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 described below.
Reppy Institute Seminar Series
The weekly seminar is the central activity of the Reppy Institute, bringing together interested individuals from all parts of Cornell and the Ithaca community to learn about and discuss peace studies issues. When classes are in session, the seminars are scheduled Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. They are free and open to the public. See our seminar page for a list of current seminars.
Conferences and Workshops
The Reppy Institute, part of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, hosts conferences and workshops related to peace and conflict studies and regularly cosponsors events with the Einaudi Center's other regional and thematic programs. Visit Einaudi Center events to find upcoming conferences and workshops.
Paths to Peace 2018
Paths to Peace was a series of on-campus events and exhibits that explored the legacy of antiwar campaigner Randall "Randy" Forsberg. Explore the highlights from the series, including is the art exhibition Shadows and Ashes: The Peril of Nuclear Weapons and Forsberg's e-book, Toward a Theory of Peace: The Role of Moral Beliefs.
Upcoming Events
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Southeast Asia Program
8:00 pm
Virtual
The global trend of democratic backsliding has reshaped politics around the world, from the United States to Indonesia. Throughout Southeast Asia, a region long marked by contestation between authoritarian and democratic politics, contemporary authoritarian practices interact with local histories to generate…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
Robbie Shilliam, Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, discusses the new book "Decolonizing Politics: An Introduction," to be released by Wiley in April 2021. This seminar will focus on the chapter on International Relations.
The author will join for a conversation about their…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
Simon Egbert and Matthias Leese discuss their book Criminal Futures: Predictive Policing and Everyday Police Work, out via Routledge in 2020.
The authors will join for a conversation about their work. No formal presentation will be given; please read in advance. A link to the reading will be sent with the…
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
12:00 pm
Virtual
Kelly Hunter presents a paper titled "Who intervenes and how? The politics of intervention for conflict-related sexual violence"/.
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
East Asia Program
Latin American Studies Program
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
4:30 pm
Virtual
Nobel prize–winning economist Amartya Sen joins Cornell’s Kaushik Basu for the 2021 Bartels World Affairs Lecture, hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.
At the turn of the millennium, many would have said that understanding the need for democracy was the most important change in the…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
Darren Byler, University of Washington, discusses the working paper "Digital Enclosure and Unfreedom in Northwest China."
The author will join for a conversation about their work. No formal presentation will be given; please read in advance. A link to the reading will be sent with the registration…
