THIS EVENT HAS PASSED. A RECORDING WILL BE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE SHORTLY. PLEASE CHECK BACK. Join us on Friday, March 12, 2021 for a conversation with Elizabeth Economy and Daniel Russel, live from Davis Hall at International House. Moderated by Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, these distinguished scholars will share their insights on the major issues facing the U.S.-China relationship in the years ahead, in the first of a four-part series of in-depth discussions on the relationship between the world’s two greatest powers – and their citizens. With their extensive, behind-the-scenes...

This Black History Month, the International House Archives is proud to celebrate 1952 Alumna Leontyne Price. Mary Violet Leontyne Price was born in Laurel, Mississippi, on February 10, 1927, to her mother, a midwife, and father, who worked at the local lumber mill. Even though the family had little money, her parents encouraged and supported their daughter’s obvious talent. In a 1964 interview, Leontyne recalls that “at times somebody in the house had to go without something in order for me to have a piano lesson.” Eventually, Price went on to break racial barriers and defy social...

In January 2021, International House announced that it would be providing residents with free meals from The Migrant Kitchen (TMK) two days per week. Every Tuesday and Thursday through mid-March, residents and onsite staff can order breakfast, lunch and dinner from TMK’s globally inspired menu at no cost. All meals are prepared from scratch using fresh, seasonal ingredients, with the dishes inspired by the diversity of TMK’s team. In keeping with I-House’s COVID-protection measures, residents pick up their meals “to go” from the Dining Hall. From mid-March through...

(pictured above: virtual Health & Wellness events with Residents and Alumni participants) Now well underway with the 2021 Spring semester, International House is facing the next phase in the COVID-19 pandemic with an eye to meeting the needs of Residents and engaging the entire global I-House community. Interim President Brian Polovoy is making the safety and stability of the environment at the House his first priority, which he is approaching with the same enthusiasm and dedication he has shown through his longstanding service as a member of the Board of Trustees. His first acts upon...

 “We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s resident application, 1931 / I-House Archives This Holocaust Remembrance Day, the International House Archives is proud to honor Alum Dietrich Bonhoeffer ’31 (1906-1945), who was a member of International House while pursuing a teaching fellowship at the Union Theological Seminary in New York. During this time, Bonhoeffer rooted himself in the realities of racism in the United States. He attended a Harlem Baptist...

(To see photos from the event, log into I-House Connect.) Scores of Alumni from across the globe logged on for “Sunday Coffee,” an International House virtual reunion hosted by I-House and the New York Area Alumni Chapter (NYAAC) Inspired in part by the I-House Sunday Supper tradition, the mid-day event on Sunday, January 24, 2021, was open to all Alumni and included remarks by Interim President Brian Polovoy, a presentation by I-House Lead Archivist, Caroline Donadio, time and space for attendees to interact with one another, and exquisite musical performances. Anita Haravon...