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Clark Center for Global Engagement

James M. Clark Center for Global Engagement

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.

News

Five International Studies Majors (Anne Austin, Layla Myers, Fernanda Fernandez, Asha Younas, and Zachary Biemer) and Two Minors (Joshua Bates and Ginger Gacio) Presented Their Research about their Participation at the 2025 Global Model European Union Conference at the SUNY Global Center in NYC, and on other projects, at the 2025 Transformations Undergraduate Research Conference (see page 2)

May 2, 2025

2024 Global Model European Union SUNY Cortland Representative Emma Efing Received a Fulbright Teaching Award in Spain for 2024-2025

March 12, 2025

Clark Center Council Member, Assistant Professor Wylie Schwartz (Art & Art History Dept.) will co-chair a panel session with her colleague, Dr. Katherine Jackson (Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, Utah Valley University) at the 2025 Nordik Association for Art History Conference in Helsinki, Finland, October 2025

March 5, 2025

Four International Studies Majors and One International Studies Minor Led By Clark Center Council Member Prof. Scott Moranda Represented SUNY Cortland at the 2025 Global Model European Union Conference held at the SUNY Global Center in NYC

February 26, 2025

Coordinator of the Inter-Disciplinary International Studies Major & Minor, Prof. Alexandru Balas, PhD, (Director, Clark Center for Global Engagement) published a book chapter titled "European Union’s Use of the Outermost Regions (ORs) and the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) to Promote Its Geopolitical Interests in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Indian, and Pacific Regions" in the edited volume "EU Geopolitical Actorness in a Changing World" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)

February 26, 2025

Four SUNY Cortland Professors (Chloe Walters, Modern Languages; Kent Johnson, Sociology/Anthropology; Dominick Fantacone, Research and Sponsored Programs Office; and Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy) Won the Erasmus+ KeyAction 1 Faculty/Staff Mobilities to Babes-Bolyai University for the 2025 Calendar Year

February 24, 2025

Three Clark Center Council Members (Prof. Maria Timberlake, Foundations and Social Advocacy; Prof. Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy, and Alexandru Balas, interdisciplinary International Studies major) And Three SUNY Cortland Students Presented Their Research at the Sustainable Development Goals: Confluence of Local, National, and Global Actions International Conference, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India, January 15-17, 2025 (SUNY Cortland Was an Institutional Partner of the Conference)

January 17, 2025

Coordinator of the Inter-Disciplinary International Studies Major & Minor, Prof. Alexandru Balas, PhD, (Director, Clark Center for Global Engagement) published a book chapter titled "Mixing Western and Eastern Medical Practice in the Ottoman Empire: the Adventures of a Transylvanian Doctor in Constantinople, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Iraq (1815–1838)" in the edited volume Travellers in Ottoman Lands II: The Balkans, Anatolia and Beyond. (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2025)

January 10, 2025 

Professor Alexandru Balas, inter-disciplinary International Studies major and minor, published a chapter titled "The European Union’s Role in Addressing Environmental Disputes in Central Asia: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Reluctant 3rd Party" in the edited volume "European Union Governance in Central Asia. A Sectoral Approach" (Routledge, 2025)

January 5, 2025

Coordinator of the Inter-Disciplinary International Studies Major & Minor, Prof. Alexandru Balas, PhD, (Director, Clark Center for Global Engagement) Gave a Presentation Titled "Current Major International Conflicts" At the Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College, Ujire, Karnataka, India 

December 13, 2024

Coordinator of the Inter-Disciplinary International Studies Major & Minor, Prof. Alexandru Balas, PhD, (Director, Clark Center for Global Engagement) Gave an Interview to Romanian Television Channel (TVR Cluj) about Being A Fulbright Scholar, Higher Education in the United States, and Peace and Conflict Resolution at the Global Level

December 12, 2024

Clark Center for Global Engagement Co-Sponsors Panel Overseas Titled "U.S. Elections. Transatlantic Views" Together with Political Science Department at Babes-Bolyai University. Fulbright Scholar and Clark Center Council Member, Prof. Gabriel Leanca, and Clark Center Director and Inter-Disciplinary International Studies Major and Minor Coordinator, Prof. Alexandru Balas (2024-2025 U.S. Fulbright Scholar), are Among the Panelists

