The Institute for African Development (IAD) Summer Africa Internship program provides sophomores, juniors and rising senior undergraduate students with challenging practical fieldwork in Africa. Application deadline is February 28th. Internships are available in Ghana and Zambia. Those interested in applying must attend two seminars in the IAD Special Topic Seminar Series (CRP 4770) and a pre-departure meeting.

Contact: iad@cornell.edu

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports college graduates conducting research or teaching English 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.

Contact: fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu

Learn about the Laidlaw Undergraduate Research and Leadership Program. Open to first- and second-year students, this 2-year program provides generous support to carry out internationally-focused research, develop leadership skills, engage with community projects overseas, and join a global network of like-minded scholars from more than a dozen universities. Join us to learn more about the program, its benefits, and the application process, as well as tips for approaching potential faculty research mentors and writing a successful application

In recent years China has emerged as a leading economic power and is expanding its military capability in both conventional and nuclear forces. How should the United States respond to these changes? Our three panelists will discuss the impact of advances in cyber technology, the implications of the new Chinese ICBM sites, and the overall context in which these and other security issues should be viewed.

Speakers

Danny Stoian, Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State and Visiting Fellow with the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Cornell University

Herb Lin, Senior Research Scholar for cyber policy and security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security at the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford University

Gregory Kulacki, Senior Analyst and China Project Manager for the Global Security Program of the Union of Concerned Scientists

Moderator

Judith Reppy, Professor Emerita in science & technology studies (STS) and Acting Director, Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series.

Amy Liu, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin

Amy Liu (PhD Emory University; BA Smith College) is an associate professor in the Government Department and codirector of the Politics of Race and Ethnicity Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research and teaching focus on the intersection of ethnic politics, language politics, and migration politics. Her first book Standardizing Diversity: The Political Economy of Language Regimes (2015, University of Pennsylvania) examines how the recognition of lingua francas can be conducive for economic growth – in Asia generally and in Southeast Asia specifically. Her second book The Language of Political Incorporation: Chinese Migrants in Europe (2021, Temple University Press) looks at the linguistic networks of Chinese migrants and the implications for engagement with local authorities in Europe. She is working on a new book project examining the diversity and representation of government cabinets. Liu is the current chair of the APSA Southeast Asian Politics Research Group, a member of the leadership board for Women in Southeast Asian Social Sciences, and on the advisory council for the Center for Taiwan Studies.

For questions, please contact seapgatty@cornell.edu.

Please note that this talk will not be held in person at the Kahin Center, and will take place on Zoom. Members of the SEAP community are welcome to come to the Kahin Center to watch the Zoom event together. To attend virtually, please register at https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qc-qsqT8oGtOd0Kz8y6htLhRZIp….

The ill-fated American invasion in Afghanistan came to an abrupt end with the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban takeover of Kabul in mid-August. Images of the chaos that ensued as the U.S. and other NATO countries attempted to evacuate tens of thousands of people continue to play out on television screens around the world.

The collapse of the Afghan security forces in days and the withdrawal of European and American government personal left many Afghans vulnerable to the new regime’s policies and their future of the country in doubt. Much airtime has been devoted to analyzing this crisis in terms of American and European interests, yet we have learned little about how Afghans who have worked to rebuild their country’s institutions are faring, how they envision their future, and how the international community can help to secure a secure and prosperous future for all Afghans.

In this webinar, we ask two Afghan scholars to reflect on the state of their country, what they see taking place in the near and long terms, and possible ways to achieve a future they envision for their country.

Panelists:

Muska Dastageer is a political scientist specializing in peace and political theory. She is a lecturer at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan. Alongside her lecturing, she is also an Expert Advisor on the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Dialogues on Afghanistan.Up until December 2020 she also worked as a special anti-corruption advisor with the Joint Taskforce for Anti & Counter Corruption (JTACC). Prior to this she advised the USAID-funded Afghanistan's Measure for Accountability and Transparency (AMANAT) program and the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee, delivering several damning institutional assessments of ministries in Kabul in 2018 and 2019. She holds two MSc degrees from the University of Oxford and the University of Copenhagen. Her articles on the Afghan peace process and security in South Asia have been published by the Atlantic Council, The Diplomat and RÆSON and has participated in panels arranged by Brookings Institution and the Atlantic Council.

Haroun Rahimi obtained his B.A. in Law from Herat University, his LLM in Global Business Law from the University of Washington School of Law, and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. Rahimi is Assistant Professor of Law at the American University of Afghanistan. Rahimi's research focuses on economic laws, institutional reform, and divergent conceptions of rule of law in the Muslim and modern thoughts. Rahimi's research has appeared in reputable local and international journals. Rahimi has also collaborated as an independent consultant with a number of research firms and policy think tanks conducting policy research on institutional development and good governance in the South Asia context. Most recently, at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Rahimi worked on the legal history of Afghanistan and the ways that legal transplantation is legitimized in Muslim countries.

Moderator:

Mostafa Minawi is an associate professor of history and the director of the Critical Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Studies, Cornell University. He is the author of The Ottoman Scramble for Africa: Empire and Diplomacy in the Sahara and the Hijaz (Stanford University Press, 2016) and several other publications on Ottoman imperialism in Africa. He held several fellowships over the past few years, including the Alfred Howell Chair in Archeology and History at the American University of Beirut in 2019-20 and was a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Central European University in 2020-21.

This session will provide PhD students with information on the Einaudi Dissertation Proposal Development Program. The program offers seminars, workshops, and faculty mentoring to PhD students in the social sciences and humanities who are developing research projects abroad or domestic research projects on topics that connect to global issues. Students receive up to $5,000 for summer research. Workshop and seminar costs are also covered.

Contact: programming@einaudi.cornell.edu

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