International Education Week 2026
International Education Week (NOV. 16 - 20, 2026)
For International Education Week 2026 (IEW), we are exploring the theme of From Fragments to Futures: Narratives of Displacement and Renewal. At Tulane, IEW is an opportunity to cultivate spaces for global awareness across borders, celebrate our international community, and promote meaningful global learning and engagement, both here in New Orleans and around the world.
Keynote - Ocean Vuong
Date: Thursday, November 19
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Kendall Cram Lecture Room (Room #213, LBC)
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For IEW 2026, we are exploring the theme From Fragments to Futures: Narratives of Displacement and Renewal, and we are excited to announce that this year's keynote is MacArthur Fellow and renowned novelist and poet Ocean Vuong, whose work exemplifies this year's theme. This year's IEW Keynote is presented jointly with the Carole Barnette Boudreaux '65 – Great Writers Series (CBB '65), reflecting a shared commitment between the two programs to bringing world-class voices to Tulane's campus and using those voices to foster dialogue across disciplines, identities, and communities.
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The Longest Table
Date: Monday, November 16
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Location: Berger Family Lawn (LBC Quad)
The Longest Table is a shared meal experience designed to bring together hundreds of Tulanians around one table, fostering relationships and engaging in meaningful conversations. This initiative centers on connection and reflection around food and community. The purpose of The Longest Table is to foster connection across students, faculty, staff, and leadership through a shared meal; celebrate the power of conversation in building community, and highlight gratitude and global citizenship.
The Longest Table is hosted by the Newcomb Tulane College (NTC), Student Affairs & Campus Life, and the Center for Public Service (CPS), the Office of Academic Excellence and Opportunity, in collaboration with Tulane Global. Full list of sponsors below.
Global Café
Date: Tuesday, November 17
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Location: Mezzanine (LBC)
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Join us for a special edition of Global Café during International Education Week. This vibrant gathering is an opportunity for internationally-minded Tulanians to unite and build global connections. Enjoy an afternoon of engaging conversations, fun activities, and free food while mingling with international students and globally-driven peers. Global Café fosters an environment where we can learn from each other’s experiences, enrich our campus community, and deepen our understanding of our place in the world. Don’t miss this exciting chance to be part of the global conversation at Tulane!
Global Cafeé is sponsored by the NTC - Center for Global Education, NTC - Office of Study Abroad, the Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC), Freeman Abroad, and the Office of International Students and Scholars.
World Language Day 2026
Date: Wednesday, November 18
Time: 2:00 - 4:30 PM
Location: Kendall Cram, Qatar Ballroom, Mezzanine (LBC)
Join us for Tulane's World Language Day 2026, a vibrant celebration of languages and cultures from around the world! Spearheaded by SLA's Language Center in collaboration with Tulane Global, World Language Day is dedicated to promoting cultural exchange and enhancing intercultural understanding. Every year, +600 students, faculty and staff join this cultural fest featuring an exciting lineup of activities, including: international food, music & performances, games & activities, in addition to tabling by many TU organizations and units fostering international education locally and abroad. Don’t miss this chance to connect, learn, and share in the beauty of languages! This is an open event for the entire Tulane community. We look forward to seeing you there!
World Language Day is sponsored by SLA's Language Center, Tulane Global, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Altman Program, NTC -Office of Study Abroad, Office of Academic Excellence & Opportunity.
