Ian Buruma’s New Book Stay Alive Reviewed in the Forward
Julia M. Klein writes that Buruma’s work is “at once panoramic and intimate, dispassionate and deeply moving.”
Ian Buruma’s New Book Stay Alive Reviewed in the Forward
Ian Buruma. Photo by Pete Mauney ’93 MFA ’00
The Human Rights Program at Bard is a transdisciplinary program involving such diverse fields as literature, political studies, history, anthropology, economics, film and media, and art history. It emphasizes integrative historical and conceptual investigations, and offers a rigorous background that can inform meaningful practical engagements. The program seeks to orient students in the intellectual tradition of human rights and provide them the resources with which to appreciate and criticize its contemporary status.
Post Date: 03-24-2026
Bard College and PEN America Announce the Launch of the Central America Independent Media Archive
CAIMA was built in partnership with the Russian Independent Media Archive (RIMA) team, and is the latest project under the umbrella of Kronika.Bard College and PEN America Announce the Launch of the Central America Independent Media Archive
Ramón Zamora. Photo by Bernardo Díaz
Founded in response to the escalating criminalization and persecution of journalism in Central America, CAIMA’s mission is to empower journalists, researchers, and civil society actors to deepen investigative work across the region. The collection currently preserves archival publications from 12 media outlets, including the complete editorial history of elPeriódico, a Guatemalan publication internationally recognized for its decades of investigative reporting on corruption and abuse of power.
In 2022, elPeriódico’s founder and director, José Rubén Zamora, was arbitrarily detained after the newspaper published 144 consecutive weeks of investigative reporting on corruption during the administration of former Guatemalan president Alejandro Giammattei. Following his arrest, the newsroom faced political, legal, and financial pressure, forcing nine journalists into exile. In May 2023, the publication was forced to shut down, cutting off public access to decades of investigative journalism. To protect their father’s legacy and the work of the newsroom, Zamora’s sons, Ramón and José Carlos, secured a complete digital copy of elPeriódico’s archive, an effort that laid the groundwork for CAIMA.
“Our goal is to preserve the first draft of Central America’s history and ensure that the work of courageous journalists is never erased,” said CAIMA coordinator Ramón Zamora. “CAIMA is both a shield against censorship and a tool for journalists and researchers committed to exposing corruption and understanding how power operates across borders.”
The archive is designed to grow by continuously incorporating collections from other independent media organizations across Central America that face censorship, shutdowns, or forced exile. In a region where authoritarian practices increasingly restrict access to information, CAIMA strengthens journalism’s ability to hold power accountable and supports deeper, evidence-based regional analysis. To access CAIMA, please visit elarchivo.media/en
Post Date: 03-23-2026
Bard Alumna Sonita Alizadeh ’23 Profiled in Forbes
“Today, Sonita’s message is simple but profound: never underestimate the power of your voice.”Bard Alumna Sonita Alizadeh ’23 Profiled in Forbes
Sonita Alizadeh ’23, Bard College alumna and human rights activist.
Post Date: 03-17-2026
M. Gessen Spoke with WMCU’s Here and Now About Kronika, Joint Civic Tech Project of Bard College and PEN America
Gessen outlined how Kronika has gone from being an archive to a set of tools in response to worldwide threats to free speech.M. Gessen Spoke with WMCU’s Here and Now About Kronika, Joint Civic Tech Project of Bard College and PEN America
M. Gessen.
Post Date: 02-16-2026
Upcoming Events
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5/08Friday11:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today: 2026 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Saturday, April 4, 2026 – Sunday, May 24, 2026
11:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today collects curatorial projects organized by the Class of 2026 at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, in fulfillment of their MA in Curatorial Studies. From solo exhibitions that revisit and reinvigorate historical legacies to group shows that foreground contemporary practices, the projects span diverse disciplines, time periods, and materials.
More exhibition information here. Not open Monday or Tuesday.
Contact: CCS Bard
Phone: 845-758-7598
E-mail: [email protected]
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5/08Friday
OTHERWISE: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2026
Friday, May 1, 2026 – Sunday, May 10, 2026
Massena CampusThe MA Program at the Center for Human Rights & the Arts is pleased to announce the thesis exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts, Class of 2026.
The exhibition is taking place May 1 through May 10, at the Massena and Annandale campuses at Bard College. It features installations, films, and written works by the graduating cohort. The artistic, academic, and hybrid theses are all based on original research by students. They make interventions at both the analytic and methodological levels of analysis.
