Southeast Asia Program grad conference goes remote

As Cornell suspended classes and organizations around the world canceled events amid the coronavirus pandemic, students organizing the 22nd annual Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) graduate student conference faced a difficult call.

Department of Asian Studies Main Office - Fall 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the University's effort for social distancing, the Department of Asian Studies staff will continue to work remotely for the majority of the work week. However, a staff member will be available in the main office at 350 Rockefeller Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:55am - 4:25pm.Staff should continue to be...

Einaudi Center awards eight faculty grants

Seed and small grants from the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies are launching some big global initiatives – from uncovering one of Pompeii’s lost gardens to bringing together international researchers studying Indonesia’s 700 languages.

Support Arts & Sciences students on Giving Day March 12

The College of Arts & Sciences is gearing up for Giving Day on Thursday, March 12 and we hope you'll join in the fun!

Your gifts to our annual fund, undergraduate scholarship fund or any of our departments and programs help our faculty and students reach their full potential.

Faculty, cinema collaborate to show films on Manson murders, gardens, Japanese pop culture

When Mary Fessenden, Cornell Cinema director, sits down to think about what films to show each semester, she has lots of movies in mind, but she also works closely with professors to find ties to the classes they’re offering.

Postponed - 2020 Selden Memorial Translation Prize Announcement

The Kyoko Selden Memorial Prize Competition has been postponed until 2021. We look forward to receiving submissions on August 1st, 2021.On the sixth anniversary of the establishment of the Kyoko Selden Memorial Translation Prize through the generosity of her colleagues, students, and friends, the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University...

Indonesian Gamelan performances this week

The Cornell Gamelan Ensemble presents two days of Indonesian performances at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art with visiting guest artists from Java and Bali. On Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m., guest artists Gusti Sudarta (Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Denpasar) and Darsono Hadiraharjo (SEAP Visiting Critic) will perform excerpts of traditional wayang (shadow puppetry), providing audiences a rare opportunity to experience both Balinese and Javanese forms of this vital art form.

Professor’s Vietnam War service determined his life’s path

Keith Taylor didn’t want to be a veteran.

Two doctoral students win Fulbright-Hays fellowships

Cornell doctoral students Mary-Kate Long and Jiwon Baik have received Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education.

The prestigious fellowships, managed at Cornell by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, will take Long to Myanmar and Baik to China.

$6M alumni gift launches Humanities Scholars Program

A $6 million anonymous gift from alumni will help launch the Humanities Scholars Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, offering a signature learning, research and collaboration opportunity to students from across the university interested in humanistic inquiry.The initiative will offer gateway courses that will provide a broad...