Full List of Events
Nov | The Longest Table The Longest Table is a shared meal experience designed to bring together hundreds of Tulanians around one table to build relationships and engage in meaningful conversation. This initiative centers connection and reflection around food and community. Come join us! The Longest Table is sponsored by the Newcomb Tulane College (NTC), Student Affairs & Campus Life, and the Center for Public Service (CPS), in collaboration with Tulane Global. |
Nov | Welcoming the World: International Student Experience Panel Time: 12:30 - 2:00 PM | Location: LBC We invite you to learn more about the international student experience here at Tulane and hear directly from international students. Our panel of current international students will cover both their victories and challenges at Tulane. If you work with international students, you won’t want to miss this! |
Nov | Life After International Student Status: Immigration Info Session for International Students Time: TBA | Location: Online/Zoom Join us for a presentation with Ware|Immigration on immigration options available to you after international student status, including H-1B and paths to permanent residency! This session will cover other visa types and includes an opportunity to ask specific questions to an immigration attorney. Learn more about Ware|Immigration here: https://www.david-ware.com/ |
Nov | Global Café - IEW 2026 Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM | Location: Mezzanine (LBC) Join us for a special edition of Global Café during International Education Week! Enjoy an afternoon of engaging conversations, fun activities, and refreshments while mingling with international students and globally-driven peers. Global Cafe fosters an environment where we can learn from each other’s experiences, enrich our campus community, and deepen our understanding of our place in the world. Don’t miss this exciting chance to be part of the global conversation at Tulane! |
Nov | Peace Corps Prep Panel: Career Paths in International Service & Diplomacy 5:00 - 8:oo PM | Race Room (LBC) Peace Corps Prep and NTC Career Services invite you to a panel discussion featuring Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), including Tulane’s most recent Diplomat In Residence, Shane Hough (RPCV Tanzania), as well as representatives from Global New Orleans. This event is hosted/sponsored by The Center for Public Service (CPS) and the Newcomb Tulane College (NTC) - Career Services, Peace Corps. |
Nov
| World Language Day - IEW 2026 Time: 2:00 - 4:30 PM | Location: 2nd Floor (LBC) Join us for Tulane's World Language Day 2026, a vibrant celebration of languages and cultures from around the world! Spearheaded by Tulane's Language Center and the School of Liberal Arts, where more than 16 languages are taught, Language Day is dedicated to promoting cultural exchange and enhancing intercultural understanding. The cultural fest will feature an exciting lineup of activities, including: international food, music & performances, games & activities, in addition to tabling by many TU organizations and units fostering international education locally and abroad. |
Nov | Culture Connections with OISS (Downtown) Time: 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Location: Tidewater Building, Diboll Gallery Culture Connections is sponsored by the Office of International Students & Scholars (OISS), Student Affairs, Title IX, Center for Intercultural Life, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine - Office of Student Experience, and the School of Medicine - Office of Multicultural Affairs. |
Exhibitions
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| Leaving Afghanistan: Professional/Educated Afghan Women in Diaspora after Taliban 2.0 Digital Exhibit | Tulane University Libraries In this digital exhibit, Afghan women's views and voices are centered through a collection of their own photographs and captions from a larger interview-based project with professional/educated Afghan women in diaspora and exile. After being interviewed, we asked if they would provide captioned personal photos that best represented: 1) their life in Afghanistan, 2) leaving Afghanistan, and 3) their life now in other countries, living as refugees, asylees, or other newcomers. |
AUG - | Quiet Reserve: Stitching an Ambitious New Woman Exhibition | TU Newcomb Art Museum Quiet Reserve: Stitching an Ambitious New Woman examines embroidery’s role as a professional and artistic practice at H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in the early twentieth century. The college’s needlework curriculum encouraged students to see embroidery as both creative expression and viable career training, reshaping ideas about women’s labor and independence in the U.S. South.This exhibition has been curated by Quiet Reserve: Stitching an Ambitious New Woman is curated by graduate curatorial assistant and Tulane PhD candidate Sarah Brokenborough. |
SEPT | Spain, Spanish America, and the Atlantic World in an Age of Revolution Between the 1760s and the 1820s, the Atlantic world became a theater of political upheaval. People, information, and commerce crossed oceans in service of empires, linking Spain and Spanish America to wars and revolutions on both sides of the Atlantic. Drawing on the exceptional holdings of the Doris Z. Stone Latin American Library and Research Center, this exhibition brings that era to life through rare books, newspapers, manuscripts, broadsides, maps, and early constitutions. With particular emphasis on Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. For more information, visit: https://library.tulane.edu/news/Spain%2C%20Spanish_America_Age_of_Revolution |
SEPT | As Light as Paper, as Firm as Stone: 500 Years of Printing and Building Exhibition | Location: 2nd Floor Gallery (Jones Hall) This exhibition follows the journeys of books and buildings during the hand-press era, showcasing their shared paths. Like them, it becomes a space to wander where the body is both measure and maker. Curated by Maryluna Santos Giraldo. |