August 14, 2025

Dear Alumni,

August is often a month of great trepidation for me, since it brings the end of summer for those of us on the academic calendar. I realized the back-to-school season was upon us last week when I participated in a seminar on nineteenth-century American photography at the American Antiquarian Society (AAS). I had a wonderful time working with the AAS collection and meeting new colleagues, but I also realized that I will return to the classroom officially in a matter of weeks. In the meantime, let’s make the most of the remainder of August!

If you have news from the summer months or exciting developments ahead in the fall, please share your latest via the online form!

All best,

Julia Carabatsos (MA ’22)
alumni@bgc.bard.edu

Alumni Spotlight

Sarah Reetz (MA ’18) attended the A3TEX Research Center Summer School in Archaeometry, Conservation, and Digitization of Archaeological Textiles at the University of Rome, Sapienza. This interdisciplinary program combined archaeology, materials science, and advanced diagnostic techniques in the analysis of archaeological textiles. Well done, Sarah!

Select Career Opportunities

The American Academy in Rome seeks an advancement manager of individual giving. The advancement manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities for the scope of the individual giving program. The advancement manager proactively manages their own pool of individual donors and prospects as well as the donor pipeline process for institutional leadership. In this role, the manager works to determine the giving capacity of donor prospects and strategically cultivate and solicit higher levels of giving from current donors. A critical member of a close-knit team, this position contributes significantly to the successful execution of annual appeal cycles with accuracy and timeliness.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Fashion and Textiles is hiring a research assistant professor in Chinese historical textiles. Find more information at the attached link.

The Vienna Center for Advanced Studies (ViCAS) invites applications for its Early-Career Fellowship Program for the 2026–27 academic year. ViCAS offers a stimulating and supportive environment for international early-career researchers from all academic disciplines pursuing ambitious, curiosity-driven projects that transcend disciplinary boundaries. Applications are due on September 1.

For more job listings please visit the BGC job board.
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Select Internal Events

BGC recently announced its Wednesdays@BGC programming. Tickets are going fast, so get yours today!

The BGC Summer Book Sale runs online through August 31 only. While these sales can’t be combined with our ALUMNI discount, the prices are amazing. Many exhibition catalogues and books in the Cultural Histories of the Material World series are available for as little as $5 to $12.

Shop the BGC Store!

Visit our online store at store.bgc.bard.edu for 40% off all items. Enter code ALUMNI at checkout to receive the discount.

Sign up for Gaggle!

Gaggle.mail is an opt-in list-serv that serves as a place to share job openings, conference attendance, published books/articles, and exhibition openings directly with fellow alums. It’s a communication forum for alumni, by alumni. To circulate your news in the Gaggle group, send an email to bgcalumni@gaggle.email.