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Roger Berkowitz Spoke with Moxie by Proxy about Hannah Arendt, Surprise in Writing, and Original Thought

“If there was anything Hannah Arendt was allergic to, it was clichéd thinking,” says Roger Berkowitz, academic director of the Hannah Arendt Center and professor of political studies and human rights. Speaking with the podcast Moxie by Proxy, Berkowitz offered an overview of the work of Hannah Arendt, as well as the lessons we can take from her in our present moment in history.

Roger Berkowitz Spoke with Moxie by Proxy about Hannah Arendt, Surprise in Writing, and Original Thought

“If there was anything Hannah Arendt was allergic to, it was clichéd thinking,” says Roger Berkowitz, academic director of the Hannah Arendt Center and professor of political studies and human rights. Speaking with the podcast Moxie by Proxy, Berkowitz offered an overview of the work of Hannah Arendt, as well as the lessons we can take from her in our present moment in history. “What I love about Hannah Arendt,” he says, “is that she always looked at every question, every event, every encounter that she wrote about and thought about, and said, how can I think about this?” Her work was always original and “surprising,” something Berkowitz encourages in his students’ writing: “What I tell my students, and I even tell some of my colleagues, is that, when I read you, I want to be surprised.”
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Post Date: 06-21-2022

Contending with a Post-Roe America, Professor Omar G. Encarnación Points to Lessons from Latin America’s Abortion Rights Movement in the Nation

As millions grapple with the realities of a post-Roe America, Omar G. Encarnación, professor of political studies, looked to Latin America for hope and lessons from their abortion rights revolution. “There’s no single trajectory for how Latin American countries came to legalize abortion,” Encarnación writes in the Nation. Instead, a combination of increased secularization, constitutional advances, and strategic reframing of the issue helped to undo “some of the most draconian abortion laws imaginable.”

Contending with a Post-Roe America, Professor Omar G. Encarnación Points to Lessons from Latin America’s Abortion Rights Movement in the Nation

As millions grapple with the realities of a post-Roe America, Omar G. Encarnación, professor of political studies, looked to Latin America for hope and lessons from their abortion rights revolution. “There’s no single trajectory for how Latin American countries came to legalize abortion,” Encarnación writes in the Nation. Instead, a combination of increased secularization, constitutional advances, and strategic reframing of the issue helped to undo “some of the most draconian abortion laws imaginable.” Similarly, highlighting abortion access as an issue of socioenomic access framed the issue as an economic one. Fashion, too, played a role, with the symbology of green scarves creating “the phenomenon known as marea verde, or green tide,” imagery unmistakably tied to previous political campaigns led by women. Perhaps the most concrete takeaway, in Encarnación’s view, was that criminalizing abortion did not lead to the end of abortion, but rather to the increase of illegal and often unsafe procedures, the “gruesome” details of which “eventually pushed the issue to the forefront in the effort to decriminalize abortion.” Encarnación concludes: “The lesson for the American anti-choice movement here is quite clear: When it comes to criminalizing abortion, be careful what you wish for.”
Read More in the Nation

Post Date: 06-01-2022

Opinion: Civil Rights Attorney Cynthia Conti-Cook ’03 Writes for the LA Times “The End of Roe Means We’ll Be Criminalized for More of our Data”

In an op-ed for the LA Times, civil rights attorney Cynthia Conti-Cook ’03 and Kate Bertash raise serious legal concerns over how the overturning of Roe could impact data privacy and they advocate for more robust protections of our digital autonomy. “The leak of a draft opinion indicating the Supreme Court’s intent to overturn Roe vs. Wade raises huge concerns for how online searches, text messages, and emails can be used to target and criminalize pregnant people seeking abortion care and support,” they write.

Opinion: Civil Rights Attorney Cynthia Conti-Cook ’03 Writes for the LA Times “The End of Roe Means We’ll Be Criminalized for More of our Data”

In an op-ed for the LA Times, civil rights attorney Cynthia Conti-Cook ’03 and Kate Bertash raise serious legal concerns over how the overturning of Roe could impact data privacy and they advocate for more robust protections of our digital autonomy. “The leak of a draft opinion indicating the Supreme Court’s intent to overturn Roe vs. Wade raises huge concerns for how online searches, text messages, and emails can be used to target and criminalize pregnant people seeking abortion care and support,” they write. “Digital autonomy and bodily autonomy are inextricably linked. Just as we need the right to ownership and control over our bodies, we should have the same over our data. But this has not been the case . . . At least as far back as 2015, we’ve seen law enforcement extract data from devices and present it as evidence in criminal cases against women facing charges related to terminating their pregnancies.” Conti-Cook and Bertash also lay out three steps individuals can take to help reduce the digital footprint of their internet research into abortion and related services in anticipation of the Supreme Court ruling.
Read in the LA Times

