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New Directors Take Helm at LACS, IES, SEAP

New program directors Ernesto Bassi, Mabel Berezin, and Tom Pepinsky share their programs' plans for this academic year.

Magnus Fiskesjö, PACS and SEAP

This new book "Stories from an Ancient Land: Perspectives on Wa History and Culture" recently published by Berghahn (August 2021). Fiskesjo is...

Eswar Prasad, SAP

Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy, says that an abrupt default on a number of debts by Evergrade “would be a useful...

Stephen Yale-Loher, Immigration

“The problem is that it only protects people who were already in the United States,” says Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law. “People...

Saurabh Mehta in Lancet

Tuberculosis is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, causing more than a million deaths annually. This Lancet article assesses the...

Some exciting happenings next week on Southeast Asia at Cornell!

Check out the events below, taking place at Cornell next week.

Climate Research to Reduce Global Impacts

Students and recent alumni joined faculty-led research last summer to reduce climate threats in Haiti, East Africa, and Tajikistan.

Government for the People: Troubling Legacies of the Confucian...

The Annual Hu Shih Distinguished Lecture will be given this year by Tim Brook, University of British Columbia October 28, 2021, at 4:45 p.m. ET
Under Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party has exhibited zero tolerance for any slippage at the edges of the empire. Journalist Barbara Demick...