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, prepares students for higher level courses on African economic, social and political development. The presentations are designed for students who are interested in development, Africa’s place in global studies, want to know about the peoples, cultures and societies that call Africa home, and explore development theories and alternate viewpoints on development.

Please register to attend at: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpcemtrTgjGNwuD8RBulJOnbcfKC…

There’s no such thing as the Ivory Tower. Colleges and universities are not isolated enclaves, and they probably never were. Public engagement is an essential part of the core mission of higher education.

But how do we reach the public? This age of constant media babble and a vast explosion of online and print publications have transformed the traditional pathways of publication, prestige, and engagement. Academics – experts in so many things – need to be part of the conversation. In fact, the variety of media voices has only made expertise and authority more important.

In this workshop, David M. Perry will lead you through the process of getting your voice into the public sphere. He will cover pragmatic topics: the art of the pitch, finding the right venue, managing social media profiles, getting paid, making it count for tenure and promotion, and protecting yourself from trolls and harassment. He will also talk about strategies to simultaneously maintain academic authority and be accessible to the broader public.

Through it all, you’ll be working on your pitches, reading essays that embody important traits, and developing your own ideas.

Over the last five years, David – once a mild-mannered medievalist – has become a columnist for Pacific Standard Magazine, with hundreds of published pieces at venues all over the world, including the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Along the way, he’s learned a lot about how to take academic expertise and share it with a much broader audience.

Going public isn’t easy, but neither is getting into graduate school, getting a PhD, or finding an academic job, so you’ve already traveled some pretty difficult paths. This workshop will start you on your way towards the next challenge.

Sponsored by: Historians Are Writers! (HAW!), History Department & Careers Beyond Academic/BEST program.

Note: This event was originally scheduled for the past academic year, but we were forced to cancel Dr. Perry’s in-person visit due to Covid-19. We want to thank the departments and programs that had originally agreed to sponsor Dr. Perry’s visit: the College of Arts and Sciences; the Society for the Humanities; the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies; the Department of Literatures in English; the Department of Romance Studies; the Department of German Studies; the Department of Government; the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies; the American Studies Program; the Latin American Studies Program; the Public History Initiative; Flora Rose House.

Come and meet with our Brazil contact and LASP Program Manager to get information and your questions answered about the Summer 2021 digital internship program with Brazil. We call it digital and not virtual because there is nothing virtual (unreal) about it! If you apply and are accepted for this paid, $1,500 for a successfully completed internship program, you will work with Brazilian partners in research organizations or institutions, and in some cases with other Interns from Brazilian universities working with the same partner this summer. You will not be alone! Internship expectations are tailored to your interests, skills, and level of time commitment (minimum of around 20 hours per week for 6 weeks, but somewhat flexible). So join us this summer! At this 4:30 info session, or as soon as you can get there and no later than 5:15pm please, you will meet our Brazil partners and some Brazilian university students who will also be interning with the same institutions. Can’t make this one? This was the last session, so quickly contact the Program Manager at lasp@cornell.edu

This is a brief "lunch break" info session. Come and meet with our Brazil contact and LASP Program Manager to get information and your questions answered about the Summer 2021 digital internship program with Brazil. We call it digital and not virtual because there is nothing virtual (unreal) about it! If you apply and are accepted for this paid, $1,500 for a successfully completed internship, program, you will work with Brazilian partners in research organizations or institutions, and in some cases with other Interns from Brazilian universities working with the same partner this summer. You will not be alone! Internship expectations are tailored to your interests, skills, and level of time commitment (minimum of around 20 hours per week for 6 weeks, but somewhat flexible). So join us this summer! If you want to take a look at the options with Brazil come at 12:15 (I'll have opened the meeting at noon if better for you) and ask us questions. We also hope that if you like the idea, you'll join us later today on Friday afternoon at 4:30, or as soon as you can get there, no later than 5:15pm, to meet our Brazil Partners and Brazilian University students who will also be interning with the same institutions.