Post Date: 05-24-2022
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  • Ideas: Professor Omar G. Encarnación Writes “Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Is Part of the State's Long, Shameful History” for Time

    Ideas: Professor Omar G. Encarnación Writes “Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Is Part of the State's Long, Shameful History” for Time

    In an ideas piece for Time, Omar G. Encarnación, professor of political studies, asserts that Florida’s “long history as America’s breeding ground for toxic anti-gay politics” is pivotal in trying to understand how the state’s “Parental Rights in Education Bill,” which prohibits discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools from kindergarten through the third grade, was signed into law last month. 
     
    Rather than understanding Florida as the battleground of a contemporary right-wing culture war, Encarnación discusses “Florida’s dark and painful LGBTQ history,” with homophobic legislation spanning back to the 1950s, and the lack of any formal reckoning with that past as crucial in understanding the politics leading to this new law. “In the absence of such a reckoning, history continues to repeat itself in Florida with grave consequences for the state’s reputation, the welfare of its LGBTQ citizens, and even for the American nation as a whole,” he writes.
    Read more in Time 

    Post Date: 05-17-2022
  • Diplomat in Residence Frederic C. Hof Discusses His New Book about the Secret Effort to Broker a Syria-Israel Peace Deal

    Diplomat in Residence Frederic C. Hof Discusses His New Book about the Secret Effort to Broker a Syria-Israel Peace Deal

    In an interview with New Lines magazine, Diplomat in Residence Frederic C. Hof reflected on his time as a U.S. ambassador and the insights laid out in his new book, Reaching for the Heights: The Inside Story of a Secret Attempt to Reach a Syrian-Israeli Peace. One basic but essential challenge, according to Hof, was that “neither side was ever convinced that the other side was serious about wanting peace and ready to do what it would take to bring it about.” The talks, once initiated, were carried out in secrecy, making significant progress, even reaching the state of “a discussion paper that could serve as a draft peace treaty and a separate U.S.-Israeli memorandum of understanding,” writes Nicholas Blanford for the Christian Science Monitor.

    Full Interview in New Lines
     
    Read More in Christian Science Monitor

    Post Date: 05-10-2022
  • Diplomat in Residence Frederic C. Hof on the Importance of Diplomacy, Teaching at Bard, and His New Book

    Diplomat in Residence Frederic C. Hof on the Importance of Diplomacy, Teaching at Bard, and His New Book

    Speaking with Joe Donahue on the Roundtable on WAMC, Diplomat in Residence Frederic C. Hof talked about what makes for a good diplomat, his insights as the chief architect and mediator of the United States effort to broker a Syria-Israel peace deal, and how his experiences have influenced his teaching at Bard College. “The Bard student body is terrific,” Hof says at the top of the interview. As the conversation shifted to the war in Ukraine, Hof emphasized that, even now, diplomacy remains an option. “Diplomacy is always, always in the equation,” Hof said. “I think we have to keep in mind that diplomacy has to be backed by the potential use of military force if it’s going to be effective.” Hof’s new book, Reaching for the Heights: The Inside Story of a Secret Attempt to Reach a Syrian-Israeli Peace, was published April 5, 2022. 
     
    Listen Now on WAMC

    Post Date: 05-03-2022
  • Professor Sanjib Baruah on How the UN’s Ukraine Vote Shows the Racial Subtext of Global Politics

    Professor Sanjib Baruah on How the UN’s Ukraine Vote Shows the Racial Subtext of Global Politics

    In Professor of Political Studies Sanjib Baruah’s article “Not the World’s War,” published in the Indian Express, he argues that the ambivalence of many countries in condemning  Russia has made the fault line between Europe and non-Europe visible. The UN resolution was supported by an overwhelming majority of countries with 35 abstaining to vote. Baruah points out that commentators have mostly speculated on the interests of the abstaining countries rather than try to understand their positions. “Ukrainians now strongly identify with ‘Europe’ and ‘the West.’ Unfortunately, these concepts are haunted by the memories of colonialism and racial segregation,” writes Baruah. “Orientalism, as Edward Said put it memorably, ‘is never far from … the idea of Europe, a collective notion identifying “us” Europeans against all “those” non-Europeans.’ ” Ambivalence from abstaining countries in “non-Europe,” according to Baruah, should hardly be surprising. “One can’t expect the struggle for recognition as privileged ‘Europeans’ to inspire warm sentiments of solidarity in non-Europe. In these circumstances, abstaining from the vote to reprimand Russia for its war on Ukraine was not an untenable position.”
     

