Celebration Conversations are spaces to celebrate the stories, accomplishments, cultures, and heritages of Cornell staff, centering on historically marginalized voices. These conversations provide opportunities to bring us closer together and create a better understanding of our colleagues at Cornell. We encourage all staff to attend to connect with each other, support their colleagues, and deepen everyone's sense of belonging at Cornell.

All are invited to join us Thursday, July 22 at noon for a fun conversation on the rich culture and heritage of the Caribbean. Bring your dancing shoes!

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkcOqgrz0qGtcP_mfuurOMsICnse…

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and Department of Government at Cornell University, will host this year’s virtual REPAL Annual Conference from July 15 to 17th, 2021-REPAL (Red para el Estudio de la Economía Politíca de América Latina). Speakers are scheduled for the three-day conference from 10am to 4pm each of the days.

2021 Conference format: 30-minute individual sessions (12-minute presentations with 15 minutes of discussion) in four parallel tracks. Papers will be posted in a website accessible only to conference participants. Participants are expected to read the papers in advance to enrich the discussion at the conference. We encourage the attendance and participation of non-presenters as well as presenters.

Registration for Repal 2021 is now open! Please register here. (Registration payments for those who previously registered for the cancelled 2020 conference will carry over to this conference.) If you are facing economic hardships due to Covid, the registration fee can be waived; please contact repalconference@gmail.com.

The final panel is free and open virtually to the public and is at 3pm on 7/17 entitled Covid-19 and Latin America, details can be found at: https://events.cornell.edu/event/covid-19_in_latin_america_politics_eco…

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and Department of Government at Cornell University, will host this year’s virtual REPAL Annual Conference from July 15 to 17th, 2021-REPAL (Red para el Estudio de la Economía Politíca de América Latina). Speakers are scheduled for the three-day conference from 10am to 4pm each of the days.

2021 Conference format: 30-minute individual sessions (12-minute presentations with 15 minutes of discussion) in four parallel tracks. Papers will be posted in a website accessible only to conference participants. Participants are expected to read the papers in advance to enrich the discussion at the conference. We encourage the attendance and participation of non-presenters as well as presenters.

Registration for Repal 2021 is now open! Please register here. (Registration payments for those who previously registered for the cancelled 2020 conference will carry over to this conference.) If you are facing economic hardships due to Covid, the registration fee can be waived; please contact repalconference@gmail.com.

The Saturday, 7/17 final Keynote Panel "Covid-19 and Latin America” is free webinar and virtually open to the public on the last day of the conference beginning at 3:00pm. It can be attended registering (for free) at the link: https://bit.ly/2V9PkoH “

Register at: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DmadXQe4QsidxC_MITCu3g

This plenary panel will discuss the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic in the region. It features scholars working on issues like variation in policies to face the pandemic, the impact of the former and latter on economic inequality, poverty, unemployment, the gender gap, access to vaccines, among others.

Chair: Wendy Hunter, University of Texas at Austin
Merike Blofield, German Institute for Global and Area Studies
Magdalena Gil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Nora Lustig, Tulane University
Ken Shadlen, London School of Economics

The final Keynote Panel of the 7th Annual REPAL (Red para el Estudio de la Economía Política de América Latina), held virtually at Cornell University 7/15-17/2021.

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and Department of Government at Cornell University, will host this year’s virtual REPAL Annual Conference from July 15 to 17th, 2021-REPAL (Red para el Estudio de la Economía Politíca de América Latina). Speakers are scheduled for the three-day conference from 10am to 4pm each of the days.

2021 Conference format: 30-minute individual sessions (12-minute presentations with 15 minutes of discussion) in four parallel tracks. Papers will be posted in a website accessible only to conference participants. Participants are expected to read the papers in advance to enrich the discussion at the conference. We encourage the attendance and participation of non-presenters as well as presenters.

Registration for Repal 2021 is now open! Please register here. (Registration payments for those who previously registered for the cancelled 2020 conference will carry over to this conference.) If you are facing economic hardships due to Covid, the registration fee can be waived; please contact repalconference@gmail.com.

In this eCornell Keynotes event, Nicole Salgado '98, an advocate for environmental conservation and migrants’ rights based in Querétaro, México, and journalist Nathaniel Hoffman '99 will discuss their chronicle of a highly underreported aspect of our country’s punitive immigration system: the often insurmountable process faced by couples of mixed immigration status.

Their 2013 book, Amor and Exile: True Stories of Love Across America’s Borders, documents the experiences of three couples, including Ms. Salgado’s first-person account of life in the U.S. with her husband while he was undocumented, her tortured decision to leave the country with him, and their seven years of exile and starting over together in Mexico.

Mr. Hoffman and Ms. Salgado will examine how little has changed policywise in the years since their book’s publication. They will also highlight current proposals for legislative reform that could provide relief to millions of U.S. citizen partners and families of undocumented immigrants who are languishing in legal limbo, driven underground, exiled abroad, and/or separated.

This event is co-sponsored by eCornell and the Migrations initiative.