Past Events
Einaudi Center for International Studies
2:00 pm
Virtual
Registration Link: https://cglink.me/2cm/r1928367
Join the Emerging Markets Institute to celebrate EMI fellows '23 graduation.
During their programs, the fellows contributed to the development of EMI's activities, such as the EMI Conference and…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
12:30 pm
Sage Hall, 134
Registration Link: https://cglink.me/2cm/r2042287
The Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business Emerging Markets Theme, in collaboration with China Institute for Economic Research (CICER), the Cornell China Center, and the Emerging Markets Institute, brings…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
12:30 pm
Sage Hall, 134
Registration Link: https://cglink.me/2cm/r2042286
The Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business Emerging Markets Theme, in collaboration with China Institute for Economic Research (CICER), the Cornell China Center, and the Emerging Markets Institute, brings…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
11:00 am
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Film Forum
How might we learn to redream dangerously again?
Join us for a two-day symposium that brings together scholars, creative writers, and activists to discuss and envisage how the theories, practices, and visions of the roles of love, identity, and land are complexly intertwined with (trans)national structured…
East Asia Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
10:30 am
Savage Hall, 200
The keynote of the day:
"Biophilia Now: Time for Imagining Alternatives to Techno- and Bio-Orientalism" by Rachel Lee, Professor of English, Gender Studies, and the Institute of Society and Genetics, UCLA.
Are you attending in person? If so, you must rsvp here. Space is limited.
We…
East Asia Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
7:00 pm
Savage Hall, 200
May 10: Plenary from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Savage Hall Rm. 200 Hybrid
May 11: Roundtable from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Savage Hall Rm. 200 Hybrid
Are you attending in person? If so, you must rsvp here by Tuesday, May 9 end of the business day. Space is limited.
We encourage in-person participation.…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
12:30 pm
Sage Hall, 134
Registration Link: https://cglink.me/2cm/r2042285
The Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business Emerging Markets Theme, in collaboration with China Institute for Economic Research (CICER), the Cornell China Center, and the Emerging Markets Institute, brings…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
12:25 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Dr. Dolors Armenteras will present her analysis of the patterns and impacts of forest degradation in the Colombian Amazon for more than 20 years. Her presentation will share insights and updates from the remote sensing of forest dynamics and land use patterns following the 2016 peace process in Colombia.
…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
4:45 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, GSH64 Kaufman Auditorium
The final CCCI talk of the semester titled, "The Fabric of Care: Women’s Work and the Politics of Livelihood in Socialist China" will be given by Yige Dong (Sociology, University at Buffalo). She is an assistant professor in both the Department of Sociology and the Department of Global Gender and…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
A Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program Public Issues Forum Panel.
About the Panelists and the Moderator:
Beth Geglia is a public anthropologist focused on processes of privatization in urban and rural settings, tech capitalism, and social movements. Her research examines the development of…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
5:30 pm
Arts Quad
SUNY-Purchase Fulbright Artist in Residence Marcel Gbeffa and Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Centre Chorégraphique Multicorps will visit Cornell to perform a Contemporary Béninois dance recital and give a lecture on “Contemporary Béninois dance and Francophone performing arts residencies facing social justice…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
2:40 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
In this seminar, we will explore promising avenues to improve the science policy interface in Africa. The seminar will cover multiple themes under this broad umbrella, including (a) reviews of productive modes of interfacing science and policy, (b) detailed explorations of the policy-making process in the region,…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
12:30 pm
Kahin Center
Gatty Lecture Series
Join us for a talk by Phi Hong Su, (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Williams College), who will speak about Vietnamese migrants in Berlin.
This Gatty Lecture will take place at the Kahin Center, but people are also welcome to join us on Zoom. Lunch will be served. For questions…
Institute for European Studies
Einaudi Center for International Studies
12:00 pm
Uris Hall, Einaudi Conference Room 153
Dr. Anil Menon argues that "forced migration can foster a strong group identity among refugees, which can mobilize them toward political parties that champion their identity-based grievances." Join us to discuss and hear Dr. Menon present his methodologies, analysis, and results of this argument in his…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Institute for African Development
11:00 am
Virtual
This webinar will offer insight into the currents events taking place in Sudan. Please register to attend.
