The community of Bard College Berlin is very diverse. Students come from six continents and their life paths have taken the most peculiar trajectories. Whereas some had never even left their home country prior to coming to Berlin, others have lived in different places and traveled all over the world. In the belief that everyone
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Reconstruction of the Berlin City Palace: Stadtschloss Berlin, wherefore art thou?
Museum Island – the island of grand architecture, remarkable artworks and astonishing exhibits––stands incomplete before us today. It is impossible to miss it: the hole in the center of Berlin, surrounded by the city’s greatest and widely known museums; the place where the Berlin City Palace (Stadtschloss Berlin) once stood. 580 years after its cornerstone
Bringing Light to Berlin: The 2013 Festival of Lights
“Light is life, light is energy, light speaks all languages and light connects people.” –Birgit Zander Berlin is a city made up of many wonders. By day, Berliners, travelers, and students explore the city streets with its numerous cozy cafes, fascinating shops, and beautiful parks. By night, the city is brought to life by chattering
Filling in the Gaps: The Questions and Imaginations of Art and Music
“You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself.” – Milan Kundera I was wandering through a small book store, browsing through the English book section for something I might like to pick up, when I came across a new edition of Emily
Bard-ing in Berlin
All through school my dad would reassure me that I was a “college person,” meaning that while maybe high school wasn’t the best, I would find whatever I was looking for in college. When I walked onto the ECLA of Bard campus, nearly empty—since I was a day early—I finally understood that he was right.
Berlin Through the Eyes of… Matthias Hurst
Our series of Berlin-revelatory interviews with ECLA of Bard faculty and staff continues. This time our guide through Berlin is Prof. Matthias Hurst, who has been a member of the faculty at ECLA of Bard since 2003, teaching various courses in film, but also literature and philosophy. We took the chance to find out more
Berlin Festival 2013 – chasing after the Berlin music scene
Uff… so it is over: a sleepless week in the name of the Berlin Music Week 2013. It started with a small festival First We Take Berlin, which was scattered in clubs all over Kreuzberg with performances by more than 80 less known bands. Then, on Friday and Saturday (6th and 7th September), evergreens like
Who goes to the same book launch twice, on two different continents? Of Aleksandar Hemon’s The Book of My Lives and Other Demons
Dear Reader, this is supposed to be an article about a recent event that took place on September, 11, 2013, at the Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin. It was a reading and discussion with Bosnian-American author Aleksandar Hemon on his recently released nonfiction work entitled The Book of My Lives. Yet allow me to defer talking about