College of Arts and Sciences
International studies are deeply ingrained in the fabric of College departments such as History, Anthropology or Sociology, Government and Economics, which historically have trained students to pursue international careers. Similarly, area studies departments like Asian Studies, German Studies, or Near Eastern Studies have long helped students and faculty pursue in depth and specialized knowledge of specific regions of the world. The College is committed to the internationalization of the campus, and even College units that do not focus on international studies regularly undertake some kind of international activity.
In addition, Asian Studies, Classics, German Studies, Linguistics, Near Eastern Studies, Russian Studies, Romance Studies, the Africana Center, and the Program in English for Academic Purposes teach a total of 39 languages to over 6,000 students every year. To further strengthen language instruction at Cornell, the College oversees the Language Resource Center, which provides state of the art technical and pedagogical assistance for both the faculty and students of foreign languages.
The College has designated an Associate Dean for International Studies to integrate international studies more fully into the life of the College. The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and its constituent Programs also receive administrative support through the College even though their functions are university-wide.
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Campus Life Resources
Language House
The Language House is a unique residence for students who want to hone their language skills in a friendly setting and make connections to others with similar interests.
Languages
Language House
The Language House is a unique residence for students who want to hone their language skills in a friendly setting and make connections to others with similar interests.
The FALCON program
The Department of Asian Studies' FALCON (Full-year Asian Language CONcentration) programs enable beginning students of Chinese or Japanese to study in a concentrated and uninterrupted manner over a long enough period to gain working proficiency.
Library Resources
Echols Collection on Southeast Asia
Region:
Asia
As a premier resource on Southeast Asia, the Echols collection annually adds more than 7000 volumes to its collection. It is the most comprehensive body of material on a global region in the Cornell Library system and the largest collection on Southeast Asia in the United States and in the world.
Middle East and Islamic Studies Collection
Region:
Middle East
The Collection includes materials published both in the Middle East and in Western Europe and the United States about the Middle East and Islam, including over 40,000 books, serials, government documents, and audiovisual materials, housed mainly in Olin Library.
Outreach
Cornell Educational Resources in International Studies
Region:
Europe,
Asia,
Africa,
Latin America and the Caribbean,
Middle East
The Cornell Einaudi Center for International Studies in partnership with Area Programs is committed to extending its resources to the wider community. Outreach programs in International Studies offer post-secondary conferences, professional development opportunities for teachers, public programming, business workshops, speakers bureaus, and much more.
Programs, Centers, and Institutes
Africana Studies and Research Center
Region:
Africa
Africana studies is a tradition of intellectual inquiry and study of African peoples. Using a transdisciplinary approach, Africana scholars document the global migrations and reconstruction of African peoples, as well as patterns of linkages to the African continent and among the peoples of the African Diaspora.
Comparative Economic Development
The Program in Comparative Economic Development is a small but ambitious program. A major objective of the Program, when it was founded in 1985 by Erik Thorbecke, was to foster an exchange of ideas on development by bringing together development specialists from different parts of the university. The same objective continues to guide the organization of the Program today.
Comparative Muslim Societies Committee
The Comparative Muslim Societies Committee was formed in an effort to promote the comparative study of Muslims and Muslim societies between and across the boundaries of traditional area studies programs.
Comparative Societal Analysis
he Comparative Societal Analysis Program supports comparative research in a variety of substantive areas, including social inequality, economic and political change, and social movements.
Cornell Participatory Action Research Network
The Cornell Participatory Action Research Network (CPARN) is a network of Cornell students, staff, faculty and community members committed to the study and promotion of participatory action research as an important framework for understanding and addressing human problems and producing useful social action.
East Asia Program (NRC)
Region:
Asia
The East Asia Program coordinates and supports the campus-wide study and understanding of East Asia through courses, faculty research, libraries, art exhibitions, language-learning resources, student organizations, and exchange programs.
French Studies Program
Region:
Europe
The French Studies Program has been established thanks to a grant from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy designating Cornell University as a "Centre Interdisciplinaire," and with the support of the College of Arts and Sciences. It has a double mission: one academic, the other as a resource center for teachers of French in upstate New York.
