Events
The Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) supports student and faculty teaching and research, cross-campus interactions, and off-campus outreach. Institute activities include our weekly seminar series, as well as other events listed below. Subscribe
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Past Events
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
Virtual
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports college graduates conducting research or teaching in any field in more than 150 countries. Applications are due in the fall; students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are encouraged to start the process in their junior year.
United States…
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
12:00 pm
Virtual
Valerie Hudson presents a tutorial on using the Woman Stats Database. Please note that this event runs until 1:30pm.
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
Virtual
Keynote Speaker: Nanjala Nyabola
Cornell Students: Critical Reflections
Nanjala Nyabola, author of Travelling While Black-Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move, will be in conversation with professors Rachel Beatty Riedl, Kim Yi Dionne, and postdoc Eleanor Paynter.
Nanjala Nyabola is a writer,…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
Join for a discussion of "Autocratic Stability in the Shadow of Foreign Threats," in the American Political Science Review and published online by Cambridge University Press, (July 2020).
Co-authored by: Livio Di Lonardo, Bocconi University; Jessica Sun, University of Michigan Department of…
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
12:00 pm
Virtual
Asma Khalifa presents a paper titled "Impact of Civil War on Gender Relations".
Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
10:00 am
Virtual
Image, Stories, and Silences of “Ex-Returnees” Who Defected from North Korea to Japan: Artist Talk with Soni Kum
Kum will discuss her installation work, Morning Dew-The Stigma of Being "Brainwashed" exhibited in Tokyo in November 2020. It is based on interviews conducted with North Korean ex-“…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
Laura Sjoberg, Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, discusses her working paper “Seducing Territory: Sex Acts and State Borders."
The author will join for a conversation about their work. No formal presentation will be given; please read in advance. A link to the reading will be…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
Keisha Blain leads a discussion of excerpts from her book "Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Struggle for Global Freedom" published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018.
Note: The author will join for a conversation about their work. No formal presentation will be given;…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
11:25 am
Virtual
Margaret E. Roberts, Associate Professor of Political Science at University of California at San Diego, discusses her book Censored: Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall (Princeton University Press, 2018).
The author will join for a conversation about their work. No formal…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
Prof. Mona Krook leads an interactive discussion of her new book, Violence Against Women in Politics (Oxford University Press, 2020).
The author will join for a conversation about their work. No formal presentation will be given; please read in advance. A link to the reading will be sent with the…
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
Virtual
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports college graduates conducting research or teaching in any field in more than 150 countries. Applications are due in the fall; students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are encouraged to start the process in their junior year.
United States…
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
12:00 pm
Virtual
Rose McDermott presents prelimary findings from her work titled "Cross-cultural differences in gendered expectations of care taking?".
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
4:45 pm
Virtual
Is the Einaudi Center's International Relations minor for you? Here's a chance to find out. Graduates go on to successful careers in fields like international law, economics, agriculture, trade, finance, journalism, education, and government service.
Contact:…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
Anna Lührmann joins the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) for a discussion of her working paper, "Disrupting the Autocratization Sequence: Towards Democratic Resilience."
The author will join us for a discussion of her work. No formal presentation will be given; please read in…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
Valerie Hudson joins the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) for a discussion of her new book, "The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide" (Columbia University Press, 2020).
The author will join us for a discussion of their work. No…
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
Virtual
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides full funding for graduate and professional students conducting research or teaching in any field in more than 150 countries. Open to U.S. citizens only.
The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program supports doctoral students conducting research…
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
Virtual
The Migration Studies minor is a university-wide, interdisciplinary undergraduate minor that prepares students to understand the historical and contemporary contexts and factors that drive international migration and shape migrant experiences around the globe. This minor draws on the rich course offerings found…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Institute for European Studies
4:30 pm
Virtual
Through an interdisciplinary curriculum that you can mold to your interests, the European Studies (ES) Minor provides the opportunity to explore Europe’s past, present, and future. You will cultivate a knowledge of European languages, culture, history, politics, and international relations. The minor offers the…
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
Virtual
The Einaudi Center International Research Travel Grants provide travel support for Cornell graduate students conducting short-term research and/or fieldwork outside the United States. They also provide travel support for professional students engaged in various academic experiences in the international arena.…
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
12:00 pm
Virtual
Kyle Beardsley and Jessica Beardsley present their working paper titled "The Public Health Legacies of Peace Operations: Mitigating Malnutrition in Conflict Zones in Côte d'Ivoire."
Abstract
Armed conflict worsens public health outcomes, but do the means by which armed conflicts de-…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
4:30 pm
Virtual
"When They Come For Your Identity: The Ongoing Destruction of Living and Historical Heritage in the Uyghur Region, China"
Since 2017, a cultural genocide is unfolding in Western China. This illustrated lecture reveals the staggering scope: The living, historical, and archaeological heritage of the…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:30 am
Virtual
Rebecca Hester, Assistant Professor, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Virginia Tech will join the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies for a discussion of “The somatic-security industrial complex: theorizing the political economy of informationalized biology,” Review of International…
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
6:30 pm
Virtual
Protests against racism and police violence crescendoed in the United States and around the world in 2020. In the United States and internationally, how can we balance social justice, accountability, and personal freedom with demands for order and security?
This Lund Critical Debate brings together the…
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
6:00 pm
Virtual
Join the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs as we welcome H.R. McMaster, to discuss "Battlegrounds" moderated by Rep. Steve Israel and Chris Riback.
H.R. MCMASTER is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Stanford University. A native of Philadelphia, H.R.…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
South Asia Program
11:30 am
Virtual
Gaurav Kampani, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tulsa, will join will join the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies for a discussion of “The West's Imagined versus India’s Conventional Nuclear Reality.”
Please note that the author will not give a formal…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
10:00 am
Virtual
Join a webcast as some of the world’s most prominent human-rights leaders, along with his physicist colleagues and students, gather to honor Professor Yuri Orlov.
Renowned dissident Yuri Orlov, professor emeritus, died at age 96 in September. Born in Moscow, Orlov pursued a distinguished career in physics…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
11:00 am
Virtual
Celebrate International Education Week #IEW2020 with Global Cornell!
Join DJ Daniel Bass of WRFI's Monsoon Radio for world music of 2020—from coronavirus and mass incarceration, to migration, love, dancing, and beyond. Jonathan Miller of Homelands Productions cohosts.
For semi-finals: It's a…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:30 am
Virtual
Sarah Kreps, John L. Wetherill Professor of Government, Cornell University, will join the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies for a discussion of her new book Social Media and International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2020).
Please note that the author will not give a formal…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
6:00 pm
Virtual
The Cornell Arab Student Association in coordination with the Near Eastern Studies, Government, and History departments, as well as the Einaudi Center for International Studies and Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, invites Professor Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University to talk about his latest book,…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
11:30 am
Virtual
In this CUSLAR and LASP Public Issues Forum, speakers from Asociacion Sembrando Semillas de Paz, or Sembrandopaz, will speak to the challenges of grassroots peace-building with a human rights framework in post-civil war Colombia. A large part of their work includes a focus on sustainability and agroecological…