Past Events
9:30 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
introduced by Andrew Campana (Asian Studies)
1996 > Japan > Directed by Mamoru Oshii
As stunning as any animated film you'll likely see, surpassing in details even the best computer animation to date, Mamoru Oshii's meditation on the effect of runaway technology on the very human notion…
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, Room G08
David Ost
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Regional Fellow, Institute for European Studies
Cornell University
Abstract:
Many commentators have noted the links between today’s radical “populist” right and fascism by focusing on the contemporary right’s aggressive nationalism,…
Institute for African Development
2:30 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
Shana Gadarian, Associate Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, will speak at 12:15 pm in G-08 Uris Hall about "Terrorism, Fear, and Immigration Attitudes after the 2015 Paris Attacks" at the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict…
12:00 pm
Mann Library, 102
Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty series
Wendy M. Erb, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University
Borneo’s tropical forests belong to one of the most imperiled biodiversity hotspots on Earth, experiencing rapid destruction and degradation from human activities. A significant…
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
7:00 pm
Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell Cinema
Ithaca Premiere, FREE with Deborah Starr (NES) & filmmaker Rafael Balulu
2019 > Israel > Directed by Rafael Balulu
Jacqueline Kahanoff was the first to write of Levantine and Mizrachi identities in Israel. Director Balulu traces the footsteps of the Levantine thinker and author, and through…
7:00 pm
Carriage House Cafe
An Evening of Indian Carnatic and Western Classical Music with special guest Arun Ramamurthy of the Brooklyn Raga Massive and violin professor Ariana Kim.
4:30 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, 64 Kaufman Auditorium
Is the fix in on the Pork Fix in China'? That's what guest speaker, Mindi Schneider will explore in her talk, The Pork Fix: African Swine Fever and the Opportunity of Crisis in China’s Pork Industry. Professor Schneider is from Wageningen University, in the Netherlands. This event is co-sponsored by the…
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
4:30 pm
Morrill Hall, 404
South Asia Program
4:00 pm
Myron Taylor Hall, 277
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
The claim that “Buddha was Born in Nepal” is pervasive in contemporary discourses about Nepali national identity. In this paper, I focus on the ways in which the claim to Buddha’s birthplace is deployed by some Nepalis living beyond Nepal as both a means of maintaining a connection to Nepal as a diasporic homeland…
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
4:30 pm
Physical Sciences Building, 401
Rebecca Tarlau will speak about how the over the past thirty-five years the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST), one of the largest social movements in Latin America, has become famous globally for its success in occupying land, winning land rights, and developing alternative economic enterprises for over a…
3:00 pm
McGraw Hall, 215
Mariangela Mihai is an Anthropology and Film PhD Candidate at Cornell University. She received her BA in Anthropology from Emory University in Atlanta where she has also worked on issues of refugee political resettlement at the Emory Center for Ethics and the International Rescue Committee.
Her current…
2:30 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
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. and prepare students for higher level courses on African economic, social and…
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
Uriel Abulof, Visiting Associate Professor, Government Department, Cornell University, will speak at 12:15 pm in G-08 Uris Hall about "From Existential Conflict to Coexistence? The Case of Israel/Palestine" at the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies weekly brown bag seminar.
12:00 pm
Kahin Center
Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty series
Edson Cabalfin, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of Cincinnati
Dr. Edson Cabalfin will discuss the curatorial concept, exhibition design, opening, and other stories surrounding the creation of the Philippine…
4:00 pm
Samuel Curtis Johnson Management Library
In the last decade, Chinese multinational corporations have been giving formerly dominant western companies a run for their money—a trend that has affected investment flows, business models, and the process of global innovation. How can businesses compete and even collaborate with powerful Chinese firms?
In…
6:45 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
FREE Ithaca Premiere w/panel discussion
2019 > Syria > Directed by Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of director Waad al-Kateab's life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets…
4:00 pm
Clark Hall, 700
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Program
Welcoming remarks by Ying Hua, Director, Cornell China CenterA campus to global perspective, Wendy Wolford, Vice Provost for International AffairsRoundtable with Cornell…
4:30 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, 64 Kaufman Auditorium
'Shrooms take Southwest China! This semester's first Cornell Contemporary China Initiative lecture examines the booming matsutake mushroom trade in this talk titled, Transforming More-than-human Economies in Southwest China: The role of the Matsutake Mushroom. Michael Hathaway of Simon Frasier University…
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
12:15 pm
Stimson Hall, G-01
Environmental education is essential in the diffusion of the ethics, values, and skills that are critical to sustainable transformations. This talk presents the experience of non-formal environmental education approaches held in schools in the Petrópolis region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 1997–2016. The talk…
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
In her research, Bittel draws upon social capital, sustainable recovery, and sustainable development frameworks to explore the processes at play in complex humanitarian emergencies that produce disparate long-term recovery outcomes in communities in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. In comparing two different ethnoreligious…
5:00 pm
Johnson Museum of Art
Warm up with hot chocolate and other treats as we celebrate our new exhibitions!
A “flight” of gallery talks with our curators and special guests will be held throughout the reception:
Tong Yang-Tze: Immortal at the River with curators Ellen Avril and Professor An-yi Pan at 5:30 PM
Lai Fong (ca…
2:30 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
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…
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
12:00 pm
Kahin Center
Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty series
Penny Edwards, Associate Professor, 2019-20 Fellow of the Townsend Center for the Humanities at the University of California, Berkeley
In 1860s Mandalay, theatre was a vehicle for the veneration of the Buddha and present and past kings, for royal…
6:45 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
Ithaca Premiere
2019 > Israel/France > Directed by Nadav Lapid
With Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Louise Chevillotte
"The film, a faintly comedic, semi-autobiographical study of identity and the ambivalence of national belonging, tells the story of Yoav, played by newcomer Tom Mercier…
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
Learn about the European Studies minor, an undergraduate minor across disciplines that allows you to explore the history, cultures, government, and languages of Europe. Find out about undergraduate funding opportunities offered through the Institute for European Studies.
Learn more about Einaudi Center…
4:30 pm
Olin Library, Room 107
It’s been said that there’s nothing more certain than death and taxes. But what factors shape the evolution of taxes and tax policies, and what gives rise to disparities in taxation policy, compliance, and enforcement?
To answer these and other questions, Gustavo Flores-Macías, the associate vice provost for…