On January 25 at 12 p.m.m (CST) on Zoom, Dr. Hakim Williams (Gettysburg College) will give a talk about education for revolutionary non-violence. An unsustainably plenteous modernity...
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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 Piña Montalvo...
On November 9 at 12pm on Zoom, Dr. Janice Jayes will give a talk that examines the twentieth-century regulatory framework tying humans to states, its historical formation, and how it...
On November 16 at 12pm on Zoom, Sherry L. Martin (Acting Asia Division Chief in the U.S. Department of State's Office of Opinion Research) will give a talk that provides a historical...
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...
On October 20 at 12pm, Dr. Thea Quiray Tagle (University of Massachusetts Boston), Dr. Anita Haldemann (Kunstmuseum Basel), Dr. Sooa Im McCormick (...
An estimated 10 million girls in India may not return to school when they reopen after the second wave of COVID-19. Furthermore, there will be an increase of more than 30 million child brides in the...
On October 6 at 12pm, Prof. Cameron McCarthy (Communication Scholar and University Scholar in the Department of Educational Policy, Leadership, and Organization (EPOL) and in the...
UIUC IGI Summer 2021 Global Educator Workshop - 3 days of round-table discussions around the context of migration, education, and health with the theme of "Education in Uncertain Times: How to...
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...
May 1, 2021 12:00 - 1:00 pm The Center for Global Studies and European Union Center Present A Global Intersections Event: The Illinois Flamenco Jazz Collective: Juerga de...
There is a clear interrelationship between current educational reforms and global economic movements. Educational reforms are driven by the increasing demand for meeting the global market's...
Rather than returning to pre-pandemic normal, Higher Education must reexamine strategies for internationalization. This discussion examines previous models of internationalization to consider how...
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 migrations are...
Date: February 2, 2021 Time : 12pm-1pm CST Speakers: Christina Bollo...
Date: Dec 2, 2020 Time : 12:00 PM (cst) Clean running water on the Navajo Nation has been an ongoing challenge for decades, and even today one in three families...- FLAS Info Sessions Poster Undergraduate Information Session Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 4:00pm to 5:00pm CT Virtual Event...
Date: November 11, 2020 Time : 12-1PM (cst) Speakers: ...
Speaker: Chimène Keitner (Alfred and Hanna Fromm Professor of International Law, UC Hastings Law) Respondent: Patrick Keenan (...
Speaker: Eric T. Freyfogle Professor Freyfogle is the author or editor of a dozen books dealing with issues...
Speaker: Ian Brooks This presentation will describe the Center for Health Informatics, what it means to be the WHO/PAHO Collaborating...
Speaker: Courtney Cuthbertson Using the sociological framing of the stress process model, this presentation will share findings from a...
Speaker: Professor Rajmohan Gandhi In his talk for CGS, Prof. Rajmohan Gandhi examined how the pandemic influenced inequalities in the world’s largest democracies, the U.S. and India. What is the...
Covid-19 has affected every aspect of life since its outbreak. One of the hardest hit areas is Education. This Summer a panel of experts put together an enlightening and informative online...
CGS proudly hosted a talk on Reconceptualizing Citizenship and Civic Engagement from the Perspectives of Newcomer Immigrant and Refugee Youth by Liv Thorstensson Dávila on February 26, 2020....
On January 23rd, 2020 the Illinois Global Institute International Area Studies Centers sponsored an International Music & Art Interactive family program at the Champaign Public Library...
CGS proudly hosted a talk on Global Attitudes of Rural Technical Inferiority as a Cause for Migration to Cities in the Non-Industrialized World presented by Ann-Perry Witmer on December 4th, 2019...
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...
CGS proudly hosted MillerComm 2020: Framing the Global Immigrant Challenge: Evidence from Elected Representatives’ Tweets presented by David D. Laitin on October 17th, 2019. Event...
On April 11th, 2019, CGS proudly hosted Naureen Butt who presented “One Woman’s Journey From Pakistan to the United States: A Struggle for Women’s Rights”. This event was co-sponsored by The ...
KNIGHT AUDITORIUM, SPURLOCK MUSEUM 600 S GREGORY ST, URBANA, IL 61801 03/29/2019 - 9:00 AM View the full symposium schedule and details about the Racial Capitalism ColLab ...
