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

2/09

Monday

6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema

MES Spring Film Series Fractal Realities: It was Just an Accident

Monday, February 9, 2026
6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema

It was Just an Accident, dir. Jafar Panahi (2025). Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid gathers several former prisoners, all abused by that same captor, to try and confirm Eghbal's identity. As the bickering group drives around Tehran with the captive, they must confront how far to take matters into their own hands with their presumed tormentor. From master filmmaker Jafar Panahi comes a searing moral thriller that engages with complex ideas about the uncertainty of the truth and the choice between revenge and mercy, as Panahi turns his personal dissonance into a profound and galvanizing work of art.
Watch the trailer here.

Contact: Dina Ramadan
E-mail: [email protected]
2/10

Tuesday

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Kline, College Room

Arabic Table

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

Tuesday, February 10, 2026
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Kline, College Room
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]
2/17

Tuesday

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Kline, College Room

Arabic Table

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

Tuesday, February 17, 2026
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Kline, College Room
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]
2/24

Tuesday

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Kline, College Room

Arabic Table

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

Tuesday, February 24, 2026
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Kline, College Room
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]
3/03

Tuesday

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Kline, College Room

Arabic Table

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

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Kline, College Room
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

2026

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Arabic Table

Please join us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Kline, College Room 6:00 pm – 7:00 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.

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Arabic Table

Events

Upcoming Events

MES Spring Film Series Fractal Realities: It was Just an Accident

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.

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.

Archive of Past Events

2026

Scholarly Resources