Join us for a virtual discussion with Faizah Zakaria, author of The Camphor Tree and the Elephant and winner of the 2025 Benda Prize. This virtual conversation is open to the broader public, and is hosted by GETSEA.

All participants should read the Introduction and Chapter 1.

The Camphor Tree and…

Join us on Zoom to practice your Thai skills and meet new people. Conversation Hours provide an opportunity to use the target language in an informal, low-pressure atmosphere. Have fun practicing a language you are learning! Gain confidence through experience! Just using your new language skills helps you learn…

Tickling Giants is a documentary film featuring Bassem Youssef, known as the "Jon Stewart of Egypt. " The film offers a unique lens on political satire in Egypt in a period of political transition following the 2011 revolution.

Discussion moderated by Dina Bishara (Global Labor and Work, Cornell…

Any poem, any language! The Language Resource Center celebrates National Poetry Month. Sweet Poetry is an evening event in April named for enjoying tasty treats while sharing poems in different languages.

Join us on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 5:30 pm in the Klarman Hall Atrium. During the event, Cornell…

Microhabitat (Korean title: So-gong-nyeo) is a 2018 Korean black comedy, directed by Jeon Go-woon. The film asks what really matters if we want to remain ourselves—or hold on to our sense of self—while living under harsh economic conditions. Many Cornellians might relate: we inhabit a world in which our cultural…