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Bartels World Affairs Lecture

The Einaudi Center’s flagship event brings distinguished international figures to campus each year to speak on global topics and meet with Cornell faculty and students, particularly undergraduates. The Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellowship supports the speaker’s visit.


Doppelganger book cover Naomi Klein

5:00 October 23: Doppelganger Politics

Author and Social Activist Naomi Klein

The bestselling author of Doppelganger takes a personal journey down the conspiracy rabbit hole to explore why our political sphere has become dangerously warped.

After a talk sharing her insights, Klein joins distinguished global democracy experts from Cornell to lift the lid on this surreal election moment and examine how our politics have become so twisted and polarized. What can we do to escape our collective vertigo and get back to fighting for what really matters?

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Past Bartels World Affairs Fellows

Fall 2023: N. K. Jemisin, Hugo Award–Winning Novelist

Spring 2023: Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Former President of Costa Rica

Cornell Chronicle: "Love Can Change the World", Former Costa Rican President to Speak; Sun: "Power of Leading by Example"; Bartels Explainer by Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez; YouTube Video: Fighting for Democracy and the Planet 

2022: Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate

Cornell Chronicle: Nobel Laureate Offers Wisdom, Gbowee to Speak on May 3; Bartels Explainer by Naminata Diabate; YouTube Video: Forging Lasting Peace

2021: Amartya Sen, 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics

Cornell Chronicle: Bartels Lecturer Speaks Out on Rising Threats to Democracy, Nobel Laureate Sen to Lecture on Protecting Democracy

See previous Bartels World Affairs Fellows in Cornell Library’s eCommons archive.