All students are invited to attend events and programs around campus that celebrate global cultures and traditions through the arts and academics, join informational sessions on studying abroad and engage with scholars discussing relevant international topics.
Click on each event listing below for more information, including registration instructions (if required).
*RSVP required
Saturday – November 11, 2023
Diwali, hosted by USC’s Association of Indian Students and Hindu Student Organization
Celebrating the festival of lights, Diwali, with music, dance and delicious food.
TCC Ballroom
6 pm – 10 pm
Sunday – November 12, 2023
International Fitness Expo
Join us for free gear, contests, and 15 minute demo fitness classes! Ft. Girl Gains, Barbell Club, SoFiit. Brought to you by: Amazon and Nirsa
No preregistration required. USC Students only. Free gear while supplies last.
Lyon Center | 11 am – 1 pm
Village Fitness Center | 2 pm – 4 pm
Monday – November 13, 2023
Opening Ceremony
USC will kickstart International Education Week with an Opening Ceremony. Come join in the celebration with performances by Kazan Taiko, USC Zehar Bollywood Fusion and Samba2Love.
Hahn Plaza: Tommy Trojan
12 pm – 1 pm
Armenian Studies: A Hidden Gem at USC
Stop by the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies for an opportunity to explore the contemporary Armenian experience across cultures and academic disciplines. Meet our staff, learn about our research programs, travel the world to research Armenia or Armenian Studies with the help of our Tufenkian Travel Scholarship, get to know our student workers, check out our podcast studio, and learn about the impressive list of scholars, educators, authors, artists, and changemakers who have taken part in our world-class programming. Explore our library and rich archival collection while listening to rare vinyls of diaspora music and sampling traditional Armenian cuisine.
DMC 351
11 am – 3 pm
Six Memos for the Anthropocene, Serenella Iovino
On the occasion of the Centennial Celebrations of writer Italo Calvino (1923 – 1985), an English-language lecture by Serenella Iovino, Professor of Italian Studies and Environmental Humanities at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The event is part of Six Memos for the Present 1923-2023, an interdisciplinary lecture series celebrating Italo Calvino’s centennial, curated by USC Professor Gian Maria Annovi. Each lecture will expand Calvino’s text in different directions with the goal of fostering a discussion on the role of literature in today’s society.
Virtual
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Korean Studies Institute Open House
USC Korean Studies Institute will be hosting an open house event. We organize research workshops and academic conferences for USC students and faculty with interest in Korea, Korean-American issues and US-Asia relations. Check out our programming and upcoming events.
AHN
1 pm – 2 pm
American Language Institute Conversation Group
Conversation Groups aim at promoting English conversation between USC’s international and native English-speaking populations. This free resource is an excellent way for international students to supplement their studies; it provides a venue in which you can practice your growing English skills in a casual and non-obtrusive environment. All students are welcome! Groups are capped at 5 students per session. First come, first served.
TCC 320B
50-minute sessions at 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, and 4 pm
Looking for China: 30+ years of making documentaries in and about China*
Bill Einreinhofer is an Emmy Award-winning documentary producer/director and emeritus chair of the New York Film Academy’s Broadcast Journalism department. For more than 30 years, he has been making films and stories in and about China, including China: Frame by Frame, Unsettled History: America, China and the Doolittle Tokyo Raid, and Shanghai 1937: Where World War II Began. This event will introduce and showcase the Archive from a variety of perspectives, unraveling the mystery of the three-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker’s decades-long journey of making successful documentaries in and about China.
DML 240
2 pm
MAT-TESOL Current Student Panel
Connect with students in the Master of Arts in Teaching- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MAT-TESOL) program and learn more about a typical day in TESOL. In this session, current TESOL students will share their first-hand experience and how they navigate work/life balance. Potential topics include: class schedules, extracurricular activities, and student life. Come prepared with your questions and talk to a Trojan!
Virtual
7 pm – 8 pm
Open Mic Night and Jam Session
Open Mic night event. Live jam session with students.
Tommy’s Place
8 pm
Tuesday – November 14, 2023
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Group Presentation Session*
Please join us for an interactive Group Presentation Session to learn about opportunities for U.S. citizens to pursue graduate or professional study, conduct research, or teach English. During the session, you will find out about the types of Fulbright awards, application components, tips, and get your questions answered. Following the program overview, attendees will enter a breakout room with their Fulbright Program Adviser(s) (FPA) to learn more about applying through USC.
Virtual
11 am – 12:15 pm
Globefest, hosted by USC International Student Assembly
The International Students Assembly, or ISA, is a programming assembly under USC Undergraduate Student Government (USG) that is committed to voicing the concerns of international students and promoting cultural diversity at USC. In conjunction with International Education Week, ISA is hosting our annual GlobeFest event, where we hope to share international cuisines with the USC student population to promote diverse cultures represented on campus. We aim to have six unique vendors supplying food from various continents, and welcome all students to experience and learn about foods that originate from all over the world.
McCarthy Quad
11:30 am – 2 pm
American Language Institute Conversation Group
Conversation Groups aim at promoting English conversation between USC’s international and native English-speaking populations. This free resource is an excellent way for international students to supplement their studies; it provides a venue in which you can practice your growing English skills in a casual and non-obtrusive environment. All students are welcome! Groups are capped at 5 students per session. First come, first served.
