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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies the mario einaudi center for international studies CORNELL UNIVERSITY 1996-97 ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS About This Report.............................................................................. 1 Mission Statement ............................................................................. 2 The Mario Einaudi Center For International Studies The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies ....................................................................3 Area Studies Programs East Asia....................................................................................................................................... 7 Institute for African Development.............................................................................................. 13 Institute for European Studies .................................................................................................... 16 Latin American Studies ............................................................................................................. 24 South Asia .................................................................................................................................. 31 Southeast Asia ............................................................................................................................ 38 Development Studies Programs Comparative Economic Development .......................................................................................42 Cornell Ford and Nutrition Policy .............................................................................................44 Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development................................... 46 Gender and Global Change ........................................................................................................49 International Agriculture ............................................................................................................ 51 International Nutrition ................................................................................................................ 55 Topical Studies Programs Berger International Legal Studies ........................................................................................... 58 Comparative Societal Analysis ................................................................................................. 60 Cornell Participatory Action Research Network....................................................................... 61 ( International Political Economy ............................................................................................... 64 International Studies in Planning................................................................................................65 Peace Studies............................................................................................................................. 67 Population and Development ................................................................................................... 74 Educational Programs Bartels World Affairs Fellowship.............................................................................................. 80 Cornell Abroad .......................................................................................................................... 81 International Students and Scholars Office................................................................................ 84 Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies Travel Grants................................................. 89 Program Directors 97 ABOUT THIS REPORT The following annual report, covering the period from January 1996 through June 1997, serves as a transition from its predecessors, which were based on the calendar year, to future reports, which will cover the academic year. The Einaudi Center's Annual Report is designed to be a reference source to the past year's activities of the programs that are affiliated to The Einaudi Center. It omits the "boiler plate" descriptions of the individual programs, that is, their long term history, organization, and goals - all of which are available in other publications, listed below. Updated general information about the The Einaudi Center and affiliated programs is accessible at The Einaudi Center's web site: http:\\www.einaudi.cornell.edu\ In addition, most of the programs distribute newsletters and other publications which provide more detailed information. A list of the current addresses and people to contact for the individual programs affiliated to The Einaudi Center will be found at the end of this report. For further reference: Cornell and the World: A Brief Guide to International Aspects and Activities of Cornell University, published by The Einaudi Center, 1996. International Development Studies at Cornell, 1997-98, published by the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development. THE EINAUDI CENTER THE MARIO EINAUDI CENTER MISSION STATEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies (The Einaudi Center) was established in 1961 to encourage, To serve as the umbrella organization for international programs at Cornell University by providing leadership in an coordinate, and support comparative and interdisciplinary research on international subjects. Charged with the environment where scholars from all colleges can meet and work on international subjects. responsibility of furthering international and comparative research and teaching - involving efforts in almost every unit of the University - The Einaudi Center has evolved into an administrative focus for over 20 international programs during the past three decades. To assist Cornell University directly and through the colleges in developing and maintaining a balance between the demands of international research, graduate teaching, undergraduate teaching and faculty development. Faculty and Staff Ronald Herring, Director David Lelyveld, Executive Director To provide advice, funding and logistical support to international program development; to administer the Fulbright Diane Terry, Administrative Manager program; to award international travel grants. Kay Rice, Administrative Supervisor Barbara Pilbeam, Computer Systems Manager Donna Decker, Accounts Coordinator To enhance the international dimensions of Cornell University’s curriculum and to increase faculty competence in Paula Griffin, Receptionist international studies; to administer the Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellowship. Milton Esman, Director Emeritus, Fulbright Advisor Davydd Greenwood, Director Emeritus To report on the development of the international programs at Cornell University and to keep the university informed of Gilbert Levine, Director Emeritus important issues and changes. Past Directors To provide Cornell University with information on key national and international trends and developments in order to Mario Einaudi, 1960-1962; 1966-1968 retain the university’s strength in international studies. Steven Muller, 1962-1966 Douglas Ashford, 1968-1969 Milton Esman, 1969-1983 To represent and publicize Cornell University’s international programs beyond the university. Gilbert Levine, 1988-1989 (Acting Director) Davydd Greenwood, 1983-1994 Gilbert Levine, 1994-1996 To oversee the operations of Cornell Abroad and the International Students and Scholars Office. Steering Committee Anne Adams, Afficana, Gender and Global Change (as of July 1997) Jack Barcelo, Law, International Legal Studies Lourdes Benerla, City and Regional Planning, Women’s Studies, Latin American Studies Program (to June 1997) Valerie Bunce, Government, Institute for European Studies (to June 1997) Jean-Pierre Habicht, Nutritional Science, International Nutrition Program (as of July 1997) Barry Strauss, History, Peace Studies Norman Uphoff, Government, International Agriculture, Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development Activities of the Past Year During the period covered by the present report, January 1996 through June 1997, The Einaudi Center passed through a change of leadership and initiated a reevaluation of its goals. In June 1996, Professor Emeritus Gil Levine completed two years as interim director of the center, and John Kubiak retired after ten years as executive director. Ronald Herring, Chair and Professor of Government, took on the directorship in August 1996. David Lelyveld, an historian of South Asia who had been program officer at the Social Science Research Council in New York, dean of students at Columbia University, and Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, became the executive director at the start of the spring term in January 1997. While the programs affiliated with The Einaudi Center continued the rich and varied activities that make up the body of this report, the new leadership of the center sought to develop a coordinated agenda that would draw upon the strengths of Cornell's far-flung international concerns. The Einaudi Center has two kinds of functions which are often administratively separated at other universities but Fulbright Fellowships are combined at Cornell in order to take advantage of economies of scale: a set of service functions encompassing In the Fall of 1996, administration of the application process for Fulbright fellowships for Cornell graduating Cornell Abroad and the International Students and Scholars Office, on the one hand, and an intellectual mission seniors and graduate students shifted from
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