Institute for European Studies
Iceland President at Cornell
"Turn smallness into strength"
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson discussed his country’s commitment to peace and diversity during a sold-out lecture hosted by Einaudi.
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Cornell Summer Program in Turin Info Session
November 15, 2022
4:00 pm
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, 2250
Come to the Office of Global Learning's info session to learn more about this program!
Nestled between the Alps and the Mediterranean in the magnificent Piedmont region of northern Italy, the city of Turin provides an inspiring background to explore the causes and consequences of population change, the debates unfolding in Europe around these issues, and the policies intended to address them.
Immerse yourself in the culture of Turin, Italy, while taking the following three-credit course on European population and policy issues:
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Institute for European Studies
Einaudi Center for International Studies
What Poland Tells America about Abortion Politics
David Ost, IES
David Ost, visiting scholar with the Institute of European Studies, says, “American women need to understand that they’re facing not just a Republican Party, but part of a global movement that’s been very strong in Europe.”
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IES Graduate Fellows
The Institute for European Studies aims to become a focal point at Cornell for an interdisciplinary European Studies research community. Thirteen graduate students from various disciplines have been accepted as fellows for 2025-26.
The IES Fellows will advance their research and contribute to the European Studies community by attending and engaging in IES-hosted talks, and by organizing and taking part in collective activities such as a graduate research workshop or discussion group. The Institute supports these activities with a small research stipend to each Fellow. IES Fellows also receive priority for IES research and travel fellowships.
The 2025-26 IES Graduate Fellows are:
Frances Cayton (Spring)
Government
Duncan Eaton
History
Georgy Tarasenko
Government
Kaitlin Findlay
History
Spencer Hadley
German Studies
Rachel Horner
(Fall)
Music
Angela Kothe
Government
Madeleine Lemos
Director's Fellow
History
Julia Sebastien
Communication
Nora Siena
Romance Studies
Chiara Visentin
Director's Fellow
Medieval Studies
Xinyu Zhang
Comparative Literature
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Man with a Movie Camera
November 19, 2022
7:30 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
Featuring a live score incorporating traditional Ukrainian folk melodies by Austin’s Montopolis
1929 > USSR > Directed by Dziga Vertov
This film is not only Vertov's masterpiece and final film of the silent era, it is a work which notably exemplifies the montage aesthetic of the Soviet avant-garde of the twenties. A city symphony filmed in Moscow and Odessa, the film is a continually shifting kaleidoscope of breathtaking imagery that captures the spirit of Russian life at that time. Featuring a. live original score by Austin, TX band Montopolis. Cosponsored with the Wharton Studio Museum. More at www.montopolismusic.com/man-with-a-movie-camera
1 hr 7 min
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Institute for European Studies
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Counterterrorism Between the Wars: An International History, 1919-1937
March 9, 2023
11:25 am
What happened to the tens of millions of guns left over from World War I? Mary Barton discusses how the Great Powers’ failure to secure these weapons contributed to the rise of state-sponsored terrorism during the 1920s and 1930s. Barton tells a global story of the demise of empires, the rise of communism, and the cooperation between the United Kingdom and United States that would evolve into the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.
The Five Eyes remains a vital intelligence alliance today. The Five Eyes justice chiefs recently strongly supported Ukraine's efforts to prosecute war crimes arising from Russia's invasion.
Please join us for this virtual conversation. Register here.
About the Speaker
Mary Barton is an analyst with the U.S. government. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 2016. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, SAIS, and Dartmouth College, and previously served as a historian and wargaming analyst supporting the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense.
Presented by the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies. Co-sponsored by the Institute for European Studies and the Gender and Security Sector Lab.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Institute for European Studies
Call for IES Graduate Fellows
The Institute for European Studies aims to become a focal point at Cornell for an interdisciplinary European Studies research community. To this end, we are inviting applications for an inaugural cohort of 6-10 IES Graduate Fellows.
The IES Fellows will advance their research and participate in the European Studies community by regularly attending and engaging in IES-hosted talks in-person (about six talks per year), as well as by organizing and taking part in a graduate research workshop or discussion group, and in other collective activities.
The Institute will support these activities by providing a small ($500) research stipend to each Fellow. IES Fellows will also receive priority when applying for IES summer and semester research and travel fellowships.
Any graduate-level student across Cornell colleges and departments is eligible to apply if they will be enrolled in 2023-24.
To apply, please submit a brief proposal explaining your research interests and how they relate to European Studies (2 pages or less), as well as a C.V. and the name of one recommender (ideally the student’s dissertation adviser) who can provide details about the student’s academic promise and activities.
Applications are due February 3, 2023. Materials should be sent to the IES Program Manager Patricia Young at pty6@cornell.edu.
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Will Sanctions against Russia End the War in Ukraine?
Nicholas Mulder, IES
“Sanctions are kind of like alchemy,” says Nicholas Mulder, assistant professor of history. “You apply all this pressure to this black box of a country’s economy and hope that, on the other side of that black box, political change comes out. But making sure that pain and pressure lead to the kind of change you want to see—that’s the real challenge, and often people underestimate how difficult that will be.”
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Call for Proposals: IES Research Pods
The Institute for European Studies is inviting applications for IES Faculty Research Pods. The research pods are a new initiative designed to bring together small teams of researchers from across Cornell, who collaborate to organize activities focused on a research theme related to European Studies.
Saviana Stanescu
Associate Professor of Playwriting, Department of Theatre Studies, Ithaca College
Saviana Stanescu is a Romanian-born poet and writer, and an award-winning playwright and ARTivist based in NY. She is the winner of New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Script, Samuel French OOB Festival, Best Romanian Play of the Year UNITER Award, and Marulic Prize for Best European Radiodrama. Saviana's plays have been translated and produced around the world. She holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University, and a doctorate in Theatre Studies from the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest, Romania.