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Information Session: Laidlaw Leadership & Research Program

October 7, 2026

5:00 pm

Uris Hall, G08

The Laidlaw Leadership and Research Program promotes ethical leadership and international research around the world—starting with the passionate leaders and learners found on campuses like Cornell. Open to first- and second-year students, the two-year Laidlaw program provides generous support to carry out internationally focused research, develop leadership skills, engage with community projects overseas, and become part of a global network of like-minded scholars from twenty universities worldwide.

Can’t attend? Contact programs@einaudi.cornell.edu to learn more.

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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students to learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships. View the full calendar of fall semester sessions.

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Program

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

Migrations Program

Kiara Liu

A photo of Kiara Liu

GSSC Co-chair and Graduate Student

Degree Pursued: PhD

Anticipated Degree Year: 2028

Committee Chair: Matthew Wilkins

Discipline: Information Science

Research Interests: Digital Humanities, Queer Chinese webnovels

Pronouns: They/她

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  • Student
  • Graduate Student

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Information Session: Global Internships

December 3, 2026

4:30 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Go global in summer 2027! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.

Applications are open now.

Can’t attend? Contact programs@einaudi.cornell.edu.

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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students to learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships. View the full calendar of fall semester sessions.

Additional Information

Program

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

Migrations Program

Southwest Asia and North Africa Program

Information Session: Global Internships

November 12, 2026

4:30 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Go global in summer 2027! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.

Applications are open now.

Can’t attend? Contact programs@einaudi.cornell.edu.

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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students to learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships. View the full calendar of fall semester sessions.

Additional Information

Program

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

Migrations Program

Southwest Asia and North Africa Program

Information Session: Global Internships

November 2, 2026

12:00 pm

Go global in summer 2027! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.

Applications are open now.

Can’t attend? Contact programs@einaudi.cornell.edu.

***

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students to learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships. View the full calendar of fall semester sessions.

Additional Information

Program

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

Migrations Program

Southwest Asia and North Africa Program

Information Session: Global Internships

October 29, 2026

4:30 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Go global in summer 2027! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.

Applications are open now.

Can’t attend? Contact programs@einaudi.cornell.edu.

***

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students to learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships. View the full calendar of fall semester sessions.

Additional Information

Program

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

Migrations Program

Southwest Asia and North Africa Program

The Future of International Order: Rupture, Resistance, and Prospects for Peace

September 10, 2026

12:00 pm

Clark Hall, 700

Global politics are undergoing a radical rupture. The post-WWII rules-based international order, which prohibits most uses of military force, provides collective security, and respects human rights, has always been imperfect. But today several prominent governments appear to be explicitly repudiating these norms. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East suggest that great powers like Russia and the United States are seeking power primarily through military force and economic coercion rather than through incentives or persuasion. Middle powers such as Canada have responded by calling for new coalitions and strategies to counter aggression. What will these changes mean for the future of war and peace? In this panel, four distinguished scholars with regional expertise in Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe will discuss different visions for the future of international order, with a focus on prospects for developing non-violent means of resolving conflict.

Panelists
Amitav Acharya, American University
Oumar Ba, Cornell University
Kyoko Imai, Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Alexander Lanoszka, University of Waterloo

Moderator
Rebecca Slayton, Cornell University

Host
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, part of the Einaudi Center for International Studies

Co-sponsors
Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program, part of the Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development, part of the Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program, part of the Einaudi Center for International Studies

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Program

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Institute for European Studies

Institute for African Development

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

South Asia Program

Migrations Program

Southwest Asia and North Africa Program

Mandarin Conversation Hour

August 8, 2026

4:00 pm

Join us on Zoom this summer to practice your Mandarin 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 more than you might think. Conversation Hours are open to any learner, including the public.

Join Mandarin Conversation Hour on Zoom!

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East Asia Program

Critical Failures: Modern Japan and the Possibility of Reading Otherwise

Book cover. Behind the title band is patterned paper. White, blue, and red striped form a cross over a yellow background. Wavy blue blobs are connected with wavy blue lines like lakes connected by streams. Inside the blue shapes are blue and white squares on a white background.

Author: Miyabi Goto

Critical Failures revisits the overlooked messiness at the heart of Japan's early experiments with modern criticism. In the Meiji era, young intellectuals posited that mastering the art of critical reading—called hihyō—was essential for Japan's advancement on the world stage. Yet, while they made concerted efforts to theorize hihyō and proposed ambitious ideals, their actual reading practice often fell short of what they set out to accomplish.

Book

34.95

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Type

  • Book

  • Cornell East Asia Series

Publication Details

Publication Year: 2026

Publication Number: 228

ISBN: 9781501785672

Lyric Poetry as State Criticism in Modern Japan

Book cover. Above the title band is a sketch of a flower in a vase and a magnet. Below title band is a sketch of a person with a scarred face holding a platter with a dark lumpy object.

Author: Marianne Tarcov

Lyric Poetry as State Criticism in Modern Japan explores how seemingly apolitical verse became a subtle vehicle for political expression under censorship. In an era of intense state control, Japanese poets such as Kitahara Hakushū, Hagiwara Sakutarō, Yonezawa Nobuko, and Ōte Takuji turned to lyric poetry to discuss police censorship and surveillance of modern media, state-sponsored efforts at Western-style modernization, and the policing of gender and sexuality.

Book

29.95

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Program

Type

  • Book

  • Cornell East Asia Series

Publication Details

Publication Year: 2026

Publication Number: 227

ISBN: 9781501786785

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