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Einaudi Center for International Studies

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

12:20 pm

Uris Hall, G08

CANCELLED!!

Co-sponsored by Government

Infrastructure is at the heart of contemporary development strategies. Yet short time horizons are thought to impede infrastructure provision in democracies. Why do elected politicians invest in infrastructure projects that will not be completed during their…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

Migrations Program

5:00 pm

Virtual

The Laidlaw Undergraduate Leadership and Research Program promotes ethical leadership and international research around the world—starting with the passionate leaders and learners found on campuses like Cornell. Open to first- and second-year students, the two-year Laidlaw program provides generous support to carry…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

Migrations Program

5:00 pm

Uris Hall, G08

The Laidlaw Undergraduate Leadership and Research Program promotes ethical leadership and international research around the world—starting with the passionate leaders and learners found on campuses like Cornell. Open to first- and second-year students, the two-year Laidlaw program provides generous support to carry…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Einaudi Center for International Studies

3:00 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Learn more about the “thin country” with “crazy geography.” The England of South America. A South American exception. The Republic of Poetry. Birthplace of neoliberal shock therapy. The descriptions for and of Chile abound. This spring 2025 program simultaneously reveals from whence such descriptions arose as well…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

12:20 pm

Uris hall, G08

Co-sponsored by Anthropology

The Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) introduced a series of state-led initiatives promising modernity, progress, national grandeur, and stability: state surveyors assessed land for agrarian reform, engineers utilized nationalized oil for industrialization, archaeologists…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

Migrations Program

1:00 pm

Virtual

Go global in summer 2025! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.

Register for this virtual session.

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The Mario Einaudi Center…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Migrations Program

Einaudi Center for International Studies

7:00 pm

Willard Straight Theatre, 104 Willard Straight Hall

POSSIBLE LANDSCAPES

Directed by Kannan Arunasalam

Produced and conceptualized by Tao DuFour and Natalie Melas

"For no one had yet written of this landscape

that it was possible.”

Derek Walcott

A collaboration between a documentary filmmaker, Kanan Arunasalam and two…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

4:45 pm

Toboggan Lodge

POSSIBLE LANDSCAPES PROJECT

Mario Lewis, an artist and agriculturalist practicing in Trinidad and Berlin, is one of several Trinidadian collaborators in the documentary film project making its debut at Cornell Cinema on Wednesday, September 25. On Wednesday September 25, just before the debut screening at…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

12:30 pm

Virtual

Come learn more about this spring opportunity with spring break travel, developed in partnership with Universidad San Francisco de Quito and as part of the Jeb E. Brooks School’s Global Policy Exchange Lab. This 3-credit collaborative online international learning (COIL) and community-based global learning (CBGL)…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

4:15 pm

Hollister Hall, B52 Environmental Fluid Mechanics Teaching Lab

POSSIBLE LANDSCAPES PROJECT

Dr. Deborah Villarroel-Lamb is one of several Trinidadian collaborators in the documentary film project making its debut at Cornell Cinema on Wednesday, September 25.

On Tuesday, September 24, Dr. Villarroel-Lamb will speak about her research at the Environmental Fluid…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

12:20 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Cosponsor: Department of Global Labor and Work

Latin America’s “left turn” at the beginning of the twenty-first century was unprecedented in its scope and duration, producing 32 presidential victories by left-of-center parties or leaders in 11 different countries between 1998 and 2015. Despite notable…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Migrations Program

9:00 am

A. D. White House

The 2024 MexicanEast conference, held at Cornell University from September 20-21, 2024, brings scholars together to discuss transit through the lens of Mexican cultural studies. We welcome discussion about migration, movement, transition, trade, and trans and queer issues, as well as any other meaningful engagement…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

4:45 pm

164 Klarman (Romance Studies Lounge)

Learn about study abroad in Chile from the Resident Director of the CASA Santiago program. Through CASA, undergraduates with advanced Spanish (one class beyond SPAN 2095) study at Chilean universities. CASA also offers a special Chilean history and culture course where you meet local experts and travel to the north…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

Migrations Program

5:00 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Go global in summer 2025! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.

