Events

Arabic and Hebrew language tables occur weekly during the semester. Join us for Hebrew every Monday at 6:00 p.m. in the President's Room at Kline, or for Arabic every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. in Kline Commons. Middle Eastern Studies also sponsors special academic and social events and encourages students to attend other campus events relating to the Middle East.

Upcoming Events

3/26

Wednesday

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Fisher Center, Studio North

Comedy for Organizers: Cliff Notes from an Anti-Zionist Jew

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Fisher Center, Studio North

How do artists, comedians, and performers respond to crises? What tools and opportunities do comedy and laughter offer political and social movements in their confrontations with fascism and supremacy? Comedian and performance artist Morgan Bassichis, a longtime member of Jewish Voice for Peace, shares their experience at the intersection of comedy and political organizing.

Morgan Bassichis is a comedic performer who has been described as “fiercely hilarious” by the New Yorker. They are touring their current show, Can I Be Frank?, about the queer performance artist Frank Maya. Recent shows include A Crowded Field, which explored the use and abuse of Jewish holidays. Morgan is co-editor with Jay Saper and Rachel Valinsky of Questions to Ask Before Your Bat Mitzvah, published by Wendy’s Subway.
Contact: Adam HajYahia
Phone: 518-495-9694
E-mail: [email protected]
3/27

Thursday

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Kline, College Room

Arabic Table

Thursday, March 27, 2025 | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Kline, College Room

Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Contact: Ziad Dallal
E-mail: [email protected]
4/03

Thursday

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Kline, College Room

Arabic Table

Thursday, April 3, 2025 | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Kline, College Room

Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Contact: Ziad Dallal
E-mail: [email protected]
4/07

Monday

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Olin Humanities, Room 102

“All poetry is revolution”: Reading and Discussion of Anna Greki’s Algeria, Capital: Algiers with Marine Cornuet and Ammiel Alcalay

Monday, April 7, 2025 | 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Olin Humanities, Room 102

In 1963, a year after Algerian independence, Anna Greki, an Algerian poet of French descent living in exile in Tunisia, published Algeria, Capital: Algiers, her first poetry collection, in French and Arabic. Greki, 32 at the time, had participated in the Algerian revolution and was arrested, incarcerated and tortured by the French military for her activism. Algeria, Capital: Algiers, translated by Marine Cornuet, and introduced by Ammiel Alcalay, includes poems Greki wrote while in prison and is available in English for the first time. Please join us for a reading and discussion of Greki’s life and work, and of the translation itself.

Marine Cornuet is a Brooklyn-based translator, poet, and editor. Recent publications include Cloche Pèlerine (Le Castor Astral, 2024), a French translation of Kaveh Akbar’s poetry collection Pilgrim Bell, and Algeria, capital: Algiers (Pinsapo Press and Lost & Found, 2024), an English translation of Anna Gréki’s poetry collection Algérie, capitale Algers. She holds an MFA from Queens College, CUNY, and is the co-founder of the literary journal Clotheslines. She is a member of the working collective and an editor at Ugly Duckling Presse.

Poet, novelist, translator, essayist, critic, and scholar Ammiel Alcalay’s latest books are CONTROLLED DEMOLITION: a work in four books, his co-translation of Nasser Rabah’s Gaza: The Poem Said Its Piece, and the forthcoming Follow the Person: Archival Encounters. In 2017, he received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation for his work as founder and General Editor of Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative; he is a Distinguished Professor at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center.
Contact: Gabriella Lindsay
E-mail: [email protected]
4/10

Thursday

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Kline, College Room

Arabic Table

Thursday, April 10, 2025 | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Kline, College Room

Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Contact: Ziad Dallal
E-mail: [email protected]

Archive of Past Events

2025

	Thursday, March 20, 2025 Arabic Table Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline, College Room 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
	Thursday, March 13, 2025 Arabic Table Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline, College Room 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
	Thursday, March 6, 2025 Arabic Table Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline, College Room 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
	Thursday, February 27, 2025 Arabic Table Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline, College Room 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
	Thursday, February 20, 2025 Arabic Table Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline, College Room 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
	Thursday, February 13, 2025 Arabic Table Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline, College Room 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
	Thursday, February 6, 2025 Arabic Table Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline, College Room 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.

Events

Upcoming Events

Comedy for Organizers: Cliff Notes from an Anti-Zionist Jew

Arabic Table

Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.

Arabic Table

Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.

“All poetry is revolution”: Reading and Discussion of Anna Greki’s Algeria, Capital: Algiers with Marine Cornuet and Ammiel Alcalay

Arabic Table

Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.

Archive of Past Events

2025

Scholarly Resources