-1:30pm, Lecture Hall
Harri Thomas, "Peace After Parapolitics: The Red Right Hand of Liberal Democracy and its Challenges for Peacebuilding"
Friday, May 3 | 1:30pm-2:00pm, Lecture Hall
Isabel Castro Dominguez, "Safeguarding Indigenous Cultural Heritage in the Face of Land Grabbing in the Colombian Amazon"
Monday, May 6 | 11:30am-12:00pm, P98a Lecture Hall
Hang Nguyen, "Echoed Narratives: Transnational and Transgenerational Memories of Former Vietnamese Contract Workers in Germany"
Monday, May 6 | 12:00pm-12:30pm, P98a Lecture Hall
Julia Mazal, "Redefining 'Arte Popular' in Mexico. Past and Present"
Monday, May 6 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, P98 Seminar Room 2
Selo Uğuzeş, "Aesthetics, Politics, and Life: Autonomous Zones as Places of Cultural Production"
Monday, May 6 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, P24 SR 8
Lilith Gao, "Limits of Universality: Reassessing Xu Bing's Language Experiments"
Monday, May 6 | 1:00pm-1:30pm, Lecture Hall
Ibrar Mirzai, "Energy, Infrastructure, and Sustainability, Mapping Ukraine's Post-War Reconstruction with EU Alignment"
Monday, May 6 | 1:00-1:30pm, P24 SR 8
Zoe Whiteman, "Metamorphic Digestion: The Aesthetic’s of Fear in La Casa Lobo"
Monday, May 6 | 1:30pm-2:00pm, P98a Lecture Hall
Kai Bradley-Gutiérrez de Terán, "Consitutional Barriers: Evaluating the Efficiency of the German Constitution in Safeguarding Against Fascist Resurgence"
Tuesday, May 7 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, P24 SR 8
Rylee Mora, "Historical Narratives of Artificial Intelligence and their Ethical Implications"
Tuesday, May 7 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, P98 SR 1
Abdullah Zahidi, "The European Union's Regulatory Framework for Crypto-Assets: The Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Regulation"
Tuesday, May 7 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, P98 SR 2
Yensen LeBeau, "The Cost of Being Known: How Overexposure to Media Online Leads to Apathetic and Extreme Identity"
Tuesday, May 7 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, K24 SR 12
Héctor Miró Beltrán, "Byung-Chul Han’s Catalunya: An Understanding of the Catalan Independence Movement through Han's Psychopolitics"
Tuesday, May 7 | 1:00pm-1:30pm, P98 SR 2
Izzy Monroe, "The Subject of Accountability: Bridging Critical Theory and Transformative Justice Practice"
Tuesday, May 7 | 1:00pm-1:30pm, K24 SR 11
Maria Castillo Gomez, "Under the Banner of Peace and Friendship: Latin American Intellectuals Interpreting Soviet Cultural Diplomacy at the 1957 Moscow World Youth Festival"
Tuesday, May 7 | 1:00pm, 1:30pm, P24 SR 8
Leonie Hüppe, "More-than-Human Storytelling and Interspecies Communication in Richard Powers' The Overstory"
Tuesday, May 7 | 1:30pm-2:00pm, K24 SR 11
Gracie Kuppenbender, "Embracing Modernity: An Exploration of Young Indigenous Artists' Search for Cultural Preservation"
Tuesday, May 7 | 3:45pm-4:15pm, K24 SR 12
Grace Klein, "Unveiling the Layers: Deconstructing Ethnic and Racial Hierarchies in Zionist Thought"
Wednesday, May 8 | 10:00am-10:30am, Lecture Hall
Imogen Hilton-Barber, "Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and South Africa's 'Neutrality'"
Wednesday, May 8 | 10:00am-10:30am, W15 Cafe
Katie Lyle, "The Connection Between Death and Nightmare in the Art of Bosch and Redon"
Wednesday, May 8 | 10:30am-11:00am, W15 Cafe
Kaitlyn Woodburn, "Colonizing The Stars: Space Age Aesthetics and High Frontier Visions of Utopia"
Wednesday, May 8 | 11:00am-11:30am, W15 Cafe
Elena Eßer, "Examining The Difference Between Counterterrorism Policies In Right-Wing Extremism And Islamic Extremism - A Case Study Of Germany"
Wednesday, May 8 | 11:30am-12:00pm, W15 Cafe
Júlia Tamási, "From 'Existing Socialism' to Existing Capitalism - What Can we Learn from Hungary's Transition"
Wednesday, May 8 | 12:00pm-12:30pm, P24 Seminar Room 8
Lily Ellerbrock, "Soft Facts of Education: A Student's Guide to Creativity"
Wednesday, May 8 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, P24 SR 8
Fiona French, "Empowered Mothering: Painterly Expressions of Motherhood in Contemporary Art"
Wednesday, May 8 | 12:30pm-1:00pm, K24 SR 11
Christin Alhalabi, "Peddling, Assimilation and Racial Democracy, Levantine Arab Memory in Rio de Janeiro"
Wednesday, May 8 | 1:00pm-1:30pm, Lecture Hall
Drinlon Madani, "The Different Effects of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation on Employees' Job Engagement and Satisfaction"
Wednesday, May 8 | 2:30pm-3:00pm, P98 SR 2
Jasmin Rossi, "Policy Analysis of the Government Subsidized Psychotherapy in Finland - Who is Eligible and Why?"
Wednesday, May 8 | 11:00am-11:30am, P24 SR 8
Lena Brun, "Stories for a Better World: The Interaction Between Jewish Storytelling and Speculative Fiction"
Friday, May 10 | 9:15am-09:45am, P98 SR 2
Bianca Hopkins
Friday, May 10 | 9:45am-10:15am, P98 SR 2
Deborah Cesar Oliveira, "To What Extent do Different Countries' Data Regulations Limit Interpol's Role in Combating Cross-Border Financial Crimes? A Case Study on the United States"
Friday, May 10 | 1:15pm-1:45pm, P98 SR 2
Attila Noyan, "Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001-2021) and the Hazara Genocide"
Friday, May 10 | 2:00pm-2:30pm, P98 Seminar Room 2
Frances Grimm, "From the Mine Wars to a Just Transition: A Marxist Analysis of the UMWA"
Online
Daria Khomiakova, "The Arctic - A Political Struggle for Sustainable Development"
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Saturday, April 20, 2024
Bard College Berlin, Kuckhoff Str. 24 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm CET/GMT+1
On behalf of the Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN) we warmly invite you to a hands-on workshop titled: Open Soil Research. This workshop is about experimental learning, muddy hands, and curious minds! Far more than just the dirt under our feet, soil is a truly complex and dynamic ecosystem. It is a constantly changing mix of minerals, living organisms, decaying organic matter, air, and water. It is the living skin of our planet, allowing new forms of life to come into being.
