As the semester wraps up, the Cornell Korean Language Program celebrates our students’ achievements at the 16th Annual Showcase—a vibrant gathering of language enthusiasts, performers, and supporters. The event featured creative student projects highlighting Korean culture and language, recognized outstanding students with certificates and gifts, and showcased dynamic Korea-related performances blending traditional percussion with modern K-pop and K-hip hop. Marking 16 years of excellence, the showcase reflected our program’s growth and the strong sense of community we continue to build, looking ahead to an even brighter future. Baked goods from Paris Baguette will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 7:15pm.

This event has been postponed until fall 2025.

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Join the Einaudi Center and researchers from across campus for three-minute speed talks and community conversation on ways to organize and push back against fast-moving federal actions.

Speakers will jump off from interdisciplinary and international research to provide a fresh perspective on current U.S. public policy and the potential for effective collective action. Together we'll look at challenges faced and solutions found in a variety of academic fields and places around the world—to help us think through how to unify disparate interests and find allies to resist democratic backsliding.

The event features clusters of speed talks on related topics, with time for Q&A and conversation on each topic.

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Speakers

David A. Bateman | GovernmentSidney Tarrow (IES) | GovernmentPrisca Jöst | Public Policy

More speakers to be confirmed.

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Sponsors

This conversation is hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, partnering with Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy's Governance and Local Development Institute and Data and Democracy Lab.

Find out how graduate and undergraduate students can get started at Einaudi.

Are you considering starting a career that utilizes regional expertise, language skills, or experience with foreign policy? Ever wondered what it's like to work in various capacities in governments, how to prepare yourself to be a successful applicant for jobs, or what work will let you utilize your knowledge of the world? Are you curious to learn more about current events, history, or the broader global implications of your major? Whether you are interested in a possible career in public service, academia, or the private sector, the international relations undergraduate minor can help you explore these opportunities.

Please join the Einaudi Center for International Studies for a discussion about career paths and opportunities at the State Department and in public service, featuring Cornell alumni who will share their insights:

Jason Oaks, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, U.S. Department of StateAngie Yucht Swenson, Founder and Principal of AYS Tutoring and Consulting, LLC
To attend virtually, register here.

This session is presented by the Einaudi Center and the faculty advisor of the international relations minor, Oumar Ba. The minor is open to all Cornell undergraduate students interested in learning about the politics, economics, history, languages, and cultures of the world.

International Fair showcases Cornell's global opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Explore the fair and find out about international majors and minors, language study, study abroad, funding opportunities, global internships, Cornell Global Hubs, and more.

The International Fair is sponsored by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and Office of Global Learning (both part of Global Cornell) in partnership with the Language Resource Center.

Register on CampusGroups to receive a reminder. Registration is not required.

East Asia Program Lecture Series presents "Japan’s 'New Pre-War': On the Repetition of a Capitalist Form"

Ken Kawashima (Associate Professor, University of Toronto) will give a talk and lead a seminar on his current research, which explores the complex interrelationships between repeated capitalist crisis and the repetition of what he calls the ‘pre-war form’ of capitalist development in modern Japan. This talk is based on his recent article, “Japan’s ’New Pre-War’: Five Dislocations of its historical development”, published in Socialist Register 2024: A New Global Geometry.

To participate in the seminar, please read this article.

About the East Asia Program

As Cornell’s hub for research, teaching, and engagement with East Asia, the East Asia Program (EAP) is a forum for the interdisciplinary study of historical and contemporary East Asia. Part of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the program draws its membership of over 45 core faculty and numerous affiliated faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students from across Cornell's colleges and schools.

Come learn and practice Chinese calligraphy, an art form where Chinese characters are written using a brush and ink. All skill levels are welcome, and supplies will be provided. This workshop is co-sponsored by the East Asia Program and the Asian and Asian American Center as a part of the APIDA Heritage Month celebration.

To sign up for the workshop, please register here. Spots are limited.

APIDA Heritage Month

In honor of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month, the Asian & Asian American Center collaborates with academic departments, Cornell Health, student organizations, Cornell Dining and other campus partners to host a series of events in April.

Celebrated nationally in May, APIDA Heritage Month honors Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi Americans who have enriched U.S. history and are key to its future success. The month consists of programs and events that educate all members of the Cornell University community about the histories, cultural diversity, contributions, and often underreported challenges of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi Americans.

View the full list of APIDA Heritage Month events here.