Past Events
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
Jonathan Mummolo is Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. He presents this co-authored article “The role of officer race and gender in police-civilian interactions in Chicago,” Science 371, 6530 (2021): 696–702.
This seminar is part…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
8:45 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
1946 > France > Directed by Georges Rouquier
A portrait of the Rouquier family, cousins of the director, who lived in the farming community of Aveyron in South-central France. Like legendary documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty, Rouquier worked with non-professional performers--in this case, farmers--…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
7:00 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
Ithaca Premiere
2021 > Mexico/USA > Directed by Alexis Gambis
With Tenoch Huerta, Paulina Gaitan
After the death of his grandmother, a Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown nestled in the majestic monarch butterfly forests of Michoacan. The journey forces him to…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
3:00 pm
Virtual
Join the Institute for African Development for our conversation hour in Tumbuka on 10/5! Learn about traditional and cultural norms in Malawi as well as greetings, basic vocabulary and phrases in Tumbuka! (No previous knowledge of Tumbuka or African languages necessary!)
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
4:00 pm
Stimson Hall, G25
"Acquisition vs. Learning in 2021"
Karen Lichtman
Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics and Director of Educator Licensure in the Department of World Languages & Cultures, Northern Illinois University
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stephen Krashen put forward a model of…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
1:00 pm
G-01 Stimson Hall
Often seen solely as a calamity, El Niño Southern Oscillation has impacted the Peruvian Andes for hundreds of years and has (re)shaped the means of agrarian life for Indigenous and campesino peoples. Based on archival and ethnographic work, this presentation discusses how El Niño and its “disasters” — floods,…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
11:00 am
Virtual
Just after the turn of the new millennium, in 2003, the newly created state of Uttarakhand in India’s central Himalayas declared its ambition to become fully organic in all aspects of agricultural production. But what does it mean to become organic in a region where many people claim agriculture has always been “…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
7:00 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
Ithaca Premiere
2020 > Argentina/France > Directed by Matias Pineiro
With María Villar, Agustina Munoz, Pablo Sigal
The Argentinian filmmaker's latest film inspired by the female characters in Shakespeare follows Mariel and Luciana "imperfect reflections of each other as they…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
9:30 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
2013 > Hong Kong/China > Directed by Wong Kar Wai
With Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen
Based on the life of martial arts wunderkind, Ip Man (Bruce Lee's teacher), the film is part biography, part historical drama, tracing the legendary kungfu master's rise to power. Set…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
3:30 pm
Virtual
The Cornell Classical Chinese Colloquium welcomes Joe Dennis, University of Wisconsin. His text reading is: Songs to Encourage the Cessation of Litigation (Xisong ge 息訟歌) in Ming and Qing.
Cornell Classical Chinese Colloquium 古文品讀
The Cornell Classical Chinese Colloquium (CCCC) 古文品讀 is a reading…
South Asia Program
3:00 pm
McGraw Hall, 165
Plantation Archaeology and South Asian Indenture in Mauritius
In this talk I present the archaeology of a sugar estate on Mauritius, an island in the southwest Indian Ocean, as a new case study of plantation archaeology. More broadly, this work defines global labor systems and shifting environmental…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
2:40 pm
Virtual
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…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
12:15 pm
Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave
Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series.
Andrew Weintraub, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh
Andrew N. Weintraub is Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in ethnomusicology and popular music and directs the…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
Sarah Brayne presents her recent book Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing (Oxford Scholarship Online, 2020). She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin.
