Geography & Geographic Information Science

Geography and Geographic Information Science (GGIS)

Monday, March 20, 2023

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306
CLACS Lecture Series. Dr. Simone Vegliò (Urban and Political Geography, Malmö University). "China's action in Argentina: Infrastructure, Urbanization, and Dependency"
- Lecture

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

- 4:30 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 South Gregory, Urbana
MillerComm Lecture Series. Dr Trinidad Rico (University of Southern California). "Atomic Heritage, Secrecy, and Failure: The Huemul Atomic Project in Argentina"
- Lecture

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Room 306 Coble Hall
Beverley Mullings: "Informality, Precarity and the Coloniality of Gendered Labour in the Caribbean"
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- La Casa Cultural Latina. 1203 W. Nevada St., Urbana.
Bate Papo (Portuguese Conversation Table)
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, March 23, 2023

- 5:00 - 7:00 pm
- Murphy Gallery, University YMCA. 1001 South Wright St., Champaign
BRIDGE - Making Art with Immigrants and Creating Antiracist Praxis
- Exhibition

Friday, March 24, 2023

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306
IGI Series on Global Responsibilities. Jose Duran (CEPAL) "Lights and Shadows of War in the Ukraine: Economic and Social Effects on Latin America and the Caribbean"
- Lecture

Saturday, March 25, 2023

- 9:30 am
- Hybrid event. In person at Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building & via Zoom
CLACS K-14 Series. Dr. Jose Atiles Osoria (Sociology). "A Short Introduction to Caribbean Studies"
- Professional Development

Monday, March 27, 2023

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306
CLACS Lecture Series. Dr Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez (School of Public Health, UCLA). "Mortality declines in Latin America during the 20th century: implications for current and future changes in longevity"
- Lecture

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- TBD
IGI Series on Global Responsibilities. "Ukrainian Refugees in Poland and the Response of the Polish and Ukrainian Immigrant Population to the Refugee Crisis"
- Lecture

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

- All Day
- Memorial Room, Smith Memorial Hall
Puerto Rico Symposium – Encuentro Puertorriqueño de Creación Musical
- Conference/Workshop

Thursday, March 30, 2023

- All Day
- Memorial Room, Smith Memorial Hall
Puerto Rico Symposium – Encuentro Puertorriqueño de Creación Musical
- Conference/Workshop

Friday, March 31, 2023

- All Day
- Memorial Room, Smith Memorial Hall
Puerto Rico Symposium – Encuentro Puertorriqueño de Creación Musical
- Conference/Workshop
- 12:00 pm
Shakira Nasir: "Understanding Digital Literacy Among Children from B40 Family Living at the Pusat Perumahan Rakyat (PPR)"
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- 2049 Natural History Building
Drought Propagation in the Water-Scarce Northeast of Brazil: Societal Response to Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Water Storage

The northeastern region of Brazil, especially the state of Ceará, is characterized by a semi-arid climate and has been historically known to suffer from severe socio-economic impacts from droughts.
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, April 1, 2023

- All Day
- Memorial Room, Smith Memorial Hall
Puerto Rico Symposium – Encuentro Puertorriqueño de Creación Musical
- Conference/Workshop
- 10:00 - 11:30 am
- Murphy Community Gallery, University YMCA. 1001 S Wright Street, Champaign IL 61821
K-12 PDH "The Arts of Creating Antiracist Immigrant Communities in Champaign IL"
- Professional Development

Sunday, April 2, 2023

- All Day
- Memorial Room, Smith Memorial Hall
Puerto Rico Symposium – Encuentro Puertorriqueño de Creación Musical
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, April 3, 2023

- 5:00 pm
- TBA
LAC Cities Collective. Dr Sofía Zaragocín (Geography, Universidad San Francisco de Quito) "A decolonial feminist geographical framework for critical geography at the hemispheric scale."
- Lecture

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

- 4:00 pm
IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: The Global Impacts of The War in Ukraine
- Lecture

Thursday, April 6, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright Street, Champaign
IGI Series on Global Responsibilities. "Armenia's Pivot to the West: Collapse of the Russian-led Security Architecture in the South Caucasus"
- Lecture

Friday, April 7, 2023

- 3:00 pm
- 2049 Natural History Building
Novel multi-temporal airborne imaging approaches for analyzing wildfire behavior and monitoring infrastructure

Airborne remote sensing systems enable higher spatial and temporal resolution imaging than spaceborne systems and provide tremendous flexibility in satisfying space-time sampling requirements for studying dynamic land surface phenomena.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- La Casa Cultural Latina. 1203 W. Nevada St., Urbana.
Bate Papo (Portuguese Conversation Table)
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, April 8, 2023

- 9:30
- Hybrid event. In person at ARC Instructional Kitchen (limited spaces) & via Zoom.
CLACS K-14 Series. Dr Mariselle Meléndez (Spanish & Portuguese). “Food and Culture in Latin America: The Case of Chocolate”
- Professional Development

Monday, April 10, 2023

- 3:00 pm
- Coble 306
CLACS Lecture Series. Francisco Rodríguez-Suárez (School of Architecture).
- Lecture

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum of World Cultures. 600 S. Gregory St. Urbana, IL 61801
Film screening and discussion with Dr. Pilar Egüez Guevara (IL Alumna): "Raspando Coco"
- Film Screening

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- Room 108 Coble Hall
IGI Series on Global Responsibilities. "The impact of Russia-Ukraine Conflict on Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: A Call for a More Resilient African Food System"
- Lecture

Monday, April 17, 2023

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306
CLACS Lecture Series. Dr. Paulina L. Alberto (History, Harvard University). "Black Legend: The Many Lives of Raúl Grigera and the Power of Racial Storytelling in Argentina”
- Lecture

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

- 5:00 pm
- La Casa Cultural Latina. 1203 W. Nevada St., Urbana.
Bate Papo (Portuguese Conversation Table)
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, April 22, 2023

- 9:30 am
- Hybrid event. In person at Room 1000, Siebel Center for Design & via Zoom
CLACS K-14 Series. Dr. Monica González Ybarra (Curriculum & Instruction) & Dr. Juanatano Cano (LAUSD). "Latin American and the Caribbean Cultures of Education"
- Professional Development

Friday, April 28, 2023

- 5:00 pm
- La Casa Cultural Latina. 1203 W. Nevada St., Urbana.
Bate Papo (Portuguese Conversation Table)
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, May 1, 2023

- 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Caught Between Cultures: Book Club for Educators.
- Informational

Thursday, May 4, 2023

- All Day
- TBA
LAC Cities Collective. Clara Irazábal (Urban Planning, University of Maryland, College Park)
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, June 5, 2023

- 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Caught Between Cultures: Book Club for Educators
- Informational