Bard Graduate Center is an international community of scholars and students from a range of academic backgrounds united by their object-centered approaches to understanding the past. Learn more about the exciting work that goes on here from our faculty in the interviews below.

We have a number of events throughout the year where you can meet our faculty and students and visit our academic buildings on the Upper West Side.

Building Tours
Arrange an admissions tour of our building by emailing [email protected]

Open Houses
BGC Open Houses give prospective students the opportunity to learn much more about our MA and PhD programs from our faculty. Join us this fall!

Sunday, October 19, 11 am
Sunday, November 9, 11 am (Zoom)
Sunday, November 16, 11am


Campus Visits
BGC holds information sessions and attends graduate school fairs at college campuses throughout the fall. Please come see us!

W, 9/24 Rhodes College, 2:30-5pm

R, 10/2 Washington & Lee University, 11:30am-1:30pm
F, 10/3 College of William & Mary, 10am-1pm

T, 10/7 Hamilton College, 11:30am-1:30pm
W, 10/8 Ithaca College, 2-5pm
R, 10/9 SUNY Binghamton, 11am-2pm
R, 10/9 AUCC Fair (Spelman College, Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University), 3-6pm

T, 10/14 University of Texas, Austin, 10am-2pm

T, 10/21 Trinity College, 11:30am-1:30pm
W, 10/22 College of the Holy Cross, 11:30am-1:30pm
R, 10/23 Wellesley College, 11:30am-1:30pm

T, 10/28 Skidmore College, 11;30am-1:30pm
W, 10/29 Mount Holyoke College, 11:30am-1:30pm
R, 10/30 Smith College, 11:30am-1:30pm

W, 11/5 University of Illinois, Chicago, 11am-3pm
W, 11/5 McGill University, 10am-3:30pm

T, 11/11Reed College, 11:30am-1:30pm
W, 11/12 Lewis & Clark College, 11:30am-1:30pm
R, 11/13 University of Oregon, 11am-2pm