Elephants roam in about 60% of the land area in Sri Lanka, and in about 70% of that, the rural communities also live and cultivate, creating the perfect grounds for a deadly conflict. A total of 407 elephants and 121 farmers died because of human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka in 2019 recording the world’s highest…

Join us for a presentation by Anh V. Vu, Lydia Wilson, Yi Ting Chua, Ilia Shumailov, Ross Anderson of Cambridge University as they discuss their extensive data set on extremism and misogyny, compiled by scraping the web looking for cyber criminals. Paper available here: …

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We welcome Cornell's international community, all Cornellians, and friends in the local community for the 34th Annual Celebration of Gratitude Dinner on Thanksgiving Day at Robert Purcell Marketplace Eatery.

Seatings are at 11:30 am and 1:30 pm.

What does it take to challenge entrenched judicial dysfunction? In this talk, Janice Gallagher previews the central argument from her forthcoming book, "Bootstrap Justice: The Search for Mexico's Disappeared." She shows how the sustained mobilization of families of the disappeared widens cracks in…

This talk charts out an oceanic microhistory, grounded in the voyages of a dhow from the port of Kuwait, captained by the nakhoda ‘Abdulmajeed Al-Failakawi. It anchors itself in Al-Failakawi’s logbook, and looks out from the deck of the dhow onto a world of texts, letters, accounts, and other writings by nakhodas.…

Please join us for a memorial lecture and panel discussion in memory of Professor Emeritus John W. Reps. Reps was a fixture in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University for over 70 years. After graduating as part of the first class of students to confer master's degrees in city and…

1977 > West Germany > Directed by Wim Wenders

With Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz

Wim Wenders's adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel Ripley's Game, starring Dennis Hopper as Tom Ripley, who cajoles a terminally ill man into committing murder. In German, English & French. Subtitled…

Tells the story of a migrant who found himself in the deadly stretch of desert known as "the corridor of death" and shows how one life becomes testimony to the tragic results of the U.S. war on immigration.

A Conversation with Timothy Mitchell, William B. Ransford Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University and Kaushik Basu, Professor of Economics and Carl Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell University.

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…

Lindsay P. Cohn, Associate Professor in National Security Affairs, US Naval War College in Newport, RI. She presents on this topic, based on research that appears in her forthcoming book, "Posse: Domestic Use of Federal Forces and U.S. Civil-Military Relations."

This seminar is part of a series…

Take a break from your studies to swing by Duffield Hall Atrium for this European-focused information fair. Play a game, win prizes, and find out about the various opportunities to explore Europe as a Cornell student!

This event is presented by the Institute for European Studies as part of Global Cornell…

The Biden Administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 31st focused attention on the plight of Afghans who supported U.S. and allied forces. In December 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks, Farid Ferdows '21 was hired by the U.S. Army to work as an interpreter/translator. He received a special…

The Institute for African Development (IAD) Summer Africa Internship program provides sophomores, juniors and rising senior undergraduate students with challenging practical fieldwork in Africa. Application deadline is February 28th. Internships are available in Ghana and Zambia. Those interested in applying must…

This webinar features two PhD graduates who will discuss their experience in finding alternative career paths and answer your questions about the world of think tanks. All are welcome to attend this free event hosted by Critical Ottoman & Post-Ottoman Studies (CO+POS) and co-sponsored by the Mario Einaudi…

Zifeng Liu, Ph.D. candidate and Diverse Knowledge East Asia Fellow presents an excerpt from his dissertation: “Translating Black Left Feminism: Shirley Graham Du Bois and Mao’s China”

This presentation examines Shirley Graham Du Bois’s engagement with China in the long 1960s. It explores how she cautiously…

Shelley Rigger, Professor, Davidson University

Is China Part of Taiwan?

There is a long-standing debate over whether Taiwan is part of China. Beijing insists that not only is Taiwan part of China, it is part of the People’s Republic of China. Most Taiwanese reject the idea that the island they live on…

lecture with Seema Golestaneh. Rescheduled for November 15.

sponsored by Department of Near Eastern Studies, Iranian Student Association, and NES undergrad lunch series

In this talk, we will present an orthographic and lexical analysis of three of the first printed documents in Papiamentu, a Portuguese-based Creole spoken in Curaçao: Prefecto Apostolico di Curacao na Cristian di su mision and Catecismo Corticu, both by M. J. Niewindt (1833, 1837, respectively), and Kamiena di…

This project investigates changing patterns of knowledge resource management at the British East India Company. It covers the years between the Company’s takeover of Bengal in 1757 and the loss of its monopoly rights in 1833. At the beginning of the period, the Company generally depended upon individuals for the…

1969 > France > Directed by Jacques Deray

With Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin

Jean-Paul (Alain Delon) and Marianne (Romy Schneider) indulge in their passion for each other while borrowing a friend's luxurious villa in the south of France. When the friend (Maurice…

The Cornell Classical Chinese Colloquium welcomes He Bian, Princeton University to lead this month's text reading and discussion on “Yuan-Ming Nourishing Life (yangsheng) Texts: the Discourse of Men.” The text will be shared in the meeting. More details to come.

Cornell Classical Chinese Colloquium 古文品讀…

In postsocialist Armenia, the production of knowledge and the politics of memory are related processes, both profoundly shaped by the Soviet legacy. In this webinar, two anthropologists discuss their work on the formation of Armenian intellectuals and the memory practices through which Armenian society confronts…

Please join us for a talk by MK Long (PhD Candidate, Department of Asian Studies).

This paper opens the historical study of initiated female Buddhist devotees (thilashin) in Myanmar through analysis of the 1982 biography of Daw Medawadi (1862-1932), founder of a Buddhist nunnery (chaung) at the turn of the…

Laidlaw Scholars at Cornell will present research posters from their first summer of the Laidlaw Undergraduate Research and Leadership Scholarship Program. In summer 2021, they worked with faculty mentors on research projects on topics ranging from migration and big data to animal science, engineering, 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…

Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series.

William Noseworthy, Visiting Fellow, Cornell SEAP

Dr. Noseworthy is a Visiting Fellow with the Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) at Cornell University. He is a social historian of Southeast Asia who has completed most of his fieldwork and archival work…

Erica De Bruin is an Associate Professor of Government at Hamilton College. She presents her new book How to Prevent Coups d’État: Counterbalancing and Regime Survival (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020)

This seminar is part of a series organized by the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies…

When he settled in 1565 in the port-city of Cebu, in the Visayas (Central Philippines), Miguel López de Legazpi had only 350 men in arms under his command. And even after the Spaniards conquered the coastal sultanate of Maynilad (Manila) in 1571, they could not muster more than a few hundreds settlers and warriors…

Digital book talk/discussion with Sonia Gollance about her new book “It Could Lead to Dancing: Mixed-Sex Dancing and Jewish Modernity.” Juan Manuel Muñoz (PMA) and Jonathan Boyarin (Anthro/NES) will be serving as interlocutors.

Book Description: Dances and balls appear throughout world literature as venues…