2025
Friday, October 10, 2025
A Talk with the President of French Polynesia, Moetai Brotherson
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 As the prospects of deep sea mining increase in the region, French Polynesia bears the weight of nuclear testing and unfinished decolonization in the Pacific. Its journey illustrates the quest for justice, resilience, and lasting peace across the region. President Brotherson is from Tahiti. He has a degree in computer science and has held various offices in the region since 2001. In 2007 he published a novel, Le Roi Absent (“The Absent King”). In 2010 he participated in the O Tahiti Nui Freedom expedition, which sailed a single-hulled Polynesian outrigger canoe from Tahiti to Shangha. French Polynesia is an autonomous overseas collectivity of France. He has been president since 2023. |
Friday, April 11, 2025 Union College, Lippmann 100 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 Please join us for the third session of the Hudson Valley Political Theory Workshop this Friday, April 11. Spring Semester workshops will take place at Union College. The Hudson Valley Political Theory Workshop is a new collaborative project launched by Bard College and Union College. The workshop aims to bring together political theorists working in or near the Hudson Valley Region in a series of workshops to share their work in progress, create new networks, and open up possibilities for new collaborative research projects that further advance humanities.We are delighted to welcome Daniel Brinkerhoff Young, Visiting Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Union College. |
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Memory-Studies Talk Series: Elise Giuliano
Olin Humanities, Room 303 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 This talk discusses Dr Giuliano's current research about discourse among ethnic minority populations in Russia’s regions and how to think about the subjectivity and identity of ethnic minorities in multi-ethnic states. Following the end of communist rule in eastern Europe in 1989, most of the new nation-states dedicated themselves to reconstructing a history that viewed Soviet domination following WWII as a departure from their nation’s natural democratic path. Leaders in the post-Soviet states that emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 took a more differentiated approach, especially with regard to the recent Soviet past. In Ukraine, especially since Russia’s invasion in 2022, public memory about Soviet history has become more urgent and politicized. This talk will consider what varied interpretations of critical historical episodes mean for the attempt to define a coherent nation-state and discuss how citizens’ lived experiences and personal family histories interact with attempts by political authorities to define a common public memory. Download: Giuliano.pdf |
Friday, March 28, 2025
Reem-Kayden Center Room 102 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Join the Alexander Hamilton Society at Bard for an insightful discussion with diplomat and public servant Matthew Nimetz. On March 28th at 5 pm, Nimetz will explore the state of American foreign policy under a second Trump administration. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from an expert with decades of experience in diplomacy, law, and public service. Download: Poster-for-AHS-Speaker-EventMatthew-Nimetz.pdf |