    Not the World’s War

    (Originally published in print by Indian Express, excerpt below)
    by Sanjib Baruah

    “Like sex in Victorian England . . . race is a taboo subject in contemporary polite society.” This is how the late R J Vincent, a highly regarded British international relations theorist, began his 1982 article, ‘Race in international relations’. Behind the diffidence about race, he said, there lurk dire apprehensions about racial divisions in international affairs. Apparently, Alec Douglas-Home, British prime minister in the early Sixties, was among the few politicians to publicly acknowledge such forebodings. Douglas-Home is reported to have said, “I believe the greatest danger ahead of us is that the world might be divided on racial lines. I see no danger, not even the nuclear bomb, which could be so catastrophic as that”.

    His fears were not unfounded. It was during his brief tenure as prime minister (1963-64) that radical Black American leader Malcolm X appealed to the leaders of newly-independent African countries to place the issue of the persecution and violence against Blacks on the UN agenda. “If South African racism is not a domestic issue,” he said, “then American racism also is not a domestic issue.” US officials worried that if Malcolm X were to convince just one African government, US domestic politics might become the subject of UN debates. It would undermine US efforts to establish itself as leader of the West and a protector of human rights.

    Two years ago, the worldwide protests against racism and police violence sparked by the police killing of George Floyd reminded everyone that the influential Black intellectual W E B Du Bois’s contention that America’s race problem “is but a local phase of a world problem” still resonates in large parts of the world.

    Perhaps America’s Ambassador to the UN, Black diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield could have given some thought to DuBois’s prophetic words before commenting on the large number of African abstentions in the UN General Assembly vote deploring the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She vigorously rejected any analogy with the non-aligned stance of former colonial nations during the Cold War. The resolution was supported by an overwhelming majority of countries: 145 to 5 with 35 abstentions — India, China, and South Africa among them.
    Full Article in the Indian Express

    Post Date: 03-29-2022
  • Professor Sanjib Baruah Reflects on Why the Capitol Attack Remains Hotly Contested in the United States

    Professor Sanjib Baruah Reflects on Why the Capitol Attack Remains Hotly Contested in the United States

    Writing for the Indian Express, Sanjib Baruah, professor of political studies, examines the impact of the January 6 Capitol attack in the United States. Tracing the demographics of those who participated in the attempted insurrection, most were from counties “that have seen the white population shrink fast and the non-white population grow rapidly,” Baruah writes. One year later, many Republican representatives remain wary of denouncing the attack on the Capitol, a position Baruah argues is in line with the current U.S. political climate. “The Republican Party’s ambivalence towards the insurrection is largely because of its mainstream provenance and because the ideas and values underpinning it have purchase among many white Americans,” he writes.
     
    Full Story in the Indian Express

    Post Date: 01-11-2022
  • Fifty Years Later, Professor Sanjib Baruah Reflects on the Impact of the Civil War That Split Pakistan 

    Fifty Years Later, Professor Sanjib Baruah Reflects on the Impact of the Civil War That Split Pakistan 

    On the 50th anniversary of the 1971 civil war in East Pakistan, Sanjib Baruah, professor of political studies, wrote about its destabilizing effects and impact on India’s national identity for the Indian Express. “The standard story is that most refugees returned home soon after the liberation of Bangladesh,” Baruah writes. “This is partly responsible for the unfounded myth that India’s domestic political order was insulated from the refugee influx. This is, of course, not how the refugee influx is remembered in Assam and other Northeastern states.”

    Full Story in the Indian Express

    Post Date: 12-21-2021

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Online Event  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5
All of us work and study on a large campus and live in a thinly populated rural area. We tend to inhabit virtual bubbles where we are surrounded by people who see things the way we do. And whether we are newcomers to the Mid-Hudson Valley or longtime residents, we do not always understand the “signs” we encounter. What do yard signs in election season or “thin blue line” flags tell us about the landscape in which we live? What do colonial estates-turned-museums reveal about enduring inequalities? What murals and monuments “hide” in plain sight because they do not match our pre-set ideas about the place we may (or may not) feel we belong to? Who harvests the local crops but cannot afford to shop at the farmers’ market?
 
