Rostrum Lectures
The Language and Thinking Rostrum Series features speakers, artists, and performers from many fields—including literature and poetics, philosophy, politics, biology, agriculture, theater, dance, education, visual art and others—to present their work and to converse with Bard students. The series introduces students to the intellectual, artistic, and civic life of the College and to the College’s vibrant tradition of welcoming guests from the wider world to engage with the community of faculty and students at Bard. An L&T workshop will attend 2-3 of these over the course of the program. These events are designed to foster dialogue between speakers, performers, and students. One recommended practice is to have students bring their notebooks and take notes during the events. Another suggested practice is to prepare students ahead of the event by sharing the Rostrum description with them and generating questions and points of interest and curiosity as a group. It is also a good practice to reflect on the event afterwards through group discussion and process (metacognitive) writing.
Film Screenings
The Language and Thinking Rostrum Series features speakers, artists, and performers from many fields—including literature and poetics, philosophy, politics, biology, agriculture, theater, dance, education, visual art and others—to present their work and to converse with Bard students. The series introduces students to the intellectual, artistic, and civic life of the College and to the College’s vibrant tradition of welcoming guests from the wider world to engage with the community of faculty and students at Bard. An L&T workshop will attend 2-3 of these over the course of the program. These events are designed to foster dialogue between speakers, performers, and students. One recommended practice is to have students bring their notebooks and take notes during the events. Another suggested practice is to prepare students ahead of the event by sharing the Rostrum description with them and generating questions and points of interest and curiosity as a group. It is also a good practice to reflect on the event afterwards through group discussion and process (metacognitive) writing.
Student Reading Series
Student Readings take place on Thursday evening at 8pm during Weeks One and Two and on Wednesday evening at 8pm during Week Three. Faculty are required to attend these events with their students. The Readings should feature student writing and performance work developed in the workshop. Group collaborations are encouraged, but so are individual readings of select pieces of essay writing or poetry. It is important to listen respectfully and respond generously and supportively to the performances of your peers. Process writing can help you make connections between performance work and other elements of the curriculum. (Faculty are required to review student performances before the event.)
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In Weeks One and Two, the Student Readings are organized by Faculty Teaching Groups. In Week Three, these groups are combined so that the readings take place in front of a larger audience of ten Teaching Groups or so. Week Three Readings generally take about three minutes 4 per section, while in Weeks One and Two each workshop may take longer and feature both group performances and individual contributors.