Global Freedom of Expression

Cornell University is running a yearlong exploration of freedom of expression. The Indispensable Condition: Freedom of Expression at Cornell theme has particular significance for international research and teaching and for members of Cornell’s international community.

This year, Global Cornell will host events and discussions dedicated to exploring critical issues related to free expression, academic freedom, scholarship, and global collaboration. We hope you will join us for these important conversations.

News

For Threatened Artists, Free Expression is Political and Personal

A panel featuring threatened artists from Nicaragua and Afghanistan kicked off Global Cornell’s contribution to this year’s campuswide freedom of expression theme.

• Pedro X. Molina, Nicaraguan political cartoonist
• Khadija Monis ’24, Afghan poet
• Sharifa “Elja” Sharifi, Afghan artist
• Rachel Beatty Riedl, Einaudi Center director, moderator

Read the story in the Cornell Chronicle.

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Upcoming Events

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N. K. Jemisin: Building Our World Better

Oct 04

5:30 pm, Cornell University, Rhodes Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall

Bartels World Affairs Lecture Fantasy author N. K. Jemisin discusses how she learned to build unreal worlds by studying our own—and how we might in turn imagine a better future for our world, and reshape it to fit that dream.

Truth, Lies, and Literature: Sergio Ramírez and Pedro X. Molina in Conversation

Oct 15

2:00 pm

Two of Latin America’s most forceful dissident voices will explore the power and limits of fiction and other forms of creative expression in a public online conversation organized by Ithaca City of Asylum and co-hosted by the Latin American and…

David Cortright: Impacts of Peace Movements on Policy

Nov 13

5:00 pm, Physical Sciences Building, 120

Politics and Protest: Historical, Sociological, and Political Perspectives

Covering Muslims: American Newspapers in Comparative Perspective

Nov 16

4:30 pm, Goldwin Smith Hall, 236

Talk by Erik Bleich

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Recent Events

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Politics, Art, and Free Expression

Sep 22

3:30 pm, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art - Cornell University, Wing Lecture Room, Floor 2L

Artistic freedom is a fundamental democratic right. Creative expression, from poetry to street art, theater, and literature, is often at the vanguard of political resistance and change, and so artists are some of the first to be silenced.

What Remains: Documentary Work and Analysis of Terror, Extrajudicial Killings and Community

Sep 19

12:20 pm, Uris Hall, G08

Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS) Seminar Series, Co-sponsored by: Romance Studies & Department of Performance & Media Studies

Churan Zheng: Unleashing the Power of Feminist Activism in China

Sep 18

4:45 pm, Goldwin Smith Hall, GSH64 Kaufman Auditorium

In the past decade, China's grassroots feminist movement, primarily led by young women, has brought about transformative changes to various gender-discriminatory policies in the country.

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Scholars Under Threat 

Discover how Global Cornell supports international scholars, students, critics, artists, and journalists whose work puts them at risk in their home countries. We offer refuge and resources by creating space for free expression and scholarship. Learn more about Supporting Scholars Under Threat.