Events this week include actress Marlee Matlin, Darwin Days, a Breaking Bread discussion of race, religion and campus climate, and Oscar-nominated shorts and films featuring cats at Cornell Cinema.
Events this week include traditional Javanese and new electronic music, a talk on the history of synthesizers, the Locally Grown Dance Festival, a panel on Latin American violence and Slope Day.
Professor of English Satya Mohanty's recent book of critical essays, a collaboration with international scholars, offers several cross-cultural views of Indian literature and modernity. (Nov. 8, 2011)
Eugene Dynkin recorded his talks with mathematicians around the world for more than 50 years. The library has digitized, organized and curated the information on a new website. (Nov. 8, 2011)
Brian Hanrahan, a faculty fellow in the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance, studies old radio recordings and teaches Weimar cinema, media theory and sound art. (Nov. 8, 2011)
The State of Indonesian Studies Conference on campus, April 28-29, brought scholars together to ponder the status and future of scholarships on Indonesia. (May 4, 2011)
This “Rise and Fall of ‘Civilization’” class, taught by Professor Adam T. Smith, examines traditional archaeological topics, partly by looking at our current civilization and imagining the Cornell campus 1,000 years from now.
Four panelists - including two writers, a curator and a bookstore owner - talked about the kinds of careers that can grow from being an English major, April 27 on campus. (May 2, 2011)
Event this week include a public opening reception at the Johnson Museum, a community climate change panel, "Jane Austen Book Club" author Karen Joy Fowler, and a book talk by economist Kaushik Basu.