November 13-17, 2023
International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of State is part of their efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and to attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn and exchange experiences.
Notre Dame Global is proud to partner with campus units and student organizations to curate enriching experiences that nurture intercultural curiosity, cultivate global citizenship, and celebrate the richness of the Notre Dame community. This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your cultural perspective by sharing with and learning from others.
For a closer look at events during IEW week, view the calendar below. To view a series of engaging IEW-themed events throughout November, click here. Please click event titles for full details.
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Schedule of Events
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MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 17 |
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9:00-10:15am
4:00-5:00pm 5:00pm |
8:30-9:30am
6:30-7:30pm 7:00-8:30pm 7:00-8:00pm |
3:45-4:45pm 7:00pm |
9:00-10:15am
11:00am-12:00pm 12:00-5:00pm 6:00-8:30pm |
3:30-5:00pm 6:30pm |
Event Information
November 13-17
Dome Cooked Meals
Co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Life and International Student and Scholar Affairs
Dome Cooked Meals highlights cuisine from around the world, made by ND grad students to be featured throughout November and December. Students record and share themselves preparing their favorite dish from their hometown or country. The top 10 meals will be picked to feature across International Education Week (11/13-11/17) and into December! Follow ND Global on Instagram to feast your eyes on the recordings of these global flavors!
Interested in submitting a video?
Fill out this form to submit your meal by November 8th. We will pay for your ingredients (up to $50).
Monday, November 13
Ukraine Catholic University-University of Notre Dame Research Colloquium I
Time: 9:00 - 10:15am
Location: via Zoom
Event hosted by NDG; Invitation only event
One of a series of 2 colloquia that will bring together (virtually) recipients of the ND-UCU Faculty Collaboration grantto discuss their research. It will be moderated by Volodymyr Turchynovskyy, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Ukraine Catholic University.
International Graduate Student Support Space
Time: 4:00 - 5:00pm
Location: Room 314 3rd Floor - Saint Liam Hall
Event hosted by UCC; Open to all graduate students
This confidential group is designed to focus on personal growth with concentration on mutual support, self-exploration, self-expression, and interpersonal relationships. Empowering students to balance multiple roles and adjusting to a new culture. This group will also provide educational information to help them cope with common challenges that include but are not limited to homesickness, discrimination, connecting with others, cross-cultural tension and difficulty adjusting to cultural norms that might not be their own.
"Breaking Bread, Breaking Barriers" with NDG Senior Fellows
Time: 5:00 - 6:30pm
Location: Remick Commons
Registration: RSVP here (deadline to RSVP is Wednesday, November 8)
Event hosted by NDG; Open to all undergraduate students
An opportunity for undergraduate students to come and have a meal and some meaningful conversations about cultural differences and cultural curiosity with our outstanding Senior Fellows.
Tuesday, November 14
Fall International Scholars Breakfast
Time: 8:30 - 9:30am
Location: Coleman-Morse Center, First Floor Student Lounge
Event hosted by ISSA; Invitation only event
This breakfast will be a time to meet other international visiting scholars across campus, make connections, get to know the NDG Faculty and Staff members, and build community.
Quechua Mini-Course
Time: 5:00 - 6:00pm
Location: Kellogg Commons (Room 130)
Event hosted by CSLC; Open to everyone
Whether you've been hoping to learn Quechua for years or whether this is the first time you're hearing of the indigenous Andean language being offered at ND: this is your chance to try it out! Our visiting Fulbright instructor, Dayana Velásquez, will be leading 3 weekly FREE classes to give you an introduction to the Quechua language.
POP UP: Argentine Tango
Time: 6:30-7:30pm
Location: Room 205, Rockne Memorial
Registration: Register here
Hosted by RecSports; Open to people affiliated with ND and their spouses
Come to learn Argentine Tango - This class will teach you all essential elements of the tango technique: walk/caminata, baldoza, 8-count basic to the cross, and interpreting music. Open to all levels, both couples and singles are welcome: Get social and come dance with us!
Portuguese Language Table
Time: 7:00 - 8:30pm
Location: 106 Bond Hall
Event hosted by CSLC; Open to everyone
Join us and learn about different musical genres played in Portuguese-speaking countries across the world (Kizomba from Angola and Samba/Pagode from Brazil).
Irish Language Table
Time: 7:00 - 8:00pm
Location: 334 Bond Hall
Event hosted by CSLC; Open to everyone
Irish language conversation table! Discover more about the language and culture of Ireland & meet new people! Everyone is welcome - bígí linn!
Wednesday, November 15
International Undergraduate Student Support Space
Time: 3:45 - 4:45pm
Location: LaFortune McNeill Room (Room 116)
Event hosted by UCC; Undergraduate students only
This is a weekly open space for undergraduate international students. This group aims to promote a safe space where students can discuss concerns and issues arising from being international students. Some topics may include, but are not limited to, cultural identity, homesickness, acculturation, isolation, social support, and other important aspects of their life. Students have the opportunity to receive mutual support, form meaningful connections, and learn ways to foster resilience and self-care. This is an open group, and students are free to attend any session selectively when they have time. There is no pressure or obligation to attend every single session.
International Sporting Night: Women's Basketball v.s. Northwestern
Time: Game starts at 7:00pm
Location: Purcell Pavilion
Registration: Sign-up here (limited tickets available)
Hosted by ISSA & ND Athletics; Open to international scholars, graduate students, and their family members
Attention International scholars, graduate students, and their family members - Do you enjoy basketball? Join the International communities during International Education Week for a night out at the Purcell Pavilion at Joyce Center cheering our very own Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the Northwestern Wildcats. Sign up below (Limited Tickets available) and we will see you Wednesday, Nov 15 @630pm! Bring your Game night cheer on!
