Spring 2026 Speakers and Lectures at CGS

The Center of Global Studies is excited to announce the speakers and their lectures for the spring semester:

February

• 02/12 - Sarah Leah Whitson and Michael Omer-Man, co-authors. Book Talk: From Apartheid to Democracy, A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine. 
  • 4:00 pm,  Illini Union Bookstore, 2^nd Floor Author’s Corner, 809 S. Wright St., Urban.
• 02/24 - Magdalena Paz Novoa Echaurren (UIUC), "Making Space for Many Worlds: Pluriversal Planning, Arts-Based Methods, and Historic Preservation in Chile."
  • 12-1 pm, Coble Hall 306.

March

• 03/12 - Lisa Hinchliffe (UIUC), "Global Trands in Scholarly Publishing Business Models."
  • 12-1 pm, Coble Hall 306
• 03/26 -  Adrian Wong (UIUC), "Policy Oasis: Alliances, Labor, and Value of Digital Development Policy Implementation for Small Business in Chile."
  • 12-1 pm, Coble Hall 306.

April

• 04/ 14-15 - CGS Global Policy Forum.  Two-day workshops and conference, with participation by Illinois undergraduate and graduate students.
  • Levis Faculty Center.  Second Floor.
• 04/22 - Sofia Zaragocin, "Writing and reflecting collectively:  community peer-review processes in the Galápagos Islands."
  • 12-1 pm, Coble Hall 306.