TCC 320B
50-minute sessions at 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, and 4 pm
USC Brass Quintet Recital
The USC Brass Quintet will be giving a recital as part of USC’s International Education Week celebrations.
URC Fishbowl
2 pm – 4 pm
Wednesday – November 15, 2023
La Tavola Italiana (Italian Conversation Group)
La Tavola Italiana is the Italian Language Table, hosted by the Italian language faculty of the Department of French and Italian. La Tavola Italiana is open to any member of the USC Community (Students, Faculty and Staff) who wish to attend, speak Italian and connect with other speakers of Italian.
THH 120
12 pm – 1 pm
East Asian Studies Center Open House
Please join us for the EASC Open House as part of the International Education Week (IEW) at USC! Come meet the EASC team and find out about our events, academic programs, fellowships, and other resources. Snacks and drinks will be provided!
CAS 100
2 pm – 4 pm
American Language Institute Conversation Group
Conversation Groups aim at promoting English conversation between USC’s international and native English-speaking populations. This free resource is an excellent way for international students to supplement their studies; it provides a venue in which you can practice your growing English skills in a casual and non-obtrusive environment. All students are welcome! Groups are capped at 5 students per session. First come, first served.
TCC 320B
50-minute sessions at 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, and 4 pm
Early Modern Studies Institute British History with Vanessa Wilkie*
The EMSI British History seminar invites you to a special celebration in honor of a new book by Vanessa Wilkie, William A. Moffett Senior Curator of Medieval Manuscripts and British History and Head of Library Curatorial at the Huntington Library. Wilkie’s book, Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England tells the true story of how Alice Spencer became one of the most powerful women in England in the late 16th–early 17th century and established an enduring family dynasty.
DML 241
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
J-1 Reception (invite only)*
A mixer for J-1 scholars.
Fig’s Corner
5 pm – 7 pm
Viterbi Student Engagement – Chinese Students and Scholars Association x USC DPS Safety Panel/Boba Night*
DPS, CSSA, and Viterbi Admission & Student Engagement are hosting a mixer session to discuss personal safety, scam prevention, housing safety, and rental issues. The event will be followed by a light dinner during which boba will be provided.
EEB 132
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
A Special Advance Screening of FALLEN LEAVES, Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival
Award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) makes a masterful return with Fallen Leaves, a timeless, hopeful and satisfying love story about two lonely souls’ path to happiness – and the numerous hurdles they encounter along the way. Set in contemporary Helsinki, and shot through with Kaurismäki’s typically playful, idiosyncratic style and deadpan humor, this tender romantic tragicomedy is a timely reminder of the potency of movie-going from one of cinema’s living legends.
Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108
7 pm
Thursday – November 16, 2023
American Language Institute Conversation Group
Conversation Groups aim at promoting English conversation between USC’s international and native English-speaking populations. This free resource is an excellent way for international students to supplement their studies; it provides a venue in which you can practice your growing English skills in a casual and non-obtrusive environment. All students are welcome! Groups are capped at 5 students per session. First come, first served.
TCC 320B
50-minute sessions at 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, and 4 pm
USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health Student Symposium
Want to hear from fellow students about their experience working with the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH) and the many options available in the coming year? IIGH offers students from all degree programs an array of fellowships, internships, courses, and other opportunities to address global health inequalities. This virtual symposium will give you the opportunity to hear from undergraduate and graduate students from across USC about the programs, projects, and research they have been engaged in with IIGH and their partners over the past year in countries around the world, and how they see these experiences shaping their career paths in global health and beyond. Attendees will gain information regarding the range of educational opportunities available through IIGH this coming year.
Virtual
1 pm – 2 pm
OPTimize Your Success with OPT
International Students: Want to learn more about the different types of work you can do on OPT? Unsure about how to find your first OPT job? Then this workshop is for you! The USC Career Center, in partnership with the Office of International Services and the International Student Assembly, will be hosting this workshop to help address common questions about OPT and share examples of how you can use OPT to work after graduation. There will also be Q&A at the end.
Virtual
2 pm – 3 pm
Travel and Budgeting 101, hosted by Dornsife Overseas (invite only)*
Information and tips on international travel and budgeting for semester study abroad students.
Virtual
5 pm – 6 pm
Friday – November 17, 2023
Around the World in 60-Minutes (closed to the public)
Outreach Event
Location closed to the public
9 am
American Language Institute Conversation Group
Conversation Groups aim at promoting English conversation between USC’s international and native English-speaking populations. This free resource is an excellent way for international students to supplement their studies; it provides a venue in which you can practice your growing English skills in a casual and non-obtrusive environment. All students are welcome! Groups are capped at 5 students per session. First come, first served.
TCC 320B
50-minute sessions at 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, and 4 pm
Viterbi Job Hunting Care for International Students*
Join us for an informative session designed to empower international students in their job search journey. Learn valuable tips around OPT, discover essential strategies to alleviate job hunting stress, and discover resources to enhance your employment prospects. –Presented by Viterbi Career Connections, Viterbi Student Wellness and USC Student Health.
Virtual
2:30 pm – 3 pm
DJ/Band Night
DJ/band live entertainment night.
Tommy’s Place
8 pm