about us
About the Sill
The Sill is an online publishing space operating as a part of the Simon’s Rock Annex that collects and shares content on a bi-weekly basis. Managed by the Simon’s Rock Studio Fellows, The Sill exists within the Simon’s Rock community yet outside the academic institution structure. Our publications are made possible by the fellows’ projects and writings, as well as with submissions from anyone sharing in the extended community of the Bard Network. The Sill aims to create the space and opportunity for students to share their thoughts, writings, creations, and any and all musings and access a wide transdisciplinary learning community.
About the Studio
The Studio is a transdisciplinary collective that invites students to learn, create, and participate in the production of knowledge and experience drawing on different fields and methods. We aim to create a safe space for sharing intellectual experience and material to further a common learning community. We operate outside of traditional institutional structures in order to explore modes of expression that can transcend disciplinary boundaries. Through this, we wish to give the opportunity for students to put to practice their intellectual ability and bring these concepts and objectives to fruition.
Meet our Fellows!
Asma Abbas
Faculty in Trans-disciplinary Studies
Asma Abbas is a transdisciplinary political theorist interested in the history of forms of political existence. She was born and raised in Karachi, which still furnishes most of the affective abundances that drive her vocation. Situated at the intersection of politics, ethics, and aesthetics, her work addresses how these domains and their demands shape the tasks of knowledge and subject production in a global postcolonial context and inform struggles for peace and justice.
Kaspar Wilder
Lever
Kaspar Wilder is a lifelong arranger of things. Through their many collections, passion for exploring and rediscovering abandoned or forgotten places, and love of storytelling, they have developed an academic path through anthropology/sociology, psychology, archive work, and of course the arts. In the Studio, they hope to be a voice for the creative organization and communication of ideas. In their free time they enjoy dancing, drawing, writing poetry, starting projects they know they'll never finish, and getting lost in the woods.
Charlie Yates
Editor-and-cheat
Charlie is a senior at Simon’s Rock. He’s concentrating on and in politics, ethics, aesthetics, and music. He's also in a band called Drab Ave.
Iman Anwarzai
Jinx Developer
Iman is a junior student at Simon's Rock majoring in computer science. She is involved in organizations such as Student Government and Women in Tech/STEM, and tutors multiple STEM subjects.
Hannah Hasson
Hannah is a Junior here at Simon’s Rock. She studies biology, psychology, and is a Pre-med student. Hannah embodies a keen passion for the linkages and mutualities between humanities, human medicine, animal sciences, and wider ecologies of coexistence. She brings a gentle, thoughtful, and deep appreciation for nature and the promise of ethical and meaningful ways of existing, solving problems, and making the world better. She also enjoys cooking, hiking, and playing music.
Inoa Batista
The Sill Briefly Editor
Inoa is a senior at Simon's Rock majoring in Cross-Cultural Relations and Visual Studies. She is particularly interested in decolonial studies and ceramic sculpture. She enjoys finding the intersection between her theoretical and ethnographic interests in the visual world.
Samarth Agnihotri
Samarth Agnihotri is a junior at Simon’s Rock majoring in Physics and Pre-Medical Studies. He is driven solely by his curiosity that has taken him down long roads, developing interests and accomplishments in several fields. He is an avid programmer and cyber security enthusiast currently working on SR Jinx and getting his OSCP Certification. He spends the rest of his time volunteering across Great Barrington or watching four movies in a row.