2026-10-14 - Wei (Windy) Zhao, "Home beyond the House: Transformation of Life, Place, and Tradition in Rural China"Time: 12:00 pm, Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026Location: Coble 306 and ZoomAbstract: In this talk, Professor Zhao will discuss her book, Home beyond the House:...
2026-10-09 - Rana B. Khoury, "Prolonged Harm and Legacies of Violence"Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026Location: Coble Hall 306 and ZoomAbstract: Conflict scholarship conceptualizes violence, such as forced displacement, as discrete exposure and...
2026-09-10 - Wednesday, September 16th, 2-3 PMCoble 306 and on ZoomDescription: Beginning with an examination of the resounding failure of the PROMESA Act, which is characterized by the intensification of the displacement and expulsion of Puerto Ricans, as well as by the escalation of economic and political violence, Dr. Pérez-Lizasuain proposes reversing the...
2026-08-31 - Wednesday, September 2nd, 12-1PMCoble Hall 306 Desciption: In this talk, History PhD candidate, former Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Fellow, and HRI graduate fellow Owen MacDonald explains his dissertation project, “Caribbean Amazônia: Labor on the Madeira-Mamoré Railway and the Making of Race, Gender, and Empire in...
2026-04-24 - Hyungji Park, "From the Nile to the Han: Nineteenth-Century Korea, Egypt, and the Limits of Orientalism"Tuesday, APRIL 28｜12-1 PMCoble 306 and on Zoom: Hyungji Park ZoomDescription: What happens when an American diplomat arrives in Korea expecting the "Orient" —...
2026-04-18 - Wednesday, April 22, 12-1PMCoble 306 and on Zoom: Sofia Zaragocin ZoomDr. Sofía Zaragocin (Geography & GIS, UIUC) is a widely recognized scholar in geography, known for her innovative contributions to feminist and decolonial frameworks in Latin America. Her recent work centers on...
2026-03-13 - Description: The debate over open access versus closed access publishing often rightly centers on issues of affordability, accessibility, and equity—but what about long-term sustainability? This talk will examine the financial and scholarly implications of long standing and emerging business models in ...
2025-11-14 - Matthew Soener (Sociology, UIUC), "Global Capitalism, Climate Change, and Emerging Fault Lines"Wednesday, November 19, 12pm.Coble Hall 306 & on Zoom.Description: One important trend in recent decades is the rise in greenhouse gas emissions in the Global South. In this talk, Prof. Soener will first discuss a few perspectives...
2025-10-23 - Masters in Global Studies Information Session Speaker: Andy Guth, Academic Coordinator, Master's in Global Studies Date: Tuesday, October 28th Time: 5 pm Location: 306 Coble Hall 801 S. Wright St, Urbana, IL Virtual Option: Join Online via link provided...
2025-09-26 - Islands of Exception: Law, Empire, and Offshore Finance in the CaribbeanJose Atiles (Sociology, UIUC)Wednesday, Oct. 1st, 12-1PMCoble Hall, 306, and on Zoom Description: In this talk, Prof. Atiles previews his forthcoming book, Islands of Exception, which explores the colonial foundations and imperial design of offshore...
2025-04-22 - A Great Decoupling? Globalization Without the U.S. - April 24th, 2025 - 12 PM - On ZoomAbstract: This panel explores the evolving nature of global economic integration in an era marked by U.S. disengagement, rising protectionism, and a recalibration of economic alliances. With the post-WWII liberal international order under strain, panelists will...
2024-10-01 - Please join CGS and IASL for the inaugural discussion on AI in Global Perspective:When: Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 9:00 am Central US Time (Chicago)Where: On ZOOM.Register - ...
2024-09-20 - Cultivating 'Multiplicadores' through Community Empowerment: Liberatory and Digital Learning Models for Transformative DevelopmentThursday, September 26th - 12 PM - 306 Coble Hall and on Zoom Description: In 2019, Armando joined a Rio de Janeiro based NGO and Think Tank as a research collaborator to digitally map local favela organizations...
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...
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...