Illinois Global Institute

Welcome to the calendar of the Illinois Global Institute. We are home to 10 longstanding international area studies centers and thematic programs. Bringing the units together as part of the IGI will improve organizational support, raise visibility, and foster additional cross-campus collaboration on essential international programs

Thursday, January 23, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
Seminar Series - Andrew Castiglioni, Principal Biologist Argonne National Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 24, 2025

- 10:00 - 11:30 am
BODIES IN FOCUS: Endangered Bodies & Activism
- Lecture

Monday, January 27, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)
Women Enviromental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon: Brazil - Dr. Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro
- Conference/Workshop
- 5:00 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 South Gregory
Shadows: Songs from Testimonies of the Fortunoff Video Archive
- Performance
- 5:00 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum of World Cultures (600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL)
Shadows: Songs from Testimonies of the Fortunoff Video Archive
- Performance

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

- 12:00 - 2:15 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Graduate Student Workshop: Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals
- Conference/Workshop
- 4:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820
Dr. Rana Khoury, “What Happened, and What’s Next, for Syria?”
- Lecture

Thursday, January 30, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
Seminar Series - Camila Martinica, IAEA & ANL Internships
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 31, 2025

- 10:00 - 11:30 am
BODIES IN FOCUS: Emerging Scholars on Body Studies
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- 404 David Kinley Hall 1407 W Gregory Dr. Urbana
Dr. Marwa Shalaby. “How Parliaments Matter: Policy and Opposition in the Middle East’s Authoritarian Legislatures.”
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Markian Dobczansky
- Lecture

Monday, February 3, 2025

- All Day
- Library Gallery, University Library (1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801)
Unissued Diplomas Exhibition | Main Library
- Exhibition
- 3:00 pm TBD
- Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)
Ignacio Sanchez Prado: "The Aesthetics and Intimacies of Food Sovereignty. Maíz Criollo in Gastronomy and Art"
- Lecture

Thursday, February 6, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S. Wright St.
Dr. Tarek El Ariss. Book talk on Water on Fire: A Memoir of War
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
Seminar Series - Don Casler, Assistant Professor in Political Science
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 7, 2025

- 10:00 - 11:30 am
BODIES IN FOCUS: Centering the Body in Pedagogy & Teaching
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Anastasiia Strakhova, "Benefits of Illegality: Clandestine Jewish Emigration from Eastern Europe, 1870s-1914"
- Lecture
- 2:00 - 7:00 pm
- Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) Room 4036 and 4039 (1405 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801)
Summer Graduate Research Conference
- Conference/Workshop

Saturday, February 8, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- The Lewis Auditorium, The Urbana Free Library
Latin American Story Time: "Drummer Boy of John John"
- Other

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Graduate Book Discussion: "Data Feminism: by Catherine D'lgnazio and Lauren Klein

Graduate Book Discussion: "Data Feminism: by Catherine D'lgnazio and Lauren Klein Wednesday, Feb 12th and 26th, from 2:00-3:30 pm CST via Zoom Register and Request at: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1134466534.
- Meeting

Thursday, February 13, 2025

- 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- YMCA Latzer Hall, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Uman Tok: A Discussion on Period Poverty & Global Collaboration

Uman Tok: A Discussion on Period Poverty and Global Collaboration February 13th 6:00 – 7:30 PM Latzer Hall | University YMCA
- Film Screening

Thursday, February 20, 2025

- 5:00 - 8:00 pm TBD
- Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium Temple Hoyne Buell Hall (611 Lorado Taft Dr, Champaign, IL 61820)
Celebrating Afro-Cuban Artist Wifredo Lam: A Talk with Lowery Stokes Sims
- Performance

Friday, February 21, 2025

- 10:00 - 11:30 am
BODIES IN FOCUS: Body Matters & Liberation in East European and Eurasian Studies
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Maxim Krupskiy, "'Foreign Agents' Legislation: Between Democratic Resilience and Weaponized Transparency"
- Lecture
- 1:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building, 707 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
EALC/CEAPS Alumni Book Talk | “Feminists, Lesbians, and Queer Manga Artists and Fans Rethinking ‘Women’ in 1970s–1980s Japan” | James Welker
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 24, 2025