Guided by workshop facilitators Antonia von Schöning (HU Berlin) and Julian Chollet (mikroBIOMIK Society), the participants will collect samples and – using binocular and transmitted light microscopes – observe tiny creatures as they turn organic waste into fertile soil. Together, we will explore questions such as: Who lives in our soil? What infrastructures permeate the underground? How do organic, technical, and human beings co-exist and form complex soil ecologies?
Important Notes:
The number of participants is limited, so please sign up for the workshop using this Google Form. If you have any questions about the event, please email BCB faculty Janina Schabig at [email protected].
We hope to see many of you there!
Agata Lisiak & Janina Schabig
EHCN representatives at BCB
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Saturday, April 20, 2024
10:00 am – 4:00 pm CET/GMT+1
This event is for admitted students only.
Congratulations on your admission!
We're delighted to invite you to get to know Bard College Berlin on Admitted Students Day. Join us for a day on our campus where you can meet fellow admitted students, attend a seminar with our professors, meet our staff, and hear from our current students about life as a Bard Berliner.
Register now through your applicant portal to decide which seminar you'll attend and begin planning your trip to Berlin!
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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Kuckhoffstr. 24 (K24), seminar room 11 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm CET/GMT+1
Sandy Kaltenborn, housing activist and co-founder of the rent and urban policy initiative Kotti & Co, will give a talk as part of the course Civic Engagement and Engaged Research: Berlin Lab.
Starting in 2012, the tenant’s initiative Kotti & Co turned a summer street fair into a permanent protest camp at Kottbusser Tor (Kotti) in Berlin Kreuzberg. Their protest hut, called Gecekondu, became a central platform to render tenants’ concerns visible and to make the struggle of many accessible and concrete. At the initiative's core were demands that opposed an infinite raise in rent for privately owned subsidized housing declared in 2011. Kotti & Co was impactful in shifting media attention and academic research to the structural problem of social housing and the city’s increasingly pressing housing question, and, most importantly, putting it back onto Berlin’s political agenda. On 17 September 2021, after 10 years of hard, passionate work, the great demand for the (re)communalization of houses was met by the state-owned housing associations, a total of 14,500 apartments around Kotti and in the rest of Berlin. Sandy Kaltenborn will talk about urban policy and neighborhood mobilization since 1990, and the beginning of a housing movement.
Please register via email to Faiza Lynar: [email protected]
Sandy Kaltenborn, actually Alexander Sandy Paul Omar Abdullah Kaltenborn, is a communication designer and runs the design studio image-shift, which operates in social, cultural, artistic, as well as political and urban contexts. Kaltenborn has been living in Berlin since 1990, is co-founder of the rent and urban policy initiative Kotti & Co, and has been actively engaged in socio-political matters for many years. Currently, he teaches as a visiting professor at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle.
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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Lecture Hall 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm CET/GMT+1
The lecture offers an insight into the work of “Freunde des Syrischen Volks e.V.” (FdSV), a non-profit organization founded in Berlin in 2014 aiming at bringing accountability and transitional justice to the victims of the Syrian Civil War. FdSV engages in projects that empower Syrian communities and give them agency in the field of legal development and accountability for core crimes committed during the Syrian conflict. In recent years, FdSV contributed to the arrest and conviction of over a dozen perpetrators in EU countries.
Dr. Usahma Felix Darrah is the managing director of FdSV. He studied political economy, public law and Islamic Studies in Damascus and Heidelberg before working as a lecturer and speech writer for over 10 years. He’s been a consultant in Berlin since 2013.
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Bard College Berlin Lecture Hall (Platanenstr 98a, 13156 Berlin) 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm CET/GMT+1
The initiative Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen convinced almost 60% of Berliners to vote for the socialization of large profit-oriented real estate companies. At its peak, thousands were active in the referendum. There is still an active neighborhood team in almost every Berlin district. How does the initiative organize the involvement of so many activists? What is the relationship with local tenants' initiatives that are active around specific problems in their houses and estates? And what role does the concept of "organizing" play in this?
These questions will be discussed by Kalle Kunkel, who is active in the AG Starthilfe of Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen.
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
K24, SR11 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
The BCB Internship Program gives you the opportunity to gain an off-campus workplace experience in a field that interests you. You can work 10-13h/week in an internship while also exploring various questions regarding work in the internship seminar taught by Agata Lisiak and Florian Duijsens. Most internships are generally unpaid, but 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/individual in Berlin, please save the date.
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Monday, April 15, 2024
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
This online lecture by Maria Avxentevskaya will take place over Zoom.
Early modern medical theories and practices transitioned from perusing ancient texts to processing observations. Keen attention to the human body and its mechanics, standardized training for physicians and midwives, as well as various popular healing methods, created a rich palette of medical knowledge and experience. Many practitioners addressed female health and encouraged women to learn more about their bodies. However, women were mostly limited to practicing medicine within the household. We will discuss the promises and pitfalls of early medicine for women as part of gender relations in science.
View the two readings for the lecture here and here.
Maria Avxentevskaya specializes in the premodern history of science and medicine and the longue durée history of scientific communication, including humanism, semiotics, translation, rhetoric, and networking. Her research has been supported by the Max Planck Society, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, the Herzog August Bibliothek, and the Warburg Institute. Maria is currently working on the monograph Rhetoric and Persuasion in Early Modern English Science. Her publications include the forthcoming volume Signs and Signification in a Global Comparative Perspective, co-edited with Glenn W. Most (Brill, 2024) and Premodern Experience of the Natural World in Translation, co-edited with Katja Krause and Dror Weil (Routledge, 2022). Maria has taught science communication, early modern science, and knowledge in translation at Bard College Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and the University of Sydney. Her science journalism pieces have been republished by the Independent and Scientific American.
