June 22, 2026

Dear Alumni,

Late last month, BGC’s Class of 2026 headed up to Annandale-on-Hudson for commencement following a successful Qualifying Paper Symposium on 86th Street. Get to know the graduates and their dissertation and thesis projects here!

To the Class of 2026: congratulations on your achievements at BGC and welcome to the alumni community! In these letters, you’ll find news from fellow alumni (check out the link below to share information about your new jobs, latest publications, upcoming exhibitions, and more), career opportunities, and BGC event listings. I’m looking forward to hearing your news—please fill out this online form with updates!

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

From Amy Estes, BGC’s Chief Communications Officer

Dear Alumni,

Tomorrow is my last day at BGC after an almost eight-year run. Getting to know many of you as students and as alumni and celebrating your myriad successes has been one of the great joys of the job. I am sad to leave BGC and also excited about my next chapter as Vice President of Marketing and Communications at L’Alliance New York.

In my efforts to promote your work and make sure BGC always has current news for its newsletters and social media, I’ve followed so many of you on LinkedIn and Instagram. I’m happy that means I will stay up-to-date on all of the amazing things you are doing. Please stay in touch!

Fondly,

Amy

Alumni Spotlight

At the end of May, many BGC alumni and current students participated in the Theoretical Archaeology Group’s 2026 conference, this year themed “#RESIST.” Leonie Trier (PhD ’25) collaborated with current BGC PhD candidate David Gassett to chair a panel titled “Resisting Master Narratives in Museums,” in which they each also presented; Talia Perry (MA ’23) and Elana Neher (MA ’25) put together the session “‘CTRL + Z’: Resisting Permanence through the Digital,” and they both presented papers as well; Mya Rose Bailey (MA ’25), Allison Donoghue (MA ’24), and Brenna Gomez (MA ’26) organized and presented on the panel “Coming to Our Senses: Interpreting the Multisensory Experience of Past People;” William Dunsmore (MA ’24) and current PhD Candidate Tova Kadish chaired “Disappearing Acts: Presence and Absence in the Archaeological Record;” and I collaborated with current MA student Maria Nefeli Panetsos on a panel we called “Material Resistances, Resistant Materials.” BGC faculty member Meredith Linn also presented and organized a panel—the conference had wonderful BGC representation!

Select Career Opportunities

SCAD Savannah seeks an accomplished full-time professor of art history with advanced expertise in the ancient world, with the demonstrated ability to teach non-Western material across all levels, from introductory surveys to graduate seminars. The ideal candidate will bring deep scholarly knowledge with a global perspective to the classroom, enabling students to investigate and interpret the complex relationships between historical context and cultural production. The ability to teach global art history survey courses with confidence and breadth, in addition to specialized courses in their area of expertise, is essential. Find more information here, and feel free to reach out to SCAD professor and art history department chair (and BGC alum!) H. Christian Carr (MA ’00) at ccarr@scad.edu with any questions about the position or application process.

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) invites applications for a part-time adjunct faculty position in the social sciences department within the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The social sciences department is recruiting a pool of applicants for possible adjunct teaching positions. Successful candidates will teach one or more of FIT’s sociology and/or anthropology courses. Find more information here.

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

**Alumni receive complimentary tickets to attend BGC exhibitions and events. Use code ALUMNI at checkout.**

BGC public programming has concluded for the academic year. Check back in the fall for more events!

Select External Events

Panel—The Tarot in Art History
The Morgan Library and Museum
Wednesday, July 15, 6–7:15 pm

In this wide-ranging discussion about the exhibition Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions, curators Joshua O’Driscoll (Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts), Claire Gilman (Acquavella Curator and Department Head of Modern and Contemporary Drawings), and Frank Trujillo (Drue Heinz Book Conservator) are joined by art historian Susan Aberth (Edith C. Blum Professor of Art History at Bard College and author of Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy, and Art) and Ali Banisadr (a contemporary artist represented in the exhibition) to explore the origins of tarot in Renaissance Italy and its ongoing relevance as a source of inspiration for artists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Free; advance registration required.

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.

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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.