Events

The department hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including scholarly lectures, musical and theatrical performances, and film series, both on and off campus.

Upcoming Events

Check back soon for more information about fall 2026 events.

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Vugar Gurbanov

A Conversation with the Consul General of Azerbaijan

Vugar Gurbanov, Consul General of Azerbaijan
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Katya Kudryavtseva

From Village to Vanguard: Recasting the Peasant in Russian Art

Katya Kudryavtseva, Ph.D.
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Oksana Karpovych

Film Screening and Discussion: “Intercepted”

Oksana Karpovych, Director
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Stephanie Boice

From CINTS to to the Real World: Preparing for a Career in Finance

Stephanie Boice, CINTS alumna
Friday, April 10, 2026

Sarah Karver

From CINTS to Global Careers: NGOs, Grad School & International Futures

Sarah Karver, CINTS alumna
Friday, April 10, 2026

Sher Khashimov

Journalism & Environmental Justice in Tajikistan

Sher Khashimov, Activist and Journalist
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Maveen Mallah

From SDSU to International Service: Language Study, Fellowships & Foreign Policy

Maveen Mallah, SDSU alumna
Friday, March 27, 2026

Cecily Ma

From CINTS to Community Impact: A Career in Humanitarian Services

Cecily Ma, CINTS alum
Friday, March 27, 2026

Zamira Abman

Book Presentation by Zamira Abman

“Coerced Liberation: Muslim Women of Soviet Tajikistan”
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Samuel Straw

From CINTS to Taiwan: Graduate Study & Global Careers

Samuel Straw, CINTS alum
Friday, March 6, 2026

Jonathan C. Slaght

Imagine Europe presents: “Tigers Between Empires”

Jonathan C. Slaght, Regional Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Temperate Asia Program
Thursday, Feb 26, 2026

Andrea Buchetti

Sports in the Borderlands, the Borderlands of Sports - A Case From Skateboarding

Andrea Buchetti, Ph.D.
Thursday, December 4, 2025

Angelica Pesarini

Haunting Presences: Alessandro de’ Medici and Politics of (Forgotten) Memory

Angelica Pesarini, Ph.D.
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Joonas Sildre

Estonian Comic Artist: Joonas Sildre

Joonas Sildre, Estonian comic artist, illustrator, and graphic designer
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Paola Richard

A Gelato Love Story: The amazing journey through time, science, and taste

Paola Richard
Thursday, March 13, 2025

Laada Bilaniuk

Image Europe presents: Fighting Words – How Language Matters in the Russo-Ukrainian War

Laada Bilaniuk, Ph.D.
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Katrin Sieg

Imagine Europe presents: Reckoning with Colonial History in German Theater

Katrin Sieg, Ph.D.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Fred Kudjo Kuwornu

Film Screening: "We Were Here: The Untold Story of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe"

Fred Kudjo Kuwornu, Award-Winning Filmmaker
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Primadonna movie poster

Film Screening: “Primadonna” (The Girl from Tomorrow)

Marta Savina, Director 
Film Introduction by Antonio Iannotta, Artistic Director of the San Diego Italian Film Festival
Thursday, May 2, 2024

Igor Ponochevny

SDSU Russian Program presents: Igor Ponochevny

Igor Ponochevny, Russian Artist
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Laura Dean

Imagine Europe presents: Human Trafficking Recruitment during Russia's War in Ukraine

Laura Dean, Ph.D.
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Michel Mallet

Imagine Europe presents: How Memories Cross Borders in Contemporary German and Francophone Literature

Michel Mallet, Ph.D.
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Zamira Abmanm and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Ukraine at the Crossroads: Assessing Two Years of War and Current Trends

Zamira Abman, Ph.D. and Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Ph.D.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Dmitry Bykov

SDSU Russian Program presents: Dmitry Bykov

Dmitry Bykov, Russian Writer and Poet
Monday, March 11, 2024

Ilaria Tabusso Marcyan

Food Justice and Sustainable Farming: Slow Food in Italy, Europe, and Beyond

Ilaria Tabusso Marcyan
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Ilaria Tabusso Marcyan

The Cultural Roots of Slow Food: Traditional Food Cultures, Grassroots Movements, and Sustainability in Italy

Ilaria Tabusso Marcyan
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Albertine Cinematheque at SDSU

November 1, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 2023

Dorit Linke

Book Reading and Discussion: “Beyond the Blue Border” (Jenseits der blauen Grenze)

Dorit Linke, Author
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Amir Issa

“This Is What I Live For: An Afro-Italian Hip-Hop Memoir”

Amir Issa, Author and Hip-Hop Artist
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

See the event photos on the Daily Aztec.

Zachary Shore

Imagine Europe presents: Europe Between Vengeance and Virtue - America’s Treatment of Enemies During and After WWII

Zachary Shore, Ph.D.
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Albertine Cinematheque at SDSU

Albertine Cinematheque at SDSU

April 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, May 3, 2023

Loredana Di Martino

Imagine Europe presents: Crossing the Borders and Challenging the Boundaries of White Feminism in Italy

Loredana Di Martino, Ph.D.
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Antonio Dikele Distefano and Fred Kudjo KuwornuI

Imagine Europe presents: Black Italians and Cultural Entrepreneurship in Film, Fiction, Music, and Social Media

Antonio Dikele Distefano, Italian writer, producer, and filmmaker and Fred Kudjo KuwornuI, Italian filmmaker and producer
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Jose Alaniz

Imagine Europe presents: National Precarity in Post-Soviet Eurasian Comics

Jose Alaniz, Ph.D.
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022

Bernhard Schlink

Imagine Europe and Humanities in Action presents: A reading and discussion with German novelist Bernhard Schlink

Bernhard Schlink, Author
Monday, Oct. 24, 2022

Kossi A. Komla-Ebri

Imagine Europe presents: EmbarRACEments - African Diaspora and Afrophobia in Italy

Dr. Kossi A. Komla-Ebri, Surgeon and Award-Winning Writer
Thursday, September 29, 2022

Sunnie Rucker-Chang, Ph.D.

On Marginalization and the Limits of European Belonging

Sunnie Rucker-Chang, Ph.D.
Tuesday, September 27, 2022