2025-10-03
- MS in Global Studies: Global Leaders through Knowledge and ActionThe Master of Science in Global Studies Program (MSGSP) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is designed for those seeking to engage deeply with the challenges and opportunities of our interconnected world. Whether advising students or exploring graduate options yourself, MSGSP offers a...
2025-09-26 - Islands of Exception: Law, Empire, and Offshore Finance in the CaribbeanJose Atiles (Sociology, UIUC)Wednsday, 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...
2025-09-22 - CGS Fall ReceptionNational Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Room 1030 1205 W. Clark St, Urbana @ 1pmPlease join us at 1:00pm for food, conversation, and celebration of the fall semester.
2025-09-18 - Millercomm Lecture series: Allison Stanger, "Who Elected Big Tech?" Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025 at 12:00pm National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Room 1030 1205 W. Clark St, UrbanaThis lecture will critically examine the growing influence of major technology corporations on...
2025-09-16 - “Catalysts for Change: Youth Participation and the Future of Global Agendas” Thursday, 25 September 2025, at 9:00-10:00 AM (CT) via ZoomSouthern Voice Talks is a new...
2025-09-05 - Wednesday, September 17th, 2025 at 12:00 pm Coble Hall, Room 306 and on ZoomGiven the complexity of global poverty and climate change, much of technical education has focused on practitioners as changemakers, seeking to inspire individuals to tackle the world’s most...
2025-08-31 - Thursday, September 4th, 2025 at 12:00pm Coble Hall, Room 306 and on ZoomDescription: Claudia Grisales will present her dissertation research that explores the role of digital technologies in struggles for land and recognition of a campesino, or small-farmer, community, in the northwestern Colombian Amazon. While...
2025-08-29 - 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...-
2025-08-08 - Please join CGS and Southern Voice on 14 August, 9AM (CT), for the launch of Southern Voice Talks, a new space for bold ideas and fresh perspectives from the Global South.Our first event, “Local Solutions to Global Challenges...
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...
2025-03-07 - CGS Announces Launch of New Master of Science in Global Studies Program, Spring 2026!The Center for Global Studies (CGS) is thrilled to announce the launch of a new Master of Science in Global Studies (MSGS) program, beginning in Fall 2025. This innovative, interdisciplinary program is a collaborative effort among the Center for Global Studies (CGS), the Center for the...
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...