Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 18 hours ago

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On Saturday, May 20, Bard College Berlin conferred 35 Bachelor of Arts degrees to the Class of 2023: ten BA degrees in Ethics, Politics, and Social Thought and 25 BA degrees in Humanities, the Arts, and Social Thought.

Welcoming Remarks
Florian Becker, Managing Director of Bard College Berlin

Musical Interlude
Adaptation of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte - Sarastro’s Second Aria “In Diesen Heiligen Hallen”
By Mais Hriesh, Andrew Munn, and Raul Da Costa

Commencement Address
Behrouz Boochani, Journalist, Human Rights Defender, Writer, And Film Producer

BA Student Address
Yahia Albaghdadi & Helene Cunningham

Presentation of Senior Thesis Award
James Harker, Director of Academic Services, Bard College Berlin

Charge To the Graduates
Catherine Toal, Dean of Bard College Berlin

Recognition of the Class of 2021
Kerry Bystrom, Associate Dean of Bard College Berlin

Awarding of BA Diplomas 2023
Catherine Toal, Dean of Bard College Berlin
Nina Tecklenburg, Professor of Theater and Performance, Bard College Berlin
Boris Vormann, Professor of Politics, Bard College Berlin