Do you want to understand how human migration shapes our world on the move? In the Einaudi Center’s migration studies minor, you explore the factors that influence migrants’ decisions to migrate and drive their departure, arrival, and integration into new societies.

The minor is open to all Cornell undergraduates and includes courses from across the university.

Join this Einaudi Center Student Info Session to find out more!

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Contact: migration-minor@einaudi.cornell.edu

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS) summer research grant provides funding for in-country research costs for graduate pre-dissertation work in Latin America or the Caribbean. LACS will offer up to three research grants to qualified graduate students who need to conduct field research next summer. Grant amounts may vary from $500 to $1,500.

The graduate minor in Latin American studies allows you to acquire in-depth knowledge of Latin America and the Caribbean, which will enhance your expertise for future research and professional advancement. The main requirement is to have a Latin American studies field faculty member as a member of your committee.

Join this Einaudi Center Student Info Session to find out if LACS funding and the graduate minor are right for you!

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Contact: lacs@cornell.edu

The Institute for African Development (IAD) offers a summer Africa internship program that lets you undertake challenging practical fieldwork in Ghana or Zambia. If you're a sophomore or junior, join this Einaudi Center Student Info Session to find out how you can apply in the coming year.

Interns must attend two seminars in the IAD Special Topic Seminar Series (CRP 4770) and a pre-departure meeting.

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Contact: iad@cornell.edu

Is the Einaudi Center's international relations minor for you? Join this Einaudi Center Student Info Session to find out.

In the international relations minor, you study the politics, economics, history, languages, and cultures of the world and gain a fresh perspective on your major field of study. Graduates go on to successful careers in fields like international law, economics, agriculture, trade, finance, journalism, education, and government service.

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Contact: irm@einaudi.cornell.edu

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS) offers an interdisciplinary minor, summer internships, and other funding opportunities. Join this Einaudi Center Student Info Session to find out what LACS has in store for you!

The Latin American studies minor is an undergraduate minor across disciplines that allow you to explore the history, culture, government, politics, economy and languages of Latin America and the Caribbean. Qualifying courses can be found in almost every college.

Our summer internships sent several students to Ecuador in 2022!

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Contact: lacs@cornell.edu

Poet Dmitry Bykov was nearly killed in a poisoning, then found himself banned from teaching at Russian universities. Essayist Pwaangulongii Dauod received death threats for writing about queer culture in his native Nigeria. Cartoonist Pedro X. Molina watched as Nicaraguan state forces jailed his colleagues and occupied the offices of the newspaper where he published his work. Novelist Anouar Rahmani was threatened with imprisonment for writing about human and environmental rights in Algeria.

All four were forced to flee their homelands, and all four were able to resume their creative work in “cities of asylum” in the United States.

“DISSIDENCE: Exiled Writers on Resistance and Risk” is supported by a grant from Cornell University’s Migrations Global Grand Challenge and the Mellon Foundation’s Just Futures Initiative. The event is also supported by CIVIC. The Migrations Initiative, part of Global Cornell, studies the movement of all living things through an interdisciplinary, multispecies lens, with a special focus on themes of racism, dispossession, and migration.

About the writers

Dmitry Bykov (Ithaca City of Asylum) is one of Russia’s best-known public intellectuals. He spent five days in a coma after falling ill during a speaking tour in 2019. An independent investigation blamed Russian security forces for poisoning him with the nerve agent Novichok. In addition to prohibiting him from teaching at the university level, the government has also barred him from appearing on state radio or TV. Bykov is currently a visiting critic at Cornell University and a fellow of the Open Society University Network.

Pwaangulongii Dauod (City of Asylum Detroit) is a novelist, essayist, and memoirist from Nigeria. His 2016 essay in Granta, “Africa’s Future Has No Space for Stupid Black Men,” sparked a national conversation about queer issues in Nigeria and provoked threats to his life. Woke Africa Magazine named him one of the “Best African Writers of the New Generation.” He is currently an Artist Protection Fund Fellow in residence at Wayne State University.

Pedro X. Molina (Ithaca City of Asylum) is a political cartoonist who fled Nicaragua during a crackdown on dissent in 2018. He was an International Writer in Residence at Ithaca College and was an Artist Protection Fund Fellow in residence at Cornell University. Among his many honors is a 2021 Gabo Award, a 2019 Maria Moors Cabot Award from Columbia Journalism School, and the 2018 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award from Cartoonists Rights Network International.

Anouar Rahmani (City of Asylum Pittsburgh) is a novelist, journalist, and human rights defender from Algeria. He has faced legal harassment for his advocacy for individual freedom, environmental rights, and the rights of minorities, women, and LGBTQ+ people. In 2021, he was shortlisted for the Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Awards. He is currently an Artist Protection Fund Fellow in residence at Carnegie Mellon University.

Each writer will present an 8-10 minute reading followed by a moderated Q&A session.

Welcome, opening, and requirementd for the course LATA 4000/6000 the Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) Program Weekly Seminar Series

Come meet students, faculty, and staff and learn about the organizations that are part of the Latinx community at Cornell.

OPEN TO THE CORNELL COMMUNITY!

Hosted by the Latino Living Center, Latina/o Studies Program, Latinx Student Success Office.