Lapham's Quarterly

Mr. Lapham’s magazine will live on, though under a much different owner. Bard College, a private liberal arts institution in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., is acquiring it at no cost from the American Agora Foundation, the nonprofit that had published the magazine. “This will benefit all our students,” said Leon Botstein, the president of Bard College. “To understand how it’s possible to talk intelligently, without jargon, without the worst of self-referential academic prose, about important ideas and important controversies and complexities, which we seem not to tolerate today.” Bard College plans to publish that issue in print and has others in development, with the titles “Islands” and “Folly.” It’s still unclear whether Bard will continue Lapham’s Quarterly on its regular print schedule after that. The magazine will be operated by the Hannah Arendt Center, a politics and humanities institution founded by the scholar Roger Berkowitz. https://lnkd.in/gxrYbrNs

For over a year now, you have waited patiently for an update. Today, we can say with certainty: your patience has paid off. At long last, we are thrilled to share with you the news that so many of you have been waiting for: Lapham’s Quarterly will return in 2025. After a necessary pause to reflect, rebuild, and determine the best way forward, we can finally announce that Lapham’s Quarterly has found a new and distinguished home: Bard College’s Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities. The journey begins with the 2025 release of our long-awaited issue, “Energy,” which will feature the last Preamble that Lewis H. Lapham wrote before his passing. It will mark the end of an era, but also a powerful beginning. To all of you who wrote, donated, waited, and believed—this moment belongs to you, too. Learn more at the link below, and see how you can help make Lapham’s Quarterly’s next chapter possible. https://lnkd.in/ewXfYwVE