Past Events
South Asia Program
4:45 pm
Guerlac Room, A.D. White House
Anupama Rao -
In this presentation I engage arguments about literary destitution in particular, and about touch and sociality more generally (Jaaware, 2018) to address the forms of refusal and practices of insurgence that define and distinguish Dalit thought as a genre of political thought bound together by…
Southeast Asia Program
South Asia Program
12:00 pm
Virtual
Please join Cornell's Society for Buddhist Studies for a virtual talk by Prof. Maria Heim, the George Lyman Crosby 1896 & Stanley Warfield Crosby Professor in Religion at Amherst College.
Prof. Heim will argue that Buddhaghosa in the Sumaṅgalavilāsinī, and in particular, his commentarial elaboration…
South Asia Program
12:00 pm
Rockefeller Hall, 190
FGSS Graduate Workshop:
Archival Activism: Reclaiming histories of radicalism
Friday, February 10
12 pm – 1 pm
190 Rockefeller Hall
Drawing from her experience as a historian of anti-caste radicalism and in curating a finding aid for the archive of Dr. BR Ambedkar at Columbia…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
12:00 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
Learn more about our Cornell Summer Program in Ghana – AU Agenda 2063 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals that focuses on African development that engages the interface between the UN 17 SDGs and AU Agenda 2063 and their respective priority areas. Held at one of Cornell's Global Hub partner institutions,…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
10:00 am
Virtual
Registration Link: Keynote: Emerging Markets Institute's Annual Report | eCornell
The global economy has experienced rapid shocks, shifts, and disruptions over the past few years. From the ongoing effects of the Russian war on Ukraine to the enduring stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, macroeconomic…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
6:00 pm
Virtual
Gatty Lecture Series
Join us for a talk by Sophie Chao (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow and Lecturer in the Discipline of Anthropology, University of Sydney).
This Gatty Lecture will take place on Zoom only. For questions, contact seapgatty…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
East Asia Program
4:30 pm
Virtual
A distinctive Chinese Islamic intellectual tradition emerged during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). This talk by Kristian Petersen (Old Dominian University) traces the contours of this Sino-Islamic intellectual tradition and key Han Kitab authors.
Chinese Muslims established an…
Institute for European Studies
4:30 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, GSH 142
Have you considered summer study abroad and are interested in studying law? Join Cornell Law School faculty and the Office of Global Learning to learn more about the Cornell Prelaw Program in Paris, a three-week academic program in international and comparative law. Study law in a uniquely international and…
Institute for European Studies
4:00 pm
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, MVR G422 Conference Room
Learn more about the Cornell Summer Program in Turin - 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 unfolding in Europe…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
2:40 pm
Uris Hall, G-02
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 G-02 Uris Hall 2:40pm
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Most professional policy makers agree that sound policy must be based on scientific evidence. Yet, how do we get the evidence out of a large quantity of scientific information? How do we know that the evidence is accurate? Or that it will…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
South Asia Program
2:00 pm
Virtual
Borderlands, migrations, and movement are prevalent themes in post-secondary education. They connect students to seemingly disparate experiences in an increasingly inter-connected world. How do we engage with these topics to teach effectively about diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice? In this workshop…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, G155
Why do people engage in vigilantism? Vigilantism is commonly understood as a functional solution to a security problem, or as "popular justice," an expression of the people's will. However, both these approaches overlook the power dynamics that are at the heart of vigilantism—and as a result, they…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
7:30 am
Virtual
Come hear Christopher Marquis discuss his new book Mao and Markets (Yale University Press, 2023) that charts how Mao’s ideological principles, mass campaigns, and socialist institutions have enduringly influenced Chinese entrepreneurs, listed companies and provincial and city politicians.
As China opened up…
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 and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
4:30 pm
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies , G-08 Uris Hall
Get involved with the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and the Language Resource Center to enhance your language skills!
Through resources on campus, students of all levels can improve global language skills, apply for funding to practice language abroad, and more.
Opportunities include…
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 and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
4:45 pm
Virtual
Learn more about Fulbright opportunities for graduate students that fund your international research or teaching from a Fulbright advisor at Cornell.
Fulbright at Cornell is administered by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. The Einaudi Center's Fulbright advisor works with you to…
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 and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
2:30 pm
Willard Straight Hall, Memorial Room
Open up a whole new world by studying abroad!
