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,…

The LACS summer research grant provides funding for in-country research costs for graduate pre-dissertation work in Latin America or the Caribbean. (The grant does not cover international airfare; students should also apply for an Einaudi Center Travel Grant for airfare.) LACS will offer up to three research grants…

Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Speaker: Wiwik Dharmiasi, Dala Institute and University of Hawaii Location: Emerson 135 and Zoom The traditional farming system in Bali, known as subak, was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012. The subak represents water sharing practices in rice cultivation…

The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has strained the world's healthcare systems and compounded challenges for governments and NGOs dealing with global waves of forced and voluntary migration. These movements of peoples across borders have magnified pressing issues ranging from social and economic inequalities…

"Inquiry-Based Language Learning"
Christina Rocha
ACS Athens

This talk will focus on inquiry-based learning within the language classroom, more specifically WHY it is important as well as HOW we can successfully engage our students to ask more questions, sparking their curiosity and…

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Is pluralism possible in Europe? Are far-right parties like the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) and the Front National (FN) fringe movements, or do they say something unsettling about the general state of democracy in Europe, today? The Post-World War II era in Europe was characterized by…

Have you considered summer study abroad and are interested in studying Public Policy? Nestled between the Alps and the Mediterranean in the magnificent Piedmont region of northern Italy, the city of Turin provides an inspiring background to explore the causes and consequences of population change, the debates…

Co-Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program

This presentation will explore various ways in which second generation Holocaust survivors in Argentina have witnessed the wound transmitted by their parents. This talk will consider issues of representation and agency while citing instances where second generation…

In this webcast, Cornell experts will examine how migrant stereotypes, discrimination, and xenophobia drive the militarization of borders and the ways in which migrant rights are — or are not — allowed and respected. Using insights from the first global Migrants’ Rights Database, the panel will explore how…

Rita Indiana Hernández is a Dominican writer, musician, and performer. In addition to her popularity as a singer-songwriter, she is widely regarded as one of the most important Dominican authors of her generation. Her viral music success has made Rita a household name in the Dominican Republic where she is…

Talk by Juned Shaikh (History, University of California, Santa Cruz)

Revolution and Slums were keywords in twentieth century Bombay: they are interpretive categories to capture the relationships of power in the city and the visions for transforming the relationships as well as the city itself. Revolution…

1999 > Japan > Directed by Satoshi Kon
An animated Japanese psychological thriller about a pop star whose transition to television actress irks one of her less-stable fans into stalking her. Subtitled. More at gkids.com/films/perfect-blue
1 hr 20 min

2021 > France/Japan > Directed by Pascal-Alex Vincent
The mangaka and anime filmmaker Satoshi Kon died suddenly in 2010, at the age of 46. He left behind a short and unfinished body of work, which is nevertheless among the most widely distributed and influential in the history of contemporary Japanese…

The Cornell Classical Chinese Colloquium (CCCC) is pleased to start spring '22 with a text reading led by Jingya Guo, Ph.D. graduate in the Department of History at Cornell.

The text is titled, “Xinke zengbu Gujin yijian,” 新刻增補古今醫鑑(1576)(1576)

The Cornell Classical Chinese Colloquium (CCCC) 古文品讀…

Friday February 11th, 2022 at 10:00am (EST) / 3:00pm – 5:00pm (GMT). Simultaneous French translation. Zoom registration link here

Introduction of the Series - N’Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba is the Director of the Institute for African Development (IAD) and Professor of African and African Diaspora education,…

The Nuyorican Poets Café, founded in the 1970s by a group of predominantly Puerto Rican artists on New York’s Loisaida (or Lower East Side), is the birthplace of the nuyorican aesthetic. In a live, virtual, Chats in the Stacks talk, Karen Jaime discusses her new book, The Queer Nuyorican: Racialized Sexualities and…

Issues in African Development Seminar Series examines critical concerns in contemporary Africa using a different theme each semester. The seminars provide a forum for participants to explore alternative perspectives and exchange ideas. They are also a focal activity for students and faculty interested in African…

The turbulence of the Trump administration and a chaotic 2020 presidential election revealed vulnerabilities in American democracy, and raised the possibility that it could be threatened directly. Many observers imagined that the election’s outcome might restore some sense of stability to a democratic system under…

Since 2005, Jonathan Padwe has studied the changing landscape of highland Cambodia as it is perceived by, and managed by, the Jarai people of the border region where Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam meet. His 2020 book Disturbed Forests, Fragmented Memories: Jarai and Other Lives in the Cambodian Highlands charts the…

Dr. Christine Leuenberger will discuss her book, The Politics of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of Israel/Palestine, published by the Oxford University Press. This book explores map war in Israel/Palestine - how the geographical sciences become entangled with politics, territorial claim making, and nation-state…

1949 > UK > Directed by Carol Reed
With Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard
The most famous collaboration between writer Graham Greene and director Carol Reed, The Third Man is a suspenseful, arty noir thriller set in post-WWII Vienna featuring performances by Joseph Cotten as the innocent…

The Latin American Studies Minor is an undergraduate minor across disciplines that will allow students to explore the history, culture, government, politics, economy and languages of Latin America and the Caribbean. Qualifying courses can be found in almost every college. LACS is happy to offer engaged and/or…

Want to learn a language this summer? Learn about Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships and Critical Language Scholarships, which provide fully funded opportunities for Cornell undergraduate and graduate students to study South and Southeast Asian languages in the summer, and even in the academic year.

In this virtual talk, Professor Gilly Leshed will present the Xenophobia Meter Project (XMP), a cross-institutional collaboration that is responding to the rise of radical, racist, and nationalist politics. This global phenomenon has incited an unwitting habituation of the public toward hate-mongering against…

Talk by Kelsey Jane Utne

This talk explores the disrupted burial of convicted murderer Abdul Rashid in 1927 in order to understand how urban expansion altered and constrained commemorative praxis in late colonial India. Because of the subsequent criminal prosecutions for corpse theft and official inquiry, we…

Ithaca Premiere

1962 > France > Directed by James Blue

With Pierre Prothon, Jean Pélégri, Marie Decaître

Influential American documentarian James Blue's only narrative feature, drawn from Jean Jean Pélégri’s autobiographical novel, was shot in Algiers during the Algerian War. The…

1998 > Taiwan > Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Michiko Hada, Carina Lau

Set in the world of 19th century courtesans, Flowers of Shanghai boasts a cast of Taiwanese stars and a remarkable long-take style that gives the impression of suspended time. Shown in a new…

Ithaca Premiere

2021 > Japan > Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

With Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri

Hamaguchi (Drive My Car) spins three tales of chance meetings and the mysteries of desire in a film which is "Elegant and amusing, with a delicacy of touch and real imaginative…

Please join us for a talk by Alexander Soucy (St. Mary's University).

In 2006, a monk and member of the Order of Interbeing wrote an open letter to the disciples of Thích Nhất Hạnh, in which he described his (and hence their) Zen lineage. One of the claims the letter made was that Thích Nhất Hạnh "…

*Note: This Gatty Lecture will be entirely virtual, with no hybrid presence at the Kahin Center as usual. It will be held at 8pm instead of the usual 12:15pm.

Harriman Samuel Saragih is an Assistant Professor in Business Innovation, Monash University Indonesia. He currently teaches the course of Theory and…