Institute for European Studies
IES Minor Sets Students on International Research Path
European studies minors Sophie Partington ’21 and Laura DeMassa ’21 conducted fieldwork in France at NGOs serving migrant and refugee populations.
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Stephan Schmidt
Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning
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Program
Role
- Faculty
- IAD Advisory Council
- IES Faculty Associate
Contact
Email: sjs96@cornell.edu
Phone: 607-254-4846
Academics
European Studies Minor
Students from any college may choose an undergraduate minor in European studies.
About
The Institute for European Studies (IES) advances scholarship and teaching on Europe by placing Europe in a global context that acknowledges its role in both the history of modernization and colonization of other countries within and outside Europe.
Simone Pinet
Professor, Romance Studies
Simone Pinet's teaching and research focus on medieval and early modern Spanish literatures and cultures, from the thirteenth through the sixteenth centuries, especially in relation to spatiality, economics, poetics, and translation.
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Suman Seth
Marie Underhill Noll Professor of the History of Science
Suman Seth works on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of science and medicine. His interests include the history of medicine, race, and colonialism, the physical sciences (particularly quantum theory), & gender and science.
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Philip Lorenz
Associate Professor, English
Philip Lorenz received his PhD from New York University. His teaching and research focus on English and Spanish literature and drama of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in relation to problems of sovereignty and political theology. Related areas of interest include International Law, Religion, Psychoanalysis, Translation and Poetics and Theory.