Events
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American Studies Program
South Asia Program
12:00 pm
Virtual
Join us on Zoom throughout the summer for LRC Summer Happy Hour. We'd love to hear how it’s going! All of it.
Bring your (language instruction) stories whether they be good, bad, amazing, or unusual. It takes all kinds of stories to make a Happy Hour great!Bring your own coffee, tea, or mystery beverage…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American Studies Program
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
1:00 pm
Virtual
Learn how the coronavirus crisis is affecting immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, including new healthcare, public benefits, and detention policies these populations face. Einaudi Center Migrations faculty fellows Steve Yale-Loehr and Gunisha Kaur will discuss Weill Cornell and Cornell University’s efforts to…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
1:00 pm
Virtual
Federal authorities have responded to this summer’s protests with force, spraying tear gas on crowds and empowering unidentified law enforcement personnel, some of whom have used unmarked vans to pick up protesters at random. The protests, while spurred by recent killings of African Americans by police, have…
Latin American Studies Program
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
4:00 pm
Zoom
"The Effects of Instruction on Heritage Language Learners"
Julio Torres
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism, University of California, Irvine
Heritage language learners are individuals who enroll in classes to (re)learn their family language in an instructed…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
3:00 pm
Virtual
While Muslim societies are very diverse, a common feature is the high status of the written word, and the centrality of libraries. During our entire period, the authority of the ulamas derived from their ability to derive the law from the foundational books. On the other hand, individuals were encouraged to read,…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
8:00 pm
Kahin Center
Events to include symposium, music performance, museum exhibition, and more!
Stay tuned for more information!
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American Studies Program
2:00 pm
Virtual
Professor Gabriel Giorgi will be disucssing his recently published book (written with Ana Kiffer).
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
3:00 pm
Virtual
This talk follows the pathways of a ziyarat (saint visitation) route, also known as Hajj-e Fuqara’ (pilgrimage of the poor) from bus stations in Iran through a bazaar in Gaziantep, Turkey to the Sayyida Zainab shrine near Damascus, Syria. Often referred to as Hajj-e Fuqara’ (pilgrimage of the poor) in Iran, this…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American Studies Program
12:00 pm
Virtual
Special seminar to discuss racism, inequality and policing in Latin America
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American Studies Program
Southeast Asia Program
South Asia Program
4:30 pm
Zoom
"Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Teacher Professional Development: From Research to Practice"
Kate Paesani
Director of the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), University of Minnesota
Recent scholarship foregrounds multiliteracies pedagogy as a viable approach for…
Past Events
Event videos from our webinar series can be found on the Webinars page.
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
3:00 pm
Virtual
The COVID-19 crisis has impacted the immigration system and the people attempting to navigate it in significant ways. Immigrants already in the U.S. who think they may have the coronavirus are afraid to go to hospitals for testing or treatment, fearing the threat of INS agents. Noncitizens in immigration detention…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American Studies Program
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
12:00 pm
Virtual
Across the world, injustice perpetuates racial and ethnic inequalities, including policing practices, census and identity card categorizations, access to healthcare, education, employment, mobility, and political representation. Racial and ethnic inequalities are fundamentally about differential access to power,…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
1:00 pm
Virtual
Free and fair elections are an essential element of representative democracy, enabling societies to resolve conflict peacefully and permitting the people to select their public officials and hold them accountable. But Americans’ confidence in the legitimacy of elections has declined, battered by partisan voter…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
8:00 am
Virtual
International Students, Parents, and Alumni:
Please join us for a conversation with campus leaders, including President Martha Pollack, Provost Michael Kotlikoff, and Vice Provost of International Affairs Wendy Wolford, to learn more about Cornell's plans for the fall semester.
Following…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American Studies Program
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
1:00 pm
Virtual
Protests against police violence and racial inequality have spread across the United States in recent weeks, attracting large crowds not only in major cities, but also in smaller cities and towns. The demonstrations place racial justice and civil rights at the center of political debate heading into the November…