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 the 2015 publication of Globalizing Knowledge, Professor Kennedy has engaged in a number of global conversations with radically different scopes of imagination, principles of...
- Global Knowledge and Transnational Crime, part of the CGS Globalizing Knowledge Series, presented by Yuliya Zabyelina. Description: In her talk, Dr. Zabyelina discussed crimes committed by state bodies and international representatives, and particularly those who are protected by immunity from prosecution (e.g., diplomatic immunity, immunities, and protections provided to...
- 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 Assata Zerai. Video Recording || Event Flyer...
- 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: Professor Sally Engle Merry’s research interests focus on human rights, gender violence and, most recently, how big data indicators have been used as a tool of power to influence global...
- 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 Informatics series. Presented by Dr. Melissa Rae Goodnight. Description: The presentation addressed the challenges with monitoring national education systems using large-scale...
- 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 series. Presented by Avital Livny. Abstract: The negative associations between diversity and economic growth, public goods provision, and interpersonal trust may be some of the...
- 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 backgrounds and experiences, came together to foster informative discussions relating to Digital Humanities. ...
- 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. Speakers: Donna Buchanan — Professor of Musicology, University of Illinois at Urbana-...
- 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 of government, political science, and sociology on the uses of quantitative approaches in global governance and on the calibration and deployment of soft power. The participants will...
- The presentation was given by Hatem Bazian, lecturer in Near Eastern Studies and Asian American Studies at UC Berkeley.
- Governing Globalization: Challenges for Democracy and Global Society Mar 31, 2017 – Apr 1, 2017 2017 Joint Area Center Symposium Website Conference Registration As the world has grown increasingly interdependent, populations have been forced...
- 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 governance, the UN. The talk presented four different considerations or ways to consider the success or failures of the UN, as well as the limitations of each approach. [...
- 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 AROUND THE WORLD” “Islam in America” [VIDEO] A panel discussion with: Imam Sheikh Rizwan...
- 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 election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, Moderator Niala Boodhoo talked with a panel of experts about how this will affect not just transatlantic relations, but future...
- 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 these political and social movements share characteristics such as a rejection of globalization, disengagement from global systems, anti-immigration fervor, and tendencies toward nationalistic...