New Primary Source Trials!

We are currently trialing several primary source collections from AM Primary. The following collections are available through our Databases list through April 30, 2025. Please check them out and let us know what you think!

From zines, newspapers and ephemera, to oral histories, films and photographs, 1980s Culture and Society is an eclectic and multi-faceted resource compiled from archival collections housed across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada…
Correspondence and eyewitness accounts from the region’s key players document the Anglo-Afghan Wars; the perspectives of Afghan and Persian rulers on foreign activities in the region; the interplay between China and Russia; and the expansion and fall…
Stretching from Jamaica and the Bahamas to Trinidad and Tobago, Colonial Caribbean makes available materials from 27 Colonial Office file classes from The National Archives, UK. Covering the history of the various territories under British colonial…
This important collection invites students and researchers to explore hundreds of years of Mexico’s history through social, religious, and political change. These unique and highly significant archival materials from Mexico are predominantly Spanish as…
The resource brings together diaries and oral histories to enable students and researchers to explore the lives of hundreds of individuals from diverse backgrounds, from abolitionists to suffragists, and royalty to republicans. Vivid narratives cover a wide range of themes, including domestic life, travel, sport, feminism, gender fluidity, and class with the collection providing a platform for working class, LGBTQ+, and disabled women’s voices.
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Special event!

On Thursday, April 17 at 5pm David Salle and Francine Prose will discuss the artwork and writing of Janet Malcolm in conjunction with the exhibition Janet Malcolm: Critical Collage at Stevenson Library. David Salle, the subject of Malcolm’s 1994 New Yorker profile “Forty-One False Starts,” is one of America’s most esteemed painters. He is also the author of How to See: Looking, Talking, and Thinking About Art (2016). Prose, Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard, is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, including Reading Like a Writer (2006) and The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired (2002). She is the former president of the PEN American Center. All are welcome.

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Writing the Introduction & Conclusion of your Senior Project

Senior Project introductions and conclusions can be tricky to write. If you need inspiration, join Rob Culp, Julia Rosenbaum, and Éric Trudel on Monday, April 7, in Olin LC 115. They’ll dispense tips, take your questions, and make you glad you came.

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Current Events Trivia!

This Wednesday, April 9, join the Civic Ambassadors from Bard’s Center for Civic Engagement on the first floor of the library for a fun night of pub-style trivia! Test your knowledge of current events in categories ranging from politics to pop culture. There will be snacks and prizes!

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Faculty Reading!

Faculty Reading: Walk Her Way New York City with author Jana Mader
Thursday, April 10 5:30-6:30 p.m
Stevenson Library (first floor)

This Thursday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m., join Jana Mader, Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center and Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Humanities, for a conversation and reading from her new book, Walk Her Way New York City: A Walking Guide to Women’s History (Hardie Grant Books, 2025). This engaging guide, co-authored by Jana Mader and Kaitlyn Allen and illustrated by Aja O’Han, features ten curated walking tours across the boroughs, revealing the remarkable contributions and lives of well-loved and unsung heroines who shaped the city’s story.

Light refreshments will be provided as well as a book raffle for participants. This event is co-sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Inclusive Excellence, Stevenson Library, and the Hannah Arendt Center.

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Collage Workshop

Collage workshop
Thursday, April 3
3-5 p.m.

Drop by and collage with us! Happens at the large table next to the Janet Malcolm: Critical Collage exhibition on the first floor. Materials provided.

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BYO Book Group

The BYO Book Group is back this Wednesday, April 2 from 7- 8 pm on the first floor of the library! This week, join Bard junior Norwood in the lounge area behind the research help desk to chat about all things books and reading. Share ideas, recommendations, and inspiration. There is no assigned reading; this is a space to chat informally about whatever you’re reading and connect with other readers.

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Janet Malcolm Exhibit

Janet Malcolm: Critical Collage on view in Stevenson library March 27- May 30

Opening Reception Thursday, March 27 2-4 p.m.

Janet Malcolm: Critical Collage presents the first institutional exhibition of the artist’s extensive work in collage. Best known as a critic for the New Yorker, where she wrote for over fifty years, and the author of Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession (1977) and The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes (1994), amongst many other books, Malcolm was also an avid collagist who made work out of a range of papers that process and reorganize themes in her writing, and which also point to the artist’s personal history. A myriad of languages appear here; psychological papers gather and fracture; the German sculptor Eva Hesse and the American poet Emily Dickinson are frequent muses. Much of this material is rendered in a visual language indebted to the historical avant-gardes, especially the work of Kurt Schwitters. Rather than insist on originality, Malcolm understood the collage method as an intimate way to assess the world in which she lived, and to use the printed page to make meaning in ways different from those typically expected of her.

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Introducing: The Nest!

Please join us Wednesday, March 26 from 6:30-8 pm for an opening celebration of The Nest, a new student installation in the library.

Designed and constructed by architecture students Mia Lesjak, Narges Ghaznawi, Jessica Ward ‘26, The Nest serves as a communal space for reading, gaming, or other functions. It will be on the first floor of the library through the end of the semester.

Inspired by the Afghan and Iranian tradition of the Sandali, The Nest aims to be a versatile space where the occupant decides its function—be it for reading, socializing, napping, gaming, or more. Its whimsical form, translucent curtains, delicate handmade mobile, and abundant natural light create an atmosphere of warmth, joy, and hope—countering the notion of solitude. The inclusion of intricate beadwork and handcrafted details on the mobile highlights the craft of women involved in its creation, reinforcing a sense of femininity and care.

Sustainability played a key role in the construction of The Nest, with most materials sourced through reusing and repurposing, demonstrating a commitment to environmentally responsible design.

This project was created with the support and collaboration of the Bard College Architecture Department, Stevenson Library, and Bard Reading Initiative.

 

 

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Library Salon: Belonging at Bard

Belonging at Bard: A Library Salon

Tuesday, March 25
6 – 8 pm

At our next Library Salon, senior sociology student Sarina Diaz will share her research on the importance of affinity groups to student success and wellness. All are welcome to join us for this important conversation! Refreshments will be provided. This event is co-sponsored by Bard Warr;ors.

 

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