The Issues in African Development Seminar Series examines critical concerns in contemporary Africa using a different theme each semester. The seminars provide a forum for participants to explore alternative perspectives and exchange ideas. They are also a focal activity for students and faculty interested in African development. In addition, this seminar series prepares students for higher level courses on African economic, social, and political development. The presentations are designed for students who are interested in development as well as Africa’s place in global studies, want to know about the peoples, cultures, and societies that call Africa home, and wish to explore development theories and alternate viewpoints on development practice.

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.***

The imagination of the nonhuman in South Asian history was often through processes of dehumanization. References to Indian dogs in terms of caste and untouchability, the use of various animals as beasts of burden, the comparisons of aboriginal tribes with primates, and the enactment of animal cruelty acts, were all achieved through the multifarious processes of the dehumanization of castes, tribes, and the rural and urban poor. In the nineteenth century, this nonhuman adaptation of the human featured in the colonial deployment of anthropology, zoology, social stratification, empathy, and labor. While the nonhuman category has emerged as a critique of anthropocentrism in historical research, particularly within imperial history, this presentation problematizes this assumption by suggesting that historically, thinking with animals was a tool of deploying human labor and social hierarchies and their concomitant dehumanization.

The number and percentage of overseas students returning to China for employment and entrepreneurship after graduation is increasing year by year. The Cornell China Center has launched a career planning discussion series to provide current and recent graduates with an opportunity to learn about the current situation, needs and trends in the domestic job market, gain insight into the operational mechanisms of companies, workplace culture and key concerns in the hiring process, and have direct conversations with companies.

The first two events in the series focused on technology companies, and this third event in the series for students, alumni, and friends will focus on another hot area - the financial industry.

Event language: Chinese

Register to attend here:

https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__BrmsdcWReKsN1q-cIGdeQ

书写未来: 留学生职业规划系列讨论 - 金融企业篇

海外留学生们毕业后归国就业创业人数和比例逐年增加。康奈尔中国中心推出职业规划讨论系列，为在校的和新近毕业的同学们提供一个了解国内就业市场现状、需求和趋势，深入了解企业的运营机制、职场文化和招聘过程主要关注点，和与企业直接对话的机会。

系列前两场关注科技企业的活动受到了同学、校友以及朋友们的热烈讨论与参与，系列继续的第三场我们将关注另一个热门领域 – 金融行业，本次活动邀请了来自易方达、中金以及普华永道的资深人力资源专家们就青年人才的求职和职业发展，以及近期招聘战略和人才需求继续进行讨论。

Please join us for this online panel & discussion that centers queer & feminist methods for approaching Philippine martial law history: the wayward informality and queer urbanism of Manila during a time of martial law (Lopez), the revolutionary intimacies of the anti-Marcos movement in the U.S (Hanna), and other invitations to think through and beyond the fiction-making and un-making of dictatorships (Burns). This event takes place in conjunction with Prof. Christine Bacareza Balance’s “Fictions of Dictatorship” seminar this semester.

Lmsp Burns is Associate Professor in the Asian American Studies Department at UCLA. Burns is the author of PURO ARTE: FILIPINOS ON THE STAGES OF EMPIRE and co-editor, with Christine Bacareza Balance, of CALIFORNIA DREAMING: MOVEMENT & PLACE IN THE ASIAN AMERICAN IMAGINARY.

Karen Buenavista Hanna is an Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality Studies at Connecticut College. She has published over a dozen academic and popular essays including in Amerasia, Hypatia, and Hyphen Magazine. Her experiences as a NYC public school teacher and community organizer prior to her doctoral studies inspire and shape her pedagogy and research. She is currently writing her first book manuscript, REVOLUTIONARY INTIMACIES: THE MAKINGS OF A NEW FILIPINO AMERICAN LEFT.

Ferdinand Lopez (she, her) is a PhD student in the Women and Gender Studies of the University of Toronto. Ferdie was a tenured Associate Professor in Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Santo Tomas. In 2015, she was listed by 8List Philippines as one of the 10 Iconic Teachers Students Loved in College. Her dissertation project focuses on “Seismic Flirtations: The Bakla and the Mapping of Queer Archipelagic Desires in the Pacific Ring of Fire.”

Contributing authors of Children and Youths’ Migration in a Global Landscape (Emerald, 2022) are joining the Migrations initiative to speak about their work and writing.

The edited volume asks how transnational mobility shapes the lives of young people and in each chapter, scholars present the stories of children from areas such as Myanmar, India, Hungary, the U.S., and Central America. Individually, these case studies address issues related to educational attainment, family reunification, social mobility, and identity. Collectively, these studies push us to question our assumptions about what it means to be a transnationally mobile child or youth.

The discussion will be moderated by Migrations postdoc Angel Escamilla García and one of the book’s editors, Adrienne Lee Atterberry.

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!

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 October 4 (9:00–10:00 a.m. ET / 2:00–3:00 p.m. GMT) for a joint info session to learn more about the King's College London–Cornell grant opportunity. Q&A and collaboration matchmaking will follow a short presentation.

UCL-Cornell Seed Funds:

Up to five (5) research proposals will be fundedEach successful proposal may receive up to $5,000/£4,000 from each university for a total of $10,000/£8,000Project duration: January 1–December 31, 2023Submission deadline: October 21 by 11:59 pm ET/October 22 by 4:59 a.m. GMTRegister today for the UCL-Cornell Joint Info Session on Zoom

Learn about additional seed grants available with other 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 30 (9:00–10:00 a.m. ET / 2:00–3:00 p.m. GMT) for a joint info session to learn more about the King's College London–Cornell grant opportunity. Q&A and collaboration matchmaking will follow a short presentation.

King's–Cornell Seed Funds:

Up to five (5) proposals will be fundedEach successful proposal may receive up to the equivalent of $5,000/£4,000 from each university for a total of $10,000/£8,000Project duration: January 1–December 31, 2023Submission deadline: October 21 by 11:59 pm ET/October 22 by 4:59 a.m. GMTRegister today for the King’s-Cornell Joint Info Session on Zoom

Learn about additional seed grants available with other Global Hubs partners.