This event has been postponed until fall 2025.

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Join the Einaudi Center and researchers from across campus for three-minute speed talks and community conversation on ways to organize and push back against fast-moving federal actions.

Speakers will jump off from interdisciplinary and…

A talk hosted by the Society for Buddhist Studies.

Even after his demise in 2013, S. N. Goenka’s vipassana meditation in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin continues to flourish as one of the most significant and influential meditation movements with a strong emphasis on non-sectarian, universal, and…

Our cherished friend and colleague Nicolas van de Walle (1957-2024) shaped the field of political science and African politics in substantial and important ways. His insights into the politics of economic policymaking and “permanent crisis,” the driving forces of regime dynamics, electoral politics, and democratic…

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…

Under Guest Director Heri Purwanto, a freelance musician from Surakarta, Indonesia, the Cornell Gamelan Ensemble presents a varied program of traditional Javanese music in the Klarman Hall Atrium.

Co-sponsors: The Department of Music, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Department of…

New Perspectives in European Studies: IES Graduate Fellows 2025 Spring Research Symposium

IES Graduate Fellows will be presenting their work in conference style presentations followed by time for discussions.

Lunch: 11:30am

Panel 1: Texts and Translation (11:45am - 12:30pm)

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As in years prior, this conference, cosponsored by the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, provides an opportunity for graduate students to critically engage with the particularities of Sri Lanka and its diasporas; particularities often sacrificed to make our work speak clearly to non-specialist audiences.…

An Indian tourist couple arrive in the hill country of crisis ridden Sri Lanka to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. But, when things take an unexpected turn, conflicts deepen revealing cracks in their relationship.

Paradise is a 2023 Sri Lankan-Indian co-produced film co-written and directed by…

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 on Zoom, but will only be open to current Cornell students,…

It is a familiar observation that the possibility of war permeates relations among states under anarchy. It is less well appreciated that states deliberately and routinely regulate that possibility by delineating prohibitions on the use of militarized bargaining. Three ambitious examples of such prohibition – the…

African Integration Within the Imperatives of Neo-Liberal Globalism, Multipolarity and the African Union Agenda 2063: Can it be Feasible?

AGENDA 2063 is Africa’s blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the continent’s strategic framework that aims to…

Join graduate student writers to share goals and write in community. The writing workshop will begin with group introductions and a moment to share what we're working on. The bulk of the time will then be dedicated to writing in community and end with the opportunity to share what you accomplished with a…

East Asia Program Korean Studies Speaker Series presents "Among Women across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War"

Speaker: Suzy Kim, Professor of Korean History, Rutgers University

Description: While social movements may appear to have receded in the 1950s with the rise of Cold War…

Are you considering starting a career that utilizes regional expertise, language skills, or experience with foreign policy? Ever wondered what it's like to work in various capacities in governments, how to prepare yourself to be a successful applicant for jobs, or what work will let you utilize your knowledge…

Talk by Zehra Hashmi (History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania)

This talk examines how and why Pakistan’s national biometric-based identification regime came to use an individual’s blood relations to construct and track uniquely identified individuals. Through the concept of datafied…

Paper Presentations (each paper followed by discussion):

Aiduosi Amantai, Binghamton University. History.
"Negotiating Power: White Bones and Black Bones in the Kazakh Khanate, 17th–18th Centuries".

Katrina Nousek, Cornell University Department of German Studies
“(Mis)recognition…

You’re Invitedto a special lecture: PACT FOR THE FUTURE: The United Nations and International Development in a Time of Change Presented by Philémon Yang, President of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Join us for a timely and thought-provoking lecture by Ambassador Philémon Yang,…

Join this year's cohort of Fellows at the Society for the Humanities for presentations on work-in-progress on the 2024-25 focal theme of Silence. Each presentation will be followed by a Q&A. Open to the public.

Friday, April 25

Coffee and light refreshments: 9:30am

10:00am-11:30pm…

The historical trajectories of ethnic cleansing in the 19th and early 20th centuries will be explored in this year’s Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration lecture, given by Dr. Khatchig Mouradian. The lecture, “Ethnic Cleansing in the Long 19th Century: The Native American, Circassian, and Armenian Cases,” will be…

Talk by Alan Mikhail (Chace Family Professor of History, Yale University)

At the turn of the seventeenth century, a Dutch privateer is captured by Muslim pirates and taken to Morocco. To win his freedom, he converts to Islam and begins plying the waters off the Atlantic coast for prizes and booty. He marries…

Gatty Lecture Series

Join us for a talk by Dr. Andrew Mertha from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, who will discuss Khmer Rouge, revolution, and leadership struggles. Dr. Andrew Mertha is the George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced…

One of the key challenges stemming from climate change will be climate displacement, as sudden and gradual events disrupt livelihoods and force millions to leave their homes. Despite the existing scholarship’s focus on cross-border movement, the majority of climate displaced people will move internally instead of…

IAD Spring 2025 Seminar Series:

In the 1960s and 1970s, in response to holdouts of colonial power in southern and Portuguese Africa, self-described African national liberation movements took form. These organizations engaged in military and diplomatic efforts to achieve independence, usually with the goal of…

The 2025 David J. BenDaniel Lecture in Ethics will feature a multilayered conversation with Sanda Ojiambo, Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director, and CEO of the UN Global Compact, Andrew Karolyi, Charles Field Knight Dean, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and Colleen Barry, Inaugural Dean, Cornell…

East Asia Program Lecture Series presents "Japan’s 'New Pre-War': On the Repetition of a Capitalist Form"

Ken Kawashima (Associate Professor, University of Toronto) will give a talk and lead a seminar on his current research, which explores the complex interrelationships between repeated…

Presented by GETSEA and AIFIS

Are you a graduate student planning your first research trip to Indonesia? Join our event to learn about research permits, visas, and preparing for fieldwork.
Hear from experienced researchers sharing tips, insights, and lessons learned from conducting research across…

Maritime movement has been essential to the current moment of capitalism, marked by the optimization of supply chains. As seaports continue to scale up tremendously, however, blockages, delays, and congestion persist and even multiply, complicating popular accounts of private capital unleashing an increasingly…

Join us for a conversation discussing the historical and contemporary relationship between the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, beginning with their acquisition in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. As sites of U.S. territorial expansion, both were governed through military rule and colonial…

Join us for a conversation on the role of migrant workers in the U.S. economy. Bringing together scholars and activists, the panel will examine how immigration laws and border enforcement function as tools of labor control, shape markets, and produce systemic vulnerability. The discussion will trace how these…

IES Luigi Einaudi Distinguished Lecture
Building on her recent book Seeing Others, on her recent work on the urban/rural divide across EU countries, and on the non-college educated young workers (18-30) in Manchester New Hampshire, and Manchester UK, Michèle Lamont discusses the challenges of addressing…