In postsocialist Armenia, the production of knowledge and the politics of memory are related processes, both profoundly shaped by the Soviet legacy. In this webinar, two anthropologists discuss their work on the formation of Armenian intellectuals and the memory practices through which Armenian society confronts…

Please join us for a talk by MK Long (PhD Candidate, Department of Asian Studies).

This paper opens the historical study of initiated female Buddhist devotees (thilashin) in Myanmar through analysis of the 1982 biography of Daw Medawadi (1862-1932), founder of a Buddhist nunnery (chaung) at the turn of the…

Laidlaw Scholars at Cornell will present research posters from their first summer of the Laidlaw Undergraduate Research and Leadership Scholarship Program. In summer 2021, they worked with faculty mentors on research projects on topics ranging from migration and big data to animal science, engineering, and…

Issues in African Development Seminar Series examines critical concerns in contemporary Africa using a different theme each semester. The seminars provide a forum for participants to explore alternative perspectives and exchange ideas. They are also a focal activity for students and faculty interested in African…

Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series.

William Noseworthy, Visiting Fellow, Cornell SEAP

Dr. Noseworthy is a Visiting Fellow with the Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) at Cornell University. He is a social historian of Southeast Asia who has completed most of his fieldwork and archival work…

Erica De Bruin is an Associate Professor of Government at Hamilton College. She presents her new book How to Prevent Coups d’État: Counterbalancing and Regime Survival (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020)

This seminar is part of a series organized by the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies…

When he settled in 1565 in the port-city of Cebu, in the Visayas (Central Philippines), Miguel López de Legazpi had only 350 men in arms under his command. And even after the Spaniards conquered the coastal sultanate of Maynilad (Manila) in 1571, they could not muster more than a few hundreds settlers and warriors…

Digital book talk/discussion with Sonia Gollance about her new book “It Could Lead to Dancing: Mixed-Sex Dancing and Jewish Modernity.” Juan Manuel Muñoz (PMA) and Jonathan Boyarin (Anthro/NES) will be serving as interlocutors.

Book Description: Dances and balls appear throughout world literature as venues…

Whose America? Our America! --- Ayukawa Nobuo and the (Lost) Origin of Postwar Japanese Poetry is the focus of this Rough Work session with our guest speaker Yoshiaki Mihara (Hitotsubashi U. / Tokyo, Japan)

It is generally acknowledged that post-WWII Japanese poetry commenced with the formation of a coterie…

In their article “Decolonizing Anti-Racism” (2005), Bonita Lawrence and Ena Dua suggest that people of color are complicit in colonization and that anti-racism movements exclude Aboriginal people and perspectives. The theme “Decolonizing Anti-Racism” lays at the intersections of struggles for liberation, yet, at…

Dr. Kuruvilla's book talk scheduled for November 9 ,2021 is being postponed. It will be re-listed on the events.cornell.edu calendar as soon new date has been confirmed. We apologize for any inconvenience.

In the absence of a global regulatory system for labor standards, many companies have been…

The Lingua Mater competition invites alumni to translate Cornell's Alma Mater into a different language and submit a video of the performed translation. The inaugural Lingua Mater alumni competition took place in 2018 as part of Cornell's Global Grand Challenges Symposium. Winners included the Cornell…

The Lingua Mater competition invites students to translate Cornell's Alma Mater into a different language and submit a video of the performed translation. The inaugural Lingua Mater student competition took place in 2018 as part of Cornell's Global Grand Challenges Symposium. The top three videos received…

The Cornell Contemporary China Initiative welcomes CK Lee, Professor, Sociology, UCLA speaking on

Hong Kong: Global China’s Restive Frontier

How did Hong Kong transform itself from a “shoppers’ and capitalists’ paradise” into a “city of protests” at the frontline of an anti-China global backlash?…

Professor Cora Fernandez Anderson will be discussing her book "Fighting for Abortion Rights in Latin America: Social Movements, State Allies and Institutions," and analyzing the recent legalization of abortion in Argentina which happened after publication.

