On April 7, 2022 at 12pm (CST) on Zoom, Prof. Jessica Brinkworth (UIUC Anthropology) will give a talk exploring the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and labratory work's reliance on single-use plastics. Lab-based science is simultaneously...
Join UIUC international law, social informatics, and finance experts for a virtual panel on “Digital Activism and International Law in Ukraine” this Tuesday, March 8th, at 12pm. Professors Tatyana Deryugina(Gies College of Business), ...
Ananya Tiwari has been named by Google.org as one of the seven “Leaders to Watch” from non-profits around the world. A doctoral student in the Education Psychology program at the University of Illinois Urbana-...
Many of you may have attended the CGS panel discussion with CGS FLAS Alumni held on October 26th, 2021, at which you will have heard from Terrell Jermaine Starr (Atlantic...
February 22, noon: Professor Emeritus Edward A. Kolodziej (UIUC Political Science and Founder and past Director of the Center for Global Studies) will give a talk about his new book: Global Governance: Evaluating the Liberal Democratic, Chinese, and Russian...
An estimated 10 million girls in India may not return to school when they reopen after the second wave of COVID-19. Furthermore, there will be an increase of more than 30 million child brides in the next decade globally, due to COVID-19 (UNESCO, 2020). Girls aged 12-17 are at particular risk...
Global Intersections is a Center for Global Studies (CGS) initiative designed to encourage multicultural, international, transnational, and global perspectives in student research. Below is a...
CGS has a new office location for the upcoming year! We have joined the Illinois Global Institute (IGI), along with several centers, at our new home in Coble Hall. The expectation is that over the next year, all IGI units will move to Coble Hall....
May 1, 2021 12:00 - 1:00 pm The Center for Global Studies and European Union Center Present A Global Intersections Event: The Illinois Flamenco Jazz Collective: Juerga de Primavera Directed by Brian Stark and Alyssa Teijeiro-Ficht Featuring David Chiriboga and La...
Congratulations to the students who were announced for the Women & Gender in Global Perspectives Fellowships and Awards! The Center for Global Studies would like to give a special shout out to awardees Ananya Tiwari, the student representative on the CGS Advisory Board and Atyeh Ashtari,...
The Center for Global Studies (CGS) is excited to announce the 2021 International Studies Research Lab (ISRL), an initiative that promotes the internationalization of community colleges nationwide. CGS...
Please see the list of upcoming CGS talks and panel discussions for the spring semester of 2021. To download, please click here. 2/2 ...
Date: Dec 2, 2020 Time : 12:00 PM (cst) Clean running water on the Navajo Nation has been an ongoing challenge for decades, and even today one in three families still do not have a sink and a toilet. The Navajo Water...
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Info Sessions <Undergraduate Information Session> Date: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 4:00pm to 5:00pm CT Register here <Graduate...
Date: November 11, 2020 Time : 12-1PM (cst) Speakers: Emily Mendenhall (Georgetown,...