The purpose of the Clark Center for Global Engagement is to advance international education, service and scholarship on the SUNY Cortland campus; to provide an integrated framework to organize and promote all aspects of international education, service and scholarship; and to promote a full appreciation of and involvement with the global community. The center shall be concerned with both on-campus and off-campus, academic and non-academic programs.
November 1, 2024
October 24, 2024
October 18. 2024
International Studies Student, Victoria Quick, Acknowledged as Campus Champion
July 18, 2024
July 11, 2024
July 1, 2024
Prof. Hongli Fan, PhD, Modern Languages was Awarded the 2024 Erasmus+ KeyAction 1 Mobility to Anadolu University, Turkey
April 30, 2024
April 29, 2024
Five SUNY Cortland Faculty and Staff Members (Prof. Scott Moranda, PhD, History; Prof. Genevieve Birren, PhD, Sport Management; Brian Jirout, Library; Hugh Anderson, International Programs Office; and Prof. Patricia Martinez de la Vega Mansilla, Modern Languages) Were Awarded the Erasmus+ KeyAction 1 Mobilities for 2024&2025 to Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
April 24, 2024
April 17, 2024
Erasmus+ Key Action 1 Mobility at Anadolu University
February 19, 2024
September 19, 2023
November 17, 2022
November 10, 2022
November 3, 2022
October 1, 2022
May 2, 2022
May 1, 2022
February 24, 2022
February 8, 2022
June 8, 2021
January 29, 2021
November 11, 2020
October 18, 2020
September 14, 2020
June 18, 2020
Eight SUNY Cortland students represented the university in the 33rd SUNY Model European Union Conference in Brussels, Belgium
March 15, 2020
Clark Center Director, Prof. Balas, PhD (Coordinator, International Studies) gave several public lectures in Karnataka, India in January 2020
February 15, 2020
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International Relations and Military Occupations: France in the Morea and Russia in Moldavia and Wallachia (1828-1834), Lecture by Gabriel Leanca, Fulbright Scholar, University of Iasi, Thursday, November 7, 2024 @ 11:40am, Moffett 131
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Populism, Sustainable Governance and Development: the Case of Romania. Lecture by Gabriel Leanca, Fulbright Scholar, University of Iasi, Wednesday, October 30, 2024 @ 11:30am, VanHoesen B-0225
Secrets of Traditional Art. Folk Art Challenges: Mithila Art in India. Lecture by Shalinee Kumari, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India, Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. in Moffett Center 116 (followed by Mithila Art workshop in Moffett 115 at 6:30 p.m.)
Tai Chi Workshop, Led by Tai Chi Grandmaster Dr. Jesse Tsao, Saturday, October 19, 2024, 9:30 AM – 4:30 pm (Box Lunch Included), Park Center 2218 (Students Free. SUNY Cortland Faculty and Staff $80. Non-SUNY Cortland $120. Pre-registration required. For registration and additional information, please contact: Dr. Andy Fitz-Gibbon at Andrew.fitz-gibbon@cortland.edu)
The Healing Breath: Tai Chi and Qigong for Vitality, Lecture by Tai Chi Grandmaster Dr. Jesse Tsao, Friday, October 18, 2024, at 7pm, Sperry 205
Meet & Greet – with AMDAE Self-Help Association For The Comprehensive Development and Entrepreneurship of Afro-Colombians (AMDAE) & Members of the Afro-Colombian Music Collective "Roots of the Mangrove Without Borders", Wednesday Sept. 16, 12-1:30 pm Old Main 127
Language, History and Identity: Acadian Communities in Francophone Canada, Lecture by Anca Cristina Petras, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures; Director, Center for Canadian Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Wed. Sept. 16 @ 11:30am in VanHoesen B-0225
Transition from Communism in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to European Union Integration, Lecture by Andreea-Irina Stretea, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University, Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 11:40 a.m. in Moffett Center 131
