People

Core Team

  • Ziad Abu-Rish
    Ziad Abu-Rish
    Director, MA in Human Rights & The Arts
  • Tania El Khoury
    Tania El Khoury
    Director, Center for Human Rights & The Arts
  • Adam Hajyahia
    Adam Hajyahia
    Assistant Curator, Center for Human Rights & the Arts; Studio Manager, Tania El Khoury's Studio
  • Thomas Keenan
    Thomas Keenan
    Director, Human Rights Project, Bard; Co-Founder, Center for Human Rights & the Arts
  • Gideon Lester
    Gideon Lester
    Senior Curator, Center for Human Rights & the Arts; Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Fisher Center at Bard

Current Fellows & Visitors

Oscar Gardea
Oscar Gardea
Scholar-in-Residence
Haitham Haddad
Haitham Haddad
Artist-in-Residence
Argyro Nicolaou
Argyro Nicolaou
Artist-in-Residence

Past Fellows & Visitors

Sabine El Chamaa
Sabine El Chamaa
Past Fellow (2022–2023)
Nadine Fattaleh
Nadine Fattaleh
Past Fellow (2021–2022)
Robin Frohardt
Robin Frohardt
Visiting Faculty (2024-2025)
Lara Fresko Madra
Lara Fresko Madra
Past Fellow (2022–2023)
Brian Lobel
Brian Lobel
Visiting Faculty (2023-2024)
Argyro Nicolaou
Argyro Nicolaou
Artist-in-Residence; Past Fellow (2023–2024)
Juliana Steiner
Juliana Steiner
Past Fellow (2023–2024)
Oscar Humberto Pedraza Vargas
Oscar Humberto Pedraza Vargas
Past Fellow (2021–2022)
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