Gender and Global Change
The Program on Gender and Global Change is an interdisciplinary program focused on comparative historical analyses of changing patterns of gender relations. It is part of the Einaudi Center for International Studies and coordinates its initiatives with the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; the African, Asian and Latin American Studies Programs, and topical studies groups such as International Studies in Planning, International Political Economy, and Peace Studies.
Institute for African Development
Region:
Africa
The Cornell Institute for African Development coordinates teaching, outreach, and professional service activities on issues related to Africa, including food security, human resource development, refugee assistance, environmental resource management, economic growth, and public policy.
Institute for European Studies (NRC)
Region:
Europe
The Institute for European Studies promotes and co-ordinates multidisciplinary curricula, research projects, initiatives, and events centering on Europe to both broaden the Cornell community's view of Europe and to make the study of European languages, culture, and society an integral part of graduate and undergraduate education.
Institute for German Cultural Studies
Region:
Europe
Through the Institute for German Cultural Studies, Cornell students and faculty members from various fields, as well outside scholars and intellectuals, participate in transdisciplinary study, discussion, and exploration of German culture.
International Political Economy
The focus of the International Political Economy program changes over time; its activities presently center about two areas of interest: the politics of money and the politics of globalization; as always the program emphasizes both multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary approaches to each of these central concerns.
Latin American Studies Program (NRC)
Region:
Latin America and the Caribbean
The Latin American Studies Program provides a focus for all activities oriented toward Latin America on the Cornell campus, and aims to stimulate teaching by establishing contacts with Latin American universities and institutions, supporting research through grants to faculty members and graduate students, and sponsoring visiting scholars from Latin America.
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
The mission of the Einaudi Center is to enhance the international dimensions of Cornell University’s curriculum and facilitate interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching, as well as serving as the umbrella support organization for more than twenty programs in area, thematic, and development studies at Cornell.
Netherlandic Language and Cultural Studies
Region:
Europe
The Netherlandic Language and Cultural Studies program has a history dating as far back as WWII. The program aims to provide Cornell students, faculty and staff as well as students from colleges and High Schools of the Upstate New York Region with skills and knowledge of Dutch and Flemish.
Peace Studies Program
An interdisciplinary program involving students and faculty from a wide variety of fields devoted to research and teaching on the problems of war and peace, arms control and disarmament, and instances of collective violence.
Population and Development
The Population and Development Program (PDP) seeks to facilitate research on population dynamics by promoting collaboration among scholars of diverse disciplines in the Cornell community who teach and conduct research on population issues and relationships.
Poverty, Inequality and Development
Cornell University is a world leader in research on poverty, inequality and development. Its faculty and graduate students conduct theoretical, empirical and policy oriented research across a wide range of disciplines and geographical locations. This website is a window to that research.
South Asia Program (NRC)
Region:
Asia
The South Asia Program aims to bring attention to South Asia through courses, faculty research, libraries, art exhibitions, language learning, resources, student organizations, exchange, and outreach programs as well as their own publication series.
Southeast Asia Program (NRC)
Region:
Asia
The Southeast Asia Program promotes knowledge and interest in the countries and cultures of Southeast Asia through the support of interdisciplinary teaching, research, outreach, resources, and specialized publications.
Projects and Initiatives
Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico
Region:
Latin America and the Caribbean
The largest radio telescope in the world, the Arecibo Observatory national research center in Puerto Rico is operated by Cornell under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.
Publications
Cornell East Asia Series
Region:
Asia
The Cornell East Asia Series produces scholarly monographs, translations of literature and major works of literary criticism, social analysis, specialized textbooks, and well-integrated volumes of articles on important subjects dealing with the cultures of China (both the PRC and Taiwan), Japan, Korea (both north and south), and Vietnam.
New German Critique
Region:
Europe
A leading journal of German studies, produced by the Cornell German Studies department, that covers issues ranging from twentieth century social and political theory to film and art.
Southeast Asia Publication Series
Region:
Asia
The Southeast Asia Program publishes a wide variety of scholarly and language texts on topics related to countries in Southeast Asia and makes them available to interested international clientele, academics, the business community, governmental agencies, and non-governmental agencies (NGO's).
Study Abroad
Arts Study Abroad
To prepare graduates for the challenges of international citizenship in the 21st Century, study abroad opportunities are extensive and diverse for students in the College of Arts and Sciences.
