FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR

 

What Is Freedom?

 

Dialogues Ancient and Modern

 

To raise the question “What is freedom?” could hardly be more necessary today. Why have so many people in so many times and places identified freedom as a self-evident value, but have also excluded many around them from its benefits? How have different civilizations defined freedom at different times? What does freedom mean in a democracy, an empire, or a totalitarian regime? How do we understand the difference between “freedom to” and “freedom from,” between rights and responsibilities? Is scientific or artistic freedom an unqualified good, whatever its consequences? These are just some of the questions we address in First-Year Seminar. In the fall semester, we ask “What is political freedom?” We read thinkers from Socrates to Gandhi and Hannah Arendt. In the spring semester, we consider “What is personal freedom?” in the company of authors from Aristotle to James Joyce and Malcolm X. By studying these texts, discussing their ideas in small seminars, and writing critical papers about them, students establish a foundation for their learning experience at the college and acquire a shared basis for conversation with fellow students, faculty members, and the world beyond.

 

First-Year Seminar registration:

You will be registered in a non-conflicting section of First-Year Seminar after you have registered for your other classes. First Year Students should not register for classes meeting on Monday between 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm in order to attend the mandatory symposia.

 

Website:  www.bard.edu/fysem

 

 

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Professor

FSEM I JY

92444

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OLIN

101

Yoshida, Junji

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSEM I SK

92073

 

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 8:30 am

 9:50 am

OLINLC

210

Kufner, Stephanie

FSEM I UP

92447

 

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 8:30 am

 9:50 am

OLIN

204

Pece, Ugur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSEM I B/H

92470

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10:10 am

11:30 am

OLIN

202

Botstein, Leon/Hoffman, Michelle

FSEM I JB

92149

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10:10 am

11:30 am

BITO

210

Brudvig, James

FSEM I LH

92074

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10:10 am

11:30 am

OLIN

304

Habinek, Lianne

FSEM I JP

91944

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10:10 am

11:30 am

AVERY

117

Pruitt, John

FSEM I JS

92440

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10:10 am

11:30 am

HEG

200

Schmidt, Jana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSEM I NP

92337

 

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10:10 am

11:30 am

ASP

302

Prizel, Natalie

FSEM I KS

91602

 

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Th

 

10:10 am

11:30 am

OLIN

303

Sullivan, Karen

FSEM I TVP

92038

 

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Th

 

10:10 am

11:30 am

OLIN

308

von Prittwitz und Gaffron, T.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSEM I MA

92439

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11:50 am

 1:10 pm

HEG

300

Amos, Matthew

FSEM I HG

92065

M

 

W

 

 

11:50 am

 1:10 pm

OLIN

304

Gibbs, Helena

FSEM I CM

91853

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W

 

 

11:50 am

 1:10 pm

OLIN

307

McIntosh, Christopher

FSEM I JS2

92441

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W

 

 

11:50 am

 1:10 pm

HEG

200

Schmidt, Jana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSEM I AB

92097

 

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Th

 

11:50 am

 1:10 pm

OLIN

301

Benson, Alexandre

FSEM I RL

92436

 

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Th

 

12:00 pm

 1:20 pm

RKC

102

Liebert, Rana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSEM I SG2

92445

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W

 

 

 1:30 pm

 2:50 pm

OLIN

309

Gilhooley, Simon

FSEM I WM2

92068

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W

 

 

 1:30 pm

 2:50 pm

HAC

SEMINAR

Mason, Wyatt

FSEM I MS

91849

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 1:30 pm

 2:50 pm

OLIN

306

Staunton, Michael

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSEM I NM

92067

 

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Th

 

 1:30 pm

 2:50 pm

OLIN

306

Ersoy McMeekin, Nesrin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSEM I TB

92118

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 3:10 pm

 4:30 pm

OLIN

305

Bartscherer, Thomas

FSEM I BC

92437

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W

 

 

 3:10 pm

 4:30 pm

OLIN

306

Chilton, Bruce

FSEM I SG

92442

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 3:10 pm

 4:30 pm

HEG

200

Graham, Stephen

FSEM I WGL

92096

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W

 

 

 3:10 pm

 4:30 pm

HEG

300

Lim, Wah Guan

FSEM I SM

92066

M

 

W

 

 

 3:10 pm

 4:30 pm

ALBEE

106

McMeekin, Sean

FSEM I AS

92370

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W

 

 

 3:10 pm

 4:30 pm

ALBEE

BSMT.

Seaton, Ann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSEM I RA

91770

 

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Th

 

 3:10 pm

 4:30 pm

OLIN

308

Aldous, Richard

FSEM I JL

92422

 

T

 

Th

 

 3:10 pm

 4:30 pm

HEG

300

Luzzi, Joseph

FSEM I WM

91603

 

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Th

 

 3:10 pm

 4:30 pm

OLIN

307

Mullen, William

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSEM I RB

92069

 

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Th

 

 4:40 pm

 6:00 pm

OLIN

107

Berkowitz, Roger

FSEM I EK

92070

 

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Th

 

 4:40 pm

 6:00 pm

OLIN

301

Kaufman, Erica

FSEM I MGG

92443

 

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Th

 

 4:40 pm

 6:00 pm

OLIN

310

Gomez Glez, Mar