The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/guest_speaker/)
Gabrielle Foreman, a professor of American literature and African American studies at Penn State University, to give a talk at Cornell discussing preserving the history of 19th-century Black political organizing.
A professor of political science at the University of Victoria, Amy Verdun, will give a lecture on Feb. 22 about the European single market’s use on the geopolitical stage.
On Mar. 22, author and current chief-of-staff to Hillary Clinton Huma Abedin will speak about politics and her new memoir, “Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds” at an event hosted by Cornell’s Institute of Politics and Global Affairs.
The new David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement shared its plans and the importance of applied learning in a virtual Monday event.
In the 2021 convocation speech on Friday, bestselling author Roxane Gay encouraged graduates to ardently pursue their dreams throughout their lives.
“The Cornell Republicans are bringing Stephen Moore because we believe he can provide an important and unique perspective on the administration’s economic policy,” Michael Johns ’20 said about inviting the Federal Reserve Board nominee.
Prof. Christopher Newfield M.A. ’84 Ph.D. ’88, Literature and American studies from University of California, Santa Barbara discussed the consequences of solely STEM educations. Instead, he urged the incorporation of humanities into all fields of education.
“The [United Nations] has grown very big. A lot of people think it is too large; it is different to different people, much like the proverbial elephant to the three blind men,” began Lakhdar Brahimi, former U.N. special advisor and Cornell A.D. White Professor-at-Large. Yesterday evening, he addressed a crowded lecture hall about the progress and shortcomings of the U.N. as a humanitarian and peacekeeping force in the world.
Judge Ra’id Juhi Hamadi al-Saedi lectured about the vast problems with the debaathification committee in Iraq yesterday afternoon. Juhi is Cornell Law School’s first Clark Middle Eastern Fellow; he is known for indicting Saddam Hussein in 2004.
Debaathification, which began with the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, refers to the process of ridding Iraq of all Baath supporters; in other words, all Saddam Hussein supporters.
“Human rights are meant to be of universal application,” said Hon. Louise Arbour, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In her lecture, “Human Rights for All: Beyond our Reach?” Arbour spoke to a diverse group of students and members of the public last night about current threats to the universality of human rights.
“The principle of universality itself is now under attack,” said Arbour, who recently resigned from her post at the U.N. having served since 2004.
Dec. 10 will mark the 60-year anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Arbour described as, “one of the most important secular documents in human history.”