Past Events
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
4:30 pm
Physical Sciences Building, 120
Brenda Yeoh (National University of Singapore) gives the 12th Frank H. Golay Memorial Lecture.
The prevailing neoliberal labour migration regime in Asia is underpinned by principles of enforced transience: the overwhelming majority of migrants—particularly those seeking low skilled, low-waged work—are…
Institute for European Studies
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
4:00 pm
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, 2250
Come to the Office of Global Learning's info session to learn more about this program!
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…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
3:30 pm
Johnson Museum of Art, Wing Lecture Room ×
The exhibition 75 Years of Consequence: The Partition of India explores the legacy and tragedy of Partition, which created the independent states of India and Pakistan, and later Bangladesh. At this panel discussion, two of the exhibition curators—Ellen Avril, the Judith H. Stoikov Curator of Asian Art at the…
Institute for European Studies
1:00 pm
Uris Hall G08
Since the early 2000s, Poland has experienced a remarkable Jewish revival, largely driven by non-Jewish Poles with a passionate new interest in all things Jewish. Klezmer music, Jewish-style restaurants, kosher vodka, and festivals of Jewish culture have become popular, while new museums, memorials, Jewish studies…
East Asia Program
12:15 pm
Hughes Hall, Cornell Law School, Zhu Faculty Lounge (L28)
Please join us for a lunchtime seminar given by our guest Y.S. Lee, Director of the Law and Development Institute.
SEMINAR: Weaponizing International Trade in Political Disputes: Issues Under International Economic Law and Systemic Risks
DATE: Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
TIME: 12:15 p.m. to 1…
South Asia Program
8:00 am
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, 1250 Gallery
An exhibit by Sabeen Omar, Designer in Residence in Human Centered Design. Curated by Prof. Denise Green.
How can I paint like I would embroider? This question has fueled my work for a very long time. The slow covering of a surface (as opposed to a quick brushstroke) and the connection to needlework I have…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
8:00 pm
Virtual
Come to the Office of Global Learning's info session to learn more about this program!
Are you interested in the intersection of mental health and culture, global health, and community engagement? Do you want to gain field research skills and learn about indigenous communities in South India’s beautiful…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G44
Come to the Office of Global Learning's information session to learn more about this program!
The History and Politics of Southern Africa is a three week program, to be held at the University of Zambia, Cornell’s new Global Hub partner in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. The class will introduce students…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
4:30 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, G30
Co-sponsored by: History of Art Department
With its striking stonework, dramatically sited buildings, and impressive terraces cascading down steep mountainsides, Inca architecture has fascinated visitors to the Andes for centuries. Yet, this lithic architecture was only one part of the complex built…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
3:30 pm
Virtual
Join us for an information session to learn more about the Cornell Migrations initiative’s Community College Faculty Professional Development Fellowships on racism, dispossession, and migration (RDM) for faculty of any discipline at two-year institutions in upstate New York.
With support from the Mellon…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Rakhee Balaram
Can Rabindranath Tagore be considered a "surrealist"? This paper questions the historiography concerning Tagore's art while simultaneously examining the cultural climate surrounding his 1930 exhibition in Paris. A contemporary re-evaluation of Rabindranath Tagore's…
East Asia Program
3:30 pm
Rockefeller Hall, Asian Studies Lounge third floor
The Cornell Classical Chinese Colloqium (CCCC) 古文品讀 is pleased to have Yue (Mara) Du (History, Cornell University) lead the text reading titled, A Taiping General’s Poem in the Anti-Qing Revolution.
Faculty hosts: TJ Hinrichs (History, Cornell) and Suyoung Son (Asian Studies, Cornell). Sponsored by the East…
South Asia Program
12:00 pm
Virtual
Please join the Society for Buddhist Studies for a talk by Andrew Ollett (The University of Chicago).
Buddhist and Jain traditions saw their teachings as part of a “dispensation” (tīrtha in Jainism) that has both a beginning and an end. This is in absolute contrast to dominant self-perceptions of Brahmanical…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for European Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
4:30 pm
Klarman Hall, Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium
With a population of 376,000—less than half the size of Cyprus—and land area of 40,000 square miles (103,000 square km), lceland is one of Europe's smallest states.