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Monday, April 15, 2024
Online (Zoom) 7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
On behalf of the Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN) we would like to share a new exciting opportunity: research stipends for BCB students pursuing independent experimental humanities projects in the summer of 2024.
We welcome applications from students who answer "yes" to any of the following questions: Are you already working on an experimental humanities project that could benefit from additional financial support? Are you hoping to start an independent experimental humanities research project this summer? Maybe one that could develop into a creative component? Have you been inspired by EHCN activities on campus and talking to friends about starting a new experimental humanities initiative? This offer is directed at current first-, second-, and third-year BCB students who will be returning to campus after the summer break. Please kindly note that we have a limited number of stipends to award.
Students can apply via this form and are welcome to attend a Zoom info session on 15 April, 7pm at this link.
The application deadline is 30 April.
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Monday, April 15, 2024
Hybrid (Zoom and K24 SR11) 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
This is a hybrid lecture by Nikolay Koposov open to the public. Register to watch via Zoom here. The in-person location is K24 seminar room 11 (Kuckhoffstraße 24, 13156 Berlin).
Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, a joint venture between Bard College (New York) and Saint Petersburg State University, was founded in 1998. It developed from the faculty seminar “Critique of Social Sciences,” which started its work a year earlier. The goal of the seminar was to explore the role of social sciences as the basis of the then-dominant democratic ideology. Liberal education looked at that time as a critical aspect of Russia’s (and, more broadly, Eastern Europe’s) transition to democracy and as a possible solution to the problems created by the social sciences’ increasing specialization and their declining ideological effectiveness in the changing world.
Since then, Russia has become a dictatorship and has declared war on democracy domestically and internationally. Smolny has survived primarily as several projects in exile. The development of liberal education in some other East European countries (most notably, Hungary) has also been obstructed by the rise of right-wing populism and the emergence of neo-authoritarian regimes. However, the road to unfreedom has been largely paved by the internal evolution of democratic ideology, social sciences, and liberal education. The paper will discuss this evolution using the example of historiography, which, in recent decades, has become increasingly dependent on memory and identity politics promoted by both anti-globalist ethno-populist groups on the right and the anti-discrimination minority movements on the left.
Nikolay Koposov is a Distinguished Professor of the Practice at the School of History and Sociology and the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, USA). Previously, he worked at Johns Hopkins University, Emory University, Helsinki University, and École des hautes études en sciences sociales. In 1998-2009, he was Founding Dean of Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, a joint venture of Saint-Petersburg State University and Bard College (New York). His academic interests include modern European intellectual history, post-Soviet Russia, historiography, historical memory, and comparative politics of the past. He has authored six books, including Memory Laws, Memory Wars: The Politics of the Past in Europe and Russia (Cambridge University Press, 2018), and De l’imagination historique (Éditions de l’ÉHÉSS, 2009). He has also edited several collective volumes and translations.
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Monday, April 15, 2024
Part of the Life After BCB event series
Lecture Hall, Platanenstraße 98A, 13156 Berlin 10:00 am – 11:00 am CET/GMT+1
Whether you are graduating this semester or are still in the midst of your studies, come find out more about what BCB Career Services has to offer!
Together with the Senior Research Colloquium we will learn about the BCB Career website with a monthly Career Newsletter, a Resource Guide, and CV & cover letter templates. You will also find out more about our personalized career counseling; post-grad options in Berlin, Germany and abroad; deadlines for MA & PhD applications; tips on how to overcome networking anxiety, and much more.
This event is part of Student Life's Preparing for Life After BCB event series.
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Friday, April 12, 2024
The Factory 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
Hear ye, hear ye! The Open Mic Night is back for the last time this year, and for the last time with Yensen LeBeau as the host. Finishing up the thesis is hard work, and given that the due date is at 3pm on April 12th too, we want to honor the graduates for all their hard work with a spot on the throne. Gowns, crowns, and capes welcome and encouraged. Anyone is allowed to perform - bring a talent, song, reading, stand-up routine, or anything else that you'd like!
If you would like to perform, you can sign up to do so through this form, as well as in-person night of.
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Friday, April 12, 2024
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm CET/GMT+1
48 Hours of BCB is a film challenge in which students must make teams and will have 48 hours to create a short film.Your team will have only 48h to write, shoot, and edit a short movie. On Friday, April 12th team representatives will gather in the lecture hall for the opening ceremony and receive a random genre and a topic. Then 48h begin: create your movies throughout the weekend and submit on Sunday night. Next week our jury will be rating the films and winners get prizes. The closing ceremony is the following Friday (April 19th, 18:00-21:00).
Register here.
Organized by students Anna Shafranska and Maya Ponomarenko.
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Friday, April 12, 2024
K30 Study Room 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm CET/GMT+1
Last month, a fire broke out in the refugee camp of Tegel, where Ukrainians, who have fled after the Russian invasion, were staying. As a result of fire, many private belongings, from clothes to essential documents, burned down. BCB's Ï Club (Ukrainian Club) wishes to raise funds to cover the costs of translators and document restoration, without which it is impossible to do anything.
The Ï Club will be selling some delicious goods and pastries, so come by and help raise awareness and provide support.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Bard College Berlin Lecture Hall (Platanenstr. 98A, 13156) 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
The BCB chapter of the Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network together with BCB courses 'Game changers in 20th and 21st century Art,' 'Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory,' and 'The Art of Making Videos' has the pleasure to invite you to a film screening and artist talk with Berlin-based filmmaker Maya Schweizer.
Maya Schweizer's cinematic works revolve around questions of history, identity, and memory. Urban spaces as interfaces of individual and collective modes of action are often the starting point of her observation. In her perception of these places and spaces, she uncovers social realities, inscribed narratives, and overlapping histories.
Maya will show three of her short films: A Tall Tale (16'30''), Voices and Shells (18'20''), and L’étoile de mer (The Starfish) (11'). The screening will be accompanied by a Q&A with the artist moderated by BCB faculty Clio Nicastro, Dorothea von Hantelmann, and Janina Schabig.