Below please find the program for the thesis exhibition, including a list of events and showcased works.
Contact: Center for Human Rights & the Arts
E-mail: [email protected]
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5/08Friday
Spiro Spero: Spring 2026 Senior Dance Concert
Thursday, May 7, 2026 – Saturday, May 9, 2026
LUMA Theater
Senior Projects in Dance by Audrey Schlief and Gabriel Medina Maldonado. At the Luma Theater, Fisher Center at Bard. Free and open to the public.
May 7th - 7:30pm
May 8th - 7:30pm
May 9th - 2pm and 7:30pm
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5/08Friday9:00 am – 5:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
BTTI Symposium 2026: Borders
Friday, May 8, 2026
9:00 am – 5:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
RKC & Weis
The Annual Translation Symposium at Bard brings together students and faculty for a series of in-depth, lively discussions of the art and craft of translation and the problem of translatability. Published authors and editors as well as emerging translators speak on panels and come together for a roundtable event to explore translation as a supra-linguistic experience that permeates and shapes modern-day language and thinking.
Schedule of Events
8.45 – 9.00 Meet and Greet in RKC
9.00-10.30 Student panels RKC 101, 102, 103
Alex Leonard
Carlie Thompson
Clarise Reichley
Fiona O’Halloran
Juniper Balbus-Holmquist
Kiara A. Peña
Luca Raufer
Maya Davydova
Noah Weiss
Sam Miller
Zoe Gibson
Theory in Translation Round Table
Elsa Ralske
Shae Camardo
Star Pred
Quinn Moody
10.30-10.45 Coffee break
10.45-12.30 Faculty workshop I: Teaching translation across the curriculum Weis Cinema
Moderator: Jen Zoble – Bard (Translation Studies)
Rufus Müller – Bard (Music)
Anne Chen – Bard (Art History)
Grace deMeurisse – Bard (Psychology)
Perrine Chambon – Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Language and Culture Pedagogy)
Neil Blackadder – Knox College (Emeritus, Theatre)
erica kaufman – Bard (Language & Thinking)
Sean Colonna – Bard (Language & Thinking)
12.30-1.30 Lunch Kline
1.30-2.30 Keynote address: Daniel Mendelsohn, Introduction by Wyatt Mason Weis Cinema
“What’s the Greek Word for ‘Picnic’? Adventures in Translating the Odyssey”
2.30-2.45 Coffee break
2.45-4.15 Faculty workshop II: Translation as decolonization Weis Cinema
Moderator: Gabriella Lindsay – Bard (French Studies)
Alys Moody – Bard (Literature)
Preetha Mani – Rutgers (South Asian Studies)
Jeremy Tiang – novelist, translator, playwright
4.15-4.30 Break
4.30-5.30 Wrap-up Discussion with guest speakers, faculty, and students Weis Cinema
Moderators: Thomas Wild and Éric Trudel
Contact: Olga Voronina
E-mail: [email protected]
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5/08Friday11:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
CCS Bard Method Camp: Research
Friday, May 8, 2026
11:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
CCS Bard, Collection Teaching Gallery
CCS Bard Method Camp: Research inaugurates a new annual symposium at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College dedicated to examining the foundational practices that shape curatorial work and its adjacent fields. Conceived as a space for reflection on method rather than outcome, this first edition focuses on research—not as a neutral or preliminary stage, but as a situated, generative, and often unruly practice that underpins artistic, curatorial, and scholarly production.
Across disciplines, research names a wide spectrum of activities: observation, collection, speculation, verification, immersion, and translation. It may unfold systematically or intuitively, collaboratively or in isolation; it may take the form of archival excavation, fieldwork, embodied inquiry, or conceptual construction. Rather than stabilizing these differences, Method Camp approaches research as a set of evolving practices shaped by context, urgency, and desire. What does it mean to begin with a question? How does a line of inquiry take form, and for whom? At what point does research become legible—or deliberately resist legibility?
This one-day symposium, organized by Mariano López Seoane, consists of two 90-minute panels bringing together artists, curators, and scholars. The program foregrounds case-based reflections on process, offering insight into the intellectual, material, and affective dimensions of research across fields.
Full list of speakers, schedule, and bios here.
Contact: CCS Bard
Website: https://ccs.bard.edu/events/1623-ccs-bard-method-camp-research
Phone: 845-758-7598
E-mail: [email protected]