A three-part exhibition examining the art and legacy of the Blaschka glass marine animal collection will open at Mann Library Oct. 27, launched with a talk by Drew Harvell on her new book at 4 p.m.
Nick Admussen, assistant professor of Chinese literature and culture, has written a new book on contemporary Chinese prose poetry, which interprets and translates modern Chinese prose poems.
Slavery in West Africa has an ancient lineage dating to Biblical times. Sandra Greene’s new book, “Slave Owners of West Africa: Decision Making in the Age of Abolition,” explores the lives of three West African slave owners during abolition in the 19th century.
Karen Pinkus, professor of Romance studies and comparative literature, has written "Fuel: A Speculative Dictionary," to scramble our thinking about fuel as distinct from energy.
A letter by Ezra Cornell, who met Abraham Lincoln on the eve of his inauguration, reflects the founder's plain-spoken optimism. The letter will be on display Saturday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Kroch Library.
More than two dozen Himalayan scholars gathered at Cornell last month to chart a way through a political and economic landscape that is increasingly hostile to area studies.
In his new book, Russell Rickford, assistant professor of history, looks at the impact of black national and Pan-African schools founded in the 1960s and 70s as part of the civil rights movement.
Time, says Shelley Wong, "is socially constructed, continually made and remade in culturally specific ways." Wong’s book project focuses on race, time and narrative.