Nanovic Film Series: The Beasts
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Browning Cinema
Registration: Free but ticketed
Hosted by Nanovic Institute for European Studies; Open to everyone
Winner of 9 Goyas (Spain's equivalent of the Academy Awards) including Best Picture, this intimate, haunting true-crime drama that's part noir thriller and part social realism is set in a Galician farming village (the "wild west" of Spain), a region that's as sweepingly idyllic as it is economically depressed. A bourgeois, expatriate French couple (Marina Foïs and Denis Ménochet), committed to organic farming, settles uneasily among the poor Spanish farmers who've struggled for generations to earn a living from this land. They clash over whether to sell their land to foreign interests who've offered fast money to develop wind power. Two glowering brothers take on the idealistic pair.
Thursday, November 16
Ukraine Catholic University-University of Notre Dame Research Colloquium II
Time: 9:00 - 10:15am
Location: via Zoom
Event hosted by NDG; Invitation only event
One of a series of 2 colloquia that will bring together (virtually) recipients of the ND-UCU Faculty Collaboration grantto discuss their research. It will be moderated by Volodymyr Turchynovskyy, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Ukraine Catholic University.
Name Pronunciation Workshop: Hindi
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Virtual (registration required)
Registration: Zoom registration
Hosted by CSLC & ISSA; Open to everyone
Many of us struggle to pronounce names that sound foreign to us and attempting to do so can make us feel uncomfortable or nervous. In such a situation, we may ask use another "easier" name, a nickname, or even avoid addressing the person at all. Unfortunately, doing so can lead to the person feeling invalidated, excluded, and otherized.
This workshop aims to help participants develop understanding and empathy for our peers, students, and ourselves. By the end of the hour, you'll have new context to make meaning of naming phenomena, tangible linguistic knowledge and skills to help you more confidently and accurately pronounce Hindi names, and some take away resources for you to continue to practice on your own.
NDG Global Engagement Symposium
Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: 200 Main Building
Hosted by NDG; Open to everyone
The Global Engagement Symposium celebrates and showcases the multitude of ways students are engaging with local communities around the world through research, service learning, internships, and professional experiences. Student presentations will highlight the impact and new perspectives gained from their intercultural and experiential learning abroad. Coffee and refreshments will be served.
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International Community Night
Time: 6:00 - 8:30pm
Location: Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, 2nd floor, LaFortune Student Center
Registration: Register here (register by Sunday, November 12; Limited spots available)
Hosted by NDG; Open to everyone
Join us for an exciting evening of international food, music, and games, as we bring together international and domestic students to strengthen connections and cultivate a global community.
Learning Beyond the Classics: Graves Without a Name
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Browning Cinema
Registration: Free but ticketed
Co-presented by the Department of American Studies, Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, and the David A. Heskin and Marilou Brill Endowment for Excellence; Open to everyone
After The Missing Picture (Un Certain Regard winner 2013 and Oscar nominee for the Best Foreign Language Film in 2013) and Exile, Rithy Panh continues his personal and spiritual exploration. While his other works have analyzed the mechanisms of the crime, Graves Without a Name searches for a path to peace.
When a thirteen-year-old child, who lost the greater part of his family under the Khmer Rouge, embarks on a search for their graves, whether clay or on spiritual ground, what does he find there? And above all, what is he looking for? Spectral trees? Villages defaced beyond recognition? Witnesses who are reluctant to speak? The ethereal touch of a brother or sister's body as the night approaches? A cinematic movie that reaches well beyond the story of a country for that which is universal.
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Friday, November 17
Lecture: "Bad Bridget" with Dr Elaine Farrell and Dr Leanne McCormick
Time: 3:30 - 5:00pm
Location: Oak Room, South Dining Hall
Hosted by Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies; Open to everyone
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Elaine Farrell and Dr. Leanne McCormick to campus as they discuss their research and book on Irish women in America, Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem, and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women.
Dr. Farrell and Dr. McCormick, the authors of the bestselling and acclaimed book, Bad Bridget, and the creators of the celebrated 'Bad Bridget' podcast, have unearthed a world in which Irish women actually outnumbered Irish men in prison, in which you could get locked up for 'stubbornness', and in which a serial killer called Lizzie Halliday was described by the New York Times as 'the worst woman on earth'. They reveal the social forces that bred this mayhem and dysfunction, through stories that are brilliantly strange, sometimes funny, and often moving. From sex workers and thieves to kidnappers and killers, these Bridgets are young women who have gone from the frying pan of their impoverished homeland to the fire of vast North American cities. Hosted by Keough Naughton Institute for Irish Studies.
International Sporting Night: Women's Volleyball v.s. Wake Forest
Time: Match starts at 6:30pm
Location: Purcell Pavilion
Registration: Sign-up here
Hosted by ISSA & ND Athletics; Open to international scholars, graduate students, and their family members
International scholars, graduate students, and their family members: Join us as we wrap up International Education Week with our very own Fighting Irish Women’s Volleyball Senior Night as we honor the players in the graduating class. Admission is Free! Also, the First 500 fans in attendance will receive a “Beat Wake Forest” button! See y’all Friday, Nov 17 vs. Wake Forest at 630pm at Purcell Pavilion -Joyce Center!