Come to the Office of Global Learning's information session to learn more about this program!

The History and Politics of Southern Africa is a three week program, to be held at the University of Zambia, Cornell’s new Global Hub partner in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. The class will introduce students to the history and politics of Zambia and more broadly southern Africa. The class examines the history of European settlement in southern Africa, the liberation wars and the independence process, Apartheid and post-Apartheid democracy in South Africa, as well as the turn to electoral democracy in Zambia, Botswana and Malawi. It then turns to an analysis of the politics, economies, and societies of contemporary southern Africa.

Come to the Office of Global Learning's info session to learn more about this program!

Nestled between the Alps and the Mediterranean in the magnificent Piedmont region of northern Italy, the city of Turin provides an inspiring background to explore the causes and consequences of population change, the debates unfolding in Europe around these issues, and the policies intended to address them.

Immerse yourself in the culture of Turin, Italy, while taking the following three-credit course on European population and policy issues:

This workshop for community college faculty will discuss how to increase student engagement using podcasts. Presentations will include how to work with students on content creation and using podcasts in the classroom as a teaching tool.

Speakers include:

Eleanor Paynter, ACLS Fellow and Migrations Fellow, and host of the podcast Migrations: A World on the Move. Angela Palumbo, Assistant Professor of English as Second Language, Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3). Rachel Beatty Riedl, Director, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and John S. Knight Professor of International Studies and host of the podcast Ufahamu Africa.

Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony is a 2002 documentary film depicting the struggles of black South Africans against the injustices of Apartheid through the use of music.

Featuring a live score incorporating traditional Ukrainian folk melodies by Austin’s Montopolis

1929 > USSR > Directed by Dziga Vertov
This film is not only Vertov's masterpiece and final film of the silent era, it is a work which notably exemplifies the montage aesthetic of the Soviet avant-garde of the twenties. A city symphony filmed in Moscow and Odessa, the film is a continually shifting kaleidoscope of breathtaking imagery that captures the spirit of Russian life at that time. Featuring a. live original score by Austin, TX band Montopolis. Cosponsored with the Wharton Studio Museum. More at www.montopolismusic.com/man-with-a-movie-camera
1 hr 7 min