Keynote Speaker: Nanjala Nyabola
Cornell Students: Critical Reflections

Nanjala Nyabola, author of Travelling While Black-Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move, will be in conversation with professors Rachel Beatty Riedl, Kim Yi Dionne, and postdoc Eleanor Paynter.

Nanjala Nyabola is a writer, political analyst, and activist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Nyabola writes extensively about African society and politics, technology, international law, and feminism for academic and non-academic publications. Her first book, Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Politics in Kenya (Zed Books, 2018), was described as "a must-read for all researchers and journalists writing about Kenya today." Nyabola's ground-breaking work opens up new ways of understanding the current global online era, reframing digital democracy from the African perspective.

Nyabola’s latest book, the critically acclaimed Travelling While Black; Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move, (available electronically from the Cornell Library) is a stark reminder that the world needs to be seen through the lens of others. Her work has featured in publications including African Arguments, Al Jazeera, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy (magazine), The Guardian, New African, The New Humanitarian, The New Inquiry, New Internationalist, and World Policy Journal.

Nyabola holds a BA in African studies and political science from the University of Birmingham, an MSc in forced migration and an MSc in African studies from the University of Oxford, which she attended as a Rhodes Scholar, and a JD from Harvard Law School.

Following the dialogue, students will present select prose, poems, and visual art published as part of Global Cornell's Race and Racism Across Borders, a call that asked students and alumni to reflect on the new knowledge gained about racial dynamics when they crossed a literal or figurative border.

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There’s no such thing as the Ivory Tower. Colleges and universities are not isolated enclaves, and they probably never were. Public engagement is an essential part of the core mission of higher education.

But how do we reach the public? This age of constant media babble and a vast explosion of online and print publications have transformed the traditional pathways of publication, prestige, and engagement. Academics – experts in so many things – need to be part of the conversation. In fact, the variety of media voices has only made expertise and authority more important.

In this workshop, David M. Perry will lead you through the process of getting your voice into the public sphere. He will cover pragmatic topics: the art of the pitch, finding the right venue, managing social media profiles, getting paid, making it count for tenure and promotion, and protecting yourself from trolls and harassment. He will also talk about strategies to simultaneously maintain academic authority and be accessible to the broader public.

Through it all, you’ll be working on your pitches, reading essays that embody important traits, and developing your own ideas.

Over the last five years, David – once a mild-mannered medievalist – has become a columnist for Pacific Standard Magazine, with hundreds of published pieces at venues all over the world, including the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Along the way, he’s learned a lot about how to take academic expertise and share it with a much broader audience.

Going public isn’t easy, but neither is getting into graduate school, getting a PhD, or finding an academic job, so you’ve already traveled some pretty difficult paths. This workshop will start you on your way towards the next challenge.

Sponsored by: Historians Are Writers! (HAW!), History Department & Careers Beyond Academic/BEST program.

Note: This event was originally scheduled for the past academic year, but we were forced to cancel Dr. Perry’s in-person visit due to Covid-19. We want to thank the departments and programs that had originally agreed to sponsor Dr. Perry’s visit: the College of Arts and Sciences; the Society for the Humanities; the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies; the Department of Literatures in English; the Department of Romance Studies; the Department of German Studies; the Department of Government; the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies; the American Studies Program; the Latin American Studies Program; the Public History Initiative; Flora Rose House.

Come and meet with our Brazil contact and LASP Program Manager to get information and your questions answered about the Summer 2021 digital internship program with Brazil. We call it digital and not virtual because there is nothing virtual (unreal) about it! If you apply and are accepted for this paid, $1,500 for a successfully completed internship program, you will work with Brazilian partners in research organizations or institutions, and in some cases with other Interns from Brazilian universities working with the same partner this summer. You will not be alone! Internship expectations are tailored to your interests, skills, and level of time commitment (minimum of around 20 hours per week for 6 weeks, but somewhat flexible). So join us this summer! At this 4:30 info session, or as soon as you can get there and no later than 5:15pm please, you will meet our Brazil partners and some Brazilian university students who will also be interning with the same institutions. Can’t make this one? This was the last session, so quickly contact the Program Manager at lasp@cornell.edu

This is a brief "lunch break" info session. Come and meet with our Brazil contact and LASP Program Manager to get information and your questions answered about the Summer 2021 digital internship program with Brazil. We call it digital and not virtual because there is nothing virtual (unreal) about it! If you apply and are accepted for this paid, $1,500 for a successfully completed internship, program, you will work with Brazilian partners in research organizations or institutions, and in some cases with other Interns from Brazilian universities working with the same partner this summer. You will not be alone! Internship expectations are tailored to your interests, skills, and level of time commitment (minimum of around 20 hours per week for 6 weeks, but somewhat flexible). So join us this summer! If you want to take a look at the options with Brazil come at 12:15 (I'll have opened the meeting at noon if better for you) and ask us questions. We also hope that if you like the idea, you'll join us later today on Friday afternoon at 4:30, or as soon as you can get there, no later than 5:15pm, to meet our Brazil Partners and Brazilian University students who will also be interning with the same institutions.

