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Ihsan Cetin, "Femicide in Turkey"
2024-09-04 - Femicide in Turkey September 11 - 12 PM - 306 Coble Hall and on Zoom. Description: Dr. Cetin will discuss the problem of femicides in Turkey, placing it in a global context. He will focus on the following topics: The Istanbul Convention, statistics on femicides, different forms of...
Armando Jose Torres, "Cultivating 'Multiplicadores' through Community Empowerment: Liberatory and Digital Learning Models for Transformative Development"
2024-09-03 - Cultivating 'Multiplicadores' through Community Empowerment: Liberatory and Digital Learning Models for Transformative Development Thursday, September 26th - 12 PM - 306 Coble Hall and on Zoom Description: In 2019, Armando joined a Rio de Janeiro based NGO and Think Tank...
Manfred Steger, "Globalization at a Crossroads: Deglobalization or Reglobalization?"
2024-09-03 - Globalization at a Crossroads: Deglobalization or Reglobalization? Monday, October 07th - 04 PM - 2079 Natural History Building and on Zoom Description: Since the end of the Cold War, globalization has been reshaping our planet. However, following a number of crises...
In Remembrance: Emeritus Professor Robert McKim
2024-08-24 - We mourn the loss of our esteemed colleague Robert McKim, Emeritus, who passed away over the summer. Please click here to view the announcement by the Department of Philosophy: https://philosophy.illinois.edu/news/2024-08-23t185748/memoriam-robert-mckim. CGS affiliate Robert McKim leaves behind a rich...
Will the 2024 Olympic Games become the playing field for social justice protests?
2024-07-01 - CGS Affiliate Yannick Kluch, and professor of recreation, sport and tourism, was recently interviewed by the Illinois News Bureau to discuss the history of Olympic athletes’ social justice protests. Click here to view the full interview.
Climify Your Syllabi
2024-06-16 - The discussions on this program are geared to help you “climify your syllabi” to assign projects that not only teach design fundamentals but also contribute positively to our climate. Join the conversation and access valuable resources on all podcast networks and directly on the website: Climify. The theme is Change the...
In Remembrance: Professor Irfan Ahmad
2024-05-08 - We mourn the loss of our esteemed colleague Irfan Ahmad, who passed away Wednesday evening. Please click here to view the message from Deans Mark Cohen and Rashid Bashir. May he rest in peace.
Webinar Recording: David Whyte, "Law's Quick Fix? Ecocide, Social Transformation & the Pitfalls of Criminalisation"
2024-04-17 - The recent lecture "Law's Quick Fix? Ecocide, Social Transformation & the Pitfalls of Criminalisation" by David Whyte (Professor of Climate Justice, Queen Mary University of London, School of Law) took place on Wednesday, April 24th at 12 PM on Zoom. Description: Calls to...
Hany Zayed, "Digital Paradoxes: How Technology Unintentionally Transforms Education"
2024-04-17 - The recent lecture "Digital Paradoxes: How Technology Unintentionally Transforms Education" by Hany Zayed took place on Wednesday, April 17th at 2 PM in the College of Education Room ED 22 and on Zoom. Description: In 2018, Egypt began...
In Remembrance: Professor Elena Delgado
2024-04-10 - We join our colleagues in Spanish and Portuguese, in the School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, and from all around the world in sorrow over the death of Professor Elena Delgado. As we mourn her loss, we see her impact at Illinois everywhere we turn. For more on her many accomplishments, click the link: ...
Webinar Recording: David Takacs (Professor Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair UC Law, San Francisco), "'We Are the River': Rights of Nature in a Climate Changed World"
2024-03-16 - CGS is excited to announce a recording is available for the recent lecture "'We Are the River': Rights of Nature in a Climate Changed World.", by David Takacs (Professor Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair UC Law, San Francisco) taking place on Wednesday, March 27th at 12PM at 306 Coble Hall and...
How My IGlobal Journey Is Preparing Me For the Classroom
2024-02-20 - Grace Schlichter has been part of IGlobal since her first year on campus. She got involved with the program to broaden her understanding of students' culture and backgrounds and prepare her to lead her future classroom. I’m not sure how we started talking about it, but when I heard the word “tiger,” I froze. I was talking with the middle school students I teach through the...
Webinar Recording: Cameron McCarthy (Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, College of Education, UIUC), "Visual Cultural Practices of Postcolonial Elite Schools in Globalizing Circumstances"
2024-02-16 - A recording of Professor McCarthy's talk is available at the end of this description. Thursday, February 29th | 3-4pm | 306 Coble Hall and Zoom A dynamic process of revivification is taking place in the visual cultural domains of postcolonial elite schools as they seek to...
Eve Darian-Smith, "World on Fire: Anti-Democracy and Anti-Environmentalism"
2024-02-16 - Monday, March 4th | 12 - 1 PM | Campus Instructional Facility (CIF), Room 4039 In this talk, Professor Eve Darian-Smith (Global and International Studies at the University of California, Irvine) will focus on wildfires in California, Australia, and Brazil, connecting them to the broader economic, social, and political issues underlying climate change, and exploring...
Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (ILLS16) Conference on "Language, Mind, and Society"
2024-02-12 - The Center for Global Studies is proud to be a co-sponsor of the 16th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (ILLS16) - which is now open for registration! ILLS is an annual graduate student-run linguistics conference aimed primarily at providing graduate and advanced undergraduate students a friendly venue in...