Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
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Academics
We encourage students and faculty to participate in activities that promote interdisciplinary interaction and provide ways for ideas to be explored and shared. Our weekly seminar is the central activity of the program, bringing together interested faculty and students from all parts of the university.
Funding
The Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies is committed to helping support undergraduate and graduate students and faculty who are interested in its mission. Affiliated faculty and students are also eligible for all Einaudi Center funding opportunities.
Magnus Fiskesjö
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Magnus Fiskesjö's research concerns ethnic relations and political anthropology in China and Southeast Asia. His research and teaching interests include historical and political anthropology; civilizations and barbarians; sovereignty, citizenship, and state formations; autonomy and dependence; ethnopolitics, ethnicity, and ethnonymy in interethnic relations; cultural heritage and archaeology; museums and modernity; and East and Southeast Asia (including China and Burma).
Key Networks: Anthropology, Asian studies
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Program
Role
- Faculty
- EAP Core Faculty
- PACS Steering Committee
- SEAP Core Faculty
Contact
Email: nf42@cornell.edu
Publications
Support from the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies to individuals and for program activities has generated book publications, in addition to the publications produced by our faculty and graduate students. The books, articles, and papers of institute members are among the leading publications in the field.
Events
The Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) supports student and faculty teaching and research, cross-campus interactions, and off-campus outreach. Institute activities include our weekly seminar series, as well as other events listed below. Subscribe
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Program Management
Director
The Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies is directed by a member of the steering committee who serves a three-year term. The current director is:
Rebecca Slayton, Associate Professor, Department of Science & Technology Studies.
About
The Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies is an interdisciplinary program devoted to research and teaching on the problems of war and peace, arms control and disarmament, and more generally, instances of collective violence.
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
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The Fulbright U.S. Student Program sends U.S. citizens to more than 160 countries to study, research, and teach English abroad.
With a unique focus on mutual understanding between people of different backgrounds and cultures, the program offers the freedom to curate your experience as you engage with your host community.
The Einaudi Center provides counseling, essay feedback, and application support to help your Fulbright application succeed, even if you are preparing your application at a distance as a study abroad student or recent graduate. Our Fulbright advisor offers guidance throughout the year and hosts info sessions about Fulbright opportunities each semester.
Fulbright Facts
Cornell University is a Fulbright Top Producing Institution. One in four Cornell applicants wins an award. The national average is only one in six. This is how Cornell has sent over 600 students across the globe as part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program since the 1940s.
Fulbrighters from Cornell have traveled to more than one hundred countries, studying topics ranging from court efficiency in Zambia to gender-based inequalities in India. Many have taught English abroad and attended international graduate programs in other languages.
Application Opens
March 31, 2026
Deadline
August 17, 2026 at 8 a.m. (ET)
Eligibility
United States citizens in any field of study are eligible. In addition, you must fulfill one of the following criteria:
- You will graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Cornell before September of the award year.
- You are currently a Cornell graduate student.
- You are a young professional who graduated from Cornell within the past five years.
Day in the Life: U.S. Student Program
How to Apply
Cornell applicants must apply through the Cornell Fulbright Program, managed by the Einaudi Center. Reach out to our Fulbright advisor to get started. We provide counseling, essay reviews, and application support to all applicants, including study abroad students and alumni, for every type of application.
Meet Cornell's Fulbrighters
Seventeen Cornellians accepted awards in 2026–27, including Cornell's first Fulbright Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health. They will conduct research, study, and teach English around the globe.
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- Program
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- Student
Program
Toward a Theory of Peace: The Role of Moral Beliefs
Book
19.95
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Program
Type
- Book
- Cornell Global Perspectives
Publication Details
Publication Year: 2019
ISBN: 978-1501744358