Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Doctoral Candidate Awarded Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship
Cameron Mailhot, a doctoral candidate in government, has been awarded a Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship from the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) for his outstanding dissertation on peace processes.
In his dissertation, “Blueprints for Peace: International Missions, Domestic Commitments, and Post-Conflict Reforms,” Mailhot examines variation in the international enforcement of peace agreements and effects this has on peace outcomes.
The USIP Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship program has supported the dissertations of 339 young scholars since 1988. Many of them have gone on to distinguished careers in research, scholarship, and policymaking. This nonresidential fellowship is awarded to PhD students enrolled in U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics broadly related to conflict management, peacebuilding and other related security studies. The award carries a $20,000 stipend and is funded by the Minerva Research Initiative.
Mailhot's research focuses on the role of the international community in post-conflict countries. His research, fieldwork, and training have been supported by American Councils, the Cornell Department of Government, the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Purdue Peace Project, and the US Department of State. During his time in Kosovo, he is a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Political Courage. Beyond his dissertation, his research interests include nation and state-building, the origins of social and political trust, and transnational linkages of white nationalism in the U.S. and Europe.
Prior to starting his PhD, Mailhot worked in the Human Rights Program at the University of Minnesota, where he conducted research on transitional justice and contributed to a consortium dedicated to increasing public awareness of the patterns of disappearances in northern Mexico. Cameron is from Crosby, Minnesota, and holds a B.A. from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
You can read more about Mailhot's dissertation project here.
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Cornell University: Public Support for a COVID-19 Vaccine Faces Uphill Battle
Sarah Kreps, PACS
The article features research by Douglas Kriner, professor in American Institutions, and Sarah Kreps, professor of government, finding that public support for a vaccine will depend on how effective it is.
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Five Years After Sweden’s Gui Minhai was Kidnapped we Must Keep Fighting for His Release
Magnus Fiskesjö, EAP, SEAP, PACS
Magnus Fiskesjö, (EAP, SEAP, PACS) associate professor in anthropology, writes this opinion piece about the seizing of Swedish citizen Gui Minhai from Thailand by Chinese agents and its relevance for other countries that have seen their citizens seized by China.
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Renowned dissident Yuri Orlov, professor emeritus, dies at 96
Yuri Orlov was an internationally renowned physicist, human rights champion and Soviet-era dissident, and professor emeritus of physics (CAS).
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The somatic-security industrial complex: theorizing the political economy of informationalized biology
December 10, 2020
11:30 am
Rebecca Hester, Assistant Professor, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Virginia Tech will join the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies for a discussion of “The somatic-security industrial complex: theorizing the political economy of informationalized biology,” Review of International Political Economy, Vol 20, issue 1, 2020, 98-124.
This piece is co-authored with Owain D. Williams, Lecturer in International Relations, School of Politics & International Studies, University of Leeds.
Please note that the author will not give a formal presentation of their work, so it is best to read in advance. A link to the reading will be sent to you upon registration.
Please pre-register at https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvceGvrzwrHNSicEtRjCZE3DAdUR….
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This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology Studies and is part of the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) Reading Group Series.
About the speaker:
Rebecca Hester is an assistant professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society and an associate director of the Center for Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies at Virginia Tech. She received her PhD in Politics from the University of California Santa Cruz. She was subsequently a Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a faculty member in the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Hester's research and teaching interests focus on the intersections of migration, health, the body, and security. Her current research examines contemporary accounts of “biological danger” and the social, political, and scientific implications of preempting, preventing, and eradicating such danger.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Social Media and International Relations
November 12, 2020
11:30 am
Sarah Kreps, John L. Wetherill Professor of Government, Cornell University, will join the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies for a discussion of her new book Social Media and International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2020).
Please note that the author will not give a formal presentation of her work, so it is best to read in advance. A link to the reading will be sent to you with the registration confirmation.
Please pre-register at https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpde-hrTMoHdZTwJtmIrjAAyRNJL….
This is part of Peace and Conflict Studies Institute Reading Group Series.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality
November 5, 2020
11:30 am
Peace and Conflict Studies Institute Reading Group for November 5. Ian Lustick, Professor and Bess W. Heyman Chair, Political Science Department, University of Pennsylvania, will join us for a discussion of Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019), Chapter 5, “The One State Reality and Its Future.” Please note that the author will not give a formal presentation of their work, so it is best to read in advance.
Please pre-register at https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEudemhrTkoGtFSable5i_dq5Yhuc…, and a link to the reading will be sent to you with the registration confirmation. Please contact pacs@cornell.edu with any questions.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
The Dilemma of Cybersecurity
What does cybersecurity mean when computer systems remain vulnerable to hacking? Rebecca Slayton, Director of the Reppy Institute, investigates.
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US States Roll Out Apps Alerting People to COVID-19 Exposure
Sarah Kreps, PACS
“In order for these apps to be effective, you need to have enough of a critical mass of people who are willing to download and use the app,” says Sarah Kreps, professor of government and faculty with the Reppy Institute. “And short of mandating that, as was done in China, then you need a kind of public trust.”
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Book Talk: Worldbuilding After Empire
October 1, 2020
11:30 am
Join author Adom Getachew for a discussion on her new book, Worldbuilding After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination. This event is sponsored by Buffalo Street Books in downtown Ithaca.
The event also serves as the Peace and Conflict Studies Institute Reading Group for October 1.
Register at https://www.buffalostreetbooks.com/event/adom-getachew.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies