Southeast Asia Program
Burmese journalist wins Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Kyaw Hsan Hlaing begins his PhD studies at Cornell this fall
Journalist Kyaw Hsan Hlaing, who exposed the realities of violence perpetrated by the military in his native Myanmar, has been awarded a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans to support his work toward a Ph.D. in political science at Cornell.
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International Fair
August 28, 2024
11:00 am
Uris Hall, Terrace
International Fair showcases Cornell's global opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Explore the fair and find out about international majors and minors, language study, study abroad, funding opportunities, global internships, Cornell Global Hubs, and more.
The International Fair is sponsored by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and Office of Global Learning (both part of Global Cornell) in partnership with the Language Resource Center.
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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
Tang Ao-qing and Lu Jiaxi: A Story of China and America
May 6, 2024
4:00 pm
Physical Sciences Building, 120
Join us for this talk by Roald Hoffmann, Nobel laureate in chemistry and Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, Emeritus, at Cornell.
At this event, Hoffmann pays tribute to his former colleagues Tang Ao-Qing (1915–2008, former president of Jilin University) and Lu Jiaxi (1915–2001, former president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), who received their advanced degrees in the U.S. and became founders of theoretical and physical chemistry in the People’s Republic of China. Hoffmann discusses how they returned to their homelands during a period of uncertainty, and how they forged their lives and careers through political and social upheavals. Hoffmann also shares his experiences as a scientist who migrated to America, while recounting how he came to know and appreciate these remarkable chemists—including the role Cornell University Library played in first exposing him to their work.
Refreshments will be provided following the event at the West Pavilion.
Can't attend in person? Register for the livestream.
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Southeast Asia Program
East Asia Program
Refugee Resettlement in Upstate New York
May 1, 2024
12:30 pm
209 Kennedy Hall
Join us for a panel discussion on the current state of refugee resettlement in Upstate New York, with representatives from resettlement centers in Syracuse, NY - including, Refugee and Immigrant Self-Empowerment (RISE) and Interfaith Works, as well as in Utica, NY - The Center. These three organizations have been collaborating with Dr. Julie Ficarra's Refugee Pathways: from Conflict to Resettlement course, funded through the Mellon Foundation Just Furtures Initiative. Practitioners will share both the challenges and opportunities of resettling refugees in our region, and what the future may hold for resettlement policies and practices.
These community partners will be available for informal meetings between 11:30am - 12:30pm and 1:30pm - 2:30pm. Please contact Dr. Julie Ficarra (jmf389@cornell.edu) if you'd like to set up a time to connect with them outside of the 12:30pm - 1:30pm panel discussion.
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Southeast Asia Program
June Millington solo performance: CU Music
April 20, 2024
7:00 pm
Klarman Hall, Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium
Before the Go-Go’s or the Riot Grrrl movement, there was Fanny, the first all-women rock band to be signed by a major label, record five albums, and tour internationally. Championed by David Bowie, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Elliot and others, Fanny defied the “isms” through undeniable talent. In 1987 June Millington, with her partner and co-founder Ann Hackler, founded the nonprofit Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA) a teaching, performing, and recording facility to support women in music. Feminist, queer, and multicultural from the beginning, IMA is located on 25 acres in Western Massachusetts where they offer rock camps for girls and young women each summer. Tonight, June performs a solo concert.
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Southeast Asia Program
Film screening of Fanny! The Right To Rock: CU Music
April 18, 2024
7:30 pm
Lincoln Hall, B20
Before the Go-Go’s or the Riot Grrrl movement, there was Fanny, the first all-women rock band to be signed by a major label, record five albums, and tour internationally. Championed by David Bowie, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Elliot and others, Fanny defied the “isms” through undeniable talent. This 2021 film directed by Bobbi Jo Hart profiles the band and features archival footage, new material, and interviews with numerous music icons about the band’s impact.
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Southeast Asia Program
Music and Sound Studies Colloquium: June Millington, co-founder of Fanny, discusses her life, her art, and the joys and troubles of being the first badass “girl group” in rock
April 18, 2024
4:30 pm
Lincoln Hall, B21
Before the Go-Go’s or the Riot Grrrl movement, there was Fanny, the first all-women rock band to be signed by a major label, record five albums, and tour internationally. Championed by David Bowie, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Elliot and others, Fanny defied the “isms” through undeniable talent. In 1987 June, with her partner and co-founder Ann Hackler, founded the nonprofit Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA) a teaching, performing, and recording facility to support women in music. Feminist, queer and multicultural from the beginning, IMA is located on 25 acres in Western Massachusetts where they offer rock camps for girls and young women each summer.
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Southeast Asia Program
Communication against Capital
Communication Against Capital explores the revolutionary communication strategies of the pergerakan merah, the anticolonial "red movement" in 1920s Indonesia. Rianne Subijanto tells the story of ordinary lower-class women, children, and people of diverse races and ethnicities who waged their battles against Dutch colonialism within multiple arenas of communication, including political associations, assemblies, printed matter, schools, and shipping lines.
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34.95
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Publication Year: 2025
ISBN: 9781501778667
For the Sake of Forests and Gods
For the Sake of Forests and Gods documents the consequences of nonstate actors impinging upon the existence of the Indigenous peoples in the remote highlands of Palawan Island, The Philippines. Nimble, focused, and well-funded, religious and environmental organizations increasingly assume governmental authority over the lives and livelihoods of the Pala'wan people within their ancestral territories.
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33.95
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- Book
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Publication Year: 2025
ISBN: 9781501779268
A Displaced Nation
In A Displaced Nation, Phi-Van Nguyen argues that the displacement of eight hundred thousand mostly Roman Catholic evacuees from North Vietnam in 1954 had a profound impact on the war opposing Saigon on both Hanoi and on the evacuees themselves. Assisting with the transportation, emergency relief, and resettlement of the evacuees allowed diverse organizations and the United States to support Saigon. This transnational mobilization also convinced the evacuees the "free world" would never let Vietnam remain divided.
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34.95
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Publication Year: 2024
ISBN: 9781501778612