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Writing the Hamat’sa Virtual Book Launch
November 4 at 6 pm
Zoom
Bard Graduate Center, Documentary Education Resources (DER), and UBC Press invite you to join author Aaron Glass, Kwakwaka’wakw descendant Andy Everson, and moderator Philip Deloria for an engaging discussion about Writing the Hamat’sa. Over ten years in the making, this comprehensive publication covers two centuries of writing about the Hamat’sa, famously known as the Cannibal Dance. The dance is among the most important hereditary prerogatives of the Kwakwaka’wakw of British Columbia. In 2004, Aaron Glass produced a 33 minute film about his research on the dance called “In Search of the Hama’tsta.” Please join us as Aaron reads from his book and shares a short clip of the film, followed by a discussion about Writing the Hamat’sa.
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Upcoming:
Rhizomatic Forms and Global Black Aesthetics
November 9 at 12:15 pm
Zoom
Monica L. Miller will examine recently published memoirs and fictional accounts of growing up Black and Swedish and argue that the ways in which they experience and navigate Sweden’s racial regime and often, at least rhetorically, describe their way to Swedishness and Blackness, happens by way of an exploration of a sense of diasporic Blackness that is best figured as rhizomatic. This rhizomatic thinking reconfigures the way in which we think about the space/time of Blackness, and opens up theorization and recognition of Black identities in a globally inclusive frame. These identities are related to, but not limited by, experiences of anti-Blackness, and rather serve in the creation of an affiliative Black consciousness.
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Histories of Lead Activism in America
November 10 at 6 pm
Zoom
This conversation, organized by Dr. Richard McKinley Mizelle, Jr. (University of Houston), will highlight key moments in the long fight against environmental racism led by Black activists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Open House for Prospective Students
November 14 at 11 am
38 West 86th Street — Lecture Hall
Bard Graduate Center Open Houses give prospective students the opportunity to learn much more about our MA and PhD programs. You’ll have the chance to hear from our faculty about their research and teaching, meet students, and see our spaces. The November open house will be hosted by our dean, Peter Miller, and will include faculty members Meredith Linn, Jennifer Mass, Caspar Meyer, and Andrew Morrall.
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Majolica Speaks! Verbal Description Tour
November 11 at 6 pm
Zoom
Explore the objects in Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850–1915 through verbal description and discussion. An experienced guide will describe objects in the exhibition, sharing details of their form, materiality, and aesthetic nature, for the enjoyment of visitors with low vision and blindness. Group discussion takes place throughout the program. Registration is required.
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Majolica Poetry Reading
November 15 at 6 pm
Zoom
Acclaimed poets Wayne Koestenbaum, Sally Wen Mao, S*an D. Henry Smith, and Stacy Szymaszek share the poems they wrote for our Majolica Mania exhibition and the objects that informed their work.
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