International House is proud to support the 18th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival! Each year, this jazz celebration features the finest artists in local, national, and international jazz. This year, to launch our Global Voices Performing Arts programming season, we will host performances by Pharez Whitted Quintet and the Natural Information Society Community Ensemble with Ari Brown.

CEERES, the University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences, and International House present the inaugural event in the Václav Havel Lecture Series, commemorating the Czech dissident, playwright, and statesman. His Excellency Petr Pavel, president of the Czech Republic, will give an address titled “The Transatlantic Bond: Challenges and Opportunities.” He will be joined in conversation by Benjamin Frommer of Northwestern University.

Join the Global Voices Program for an intimate evening with Ukrainian rock band ANTYTILA, featuring a film screening, Q&A session, and a short performance as part of their "Culture vs. War" Project. 

Come enjoy an Indian folk-dance performance!

The International House of Chicago Global Voices Diplomatic Encounters Series and the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Chicago present a special lecture by Dr. Suriya Chindawongse, the Ambassador of Thailand to the United States on “Thailand-ASEAN-U.S. Partnership in an Era of Global-Regional Change and Challenges: Obstacles, Opportunities, and Options.” Dr. Chindawongse will be in conversation with John Mark Hansen, Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science and the College at The University of Chicago.