2024-01-30
- Scroll to the bottom of the page to watch a recording of Dr. Liu's presentation.
On Wednesday, February 7, at 12pm on Zoom, the CGS was joined by Dr. Lizhi Liu's for a presentation on her paper, "The Rise of Data Politics: Digital China and the World.” Data has become one of the most valuable assets for governments and...
2024-01-24 - Please join the CGS Team in welcoming John Levi Barnard (Associate Professor of English & Comparative & World Literature, UIUC), on Wednesday, January 31st at noon in 306, Coble Hall for his talk, "Meat, Climate, and the Dystopia of the Present." Moving through a century of dystopian film and literature -- from The Jungle to Soylent Green...
2024-01-24 - Please join us and Debbie Sharnak (Assistant Professor of History & International Studies at Rowan University) on Wednesday, January 31st from 6-7:15pm at Levis Faculty Center, Room 210 for her a talk on her book, Of Light and Struggle: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Accountability in Uruguay....
2024-01-22 - Please join us in welcoming Debbie Sharnak (Assistant Professor of History & International Studies at Rowan University) on Monday, January 29th from 5-6:15pm at Huff Hall, Room 1002 for her lecture "Fútbol under Authoritarian Rule and Its Global...
2023-11-20 - Scroll to the bottom of this page to watch this webinar recording! Original post: Join the CGS team in welcoming Dustin Tingley (Professor of Government at Harvard University) and Alexander F. Gazmararian (Doctoral Candidate at Princeton University) for their virtual lecture...
2023-11-01 - Scroll to the bottom of the page to watch a recording of Dr. Sultana's presentation. Join the CGS team in welcoming Farhana Sultana (Professor of Geography at Syracuse University) for her virtual lecture, "From Climate Coloniality to Climate Revolution" on Wednesday, November 8th at 12PM. The extremely uneven...
2023-10-31 - In light of Governor J.B. Pritzker's recent announcement of the "State Designated Cultural District" initiative, Illinois is making a significant stride towards preserving its rich cultural heritage. The initiative, backed by a robust $3 million fund, aims to assist communities in celebrating their unique histories and fostering tourism. The challenges Illinois has faced over the years are...
2023-10-12 - Scroll to the bottom of the page to watch Dr. Genovese's presentation. Please join the CGS for the next talk in our Climate Change series: Federica Genovese (Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Oxford) on Wednesday, October 18th at 11AM CST on...
2023-10-03 - Please join the CGS for the next talk in our Climate Change series: Jim Best (Department of Earth Science & Environmental Change, UIUC) on Wednesday, October 11th at 12PM in 306 Coble Hall and on Zoom will give their lecture, "The Future of the World’s Great Rivers: Anthropogenic Stresses, Impacts and Possible Solutions."...
2023-10-02 - Please join the CGS team in welcoming Mayra Alejandra Saenz Amaguaya (PhD Candidate in the Agricultural and Consumer Economics Department) for her lecture, "Can Institutional Factors Affect Intergenerational Family Transfers?" on Thursday, October 5th at 12PM in 309 International and Area Studies Library (Main Library) and on...
2023-09-22 - Please join the CGS team in welcoming Dr. Adil Najam on Monday October 2nd at 12PM, in Levis 208 and on Zoom, for his presentation, "The Age Adaptation". Dr. Najam will examine climate change impacts, particularly on developing countries of the Global South who have had the least to do with causing the climate crisis but now find themselves at the...
Scott Althaus, CGS' core faculty, professor of political science and communication and director of the Cline Center, has received the 2023 IJPP Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award for "Building Theory in Political Communication." Credit:...
Dr. Charles Fogelman, Teaching Assistant Professor in the LAS Global Studies Program, has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad grant to spend six months conducting qualitative research in Lesotho, from June until December 2023. Dr. Fogelman's project, titled "Developing the Mountain Kingdom's Landscapes: Poverty Alleviation, Land, and Horticulture...
CGS congratulates its affiliates named College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) Dean’s Award recipients for excellence in teaching and advising and Faculty honors. Click here for full story.
CGS congratulates its affiliates who have been named Center for Advanced Study (CAS) Associates and CAS Beckman Fellow. The CAS Associates are Brett Kaplan from Comparative & World Literature, Soo Ah Kwon from Asian American Studies and...