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 Barbara to discuss ISIS and the Global Rise of Religious Rebellions
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The rise of ISIS in Syria and Iraq is an example of how...
- 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 geographical and sociocultural contexts. [VIDEO] Dr. Thomas Basset moderated a panel discussion with University of Illinois faculty...
- 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 so many international guests? [VIDEO] Featured panelists include Dr. Werner Baer (economics), Dr. Laurence Chalip (Recreation, Sport,...
- 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 on the situation in Germany, Greece and Hungary and discuss the EU policies that address (or fail to address) the crisis. [VIDEO...
- 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 Africa. Several University of Illinois faculty members participated in the panel: Dr. Gay Miller (Veterinary Medicine) discussed epidemiology and disease transmission Dr. Brenda Wilson (Molecular...
- 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 – Henning Larsen Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Jamsheed Choksy – Chairman of the Department of Central Eurasian Studies,...
- 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 faculty members participated in the panel: Dr. Gay Miller (Veterinary Medicine) described the biology of Ebola and how the disease is transmitted Dr. Barry Pittendrigh (Integrative Biology)...
- 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 issues on the Urbana-Champaign campus Create capacity for future interdisciplinary research on global health issues Promote first-hand exposure to global health issues for graduate students and...
- 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 frontier outposts has added to the uncertainty of continued U.S.-Pakistan cooperation. Multiple crises befell this critical relationship during the past year—from the repatriation of CIA contractor Raymond...