On the 25th of April 2015, during the Gorkha Earthquake, a massive glacier-rock avalanche destroyed the village of Langtang, killing over 300 people and causing unthinkable destruction and loss. My work examines the afterlives of this unthinkable event and the ways in which the people of Langtang have worked to…

1972 > France/Czechoslovakia > Directed by Rene Laloux

A weird sci-fi cartoon about an insurrection on the planet Ygam, where the draags, humongous blue humanoids with finlike ears and bulging eyes, keep oms, small humans, as pets. A curious blend of Animal Farm, Brave New World, Swift, Kafka, Dalí,…

1948 > Italy > Directed by Vittorio De Sica

With Lamberto Maggiorani, Lianella Carell

This classic of Italian post-War neo-realism is a devastating story of a poor married man, his son, and the bicycle which provides their livelihood. Just when the family acquires a long-sought-after job, the…

Legitimating the State: International Orders and Political Imaginations of China,1300-present

This round-table includes Prof. Tim Brook of the University of British Columbia, Professor David Robinson of Colgate University, Professor Jenny Day of Skidmore College, and Mara Yue Du of Cornell University.…

Up to now, we have had little sense of Tibetan lifespans before the 20th century. The Buddhist Digital Resource Center hosts the largest online biographical database on Tibet and includes data on the lifespans of some 2000 famous Tibetan lamas. Working with a research assistant, I have sorted this data by time…

The Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) was launched in 2010 to broaden global leadership horizons in business research and talent development. Every year, the EMI holds an Annual Conference to bring together business and opinion leaders, academics, and students to discuss emerging markets.

The conference’s key…

The Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) was launched in 2010 to broaden global leadership horizons in business research and talent development. Every year, the EMI holds an Annual Conference to bring together business and opinion leaders, academics, and students to discuss emerging markets.

Along with the…

The Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) was launched in 2010 to broaden global leadership horizons in business research and talent development. Every year, the EMI holds an Annual Conference to bring together business and opinion leaders, academics, and students to discuss emerging markets.

For the second year…

"Critical Thinking in World Language Teaching"
Mariame Sy
Director of the African Language Program and Lecturer of Wolof and Pulaar, Columbia University

Critical thinking, an essential element across academic fields, has been at the heart of education for decades. While research on…

Issues in African Development Seminar Series examines critical concerns in contemporary Africa using a different theme each semester. The seminars provide a forum for participants to explore alternative perspectives and exchange ideas. They are also a focal activity for students and faculty interested in African…

Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series.

Please note that this talk will not be held in person at the Kahin Center, and will take place on Zoom. Members of the SEAP community are welcome to come to the Kahin Center to watch the Zoom event together.

Will Smith, Alfred Deakin Institute for…

Kristine Eck is an Associate Professor at Uppsala University and Director of the Uppsala Rotary Peace Center. Her current research interests concern state coercion and policing. She presents a working paper, "Policing Armed Conflict." This seminar is part of a series organized by the Reppy Institute for Peace and…

FLAS fellowships at Cornell support undergraduate, graduate, and professional students studying modern South Asian and Southeast Asian languages and related area studies. Funding is offered in collaboration with the Einaudi Center’s South Asia and Southeast Asia Programs.

Cornell East Asia Series (CEAS) book talk welcomes author Roger Thomas to discuss his book, "Counting Dreams" (October 2021)

Counting Dreams tells the story of Nomura Bōtō, a Buddhist nun, writer, poet, and activist who joined the movement to oppose the Tokugawa Shogunate and restore imperial rule…

How has development thinking and practice shaped our world? The answer lies in four interconnected phenomena—colonialism, the development era, the neoliberal globalization project, and sustainable development—according to Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, 7th Edition, (Sage Publications, 2021),…