The Center for Global Studies is ready to help you as you during your time as a graduate student. Our events, which are free to attend, can help broaden your understanding of global society and current issues. If you are studying modern foreign languages, consider applying for a FLAS fellowship. Want to develop a project promoting global understanding and furthering global studies research? We encourage you to submit a proposal for our Global Intersections grant initiative. For research tools and materials, please explore our publications and global studies search tool; for research help, contact the Global Studies Librarian.
Interested in pursuing a graduate degree related to global studies? Check out our list of affiliated graduate programs, including a selection of minors and certificates. If you are interested in learning about education and global change from social justice, global equity, and critical democracy perspectives, please look into the Global Studies in Education (GSE) degree offered by the College of Education. Are you already pursuing a degree? Consider our 12-credit Global Studies Minor, which can help you integrate your skills within the broader interdisciplinary, intellectual, and public policy demands of the challenges confronting the world’s populations.
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Event Archive
- Xiomi Ortiz, Context Before Engineering – Learning from a Community-Led Water Project in the Navajo NationOctober 9th at 12 pm Coble Hall 306 and...
- Islands of Exception: Law, Empire, and Offshore Finance in the CaribbeanJose Atiles (Sociology, UIUC)Wednsday, Oct. 1st, 12-1PMCoble Hall, 306 and on...
- CGS Fall ReceptionNational Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Room 1030 1205 W. Clark St, Urbana @ 1pmPlease join us at 1:00pm for...
- “Catalysts for Change: Youth Participation and the Future of Global Agendas” Thursday, 25 September 2025, at 9:00-10:00 AM (CT) via ...
- Wednesday, September 17th, 2025 at 12:00 pm Coble Hall, Room 306 and on Zoom...
- The Center of Global Studies is excited to announce the speakers and their lectures for the fall semester:09/04 -...
- Thursday, September 4th, 2025 at 12:00pm Coble Hall, Room 306 and on ZoomDescription: Claudia Grisales will present...
- The recent lecture "Law's Quick Fix? Ecocide, Social Transformation & the Pitfalls of Criminalisation" by David Whyte (Professor of Climate Justice, Queen Mary...
- The recent lecture "Digital Paradoxes: How Technology Unintentionally Transforms Education" by Hany Zayed took place on Wednesday, April 17th at 2 PM...
- Scroll to the bottom of the page to watch a recording of Dr. Liu's presentation. On Wednesday, February 7, at 12pm on Zoom, the CGS was joined by Dr....
- Explore the archive of all presentations hosted and supported by the Center for Global Studies during Spring 2023 here...
- The Center for Global Studies and the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois present: Away From the Empire: The Linguistic and Cultural...
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- Please join CGS on March 23 at noon, in person at Coble Hall, 306 and on Zoom for ...
- The 2023 spring semester has concluded and the Center of Global Studies is pleased to provide archived webinars and information from the speakers and their lectures on this page. February...
- The lectures below are the Fall 2022 co-sponsored by CGS and the Department of Political Science at UIUC. September Yuri...
- Global Culture Work: Between Transnational Mobility and Local Commitments This panel brings together dance and theater...
- In her latest book, For a Just and Better World: Engendering Anarchism in the Mexican Borderlands, 1900-1938, Sonia Hernández tells the story of how Caritina...
- On October 26 at 12pm, current and recent graduate students are invited to a career exploration panel focusing on using foreign language, area studies, and thematic studies in the...
- Date: Apr 30, 2021 9:00 - 11:00 am Digital platforms are so pervasive in our everyday life to the point that it becomes no longer meaningful to separate our lives from them. How do...
- iSEE Congress - Spring 2021 In the seventh iSEE Congress, we are partnering with the Joint Area...
- Date: Feb. 25, 2021 Time: 12 PM - 1 pm CST The world is experiencing new COVID-19 waves and lockdowns. West Africa, however, is open to most travelers and remains a world leader in fighting the...
- Date: February 9, 2021 Time: 12pm-1pm CST Speaker: Prof. Saskia Sassen (Columbia University) Description: Climate...
- Date: February 2, 2021 Time : 12pm-1pm CST Speakers: Christina Bollo...
- FLAS Info Sessions Poster Undergraduate Information Session Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 4:00pm to 5:00pm CT Virtual Event...
- On November 7-8, 2019, CGS proudly hosted Professor María Belén Albornoz from Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Sede Ecuador (FLACSO). On November 7th, she presented “Technology and...
- On October 23rd, 2019, CGS proudly sponsored a discussion of the Climate Action Game Experiment (CAGE) presented by Cliff Singer and members of the CAGE team. Climate Action Game...
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