Annual Report 2010-2011
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Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies Annual Report 2010-2011 Cover Art from Einaudi Center events and the Fall 2010 graduate students photo competition (from top left, photo credits in parenthesis): Carolina Barco Isakson (by Walt Baschnagel), “Bird Nest,” The Netherlands (by Ermita Soenarto) , Vaclav Klaus (by Robert Barker, University Photography), International Language Fair (by Shai Eynav), Eliot A. Cohen (by Walt Baschnagel), “Khan Shatyr Shopping Mall Designed by Norman Foster,” Kazakhstan (by Alima Bissenova), Fareed Zakaria (by Shai Eynav), Director of Einaudi Center Fredrik Logevall with Fred Kaplan, Max Boot, and Peter Katzenstein (by Shai Eynav), “Veggie-mobile,” Vietnam (by Edmund Oh), Ian Buruma (by Walt Baschnagel), Stephen Krasner with students (by Walt Baschnagel), Fareed Zakaria with Students (by Shai Eynav), “Untitled,” Bolivia (by Kimberly Vallejo), G. John Ikenberry (by Walt Baschnagel), “Water Hoses and Europeanization,” Poland (by Phillip M. Ayoub) Table of Contents 1. Report of the Director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies ..................................................................................................................... 1 2. International Relations Minor ............................................................................ 12 AREA STUDIES PROGRAMS 3. Cornell Institute for European Studies .............................................................. 19 4. East Asia Program ............................................................................................... 28 5. Institute for African Development ..................................................................... 41 6. Latin American Studies Program ....................................................................... 49 7. South Asia Program ............................................................................................. 57 8. Southeast Asia Program ...................................................................................... 69 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES PROGRAMS 9. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program ..................................................... 83 10. Global Health Program ....................................................................................... 87 11. International Programs of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ....... 96 12. Population and Development Program ............................................................ 103 13. Comparative Economic Development Program ............................................. 105 THEMATIC STUDIES PROGRAMS 14. Comparative Muslim Societies Program ......................................................... 111 15. Global Business Education Program ............................................................... 117 16. International Political Economy Program....................................................... 121 17. International Programs at the Law School ..................................................... 123 18. International Studies in Planning Program .................................................... 132 19. Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies .................................. 138 i ii 1. Report of the Director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies was established in 1961 to stimulate, support, and coordinate the University's long established work in and about the world. Since then it has launched, catalyzed, and enhanced a wide variety of international research, teaching, and outreach activities in an interdisciplinary spirit across the university community. The Center has made key contributions to Cornell’s reputation for excellence in international area studies such as current events, history, and culture, and on global issues such as economic development, agricultural and rural development, food security and nutrition, environmental sustainability, democratization, peace studies, nuclear proliferation, human rights and law, gender issues, tourism, immigration, trade, and globalization. Center Administration Fredrik Logevall, Director and J.S. Knight Professor of International Studies Gilbert Levine, Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays Advisor, Professor Emeritus of Biological and Environmental Engineering Stefan Senders, Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays Advisor, Visiting Fellow with the Peace Studies Program Nishi Dhupa, Associate Director Heike Michelsen, Director of Programming Nicky Koschmann, Outreach Coordinator Mark Wilson, Web Master Walter Baschnagel, Computer Systems Manager Elizabeth Edmondson, Office Coordinator Faculty Four faculty chairs are under the Center’s jurisdiction. The John S. Knight Professor of International Studies resides in the Center, occupied in five-year terms by the Center Director. The three other professorships devoted to international studies were established in the Center in cooperation with the College of Arts and Sciences. These are: C. Marks Professor of International Studies (currently held by Prof. Kaushik Basu, Economics) Walter S. Carpenter, Jr., Professor of International Studies (currently held by Prof. Peter Joachim Katzenstein, Government) Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies (currently held by Prof. Valerie Bunce, Government) In addition, over 800 faculty from departments in every college of the university are affiliated with the Einaudi Center and its associated Programs. 1 Center Highlights The Einaudi Center is the major hub of international activity on campus and strives to do its part to make Cornell the exemplary transnational university in an increasingly interconnected world. During the 2010-11 academic year, the Center focused on three interdependent, complementary areas: programming, support, and outreach. Programming The Center engages in activities that cut across scholarly disciplines and complement the work of existing international programs. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Center invested in several initiatives including the Foreign Policy Initiative; the Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellowship; the Reunion Roundtable Discussion; the 11th annual International Education Week; and the Cornell International Education Network (CIEN). The goal of the Foreign Policy Initiative is to maximize the intellectual impact of Cornell’s existing resources in international public affairs. As part of the Initiative, the Einaudi Center coordinated a network of Cornell faculty, brought experts to campus to speak on topical themes, provided funding for activities in foreign policy studies, encouraged faculty to publish on related topics, and mobilized additional funding for the Initiative. The Foreign Policy Network currently has about 40 faculty members from across campus. The network serves to facilitate information exchange as well as to enhance scientific consultation and collaboration among Cornell faculty and graduate students. As part of the network, the Center this year maintained a web page on foreign policy studies at Cornell with information on faculty expertise, courses, research, events etc. (see www.einaudi.cornell.edu/initiatives/fpi.asp). During the academic year, it hosted three breakfast meetings for the Foreign Policy Network to exchange updates from the initiative and individual network members, plan the current event class, and discuss suggestions for other network activities and funding proposals. The Center assisted in organizing a 2-credit undergraduate course, “Issues behind the News: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of International Current Events” (GOVT 3553), during the 2010 Fall Semester, with Judith Reppy Professor Emerita, Department of Science & Technology Studies, as the lead professor and the assistance of a Graduate Teaching Assistant. The course enrolled 49 students (plus several auditors) from colleges across the university, including the Hotel School, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Human Ecology, and the Arts College. Prior to the semester, twelve topics on world affairs were selected, and faculty experts from across campus invited to present on them—among them professors from the departments of Communication, Government, Human Development, Science & Technology Studies, and Sociology, plus two outside speakers who have visitor affiliations with the Einaudi Center. The subjects under discussion included U.S.-Russian relationship, Afghanistan/Pakistan/ Waziristan/Obamastan, Africa and the millennium development challenge; the Brazilian election, the Iranian nuclear program; progress in the Balkans; world population trends, as well as European politics and the rise of the far right. 2 The Einaudi Center signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with T.wai —Torino World Affairs Institute — to encourage academic cooperation through research as well as instruction on foreign policy and international relations as well as comparative politics. The Einaudi Center and T.wai have jointly organized the first conference on the role of non-state armed organizations (NSAOs) in Turin, Italy, from May 19 to 21. It is part of the Emerging Patterns of Insecurity Dialogue (EPID) that aims to create a long-term venue for analyzing and discussing the role of NSAOs in today's world, and its implications for the political and social landscape. It has created a trans-Atlantic network of scholars and practitioners that was built around our partnership. Twenty-one experts including Fred Logevall, Matt Evangelista, Chuck Geisler, and Gustavo Flores-Macias, participated in