Lectures Archive

  •   “Two Hundred Fifty Years of Human Rights Campaigns”   Dr. Linda Rabben has been active in social and political movements for more than 25 years, and she has studied, […] 0

    Linda Rabben

      “Two Hundred Fifty Years of Human Rights Campaigns”   Dr. Linda Rabben has been active in social and political movements for more than 25 years, and she has studied, […]

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  •   “The Only Safe Words are our Words: Language as a Weapon in Argentina Dirty War”   Marguerite Feitlowitz is the author of A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies […] 0

    Marguerite Feitlowitz

      “The Only Safe Words are our Words: Language as a Weapon in Argentina Dirty War”   Marguerite Feitlowitz is the author of A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies […]

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  •   Michael Hardt (born 1960) is an American literary theorist and political philosopher. Hardt is perhaps best known for his book Empire, which was co-written with Antonio Negri. It has been praised by some as […] 0

    Michael Hardt

      Michael Hardt (born 1960) is an American literary theorist and political philosopher. Hardt is perhaps best known for his book Empire, which was co-written with Antonio Negri. It has been praised by some as […]

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  •   “Nuremburg: A Courtroom Drama”   Peter Maguire is a historian and the author of Law and War, which asks the pertinent question: when does waging a war become a criminal […] 0

    Peter Maguire

      “Nuremburg: A Courtroom Drama”   Peter Maguire is a historian and the author of Law and War, which asks the pertinent question: when does waging a war become a criminal […]

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  •   “Humanitarian Action Today”   Joelle Tanguy is the former U.S Director of Doctors Without Borders as well as a former visiting Professor at Bard where she taught humanitarian affairs. […] 0

    Joelle Tanguy

      “Humanitarian Action Today”   Joelle Tanguy is the former U.S Director of Doctors Without Borders as well as a former visiting Professor at Bard where she taught humanitarian affairs. […]

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  •   “Presenting America’s Prisons”   Ronit Avni is a Canadian/ Israeli/ recent American. Ronit Avni is an award-winning filmmaker, human rights advocate and media strategist with an expertise in Israeli–Palestinian […] 0

    Ronit Avni

      “Presenting America’s Prisons”   Ronit Avni is a Canadian/ Israeli/ recent American. Ronit Avni is an award-winning filmmaker, human rights advocate and media strategist with an expertise in Israeli–Palestinian […]

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  •   Lecture on Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s “Kandahar”   Hamid Dabashi is an Iranian-American Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York City. He is the author […] 0

    Hamid Dabashi

      Lecture on Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s “Kandahar”   Hamid Dabashi is an Iranian-American Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York City. He is the author […]

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  •   “Atrocity, Memory, Photography: Imaging the Concentration Camps of Bosnia. The Case of ITN versus Living Marxism”   David Campbell teaches politics and directs the Center for Transnational Studies at Newcastle […] 0

    David Campbell

      “Atrocity, Memory, Photography: Imaging the Concentration Camps of Bosnia. The Case of ITN versus Living Marxism”   David Campbell teaches politics and directs the Center for Transnational Studies at Newcastle […]

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  •   “Africa, Investing in the Excluded: Grassroots Enterprise, Gender and Community Driven Development”   Jerri Dell is the Program Director of the World Bank Institute and runs programs on Grassroots Management […] 0

    Jerri Dell (Bard ’73)

      “Africa, Investing in the Excluded: Grassroots Enterprise, Gender and Community Driven Development”   Jerri Dell is the Program Director of the World Bank Institute and runs programs on Grassroots Management […]

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  •   “American Responses to Genocide”   Samantha Power, from the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University, has recently attracted a great deal of attention after she published a […] 0

    Samantha Power

      “American Responses to Genocide”   Samantha Power, from the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University, has recently attracted a great deal of attention after she published a […]

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