Events
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
1:00 pm
Kahin Center
Since the Myanmar military seized power in Burma/Myanmar in a coup d’état in February 2021, People's Defense Forces (PDF) and Ethnic Revolutionary Organizations (ERO) have been fighting to remove this military regime and restore civilian government. In this context, ethnic minority leaders in the country…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Comparative Muslim Societies Program
Institute for European Studies
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Violeta Moreno-Lax (Professor of Law, Queen Mary University of London and the University of Barcelona)
This paper takes issue with the exclusionary understanding of solidarity underpinning the European Union (EU)’s response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Through a detailed examination of the…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
4:45 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, 64
Speaker: Thunghong Lin, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica. Introduced by Eli Friedman (ILR).
In an era where democratic nations globally face the risk of regression, the question arises: How can a small democratic country survive the political and economic pressures imposed by authoritarian great…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
5:00 pm
Uris Hall, G08
In The Culture Trap, Derron Wallace argues that the overreliance on culture to explain Black students' achievement and behavior in schools is a trap that undermines the historical factors and institutional processes that shape how Black students experience schooling. This trap is consequential for a host of…
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
1:00 pm
Virtual
In this discussion, Marielena Hincapié, Distinguished Immigration Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Cornell Law School, interviews Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer at The New Yorker and immigration expert, on his recently published book Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
12:20 pm
Kahin Center
Gatty Lecture Series
Join us for a talk by Thongchai Winichakul, (Emeritus Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison), who will discuss Thai intellectual history.
This Gatty Lecture will take place at the The Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact…
Southeast Asia Program
3:00 pm
Stimson Hall, G25
Come to the LRC to practice your language 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…
Southeast Asia Program
3:00 pm
Stimson Hall, G25
Come to the LRC to practice your language 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…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
4:00 pm
Mann Library, 112, CALS Zone
Join the inaugural cohort of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies's undergraduate global scholars for a showcase of their capstone presentations exploring global free speech as part of Cornell's freedom of expression theme year.
Undergraduate global scholars advocate for freedom of…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for European Studies
5:00 pm
Physical Sciences Building, 120
Institute for European Studies Luigi Einaudi Distinguished Lecture
Until 2005, the number of democracies in the world kept increasing, but after that date, the number has declined. Even robust democracies are now showing signs of weakness and some have turned into hybrid regimes suspended between democracy…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
South Asia Program
5:30 pm
Mann Library, 102
Join the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies's Global Public Voices fellows for a roundtable discussion exploring global free speech as part of Cornell's freedom of expression theme year.
This year's fellows are seasoned media voices, ready to advocate on global free speech…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
12:00 pm
Mann Library, 160
On May 3-4, 2024, the Institute for African Development, in collaboration with the Polson Institute for Global Development and the Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University, will host a symposium on Imagining Just Environmental and Climate Futures in Africa.
Organized by the Institute for…
South Asia Program
1:00 pm
Stimson Hall, G25
Come to the LRC to practice your language 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…
Southeast Asia Program
4:30 pm
142 Goldwin Smith Hall
Refugee Biomythography and the Classics
Previous scholarship examining classical reception in Vietnamese contexts have focused on the perspectives of American combat veterans from the Vietnam War while relegating Vietnamese experiences to the margins. This talk centers the experiences of Vietnamese refugees…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
4:45 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, 64
Day 1: Book Talk – SARS Stories: Affect and Archive of the 2003 Pandemic
Speaker: Belinda Kong (Asian Studies and English, Bowdoin College)
In SARS Stories, Belinda Kong delves into the cultural archive of the 2003 SARS pandemic, examining Chinese-language creative works and social practices at the…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
10:00 am
Physical Sciences Building, 401
Day 2: Pandemic Archives: Media, Geopolitics, and Temporalities of Crisis
About this workshop:
As the world enters its fourth year living with COVID-19, this workshop critically examines our conceptual tools for capturing this chronic crisis and its seismic impact on global geopolitics and humanistic…
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
11:00 am
Virtual
Join us on Zoom to practice your Portuguese 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…
South Asia Program
12:00 pm
Stimson Hall, G25
Come to the LRC to practice your language 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…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Tariq Thachil (Political Science, University of Pennsylvania)
Urban citizens in low-income democracies rarely hold elected officials accountable for toxic air. To understand why, we fielded a large citizen survey in Delhi, India, a highly polluted megacity where voters rarely prioritize air pollution…
Southeast Asia Program
5:00 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…
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
6:00 pm
Stimson Hall, G25
Come to the LRC to practice your language 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…
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Southeast Asia Program
South Asia Program
12:00 am
Cornell Tech, Roosevelt Island, TBD
Registration Link: https://pitch.emiconference.com/
The registration for the 2024 Cornell EMI Mark Mobius Pitch Competition is NOW OPEN. Apply by 4/10.
The Cornell EMI Mark Mobius Pitch Competition invites student entrepreneurs and recent graduates…
Past Events
East Asia Program
6:30 pm
Klarman Hall, Auditorium KG70
Immerse yourself in Korean culture!
The Korean Language Program invites you to a Traditional Korean Music and Dance Concert featuring acclaimed performers.
Join us for a dynamic evening of cultural fusion at Cornell University! Experience the mesmerizing blend of traditional Korean dance and music…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
5:00 pm
Klarman Hall Atrium
Any poem, any language! The Language Resource Center celebrates National Poetry Month. Sweet Poetry is an evening event in April named for enjoying tasty treats while sharing poems in different language.
Join us on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 from 5-7 pm in the Klarman Hall Atrium. During the event, Cornell…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
5:00 pm
245 Feeney Wy, Ithaca, NY 14853, Physical Sciences Building 120.
The Cornell Levinson Program in China and Asia-Pacific Studies is delighted to host a conversation on U.S. national security policymaking and the future of U.S.-China relations between Former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley and Professor Jessica Chen Weiss on Wednesday, April 17, from 5 PM to 6:15 PM,…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
East Asia Program
12:00 pm
Myron Taylor Hall, 390
A light lunch will be provided.
Register in advanced to attend.
About the Speaker
Mariko Hirose is the U.S. Litigation Director at IRAP. In this role, Mariko founded and manages IRAP’s litigation department.
Prior to joining IRAP, Mariko worked at the New York Civil Liberties Union where…
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
6:00 pm
Stimson Hall, G24A
Come to the LRC to practice your language 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…