Einaudi Center for International Studies
Ancient DNA and the Politics of Ethnicity in Neo-Nationalist China
Magnus Fiskesjö, EAP
Magnus Fiskesjö has published a chapter on the politics of labeling genetic populations in China in a new open-access book, Critical Perspectives on Ancient DNA, from MIT Press.
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Russian Missile Hits Children’s Hospital
Matthew Evangelista, PACS
Voice of America's International Edition podcast talks with Matthew Evangelista (PACS) about how Russia's recent deliberate attacks on civilians violate the Geneva Convention.
Deliberate attacks on civilians violate the Geneva Convention. We talked to Matthew Evangelista, a professor of history and political science emeritus at Cornell University. A Russian court sentenced a playwright and a theater director each to six years in prison on Monday for "justifying terrorism," concluding a trial that rights campaigners had said demonstrated Russia's intolerance of artistic freedom.
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Seaweed for Climate Mitigation
Jenny Goldstein Wins Atkinson Venture Fund Award
Seaweed may play a significant role in the transition to a low-carbon economy. It can be converted into products that can sequester carbon directly, such as building materials; biofuels and bioplastics derived from seaweed may be able to substitute for fossil fuel-based products; and seaweed has been shown to directly suppress greenhouse gas emissions when used as a supplement in cattle feed and a soil amendment in rice paddies. Cornell researchers will explore barriers to scaling up seaweed-based products for climate mitigation, particularly at cultivation sites in the Philippines, where seaweed quantity and quality are in rapid decline. Ice-ice disease is a primary cause of this decline, and researchers will work with local collaborators to develop strategies to reduce disease loss, support farmer livelihoods, and increase climate-mitigating products from seaweed.
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Can China’s Development-based Social Contract Withstand Unemployment Pressures?
Eli Friedman, EAP
While the modern party’s legitimacy is based on a growing and diverse range of sources, “performance-based legitimacy” remains a central pillar of stability, as it has for many decades, said Eli Friedman from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labour Relations.
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How the Chevron Ruling could Change Congress
Robert Hockett, CRADLE
Robert Hockett, a Cornell professor who has testified before Congress on Chevron deference in the past, comments on the Supreme Court decision.
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Why the Asia Society Invited the Wrong Person to Speak on China
Jessica Chen Weiss, EAP
This opinion piece mentions analysis by Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of international relations at Cornell University.
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Democracy and the Next Generation Perish as Freedom of Expression Wanes
Sharif Hozoori, SAP/GPV
GPV fellow Sharif Hozoori writes, "When fundamental rights are threatened and freedom of expression is under attack, citizens should step forward and take the right side. Otherwise, democracy and the next generation will perish as freedom of expression wanes."
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Dirty Cooking Fuels Pose Major Threat to Infants in India
Arnab Basu, SAP
Twenty-seven of every 1,000 babies and children in India die due to exposure to indoor air pollution, according to new research findings from Arnab Basu (SAP) and Nancy Chau.
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China’s Plenum Must Offer Action Not Rote Slogans
Eswar Prasad, SAP
Eswar Prasad, professor of finance at Cornell, writes that China’s problems are both cyclical and structural and need tackling on multiple fronts.
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Visible Ruins: The Politics of Perception and Legacies of Mexico's Revolution
October 1, 2024
12:20 pm
Uris hall, G08
Co-sponsored by Anthropology
The Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) introduced a series of state-led initiatives promising modernity, progress, national grandeur, and stability: state surveyors assessed land for agrarian reform, engineers utilized nationalized oil for industrialization, archaeologists reconstructed pre-Hispanic monuments for tourism, and anthropologists studied and photographed indigenous populations to achieve their acculturation. However, far from their stated goals, these initiatives dissembled violence, permitting land invasions, forced displacement, environmental damage, loss of democratic freedom, and mass killings. Mónica Salas Landa uses the history of northern Veracruz to demonstrate how these state-led efforts reshaped the region's social and material landscapes, affecting what was and is visible. Relying on archival sources and ethnography, she uncovers an aesthetic order of ongoing significance, which was established through post-revolutionary projects and which perpetuates inequality based on imperceptibility.
Mónica Salas Landa is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Lafayette College. She is a historical and political anthropologist with regional expertise in Latin America. Her work examines the processes of state formation, nation-building, and the aesthetic dimension of politics in post-revolutionary and contemporary Mexico. Trained as an anthropologist and archaeologist in Mexico, she obtained an MA in Museum Studies from New York University and a PhD in Anthropology with a concentration in Latin American Studies from Cornell University. Prior to joining Lafayette College, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University. Her work has been featured in the Hispanic American Historical Review, the Journal of Latin American Studies, Environment and Planning A, among other journals. Her first book, Visible Ruins: The Politics of Perception and the Legacies of Mexico’s Revolution, was recently published by the University of Texas Press.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies