Under Guest Director Heri Purwanto, a freelance musician from Surakarta, Indonesia, the Cornell Gamelan Ensemble presents a varied program of traditional Javanese music in the Klarman Hall Atrium.

Co-sponsors: The Department of Music, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Department of Asian Studies, and the Southeast Asia Program.

This event has been postponed until fall 2025.

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Join the Einaudi Center and researchers from across campus for three-minute speed talks and community conversation on ways to organize and push back against fast-moving federal actions.

Speakers will jump off from interdisciplinary and international research to provide a fresh perspective on current U.S. public policy and the potential for effective collective action. Together we'll look at challenges faced and solutions found in a variety of academic fields and places around the world—to help us think through how to unify disparate interests and find allies to resist democratic backsliding.

The event features clusters of speed talks on related topics, with time for Q&A and conversation on each topic.

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Speakers

David A. Bateman | GovernmentSidney Tarrow (IES) | GovernmentPrisca Jöst | Public Policy

More speakers to be confirmed.

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Sponsors

This conversation is hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, partnering with Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy's Governance and Local Development Institute and Data and Democracy Lab.

Find out how graduate and undergraduate students can get started at Einaudi.

Are you considering starting a career that utilizes regional expertise, language skills, or experience with foreign policy? Ever wondered what it's like to work in various capacities in governments, how to prepare yourself to be a successful applicant for jobs, or what work will let you utilize your knowledge of the world? Are you curious to learn more about current events, history, or the broader global implications of your major? Whether you are interested in a possible career in public service, academia, or the private sector, the international relations undergraduate minor can help you explore these opportunities.

Please join the Einaudi Center for International Studies for a discussion about career paths and opportunities at the State Department and in public service, featuring Cornell alumni who will share their insights:

Jason Oaks, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, U.S. Department of StateAngie Yucht Swenson, Founder and Principal of AYS Tutoring and Consulting, LLC
To attend virtually, register here.

This session is presented by the Einaudi Center and the faculty advisor of the international relations minor, Oumar Ba. The minor is open to all Cornell undergraduate students interested in learning about the politics, economics, history, languages, and cultures of the world.

Our cherished friend and colleague Nicolas van de Walle (1957-2024) shaped the field of political science and African politics in substantial and important ways. His insights into the politics of economic policymaking and “permanent crisis,” the driving forces of regime dynamics, electoral politics, and democratic transitions continue to underpin the foundations of comparative politics.

Beyond his written work, van de Walle’s legacy is firmly anchored in how he treated his fellow scholars—at home at Cornell and around the world. His kindness, generosity of spirit, intellectual curiosity, and joy in the ongoing process of learning from others. These are the characteristics that define him to so many who were lucky enough to know him and interact with him. He has served as a mentor to hundreds: offering support, incisive feedback, advice, and conversation to think through the politics of our time. We honor him as a brilliant scholar and a gentle soul who lifted others up and made our collective humanity richer.

This conference in his honor will focus on the core themes of African political economy, regimes, and modes of electoral and social participation and contestation.

Hosted by the
Institute for African Development (Einaudi Center for International Studies); Department of Government; College of Arts and Sciences; and the Center on Global Democracy (Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy).

Organizers
Rachel Beatty Riedl, Peggy J. Koenig ‘78 Director of the Center on Global Democracy (Brooks School of Public Policy) and Professor, Government; Rachel Bezner Kerr, Director, Institute for African Development, and Professor, Global Development; Sabrina Karim, Associate Professor, Department of Government; Muna Ndulo, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of International & Comparative Law, Cornell Law School; and, Oumar Ba, Assistant Professor, Government, Cornell

You’re Invitedto a special lecture: PACT FOR THE FUTURE: The United Nations and International Development in a Time of Change Presented by Philémon Yang, President of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Join us for a timely and thought-provoking lecture by Ambassador Philémon Yang, Cameroonian statesman, diplomat, and current President of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly. With decades of international experience—including service as Prime Minister of Cameroon, High Commissioner to Canada, and leadership within the African Union and UN—Ambassador Yang offers unique insights into global development, diplomacy, and cooperation in an era of transformation.

This event is sponsored by the Brooks School's Center on Global Democracy, the Einaudi Center for International Studies, Covernance and the Local Development Institute, and the Polson Institute.

All are welcome.