Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
On January 30, 2014, Bard College Berlin hosted "The 8th Round Table on Higher Education" in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Berlin. The event was dedicated to the topic of "Education and Engagement," and gathered global scholars and embassy officials to discuss the promise and challenges of civic engagement in university education.
Featured in this video are the welcome remarks given by Prof. Dr. Thomas Rommel (Rector and Provost, Bard College Berlin) and May Baptista (Deputy Cultural Attaché, U.S. Embassy in Berlin), the statements of the two main speakers - Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Galt Harpham (President and Director of the National Humanities Center, USA) and Prof. em. Micha Brumlik (Professor at the Institute for Educational Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, and Senior Advisor Zentrum Jüdische Studien Berlin/Brandenburg), as well as a discussion with the audience.
On January 30, 2014, Bard College Berlin hosted "The 8th Round Table on Higher Education" in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Berlin. The event was dedicated to the topic of "Education and Engagement," and gathered global scholars and embassy officials to discuss the promise and challenges of civic engagement in university education.
Featured in this video are the welcome remarks given by Prof. Dr. Thomas Rommel (Rector and Provost, Bard College Berlin) and May Baptista (Deputy Cultural Attaché, U.S. Embassy in Berlin), the statements of the two main speakers - Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Galt Harpham (President and Director of the National Humanities Center, USA) and Prof. em. Micha Brumlik (Professor at the Institute for Educational Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, and Senior Advisor Zentrum Jüdische Studien Berlin/Brandenburg), as well as a discussion with the audience.
