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Upcoming Lecture<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

“Ukrainian Bandura Concert<\/strong><\/strong>” New York School of Bandure | Mar 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DH Series 2025-26 (Ongoing)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“The Idea of Diaspora<\/strong><\/strong>” Kevin Kenny | Mar 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Irish Traditional Music & Dance Workshop<\/strong><\/strong>” Bernadette Fee, Dr. Colin Harte, and Dylan James | Feb 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Voicing Aspiration: Singing Bollywood Songs in Contemporary India<\/strong><\/strong>” Anaar Desai-Stephens | Feb 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Arab Music Concert<\/strong><\/strong>” Zafer Tawil, Brian Prounka, Samu Abu Shumays, Nezih Antakli | Feb 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Letra Muerta, Inc.: Literature, Archives, and Design<\/strong>” Faride Mereb & Oriana Nuzzi | Jan 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“History of The Clave<\/strong><\/strong>” Bobby Sanabria | Jan 16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Indian Classical Music<\/strong><\/strong>” Sameer Gupta & Arun Ramamurthy | Jan 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Decade of Fire<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>” Vivian V\u00e1zquez Irizarry | Dec 19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What Is Ethnographic Fieldwork? An Example from Western Sahara<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>” Mark Drury | Dec 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Bad Times, Good People: lessons from the Bronx<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>” Eileen Markey | Dec 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Talent-Retention = Reclaiming Your Community<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>” Majora Carter | Nov 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Mortar Consuming Asphalt, Cannibal Colonialism in Palestine<\/strong><\/strong>” Chris Harding | Nov 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Study Abroad: Bard College Berlin<\/strong><\/strong>” Helene Cunningham | Nov 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Kora Musical Performance<\/strong><\/strong>” Salieu Suso | Oct 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Working as a Poet, Translator, & Cultural Organizer<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>” Ezequiel Zaidenwerg, World Language Faculty, BHSEC Bronx | Oct 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Bard NYC College Admissions & Scholarly Opportunities<\/strong><\/strong>” Roxy Rualadas, Assistant Director of Opportunity Initiatives, Bard College | Oct 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Finding Causation in Economic History: Rural Free Delivery and Black Agricultural Productivity.<\/strong>” Dr. Nathan Eisner, Mathamatics Faculty, BHSEC Bronx | Oct 03<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Fugitive Cosmopolitans: Mobility, Imperial Subjecthood, and Routes to Freedom in the 19th Century Caribbean.<\/strong>” Dr. Natasha Lightfoot, History Department, Colombia University | Sep 19<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Colin Harte<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Assistant Principal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to Poster Gallery<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Dean’s Hour Lecture Series Archive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
SY 2024-25<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Special Guest Presenter: Majora Carter | May 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Ways of Lying”<\/em> Andres Orejuela, World Language Faculty, BHSEC Bronx | May 08<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Pin – Propaganda and Protest”<\/em> Megan McMahon, Visual Art Faculty, BHSEC Bronx | Apr 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Guest Presenter: Larry Kirwan | Apr 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Two Roads Diverged”<\/em> Susan Wittenberg, PBS Filmmaker | Mar 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“An Gota Mor: Music & Songs tied to The Irish Famine”<\/em> Dr. Colin Harte, Associated Dean of Studies, BHSEC Bronx | Mar 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Symbolism of Ethiopia: Legacy & Lore”<\/em> Randy Cornish, Assistant Principal, BHSEC Bronx | Feb 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Black History Month”<\/em> Performance by Amos and Mangue, Civil Rights Lawyer | Feb 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Lamborghini: Genealogy, Reproduction, Repetition”<\/em> Karen Benezra, Foreign Language Faculty, BHSEC Bronx | Jan 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Representations of Heroes and Monsters in World Literature<\/em>” David Franco, Assistant Professor of French and Spanish at Bard College at Simon\u2019s Rock | Dec 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Humanities and Artificial Intelligence: Teaching Writing to Children and Computers”<\/em> Noah Gordon, English Faculty, BHSEC Bronx | December 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Guest Presenter: Dr. Ken Irish-Bramble<\/a> | November 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Historical Memory”<\/em> Kurt MacMillan, Social Studies Faculty, BHSEC Bronx | November 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Guest Presenter: Bobby Sanabria<\/a> | October 16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Mathematics as a Social and Cultural Practice”<\/em> Arundhati Velamur, Mathematics Faculty, BHSEC Bronx | October 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Climate Change”<\/em> Asa Rennermalm, Geography Professor, Rutgers University | September 18<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

SY 2023-24<\/strong><\/summary>\n

“‘Join the Fray in Spreading Truth: Iraqi Schools and Pragmatism, 1921 – 1958”<\/em> Andrew Alger, History Faculty, BHSEC Bronx | April 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Bodhran Experimentation & Innovation: A Lecture”<\/em> Colin Harte, Music Faculty, BHSEC Bronx | January<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Teaching in Rohingya Refugee Camps: Kutupalong and Campt 7”<\/em> Nolan Reece, Math Faculty, BHSEC Bronx | February 8th<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Necessary Fiction: On Painting and Teaching Literature”<\/em> Elizabeth Scheer, Literature Faculty, BHSEC Bronx | March 7th<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

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