November 1, 2024

Coordinator of the Inter-Disciplinary International Studies Major & Minor, Prof. Alexandru Balas, PhD, (Director, Clark Center for Global Engagement) Gave an Interview to Radio Romania International about Peace and Conflict Resolution at the Global Level, on the United Nations Day

October 24, 2024

Clark Center for Global Engagement Council Member, Prof. Patricia Martinez de la Vega Mansilla, Modern Languages, was invited in mid-October 2024 to give several talks (Grit Do You Have It; Dichos y Refranes; Espanol para los Profesiones) at the College of Letters, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, as part of the Erasmus+ KeyAction 1 Faculty & Staff Mobilities Partnership 

October 18. 2024

International Studies Student, Victoria Quick, Acknowledged as Campus Champion

July 18, 2024

Clark Center Director and Coordinator of the Inter-Disciplinary International Studies Major & Minor, Professor Alexandru Balas, PhD, was Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the 2024-2025 Academic Year

July 11, 2024

Clark Center Director and Coordinator of the Inter-Disciplinary International Studies Major & Minor, Professor Alexandru Balas, PhD, served as Global Studies Professor at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany

July 1, 2024

Prof. Hongli Fan, PhD, Modern Languages was Awarded the 2024 Erasmus+ KeyAction 1 Mobility to Anadolu University, Turkey

April 30, 2024

Clark Center Director and Coordinator of the Inter-Disciplinary International Studies Major& Minor, Professor Alexandru Balas, PhD, organized the Model European Union event "EU Digital Policy and Artificial Intelligence" at the "Conflict Resolution from Theory to Practice. An International and Multidisciplinary Approach" European Student Conference (~120 students participated from 16 universities in 8 countries), April 15-16 & 22-26, 2024, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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

Clark Center Director and Coordinator of the Inter-Disciplinary International Studies Major& Minor, Professor Alexandru Balas, PhD, gave the Keynote Speech and organized a panel at the 2024 Crisis Communication and Conflict Resolution Conference, April 17-18, 2024, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

April 17, 2024

International Studies Majors and Minors + History Majors Represented SUNY Cortland at the Global Model European Union Conference in Brussels, Belgium
March 6, 2024

Erasmus+ Key Action 1 Mobility at Anadolu University 
February 19, 2024

Clark Center Director and Coordinator of the International Studies Major & Minor, Prof. Alexandru Balas, published a review of two books about the relations between India and the European Union in the Romanian Journal of Indian Studies, vol.1, no.1, 2023 

September 19, 2023

Clark Center Director, Prof. Alexandru Balas (International Studies), gave a 1h interview for Radio Romania about the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections

November 17, 2022

Clark Center Council member, Prof. Bekeh Ukelina (History), has recently published a book titled Who Owns Africa? Neocolonialism, Investment, and the New Scramble (Leuven University Press, 2022) 

November 10, 2022

Clark Center Director, Prof. Alexandru Balas (International Studies), gave a presentation about the European Union to the Sennightly Literary Club, Homer, NY

November 3, 2022

International Studies (IST) Faculty Advisory Member, Prof. Ben Wodi (Health) has recently published a book titled Global Public Health and Culture (Kendall Hunt, 2022). Prof. Kassim Kone (Sociology/Anthropology) has also contributed to this book.

October 1, 2022

Melissa Alvisi and Jennifer Toribio (International Studies seniors and World First Learning Community alumni) presented a research paper titled "Revising the Belt and Road Initiative: Comparative Analysis Through Policy Recommendations for the Cases of Greece and Italy", at the 20th Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, Scripps College, Claremont, California, April 2022

May 2, 2022

Clark Center Director, Prof. Alexandru Balas, PhD (Coordinator, International Studies) published a book titled Sharing the Burden of Peace (Peter Lang, 2022)

May 1, 2022

Radio Romania interviewed Clark Center Director, Prof. Balas, PhD (International Studies) about the war in Ukraine 

