Fredrik Logevall, the John S. Knight Professor of International Studies, Professor of History, and director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, has been awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for History and the 2013 Parkman Prize of the Society of American Historians for his book Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam. The book was also named a best book of the year by the Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor.
Fredrik Logevall, the John S. Knight Professor of International Studies and director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, has been appointed Cornell's vice provost for international relations, effective July 1 for a five-year term. Logevall will remain director of the Einaudi Center.
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The Einaudi Center will be sponsoring a roundtable discussion on Friday, June 7 at 1:00 PM in Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall, on the topic "America and the World: A Current Events Roundtable." Panelists will include Fredrik Logevall, Director of the Einaudi Center; Nicolas van de Walle, Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government; and Aziz Rana, Associate Professor of Law at Cornell Law School.
Fredrik Logevall will also give this year's Olin Lecture entitled "The Meaning of the Vietnam War." The lecture, which was established at Cornell in 1987 through a generous gift from the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Foundation, is the flagship event at Reunion. It will take place on Friday, June 7 in Bailey Hall from 3:00-4:15 p.m.
Cornell students have received a record 28 Fulbright U.S. Student awards to conduct research or teach abroad in 2013-14, according to the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, which administers the program at Cornell. Five students declined the awards. Winners will teach English and research such topics as land use in Zambia and mate choice in Sweden.
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On June 24 – 26, 2013, Cornell Educational Resources for International Studies (CERIS) will host an International Studies Summer Institute (ISSI) at Cornell University for middle and high school teachers on "The Cultural Geography of Water." This multi-disciplinary workshop will engage educators in activities on integrating world area knowledge on global issues, culture and traditions related to the topic of water.
The Department of Education has made a last-minute decision to offer the Fulbright-Hays DDRA program for academic year 2013-2014. The application package is available in the G5 e-Application system at www.G5.gov. The application package is also attached.
Eric Alterman, Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and columnist for The Nation, gave a talk entitled The Search for a Liberal Foreign Policy on April 22, as part of the Einaudi Center's Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series.
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Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
Professor of English and Journalism at Brooklyn College and
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
"The Search for a Liberal Foreign Policy"
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Location:
Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
Senior Correspondent and Associate Editor at the Washington Post
"The Surge of Uncertainty: An Examination of America's Strategy in Afghanistan"
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