Bard Graduate Center is an advanced graduate research institute in New York City dedicated to the cultural histories of the material world. Our MA and PhD degree programs, Gallery exhibitions, research initiatives, scholarly publications and public programs explore new ways of thinking about decorative arts, design history, and material culture.
Event Horizon
Early Modern Warfare and the Monumental Print
A lecture by Carolyn Yerkes (Princeton University)
February 11, 2026
When Alex Met Candy
The Ottoman Version of the…
A Ravi and Seran Trehan Lecture in the Arts of the Islamic World by Edhem Eldem (Columbia University)
February 18, 2026
The Olfactive Gallery
Exploring the Objecthood of Smell
A conversation with Jessica Murphy (independent researcher) and Andreas Keller (Olfactory Art Keller)
February 25, 2026
Blue Willow in the Clouds
The Architectural Reuse of British…
A lecture by Heeryoon Shin (Bard College)
March 4, 2026
Gothic Aryan
Viollet-le-Duc and the Museums of the Trocadéro
A lecture by Risham Majeed (Ithaca College)
March 18, 2026
Indigenizing Fashion in the Colonial Andes
A lecture by Laura Beltrán-Rubio (independent researcher)
March 25, 2026
Digital Technologies and Archaeological Reclamation
A lecture by Edward González-Tennant (Texas State University)
April 8, 2026
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2024 Horowitz Book Prize Winner
Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery
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October 24, 2025
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