Past Events
Past Events
South Asia Program
4:45 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, G22
ICM NEW BOOKS SERIES
Fall 2025
ATREYEE GUPTA (University of California, Berkeley)
Non-Aligned: Art, Decolonization, and the Third World Project in India + Postwar Revisited: A Global Art History
This talk brings into dialogue two recent book projects by Atreyee Gupta: Postwar – Towards a…
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, G02
The Laidlaw Scholars 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 out…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
4:30 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, G64
Presented by Gopalaya & Gopal Yonjan Foundation
Dedicated to Peace, Unity & Harmony in Nepal
At a time when Nepal’s wounds are still raw and much remains to be rebuilt, the program turns to the enduring power of Gopal Yonjan’s songs through stories and compositions presented by his wife…
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
4:00 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Join Einaudi Center experts for World in Focus Talks on global events in the news and on your mind. Our faculty's research and policy insights put the world in focus.
This year we’re hosting informal campus discussions on many Tuesday afternoons. This week’s topic:
Following a military buildup…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Discussion with Sarah Thompson (Government, Cornell University), Sadia Mahmood (South Asia Program, Cornell University) and author Natasha Raheja (Anthropology and Performing & Media Arts, Cornell University)
Selective Welcome: Pakistani Hindus in India (Forthcoming, University of Chicago Press) explores…
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
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Go global in summer 2026! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.
Applications will open in the fall.
Can’t attend? Contact…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Southwest Asia and North Africa Program
12:00 pm
Virtual
Join this info session to learn about 2026 Global Hubs Faculty Research Seed Grants offered by Global Cornell as part of our Global Hubs initiative. Info session attendees will learn about the grant opportunity and application tips through a short presentation and Q&A.
Through these seed grants, 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 European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Institute for African Development
Southwest Asia and North Africa Program
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program provides fully funded immersive summer programs for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to learn languages of strategic importance to the United States’ national security, economic prosperity, and engagement with the world. Each summer, over 500 American students…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
12:20 pm
Mann Library, 102
Purnima Menon, an expert on food and nutrition policy, will deliver a lecture at Cornell University on Tuesday, September 30, at 12:20 p.m. ET in Mann Library 102. The lecture is entitled “Nudging People (and Policy) Towards Better Diets and Nutrition: Insights from South Asia.” The event is part of the Tata-…
South Asia Program
5:00 pm
A.D. White House, Guerlac Room
Lecture by Jessica Mayberry, Founding Director, Video Volunteers
Across the world, people feel their voices no longer matter in public life. In the United States as in India, institutions are losing legitimacy, debates feel hollow, and digital platforms reward outrage more than understanding. But there are…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Ahona Panda (History, Claremont McKenna College)
The talk explores the entwined political and literary lives of the Bengali politician and writer, Abul Mansur Ahmed (1898-1979), and studies him as a person who lived through the political articulations of three nationalisms: Indian, Pakistani, and…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
South Asia Program
12:15 pm
Kahin Center
Gatty Lecture Series
Join us for a talk by Aditya Bhattacharjee, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow from Asian Studies at Cornell University.
This Gatty Lecture will take place at the The Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact …
South Asia Program
4:45 pm
Klarman Hall, Klarman Hall KG 42
FALL 2025
Monday, September 22, 2025
Klarman KG42
ICM NEW BOOKS SERIES
Moorings: Voyages of Capital Across the Indian Ocean
NIDHI MAHAJAN (Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz)
The Institute for Comparative Modernities is thrilled to…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
4:30 pm
A. D. White House
Talk by Daisy Rockwell (Artist, writer, and Hindi-Urdu translator)
Translators love to use metaphors to capture the nature of their work, yet every metaphor seems to fall short, resulting in a great, unusable tangle of mixed metaphors. In this lecture, Daisy Rockwell will share some of her own handcrafted…
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 European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Institute for African Development
Southwest Asia and North Africa Program
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Join us to learn about opportunities for graduate students with the Einaudi Center for International Studies. This session will discuss how to discover or strengthen global interests, including research and travel grants, guest lectures, fellowships, and more!
Can't attend? Email…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Southwest Asia and North Africa Program
12:00 pm
Virtual
Join this info session to learn about 2026 Global Hubs Faculty Research Seed Grants offered by Global Cornell as part of our Global Hubs initiative. Info session attendees will learn about the grant opportunity and application tips through a short presentation and Q&A.
Through these seed grants, Cornell…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Ann Gold (Religion, Syracuse University)
On March 1, 1968 my first husband and I, both college drop-outs, set forth on the now stereotypical overland journey from Europe to South Asia. We reached Pakistan in mid-April at the peak of the hot season, and walked across the border into India about three…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
4:00 pm
A. D. White House
Please join us for a screening of the Pulitzer Center-supported film Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka Beyond the Headlines (2024, 25 min) and a discussion about fostering and engaging cross-border, Southasian publics with producer Beena Sarwar, SAPAN, and Ronojoy Sen, National University of Singapore, moderated by…
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
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Global Research Fellows are a new interdisciplinary research and professional development community at the Einaudi Center for advanced graduate students, Cornell postdocs, and visiting and local scholars. You'll find a community of fellow researchers with regional and international interests and a desire to…
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 European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Institute for African Development
Southwest Asia and North Africa Program
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Join us to learn about opportunities for undergraduate students with the Einaudi Center for International Studies. This session will discuss how to discover or strengthen global interests, including academic minors, guest lectures, summer research and travel experiences, and more!
Can't attend? Email…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Ronojoy Sen (Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore)
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory in the Indian general elections for the third time at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, he ended his speech by chanting Bande (bow) several…
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
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
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
12:00 pm
Clark Hall, 700
Please RSVP for the panel on Eventbrite.
Lunch will be served starting at 11:30 am.
U.S. foreign policies are changing dramatically, with profound implications for peace and security throughout the world. The administration of Donald J. Trump has broken with many decades of precedent by expressing…
South Asia Program
4:30 pm
Olin Library, 108
South Asia Librarian Kelsey Utne will introduce graduate students to resources available through the Cornell University Library for doing research on South Asia.
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
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
Africana Studies and Research Center
Please join the Cornell University Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and the South Asia Center at Syracuse University for the 2025 International Studies Summer Institute (ISSI)! ISSI is a professional development workshop for practicing and pre-service K-12 educators. This year we will explore 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
Migrations Program
4:30 pm
Virtual
This event has been postponed until fall 2025.
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Join the Einaudi Center and researchers from across campus for three-minute speed talks and community conversation on ways to organize and push back against fast-moving federal actions.
Speakers will jump off from interdisciplinary and…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
9:00 am
Kahin Center
As in years prior, this conference, cosponsored by the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, provides an opportunity for graduate students to critically engage with the particularities of Sri Lanka and its diasporas; particularities often sacrificed to make our work speak clearly to non-specialist audiences.…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
5:00 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, 142
An Indian tourist couple arrive in the hill country of crisis ridden Sri Lanka to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. But, when things take an unexpected turn, conflicts deepen revealing cracks in their relationship.
Paradise is a 2023 Sri Lankan-Indian co-produced film co-written and directed by…