Boston University’s Fifth Annual International Education Week (IEW) takes place November 14-18, 2016. All departments, cultural centers, student organizations, and groups are invited to take part. IEW is a joint initiative of the U.S. Departments of State and Education and is celebrated in more than 100 countries worldwide.

During IEW, we would love for you to share your IEW experiences with us. Tag your Instagram photos with #BUIEW16 to be reposted. Also be sure to follow @buglobalprograms.

Global Conversations

• Monday, November 14 (12:00pm – 1:30pm): Global Walls 
  • Register to attend
• Wednesday, November 16 (12:00pm – 1:30pm): Study Abroad: Gateway to Your Career
  • Register to attend
• Thursday, November 17 (5:00pm – 6:30pm): US Presidential Election: Perspectives from Abroad
  • Register to attend

Global Health Symposium

• Thursday, November 17 (9:00am – 1:00pm)
  • Register to attend

Events week prior

Monday, November 7

• 7:30pm: Film launch party – Mekonen 

Thursday, November 10

• 5:00pm: CECAM summer internship meeting

IEW Events November 14-18

Monday, November 14

• 12:00pm: Global Conversation: Global Walls
• 12:00pm: Panel Presentation: Social Work’s Response to Gender Based Violence and trauma among immigrants and refugees and Experiences from Participants of the BRIDGE Program
• 1:00pm: Avoiding Plagiarism
• 1:00pm: TED Talk Discussion: Legal Reform in the U.S. and Foreign Jurisdictions
• 2:00pm: Habits for Resilience & Stress Management with FSAO and PDPA
• 3:30pm: BUCSA Film Festival, Leaving Home: Asians Venture Into the World: Turkish-German Film
• 4:00pm: Sociology of Culture Class
• 4:00pm: Career Search Tips Panel for International Students & Networking Reception
• 5:00pm: Pursuing a Diplomatic Career
• 5:30pm: Sydney Study Abroad Program Reunion
• 6:00pm: Tango Basics
• 7:00pm: Looking China Short Documentary Films
• 7:15pm: Tango Musicality
• 7:30pm: Borges Buenos Aires Tango Poetry

Tuesday, November 15

• 8:30am: Taste the World Breakfast (for Questrom faculty and staff only)
• 9:30am: Korean Megachurches and World Mission
• 3:30pm: BUCSA Film Festival, Leaving Home: Asians Venture Into the World: Korean Film
• 4:00pm: An American Thanksgiving Celebration
• 4:00pm: Sociology of Mental Illness Class 
• 4:00pm: Recovering a Society from a Dictatorship Through Music
• 4:30pm: Beyond the Headlines: U.S. Election: The World Reacts
• 6:00pm: Pardee Graduate School Information Session
• 6:00pm: Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey
• 6:00pm: Global Dinner Club: Comfort Foods
• 6:00pm: Italian Artist Ezio Gribaudo: From Typographical Industry to Pinocchio – With Victoria Surliuga, PhD
• 7:00pm: The Second Coming of Joan of Arc
• 7:00pm: Diaries of War: Fragments of Anguish and Insight from Leningrad, 1941-1944

Wednesday, November 16

• 10:00am: Around the World in a Bulletin Board
• 10:30am: Conversations with former Peace Corps Volunteers
• 11:00am: BU Abroad 101
• 12:00pm: Archaeology ‘Brown Bag’ Series Lecture: “The Viking Age Settlement of Iceland: The Advantages of Being First”
• 12:00pm: BU Abroad Money Matters
• 12:00pm: Global Conversation Study Abroad: Gateway to Your Career
• 2:00pm: After the American Elections
• 3:30pm: BUCSA Film Festival, Leaving Home: Asians Venture Into the World: Workshop
• 4:00pm: Office of Undergraduate Admissions Open House
• 4:00pm: Taste of Study Abroad
• 4:20pm: Law & Economics Seminar, Yun-Chien Chang, Associate Research Professor
• 5:00pm: Funded Internship Programs 101
• 5:00pm: Ride Around the World
• 6:00pm: Dessert Reception for International Scholars (For BU International Scholars only)
• 6:00pm: Marine Semester Information Session
• 6:00pm: Hospitality Around the World
• 6:00pm: Bhutan: The Intersection of Climate Change and Health

Thursday, November 17

• 9:00am: Global Health Symposium
• 3:30pm: BUCSA Film Festival, Leaving Home: Asians Venture Into the World: Japanese Film
• 4:00pm: Global Gobble
• 4:00pm: Abroad in Africa: An Introduction to Study Programs Across Africa
• 4:00pm: Travel the World with CELOP
• 5:00pm: South China Sea: Hague and Aftermath
• 5:00pm: BU Abroad 101
• 5:00pm: The US Presidential Election: Perspectives from Abroad
• 5:15pm: BUCSA New England Asia Seminar: South China Sea: Hague and Aftermath
• 6:00pm: BU Abroad Money Matters
• 6:00pm: Flavors of Anatolia
• 7:00pm: The Wake Up Experience
• 7:30pm: She’s the First Presents: A Path Appears

Friday, November 18

• 12:00pm: ISIS Crisis and the Broken Politics of the Middle East
• 1:30pm: Women in the Workforce: Perspectives of Emerging Global Leaders at BU
• 3:30pm: Conversations with Former Peace Corps Volunteers
• 5:00pm: BU Men’s Basketball Tailgate 
• 6:00pm: BU Men’s Basketball Game
• 6:00pm: School of Public Health ISO Cultural Show

Ongoing

• Exhibit, Peace Corps 55 Years of Global Engagement
• Dress + Design: Clothes, Jewelry, and Textiles from Peru to Japan
• Turkish Art Festival

Off-Campus Events

Wednesday, November 16

• 2:00pm: After the American Elections (Please note: event will be held in Italy)