In an effort to shine some light on systemic racism and anti-racist alternatives in our everyday surroundings, the Division of Social Studies is organizing a “Reading the Signs” roundtable over Zoom as well as an accompanying online archive. The roundtable will also offer Bard community members an opportunity to reflect on the implications of the election on November 3rd, whatever the outcome happens to be.

Call for Contributions!
What signs do you think need reading? What is an image, flag, space, mural, monument, memorial, item of clothing, word/phrase, etc. that points to instances of systemic racism in the past or present? What is a sign that points to anti-racist precedents in the past and/or emancipatory possibilities for the future?
 
In the days leading up to the roundtable, the Social Studies Division invites all Bard community members (students, staff, and faculty) to send photos, videos, audio recordings, and other documents of systemic racism and anti-racism to [email protected].
 
All contributions must be accompanied by a brief written statement (anything from a few sentences to a substantial paragraph) that provides initial context, explanation, and interpretation.
 
The roundtable will feature many of these contributions, which can be made anonymous upon request. The Division of Social Studies will also maintain an online archive of signs that will be available to Bard community members before and after the event.

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Thursday, November 12, 2020
Online Event  2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST/GMT-5
This event will take place at 8pm Vienna time.Join Zoom EventThis event is sponsored by the Open Society University Network

More than a week after the election, results may remain unclear but the narrative of “where we go from here” will have started to form. Professor Walter Russell Mead and Matt Taibbi, author, journalist, and contributing editor for Rolling Stone, will discuss the future of US foreign policy and the immediate lessons of the 2020 election.

Matt Taibbi '92 is a journalist, contributing editor for Rolling Stone, and the author of several bestselling books including, most recently, Hate Inc., an incisive look into how media is “manufacturing discontent” and driving polarization in the US. Taibbi is also the publisher of a newsletter on Substack and cohost of the Useful Idiots podcast.

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Monday, November 9, 2020
A live broadcast of “How to Fix Democracy,” a talk-show hosted by Andrew Keen and produced by Bertelsmann Foundation and Humanity in Action
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center  5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
This is a hybrid event, with a maximum of 20 Bard students attending in person at the Ottaway Film Center. Students interested in attending in person may RSVP to Nik Slackman at [email protected].

We invite additional members of the campus community and the public to attend via Zoom webinar.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2020
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art  Marking one week prior to the presidential election and flying until the votes have been counted and the election results are ratified, CCS Bard will present Flag, 2005, by Frank Benson. Flag was first flown at CCS Bard in 2005 as part of an exhibition titled Uncertain States of America. Fifteen years later, the echoes of that title reverberate through our media as well as our psyches. Hoisting Flag at this time, on the 50-ft. pole at the entrance to the Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art, provides a visual representation of the distorted and perilous period in which we live, as the nation struggles through several simultaneous crises and hurtles toward the most consequential election of our lives.


Monday, November 2, 2020
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art  Marking one week prior to the presidential election and flying until the votes have been counted and the election results are ratified, CCS Bard will present Flag, 2005, by Frank Benson. Flag was first flown at CCS Bard in 2005 as part of an exhibition titled Uncertain States of America. Fifteen years later, the echoes of that title reverberate through our media as well as our psyches. Hoisting Flag at this time, on the 50-ft. pole at the entrance to the Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art, provides a visual representation of the distorted and perilous period in which we live, as the nation struggles through several simultaneous crises and hurtles toward the most consequential election of our lives.


Sunday, November 1, 2020
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art  Marking one week prior to the presidential election and flying until the votes have been counted and the election results are ratified, CCS Bard will present Flag, 2005, by Frank Benson. Flag was first flown at CCS Bard in 2005 as part of an exhibition titled Uncertain States of America. Fifteen years later, the echoes of that title reverberate through our media as well as our psyches. Hoisting Flag at this time, on the 50-ft. pole at the entrance to the Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art, provides a visual representation of the distorted and perilous period in which we live, as the nation struggles through several simultaneous crises and hurtles toward the most consequential election of our lives.


