2024-08-24
- We mourn the loss of our esteemed colleague Robert McKim, Emeritus, who passed away over the summer. Please click here to view the announcement by the Department of Philosophy: https://philosophy.illinois.edu/news/2024-08-23t185748/memoriam-robert-mckim. CGS affiliate Robert McKim leaves behind a rich...
2024-07-01 - CGS Affiliate Yannick Kluch, and professor of recreation, sport and tourism, was recently interviewed by the Illinois News Bureau to discuss the history of Olympic athletes’ social justice protests. Click here to view the full interview.- 2024-06-16 - The discussions on this program are geared to help you “climify your syllabi” to assign projects that not only teach design fundamentals but also contribute positively to our climate. Join the conversation and access valuable resources on all podcast networks and directly on the website: Climify. The theme is Change the...
2024-05-08 - We mourn the loss of our esteemed colleague Irfan Ahmad, who passed away Wednesday evening. Please click here to view the message from Deans Mark Cohen and Rashid Bashir. May he rest in peace.
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...
2024-04-10 - We join our colleagues in Spanish and Portuguese, in the School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, and from all around the world in sorrow over the death of Professor Elena Delgado. As we mourn her loss, we see her impact at Illinois everywhere we turn. For more on her many accomplishments, click the link: ...
2024-02-20 - Grace Schlichter has been part of IGlobal since her first year on campus. She got involved with the program to broaden her understanding of students' culture and backgrounds and prepare her to lead her future classroom. I’m not sure how we started talking about it, but when I heard the word “tiger,” I froze. I was talking with the middle school students I teach through the...
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...
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...
2023-10-31 - 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...
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...