Events
Art & Write Night (Special Edition)
Friday, November 7, 2025 4:30pm to 8:00pm
Special Art & Write Night, extended hours, starting outdoors.
Public Lecture: Entangled Ecologies: Memory, Place, and the Camellia Forests of Jeju
Thursday, November 13, 2025 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Drawing on ethnographic research with Jeju villagers, conservationists, and environmental activists, Dr. Jeongsu Shin, LB Korean Studies postdoctoral associate in the East Asia Program at Cornell University, will explore how memory, ecology, and place intertwine in Jeju’s Giving Forest.
Food Around the World
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
The Food Studies Group, a promising new initiative supported by International Programs, will host its first event, Food Around the World, on Wednesday, November 19, from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Culture Bites Cafe, room 120 of Phillips Hall. Free and open to all students, this event invites attendees to explore global cultures through one of our greatest connectors—food.
Study Abroad Faculty-led Program Information Session: Iowa Hispanic Institute
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Learn more about this faculty-led program designed to improve your written and spoken Spanish and enhance your understanding of Spanish culture and life in Spain.
Public Lecture: Post-border Poetics: North Korean Refugees and Politics of Narratives
Thursday, February 5, 2026 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Dr. Eun Ah Cho, assistant professor of Korean language and culture in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Kansas, will examine how North Korean female refugees’ narratives against the established images and stereotypical stories that have shaped their representation.