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Jewish Studies Program

Sonic treasures from Ottoman Jewish Los Angeles

10/22/2019 A&S Communications

… Jewish music culture at Book of J’s performance of “LA Archivera” on Monday, Nov. 11, at 8 pm in Cornell … Latina/o Studies Program … Jewish music culture at Book of J’s performance of “LA Archivera” on Monday, Nov. 11, at 8 pm in Cornell … Sene, a Sephardic Jew from Turkey, began to drive around L.A., picking up unwanted records from other Turkish Jews …

Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Former NYT editor named Distinguished Visiting Journalist

8/25/2025 Cornell Chronicle

… and biographer, has been named the Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist (DVJ) in the College of Arts and … what could be dry history compelling.” The Distinguished Visiting Journalist program is funded through an endowment … Former NYT editor named Distinguished Visiting Journalist …

Study Abroad

Cornell in Turin cited for study of 'model' community center

3/11/2016 Cornell Chronicle

Students and faculty in the Cornell in Turin program were recognized recently for their work in Turin’s San Salvario neighborhood as part of their research studies of migration and services for immigrants in Italy.

2025 New Faculty

New Faculty: Laura Tain Gutierrez

9/1/2025 A&S Communications

… Laura Tain Gutierrez, Romance Studies … Laura Tain Gutierrez Lecturer, Romance Studies Teaching focus: Spanish language and culture Previous positions: Instructor, … and Literatures, The University of Chicago, 2016-2020 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Hispanic and Italian …

Peidong Sun

Distinguished Associate Professor of Arts & Sciences in China and Asia-Pacific Studies, Associate Professor of History
History

… History at Cornell University, Nov., 2021-Present Digital Visiting Professor, Institute of Sinology, Heidelberg … Sociology, East China University of Political Sciences and Law, Jul., 2010-Jun., 2013 Assistant Professor, Department …

Jewish Studies

Holocaust Memorial Museum curator to visit Ithaca

3/13/2019 A&S Communications

… Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington DC, will visit Ithaca March 24-25. The visit is hosted by the Ithaca Descendants of Holocaust … Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington DC, will visit Ithaca March 24-25. The visit is hosted by the Ithaca …

"I appreciated the down-to-earth quality of people even at the top of their fields."

… AK Why did you choose Cornell? I was fortunate enough to visit Cornell my junior year of high school and really loved … Learning the piano and writing a novel are still on the to-do list as well. In 10 years? Hopefully on a beach or a …

Arts Unplugged

Composer Michael Abels, famous for work on Jordan Peele films, to visit March 6-7

2/4/2026 A&S Communications

Events include film screenings, panel discussions and a concert by the Barbara & Richard T. Silver Wind Symphony.

Lumpy, tawny, textured surface with one smooth bead embedded in it — Kelly Presutti/Provided Ferrous agglomeration with porcelain shards and a French trading bead, 1788–2003. Musée Maritime de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, LAP.030.52

History of Art and Visual Studies

Objects from famous shipwreck tell deeper stories

10/22/2025 A&S Communications

La Pérouse’s expedition, wrecked in 1788, was intended to rival those of British explorer Captain James Cook and to bring the French renown in scientific knowledge. Through the visual materials related to the voyage and its wreck, Kelly Presutti tells a larger story about the enterprise of empire.

Anthropology

Book examines Black Jewish indigeneity in South Africa

10/28/2020 Cornell Chronicle

… people. He also conducted interviews with Lemba leaders. F.C. Raulinga, a Lemba historian and longtime general …

Music

Ensemble-in-residence loadbang performs April 15

3/31/2023 A&S Communications

… a unique instrumentation of trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and baritone voice, loadbang headlines a week of … of Music welcomes chamber group loadbang for their second visit to campus as the Steven Stucky Memorial Residency for … feature world premieres of new works by Cornell composers Laura Cetilia, Coral Douglas, Seare Farhat, and Matias de …

Four people stand in front of a building, wearing dress coats and hats — Provided by the family of Dr. Edward Hart Martin Luther King Jr. and colleagues stand outside Anabel Taylor Hall on Nov. 13, 1960, during King’s first visit to Ithaca. Left to right: Kenneth Hagood ’60, a Cornell student organizer; Martin Luther King Jr.; the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a co-founder with King of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Dr. Edward Hart, an Ithaca ophthalmologist and chair of the Cornell Committee Against Segregation.

Africana Studies and Research Center

MLK's 1960s visits to Cornell still resonate today

1/12/2023 Cornell Chronicle

… King’s historic visit on Nov. 13, 1960, and a second, on April 14, 1961, … United Religious Work (CURW). King confirmed his Cornell visit in a letter typed on heavy stationery, with his name … of CURW, in a 2004 Cornell Chronicle article on King’s visits to Cornell . “Just a few weeks prior to King’s visit, …

A.D. White Professors

A.D. White Professors are named; fall visits announced

9/6/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… scientists serving six-year terms. In addition, three full visits by current A.D. White Professors have been scheduled … dual-campus visit in program history. And three “mini” visits are scheduled: Beckles (Sept. 16); sociolinguist John … A.D. White Professors are named; fall visits announced …

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Cornell Tech faculty team visit campus

3/19/2020 Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

… faculty director of the Milstein Program at Cornell Tech, visited campus with other Cornell Tech educators in February … faculty director of the Milstein Program at Cornell Tech, visited campus with other Cornell Tech educators in February … Cornell Tech faculty team visit campus …

Latina/o Studies

Artist and activist Melanie Cervantes to visit Cornell

3/7/2017 A&S Communications

… Melanie Cervantes' visit has been cancelled. The lunch will take place, without … Melanie Cervantes' visit has been cancelled. The lunch will take place, without … Rebelde will be held. "Art in Action,” the weeklong campus visit of artist and activist Melanie Cervantes, will feature …