November 17-21 marks the annual celebration of International Education Week. A joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, International Education Week is an opportunity to support international exchange and promote a broader understanding of world cultures. Ohio State joins thousands of other institutions worldwide participating in events that bring a global perspective to college campuses.
International Education Week enables communities to join together and foster global understanding, enriching lives and creating lasting connections around the world.
The Office of International Affairs celebrates the impact of a globally engaged campus where each and every day the Ohio State community embraces diverse perspectives, world cultures and new and thoughtful ways of connecting with one another.
At Ohio State the week features more than 35 events, lectures and workshops across our campuses.
2025 International Education Week Events
Monday, November 17
- Latinx Studies Coffee Meet & Greet, 10:30-12 p.m.
- Information Session: Spain: Urbanism and Architectural Intervention, 12:30-1:40 p.m.
- 2025 International Photography Exhibition, 2-5 p.m.
- Pather Panchali, 4 p.m.
- MA in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Information Sessions, 4-5 p.m.
- Information Session: Global May Great Britain, 4-5 p.m.
- Information Session: Engineering of Ancient Greece, 4-5 p.m.
- Freeman Information Session: Signature Experience in International Language Education: France, 5-6 p.m.
- Foundation East Asia Internship Scholarship Info Sessions, 7-8 p.m.
Tuesday, November 18
- The Soviet West Revisited: Individual and Collective Agency in the Estonian SSR, 1-2:30 p.m.
- 2025 International Photography Exhibition, 2-5 p.m.
- Information Session: Japanese American Design Experience (JADE), 3-4 p.m.
- Information Session: Social Work in India with a Focus on Health and Mental Health, 3-4 p.m.
- Information Session: Environmental and Human Health Issues in Japan, 4-5 p.m.
- Information Session: World Federation of United Nations Association (WFUNA) Program in Switzerland, 4-5 p.m.
- Information Session: Dresden Summer Language Program, 4-5 p.m.
- Documentary Screening of Kim Mihri (Who is Mihri) and a conversation with Director Berna Gencalp and Art Historian Dr. Ozlem Gulin Dagoglu, 4:30-7 p.m.
- Book Launch Discussion: The Ghosts of Peleliu Island - Writing Narrative Non-Fiction as a Military Historian , 4:30-6 p.m.
- Global Engagement Night: Regional Sports, 6-7 p.m.
- NCTA Workshop: Tokaido, Origami, Temples and Shrines (TOTS) 2025 Japan Series, 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 19
- Visiting Artist Residency Project with TRIO PHŌS, 11:30 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.
- Travel Info Sessions—JAPAN: Fieldwork in Material Culture, 12-1 p.m.
- Information Session: Japan: Places Elsewhere/Understanding Similarity and Difference, 12-1 p.m.
- 2025 International Photography Exhibition, 2-5 p.m.
- Global Education Getting Started Session, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
- Melton Center Writer-in-Residence Lucia Mann: Work in Progress Reading, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
- Beliefs and Cultural Expressions in Taiwan: Information Session, 4-5 p.m.
- Information Session: Global May Germany, 5-6 p.m.
- Information Session: Venice Past/Present/Future: Art, Architecture, and Environment in the Lagoon City, 5-6 p.m.
- Info Session: Art, Architecture, and Environment in the Lagoon City, 5-6 p.m.
- Information Session: Global May Korea, 6-7 p.m.
- Army of Shadows (L’Armée des ombres) - Jean-Pierre Melville, 7-9 p.m.
- Medieval Japan Film Series: Battle League Horumō (2009), 7-9:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 20
- Information Session: Engineering the Castles and Cathedrals of the British Isles , 2:30-3:30 p.m.
- HI Makerspace: Gratitude Zines, 2-4 p.m.
- IKS Lecture: Ivanna Sang Een Yi: "Transhistorical Mourning in Korean Diasporic Poetry: Don Mee Choi’s DMZ Colony" , 3:55-5:15 p.m.
- Information Session: Global May Paris, 4-5 p.m.
- French Center of Excellence Lecture Series: Professor Annabel Kim - Free Fiction: Darrieussecq v. Laurens, 4-5 p.m.
- Capoeira Classes on Campus, 6:45-7:45 p.m.
Friday, November 21
- Visiting Artist Residency Project with TRIO PHŌS, 10 a.m.-1 p.m
- New Directions in Italian Studies: Migration and Mobility with Ubah Cristina Ali Farah, 11-12:30 p.m.
- Homer’s Heirs, Circe’s Daughters: Succession as Metaphor for Reception in Renaissance Epic, 3-4:30 p.m.
- 2025 International Photography Exhibition, 3-5 p.m.
- Wildlights at the Columbus Zoo: A Holiday Adventure!, 4-9 p.m.
- World Language Appathon Showcase, 6-8 p.m.