All participants are warmly invited to a reception with wine and snacks following the event.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
P24 Seminar Room 8 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
Aiming to remedy the lacuna in the interdisciplinary mobility and migration literature, the main objective of the present research project is to examine Central Asian migrant women in Berlin through their commuting experience on public transport. Dr. Cholpon Turdalieva aims to address several issues and questions: To what extent is Central Asian women's integration in the host city influenced by daily commuting on different modes of public transit? How are women's employment, studying, income, and kinship networks realized or imposed in Germany's ethnocultural communities and other diverse multiethnic groups?
Following these questions, Turdalieva's research will be geared to produce academic and practical insights into the intersection of gendered mobility, migration, and public transit. We argue that Central Asian women migrants realize their socio-economic, educational, professional, and other personal and public goals in Germany by navigating their mobility, presumably through public transit transport. In this vein, we may think that automobility technologies, particularly the well-developed public transit in Berlin, empower Central-Asian migrant women by allowing them to move through different public spaces and traverse physical and social boundaries with greater ease and practice.
Cholpon Turdalieva is a Professor in Anthropology Program at American University of Central Asia. In 2004-05, she was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington; in 2004-2008, she became an OSI Fellow and researched the Western travel literature about Central Asia. During 2016-2012, she was a recipient of the Volkswagen Foundation grant and defended her PhD dissertation at Humboldt University. Currently, she is doing her research on “Gendered Mobilities of Central Asian Females in Germany through the Perspectives of Public Transport”. This research is supported by the OSUN Sabbatical Fellowship Program.
This presentation is part of the Faculty Colloquium Series.
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Monday, April 8, 2024
Online (Zoom) 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
This lecture by the Head of the Witness Support Office at the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will take place on April 8th at 5:30pm.
Students, faculty, and alumni are welcome to join this online lecture organized within Prof. Dr. Ajla Škrbić's course 'Sexual Violence, Gender and War'. Zoom link (Meeting ID: 838 975 1341).
Sexual violence is one of the most serious violations of human rights, often resulting in lasting psychological and social consequences not only for the surviving victim but also for those close to them and their entire community. Testimonies from victims frequently trigger a resurgence of symptoms, irrespective of one's inherent coping mechanisms. The re-emergence of these symptoms during testimony can be as vivid and distressing as immediately after the assault itself. Consequently, comprehensive support from all actors involved in criminal proceedings remains crucial.
In this lecture, Ms. Alma Taso Deljković will share her insights into working with survivors of wartime sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Drawing upon experiences from the Bosnian judicial system, we can glean insights into the daily challenges faced by witness support officers. Navigating the psychological aftermath of trauma, maintaining a professional yet empathetic approach towards victims and witnesses, and possessing a nuanced understanding of the legal procedures all intersect in this context. By delving into these experiences, students and other audiences will gain valuable insights that can deepen their understanding of this critical issue.
Alma Taso Deljković is the Head of the Witness Support Office of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and has been working with witnesses/victims since 2005. In addition to providing direct support to witnesses at the Court, she strongly advocates for the development and promotion of the witness support system in the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina and beyond. She promotes the rights of witnesses/victims and improves dialogue and communication with local communities regarding the needs and rights of witnesses/victims. In her daily work as a psychologist and trained trauma and family counselor, she uses her knowledge and skills to help witnesses navigate the process of testifying as painlessly as possible for their psychophysical state. Taso Deljković has been an educator for many years and is the author of several professional and scientific articles in the field of psychology, support, and protection of witnesses and victims. From 2015 to 2018, she served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court for Bosnia and Herzegovina. She also acts as an independent expert on issues of support and protection of witnesses and victims in criminal processes and beyond. Taso Deljković is a PhD candidate in the field of psychology at the University of Sarajevo and an international justice affiliate fellow of Georgetown Law University, Washington. She lives and works in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
Bard College Berlin, W15 Cafe (Waldstr. 15, Berlin 13156) 7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
Join us for an Alumni Talk with Dr. Denise Kripper (AY ‘09), a translation studies scholar, literary translator, and Bard College Berlin/ECLA alumna. As an associate professor of Spanish at Lake Forest College in Chicago, USA, and the translation editor at Latin American Literature Today, Denise will share insights into her remarkable journey, emphasizing the impact of her experiences at BCB/ECLA on her career. The event will close with a Q&A, where she will provide insights about building a career in academia and valuable perspectives on navigating the world post-graduation. Facilitated by Prof. Dr. Matthias Hurst and Dr. David Hayes.
Please register for the discussion through this Google Form.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Part of the Life After BCB event series
Online Event 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CET/GMT+1
You did it, but now what? Come learn about how to wrap up your time at BCB and transition to your next adventure, be that in Berlin or across the globe.
In this session we will cover: How to wrap up your academic time at BCB What bureaucratic paperwork you need to take care of Job seekers visa and residence permit questions
This event is part of Student Life's Preparing for Life After BCB event series.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 – Monday, April 15, 2024
Student Life invites you to attend our series of programs aimed at supporting students as you make plans for post-graduation life.
Alumni Career Talk: Aurora Energy Research with Lucari Jordan (Spring '21)
Date: Tuesday, March 5
Time: 11:45am-12:45pm
Location: Lecture Hall
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, and Research) by completing a rotation working in each.
Bureaucracy in Reverse: Residence Permits, Health Insurance, Paperwork, and More!
Date: Wednesday, April 3
Time: 5:00pm-6:00pm
Location: Online
You did it, but now what? Come learn about how to wrap up your time at BCB and transition to your next adventure, be that in Berlin or across the globe. In this session we will cover: How to wrap up your academic time at BCB What bureaucratic paperwork you need to take care of Job seekers visa and residence permit questions
BCB Career Services Workshop for Graduating Students
Date: Monday, April 15
Time: 10:00am-11:30am
Location: Lecture Hall
Whether you are graduating this semester or are still in the midst of your studies, come find out more about what BCB Career Services has to offer! Together with the Senior Research Colloquium we will learn about the BCB Career website with a monthly Career Newsletter, a Resource Guide, and CV & cover letter templates. You will also find out more about our personalized career counseling; post-grad options in Berlin, Germany and abroad; deadlines for MA & PhD applications; tips on how to overcome networking anxiety, and much more.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
K24, Seminar Room 11 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm CET/GMT+1
As a part of the Civic Engagement Network Course, and the Climate Teach-In, the BCB community will gather to watch the end product of a year-long project of Abdullah Naseer's: a documentary short film, titled Silent Storm, which touches upon the intersection between mental health and climate disaster in Pakistan.
