This artist’s talk with Wang Tiande, the 2025 Wong Chai Lok Calligraphy Fellow at Cornell, is presented in conjunction with an installation of his work in the Johnson Museum of Art’s fifth-floor Rockwell Gallery (on view April 8–July 20).

From 4:00–4:30PM, the artist will be in the Rockefeller Gallery to…

Join Einaudi Center and Brooks School researchers for three-minute speed talks and community conversation on our contemporary moment.

Speakers will jump off from interdisciplinary and international research, experiences, and world events to provide a fresh perspective on current U.S. politics and public…

Wang Tiande, the 2025 Wong Chai Lok Calligraphy Fellow at Cornell University, will conduct a special demonstration of his calligraphy process, free and open to all. Visitors can view the demonstration from the Hirsch Lecture Lobby, where the artist will work, or from above in the Gussman Entrance Hall.

This…

Join the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies’ undergraduate global scholars for a showcase of their capstone presentations providing public commentary and perspectives on global democracy.

Undergraduate global scholars advocate for building democracy on campus and around the world. They have…

Speaker: Jinying Li, Assistant Professor, Modern Culture and Media, Brown University

ABSTRACT:

As global networks promise boundless access, we are facing increasing layers of walls. From computer firewalls to China’s Great Firewall, from the Facebook wall to the virtual walls in virtual reality,…

Come to the LRC to practice your language skills and meet new people. Conversation Hours provide an opportunity to use the target language in an informal, low-pressure atmosphere. Have fun practicing a language you are learning! Gain confidence through experience! Just using your new language skills helps you learn…

Come to the LRC to practice your language skills and meet new people. Conversation Hours provide an opportunity to use the target language in an informal, low-pressure atmosphere. Have fun practicing a language you are learning! Gain confidence through experience! Just using your new language skills helps you learn…

Speaker: Thomas P. Kelly, Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University, will lead the final Classical Chinese text-reading of the semester.

The group meets monthly during the semester to explore a variety of classical Chinese texts and styles. Other premodern texts linked…

Come to the LRC to practice your language skills and meet new people. Conversation Hours provide an opportunity to use the target language in an informal, low-pressure atmosphere. Have fun practicing a language you are learning! Gain confidence through experience! Just using your new language skills helps you learn…

While social movements may appear to have receded in the 1950s with the rise of Cold War domesticity and McCarthyism (much like the upsurge of authoritarianisms today), the Korean War galvanized women to promote women’s rights in the context of the first global peace campaign during the Cold War. Recuperating the…

Gatty Lecture Series

Join us for a talk by Dr. Rachel Leow from University of Cambridge. Dr. Leow is an Associate Professor in Modern East Asian History at Faculty of History, University of Cambridge.

This Gatty Lecture will take place at the The Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served.…

Cornell Botanic Gardens Tour of Chinese and Asian Plants

Join this guided outdoor stroll exploring different areas of the garden to highlight several plants endemic to China and eastern Asia. Discover the importance of trees and garden plants in East Asian culture, and learn about plans to develop an Asian…