Student
Madeleine Lemos
IES Graduate Fellow 2025-2026
Madeleine is a historian of modern Europe focused on Spain. Her research focuses on understanding the relationship between fascism and the international via formal and informal political means. She is particularly interested in examining the continuation of the Spanish fascist state as an international and domestic body via Francoism's repositioning of itself throughout the 20th century.
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Program
Role
- Student
- IES Current Graduate Fellow
- Graduate Fellow
- Graduate Student
Contact
Email: mjl375@cornell.edu
Angela Kothe
IES Graduate Fellow 2025-2026
Angela Kothe is a third-year PhD Student in the Department of Government. Her research interests include Queer politics and religion in Europe and the United States. She is currently developing a project that explores the political economy of Queer identity formation in post-War England.
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Program
Role
- Student
- IES Current Graduate Fellow
- Graduate Fellow
- Graduate Student
Contact
Email: aek229@cornell.edu
Xinlei Sha
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2026
Committee Chair/Advisor: Juno Salazar Parreñas
Discipline: Anthropology
Primary Language: Vietnamese
Research Countries: Vietnam
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Kathleen Bahian Fallon
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2027
Committee Chair/Advisor: Tom Pepinsky
Discipline: Government
Primary Language: Filipino/Tagalog, French
Research Countries: Philippines, Singapore
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Satish Kumar
Graduate Student
Satish Kumar, a Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Doctoral Fellow at TCI, is a PhD student in public policy at IIT Bombay. His research focuses on agriculture-nutrition linkages and diversification in semi-arid regions. Previously, he pursued a Commonwealth split-site doctoral scholarship at the University of Cambridge. He earned his master’s degree from JNU and completed his undergraduate studies at Delhi University's Kirori Mal College, India.
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Zulfirman Rahyantel
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2028
Committee Chair/Advisor: Steven Johnson
Discipline: Natural Resources and Environment
Primary Language: Indonesian, Ambonese Malay, Seram Timur
Research Countries: Indonesia
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Christine Shio Lim
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2030
Committee Chair/Advisor: Vida Maralani
Discipline: Sociology
Primary Language: Burmese
Research Countries: Myanmar
Research Interests: Burma Studies; Buddhist Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies
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Namfon Narumol Choochan
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2031
Committee Chair/Advisor: Tamara Loos
Discipline: Asian Studies
Primary Languages: Thai, Vietnamese, German
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Global Impact Graduate Fellowships
Details
We're looking for graduate students to join the Einaudi Center's inequalities, identities, and justice team as they map out a new global studies curriculum. Apply now to be a fellow in the spring 2024 semester!
Graduate fellows receive a stipend of $1,000 for the semester.
New in 2024: Global Impact Fellows
Launching in spring 2024, this opportunity is open to grad students from all research disciplines with a demonstrated interest in interdisciplinary and/or international work. Selected fellows will form a focus group to develop a global studies curriculum for a future Einaudi Center graduate certificate.
Global Impact Fellows will meet regularly through the spring 2024 semester with faculty fellows Edward E. Baptist and Jennifer Newsom. You'll play a crucial role in designing syllabi and presenting a showcase of graduate research with global impact.
Inequalities, Identities, and Justice
The Einaudi Center supports public scholarship and thought leadership to address inequalities experienced across the globe, including cleavages in society like race, religion, gender and sexuality, class, caste, language, and ethnicity. We seek to identify opportunities for transformative change and increased justice in migration and citizenship regimes, climate and land policy, economic opportunities, food systems, health, politics, and policing.
Deadline
January 24, 2024
Amount
Stipend of $1,000 for the spring semester.
How to Apply
Email a letter of interest to Sarah Pattison, associate director of academic programs. Selected students will be notified by February 2, 2024. Your letter should outline the following:
- Your background in interdisciplinary and/or international work (through research projects, coursework, or other experiences);
- How the fellowship will advance your research, graduate studies, or career goals;
- What interests you about global studies and Einaudi's planned curriculum development (see blue box above).
Questions?
If you have questions about the fellowship or your application, email Einaudi Center academic programs.
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Fidellithy Tan
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: N/A
Committee Chair/Advisor: Durba Ghosh
Discipline: History
Primary Language: Tamil