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Thursday, March 21, 2024
KulturMarktHalle (Hanns-Eisler-Straße 93, 10409 Berlin) 7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
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
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Thursday, March 21, 2024
K24 SR11 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm CET/GMT+1
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.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Online (Zoom) 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
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.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Bard College Berlin (Lecture Hall), Platanenstr. 98A, 13156 Berlin 7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
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).
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
P24 Seminar Room 8 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
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.
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Saturday, March 16, 2024
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm CET/GMT+1
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.
- Friday, March 15, 2024
- Thursday, March 14, 2024
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
W16, Learning Commons 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
"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.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Bard College Berlin W15 Cafe (Waldstraße 15, 13156 Berlin) 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm CET/GMT+1
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.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
K24, Seminar Room 11 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm CET/GMT+1
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.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CET/GMT+1
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
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024 – 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
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Friday, March 8, 2024
W15 Cafe 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CET/GMT+1
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.
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Thursday, March 7, 2024
W15 Cafe 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
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).
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Lecture Hall 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm CET/GMT+1
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)
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Part of the Life After BCB event series
Lecture Hall, Platanenstraße 98A, 13156 Berlin 11:45 am – 12:45 pm CET/GMT+1
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.
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Saturday, March 2, 2024
K24, Seminar Room 11 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm CET/GMT+1
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.
- Thursday, February 29, 2024
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
P24 Seminar Room 8 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
By connecting Multilevel Governance Theory (MLG) with Hannah Arendt’s concept of civil disobedience, this lecture by Dr. Berit Ebert elaborates on the access of the gender equality concerns in Poland to the institutionalized policy-making realm of the European Union (EU). Whereas the 2023 Polish parliamentary elections are often depicted as a great success for women’s and LGBTQIA+, it will be shown that translatability of gender topics to the EU via subnational channels is quantitatively and qualitatively deficient. A variety of access configurations depend on the impact of gender roles in national contexts and lead to different legitimacy constellations across EU Member States.
Dr. Berit Ebert specializes in European Union law with a focus on gender equality. She received her master’s (2006) and doctoral degrees (2012) in political science from Aachen University, and a master’s degree in European studies (2007) from Vienna University. Her current research interests lie at the intersection of gender equity, democracy, and the rule of law, as well as the judicial reform in Poland, and subnational influence on supranational policymaking. She is the author of Wie Europa Zeus bändigte. Transnationalität im Gleichstellungsrecht der Europäischen Union (Equality and Gender in the Jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. An Analysis Considering Contemporary Theories of Justice) (Tectum/Nomos, 2021), which elaborates on the impact of EU citizens on the development of the Union’s gender equality framework. Her articles appeared in the Open Gender Journal, Democracy SOS, and The Berlin Journal. Recent articles are “The Power of One Woman: The Progress of Gender Equality in the European Union” (2023) and “Gender Equality und Rechtsstaatlichkeit in der EU. Die polnische Justizreform” (2022).
Berit Ebert is also the Director of Public Programs and Strategic Initiatives at Bard College Berlin. Prior, she served as Vice President of Programs at the American Academy in Berlin, where she oversaw the institution’s academic and public programming. She was affiliated with the UNESCO in South Africa and the Committee for Foreign Affairs at the Deutsche Bundestag.
This lecture is part of the Faculty Colloquium Series.
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Friday, February 23, 2024
The Factory 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
Join the Ukrainian Club of BCB for a film screening and exhibition in the Factory. February 24th, 2024 will mark 2 years of the Russian full-scale invasion, 10 years of the war, and 300 years of colonial violence on Ukraine. The Ukrainian Club invites you to grieve together, support one another, and resist against terror in our troubling times.
20 Days in Mariupol is an Oscar-nominated documentary about the horrors of war and the will to live. As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
"Unissued Diplomas" is an exhibition dedicated to Ukrainian students who were killed in the war and never got a chance to graduate. They used to spend their days in study halls. They had favorite classes and those they dreaded weekly, but after February 24, 2022 classrooms turned into bomb shelters and battlefields. The exhibition will be displayed from the February 23rd until the March 8th in the Factory.
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
P98a 0.09 (Geoff Lehman's office) 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
Of all Biblical motifs, the story of David is not only a favored subject of Florentine art but, in a way, its very emblem. Why? What made the figure of David so resonant that it was cast in bronze and carved in words as well as stone over and over again? How was David's story retold and interpreted, and what were its aesthetic, political, and religious ramifications?
Beginning with the Biblical text, in this special seminar we shall analyze three iconic takes on David – by Machiavelli, Donatello, and Michelangelo -- and probe their significance for Renaissance Florence. By exploring the vision of modernity elaborated in these works, we shall pose larger questions about the relationship between artworks and their context, and reflect both on the art of politics and the politics of art.
Please register for the seminar here.
Participants can read a selection from The David Story by Robert Alter prior to the event.
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Learning Commons (W16, top floor) 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm CET/GMT+1
When it comes to doing complex, large tasks, do you struggle with maintaining focus?
Join us for this practical, short, hands-on workshop designed to set you up for success this semester. There will be a short presentation and then time to implement some of the tools we discuss. Bring your personal device and join us in the Learning Commons!
Part of the Set Your Semester Up for Success workshop series.
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Lecture Hall P98a 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm CET/GMT+1
Legal scholar Dr. Nahed Samour will discuss the ICJ’s decision on provisional measures in the South Africa case against Israel for genocide, its consequences and implications, and the current legal discourse surrounding the decision on Palestine and international law, with special reference to Germany's position. The talk will be moderated by Dr. Marion Detjen.
