Events
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
Southeast Asia Program
3:00 pm
Olin Library, Olin Rare Books Seminar Room
Talk by Ali Houissa and Laurent Ferri (Curators of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection)
Our CMS seminar today will be led by the curator of the Middle Eastern Collection in Olin Library, who will be hosting us to see precious objects in the library's collection…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
12:00 pm
TBA
Talk by Vincent Foucher (Political Science, Sciences Po, Bordeaux)
Public discourse in Nigeria and elsewhere tends to insist on the role of Quranic schools in the formation of the movement generally designated as Boko Haram. Quranic students, poor, radicalized, unfit for the labor market are supposed to be…
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
Migrations Program
4:30 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, G64
Join Einaudi Center and Brooks School researchers for three-minute speed talks and community conversation on our contemporary moment.
Speakers will jump off from interdisciplinary and international research, experiences, and world events to provide a fresh perspective on current U.S. politics and public…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Ghazal Asif (Anthropology, Lahore University of Management Science)
For the past decade, the press in Pakistan has remained rife with stories of the kidnapping, forcible conversion to Islam, and marriages of young Hindu women at the hands of Muslim men. Women’s rights and minority advocacy groups…
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
Migrations Program
4:30 pm
Mann Library, 100 and 102
Join the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies’ undergraduate global scholars for a showcase of their capstone presentations providing public commentary and perspectives on global democracy.
Undergraduate global scholars advocate for building democracy on campus and around the world. They have…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Alan Mikhail (Chace Family Professor of History, Yale University)
At the turn of the seventeenth century, a Dutch privateer is captured by Muslim pirates and taken to Morocco. To win his freedom, he converts to Islam and begins plying the waters off the Atlantic coast for prizes and booty. He marries…
Past Events
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
5:00 pm
White Hall, 106
Annette Damayanti Lienau, assistant professor at Harvard University, will give a lecture, "Arabic Across Empires and the Making of Literary Traditions in Asia and Africa," on March 18 at 5pm in White Hall room 106.
Professor Lienau will present from her recently published book "Sacred…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
Institute for European Studies
Migrations Program
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
In a world of massive inequalities between nations, and where citizenship at birth is the biggest determining factor of anyone's life chances, migration and international mobility are often seen as dramatic mechanisms of change. Yet strict borders and hierarchies between nations persist. The recently initiated…
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 European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
5:00 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Join us to learn about opportunities for undergraduate students with the Einaudi Center for International Studies! This session will discuss how to successfully apply for programs like Global Internships and Laidlaw Scholars, and how to discover or strengthen global interests, including academic minors, weekly…
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
5:00 pm
A. D. White House, Guerlac room
Dr. Verlato's lecture, "The Politics of Script: Romanizing the Arabic Language in Modern Egypt," investigates alternative geographies of script reform that supersede the national framework by recuperating early attempts to romanize the Arabic language in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century…
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
Migrations Program
5:00 pm
Virtual
The Amit Bhatia ’01 Global PhD Research Awards fund international fieldwork to help Cornell students complete their dissertations. Through a generous gift from Amit Bhatia, this funding opportunity annually supports at least six PhD students who have passed the A exam. Recipients hold the title of Amit Bhatia ’01…