Historians launch Immigration Syllabus website
<p>"We hope the suggested readings, primary sources, and multimedia sources will help educators and citizens in their teaching and public discussions," says historian Maria Cristina Garcia.</p>
Campus group creates a different kind of writing community
<p>“My name’s Ishmael, what’s yours?” -- or would “Call me Ishmael” better open a narrative about whaling? Tone, diction, style: these are the kinds of questions Cornell’s Historians Are Writers! (HAW) grapple with in their meetings.</p>
Asian Studies alum shares passion with Utah students
<p>The language requirement in the College of Arts & Sciences helped ShawnaKim Lowey-Ball ’05 discover a culture that’s become her life’s work.</p><p>Lowey-Ball, who came to Cornell with interests in physics and cognitive science, was already fluent in French, so she decided to venture in a completely different direction to fulfill her language requirement — Indonesian.</p>
Teach-In at Cornell: Combating Islamophobia through education
<p>In response to the recent Executive Order barring U.S. entry to citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries, Cornell’s Department of Near Eastern Studies will hold a teach-in Feb. 17 in the Groos Family Atrium in Klarman Hall from 10 a.m. to noon. The event is free and the public is welcome.</p>
New book charts collision of wealth and populist politics in the Gilded Age
<p dir="ltr">The Civil War came as a crushing blow to the moneyed elite of Boston, who had been deeply embedded in the cotton economy of the early 19th century as textile manufacturers</p>
If Kushner is the man for the job, family ties shouldn't matter
<p>In this <a href="http://bit.ly/2loyGxD">opinion piece</a> in The Hill, historian <a href="http://history.cornell.edu/barry-stuart-strauss">Barry Strauss</a>, contends that Trump's appointment of his son-in-law as a senior advisor has plenty of precedent.</p>
Faculty critique documentary 'I Am Not Your Negro'
<p>“The history of the Negro is the history of America, and it is not a pretty story,” says the late writer James Baldwin in director Raoul Peck’s documentary “I Am Not Your Negro.”</p>
Honored by Forbes '30 Under 30' list, alumna says she's just getting started
<p>Caitlin Strandberg '10 says her best professors were the ones who pushed her to always give 100 percent.</p>
History prof. wins award for book
<p>Associate Professor of history <a href="http://history.cornell.edu/russell-rickford">Russell Rickford</a>’s <a href="http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/02/black-power-movement-and-its-schools">book</a>, “We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power, and the Radical Imagination,” has received the 2017 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award from the Organization of American Historians, given to the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle. </p>
Historian to discuss book examining Attica prison revolt
<p>The 1971 Attica prison uprising resulted in more than 40 deaths – the majority killed by law enforcement. Author Heather Thompson will speak about her award-winning 2016 account of the uprising, “Blood in the Water,” March 7 at 4:45 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.</p>
Historian to speak on American exceptionalism
<p>Can American exceptionalism – conservative or progressive – explain America to itself?</p>
Slavery and today's policing
After writing a book on slavery, Edward Baptist is creating a searchable database that will digitize runaway ads.
Cornell ranked among best in U.S. News grad school rankings
Our English, history, economics, sociology, government and psychology departments all ranked high in the annual report.
Women's revolt transformed Nigeria, says historian
New research by Judith Byfield, associate professor of history, offers a different lens through which to understand women’s political history in post-World War II Nigeria.
A&S senior wins Carnegie Endowment fellowship
“I hope to make my mark in helping to shape global dialogue." says Rachel Mitnick '17.
Contested terrain: Historian probes Earth’s polar regions
<p><em>Dawn Berry is a visiting scholar in the Department of History at Cornell, and former postdoctoral fellow in foreign policy, security studies, and diplomatic history at the <a href="http://einaudi.cornell.edu/">Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies</a>.</em></p><p><strong>How did you become interested in foreign policy relating to the Arctic and Antarctic, and why are these regions important?</strong></p>
Baptist, Hutchinson awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
<p>Professor of history <a href="http://history.cornell.edu/edward-e-baptist">Edward Baptist</a> and assistant professor of English <a href="http://english.cornell.edu/ishion-hutchinson">Ishion Hutchinson</a> are Cornell’s newest recipients of Guggenheim Fellowships.</p>
Four faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Stephen Coate, María Cristina García, Suzanne Mettler and Fred Schneider will be honored at an Oct. 7 ceremony.
Conference will explore bodies and conversion
“Transforming Bodies,” an interdisciplinary conference April 21-22, will explore the centrality of bodies to concepts and practices of conversion in the early modern world.
Scholars, artists convene to discuss black girls, women
In politics and activism, popular culture and social media, “black girls and women are hyper-visible,” according to associate professor of Africana studies Oneka LaBennett. They are portrayed “as ‘at risk’ and as cultural trendsetters, yet simultaneously rendered invisible in public policy discourses.”
Migration, Forced by Climate Change
Climate change is a game changer: glaciers melt, sea levels rise, weather patterns become unpredictable. Garcia is exploring its impacts in her latest book project, "Climate Refugees: The Environmental Origins of Refugee Migrations," which looks at environmentally driven migrants.
Panel will examine history of white supremacy in government
“A History of Official White Supremacy in the Era of Trump,” at 4:30 pm at the Africana Studies and Research Center, 310 Triphammer Rd, will discuss the history of white supremacy and what it means for the future.
May 13 conference cultivates academic writing's creative side
<p>Cornell’s first <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conference-on-creative-academic-writing-ccaw-registration-30903123073?aff=es2">Conference on Creative Academic Writing</a>, exploring the relationship between artful prose and scholarly production, will be held May 13 in Klarman Hall. The community is welcome, and the conference is free.</p>
Einaudi Center announces first group of dissertation program awardees
Twelve Cornell graduate students have been selected for the Einaudi-SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program (DPDP), the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies announced.
Meet Olivia Corn ’19, leader of CU’s College Republicans
<p><em>Photo by Lisa Banlaki Frank</em></p><p>A&S student Olivia Corn, leader of the Cornell Republicans, is profiled in this <a href="http://bit.ly/2pvH8dS">Cornell Alumni Magazine story</a> as she heads the organization at a monumental time in U.S. politics.</p>