In his lecture "Can Small States Make a Difference? The Case of Iceland on the International Scene," President of Iceland Guðni…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
2:40 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
The 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…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Institute for African Development
5:30 pm
109 Tower Rd., G-08 Uris Hall
Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony is a 2002 documentary film depicting the struggles of black South Africans against the injustices of Apartheid through the use of music.
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
The Einaudi Center's Research Travel Grants for Graduate Students provide international travel support for Cornell graduate students conducting short-term research or fieldwork outside the United States.
If you’re traveling between the United States and a host country for activities directly related to…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
Institute for European Studies
3:00 pm
Uris Hall, G08
The Cornell Contemporary China Initiative (CCCI) of the East Asia Program welcomes Simona Segre-Reinach (Fashion Studies, University of Bologna, Italy) as part of our semester-long theme of Fashion and Politics in Twentieth-Century China with faculty host, Peidong Sun (History, Cornell)
Some of the…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
6:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Co-sponsored by: Landscape Architecture, Department of Natural Resources
The balance that the Gulf of Tribugá is due to the cosmovision of the peoples that inhabit it, as well as the struggle that the same inhabitants undertake in defense of their territory. The documentary Tribugá Expedition leaves a clear…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
4:30 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, Kaufmann Auditorium
THE LITTLE ICE AGE AND THE OYO EMPIRE: AN UNFINISHED PROCESS OF RECOVERY
IN WEST AFRICA, ca. 1420-1840
This lecture is free and open to the community.
About Akin Ogundiran:
Akin Ogundiran is Chancellor’s Professor and Professor of Africana Studies, Anthropology & History at the…
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
Historical thinking is one of the most critical skills a college student can acquire. Teaching globally is a vital approach to understanding our contemporary world.
How do we combine the resources available to us from archives, libraries, and online collections to inform our understanding of the past and…
Institute for African Development
12:15 pm
Virtual
Please join us for a virtual seminar given by our guest Professor Marissa Jackson Sow of the University of Richmond School of Law and moderated by Cornell’s Professor Desirée LeClercq.
SEMINAR: Reckoning With the Racial Contract in International Law
DATE: Tuesday, November 8, 2022
TIME: 12:15 p…
Institute for European Studies
5:00 pm
Klarman Hall Auditorium
Please join the Polish Program to celebrate the 155th Birthday of Maria Curie – the Polish scientist.
Expect a cake and a lecture “Curie Science 101” by Julia Thom-Levy, a Professor in the Department of Physics.
The exhibition about Maria Curie is available November 7 till December 7 on the street…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
4:45 pm
Uris Hall
Nobuko Yamasaki, Assistant Professor, Department of Languages and Literatures, Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Lehigh University speaks about her book titled, Prostitutes, Hostesses, and Actresses at the Edge of the Japanese Empire.
Analyzing materials from literature and film, this book…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
12:30 pm
Kahin Center
Sunisa Manning
Writer
Sunisa Manning’s work challenges us to consider how fiction can translate movements across borders while remaining loyal to their origin stories. Her recent novel A Good True Thai describes the Thai 1970s student radicalization and revolution. This reading and talk will extend…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Isabel Huacuja Alonso
From news about World War II to the broadcasting of music from popular movies, radio played a crucial role in an increasingly divided South Asia for more than half a century. Radio for the Millions examines the history of Hindi-Urdu radio during the height of its popularity from…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
12:00 pm
Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University, Hoyt Fuller Rooom
Lunch with Akinwumi Ogundira
RSVP to Judy Yonkin at jly5@cornell.edu by Friday November 4. Please advise if you have dietary restrictions.
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
4:30 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
2022 > France > Directed by Alice Diop
With Marcel Balnoas Ethan Balnoas Florence Roche
What does it mean to belong in modern day France? Does the notion of "we" limit people to their families and immediate circles? Or can it lead to a broader sense of community? Director Alice Diop…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
South Asia Program
Institute for European Studies
12:00 am
Virtual
The Lingua Mater competition invites students to translate Cornell's Alma Mater into a different language and submit a video of the performed translation. The inaugural Lingua Mater student competition took place in 2018 as part of Cornell's Global Grand Challenges Symposium. The top three videos received…
Institute for European Studies
12:00 am
AD White House
With this workshop, we focus on gleaning: the widely practiced but long under-theorized right of the poor to take harvest remainders. More than simply the action of destitute people scavenging food, gleaning has been explicitly codified as entitlement and obligation: Leviticus not only entitles the poor to glean…