Saturday, October 31, 2020
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art  Marking one week prior to the presidential election and flying until the votes have been counted and the election results are ratified, CCS Bard will present Flag, 2005, by Frank Benson. Flag was first flown at CCS Bard in 2005 as part of an exhibition titled Uncertain States of America. Fifteen years later, the echoes of that title reverberate through our media as well as our psyches. Hoisting Flag at this time, on the 50-ft. pole at the entrance to the Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art, provides a visual representation of the distorted and perilous period in which we live, as the nation struggles through several simultaneous crises and hurtles toward the most consequential election of our lives.


Friday, October 30, 2020
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art  Marking one week prior to the presidential election and flying until the votes have been counted and the election results are ratified, CCS Bard will present Flag, 2005, by Frank Benson. Flag was first flown at CCS Bard in 2005 as part of an exhibition titled Uncertain States of America. Fifteen years later, the echoes of that title reverberate through our media as well as our psyches. Hoisting Flag at this time, on the 50-ft. pole at the entrance to the Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art, provides a visual representation of the distorted and perilous period in which we live, as the nation struggles through several simultaneous crises and hurtles toward the most consequential election of our lives.


Thursday, October 29, 2020
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art  Marking one week prior to the presidential election and flying until the votes have been counted and the election results are ratified, CCS Bard will present Flag, 2005, by Frank Benson. Flag was first flown at CCS Bard in 2005 as part of an exhibition titled Uncertain States of America. Fifteen years later, the echoes of that title reverberate through our media as well as our psyches. Hoisting Flag at this time, on the 50-ft. pole at the entrance to the Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art, provides a visual representation of the distorted and perilous period in which we live, as the nation struggles through several simultaneous crises and hurtles toward the most consequential election of our lives.


Wednesday, October 28, 2020
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art  Marking one week prior to the presidential election and flying until the votes have been counted and the election results are ratified, CCS Bard will present Flag, 2005, by Frank Benson. Flag was first flown at CCS Bard in 2005 as part of an exhibition titled Uncertain States of America. Fifteen years later, the echoes of that title reverberate through our media as well as our psyches. Hoisting Flag at this time, on the 50-ft. pole at the entrance to the Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art, provides a visual representation of the distorted and perilous period in which we live, as the nation struggles through several simultaneous crises and hurtles toward the most consequential election of our lives.


Tuesday, October 27, 2020
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art  Marking one week prior to the presidential election and flying until the votes have been counted and the election results are ratified, CCS Bard will present Flag, 2005, by Frank Benson. Flag was first flown at CCS Bard in 2005 as part of an exhibition titled Uncertain States of America. Fifteen years later, the echoes of that title reverberate through our media as well as our psyches. Hoisting Flag at this time, on the 50-ft. pole at the entrance to the Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art, provides a visual representation of the distorted and perilous period in which we live, as the nation struggles through several simultaneous crises and hurtles toward the most consequential election of our lives.


Thursday, October 22, 2020
  Online Event  6:30 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Jessica Segal, a candidate for Dutchess County Court Judge on the Democratic and Green tickets will visit Bard to talk about her campaign and judicial elections. A Q&A will follow.



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Wednesday, October 7, 2020
  Online Event  6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Assembly Member Kevin Cahill who represents the 103rd District in the New State Assembly (which includes Bard College) will be visiting campus to discuss his campaign for re-election.

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Friday, October 2, 2020
Mastering the Interview
Online Event  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
The Bard Globalization and International Affairs program will be hosting a professional development series so that you can learn more about the program and get a glimpse of what we offer. Brush up on your cover letter and resume writing and get updated tips on interviewing amid the time of Covid-19. Click on the Event Brite link to sign up and learn more. 


Thursday, October 1, 2020
Cutting-edge cover letters
Online Event  4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
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The Bard Globalization and International Affairs program will be hosting a professional development series so that you can learn more about the program and get a glimpse of what we offer. Brush up on your cover letter and resume writing and get updated tips on interviewing amid the time of Covid-19. Click on the Event Brite link to sign up and learn more. 


Thursday, October 1, 2020
Online Event  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Dr. Kiron Skinner, former director for policy planning at the US State Department and senior adviser to the Secretary of State, will join Walter Russell Mead to discuss what a second Trump administration's foreign policy priorities and challenges might be.

