Open to current Residents* Meet at 1:00pm outside the Claremont entrance for trip at 2:00pm. Please join your Resident Fellows for a (socially distanced) trip to the iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art.  “The Met” is the largest art museum in the United States and internationally renowned for its special exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and is a top “bucket list” item for everyone living in the city. Please note: We will meet safely OUTSIDE of the Claremont entrance at 1:00pm.  Click here to reserve your ticket and to learn more about the guidelines and safety protocols for...

Open to Current Residents* Meet at 1:15pm outside of the Claremont entrance for trip at 2pm. In honor of Women’s History Month, please join your Resident Fellows for a (socially distanced) trip to the Center for Women’s History at the New-York Historical Society Museum. This Center for Women’s History is the first of its kind in the nation within the walls of a major museum. At the Center, they explore the lives and legacies of women who have shaped and continue to shape the American experience. As a hub for scholarship and education, the Center demonstrates how women...

Join Chef Nasser Jaber (Co-Founder of The Migrant Kitchen) and I-House Alumna Johanna Mendelson Forman ’69 (Adjunct Professor at American University’s School of International Service) for an interesting and informative discussion on the way food has become a central utensil in diplomatic toolkits across the world. Gastrodiplomacy is the practice of sharing a country’s cultural heritage through food, and is a type of cultural diplomacy based on the premise that the easiest way to win hearts and minds is through the stomach. Gastrodiplomacy is today in the academic world what we call...

Residents: Receive a Free Kit of Ingredients if You RSVP by Wednesday, March 31! RSVP here. Alumni and friends, please join us for an interactive cooking masterclass and conversation with I-House Alumna Joanna C. Lee ’88 and her husband Ken Smith. Joanna and Ken will show you to how to make Pan-Fried Chinese Dumplings. The Chinese dumpling (or “jiaozi“) has many cousins around the world, from the Polish pierogi to the Italian ravioli and the Persian manti. Shapes and fillings may change from culture to culture, but the idea of filling dough and serving them either...

International House took a big step forward on March 12, 2021 with the first in-person speaker program held “Live from Davis Hall” since the start of the global pandemic one year ago. “Seeking Common Ground: The Future of U.S./China Relations” offered an in-depth discussion – the first of a four-part series – with China experts Elizabeth Economy of Sanford University’s Hoover Institution and Daniel Russel of the Asia Society Policy Institute, who discussed the relationship between the world’s two great superpowers. Watch the recording here and below. Fifteen socially-distanced...

On March 3, 2021, the International House World Council of Alumni (WCA) held a virtual meeting to hear updates from the House and to begin plans for marking the House’s 100th anniversary in 2024. This was the first time the WCA had met virtually instead of bringing together its members from around the world to meet in person. More than 60 Council members and guests participated in the Zoom meeting, representing Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, India, Kenya, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. Participation was multi-generational as well, with alumni from a span of decades...