Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Info Session: International Relations Minor
March 7, 2022
4:45 pm
Is the Einaudi Center's International Relations minor for you? Here's a chance to find out. Graduates go on to successful careers in fields like international law, economics, agriculture, trade, finance, journalism, education, and government service.
Contact: irm@einaudi.cornell.edu; https://einaudi.cornell.edu/academics/international-relations-minor
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Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Info Session: Fulbright Opportunities for Graduate Students
February 23, 2022
4:45 pm
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides full funding for graduate and professional students conducting research or teaching in any field in more than 150 countries. Open to U.S. citizens only.
The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program supports doctoral students conducting research in modern languages or area studies for six to 12 months. Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents of the United States. Travel to Western European countries is not eligible.
Contact: fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu, https://einaudi.cornell.edu/fulbright-us-student-program
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Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Info Session: Fulbright U.S. Student Program for Undergraduates
February 21, 2022
4:45 pm
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports college graduates conducting research or teaching in any field in more than 150 countries. Applications are due in the fall; students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are encouraged to start the process in their junior year.
United States citizens in any field of study are eligible.
Contact: fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu, https://einaudi.cornell.edu/fulbright-us-student-program
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Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Gatty Lecture: What's Happening in Myanmar?: Women, Peace and Security
February 17, 2022
12:15 pm
102 Mann Library
This talk is co-organized by the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies.
May Sabe Phyu is a women human rights defender leading civil society efforts to end discrimination against women and ethnic and religious minorities for more than 20 years in the development and humanitarian sector. She raises awareness of the human cost of conflict and advocates for peace and reconciliation. For her leadership in advocating for the full and equal rights of women and ethnic and religious minorities in Myanmar, she received the International Women of Courage Award in 2015. May Phyu is now in the United States after the military’s brutal violence crackdown in Myanmar. She is also a founding member of the Women’s Advocacy Coalition Myanmar connecting with her sisters inside the country and exile. May Phyu is currently hosted by the Dorothea S. Clarke Program in Feminist Jurisprudence at the Cornell Law School and is an active collaborator with Profs. Sandra Babcock and Elizabeth Brundige in the International Human Rights Clinic and the Gender Justice Clinic.
This Gatty lecture will take place in person at 102 Mann Library, but people are also welcome to join us on Zoom. Please register here if you wish to attend via Zoom: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsd-yvqjstGdKq7F0ZT1TqTd1iXr…
For questions, please contact seapgatty@cornell.edu.
In accordance with university event guidance, all campus visitors who are 12 years old or older must also present a photo ID, as well as proof of vaccination for COVID-19 or results of a recent negative COVID-19 test. If you are not currently participating in the Cornell campus vaccination/testing program, please bring proof of vaccination or the results of a recent negative test.
More information on acceptable documentation is available here: https://covid.cornell.edu/visitors/
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Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Capitol Rioters Got Tougher Sentences in 2021 From Obama's Judges Than From Trump's
Jens David Ohlin, PACS
Jens David Ohlin, dean and professor of law at Cornell Law School, told Newsweek that judges factoring in individual specifics of cases before issuing a sentence limit a defense attorney's ability to predict how a judge will rule in their client's case.
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Julie Ficarra
Associate Teaching Professor
Julie Ficarra specializes in critically examining global issues of migration, social inclusion, and sustainable development, focusing on comparative and ethical frameworks to foster cross-cultural understanding, social policy analysis, and community engagement. She is interested in the role of education in the development of global citizenship, peace, and reconciliation in post-conflict regions.
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Role
- Faculty
- LACS Core Faculty
- LACS Steering Committee
- PACS Faculty Associate
Contact
Email: jmf389@cornell.edu
Randall Forsberg and the Nuclear Freeze Movement
New Digital Collection at Cornell Library
The Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (IDDS) was founded in 1979 by the scholar-activist Randall Caroline Watson Forsberg (1943-2007) to conduct research on military forces and the prospects for disarmament and to provide knowledge in support of peace activism. This digital collection represents a small sample of the full archive, held in the Cornell University Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (RMC).
IDDS became the first headquarters of the influential Nuclear Weapons Freeze campaign and it collaborated with the European Nuclear Disarmament (END) movement and colleagues worldwide, including in the Soviet bloc. The Institute's publications included the Arms Control Reporter (a monthly update on negotiations), the World Weapon Database, and the Peace Resource Book, along with a newsletter. Cornell faculty members Judith Reppy and Matthew Evangelista served on the Institute’s board of directors while Forsberg maintained her connection to Cornell with occasional visits for seminars, lectures and conferences.
Upon Forsberg’s untimely death from cancer, Professor Reppy, as chair of the IDDS board, assumed responsibility for the voluminous IDDS archive and secured its transfer to the Cornell University Library.
Additional resources:
Introduction to the collection, by Agnieszka Nimark and Matthew Evangelista:
Randall Forsberg and the Nuclear Freeze Movement: Selected Materials from the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies Archive
Coverage of the digital project (Feb. 2022):
Nuclear Freeze documents digitized
Guide to the full collection:
Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies Records, 1974-2007.Collection Number: 8588
Access the digital collection:
Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies Records, Digital Collection.
Acknowledgments:
The creation of the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies Records Collection was supported by the Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences, awarded to Matthew Evangelista, Government; Agnieszka Nimark, Judith Reppy Institute for Peace & Conflict Studies; Judith Reppy, Science & Technology Studies, in 2019.
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As Joe Biden's 'Summit for Democracy' Convenes, Questions Arise About How 'Democracy' Is Defined
Sarah Kreps, PACS
"China, I won’t say it’s winning the PR war, but it’s very competitive,” says Sarah Kreps, professor of government. “Some 90 per cent of the Netherlands has Western vaccines, but it’s got higher levels of Covid than in the history of the pandemic. They’re trying to poke holes in the democratic system.”
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Avishai Melamed
Reppy Institute Director's Fellow 2023-24
Avishai Melamed is a PhD Student at Cornell University’s Department of Government in the International Relations subfield. He has published in the Journal of Space Safety Engineering and is a graduate fellow at Cornell University’s Tech Policy Institute. Avishai's research focuses on the long-term evolution of foreign policy strategies. He explores how emerging technologies interact with shifting domestic and international conditions to influence patterns of international cooperation and competition.
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Reppy Institute to form new Advisory Board
The Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) is pleased to announce the formation of a new Advisory Board. Members of the board will be available to offer advice collectively on topics of interest, to give informal advice to graduate students and visitors whose topics are relevant to their expertise, and to suggest possible funding sources.
PACS Advisory Board Members include:
Kennette Benedict (Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago)
Neta Crawford (Boston University)
Rachel Epstein (Denver University)
Lisbeth Gronlund (MIT)
Herbert Lin (Stanford University)
Adam Segal (Council on Foreign Relations)
David Wright (MIT)
Kathleen Vogel (Arizona State University)