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The Power of the Public Intellectual Series, moderated by Bard College Professor and Wall Street Journal “Global View” columnist Walter Russell Mead, is a series of virtual dialogues focused on the stakes and core issues of the 2020 US election. Professor Mead will be joined by distinguished policy experts, academics, and public servants to discuss the choice America will make this November. Over the course of several livestreamed events, the series will provide insight into both campaigns’ perspectives and the potential consequences, particularly for foreign policy, of either outcome.Kiron Skinner, Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics at Carnegie Mellon University, was senior policy adviser to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Skinner also served as director of policy planning, one of the State Department’s most influential positions.. Skinner also serves as director of policy planning, one of the State Department’s most influential positions. Skinner is the founding director of Carnegie Mellon’s Institute for Politics and Strategy (IPS) and a renowned expert in foreign policy. She served on President Trump’s national security transition team in 2016.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Resume writing
Online Event  10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT/GMT-4
The Bard Globalization and International Affairs program will be hosting a professional development series so that you can learn more about the program and get a glimpse of what we offer. Brush up on your cover letter and resume writing and get updated tips on interviewing amid the time of Covid-19. Click on the Event Brite link to sign up and learn more. 


Thursday, September 24, 2020
  Online Event  5:30 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
PS 265 Campaign 2020 will host Karen S. Smythe, who is running as the Democratic nominee for the New York State Senate in the 41st Senate District for a talk and Q&A. The event is open to the Bard community. 

Join via Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/93787740088?pwd=aExsNVNxekxBVlpnQWxwY2g4R09RQT09
 


Friday, September 18, 2020
  Online Event  1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Students beginning Senior Projects in Political Studies and related programs are invited to join librarians Jeremy Hall and Alexa Murphy for a one-hour workshop to learn strategies for navigating the library's resources, searching effectively, and accessing sources.

Topic: Research Workshop for Political Studies Seniors
Time: September 18, 2020 1:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Monday, March 9, 2020
Study Away in NYC! Experience International Affairs First-Hand
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium  5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Meet with BGIA Director Elmira Bayrasli and Associate Dean of Civic Engagement and Director of Strategic Partnerships Brian Mateo for an overview about the program based in NYC, including:

- BGIA faculty and course offerings
- Internships and student projects
- Our dorms in NYC
- How to apply to BGIA
- Q&A


Thursday, March 5, 2020
  Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium  6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Anna Rosmus, an author and researcher whose high school essay exposed the Nazi past of her home town, will speak about her research and experiences, the importance of historical truth, and the challenges of being labeled a traitor, following the showing of The Nasty Girl, a film based on Anna’s life. Cosponsored by Center for Civic Engagement, German Studies, Hannah Arendt Center, Historical Studies, Political Studies.


Friday, February 21, 2020
  Neil Roberts; Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Political Theory, and the Philosophy of Religion at Williams College
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium  2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST/GMT-5
His talk features pieces of his latest book project that examines what it means to live free, the challenges of genres of pessimism, and finally provides a way forward for the pessimistic.  
Neil Roberts received a B.A. in Afro-American Studies and Law & Public Policy from Brown University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago with a specialization in political theory. A high school teacher, debate coach, and NCAA Division 1 soccer player prior to graduate school, Roberts is the recipient of fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation as well as a member of the Caribbean Philosophical Association Board of Directors.

His present writings deal with the intersections of Caribbean, Continental, and North American political theory with respect to theorizing the concepts of freedom and agency. Roberts is co-editor of both the CAS Working Papers in Africana Studies Series (with Ben Vinson) and a collection of essays (with Jane Anna Gordon) on the theme Creolizing Rousseau (2015), and he is the guest editor of a Theory & Event symposium on the Trayvon Martin case. In addition to being on the Executive Editorial Board of the journal Political Theory and former Chair of CPA Publishing Partnerships that includes The C.L.R. James Journal and books with Rowman and Littlefield International, he is author of the award-winning book Freedom as Marronage (University of Chicago Press, 2015) and the collaborative work Journeys in Caribbean Thought (2016). His most recent book is A Political Companion to Frederick Douglass (2018) from The University Press of Kentucky. Roberts served as President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association from 2016 to December 2019. Since July 2018, he has been the W. Ford Schumann Faculty Fellow in Democratic Studies.


Political Studies Resources

  • Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program
  • Political Studies Library Resources
  • Hannah Arendt Center
  • Center for Civic Engagement
  • Center for the Study of the Drone
  • Bard Abroad
  • Division of Social Studies
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