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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Einaudi Center for International Studies

3:00 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Learn more about the “thin country” with “crazy geography.” The England of South America. A South American exception. The Republic of Poetry. Birthplace of neoliberal shock therapy. The descriptions for and of Chile abound. This spring 2025 program simultaneously reveals from whence such descriptions arose as well…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

3:00 pm

Uris Hall, 153

Come learn more about this spring opportunity with spring break travel, developed in partnership with Universidad San Francisco de Quito and as part of the Jeb E. Brooks School’s Global Policy Exchange Lab. This 3-credit collaborative online international learning (COIL) and community-based global learning (CBGL)…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

7:00 pm

Anna Comstock Hall (Latino Living Center)

Celebrate the start of the semester with the Latino Living Center, along with various other LatinX Cornell student organizations! We will be hosting our annual Welcome Week event which serves as a club fair with LatinX resources but also as an opportunity to connect with one another. Come enjoy music, delicious…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

5:00 pm

Sage Hall, B01

Registration Link in person: https://cvent.me/dx9K9m

Registration Link online: https://cornell.zoom.us/s/93668620332

A fireside chat between Andrew Karolyi and Iván Duque about Duque's new book: "Our…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

Migrations Program

5:00 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Undergraduate Global Scholars are student leaders in the campus community. This competitive fellowship program is open to students from all colleges and majors with a passion for big global questions and speaking across differences. The Global Scholars program provides a toolkit of resources for weighing…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

12:00 pm

Virtual

Global Cornell is offering competitive faculty grants in collaboration with Global Hubs partners.

Apply for funding to explore potential research collaborations with colleagues at Hubs universities.

Global Hubs collaborative research seed grants bring together Cornell and partner institution faculty…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

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…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

5:00 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Quechua will be offered in Romance Studies this fall and spring thanks to a Fulbright FLTA Grant submitted by LACS. Since the language wasn’t taught last year, this will be the first opportunity for Freshman and Sophomore undergraduate students to enroll.

Quechua is an indigenous language family spoken by…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

9:00 am

Stocking Hall

Join the Cornell University Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and the South Asia Center at Syracuse University for the 2024 International Studies Summer Institute (ISSI)! This year, we will explore plant and animal migration around the world and at home. ISSI is a professional development workshop for…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

6:00 pm

Stimson Hall, G25

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…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

11:00 am

Virtual

Join us on Zoom to practice your Portuguese 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…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

1:00 pm

Virtual

In this discussion, Marielena Hincapié, Distinguished Immigration Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Cornell Law School, interviews Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer at The New Yorker and immigration expert, on his recently published book Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

5:00 pm

Uris Hall, G08

In The Culture Trap, Derron Wallace argues that the overreliance on culture to explain Black students' achievement and behavior in schools is a trap that undermines the historical factors and institutional processes that shape how Black students experience schooling. This trap is consequential for a host of…

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

4:45 pm

Uris Hall, Conference Room, 153

Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS) Seminar Series

The mid-1960s ushered in an era of the belief in technological fixes for many social ills. Chief among these was a push to end global hunger using designer seeds that could yield more and thus feed more people. These seeds, developed in…

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

12:00 pm

429 Rockefeller Hall, 429

The Latina/o Studies Program Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar offers an opportunity for Latina/o and non-Latina/o students of all levels and disciplines to meet faculty and administrators from across the university for informal conversation about their current research/work in progress. All are welcome!

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

South Asia Program

9:00 am

Cornell University

This inter-disciplinary conference brings together experts on questions of climate change, agrarian transformations and labor to help us reflect on the future of work.

Overview

The future of work is hot. Literally. Unpredictable seasons, droughts, floods, warming temperatures, rising seas, and a host…