Cornellians who have studied abroad are sharing their experiences at the Office of Global Learning's study abroad fair. You'll learn about where in the world you can study, what programs work for you and your major, and how study abroad can enhance…
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:00 am
Weill Hall, 224
This research explores the Strauss-Eisenhower Plan, an ambitious plan designed by the United States after the Six-Day War in 1967. Now largely forgotten, the Strauss-Eisenhower Plan, named after statesman Lewis Strauss and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, followed the same logic as Eisenhower’s flagship program,…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
5:00 pm
Virtual
The Spring 2023 LRC Learning Community will offer an interinstitutional opportunity to exchange best practices in language teaching and review basic principles of SLA, content-based language teaching, and assessment. The LC is organized as part of the Central New York Humanities Corridor Working Group on Cultures…
Southeast Asia Program
3:30 pm
Physical Sciences Building, 401
Science & Technology Studies Spring 2023 Colloquium
This lecture by Jenny Goldstein (Global Development, Cornell) argues that Indonesia’s peatlands are experiments with land at a scale that states, scientists, and the planet’s inhabitants are just beginning to grapple with—yet are becoming increasingly…
East Asia Program
2:45 pm
Olin Hall, 155
Abstract: Without action from China, the world will not be able to contain the climate emergency. China produced nearly 30% of global carbon emissions in 2020, making Xi Jinping’s declaration that year that his country would be carbon neutral by 2060 one of epic significance. Will China be able to meet or exceed…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G02
Talk by Liyu Hua (Asian Studies, Cornell University)
This talk will address Pali language ideology in Buddhaghosa’s commentaries around 500 CE and the traces of its inheritance from Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya. The often-quoted discussion of the Pali language as “the natural language” (Pali sabhāvanirutti) in the…
Southeast Asia Program
11:45 pm
Virtual
Mr. Nithi Nesadurai, Director and Regional Coordinator of Climate Action Network Southeast Asia
Dr. Allison Chatrchyan, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Multilateral global climate governance is best embodied through the annual UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP), which brings together state…
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
4:30 pm
B20 Lincoln Hall
Tarcísio Ramos is a Brazilian musician, poet, writer. This event will be lecture and performance.
This event is free. Everybody is welcome. Come and join us!
This event is sponsored by LACS (Latin American and Caribbean Studies), Department of Music and Romance Studies.
Southeast Asia Program
South Asia Program
12:00 pm
Virtual
Please join Cornell's Society for Buddhist Studies for a virtual talk by Prof. Anne M. Blackburn, the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities here at Cornell.
In her research, Prof. Blackburn works at the intersection of Buddhist institutional history, political economy, intellectual history…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
10:00 am
Virtual
Registration Link: Keynote: Emerging Markets Institute's Annual Report | eCornell
The global economy has experienced rapid shocks, shifts, and disruptions over the past few years. From the ongoing effects of the Russian war on Ukraine to the enduring stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, macroeconomic…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
7:00 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
1964 > Iran > Directed by Ebrahim Golestan
With Zakaria Hashemi, Akbar Meshkin, Tajolmolouk Ahmadi, Pari Saberi
A taxi driver finds a baby in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young lady. He and his girlfriend attempt to find the presumed mother while also trying to…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
6:00 pm
Africana Center, Multi-purpose room
Black History Month is a time to assess, ask questions, and come together. Join us for this town hall and community event hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies to kick off Black History Month on campus and discuss the encounter between African Americans and Black people outside the United…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
2:40 pm
Uris Hall, G-02
IAD Weekly Seminar - How to Identify the 'Best' Policy Practices?: The seminar will explore promising avenues to improve the science policy interface in Africa. Multiple themes under this broad umbrella will be covered, including:
Reviews of productive modes of interfacing science and policy.…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
12:30 pm
Kahin Center
Talk by Juan Fernandez (PhD Candidate, Cornell University)
This talk examines three foundational ideas in the history and anthropology of sex and gender in Southeast Asia in the context of the colonial Philippines: the "high" status of women; the image of the man of prowess; and the concept and…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
With a focus on gang violence in El Salvador, Dr. Córdova’s book examines how organized criminal groups’ operations in the territories they control, and the incursion of the police and military, threaten women’s safety. The main argument establishes that gangs’ territorial control increases women’s daily risk of…