Come and meet with our Brazil contact and LASP Program Manager to get information and your questions answered about the Summer 2021 digital internship program with Brazil. We call it digital and not virtual because there is nothing virtual (unreal) about it! If you apply and are accepted for this paid, $1,500 for a successfully completed internship, program, you will work with Brazilian partners in research organizations or institutions, and in some cases with other Interns from Brazilian universities working with the same partner this summer. You will not be alone! Internship expectations are tailored to your interests, skills, and level of time commitment (minimum of around 20 hours per week for 6 weeks, but somewhat flexible). So join us this summer! At this 4:30 info session, or as soon as you can get there and no later than 5:15pm please, you will meet our Brazil partners and some Brazilian university students who will also be interning with the same institutions. Can’t make this one? Tomorrow (Friday) we have a 12:15-12:45 pm “lunch break” brief info session or a 4:30 pm session with partners again.

This is a brief "lunch break" info session. Come and meet with our Brazil contact and LASP Program Manager to get information and your questions answered about the Summer 2021 digital internship program with Brazil. We call it digital and not virtual because there is nothing virtual (unreal) about it! If you apply and are accepted for this paid, $1,500 for a successfully completed internship, program, you will work with Brazilian partners in research organizations or institutions, and in some cases with other Interns from Brazilian universities working with the same partner this summer. You will not be alone! Internship expectations are tailored to your interests, skills, and level of time commitment (minimum of around 20 hours per week for 6 weeks, but somewhat flexible). So join us this summer! If you want to take a look at the options with Brazil come at 12:15 (I'll have opened the meeting at noon if better for you) and ask us questions. We also hope that if you like the idea, you'll join us either Thursday or Friday afternoon at 4:30, or as soon as you can get there, no later than 5:15pm, to meet our Brazil Partners and Brazilian University students who will also be interning with the same institutions. Can’t make one today (Thursday)? Tomorrow (Friday) we have a 12:15-12:45 pm “lunch break” brief info session or a 4:30 pm session with our Brazilian partners.

Robbie Shilliam, Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, discusses the new book "Decolonizing Politics: An Introduction," to be released by Wiley in April 2021. This seminar will focus on the chapter on International Relations.

The author will join for a conversation about their work. No formal presentation will be given; please read in advance. A link to the reading will be sent with the registration confirmation.

Part of the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) seminar series.

About the author

Robbie Shilliam researches the political and intellectual complicities of colonialism and race in the global order. He is co-editor of the Rowman & Littlefield book series, Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Question. Robbie was a co-founder of the Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial working group of the British International Studies Association and is a long-standing active member of the Global Development section of the International Studies Association.

Over the past six years, Robbie has co-curated with community intellectuals and elders a series of exhibitions–in Ethiopia, Jamaica and the UK–which have brought to light the histories and significance of the Rastafari movement for contemporary politics. Based on original, primary research in British imperial and postcolonial history, this work now enjoys an online presence as a teaching aid: www.rastafari-in-motion.org. Robbie also works with Iniversal Development of Rastafari (IDOR) to retrieve histories of the Rastafari presence in Baltimore and Washington DC.

Currently, Robbie is working on three strands of inquiry: firstly, a re-reading of classical political economy through its intimate relationship to Atlantic slavery, with a bearing towards contemporary controversies regarding "social conservatism"; secondly, a retrieval of Ethiopianism as a critical orientation towards global order, especially in terms of its cultivation of a tradition of anti-colonial anti-fascism from the 1930s onwards; and thirdly, South-South anti-colonial connections, especially between peoples of the African Diaspora and indigenous movements.

Robbie is committed to building capacity in Political Science and International Relations for postcolonial teaching and learning. To that effect, he is presently writing a book for undergraduates which reveals the colonial and postcolonial roots of the academic study of politics as well as providing alternative routes of investigation and understanding. Decolonizing Politics will be published by Wiley in 2021.