East Asia Program
Cornell China Center Fall Field Trip: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
October 13, 2022
10:00 am
You're invited to join this tour and conversation about the art museum's Chinese and East Asian collections. Come discuss opportunities to engage with the museum and how the museum can be a resource to Cornellians. Learn about Xu Bing, currently a Cornell A. D. White Professor-at-Large based in Beijing and New York, and his Background Story exhibition, and visit 5th floor Asian galleries. Led by Ellen Avril, Chief Curator and the Judith H. Stoikov Curator of Asian Art. Limited to 15 participants.
***THIS TRIP IS NOW FULLY ENROLLED. Register here to add yourself to the wait list.***
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
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Cornell Classical Chinese Colloquium
Welcome to Fall's Text Readings
The Cornell Classical Chinese Colloquium (CCCC) 古文品讀 is a reading group for scholars interested in premodern Sinographic (古文) text. The group typically meets monthly during the semester to explore a variety of classical Chinese texts and styles. Other premodern texts linked to classical Chinese in Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese have been explored. Presentations include works from the earliest times to the 20th century. Workshop sessions are led by local, national, and international scholars.
For more information or to get on our list-serve, please email us.
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FLIP Volunteer Orientation & Organizational Meeting
September 23, 2022
11:30 am
Uris Hall, G08
Volunteer with the Foreign Language Introduction Program! FLIP has introduced thousands of children in Upstate New York to world languages and cultures. Volunteers from Cornell and surrounding communities who speak foreign languages provide fun ways for K–12 students to learn about and engage with our increasingly interconnected world.
FLIP's first organizational meeting and volunteer orientation of the semester will take place on September 23rd, 11:30am to 1:00pm, at Uris Hall G08. Lunch and beverages will be served! We welcome everyone who considers joining FLIP or has any questions about FLIP to attend this organizational event – a great opportunity to meet with our team members, previous volunteers, and get to know more about our program.
Please let us know about if you would like to attend, and any dietary restrictions! If you have friends who are interested in FLIP, please feel free to forward this email to them as well. We are looking forward to seeing you all next Friday!
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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
Global Hubs Info Session: Joint Seed Grants with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
September 29, 2022
8:00 pm
Global Cornell is offering competitive faculty grants in collaboration with Global Hubs partners.
Apply for funding to explore potential research collaborations with colleagues at Hubs universities.
These Joint Research and Seed Grants have been established to bring faculty from partner institutions together to develop joint projects that will strengthen Cornell and Global Hubs partner universities' strategic priorities and develop multidisciplinary cutting-edge research and curriculum to create academic and societal impact.
Please join us on September 28 (Ithaca) at 8:00–9:00 p.m. ET / September 29 (Hong Kong) at 8:00–9:00 a.m. HKT for a joint info session to learn more about the HKUST–Cornell grant opportunity. Q&A and collaboration matchmaking will follow a short presentation.
HKUST-Cornell Seed Funds:
Up to five (5) proposals will be fundedEach successful proposal may receive up to the equivalent of $5,000 USD from each university for a total of $10,000 USD Project duration: January 1–December 31, 2023Submission deadline: October 21 by 11:59 pm ET/October 22 by 11:59 a.m. HKTRegister today for the HKUST-Cornell Joint Info Session on Zoom
Learn about additional seed grants available with other Global Hubs partners.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
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This Might Not Be a Cold War, But It Feels Like One
Jessica Chen Weiss, EAP
This article notes an op-ed Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government and public policy, wrote in Foreign Affairs that suggested China and the U.S. were already engaged in a global struggle.
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Cornell Global Hubs
20 partner universities in 11 locations
New initiative expands opportunities, provides infrastructure, and greases the wheels for faculty, alumni, and students across the university.
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An 'affirmative vision' for U.S.-China relations
Jessica Chen Weiss on the Sinica Podcast
On the China Project's weekly Sinica Podcast, Jessica Chen Weiss, Cornell University associate professor of Government and recent advisor to the U.S. State Department policy planning staff, discusses how U.S.-China relations can be more than zero sum.
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CFA Cornell Japan faculty position
Japan in Transregional and Transtemporal Perspective
The Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track/early tenure position based on research related to pre-modern/early-modern Japanese humanities.
See https://asianstudies.cornell.edu/japan-transregional-and-transtemporal-perspective.
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US Must Not Seek to ‘Contain’ Rising China but Learn to Coexist, Former Policy Adviser Says
Jessica Chen Weiss, EAP
Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government and public policy, says, “Washington should avoid characterizing Taiwan as a vital asset for US interests. Such statements feed Beijing’s belief that the United States seeks to ‘use Taiwan to contain China.’”
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Nationalism Rules China's Internet During Taiwan Tensions
Jessica Chen Weiss, EAP
This piece quotes a 2020 Foreign Affairs article written by political scientist Jessica Chen Weiss. "Once mobilized, nationalism creates pressure for the government to talk tough and placate domestic audiences," Chen Weiss wrote.