Dr. Nahed Samour is Research Associate at Radboud University, Nijmegen in the Race-Religion-Constellations research project. She studied Law and Islamic Studies at the universities of Bonn, Birzeit/Ramallah, School of Orient and African Studies London, Humboldt University Berlin, Harvard University, and Damascus University. She was a doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt/Main. She clerked at the Court of Appeals in Berlin, and held a Post Doc position at the Eric Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, Helsinki University, Finland and was Early Career Fellow at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg, Göttingen Institute for Advance Study. She has taught as Junior Faculty at Harvard Law School Institute for Global Law and Policy from 2014-2018. From 2019-2022, she was Core Emerging Investigator at the Integrative Research Institute Law & Society, Humboldt University Berlin. She is member of the Arab German Young Academy and co-editor of the book Arab Berlin (transkript 2023).
In cooperation with the Mellon funded Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement, and Education
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
W15 Cafe 12:20 pm – 2:00 pm CET/GMT+1
The news industry has been in decline for decades, but the latest round of layoffs, closures of foreign news bureaus worldwide, and increased hostility against journalists leave little room for optimism for the young generation considering their chances entering this field. “How do you become a foreign correspondent?” became a question with seemingly no satisfying and universally applicable answer. This shift isn't due to a lack of talent among aspiring journalists, but rather to the features of the world that have changed and the opportunities that were unique to a specific era of the past.
Journalist Joshua Yaffa, in conversation with a BCB student, Jakub Laichter, discusses strategies for the new generation to enter this ever-diminishing field, drawing on their own experiences and reporting from Ukraine. No registration required.
Joshua Yaffa, a correspondent for The New Yorker and the writer-in-residence at Bard College Berlin, has spent a career reporting and writing on Russia and Ukraine.
Jakub Laichter, a BCB student and a freelance photojournalist focusing on Eastern Europe, has been covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2019.
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Learning Commons (W16, top floor) Do you often struggle with managing your calendar and all the different competing assignment deadlines? Do you feel forever behind with your email? When it comes to doing complex, large tasks, do you struggle with maintaining focus?
Join us for three practical, short, hands-on workshops designed to set you up for success this semester. At each workshop there will be a short presentation and then time to implement some of the tools we discuss. Bring your personal device and join us in the Learning Commons!
Using Google Calendar + Google Tasks to Manage Deadlines
Thursday, 8 February from 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Making Your Gmail Your Friend
Thursday, 15 February from 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Maintaining Focus in a Distracting World
Thursday, 22 February from 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
P24 SR8 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
This research from an interdisciplinary perspective, presented by Jana Lozanoska, focuses on international criminal law and the visual art exhibition “Radiography” by artist Henry Lewis and forensics. It discusses the nature of X-rays images as evidence and conceptualizes the term ‘contemporary forensics’ deployed during international criminal investigations of mass crimes by focusing on the standards for admission/authentication and probative value of this type of evidence in the International Criminal Court, in particular for the Lubanga case involving the recruitment of child soldiers. The research critically engages with novel approaches of (re)construction of evidence. It distinguishes between forensic radiology and forensic odontology and its interactions with forensic anthropology in examining the interrelationship between X-ray images and regular photographs. Finally, it examines the theoretical writings of the media and culture studies theorist Vilém Flusser proposing phenomenological aesthetics of X-rays as publicity on the one hand and confidentiality on the other as tension that stems out of forums, courts, or arts exhibitions.
Jana Lozanoska teaches human rights and international law at Al-Quds Bard College for Arts and Science, where she has headed the human rights and international law program since 2019. Her research interests are in the fields of technology, justice, spatiality and temporality, memory, evidence, and visuality. She has published several contributions in this respect. Lozanoska has written extensively across the Macedonian public sphere on issues of reconciliation, justice, and technology. She has contributed to and edited the volume Name Issue Revisited, Anthology of Academic Articles (MIC, 2013) collection of contributions from domestic and international authors across disciplines. Lozanoska has published a novel Living Room (ILIILI, 2015), which ran for best novel prize and entered the semifinal, and two poetry books. Her creative work deals with the interrelationship between memory, body, identity, photography, and painting.
This presentation is part of the Faculty Colloquium Series.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1
All are invited to this semester’s faculty colloquium. The colloquium is a multidisciplinary forum for discussing faculty work in various stages of progress, from brainstorming new ideas to already published work. Each session will take place over lunchtime and feature a variety of formats tailored to the presenter's preferences and objectives. Formats will include a short presentation and discussion of a pre-circulated paper, or a longer (20-30 min) presentation, followed by a discussion. All talks will take place from 12:30 to 1:30pm in P24 Seminar Room 8
Wednesday, February 21 – Jana Lozanoska, Assistant Professor at Al-Quds Bard College
“X-Rays Seeing the Invisible”
This research from an interdisciplinary perspective focuses on international criminal law and the visual art exhibition “Radiography” by artist Henry Lewis and forensics. It discusses the nature of X-rays images as evidence and conceptualizes the term ‘contemporary forensics’ deployed during international criminal investigations of mass crimes by focusing on the standards for admission/authentication and probative value of this type of evidence in the International Criminal Court, in particular for the Lubanga case involving the recruitment of child soldiers. The research critically engages with novel approaches of (re)construction of evidence. It distinguishes between forensic radiology and forensic odontology and its interactions with forensic anthropology in examining the interrelationship between X-ray images and regular photographs. Finally, it examines the theoretical writings of the media and culture studies theorist Vilém Flusser proposing phenomenological aesthetics of X-rays as publicity on the one hand and confidentiality on the other as tension that stems out of forums, courts, or arts exhibitions.
Wednesday, February 28 – Berit Ebert
“EU Multilevel Governance and the Disobedient Gender Movement in Poland”
By connecting Multilevel Governance Theory (MLG) with Hannah Arendt’s concept of civil disobedience, this lecture elaborates on the access of the gender equality concerns in Poland to the institutionalized policy-making realm of the European Union (EU). Whereas the 2023
Polish parliamentary elections are often depicted as a great success for women’s and LGBTQIA+, it will be shown that translatability of gender topics to the EU via subnational channels are quantitatively and qualitatively deficient. A variety of access configurations depend on the impact of gender roles in national contexts and lead to different legitimacy constellations across EU Member States.
Wednesday, March 20 – John Kleckner
“Stick Paintings & Foliate Heads: Recent Artworks by John Kleckner”
This presentation will feature recent paintings and drawings from two series that have emerged in my 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. I 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 my 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.
