The U.S. Universities Midwest Arabic Debate Championship, is dedicated to fostering cross-cultural dialogue and intellectual exchange among universities in the Midwest. The primary goal is to provide a unique and inclusive platform for students, promoting cultural understanding and academic excellence through engaging Arabic language debates. This initiative carries significant intellectual value...
The first graduate symposium on Asian Studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was held from April 13 to 14, 2024 at the Levis Faculty Center and virtually. This symposium was organized by the Asian Studies Group at U of I and focused on featuring emerging scholars contributing to our collective understanding of Asian societies and communities. The...
The Center for Global Studies and the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois present: Away From the Empire: The Linguistic and Cultural Shift In Ukraine in the Wake of the Russian Invasion. A three-day symposium that took place on April 19, 21, and 26, 2023. Miss the symposium? Watch the recordings:...
This project attempts to understand how digital platforms, especially messaging apps, function as unavoidable infrastructure in our social lives and become new modes of national governance. It focuses on messaging apps that are based in East Asia – WeChat from China and Kakaotalk from South Korea – and asks questions about how they have become infrastructures by combining various features other...
Illinois Contextual Engineering Week, happening April 20-23, will introduce attendees to the benefits of using a contextual approach in engineering design. Topics will include innovative self-sufficiency, unintended consequences, and contextual influences, alongside providing many real-world project examples. Yerson Lopez, who works for the Municipality of Yamaramguila, Honduras, will...
Child marriage is one of the major barriers to international development goals. Even today, India has 102 million child brides. Although keeping them in school is a challenge, formal education enhances girls’ ability to negotiate these key life decisions. This project will collaborate with the award-winning NGO SwaTaleem Foundation. The SwaTaleem Foundation is actively working with Kasturba...
There is a clear interrelationship between current educational reforms and global economic movements in different parts of the world. Educational reforms are driven by increasing demand for meeting the global market’s competitive standards. However, these reforms are directed to achieve a set of global targets that would have different results in various local settings. These generalized global...
The P.A.N. Culture and Heritage Experience is a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign study abroad foundations course that focuses on preparing and educating students about life abroad, educational development in Sub-Saharan Africa, and research in Ghana, Africa. The Ghanaian “Year of Return” initiative encourages Diasporians to return to Africa, making this is an interesting time to study...
Climate change and climate action are active social factors in an emerging area of research. This project will feature a conversation that addresses current questions about climate change and climate action. The project will include a series of debates that focus on the relationships between the impacts of climate change and various social aspects in the modern world. An 8 week/2-credit-hour...
The Illinois Flamenco-Jazz Collective is a new music and dance ensemble dedicated to high-quality Flamenco education and performance in Champaign-Urbana and surrounding areas. Directors Alyssa Teijeiro-Ficht (dance) and Brian Stark (music) are working with students, some of whom have prior Flamenco experience and some who are absolute beginners, but all of whom are inspired by a passion for...