Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development Seminar Series: Digitalization of African Elections
October 20, 2022
2:40 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
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.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
Former IAD Director Celebrated in Zambia
"Intellectual Giant" Muna Ndulo
Ndulo led and strengthened faculty research partnerships, cooperative events, and internships for Cornell students across 20 years.
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Afghan Students Look to Future
Nine Undergraduates Become Cornellians
"I’m now living in a bigger world, with a different view than the world I was in."
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Einaudi Congratulates Dr. Gunisha Kaur
Honored as Emerging Leader by National Academy of Medicine
One of Einaudi's Migrations faculty fellows, Kaur has "dedicated her career to advancing the health of forcibly displaced individuals."
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Kashmir in the Global Humanities: Genres, Poetics, Ecologies
September 10, 2022
9:30 am
Kahin Center
This conference focuses on Kashmiri literature through extensive discussions of forms, genres, ecologies, and poetics that inhabit literary landscapes in Kashmir. By exploring multiple forms, genres, and languages of literary expression across disparate te mporalities and historical contexts the conference aims to answer as to what we can learn about the morphing formations of power in Kashmir? How to understand the subsequent modalities and idioms of subversion in and across Kashmiri
literature?
We ask that masks be worn during this conference.
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South Asia Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Food Security Crisis Could Worsen If Greenhouse Gas Emissions Aren’t Reduced, Says Professor
Rachel Bezner Kerr, Einaudi
Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor of global development, discusses how the food security crisis could be negatively impacted if reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are not made.
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Biden Student Debt Plan Fuels Broader Debate Over Forgiving Borrowers
Bob Hockett, CRADLE
“The short answer to the question of debt forgiveness is that it all comes down to politics: which groups are favored by elite lawmakers, and which groups are less favored,” says Bob Hockett, professor of law, who supports Biden’s policy. “Student debt forgiveness is a relatively rare instance where we are getting debt forgiveness for average people.”
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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.
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Institute for African Development Seminar Series: Integrating Digitalization Technologies into African Development: Can a Sociotechnical Systems Perspective Add Value?
October 13, 2022
2:40 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
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.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development