Institute for European Studies
Peter Katzenstein
Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International Studies
Peter Katzenstein is the Einaudi Center's Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International Studies in the Department of Government, College of Arts and Sciences. His research and teaching lie at the intersection of the fields of international relations and comparative politics. He was awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science in 2020 for his pioneering research.
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Role
- Faculty
- EAP Core Faculty
- IES Faculty Associate
- PACS Steering Committee
- PACS Minor Field Instructor
- Einaudi Faculty Leadership
Contact
Email: pjk2@cornell.edu
Mostafa Minawi
Professor, History
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Program
Role
- Faculty
- IES Faculty Associate
- SWANA Core Faculty
- SWANA Steering Committee
Contact
Email: mm2492@cornell.edu
Gail Holst-Warhaft
Adjunct Professor, Comparative Literature
Gail Holst-Warhaft is an adjunct professor in the Departments of Classics, Comparative Literature, and Near Eastern Studies. Her research interests include translation, modern Greek literature and music, Greek literature from antiquity to the present, water, and culture.
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Fulbright U.S. Student Program
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The Fulbright U.S. Student Program sends U.S. citizens to more than 160 countries to study, research, and teach English abroad.
With a unique focus on mutual understanding between people of different backgrounds and cultures, the program offers the freedom to curate your experience as you engage with your host community.
The Einaudi Center provides counseling, essay feedback, and application support to help your Fulbright application succeed, even if you are preparing your application at a distance as a study abroad student or recent graduate. Our Fulbright advisor offers guidance throughout the year and hosts info sessions about Fulbright opportunities each semester.
Fulbright Facts
Cornell University is a Fulbright Top Producing Institution. One in four Cornell applicants wins an award. The national average is only one in six. This is how Cornell has sent over 600 students across the globe as part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program since the 1940s.
Fulbrighters from Cornell have traveled to more than one hundred countries, studying topics ranging from court efficiency in Zambia to gender-based inequalities in India. Many have taught English abroad and attended international graduate programs in other languages.
Application Opens
March 2027 (details to come)
Deadline
August 2027 (details to come)
Eligibility
United States citizens in any field of study are eligible. In addition, you must fulfill one of the following criteria:
- You will graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Cornell before September of the award year.
- You are currently a Cornell graduate student.
- You are a young professional who graduated from Cornell within the past five years.
Day in the Life: U.S. Student Program
How to Apply
Cornell applicants must apply through the Cornell Fulbright Program, managed by the Einaudi Center. Reach out to our Fulbright advisor to get started. We provide counseling, essay reviews, and application support to all applicants, including study abroad students and alumni, for every type of application.
Meet Cornell's Fulbrighters
Eighteen Cornellians accepted awards in 2026–27, including Cornell's first Fulbright Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health. They will conduct research, study, and teach English around the globe.
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- Program
Role
- Student
Program
International Research Travel Grants
Details
Do you need to travel internationally for your graduate research or fieldwork?
The Einaudi Center sponsors international travel for individual Cornell graduate students. If you’re traveling between the United States and a host country for activities directly related to your dissertation or thesis research, Einaudi can help you get there.
Amount
Up to $3,000 to cover round-trip international airfare for activities directly related to your dissertation or thesis research. The award covers economy airfare only. No other travel expenses will be considered for funding. Einaudi travel grants do not fund travel to international conferences, symposiums, or language learning of any kind.
Einaudi Travel Grants Send Grad Students Abroad
Read about how Einaudi travel grants supported research travel for Seongmin Shin to Kenya and Yoselyn Hernández Chaves to Costa Rica. Last year 83 graduate students found support for their fieldwork at Einaudi!
Eligibility
All applicants must be enrolled in an approved course of study at Cornell University leading to a master's or PhD degree. Graduate students or students enrolled in Cornell’s professional schools are eligible, with the following exceptions:
- Students graduating in May 2027
- Students who have not used 2026 awards
You may only receive two Einaudi travel grants during your time at Cornell. Groups are not eligible to apply, as grants are awarded on an individual basis.
Travel must occur between May 1, 2027, and August 31, 2028.
Requirements
- Awards are based on the proposal submitted at the time of application. You may change your travel dates within the travel date parameters, but you cannot change your proposal.
- To receive the award and travel approval, you are required to participate in a short online international travel predeparture orientation.
- You must submit photos of your boarding passes as proof of travel within 30 days of the end of your funded travel. (We will not accept tickets or travel itineraries.)
Travel Requirements
- Travel must take place between May 1, 2027, and August 31, 2028, and cannot be funded retroactively. The minimum stay abroad is 14 days.
- Travel must take place three months prior to your graduation.
- Travel must be for international studies and directly related to your dissertation or thesis research.