Enhancing Trust in News Through Media Education, Lecture by Cristina Nistor, PhD, Associate Professor, Journalism and Digital Media Department, College of Political, Administrative, and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. in Van Hoesen B-0225
Global Cortland Reception, Old Main, Fowler '52 Grand Entrance, Tuesday, August 27, 2024
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2023-2024
Transition to “Green Economy” in Fragile States, Lecture by Sameer Hairan, Sustainability Scholar-in-Residence, Clark Center for Global Engagement, SUNY Cortland, April 3 @ 4:30pm, Sperry 104
In the Footsteps of Sir Samuel and Lady Florence Baker, March 22nd @ 9am & @ 10:20am, Old Main 209, Lecture by Jacki-Hill Murphy, PhD, University of Westminster (Int. Fellow of The Explorers Club NY, the SES (Scientific Explorers Society) and the RASBJ (Royal Asiatic Society of Beijing)
One Hundred and Fifty Years of Women Adventuring Around the World, March 21st @4:30pm, Sperry 106, Lecture by Jacki-Hill Murphy, PhD, University of Westminster (Int. Fellow of The Explorers Club NY, the SES (Scientific Explorers Society) and the RASBJ (Royal Asiatic Society of Beijing)
“A World in Turmoil” – A Conversation; Panel Discussion with SUNY Cortland Faculty and Students – March 19, 4:30pm, Moffett 115 •Prof Juan Diego Prieto (Political Science) - Haiti, Ecuador, Venezuela-Guyana •Prof Danielle Candelora (History) - Israel-Palestine, Yemen •Muhammad Ali (Conflict Resolution Scholar, Pakistan) - Pakistan-Iran, Kashmir •Prof. Mason Kim (Political Science) - Myanmar (Burma), Peoples’ Republic of China vs. Republic of China (Taiwan) •Prof. Girish Bhat (History) - Ukraine-Russia; NATO-Russia • Moderator: Prof. Alex Balas (International Studies – a major & minor on campus)
Security Conundrum in the Sahara: The Tragic Trajectory of the World’s Largest Desert. February 14@noon via Webex. Lecture by Berny Sèbe, Associate Professor in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, University of Birmingham.
February 22 @ 4:30pm in Sperry 104. Conversation with John Jones, PhD, Assistant Professor, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, SUNY Cortland. Part of the Series Dialogues with Your Internationalist Faculty and Staff and SUNY Cortland
India’s Soft Power: Challenges and Prospect. November 15 @ 10:30am Van Hoesen B-229. Lecture by Rose Veera D’Souza, PhD (Dean of Arts Faculty & Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India)
Women in India's Emerging ‘Ecological Public’. November 16 @ 2:50pm Van Hoesen B-136. Lecture by Rose Veera D’Souza, PhD (Dean of Arts Faculty & Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India)
Travel Tips from a Wandering Scholar Who Has Visited Almost Every Country in the World. November 8 @ 4:30pm. Conversation with Jeremy Jimenez, PhD, Associate Professor, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, SUNY Cortland. Part of the Series Dialogues with Your Internationalist Faculty and Staff and SUNY Cortland
The Discourses of the Elders: A Panel Discussion. September 25 @ 5:00 pm Old Main Colloquium. Panelists: Sebastian Purcell, and Andrew Fitzgibbon, Philosophy and Sofía Ortiz-Hinojosa, Vassar College. Discusses Dr. Purcell’s recent book which compiles and translates Nahuatl philosophy. Sponsors: Clark Center for Global Engagement
Thirty Years Post Genocide in Bosnia. September 15 @ 7pm in Corey Union Exhibition Lounge. Lecture by Dina Radjelas, PhD, Associate Professor, Mohawk Valley Community College
Global Cortland Reception. September 13@4:30pm. Dowd Arts Gallery
International Education: Past, Present, and Future in Transylvania. September 13 @ 11:30am in Van Hoesen B-0229. Lecture by Carmen Tagsorean, PhD, Head of Office, International Students and Mobilities, Center for International Cooperation, Babes-Bolyai University
Director
Alexandru Balas, PhD
Professor and Coordinator
Inter-Disciplinary International Studies Major & Minor
Alexandru.Balas@cortland.edu
About Prof. Balas
Sue Pettitt
Administrative Assistant
Clark Center for Global Engagement
Old Main, 122
Phone: 607-753-2250
Fax:607-753-5694
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