CGS proudly hosted MillerComm 2019: Constructing Solidarities in the Global Justice Movement: A Feminist Perspective presented by Manisha Desai on March 13th, 2019. Event Description...
On March 7th, 2019 Carrie Busey Elementary School celebrated their annual International Day event with various performances and...
This panel discussion featured Walter W. McMahon, Helaine Silverman,...
This discussion on Global Knowledge and Governance featured Brian Dill, ...
This discussion on Global Knowledge and History featured James Brennan, Dede Fairchild Ruggles, Carol Symes, and Roderick Wilson...
CGS proudly hosted MillerComm 2019: Facts, Objects, and Visions in the Design of Globalizing Knowledge presented by Michael D. Kennedy on October 24th, 2018. Description: Since...
Global Knowledge and Transnational Crime, part of the CGS Globalizing Knowledge Series, presented by Yuliya Zabyelina. Description: In her talk, Dr. Zabyelina discussed crimes...
The first event of the CGS Globalizing Knowledge series, a Debate on the Meaning of Global/Globalizing Knowledge, featured Nicholas C. Burbules, Andrew Orta, Steve Witt, and ...
CGS proudly hosted MillerComm 2018: Human Rights, Gender Violence, and the Challenge of Global Governance by Number presented by Professor Sally Engle Merry on April 10th, 2018. Bio: ...
March 2018 Brown Bag: “Missing Children in Educational Research: Issues with Representation and Large-Scale Data in India” – part of The Digital Nexus: The Promise and Perils of “Big Data” and Global...
Our first Brown Bag of the Spring 2018 semester was “A New Method for Measuring Diversity Using Sampled Data” – part of The Digital Nexus: The Promise and Perils of “Big Data” and Global Informatics...
The first Chai Wai Series event of the Spring 2018 semester included a discussion about Digital Humanities. Four faculty members from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, all with different...
This panel from November 15th, 2017 consisted of a discussion about the U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO: multidisciplinary perspectives on achievements, controversies, challenges and aspirations....
Survey data has become an essential tool for formulating policy and assessing its impact in foreign relations and international programs. This panel brings together three perspectives from the world...
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Governing Globalization: Challenges for Democracy and Global Society Mar 31, 2017 – Apr 1, 2017 ...
On March 7, 2017, CGS hosted Dr. Paul Diehl’s talk, The United Nations in its 8th Decade: Constructing a Balance Sheet. This talk looked at one of the key institutions in global...
This panel discussion, hosted by Naperville Central High School teacher Letitia Zwickert on February 10, 2017, in the Naperville Central High School’s auditorium. “ISLAM IN AMERICA AND...
On November 10, The European Union hosted, with CGS co-sponsorship, an event to explore how the 2016 US Elections will impact Transatlantic relations. As the country and world reacted to the...
On October 4, 2016, CGS hosted a discussion that explored the ideological, political, and economic connections between increasingly strong populist and anti-globalization movements worldwide. Many of...
On April 28, 2016, CGS welcomed to campus Mark Juergensmeyer – Founding Director, Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies and Department of Sociology, University of California at Santa...
This Teach-in panel discussion on April 5, 2016, provided a broad overview of international policies intended to lessen the impact of climate change and the human impacts of those policies in diverse...
This panel, held on March 8, 2016, discussed what the Olympics means for Brazil. Who does it include? Who does it exclude? Does it promise economic gain? For whom? Is the nation prepared to receive...
This panel discussion will look at the diplomatic, political, social, and humanitarian law implications of the influx of large populations of refugees into Europe. The speakers will also shed light...
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November 7, 2014 (Seibel Center – Room 1404) Experts from several different academic disciplines participated in a panel discussion to provide facts and context about the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West...
This panel discussion featured several perspectives on the political and military conflict between the Islamic State group and other factions in Syria and Iraq. Panelists included: Dr. Paul Diehl...
Experts from several different academic disciplines participated in a panel discussion to provide facts and context about the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa. Several University of Illinois...
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The Global Health Initiative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a campus-wide coalition of students and faculty which aims to: Coalesce a research community around global health...
Pakistan is home to some of the world’s most treacherous borders, armed with nuclear weapons, and beset by terrorist bombings and assassinations. NATO’s recent deadly airstrike on two Pakistani...
On November 10, Claudia Gazzini, Visiting Professor at Northwestern...
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