This event is free, but you must be a current GCIV member to attend. Current GCIV members can bring a guest. Space is limited, and RSVPs are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. To RSVP or confirm your membership is current, email emily@gciv.org.

Please note the Georgia Council for International Visitors (GCIV) is closed this week. We look forward to working with you in the new year.

Speaker: Bobbi Kornblit, IWA Member & Author The award-winning author will reveal the “reel” story about Hollywood stars, studios and scandals in her second novel, Red Carpet Rivals. The work of fiction was inspired by Kornblit's appearances on numerous red carpets in Los Angeles with her late husband, a leading movie studio executive, before the […]

The Philippines and the U.S. Lecture by Dr. Katja Weber, Georgia Institute of Technology The Philippines has had a special relationship with the United States since the islands were ceded by Spain to the United States after the Spanish-American War at the end of the 19th century.  However, since the election of Rodrigo Duterte, the […]

India and Pakistan Lecture by Dr. Syed Rashid Naim, Georgia State University  India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi rode a wave of Hindu nationalism to a historic reelection in 2019. His first order of business was to revoke the special status granted to the Kashmir region, inflaming the rivalry between India and Pakistan. How will the […]