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2018

Screening of No Human Is Illegal, with Discussion to Follow Thursday, December 6, 2018 Campus Center, Weis Cinema 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Naila and the Uprising: Screening and Discussion Tuesday, December 4, 2018 Campus Center, Weis Cinema 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
The Concept of the Public: Between Recognition and Negativity: Lunchtime Talk by Artemy Magun Monday, December 3, 2018 Arendt Center 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Thinking about Antisemitism in the Wake of Pittsburgh and the Midterms Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Arendt Center 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
A Poetic Mythology for an Age of Anger?
The Furious Construction of Subjectivity in 13th-Century Kabbalah

Dr. Nathaniel Berman
Rahel Varnhagen Professor of International Affairs, Law, and Modern Culture, Brown University

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Olin Humanities, Room 102 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm
Film Screening: In Search of The Last Agora Thursday, November 15, 2018 Barringer House  7:15 pm – 9:00 pm
Boris Vormann Lunchtime Talk: Part I: The Crisis of Democracy so Far
 
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Arendt Center 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Adam Takács Lunchtime Talk: Democracy, Fascism, and the question of Socialist Society in Georg Lukács’s Post-War Political Writings Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Arendt Center 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Citizenship and Civil Disobedience Thursday, October 11, 2018 – Friday, October 12, 2018 Olin Humanities Building 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
So Noted: Selections of Marginalia in the Hannah Arendt Library 
Reception: Wednesday, October 10, 4:00–5:30 p.m., Stevenson Library
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 – Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library 
Lunchtime Talk with Michael Weinman
Arendt after Postmodernity: Humanistic Social Research and Contemporary Political Culture
Monday, October 1, 2018 Arendt Center 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Art and Opinion Contest: Sponsored by the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College Wednesday, September 19, 2018 – Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Arendt Center 
The Supreme Court at a Critical Juncture: Where Are We Headed?
Sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement, the Hannah Arendt Center, and the Human Rights Project 
Monday, September 17, 2018 Reem-Kayden Center, Room 103 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
We're Hiring! Student Fellowship at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities for the 2018–2019 Year Wednesday, July 18, 2018 – Friday, August 31, 2018 Arendt Center 
Lunchtime Talk with Klemens von Klemperer Post Doctoral Fellow, Libby Barringer Tuesday, May 15, 2018 Arendt Center 3:30 pm
Reopened! Call for Applications: Fall 2018 Student Workshop, “How to Change the World: Theories and Practices”
With National Endowment for the Humanities / Hannah Arendt Center Distinguished Visiting Fellows Chiara Ricciardone, PhD, and Micah White, PhD
Monday, May 14, 2018 – Sunday, July 1, 2018 Arendt Center 
A Discussion with Evie Litwok
Queer, Jewish, and Imprisoned
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 RKC 103; Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Crisis in Russian-American Relations: What Is to Be Done? Monday, April 30, 2018 Preston Theater 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Conversation on Courage Dinner Series, with Michele Dominy
Hosted by: The Hannah Arendt Center
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 Arendt Center 6:00 pm
David Van Reybrouck presents, “Why Elections Are Bad for Democracy”
Monday, April 23, 2018 Blithewood 6:00 pm
Radical Vision
Cocurated by Brian Tate and New York Live Arts in partnership with the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 – Sunday, April 22, 2018 New York, NY 
  Lecture by Hope Hall, Obama's Videographer Monday, April 16, 2018 Campus Center, Weis Cinema 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Book Presentation with Jerome Kohn: Thinking Without a Banister: Essays in Understanding, 1953–1975, in conversation with Thomas Wild Thursday, April 12, 2018 Olin Humanities, Room 102 6:00 pm
Conversation on Courage Dinner Series, with Rabbi David Nelson
Hosted by: The Hannah Arendt Center
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 Arendt Center 6:00 pm
Conversation on Courage Dinner Series, with Prof. Roger Berkowitz Monday, April 9, 20186:00 pm
Film Screening: The Settlers
Hosted by: The Hannah Arendt Center, the Human Rights Project, and the Jewish Studies Program
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Campus Center, Weis Cinema 7:00 pm
Courage to Be College Seminar Dinner & Lecture Series, with Whitney Dow
Hosted by: The Hannah Arendt Center
Monday, March 12, 2018 Blithewood 6:00 pm
(CANCELED) The Arendt Edition Series presents: "An Introduction to Politics" with Marcus Llanque Thursday, March 8, 2018 Olin Humanities, Room 203 6:30 pm
Two Towns of Jasper Film Screening Wednesday, March 7, 2018 Campus Center, Weis Cinema 7:00 pm
Courage to Be College Seminar Dinner & Lecture Series, with Rev. Sylvia E. Sumter
Hosted by: The Hannah Arendt Center
Monday, March 5, 2018 Blithewood 6:00 pm
Dinner and Discussion with author Anne Nelson: Nazi Berlin and Paris: Lessons in Resistance Monday, February 26, 2018 Arendt Center 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bad Art, Its Cause and Cure
David Bromwich, Sterling Professor of English, Yale University
Thursday, February 22, 2018 RKC 103 5:00 pm
A Conversation with Chelsea Manning Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Courage to Be College Seminar Dinner & Lecture Series, with Doug Menuez: The Face Of Courage
Hosted by: The Hannah Arendt Center
Monday, February 19, 2018 Blithewood 6:00 pm
The Witness's Two Bodies: Primo Levi, Anne Frank, Jorge Semprún
a lecture by
Prof. Anna Maria Mariani (University of Chicago)

respondent
Prof. Francine Prose (Bard College)
 

Thursday, February 15, 2018 Olin Humanities, Room 102 5:00 pm
They Mistook a Backlash for a Movement: Black Men and the Doom of Western Civilization
A Tough Talk with Tommy Curry, and Discussion Moderated by Dana Miranda
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 Kline, Faculty Dining Room 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
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