Events
 
                  Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) - Study Abroad Scholarship - Writing Workshop
                  Tuesday, November 4, 2025 3:30pm to 5:30pm
                
                                                                    
                                    The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) is a fully funded program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. It sends undergraduate and graduate students abroad for eight weeks of intensive language learning and cultural immersion.
      
                         
                  Pecha Kucha - Glocal at Iowa
                  Friday, November 7, 2025 11:30am to 12:30pm
                
                                                                    
                                    Using the fast-paced and visually engaging Pecha Kucha format—meaning “chit-chat” in Japanese—five student speakers will share their most meaningful “glocal” experiences in six-minute presentations composed of 20 timed slides. 
      
                         
                  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.