Category: Lectures
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Black Poetry in Times of Crisis: A Reading and Conversation with Kevin Young and Evie Shockley
On Thursday, April 16th, at 6pm in the Stevenson Library, poets Kevin Young and Evie Shockley will come together for a reading and conversation on writing and poetry in times of crisis. This event will launch the Black Poetry Day Collection in the Stevenson Library. All are welcome to attend. Poet…
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The Why of What We Do: A Reading and Conversation with Ayana Mathis
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan. On Monday, March 30 at 6pm in the Campus Center North Multipurpose room, writer Ayana Mathis will read and discuss her work. This event is free and open to the public. Ayana Mathis is the author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (Knopf, 2012) and most recently, The Unsettled (Knopf, 2023), the…
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Writing the Present: A Conversation Between Editor and Writer
On Tuesday, March 4 at 5:30pm in the Stevenson Library, Hua Hsu and Thomas Gebremedhin will come together for a discussion on their careers in writing and publishing, followed by a reading from Hua Hsu’s 2022 memoir Stay True. Introduced and moderated by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of the Humanities and director…
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Journalism after Genocide: Reporting from Egypt
On Wednesday, October 23 at 6pm in Weis Cinema, Dina Ramadan will be joined in conversation by Lina Attalah. Lina Attalah has worked as a journalist for the last two decades, covering some of the Arab world’s most significant events. As co-founder and editor of Mada Masr, a leading independent online newspaper, she will discuss some of the challenges and…
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Doorways Into Ekphrasis: A Workshop with Ama Codjoe
On Friday, September 13, Ama Codjoe will lead a workshop with students and faculty. In this generative workshop, participants will discuss ekphrastic writing: writing about art. Together we will engage in close reading and close looking. Workshop attendees will leave with a draft of a poem, and with prompts for further and…
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Aster of Ceremonies
Photo by Marc J. Franklin On Tuesday, April 2 at 6:30pm, JJJJerome Ellis will give a performance at Bard College. In this performance, artist JJJJJerome Ellis presents portions of their latest project Aster of Ceremonies. Using piano, saxophone, electronics, and voice, they’ll perform excerpts from “Benediction,” a devotional song cycle…
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Diamonds, Paper, Sunrise: Elemental Imagination in The Thousand and One Nights
On Wednesday, February 21, Yasmine Seale will hold poetry workshop with students at Bard College Annandale. On Thursday, February 22, she will then hold a talk on translating Sindbad in relation to the history of the diamonds and paper trade. She will be introduced by Bard College faculty member, Elizabeth…
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Emily Raboteau Workshop
Workshop with Emily Raboteau, Writer and Professor of Creative Writing at the City College of New York. Thursday, May 11th, 2023 Raboteau visited Peter L’Official’s course, Writing While Black, to discuss her writing on climate change and its intersection with social issues, such as environmental racism. Students read a selection…
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Futures and Language Diversity
Futures and Language Diversity: Art Literature, and Aesthetic Manifestations of the Earth A Talk by Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil
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ON BANANA REPUBLICS
A lecture by Juanita Solano and Blanca Serrano in conjunction with WRIT 354 Plundering the Americas: On Violence Against Land and Bodies with Valeria Luiselli