Einaudi Center for International Studies
Life After Cornell Part 1 - Alumni Panel & Networking Event
April 13, 2021
12:30 pm
Join us for a panel discussion with SEAP alumni on Life After Cornell, and see where your study of Southeast Asia can take you!
Featured Guests:
Abigail Chen, Analyst, Kobre & Kim LLPJennifer Foley, Deputy Director for Collections and Engagement at teh Georgia O'Keeffe MusuemCole DeVoy, Fulbright ETA in Taiwan, MA candidate Yale Jackson Institute for Global AffairsHadar Sachs, Director of Programs, Mind the Gap 2020This event is a part of Southeast Asia Language Month! Current Cornell students can participate and compete for a $100 Amazon gift card and other prizes.
1. Download the GooseChase App
2. Enter code 3KX9D9
(or search for "Southeast Asia Language Month")
3. Complete missions and attend events to earn points
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Global PhD Research Awards
Details
Conduct your international field research with a $10,000 award to support fieldwork expenses.
The Einaudi Center’s Amit Bhatia ’01 Global PhD Research Awards fund international fieldwork to help Cornell students complete their dissertations. Through a generous gift from Amit Bhatia, this funding opportunity annually supports at least six PhD students who have passed the A exam. Recipients hold the title of Amit Bhatia ’01 Global PhD Research Scholars. Meet the scholars.
All disciplines and research topics are welcome. Please indicate in your application if your project aligns with one of the Einaudi Center's global research priorities or one of our regional and thematic programs.
Eligibility
Cornell graduate students who have passed the A exam and been admitted to candidacy are eligible to apply. International fieldwork must be a critical component of your dissertation research. You must commit to travel abroad to conduct fieldwork for 9–12 months.
Please note that this award is meant to be supplementary to your primary funding source. This award does not provide tuition credit and requires students to be in absentia. A report is required upon completion.
Amount
$10,000, to be used before the end of the sixth PhD year. The award can cover the following expenses:
- International travel (economy airfare, visa fees)
- Domestic travel within the fieldwork country
- Accommodation and living expenses
- Research expenses (permits, translation costs, internet, archive access, survey costs, lab fees, etc.)
We encourage you to apply for other Cornell and external funding to complement this award, but please note that you are not eligible to apply for Einaudi’s travel grants. If you have already received a travel grant and wish to apply for a Global PhD Research Award, you may return your travel grant if you receive this award.
Please note that you may only bill for a research expense once. If an expense is already covered by this award or a Graduate School research travel grant, you may not use other Cornell or external grants to pay the same expense.
International Travel Approval
All international travel must be registered with the Cornell International Travel Registry. In line with Cornell’s international travel policy, selected students who plan to travel to a country flagged by the US Department of State as a "Level 4: Do not travel," or by the CDC as Level 4 "Special Circumstances," must get their travel plans reviewed and approved via a petition process by the International Travel Advisory & Response Team (ITART). ITART petitions are triggered by rules built into the Travel Registry, so if selected students’ travel requires a petition, the Travel Registry will prompt them for additional information about, and a rationale for, their elevated risk travel plans.
Please be aware that regardless of your destination, approval may be withdrawn if there is a change in the risk level of your destination or if we find that you have violated any contingencies of approval given. In such instances, you will be required to refund the award.
To receive the award, selected students must follow the university’s guidelines to petition for permission to travel internationally, to be submitted no earlier than six weeks and at least two weeks before the scheduled travel. In addition, students must participate in a short, online international travel predeparture orientation course designed by the university’s International Health & Safety team in order to receive travel approval.
Deadline
Applications, recommendation letters, and transcripts are due Friday, March 7, 2025 (11:59 p.m. ET).
How to Apply
Please order your official electronic transcript through the Office of the Registrar (see below); do not send your transcript directly. In the application, you will be asked to provide the following:
- Official electronic transcript (send to programs@einaudi.cornell.edu)
- Abstract of your dissertation project (maximum 150 words)
- Introduction to your dissertation project (maximum 400 words)
- Statement explaining the contribution of your research to existing literature and its relevance to advancing the human condition, planetary sustainability, or other impacts (maximum 400 words)
- Statement about publications that have most significantly informed your research (maximum 100 words)
- Statement explaining your plans for international field research (maximum 600 words)
- International field research budget information
- NetID email address of your recommender (your graduate thesis advisor)
FAQ
More Questions?
Join us for an upcoming information session.
Please email our academic programming staff if you have additional questions about the program or your application.
