Events
Southeast Asia Program
12:00 am
Physical Sciences Building, PSB ATRIUM
Hi everyone!
The Indonesian Association at Cornell (IAC) invites you to Indonesian Night 2026!
Clark Atrium will be transformed into a vibrant Pasar Malem (Indonesian night market) where you can experience Indonesia’s culture through interactive booths, performances, traditional games, regional…
Southeast Asia Program
4:45 pm
Kaufmann Auditorium, G64 Goldwin Smith Hall
Undocumented Thai American artist and activist Bo Thai is wary of undocumented resilience narratives. The sequence of maddeningly arbitrary events that has kept him from accessing legal immigration status in the US has made him critical of the idea that undocumented people should live lives of endurance – that is,…
Southeast Asia Program
10:10 am
White Hall, 106
How Migrants Made Markets: Shenzhen and China's Reform and Opening
Taomo Zhou, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
White Hall - 106
10:10-11:25 am
Located immediately north of Hong Kong, Shenzhen is China’s first and most successful special economic zone (SEZ) and is…
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
4:45 pm
Virtual
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are…
Southeast Asia Program
6:00 pm
Virtual
Join us on Zoom to practice your Thai 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…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
12:15 pm
Kahin Center
Gatty Lecture Series
Join us for a talk by Taomo Zhou, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore.
This Gatty Lecture will take place at The Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact seapgatty@…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
12:15 pm
Kahin Center
Gatty Lecture Series
Join us for a talk by Courtney Wittekind, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Purdue University.
This Gatty Lecture will take place at The Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact seapgatty@cornell.edu…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Aditya Bhattacharjee (Asian Studies, Cornell University)
The cultural affinities that have long connected South and Southeast Asia are particularly visible in Thailand, one of the first countries to recognize India after independence and a nation that occupies a prominent place both in India’s…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
12:15 pm
Rockefeller Hall, 374
Gatty Lecture Series
Anti-authoritarian Counter-Cartographies of Solidarity with Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in the Philippines
Join us for a talk by Arnisson Ortega, Associate Professor from the Department of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University.
This Gatty Lecture will take…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
9:00 am
Kahin Center
This conference explores the interrelationships among political literary, and religious culture in early second-millennium South India and Sri Lanka. Scholars of premodern South Asia and Indian Ocean political culture now recognize that transregional processes fundamentally shaped political environments in this…
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
4:45 pm
Virtual
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
12:15 pm
Kahin Center
Gatty Lecture Series
Join us for a talk by Aurore Candier, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University.
This Gatty Lecture will take place at The Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact…
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
Southwest Asia and North Africa Program
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…
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
5:00 pm
Kahin Center
Come learn and practice Mahjong, a game popularized by films such as Crazy Rich Asians and played widely in countries such as Japan (riichi), China (Shanghai), Taiwan, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Asian Game Night is co-sponsored by the East Asia Program, Southeast Asia Program, and the Asian and Asian American…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
3:00 pm
Virtual
Join us for an online discussion on colonial collections in and on the Philippines, featuring speakers from Yale University.
Dr. Cheryl Beredo, Director of Collections and Chief Curator, Yale University
Surveying several collections that can support the study of U.S. colonial archives of and on the…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
12:15 pm
Kahin Center
Gatty Lecture Series
Join us for a talk by Thuy Linh Nguyen, Associate Professor of History from Mount Saint Mary College.
This Gatty Lecture will take place at The Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact seapgatty@cornell.edu…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
12:15 pm
Kahin Center
Gatty Lecture Series
Join us for a talk by Bradley Davis, Professor of History from the Eastern Connecticut State University.
This Gatty Lecture will take place at The Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact seapgatty@cornell.…
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 Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
12:00 am
Virtual
2026 International Interdisciplinary Conference on Myanmar's Borderlands (2026 IICMB)
A virtual conference hosted by the Inya Institute (Yangon), Cornell University's Southeast Asia Program (SEAP), and their Southeast Asia-based partners.
Myanmar’s multilayered crisis is profoundly reshaping…
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
Southwest Asia and North Africa 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
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
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Primarily for undergraduates, this session offers guidance on how to write a winning proposal for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The session will be led by two Fulbright advisors with years of experience. Applying for a Fulbright? We encourage you to attend!
Past Events
Southeast Asia Program
11:40 am
Virtual
Join PMA for Ladies of Manila Sound Presented by PMA 1183 FWS: Hip-Hop’s Global Vibrations (NYC, LA, Southeast Asia). This event will take place on Zoom on Monday, March 9, from 11:40 am - 12:55 pm. There will be a short DJ turntablist performance, followed by a Q&A session.
Join on Zoom:…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
9:00 am
Kahin Center
The Southeast Asia Program’s annual graduate conference offers a space for scholars of Southeast Asia to share new work, receive feedback, and engage with peers and faculty across disciplines.
This year’s special-format conference will feature a mix of panel presentations and individual talks from current…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
5:15 pm
Johnson Museum of Art
Learn and explore at our exhibition open house celebrating The Hum of Life: A Thousand and One Tales From Bali, free and open to all!
Exhibition cocurator Kaja McGowan will offer an introductory lecture, illuminating the cultural background, narrative elements, and visual aesthetics of the artwork on view.…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Migrations Program
Southeast Asia Program
12:00 pm
Mann Library, Mann 103, Stone Computer Classroom
What can maps reveal about movement, displacement, and mobility? What are applications and limits of migration data? And how can we use digital tools to map migration?
This hands-on workshop introduces participants to using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to visualize and analyze human migration data.…
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
4:45 pm
Virtual
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are…