South Asia Program
Info Session: Migrations Studies Minor

February 11, 2021
4:30 pm
The Migration Studies minor is a university-wide, interdisciplinary undergraduate minor that prepares students to understand the historical and contemporary contexts and factors that drive international migration and shape migrant experiences around the globe. This minor draws on the rich course offerings found across the humanities and social sciences at Cornell, and is designed to draw students outside of their major fields and to extend their knowledge beyond a single country.
Contact: migration-minor@einaudi.cornell.edu, https://einaudi.cornell.edu/migration-studies-minor
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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: Einaudi Center International Research Travel Grants

February 9, 2021
4:30 pm
The Einaudi Center International Research Travel Grants provide travel support for Cornell graduate students conducting short-term research and/or fieldwork outside the United States. They also provide travel support for professional students engaged in various academic experiences in the international arena.
Contact: einaudi_center@einaudi.cornell.edu; https://einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/travel-grants
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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
The Case for and Against Investing in Bitcoin

Eswar Prasad, SAP
“Making bitcoin a significant part of your portfolio would increase your risk substantially,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and trade policy. “But a marginal amount seems worthwhile given recent dynamics.”
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Farmers, Traders, Slaves, and Princes: Retrieving Lives of Eighteenth Century Inhabitants in and around Colombo, Sri Lanka, by Dries Lyna - CMS Seminar Series

April 28, 2021
4:30 pm
In this talk I will present the ongoing research project "Colonialism inside out" a Sri Lankan-Dutch research project, which has been running since 2017. The project aims at historical life writing, by combing macro-data from 18th century parish and census registers with qualitative data from legal courts, notary offices and church councils. The project brings in view the local farmers, Muslim and chettiyar merchants and Indian ocean exiles and slaves who inhabited Colombo and its surroundings.
Dries Lyna is Assistant Professor in Cultural and Economic, Social & Demographic History and Cultural History, Radboud University, Netherlands. He was trained at the Centre for Urban History (University of Antwerp), and was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Duke University and the Getty Research Institute. In the past he has been a guest lecturer at the History Departments of the University of Antwerp (2006-2012) and the Free University of Brussels (2011-2012), as well as at the Institut d'Etudes Supérieures des Arts in Paris (2006-2012).
His current research interest lies in the socio-legal history of colonial cities, with a focus on eighteenth-century Sri Lanka. Among others he studies the social function of colonial courts in Colombo, Jaffna and Galle. In addition he is interested in the family life of former slaves in the suburbs of Colombo, as part of the project 'Life after Slavery: Setting the Research Agenda of Slave Histories in the Global Era, 1750-1900', a collaboration with the University of Glasgow of which he is project leader. In the past he published on creative economies, art markets and material culture in the Low Countries (late 17th -19th centuries).
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
LRC JAM session - Advancing online language teaching and learning

February 3, 2021
11:00 am
In need of some inspiration for another semester in the virtual classroom? Just A Minute! The LRC has your back with the JAM, our winter video series investigating quick ways to spruce up the online language teaching and learning experience.
Short videos drop twice a week on YouTube and our live jam sessions provide the opportunity to debrief with us and address any questions sparked by watching our LRC JAM series.
Join us to talk about all things online language teaching and learning.
More details and link posted on our website: https://lrc.cornell.edu/learning-communities
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Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
South Asia Program
LRC Happy Hour

May 11, 2021
12:00 pm
Join us on Zoom throughout the spring for LRC Happy Hour. Every second Tuesday of the month (third Tuesday in April). We'd love to hear how it’s going! All of it.
Bring your (language instruction) stories whether they be good, bad, amazing, or unusual. It takes all kinds of stories to make a Happy Hour great!Bring your own coffee, tea, or mystery beverage.While we can't serve lunch, the LRC will provide fun, jokes, and laughs free of charge.Also, we just want to see your smiling faces, because we miss you.
More details and link posted on our website: https://lrc.cornell.edu/live-help-sessions
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Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
South Asia Program
For a Post-Nationalist Biden

Kaushik Basu, SAP
Kaushik Basu, professor of economics, writes this opinion piece about the challenges President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris face when President Donald Trump leaves office.
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Biden's Get-Tough Plans Face Sobering China Reality

Eswar Prasad, SAP
"The U.S. and China are locked in an explicit and escalating power struggle that could tear apart the rules and institutions underpinning the global trade and governance systems,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy.
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Farm Laws 3 Experts 2 Opinions

Kaushik Basu, SAP
Kaushik Basu, professor of applied economics, co-writes this opinion piece about the agriculture reform that needs to take place in India.
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Which Countries’ Economies are Doing Best? Those that Beat the Virus.

Eswar Prasad, SAP
“China’s recovery seems to be well-entrenched, and it’s now in the position of being by far the leading contributor to what little global growth there is likely to be this year,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and trade policy.