MARIO EINAUDI Center for International Studies ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 Cover Art from Einaudi Center events and the Fall 2016 student photo competition (from top left, photo credit in parenthesis): Conference on sustainability in Asia (by Tommy Tan, Hong Kong); Cornell International Fair (by Gail Fletcher); Bartels Lecture by Svetlana Alexievich (by University Photography); Distinguished Speaker Naoto Kan (by Gail Fletcher); "Kenyan Hospitality", Kenya (by Guarav Toor); Distinguished Speaker Mohamed Abdel-Kader (by Gail Fletcher); Annual Reception (by Shai Eynav); Symposium in Zambia on African income inequality (by IAD); "Fishermen", Lebanon (by Zeynep Goksel); Palonegro performance (by LASP); Nepal and Himalayan Studies conference (by SAP); CCCI & CICER student symposium (by EAP); Cornell in Cambodia (by SEAP); "Tortillas de Maiz", Mexico (by Nathan Kalb) 1. Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.......................................................1 2. International Relations Minor...................................................................................24 3. Comparative Muslim Societies Program..................................................................27 4. Cornell Institute for European Studies.................................................................... 35 5. East Asia Program...................................................................................................... 42 6. Institute for African Development............................................................................ 58 7. Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies...........................................66 8. Latin American Studies Program............................................................................. 71 9. South Asia Program................................................................................................... 78 10. Southeast Asia Program............................................................................................88 ii 1. Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.......................................................1 Center Administration 1 Center Highlights 2 Contact Information 21 Appendix 1.1: Cosponsored Events (FY 2016-2017) 22 Appendix 1.2: Einaudi Center Strategic Objectives and Sub-Objectives 23 2. International Relations Minor...................................................................................24 Program Administration 24 Program Highlights 24 Contact Information 25 Appendix 2.1: List of 2017IRM Graduates 26 3. Comparative Muslim Societies Program..................................................................27 Program Administration 27 Program Highlights 27 Contact Information 32 Appendix 3.1: CMSP Events and Cosponsorships 2016-17 33 4. Cornell Institute for European Studies.................................................................... 35 Program Administration 35 Program Highlights 35 Contact Information 41 5. East Asia Program...................................................................................................... 42 Program Administration 42 Program Highlights 42 Internationalization Funding Report 47 Contact Information 57 6. Institute for African Development............................................................................ 58 Program Administration 58 Program Highlights 58 Contact Information 65 7. Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies...........................................66 Program Administration 66 Program Highlights 66 Contact Information 68 Appendix 7.1: Reppy Institute 2016-2017 Seminars 69 8. Latin American Studies Program............................................................................. 71 Program Administration 71 Program Highlights 72 Contact Information 77 9. South Asia Program................................................................................................... 78 Program Administration 78 Program Highlights 78 Internationalization Funding Report 86 Contact Information 87 10. Southeast Asia Program...........................................................................................88 Program Administration 88 Program Highlights 88 Contact Information 94 1. Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies Since 1961, the Einaudi Center has been an intellectual and financial resource for students and scholars across the university. Through our areas studies and thematic programs, as well as our own programming, grants, and fellowships, we have helped foster deep understanding and new knowledge at Cornell of the current events, histories, cultures, and languages of the world. Over the last year, we have developed and strengthened our multidisciplinary working groups on global finance, cybersecurity, nuclear power, migration and refugees, quality of life, and the Middle East. We have aligned our public programming—our Distinguished Speaker Series, Lund Debate, Bartels World Affairs Lectures, and faculty roundtables—around these topics. We have sponsored international conferences to catalyze collaborations among people of diverse backgrounds and with different expertise. We have made major strides in building a user-friendly digital workspace to make that work easier and more productive and communicate the results of our endeavors. We have continued to strengthen our bonds across the university. Together with the Cornell Law School we support the highly successful Meridian 180 project, greatly enhancing our visibility in East Asia and increasing our capacity to produce policy-relevant work on a range of issues. We have welcomed the Cornell Institute for China Economic Research, which had been based at the Dyson School, under the Einaudi Center umbrella. We have collaborated with the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and jointly organized a major conference in Hong Kong on sustainability. We have signed an agreement with Cornell University Press to launch a new imprint, to be called Cornell Global Perspectives. Finally, we are forging new relationships with faculty and graduate students. We have created a faculty advisory group with members from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning; the College of Arts and Sciences; the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Faculty of Computing and Information Science; and the Cornell Law School. We have inaugurated a faculty salon series where scholars from across the university can meet to share ideas and create new networks. We are leading a campuswide effort to help doctoral students strengthen their dissertation research proposals with a new grant from the New York-based Social Science Research Council (SSRC). Center Administration Hirokazu Miyazaki, Director, John S. Knight Professor of International Studies Nishi Dhupa, Executive Director Heike Michelsen, Associate Director for Academic Programming Jonathan Miller, Associate Director for Communications Jason Hecht, Data Analyst Gilbert Levine, Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays Advisor, Professor Emeritus of Biological and Environmental Engineering Stefan Senders, Fulbright Advisor Sandy Dennis-Conlon, Accounts and Grants Manager William Juda, Web Master Walt Baschnagel, Network Manager Elizabeth Edmondson, Office Manager Bari Doeffinger, Programming Assistant Indira White, Administrative Assistant Center Highlights The center highlights are grouped below in several interdependent and complementary areas: faculty chairs and fellowships; programs; the International Relations Minor; interdisciplinary working groups; support for academic units, programs, faculty, and students; and administrative initiatives and activities. Faculty Chairs and Fellowships The center’s chairs and fellows contributed significantly to the intellectual life of the center and to achieving its strategic objectives. During 2016-17, the center had four faculty chairs; nine International Faculty Fellows (IFFs) serving three-year terms (four for the years 2014-2017, four for 2015-2018, and two for 2016-2019); one postdoctoral fellow for the 2016-17 academic year in the field of foreign policy, security, and diplomacy; and one visiting fellow. Faculty Chairs Four faculty chairs are under the center’s jurisdiction. The John S. Knight Professor of International Studies resides in the center, occupied in three or five-year terms by the center director. The following are the three other professorships devoted to international studies: • C. Marks Professor of International Studies (currently held by Kaushik Basu, Economics); • Walter S. Carpenter, Jr., Professor of International Studies (currently held by Peter Katzenstein, Government); and • Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies (currently held by Valerie Bunce, Government). International Faculty Fellows (IFFs) A centerpiece of the Global Cornell Initiative is the appointment of International Faculty Fellows (IFFs). This initiative fosters new collaborations between Cornell’s colleges and the Einaudi Center and assists the colleges and schools with the recruitment and retention of faculty whose research and teaching have an international focus. Nominated by the deans of their respective college/school and chosen by a faculty committee chaired by the director of the Einaudi Center, fellows are selected on the basis of their internationally focused research, teaching, and scholarly achievements. They contribute to the intellectual life of the Einaudi Center by hosting workshops in their fields, interacting with various programs housed at the center, and fostering cross-college connections. During 2016-17,