Wednesday April 10 – Cholpon Turdalieva, Professor at American University of Central Asia
"Gendered Mobilities of Central Asian Migrants in Germany through the Perspectives of Public Transport"
Aiming to remedy the lacuna in the interdisciplinary mobility and migration literature, the main objective of the present research project is to examine Central Asian migrant women in Berlin through their commuting experience on public transport. I aim to address several issues and questions as the following. To what extent is Central Asian women's integration in the host city influenced by daily commuting on different modes of public transit? How are women's employment, studying, income, and kinship networks realized or imposed in Germany's ethnocultural communities and other diverse multiethnic groups? Following these questions, my research will be geared to produce academic and practical insights into the intersection of gendered mobility, migration, and public transit. We argue that Central Asian women migrants realize their socio-economic, educational, professional, and other personal and public goals in Germany by navigating their mobility, presumably through public transit transport. In this vein, we may think that automobility technologies, particularly the well-developed public transit in Berlin, empower Central-Asian migrant women by allowing them to move through different public spaces and traverse physical and social boundaries with greater ease and practice.
Wednesday April 24 – Kai Koddenbrock
“Walking a Fine Line: Germany and the Question of Imperialism”
Imperialism is back in our everyday vocabulary to describe Russian expansionism. Yet the theoretical contours of the term imperialism are notoriously hard to pin down and its analytical added value is often disputed. The term exists as a descriptor of government action to qualify Russia or the US as ‘imperialist’ states. It also denotes the structural logic of capitalism on the world scale which tends towards war, value extraction and the bifurcation of the world into core and peripheries. In this paper, I investigate this dual meaning of imperialism with a view to Germany’s history, policy, and political economy. I suggest a contemporary analysis of imperialism focusing on domestic state-capital relations, military violence, and the extraction of value from the Global South. Applying this troika of imperialism to German state-capital relations, the paper focuses on its corporate giants Volkswagen and BASF, recent shifts in security and economic policy as well as the quest for mineral supplies from the Global South and argue that Germany can be – with some qualifications – called an imperialist state. In conclusion the paper shows that imperialism as an analytical term allows to go beyond the overly generic term of capitalism and is uniquely placed to make sense of a more openly violent world engulfed in war and crisis.
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Friday, February 16, 2024
P98a Lecture Hall 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm CET/GMT+1
Join the Ukrainian student community at BCB for a special event featuring the screening of the movie ADA followed by a talk with director Alina Matochkina. ADA is a movie about two artists Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnichenko, who were erased from the history of art due to oppressive Soviet politics. Their most important project, The Wall of Memory, was cemented. It is a movie about love, resistance, and memory. After the movie there will be a discussion about decolonization and destroyed cultural sites.
Alina Matochkina is a prominent director. Her film ADA was presented during numerous film festivals in Ukraine and abroad.
This film screening is part of the event series "Stories of Resistance": Ukrainian cultural, activist, and commemoration events dedicated to the second anniversary of Russian full-scale invasion in Ukraine and 10 years of war.
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Thursday, February 15, 2024
Lecture Hall 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
Guest lecture by Dr. Aaron Tugendhaft. To register, email [email protected].
In 1194, the Egyptian philosopher and rabbinical authority Musa ibn Maymun (aka Maimonides, Rambam) responded to a series of queries by the Jewish community of southern France concerning the efficacy of astrology. This lecture will explore the religious and political dimensions of ibn Maymun's response within the context of how the nature of the cosmos, and the astral sciences---both astronomy and astrology--- were conceptualized in the medieval Islamic world.
Participants can read Maimonides' Letter on Astrology (1194) prior to the event.
Dr. Aaron Tugendhaft is a fellow of Bard's Hannah Arendt center. His main areas of interest are political philosophy, art history, and the history of religions. His book The Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the Internet was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2020. He taught at Bard College Berlin between 2018 and 2021.
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Thursday, February 15, 2024
Learning Commons (W16, top floor) 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm CET/GMT+1
Do you feel forever behind with your email?
Join us for this practical, short, hands-on workshop designed to set you up for success this semester. There will be a short presentation and then time to implement some of the tools we discuss. Bring your personal device and join us in the Learning Commons!
Part of the Set Your Semester Up for Success workshop series.
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Thursday, February 15, 2024
Learning Commons (W16, top floor) Do you often struggle with managing your calendar and all the different competing assignment deadlines? Do you feel forever behind with your email? When it comes to doing complex, large tasks, do you struggle with maintaining focus?
Join us for three practical, short, hands-on workshops designed to set you up for success this semester. At each workshop there will be a short presentation and then time to implement some of the tools we discuss. Bring your personal device and join us in the Learning Commons!
Using Google Calendar + Google Tasks to Manage Deadlines
Thursday, 8 February from 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Making Your Gmail Your Friend
Thursday, 15 February from 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Maintaining Focus in a Distracting World
Thursday, 22 February from 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Learning Commons (W16) 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm CET/GMT+1
This two-part workshop offers the opportunity to work with renowned journalist Joshua Yaffa on crafting non-fiction prose. Like academic writing, essay-writing for journals and magazines requires precision, evidence, and a sharp argument, but in other ways, the approach to writing is distinct. In the second of the two-part workshop series, participants will have the chance to revise pieces intended for a broad readership. The workshop will take place in the Learning Commons (W16). Space is limited to 15 participants.
Session 1 is on Wednesday, 14 February, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Session 2 is on Wednesday, 21 February, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Register here.
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Thursday, February 8, 2024
Lecture Hall 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
This lecture by Roger Berkowitz offers an account of Hannah Arendt’s thinking about friendship especially as it connects to her thinking about politics. Friendship, according to Arendt, involves intimate conversations between two people who share their views and differences, creating a common world. Arendt distinguishes friendship from love, emphasizing its respect for personal boundaries and thus respect for the friend in their uniqueness and difference. Friendship, in her view, humanizes the world by allowing individuals to engage in meaningful dialogue despite their differences. Arendt believes that friendships can bridge gaps in political discourse and unite people while respecting their diverse opinions. The lecture explores the role of friendship in Arendt's political thinking, its limitations in cases of extreme wrongdoing, and its relevance in today's political conversations.
Register for the event here.
