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We bring voices from around the globe to the Ithaca campus to go beyond the headlines and foster dialogue. Explore our upcoming and past events.

Upcoming Events


4:30 pm

Mary Ann Wood, B21

European History Colloquium - Atina Grossmann, Distinguished Professor of History, The Cooper Union
Between “Orient” and European Catastrophe: Jewish Refugees from National Socialism in Iran and India 1935-1948.

Atina Grossman is Professor of History in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at…

5:45 pm

Ives Hall, 115

Tickling Giants is a documentary film featuring Bassem Youssef, known as the "Jon Stewart of Egypt. " The film offers a unique lens on political satire in Egypt in a period of political transition following the 2011 revolution.

Discussion moderated by Dina Bishara (Global Labor and Work, Cornell…

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…

4:30 pm

Statler Hotel, Amphitheater and Room E/F

Come and explore international research from students and researchers at the Einaudi Center for International Studies. Our undergraduate Global Scholars will present posters on their international aid projects and our Global Research Fellows will give speed talks on interdisciplinary research.

Global…

5:00 pm

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Film Forum

// Film Screening and Conversation //

The Culture Industry of War
(2013, dir. Hamed Yousefi, 27 min)

In the essay-film The Culture Industry of War, art historian and filmmaker Hamed Yousefi explores the role of images in Iran’s modern political culture. Focusing on the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988…

4:45 pm

Goldwin Smith Hall, 142

Hakem Al-Rustom, Assistant Professor at University of Michigan, will give this year's Armenian Genocide Commemoration Lecture, "What Remains: Afterlives of Genocide and the Persistence of the Unfinished."

This lecture begins from a simple but unsettling premise: genocide does not end. It…

5:00 pm

Stimson Hall, G24B

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…

4:45 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Talk by Marc Herman (Humanities, York University)

In this book talk, Marc Herman discusses his new book, After Revelation: The Rabbinic Past in the Medieval Islamic World. This book demonstrates that medieval Jewish legal thought was forged in dialogue with various and competing schools of Islamic law.…

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…