This seminar is part of a series organized by the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
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
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…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
East Asia Program
4:45 pm
Virtual
In Yiwu, a town in southeast China known as the world’s largest wholesale center for manufactured commodities for daily consumption, thousands of Chinese Muslims (Hui) work as middlemen between Chinese suppliers and foreign traders. Despite their indispensable role in the trade, many of them act more like clerks…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
3:00 pm
Virtual
Cornell's Migrations initiative is hosting the Migration as Practice: Pedagogy Workshop. Designed for faculty and instructors, the workshop will focus on specific strategies for designing inclusive and reflective pedagogy with transformative outcomes. It will also provide training on how to codevelop…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
7:00 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
Ithaca Premiere
2019 > Spain > Directed by Robert Bahar & Almudena Carracedo
Filmed over six years, The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco as they organize a groundbreaking international lawsuit and fight a "…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
4:45 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, G22
Sites at the Periphery: Making Experimental Art Spaces in Beijing
Nancy P. Lin
Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
The Pulse of Art History Lecture Series
9.28.21 4:45pm
Location: Goldwin Smith G22
Abstract:
Developing without the official support of…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
12:15 pm
Virtual
Afghan refugees have long comprised the largest or second-largest group of refugees in the world, and the number of Afghans seeking safety outside Afghanistan increased dramatically even before the U.S. government's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Betsy Fisher, Director of Strategy at International…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
4:45 pm
Virtual
At the Edge of China—life in a Tibetan town is the focus of this talk by our guest speaker Barbara Demick, journalist, and author (Eat the Buddha, Penguin Random House, 2021). Under Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party has exhibited zero tolerance for any slippage at the edges of the empire. The mass…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
4:00 pm
Virtual
The Africana Studies & Research Center (ASRC) at Cornell University will host a lecture by Meagan Sylvester: People Power Movements in Caribbean Festival Culture
Meagan Sylvester, - Senior Lecturer, Music Sociologist, Author, Researcher.
Meagan Sylvester is a published author from the Caribbean…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Actors across latitudes and cultures amaze their audiences by displaying at will the physical ‘symptoms’ of emotions such blushing, shivering, and weeping. Sanskrit sources offer almost two millennia of sophisticated reflections on the emotional life of actors, the hidden engine lying behind their almost eerie…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
7:00 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
Ithaca Premiere
2021 > Germany/France > Directed by Christian Petzold
With Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski
Dive into the eerie and fantastical romance from Germany's preeminent filmmaker, Christian Petzold. A water nymph of European mythology, Undine is cursed with having to kill her…
South Asia Program
12:00 pm
Virtual
Please join Cornell's Society for Buddhist Studies, for a talk by Prof. Laura Guerrero (Philosophy, William & Mary).
In a recent article Kris McDaniel has suggested that a fruitful way to understand the Abhidharma distinction between conventional reality and ultimate reality is as a distinction…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
11:00 am
Virtual
The Cornell Institute for African Development (IAD) hosts a monthly webinar on contemporary African issues. This webinar series features diverse voices from the African continent and the Diaspora on a wide range of themes, challenges, breakthroughs in cutting-edge research outcomes, innovations, and discoveries…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
7:00 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
1934 > China > Directed by Wu Yonggang
With Ruan Lingyu, Tian Jian, Zhizhi Zhang
A masterpiece of Chinese cinema's silent era, this heart-wrenching tale of a single mother who works as a prostitute so she can afford an education for her young son stars legendary actress Ruan Lingyu. The…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
6:00 pm
Uris Hall, G08
IXCANUL (“volcano” in the Kaqchikel language, English Subtitles)
Time: 6-8 PM | Place: G08 Uris Hall
This year’s LACS Film Series will screen movies from all over the region, highlighting the program’s recent focus on the Caribbean. During the Fall semester we’ll watch and discuss movies from North…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
East Asia Program
12:15 pm
Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave
Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series.
Sandy Chang, Department of History, University of Florida
Sandy F. Chang is an assistant professor in Modern Asian History at the University of Florida. She specializes in Chinese migration, gender, and sexuality studies in Southeast Asia and the…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
11:25 am
Virtual
Chiara Ruffa discusses a new working paper, "Gender, Socialization, and Norms of Restraint: Findings from the US Military Academy at West Point." She is an Academy Fellow at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University and Associate Professor in War Studies, Swedish Defense…