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. Website: www.bard.edu/fysem
First Year Students should not
register for classes meeting on Monday between 4:30pm – 6:00pm
in order to attend the mandatory symposia.
17873 |
FSEM II
SK |
Stephanie
Kufner |
T Th
8:30am – 9:50am |
OLINLC 118 |
17640 |
FSEM II
MS |
Michelle
Sipes |
M W 10:10am-11:30am |
AVERY 338 |
17003 |
FSEM II
KS |
Karen
Sullivan |
T Th 10:10am-11:30am |
OLIN 107 |
17005 |
FSEM II
MM |
Matthew
Mutter |
T Th 10:10am-11:30am |
OLIN 304 |
17542 |
FSEM II
NM |
Nesrin
Ersoy McMeekin |
T Th 10:10am-11:30am |
OLIN 307 |
17537 |
FSEM II
OV |
Olga
Voronina |
T Th 10:10am-11:30am |
OLIN 308 |
17403 |
FSEM II
TVP |
Tatjana
Myoko von Prittwitz und Gaffron |
T Th 10:10am-11:30am |
OLIN 310 |
17589 |
FSEM II
AS |
Ann
Seaton |
T Th 10:10am-11:30am |
ALBEE ANNEX |
17587 |
FSEM II
AA |
Alaa
Al-Aswany |
W F 10:10am-11:30am |
OLIN 310 |
17007 |
FSEM II
HG |
Helena
Gibbs |
M W 11:50am-1:10pm |
OLIN 304 |
17010 |
FSEM II
MFD |
Miriam
Felton-Dansky |
M W 11:50am-1:10pm |
OLIN 303 |
17557 |
FSEM II
RC |
Robert
Cioffi |
M W 11:50am-1:10pm |
OLINLC 120 |
17024 |
FSEM II
RS |
Richard
Suchenski |
M W 11:50am-1:10pm |
AVERY 117 |
17544 |
FSEM II
KD |
Kevin
Duong |
T Th 11:50am-1:10pm |
OLIN 306 |
17924 |
FSEM II OM |
Oleg
Minin |
T Th 11:50am-1:10pm |
OLINLC 206 |
17541 |
FSEM II
MR |
Miles
Rodriguez |
T Th 11:50am-1:10pm |
HEG 201 |
17540 |
FSEM II
RW |
Robert
Weston |
T Th 11:50am-1:10pm |
OLIN 303 |
17588 |
FSEM II
JW |
Jean
Wagner |
T Th 11:50am-1:10pm |
OLIN 304 |
17907 |
FSEM II MS2 |
Michael
Staunton |
T Th 11:50am-1:10pm |
OLINLC 208 |
17594 |
FSEM II
JB |
James
Belk |
M W 1:30pm-2:50pm |
BITO 210 |
17534 |
FSEM II
BC |
Bruce
Chilton |
M W 1:30pm-2:50pm |
OLIN 308 |
17002 |
FSEM II
FB |
Franco
Baldasso |
M W 1:30pm-2:50pm |
OLIN 309 |
17535 |
FSEM II
MA |
Matthew
Amos |
T Th 1:30pm-2:50pm |
HEG 201 |
17012 |
FSEM II
RA |
Richard
Aldous |
T Th 1:30pm-2:50pm |
RKC 102 |
17555 |
FSEM II
B/H |
L.
Botstein / M. Hoffman |
M W 3:10pm-4:30pm |
OLIN
LC 206 |
17055 |
FSEM II
LC |
Lauren
Curtis |
M W 3:10pm-4:30pm |
OLIN 107 |
17013 |
FSEM II
LF |
Lauraleen
Ford |
M W 3:10pm-4:30pm |
OLIN 307 |
17264 |
FSEM II
OT |
Olga
Touloumi |
M W 3:10pm-4:30pm |
OLIN 308 |
17543 |
FSEM II
SH |
Samantha
Hill |
M W 3:10pm-4:30pm |
OLINLC 118 |
17538 |
FSEM II
DM |
Daniel
Mendelsohn |
T Th 3:10pm-4:30pm |
OLIN 305 |
17539 |
FSEM II
PLO |
Peter
L'Official |
T Th 3:10pm-4:30pm |
OLIN 307 |
17536 |
FSEM II
TE |
Tabetha
Ewing |
T Th 3:10pm-4:30pm |
OLIN 308 |
17556 |
FSEM II
WD |
William
Dixon |
T Th 4:00pm-5:20pm |
OLIN 310 |
17578 |
FSEM II
TT |
Tehseen
Thaver |
M W 6:30pm
– 7:50pm |
OLIN 202 |