Come and meet with our Brazil contact and LASP Program Manager to get information and your questions answered about the Summer 2021 digital internship program with Brazil. We call it digital and not virtual because there is nothing virtual (unreal) about it! If you apply and are accepted for this paid, $1,500 for a successfully completed internship, program, you will work with Brazilian partners in research organizations or institutions, and in some cases with other Interns from Brazilian universities working with the same partner this summer. You will not be alone! Internship expectations are tailored to your interests, skills, and level of time commitment (minimum of around 20 hours per week for 6 weeks, but somewhat flexible). So join us this summer! At this 4:30 info session, or as soon as you can get there and no later than 5:15pm please, you will meet our Brazil partners and some Brazilian university students who will also be interning with the same institutions. Can’t make this one? Tomorrow (Friday) we have a 12:15-12:45 pm “lunch break” brief info session or a 4:30 pm session with partners again.

This is a brief "lunch break" info session. Come and meet with our Brazil contact and LASP Program Manager to get information and your questions answered about the Summer 2021 digital internship program with Brazil. We call it digital and not virtual because there is nothing virtual (unreal) about it! If you apply and are accepted for this paid, $1,500 for a successfully completed internship, program, you will work with Brazilian partners in research organizations or institutions, and in some cases with other Interns from Brazilian universities working with the same partner this summer. You will not be alone! Internship expectations are tailored to your interests, skills, and level of time commitment (minimum of around 20 hours per week for 6 weeks, but somewhat flexible). So join us this summer! If you want to take a look at the options with Brazil come at 12:15 (I'll have opened the meeting at noon if better for you) and ask us questions. We also hope that if you like the idea, you'll join us either Thursday or Friday afternoon at 4:30, or as soon as you can get there, no later than 5:15pm, to meet our Brazil Partners and Brazilian University students who will also be interning with the same institutions. Can’t make one today (Thursday)? Tomorrow (Friday) we have a 12:15-12:45 pm “lunch break” brief info session or a 4:30 pm session with our Brazilian partners.

Meet the LASP Digital Internship organizer, Jihany Hassun, LASP Graduate Fellow, and learn about LASP Digital Research Internships and Einaudi Digital Research Internships with partners in Brazil. 

Meet the LASP Digital Internship organizer, Jihany Hassun, LASP Graduate Fellow, and learn about LASP Digital Research Internships and Einaudi Digital Research Internships with partners in Brazil. 

Please register at the Zoom link below:

https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dpOtKElOQsCh6KBQPYTcLw

Speaker: Wendy Young, President, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Co-sponsored by Cornell's Migrations initiative

Wendy has led KIND since 2009, and brings extensive immigration policy experience to the organization. Prior to KIND, she served as Chief Counsel on Immigration Policy in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Refugees for Senator Edward M. Kennedy. She held prior immigration policy positions with organizations such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Women’s Refugee Commission, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the National Council of La Raza.

She has also written numerous articles, reports and cutting-edge op-eds on the plight of unaccompanied children. Wendy has received a number of awards and honors for her work on immigration rights including: 2017 Williams College Bicentennial Medal Award; 2016 Keepers of the American Dream Honoree by the National Immigration Forum; Women Inspiring Change 2015 Honoree at Harvard Law School’s 2nd Annual International Women’s Day Celebration; Foreign Policy’s Leading Global Thinker of 2014; Nominated as one of two NGO representatives to participate in Seminar XXI Program on U.S. Foreign Policy by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and National Defense University (2002); Honored by Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center for work on behalf of women and children detainees (2002); Child Advocacy National Certification of Recognition, American Bar Association, in recognition of contributions advancing the welfare of children (2001); Human Rights Award, American Immigration Lawyers Association, in recognition of the work of the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children on behalf of women and child asylum seekers (1999).

Wendy earned a joint law degree and master’s degree in international relations from American University in Washington, DC, and a bachelor’s degree from Williams College in Massachusetts.

Join LASP, Luisa Trujillo (LASP internship facilitator with CONDESAN/Ecuador) and meet some of LASP's partners in Ecuador to learn more about this summer's digital internships. Application deadline extended to March 31st 2021.

Meeting Registration Link: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqd-yqqD8iEtPQjlrav6yTmC6VjT…