Roger Berkowitz is the founder and academic director of the Hannah Arendt Center as well as professor of politics, philosophy, and human rights at Bard College. Berkowitz writes and speaks about how justice is made present in the world. He is author of The Gift of Science: Leibniz and the Modern Legal Tradition, editor of Perils of Invention: Lying, Technology, and the Human Condition (2022), coeditor of Artifacts of Thinking: Reading Hannah Arendt's Denktagebuch (2017), Thinking in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt on Ethics and Politics (2010), The Intellectual Origins of the Global Financial Crisis (2012), and editor of the annual journal HA: The Journal of the Hannah Arendt Center and the Arendt Center weekly newsletter, Amor Mundi. His writings have appeared in numerous venues such as The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The Paris Review online. In 2019, Berkowitz received the Hannah Arendt Award for Political Thought given by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung in Bremen, Germany.
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Thursday, February 8, 2024
Learning Commons (W16, top floor) 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm CET/GMT+1
Do you often struggle with managing your calendar and all the different competing assignment deadlines?
Join us for this practical, short, hands-on workshop designed to set you up for success this semester. There will be a short presentation and then time to implement some of the tools we discuss. Bring your personal device and join us in the Learning Commons!
Part of the Set Your Semester Up for Success workshop series.
- Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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Sunday, February 4, 2024
Humboldtforum (Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin) 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm CET/GMT+1
We are going to visit the Humboldtforum: A new center for culture, art, education and research housed in the renovated Berlin Palace in the heart of the city. Besides looking at some of the new exhibitions on Asian culture we will also attend a guided English tour about the handling of objects from German colonies titled: "Empty showcases?"
To sign up, email [email protected]
Meeting Location: Ticket office at Humboldtforum (Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin)
Note: Bring your student ID/transportation pass along. The Humboldtforum is located within a short walking distance from the last station of the M1 tram.
Part of Berlin Weekend.
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Sunday, February 4, 2024
12:00 pm CET/GMT+1
Named among the best street food in Berlin by Exberliner, we’ll travel from campus to this Berlin staple. Once you’ve got your kebap in hand, check out nearby attractions like Victoria Park, Tempelhofer Feld, or wander around Kreuzberg.
Meeting Point: W15 Cafe
Part of Berlin Weekend.
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Saturday, February 3, 2024
3:00 pm CET/GMT+1
Join Muhammed Sayed for a sunset hike to the Drachenburg Viewpoint, from which you can see all of Berlin and the surrounding areas. At 53 meters high, it is perfect to get an expansive view of all of Berlin. Bring a blanket and enjoy watching the sun set over Berlin, and watching the moon rise all in one go. After that, join us to have a lovely late dinner in one of the many amazing restaurants Berlin has to offer!
Meeting Point: W15 Cafe
Part of Berlin Weekend.
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Saturday, February 3, 2024
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CET/GMT+1
Join us for a guided tour of the exhibition on 'Black Resistance and Global Anti-Colonialism in Berlin, 1919-1933' at Villa Oppenheim in Charlottenburg. The tour is offered in collaboration with the course 'Civic Engagement and Engaged Research: Berlin Lab' that focuses on current community issues in Berlin, including efforts to address the city’s colonial past. Berlin became a post-colonial metropolis in a largely colonial world: Migrants from former African colonies – which Germany had to renounce – remained in the city.
Berlin attracted actors from African, Asian, and Arabic regions. They formed anti-colonial alliances, demanded independence for their countries of origin, and resisted against racism. The anti-colonial Berlin unfolded in the political forcefield of the Weimar Republic, the end of the monarchy and colonial rule, the ascent of communist internationalism and the rise of the National Socialists. It caused frictions and was anchored in everyday urban life, but its effect as a global movement reached far beyond the city.
Participants are asked to register via email to: [email protected]
Meeting Point: Villa Oppenheim - Museum
Charlottenburg Wilmersdorf
Schloßstraße 55, 14059 Berlin
Part of Berlin Weekend.
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Saturday, February 3, 2024 – Sunday, February 4, 2024
Please join us for the Spring 2024 Berlin Weekend from February 3-4! Berlin Weekend is a collection of free or low cost activities hosted by students, staff, and faculty that offer the entire BCB community a chance to explore Berlin and attend unique events.
Complete list of Berlin Weekend events:
Saturday, February 3, 2:00pm-3:30pm - Guided Tour: Black Resistance and Global Anti-Colonialism in Berlin, 1919-1933 (Exhibition at Villa Oppenheim)
Saturday, February 3, 3:00pm - Drachenburg Sunset Hike
Sunday, February 4, 12:00pm - Mustafa’s Gemuse Kebap
Sunday, February 4, 12:30pm-3:30pm - Visit to the Humboldtforum
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Lecture Hall, Platanenstr. 98A, 13156 Berlin 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm CET/GMT+1
The United States is facing a fateful election and it looks very much like the same two old men, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, will compete again. According to recent studies, the overall public mood in the US is bad. Young Americans, in particular, are frustrated about the lack of reforms and how power is generally organized in the country. While trust in the political system is in ever graver decline, we have seen a revival of the labor movement in the last few years. Grassroots unions are taking on companies like Starbucks and Amazon; established unions like the Teamsters and the United Auto Workers won significant gains in recent strikes. Journalist Lukas Hermsmeier discusses both developments, growing political apathy and union revitalization, and explains what political actors, the Democratic Party in particular, could learn from the labor world.
Register for the lecture and Q&A with Lukas Hermsmeier with this Google Form. A reception will follow the event.
Lukas Hermsmeier is an independent journalist from Berlin based in New York. He writes for publications such as Zeit Online, Die Wochenzeitung, and The New York Times about politics and culture. His first book Uprising – America's New Left (Klett-Cotta, 2022) is about the resurgence of the US left since Occupy Wall Street.
- Monday, January 29, 2024
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Saturday, January 20, 2024
Meet us online!
Online Event 2:00 pm – 7:30 pm CET/GMT+1
Interested in learning more about Bard College Berlin? Save the date and join us on January 20 for Virtual Open Day!
You will have the chance to join a conversation with current students, and attend informational sessions about our degree programs, student life, campus facilities, and more.
View the program and register for the Virtual Open Day sessions at this link.