- Travel must originate and end in the United States. You must depart and return to a major international airport.
- Cornell travelers are required to comply with the Fly America Act. Please choose American Airlines when possible.
- Awardees must register their Einaudi-supported travel in the Cornell Travel Registry no earlier than eight weeks and no later than four weeks prior to travel. You must follow all university travel policies and have ITART approval if you travel to a level 4 elevated risk destination.
International Travel Guidance
Travel to Elevated Risk Destinations
Travel to level 4 countries must be approved by the International Travel Advisory and Response Team (ITART). Graduate and professional students do not need to petition for travel to level 1, 2, or 3 level countries. Approval may be withdrawn if there is a change in the risk level of your destination or if you violate any contingencies of approval. In such instances, you will be required to refund the award.
For International Students
We encourage all international students to check International Services' Current Travel Advisory for new guidance. If you have problems or concerns about reentering the United States after your research, consult this webpage for urgent advice or reach out to an immigration advisor.
Questions?
Email the Einaudi Center at travelgrants@einaudi.cornell.edu.
How to Apply
Applications are open now! Apply by February 19 using the link below. Decisions will be announced in early April.
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- Travel Grant
Role
- Student
Program
Einaudi Dissertation Proposal Development Program
Details
Develop your dissertation on global issues with a toolkit of resources. You’ll participate in seminars, workshops, and mentoring sessions over the course of the year and receive up to $2,000 for your summer research travel.
This year's DPD will support a cohort of 24 PhD students. Applicants’ research projects must focus on global issues, but the proposed research setting may be international or domestic.
2027 Program and Mentors
If selected for DPD, you'll receive funding for air travel to and from your summer 2027 research site. To help you prepare for summer research, DPD begins in the spring semester. The program includes these community-building and mentoring events:
- Spring seminars: Up to three sessions on topics including proposal writing, research methods, and interdisciplinary international studies.
- Spring workshop: Three-day workshop in May to help you refine your proposal and plan your summer pre-dissertation research.
- Fall workshop: Three-day workshop in September to support you as you finalize your dissertation proposal.
Applicants must commit to attending all seminar and workshop sessions. DPD participants are required to conduct at least six weeks of summer research away from Cornell between the workshops.
DPD Faculty Facilitators
- Virginia Doellgast, Estabrook Professor of Employment Relations and Dispute Resolution (ILR)
- Mara Du, Associate Professor of History (A&S)
- Ziad Fahmy, Professor of Near Eastern Studies (A&S)
- John Zinda, Associate Professor of Global Development (CALS)
Amount
Up to $2,000 to cover round-trip airfare to your summer research site. The DPD award covers economy airfare only. No other travel expenses will be considered for funding. Accepted fellows will receive funding for summer research travel (up to $2000 for international travel and up to $800 for domestic travel). Details will be discussed after admission to the DPD program.
DPD recipients are not eligible to apply for Einaudi's travel grants. We encourage you to apply for other Cornell and external grants to supplement your DPD funding, but you may not use other grants to pay for the same travel expenses covered by your DPD award.
Eligibility
- Students who are currently enrolled full-time in PhD programs at Cornell University are eligible.
- Both U.S. citizens and noncitizens are eligible.
- Progress within graduate program:
- Applicants must have completed at least two full years of graduate study (MA and/or PhD) by the end of the spring workshop in May. First-year graduate students who have completed master’s degrees and fourth-year students who have not yet undertaken dissertation research may be eligible.
- Applicants must be on track to obtain approval of their dissertation proposals after the fall workshop but before the end of the upcoming academic year.
- Students who have already submitted dissertation research proposals to their departments for approval or to funding agencies for dissertation research support are not eligible to apply.
Questions?
Please email our academic programming staff if you have questions about DPD.
How to Apply
Apply by November 30 using the button below. Decisions will be announced in January.
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- Fellowship
Role
- Student
Program
Varda by Agnes
March 6, 2020
6:45 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
Ithaca Premiere
2019 > France > Directed by Agns Varda
With Agns Varda, Sandrine Bonnaire, Herve Chandes
The final film from the late, beloved Agns Varda is a characteristically playful, profound, and personal summation of the director's own brilliant career. Suffused with the people, places, and things she loved...this wonderfully idiosyncratic work of imaginative autobiography is a warmly human, touchingly bittersweet parting gift from one of cinema's most luminous talents. Cosponsored with the French Studies Program. Subtitled. More at janusfilms.com/films/1944
2 hrs
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Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
Europe at a (new) Crossroad
February 28, 2020
12:15 pm
A. D. White House
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Institute for European Studies
Institute for European Studies
The Institute for European Studies (IES) promotes learning and research about European societies, languages,