August 29, 2025
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The Center of Global Studies is excited to announce the speakers and their lectures for the fall semester:
- 09/04 - Claudia Grisales Bohorquez (PhD candidate, UIUC), "Aligning the Stars: an Ethnography of Digital Networks and Campesino Struggles in the Colombian Amazon."
- 12-1 pm, Coble Hall 306.
- 09/17 - Emily Lawson-Bulten and Jess Mingee (PhD candidates, UIUC), "Decolonizing Relationships: Moving from an Empowerment to Agency Mindset in International Engineering Interventions."
- 12-1 pm, Coble Hall 306.
- 09/23 - MillerComm: Allison Stanger (International Politics and Economics, Middlebury), "Who Elected Big Tech?:
- 12-1 pm, NCSA room 1030.
- 09/25 - Southern Voices, "Catalysts for Change: Youth Participation and the Future of Global Agendas."
- 9-10 AM, on Zoom
October
- 10/01 - Jose Atiles (Sociology, UIUC), “Islands of Exception: Law, Empire, and Offshore Finance in the Caribbean.”
- 12-1 pm, Coble Hall 306.
- 10/09 - Xiomara Ortiz (MA candidate, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UIUC), "Context Before Engineering – Learning from a Community-Led Water Project in the Navajo Nation
- 12-1 pm, Coble Hall 306.
- 10/21 - Gino Pauselli (Political Science, UIUC), "Critical Ties: How Reliable Information Suppliers Influence International Organizations' Propensity to Criticize States."
- 12-1 pm, Coble Hall 306.
- 10/30 - Sharifa Sultana (Computer Science, UIUC), "Human-AI Interaction in the Global South."
- 12-1 pm, Coble Hall 306.
November
- 11/19 - Matthew Soener (Sociology, UIUC), "Global Capitalism, Climate Change, and Emerging Fault Lines."
- 12-1 pm, Coble Hall 306.