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.

 

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FSEM II SK

Stephanie Kufner

 T  Th  8:30am – 9:50am

OLINLC 118

 

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FSEM II MS

Michelle Sipes

 M  W  10:10am-11:30am

AVERY 338

 

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FSEM II KS

Karen Sullivan

 T  Th 10:10am-11:30am

OLIN 107

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FSEM II MM

Matthew Mutter

 T  Th 10:10am-11:30am

OLIN 304

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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

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FSEM II TVP

Tatjana Myoko von Prittwitz und Gaffron

 T  Th 10:10am-11:30am

OLIN 310

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FSEM II AS

Ann Seaton

 T  Th 10:10am-11:30am

ALBEE ANNEX

 

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FSEM II AA

Alaa Al-Aswany

   W  F     10:10am-11:30am

OLIN 310

 

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FSEM II HG

Helena Gibbs

M  W    11:50am-1:10pm

OLIN 304

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FSEM II MFD

Miriam Felton-Dansky

M  W    11:50am-1:10pm

OLIN 303

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FSEM II RC

Robert Cioffi

M  W    11:50am-1:10pm

OLINLC 120

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FSEM II RS

Richard Suchenski

M  W    11:50am-1:10pm

AVERY 117

 

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FSEM II KD

Kevin Duong

 T  Th 11:50am-1:10pm

OLIN 306

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FSEM II OM

Oleg Minin

 T  Th 11:50am-1:10pm

OLINLC 206

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FSEM II MR

Miles Rodriguez

 T  Th 11:50am-1:10pm

HEG 201

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FSEM II RW

Robert Weston

 T  Th 11:50am-1:10pm

OLIN 303

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FSEM II JW

Jean Wagner

 T  Th 11:50am-1:10pm

OLIN 304

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FSEM II MS2

Michael Staunton

 T  Th 11:50am-1:10pm

OLINLC 208

 

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FSEM II JB

James Belk

M  W    1:30pm-2:50pm

BITO 210

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FSEM II BC

Bruce Chilton

M  W    1:30pm-2:50pm

OLIN 308

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FSEM II FB

Franco Baldasso

M  W    1:30pm-2:50pm

OLIN 309

 

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FSEM II MA

Matthew Amos

 T  Th 1:30pm-2:50pm

HEG 201

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FSEM II RA

Richard Aldous

 T  Th 1:30pm-2:50pm

RKC 102

 

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FSEM II  B/H

L. Botstein / M. Hoffman

M  W    3:10pm-4:30pm

OLIN LC 206

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FSEM II LC

Lauren Curtis

M  W    3:10pm-4:30pm

OLIN 107

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FSEM II LF

Lauraleen Ford

M  W    3:10pm-4:30pm

OLIN 307

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FSEM II OT

Olga Touloumi

M  W    3:10pm-4:30pm

OLIN 308

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FSEM II SH

Samantha Hill

M  W    3:10pm-4:30pm

OLINLC 118

 

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FSEM II DM

Daniel Mendelsohn

 T  Th 3:10pm-4:30pm

OLIN 305

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FSEM II PLO

Peter L'Official

 T  Th 3:10pm-4:30pm

OLIN 307

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FSEM II TE

Tabetha Ewing

 T  Th 3:10pm-4:30pm

OLIN 308

 

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FSEM II WD

William Dixon

 T  Th 4:00pm-5:20pm

OLIN 310

 

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FSEM II TT

Tehseen Thaver

 M  W   6:30pm – 7:50pm

OLIN 202