February 24, 2022

Three SUNY Cortland Students and One Recent Graduate Participated in a Global Model European Union Conference 

February 8, 2022

Eight SUNY Cortland Students Represented the University in the Global Model European Union Conference Together with Participants from 24 other Universities in 12 Countries

June 8, 2021

Clark Center Steering Committee Member and Project on Eastern and Central Europe Director, Prof. Moranda, PhD. (History), gave a 45 min. interview about his book, The People's Own Landscape. Nature, Tourism and Dictatorship in East Germany (Univ. of Michigan Press) to the New Books Network

January 29, 2021

Clark Center Director, Prof. Balas, PhD (Coordinator, International Studies), gave a one hour interview to Radio Romania Cultural about the 2020 U.S. elections

November 11, 2020

Clark Center Council Member, Prof. Ukelina, PhD (History), hosted for the New Books Network podcast, Dr. Luke Messac, PhD (Brown University), author of No More To Spend: Neglect and the Construction of Scarcity in Malawi's History of Health Care (Oxford University Press, 2020)

October 18, 2020

Clark Center Director, Prof. Balas, PhD (Coordinator, International Studies), gave a one hour presentation on the topic "Himalayan Rivalry. India-China Relations" at A.V. Kamalamma College for Women, Davangere, Karnataka, India

September 14, 2020

Clark Center Director, Prof. Balas, PhD (Coordinator, International Studies) gave a one hour interview to Radio Romania Cultural about the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S.

June 18, 2020

Previous Clark Center Director, Prof. Sharon Steadman, PhD (Sociology/Anthropology and International Studies) has served as the guest editor of the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies
April 26, 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

Seven International Studies students participate in International Strategic Crisis Exercise "Jammu and Kasmir" at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs 
November 5, 2019

Clark Center Director, Prof. Balas, PhD, presented at the Inaugural Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium at Georgia Institute of Technology 

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2024-2025

Lessons from Literacy Work Overseas. Lecture by Charles Temple, PhD (Emeritus Professor of Educational Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Wednesday, April 9, 2025 @ 4:30pm, Sperry 204

The Invention of Hinduism and Its Influence on Buddhism. Lecture by Dr. Mahalakshmi Ramakrishnan, PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from 1:15pm-2:30pm in Van Hoesen 229

Fulbright Awards. Professors’ Reflections and Student Opportunities. Panelists: Prof. Yomee Lee (Kinesiology), Prof. Paul van der Veur (Communication and Media Studies), Vincent DeTuri (Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences and Fulbright Program Advisor for Students), and Prof. Alexandru Balas (inter-disciplinary International Studies major & minor). Wednesday, March 12, 2025 @ 12-1pm, Corey 209

A Life in History: Refugees, Migrations, and Identities. Latin American Experiences & Beyond. Conversation with Prof. Gigi Peterson, PhD, History Department. Part of the Series Dialogues with your Internationalist Faculty and Staff at SUNY Cortland, Thursday, March 6 @4:30pm in Sperry 106 

What Could I Do with an Interdisciplinary International Studies Major/Minor (IST)? Alumni Panel. Thursday, 2/27 @4:30pm, Moffett 115

U.S. 2024 Elections - Transatlantic Views. Panel Discussion with Gabriel Badescu (Professor and Director, Doctoral School, FSPAC, UBB, 2003-2004 Fulbright Scholar @ University of Maryland); Ian Zuckerman (2024-2025 Fulbright Scholar at University of Bucharest; Associate Professor, Regis University); Gabriel Leanca (2024-2025 Fulbright Scholar at State University of New York in Cortland - SUNY Cortland; Associate Professor, History and International Studies, University of Iasi), and Alexandru Balas (2024-2025 Fulbright Scholar at FSPAC, Babes-Bolyai University; Professor and Coordinator, International Studies & Director, Clark Center for Global Engagement, State University of New York in Cortland - SUNY Cortland), Webex 
 

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

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

1989. Struggle for Democracy. August 30, 2023 @ 4:30pm in Old Main Colloquium. Project coordinator: Rareș Beuran, Lecturer in the Journalism and Digital Media Department, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences at Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. 

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