Speakers
Dr. Nisrin Elamin, University of Toronto
Dr. Mai Hassan, MIT
Dr. Deen Sharp, London School of Economics
Moderator
Dr. Mostafa Minawi, Cornell University
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
12:25 pm
Stocking Hall, 201
In Latin America, dairy production faces serious challenges such as low-quality forage, diseases (infectious, metabolic, and parasitic), climate change, and insufficient access to technology, markets, infrastructure, and resources. Nevertheless, the dairy industry directly impacts the socioeconomic status of…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
6:00 pm
Biotechnology Building, G10
The Office of Global Learning invites graduating international students to this year's graduation reception to celebrate the international Class of 2023! We're so proud of all you've achieved.
Join us for refreshments and celebratory remarks from Cornell's leadership and winners of our…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
4:30 pm
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, G155
A LACS 60th Anniversary Special Seminar
In this event, historians Tessa Murphy (Syracuse) and Heather Roller (Golgate) will join LACS director Ernesto Bassi in a conversation about Murphy’s and Roller’s recently published, award-winning books The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
6:00 pm
Kahin Center
Film Screening and Discussion
Join us for a simultaneous film screening across six U.S. universities, with the director and producers of the film available for Q&A. We'll be watching the film Dragon for Sale: Environmental Justice and the Illusion of "10 New Balis" Development in Indonesia…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
4:45 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, GSH64
Eleana Kim (Anthropology, UC Irvine)
This book talk discusses Eleana Kim’s recently published ethnography of the ecologies of the South Korean borderlands, in areas adjacent the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Based on fieldwork with ecologists, environmentalists, and residents who live along the border, this…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Curt Gambetta (Architecture, Cornell University)
Beginning in the late 1940s, scientists, building professionals, and technocrats embraced cement-stabilized mud (also known as “soil-cement”) as an easy-to-use, economical alternative to pukka concrete and fired brick house construction in India. But…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
3:00 pm
Warren Hall, B73
The millennial city of the global South is a charged setting for allegations of corruption, with skyscrapers, land grabs, and slum evictions invoking outrage at deepening economic polarization. This talk, based on a newly published book Corruption Plots: Stories, Ethics, and Publics of the Late Capitalist City,…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for European Studies
3:00 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Nationalism Unsettled presents a critical exploration of national imaginaries that disturb, defy or deviate from mainstream nation-state narratives, demanding renewed consideration of the nature of nationalism. In tackling this subject, we bring to the table speakers with cross-disciplinary expertise, spanning…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
9:00 am
Tata Conference Center, Room 327
Register for free: https://johnson.campusgroups.com/EMI/rsvp_boot?id=2100902
Join us for our upcoming event: “Eco-Innovation in Brazil and US." The Cornell Emerging Markets Institute is partnering with the Brazilian National…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
7:00 pm
Virtual
International students, connect with successful international alumni working in the United States, India, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, and beyond during this two-hour virtual networking session!
Participating alumni work in real estate, engineering, law, finance, venture capital, architecture, and more. You…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
6:30 pm
Virtual
This virtual career panel hosted by the Cornell China Center features three accomplished Cornell alumni pursuing academic paths in sustainability research. Chinese panelists will share how they have built their academic paths in sustainability, with insights from their international and multicultural backgrounds.…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
South Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
4:30 pm
Olin Library, 106G
Talk by David Ludden
The Rohingya survival crisis – in borderlands of Myanmar and Bangladesh -- has disappeared from the headlines, but Rohingyas remain one of the largest stateless populations in the world. Their suffering can be understood as an extreme example of the violence inflicted by national…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
2:40 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
In this seminar, we will explore promising avenues to improve the science policy interface in Africa. The seminar will cover multiple themes under this broad umbrella, including (a) reviews of productive modes of interfacing science and policy, (b) detailed explorations of the policy-making process in the region,…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
12:30 pm
Virtual
For over 70 years, Chinese script has been a driving force in shaping the digital age and pushing it beyond familiar alphabetical ecologies. Western-designed screens, printers, keyboards, character encoding schemes, and more have all been forced to adapt to accommodate the intricacies of the world's one major…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
12:30 pm
Kahin Center
Gatty Lecture Series
Join us for a talk by Lina Chhun, (Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies, University of Texas at Austin), who will discuss oral histories in Cambodian American communities.
This Gatty Lecture will take place at the Kahin Center, but people are also welcome to join us…