During the summer months, there are numerous science-based study opportunities for Bard network and exchange students at the undergraduate level. Students should contact the international education office at EHU regarding such opportunities at Bard College.
Throughout the academic year, Bard College welcomes visiting and exchange students from institutions within its international network as well as institutional exchange partners. Whether at Bard’s Annandale campus, Bard College Berlin, or BGIA in New York City; students take part in an immersive cultural program during their terms.
History of Bard’s Program in International Education
It all started in May 1990, soon after the November 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, when Bard held a conference, “The Recovery of Memory: Eastern Europe and the Question of Nationalism,” which included intellectuals, artists, and policy makers from Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and East Germany, as well as the United States and Canada.
One result of the conference was the decision to establish an undergraduate exchange program with a focus on democratization.
The idea was to introduce bright young people from “countries in transition” to American political and social systems, while simultaneously learning from the students’ experiences in nations where the struggle for democracy was still being waged. Students were required to take a seminar on an aspect of democratization; topics included nationalism and human rights, with courses offered by the Anthropology, Historical Studies, Literature, and Political Studies Programs, among others.
PIE Student’s experience
PIE students also learn about American life from Bard faculty, staff, and donors who actively ensure that they are exposed to a range of social as well as academic activities. Camelia Isaic of Romania, PIE ’99, recounts, “My experience at Bard taught me about the individual responsibilities, in addition to the rights, that come along with democracy. It allowed me to experience being part of a minority group. It helped me understand my own biases and work toward overcoming them.” Isaic is the first PIE student to make a recurring gift to IILE in support of PIE.
During semester at Bard, Abed studied contemporary American literature, Gender and Sexuality in Muslim Society, and Philosophy of Nietzsche. For her, reverse culture shock was harder than living as an American college student. “I think about my PIE experience and the amazing work students do back there, and the opportunities they’re showered with, and then coming back here to all the disappointments.” Since her time in Annandale she has begun to defy “the rules of conformity and strictness” in her home culture: “PIE helped me form my own identity and accept the identities of others.” Abed was recently accepted to the master’s program in gender and sexuality at the University of London.
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