International House

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An International House is an academic dormitory originally from the USA, in which local and foreign students live together.

The idea of ​​the International House goes back to Harry Edmonds; According to the founding legend, the latter had greeted a Chinese fellow student in 1909, whereupon he remarked that Edmonds had been the first to speak to him in three weeks. Affected by this loneliness experience, Edmonds decided to bring foreign students into contact with local people. Shared mixed accommodation, combined with organized activities, is the basic concept of the International Houses.

Financed by Dodge and Rockefeller, the first International House (I-House for short) opened in New York City in 1924 . The first offshoot of this parent company was built in 1930 in Berkeley (California) . One of its most famous residents is John Kenneth Galbraith . Another alumnus is the ecologist Richard N. Goldman (academic year 1941/1942).

There are now more than a dozen International Houses worldwide.

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  1. ^ Mission & History. International House New York, archived from the original on May 15, 2013 ; accessed on September 10, 2019 (English).