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Upcoming Events


12:00 am

Physical Sciences Building, PSB ATRIUM

Hi everyone!

The Indonesian Association at Cornell (IAC) invites you to Indonesian Night 2026!

Clark Atrium will be transformed into a vibrant Pasar Malem (Indonesian night market) where you can experience Indonesia’s culture through interactive booths, performances, traditional games, regional…

4:45 pm

Kaufmann Auditorium, G64 Goldwin Smith Hall

Undocumented Thai American artist and activist Bo Thai is wary of undocumented resilience narratives. The sequence of maddeningly arbitrary events that has kept him from accessing legal immigration status in the US has made him critical of the idea that undocumented people should live lives of endurance – that is,…

10:10 am

White Hall, 106

How Migrants Made Markets: Shenzhen and China's Reform and Opening
Taomo Zhou, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
White Hall - 106
10:10-11:25 am

Located immediately north of Hong Kong, Shenzhen is China’s first and most successful special economic zone (SEZ) and is…

4:45 pm

Virtual

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are…

6:00 pm

Virtual

Join us on Zoom to practice your Thai 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…

12:15 pm

Kahin Center

Gatty Lecture Series

Join us for a talk by Taomo Zhou, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore.

This Gatty Lecture will take place at The Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact seapgatty@…

12:15 pm

Kahin Center

Gatty Lecture Series

Join us for a talk by Courtney Wittekind, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Purdue University.

This Gatty Lecture will take place at The Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact seapgatty@cornell.edu…

12:15 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Talk by Aditya Bhattacharjee (Asian Studies, Cornell University)

The cultural affinities that have long connected South and Southeast Asia are particularly visible in Thailand, one of the first countries to recognize India after independence and a nation that occupies a prominent place both in India’s…

12:15 pm

Rockefeller Hall, 374

Gatty Lecture Series

Anti-authoritarian Counter-Cartographies of Solidarity with Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in the Philippines

Join us for a talk by Arnisson Ortega, Associate Professor from the Department of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University.

This Gatty Lecture will take…

9:00 am

Kahin Center

This conference explores the interrelationships among political literary, and religious culture in early second-millennium South India and Sri Lanka. Scholars of premodern South Asia and Indian Ocean political culture now recognize that transregional processes fundamentally shaped political environments in this…

4:45 pm

Virtual

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are…

12:15 pm

Kahin Center

Gatty Lecture Series

Join us for a talk by Aurore Candier, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University.

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

5:00 pm

Rockefeller Hall, 201 (Schwartz Auditorium)

Bartels World Affairs Lecture

In this year’s Bartels lecture, Ambassador Samantha Power examines the causes and consequences of dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). While reductions in United States foreign assistance have inflicted harm on millions of people, the principal…

5:00 pm

Kahin Center

Come learn and practice Mahjong, a game popularized by films such as Crazy Rich Asians and played widely in countries such as Japan (riichi), China (Shanghai), Taiwan, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

Asian Game Night is co-sponsored by the East Asia Program, Southeast Asia Program, and the Asian and Asian American…

3:00 pm

Virtual

Join us for an online discussion on colonial collections in and on the Philippines, featuring speakers from Yale University.

Dr. Cheryl Beredo, Director of Collections and Chief Curator, Yale University

Surveying several collections that can support the study of U.S. colonial archives of and on the…

12:15 pm

Kahin Center

Gatty Lecture Series

Join us for a talk by Thuy Linh Nguyen, Associate Professor of History from Mount Saint Mary College.

This Gatty Lecture will take place at The Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact seapgatty@cornell.edu…

12:15 pm

Kahin Center

Gatty Lecture Series

Join us for a talk by Bradley Davis, Professor of History from the Eastern Connecticut State University.

This Gatty Lecture will take place at The Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact seapgatty@cornell.…

5:00 pm

Virtual

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are…

12:00 am

Virtual

2026 International Interdisciplinary Conference on Myanmar's Borderlands (2026 IICMB)

A virtual conference hosted by the Inya Institute (Yangon), Cornell University's Southeast Asia Program (SEAP), and their Southeast Asia-based partners.

Myanmar’s multilayered crisis is profoundly reshaping…

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…

4:30 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Primarily for undergraduates, this session offers guidance on how to write a winning proposal for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The session will be led by two Fulbright advisors with years of experience. Applying for a Fulbright? We encourage you to attend!