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Professor of government Kenneth Roberts discusses student protest and politics in Chile, Nov. 23 in Uris Hall.

Protest and politics

Professor of government Kenneth Roberts will discuss “Student Protest, Social Citizenship and the Crisis of Political Representation in Chile,” Nov. 23 at 12:15 p.m. in 262 Uris Hall. Presented by the Latin American Studies Program, the talk is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.

Roberts’ research explores the intersections between political parties, populism and labor and social movements in the Andean region and southern Latin America. He teaches courses in comparative and Latin American politics, including the fall seminar Social Movements in Latin America. His books include “Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era” (2014); “Deepening Democracy? The Modern Left and Social Movements in Chile and Peru” (1998) and, as co-editor, “The Resurgence of the Latin American Left” (2011).

He was co-team leader of the Institute for the Social Sciences (ISS) theme project “Contentious Knowledge: Science, Social Science, and Social Movements,” and has served as the Robert S. Harrison Director of ISS and senior associate dean for the social sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. 

Traditional Thanksgiving

Members of the Cornell and local communities are invited to the 28th annual All-Campus Traditional Thanksgiving Feast on Thursday, Nov. 26, from noon to 3 p.m. in Robert Purcell Community Center’s Marketplace Eatery with seatings at noon and 1:30 p.m.

The menu features a choice of entrees (roast turkey with gravy, baked marinated tofu with rice pilaf, poached salmon with citrus hollandaise); and sides including vegetarian fruited and sausage stuffings, candied yams, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, fresh roasted carrots, New England clam chowder, fruit salad, fresh-baked breads and a variety of desserts and beverages.

Tickets ($14 for adults. $8 for children ages 6-12; ages 5 and younger eat free) are on sale now to Cornell students, faculty, staff, alumni and their families, and will go on sale to the general public on Monday, Nov. 23. Tickets can be purchased online at http://issotickets.com for either seating. No refunds; share any extra tickets with a friend.

The event is sponsored by Cornell Dining and the International Students and Scholars Office, and supported by many co-sponsors across campus. For more information, contact Adriana Rovers at apr6@cornell.edu or 607-255-3815.

Ghosts in the hallway

A new exhibit in the Carl A. Kroch Library hallway shows a variety of supernatural beings found in old and new stories in Asian cultures, from folktales to films.

On display through December outside the Severinghaus Asia Reading Room, “Are You Afraid of Ghosts?” features ghosts, vampires, spirits, demons and other strange apparitions in tales from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Japan and China.

Traditional tales such as Nang Nak in Thailand and Oiwa in Japan are represented, as well as contemporary ghost stories including “Ju-On” and “Ring.”

Public affairs projects

Cornell Institute for Public Affairs students show their work from domestic and international capstone courses this semester in “The Art of Public Engagement,” an exhibition on display Nov. 29 to Dec. 4 in the DEA (Design and Environmental Analysis) Gallery, 1250 Martha Van Renssalaer Hall. The students are working on 12 projects with clients in the United States, as well as in Latin America, Uganda, Mali and Haiti. Posters prepared by each team highlight their project goals, research findings and recommendations, along with blog entries being shown in a slideshow.

Student teams will talk about their work during a reception in the gallery, Dec. 4^, from 4 to 6 p.m. Hosted by the College of Human Ecology, the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

Conversations on art

Maria Fernandez, associate professor of the history of art, leads a discussion of “Art & Gender” Thursday, Dec. 3 at 5:15 p.m. at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

Fernandez is the author of “Cosmopolitanism in Mexican Visual Culture” (2014) and coeditor of “Domain Errors! Cyberfeminist Practices” (2002). She teaches courses in Latin American colonial art and architecture, modern Latin American art, Mesoamerican art, and the history and theory of digital art.

Contemporary Conversations at the Johnson Museum is a free monthly series, examining topics and current issues using a work of art in an open dialogue led by Cornell professors, staff and museum professionals.

Conversations are held the first Thursday of the month at the museum, which is open Thursday nights until 8 p.m.

Opera in Barnes

The Department of Music presents “La Tricotea,” an opera by Patrick Braga ’17, Thursday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall Auditorium. It is free and open to the public.

The complete performance of the opera will feature student singers and instrumentalists. Braga, a double major in music and urban and regional studies, is a pianist and the president of Contrapunkt, an organization for undergraduate composers at Cornell.