Post-Screening Q & A with director Nila Madhab Panda, moderated by Professor Neema Kudva (City & Regional Planning, Cornell University).

National award-winning director Nila Madhab Panda’s first Odia film, Kalira Atita (Yesterday’s Past), is based on true events and was shot on location in Satavaya, a cluster of seven villages on India’s east coast that have been engulfed by the sea as a result of climate change and rising sea levels. The film follows Gunu, a disillusioned young man from Satavaya village, who travels restlessly towards death, memories of a past cyclone propelling him into the eye of one that is coming. Hoping to reunite with his lost family, he returns to his village, five days before the cyclone, to find that it is now under water. Gunu’s struggle to survive the fury of nature is a portrayal of emotional trauma and human triumph. Kalira Atita was selected by the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) for its prestigious Panorama section. .

Nila Madhab Panda is an Indian filmmaker and producer with over 70 films and documentaries to his credit. He is known for making films on the issues of climate change, child labour, sanitation, water issues, etc. He is known for the film I Am Kalam which won a National Film Award and also 34 international awards. His film Jalpari received the MIP Junior award at the Cannes Film Festival. He has also received a Padma Shree Award in 2016 for his contribution to the Indian cinema. Kalira Atita had its international premiere at the 28th Prague International Film Festival (Febiofest), was selected for the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa, for its prestigious Panorama section, and was the recipient of Best Odia film, National Award, 2021.

Kalira Atita (Yesterday’s Past) is screening virtually through Cornell Cinema April 9-15. Reservations for screening open on April 2. The Q&A is free and open to the public.

Cosponsored by Cornell Cinema and the Tata Cornell Institute.

The foreclosure of asylum in the European Union and the militarization of the EU borders have resulted in EU pushbacks of refugees and migrants from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia to European countries that do not belong to the EU, such as Bosnia. This panel critically examines the foreclosure of asylum at the EU/Bosnia border as a case study of the global apartheid regime that produces humanitarian crises while denying refugees mobility and safety. What might accountability for the damages wrought by global apartheid look like? And what kinds of futures can we imagine and fight for?

Panelists:

Nidžara Ahmetašević is an independent scholar, journalist, and activist and the author of many articles, essays, and reports, including The Dark Side of Europeanisation: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Border Regime and People on the Move in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018: Stuck in the corridors to the EU.

Catherine L. Besteman is the Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology at Colby College and the author of four books, including Militarized Global Apartheid.

Azra Hromadžić is an O’Hanley Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University and the author of Citizens of an Empty Nation: Youth and State-making in Postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Moderated by Saida Hodžić, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Cornell University.

This panel is organized as part of the Institute for European Studies’ Migration Series for its AY 2020-21 theme Repair and Reparations and sponsored by the Migrations Forum. It is co-sponsored by the American Studies Program, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Near Eastern Studies, the Society for the Humanities, and the South Asia Program. You may find information about past events and video recordings at https://einaudi.cornell.edu/programs/institute-european-studies/events/….

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.