Additional Information
Indonesian Language Table
April 27, 2021
5:00 pm
Learn about studying Indonesian at Cornell, with an opportunity to ask the instructor and current students questions!
This event is a part of Southeast Asia Language Month! To participate and compete for a $100 Amazon gift card and other prizes:
1. Download the GooseChase App
2. Enter code 3KX9D9
(or search for "Southeast Asia Language Month")
3. Complete missions and attend events to earn points
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Thai Language Table
April 23, 2021
9:00 am
Learn about studying Thai at Cornell, with an opportunity to ask the instructor and current students questions!
This event is a part of Southeast Asia Language Month! To participate and compete for a $100 Amazon gift card and other prizes:
1. Download the GooseChase App
2. Enter code 3KX9D9
(or search for "Southeast Asia Language Month")
3. Complete missions and attend events to earn points
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Vietnamese Language Table
April 22, 2021
5:00 pm
Learn about studying Vietnamese at Cornell, with an opportunity to ask the instructor and current students questions!
Also on April 22:
Khmer Language Table: 2-3pm EDT
Tagalog Language Table: 4-5pm EDT
This event is a part of Southeast Asia Language Month! To participate and compete for a $100 Amazon gift card and other prizes:
1. Download the GooseChase App
2. Enter code 3KX9D9
(or search for "Southeast Asia Language Month")
3. Complete missions and attend events to earn points
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Tagalog/Filipino Language Table
April 22, 2021
4:00 pm
Learn about studying Tagalog at Cornell, with an opportunity to ask the instructor and current students questions!
Also on April 22:
Khmer Language Table: 2-3pm EDT
Vietnamese Language Table: 5-6pm EDT
This event is a part of Southeast Asia Language Month! To participate and compete for a $100 Amazon gift card and other prizes:
1. Download the GooseChase App
2. Enter code 3KX9D9
(or search for "Southeast Asia Language Month")
3. Complete missions and attend events to earn points
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Khmer Language Table
April 22, 2021
2:00 pm
Learn about studying Khmer at Cornell, with an opportunity to ask the instructor and current students questions!
Also on April 22:
Tagalog Language Table: 4-5pm EDT
Vietnamese Language Table: 5-6pm EDT
This event is a part of Southeast Asia Language Month! To participate and compete for a $100 Amazon gift card and other prizes:
1. Download the GooseChase App
2. Enter code 3KX9D9
(or search for "Southeast Asia Language Month")
3. Complete missions and attend events to earn points
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Ahmad Sikainga, Debating Slavery in the Middle East: Perspectives from the Region
April 15, 2021
11:00 am
Scholars interested in the study of slavery in the Middle East have often lamented that the subject has received little attention within the region itself, particularly in the Arab world. Indeed, slavery has remained a sensitive subject in many Middle Eastern societies. However, during the past few decades, a significant body of literature in Arabic language has emerged. A few local academics, public intellectuals, writers, artists, and activists have written about various aspects of slavery and its legacy in the region, including the attitude of Islam towards slavery, abolition, and the experiences of certain categories of enslaved people such as eunuchs, enslaved women, slave soldiers, singers, and performers. The subject has also figured prominently in several literary and artistic works such as novels, film, and theatre. This presentation will shed light on some of these writings, the way in which academics and non-academics from the region have approached and engaged the subject, and the extent to which their perspectives would enhance and contribute to the current debate on slavery and its legacy in Middle Eastern societies.
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
The Future of Tech in India: Leveraging Digitalization for Inclusive Growth
April 22, 2021
12:00 pm
Over the last decade, India has become the fifth-biggest economy in the world, taking an innovative approach to digitalization with the unique combination of large-scale diffusion of bank accounts for the unbanked, a nationwide biometric database for 1.3 billion citizens, and the widespread adoption of mobile technology — now second largest in the world with over 600 million subscribers.
Despite being hit hard by the pandemic, India’s digital success is now enabling the economy to rebound sharply while also ushering in new business models across a range of sectors, such as financial payments and healthcare.
The Emerging Market Webinar Series, organised by Cornell's Emerging Markets Institute, invites a distinguished panel of experts to discuss how digital transformation is a key enabler for sustainable and inclusive growth in India.
Speakers
Lourdes Casanova, Senior Lecturer, Cornell SC Johnson College of BusinessSaurabh Agrawal, Executive Director and Group CFO, Tata SonsShobana Kamenini, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd.Soumitra Dutta, Professor of Management and Former Founding Dean, Cornell SC Johnson College of BusinessModerator: Vinit KR Khicha, EMI Fellow and FT MBA '21
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
South Asia Program
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