This presentation examines the articles of the Free Zanzibar Voice, a key exile publication of the post-revolution period, published by a former editor of Mwongozi, Ahmed Seif Kharusi. Kharusi went into exile with the sultan and settled in the UK. There he published letters by dissidents within Zanzibar as well as…

From popular songs, films, plays, television series, social media, “historical” narratives to the building of temples, Ravana—the villain in Valmiki’s Ramayana—has gained unprecedented popularity in twenty-first century Sri Lanka. In the current process of remaking an exclusively Sinhala (or Hela) Ravana, the Tamil…

That trade is a positive sum game, conflict at best a-zero sum game, is a principle well established in game theory that curiously, may already be found in Adam Smith. He famously linked to the extent of the market that of the division and specialization of labor underlying the wealth of nations. He also noted,…

The inaugural Language Resource Center Learning Community (LC) will focus on Core Practices for Effective Language Learning. It is designed around one of ACTFL's Virtual Learning Modules. In monthly meetings, we will explore and deconstruct research-based strategies for effectively developing students’…

The first CCCC is with Dan Boucher, Cornell University presenting a text reading titled, 'Sengyou on Translating Scripture: China’s First Attempt to Conceptualize a Literary Other.'

Sengyou was a fifth-century Vinaya specialist and bibliographer whose catalogue is the earliest extant recording of…

introduced by Andrew Campana (Asian Studies)
1986 > Japan > Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
In this steampunk-style adventure (that prefigures Howl's Moving Castle), Sheeta and Pazu struggle to safeguard the sanctity of the legendary floating castle of Laputa, that is being pursued by aeronautical…

Jean-Pierre Page
Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)

Jean-Pierre Page is the former head of the International Department of the French trade union confederation, the Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT). He was the editor-in-chief of the CGT research center’s (ISERES) journal Unionism 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…

Jens David Ohlin, Vice Dean and Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, will speak at 12:15 pm in G-08 Uris Hall about "Election Interference: International Law and the Future of Democracy" at the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies weekly brown bag seminar.

Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty series

Keith W. Taylor, Professor of Sino-Vietnamese Studies, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University

Americans continue to remember the Vietnam War according to Hanoi wartime propaganda recycled via the anti-war movement into textbooks, documentaries, and…

Migrations Studies is a university-wide, interdisciplinary undergraduate minor that focuses on the historical and contemporary contexts and factors driving international migration and shaping migrant experiences around the globe. The minor draws on the rich course offerings found across the humanities and social…

The most popular initiatory Hindu tantric tradition, Srividya (Tradition of the Auspicious Mantra), has played a significant role in the institutional and devotional life of South Asia and the diaspora. In India, leaders of major temple and monastic institutions are Srividya gurus and initiates; hymns to its…

1958 > France > Directed by Jacques Tati
With Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie
Slapstick prevails again when Jacques Tati's eccentric, old-fashioned hero, Monsieur Hulot, is set loose in Villa Arpel, the geometric, oppressively ultramodern home and garden of his brother-in-…