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Research programming is a major component of intellectual life at Bard Graduate Center. Weekly seminars and lectures are curated by faculty and bring into our midst scholarly conversations on relevant subject matter or methodological debate, broadening our curricular vision and helping to further the institution’s goal of promoting research in the areas of decorative arts, design history, and material culture—what we call the “cultural history of the material world.” Advance registration is strongly encouraged. Please click through for full descriptions and to register.
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Lectures and Seminars |
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Tuesday, October 9, 6–7:30 pm
Sharon E. J. Gerstel
Professor of Byzantine Art and Archaeology, UCLA
In recent years, the art of the Byzantine village—particularly that of the Late Byzantine village—has come under increasing scrutiny. In addition to manifesting local religious practices and liturgical rites, the art of the village is also intimately tied to the agricultural calendar and to life-cycle rituals. Read more.
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 BGCTV This event will be livestreamed. A link to the video will be posted to the event listing the day of the talk. |
Tuesday, October 23, 6–7:30 pm
Jisgang Nika Collison
Executive Director and Curator, Haida Gwaii Museum at Kay Llnagaay
Interactions with Indigenous Peoples have long been documented by Euro-Americans using written narratives and imagery fabricated from and for colonial purpose. These imaginings dominate and soften the popular understanding of history. Read more.
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BGCTV This event will be livestreamed. A link to the video will be posted to the event listing the day of the talk. |
Wednesday, October 24, 6–7:30 pm
Alexandra Palmer
Nora E. Vaughan Senior Curator and Chair, Veronika Gevers Research Fellowship, Royal Ontario Museum
American Raymond Duncan was a fixture on the Paris art scene from 1900 until he died at age 92. He was a larger than life figure, a proponent of Hellenism draped in home-spun and hand-woven tunic and chlamys, with barefeet and home-made sandals, a weaver, artist, graphic designer, architect, poet, playwright, printer, publisher, dancer, philosopher, activist, pacifist, and vegetarian. Read more.
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BGCTV This event will be livestreamed. A link to the video will be posted to the event listing the day of the talk. |
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Around the Center |
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We invite prospective students to join us on Sunday, October 21, at 11 am, for a faculty conversation and introduction to our MA and PhD programs. Learn more and register.
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Faith is common to all human societies. By focusing on the material artifacts produced with the intention of being offered as acts of faith, Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place will provide a perspective on why humans across the globe create these material objects. Learn more and visit.
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“REvisions” is an ongoing series in which faculty are invited to rummage through Bard Graduate Center’s archive of video lectures, published chapters, and print articles and discover new themes and hitherto unexplored connections. Explore REvisions 4.
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Meet our fellows, whose research interests range from cuneiform scholarly cultures of the ancient Middle East to the effects of intercultural exchange and colonial encounter on the material worlds of Native North America. Read more.
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