- 8:30 am - 8:00 pm
- Southwest Vestibule, Illini Union (1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801)
Unissued Diplomas Pop-Up Exhibition | Illini Union
- Exhibition

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

- 6:30 - 7:00 pm
- Nate & Lillie Story Room, Champaign Public Library. 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820
Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Portuguese)
- Other

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

- 12:00 - 3:15 pm
- Hilton Garden Inn, Champaign, IL and via Zoom
28th Daniel S. Sanders Annual Peace & Social Justice Lecture: "Why Refugee-Led Organizations Must Be At The Forefront of Leading Change"

28th Daniel S. Sanders Annual Peace & Social Justice Lecture: "Why Refugee-Led Organizations Must Be At The Forefront of Leading Change". Guest Lecturer: Mr. Robert Hakiza, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID). February 26th, 2025 at Hilton Garden Inn, 1501 S Neil St, Champaign, IL 12 pm - 3:15 pm.
- Lecture
- 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Graduate Book Discussion: "Data Feminism: by Catherine D'lgnazio and Lauren Klein

"Data Feminism: by Catherine D'lgnazio and Lauren Klein. The discussion will be led by GRID Students Mahbubeh Moqadam and Marwah Malik. Wednesday, Feb 12th and 26th, from 2:00-3:30 pm CST via Zoom Register and Request at: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1134466534.
- Meeting

Thursday, February 27, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
Seminar Series - Katy Huff, Associate Professor in NPRE
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:30 pm
- Room 66, Main Library (1408 W Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801)
Film Screening: Intercepted (2024)
- Film Screening

Friday, February 28, 2025

- All Day
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The Multilingual Mediterranean: Winter 2025 Workshop
- Conference/Workshop
- 1:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign
CEAPS Brown Bag |“Damocles’s Switchboard: Information Externalities and the Autocratic Logic of Internet Control” | Meicen Sun
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 1, 2025

- All Day
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The Multilingual Mediterranean: Winter 2025 Workshop
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, March 3, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)
LAC Women Justice: Maria Jose Mendez "Embroideries of War: Salvadoran Women Refugees’ Memories of Care"
- Lecture

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
Dr. Huda Fakhreddine "On translating Arabic Poetry,"
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

- 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor
"12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories"

The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) and the Humanities Research Institute (HRI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are co-hosting our eighth annual event, “12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories” bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia.
- Lecture

Thursday, March 6, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 1066 Lincoln Hall (702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801)
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Alexis Peri, "Diplomacy of the Heart: Soviet and American Women's Cold-War Correspondence"
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
Seminar Series - Matt McKnight, Ginkgo Biosecurity
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 7, 2025

- All Day
- TBD
Archaeology Conference
- Ceremony/Service

Saturday, March 8, 2025

- All Day
- TBD
Archaeology Conference
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, March 10, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)
CLACS Series: Alex Borucki
- Lecture

Monday, March 24, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)
Prof. Ellen Moodie - Book Talk: Indignant Liberalism: Protest, Political Change, and El Salvador’s Post-postwar Generation.
- Lecture

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 1080 LCLB- Lucy Ellis Lounge & Conference Center 707 Mathew Ave Urbana
Abigail Balbale. “‘The sight that I offer is the fairest of sights’: Ivory, Concubines, and Transcultural Exchange in Umayyad Cordoba.”
- Lecture
- 6:30 - 7:00 pm
- Nate & Lillie Story Room, Champaign Public Library. 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820
Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Q'anjob'al)
- Other

Thursday, March 27, 2025

- 7:00 - 8:30 pm
- Lincoln Hall 1092
9th Annual UIUC Korean Spech Contest
- Other

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

- 6:00 pm
- Knight Auditorium at Spurlock Museum
AsiaLENS | "Cirque du Cambodia"
- Film Screening

Thursday, April 3, 2025

- 8:30 am TBD
- TBD
Lac Cities Collective Presents: Mariana Alegre Escorza
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, April 4, 2025

- 1:30 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign
CEAPS Brown Bag | "Eco-Cities Beyond Failure: Reimagining the Everyday Socio-Natural Ecologies in Urban China" | Colleen Chiu-Shee
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 7, 2025

- 8:30 am TBD
Women Enviromental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon: Peru - Dr. Maritza Paredes
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

- 5:30 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum of World Cultures (600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL)
Film Screening: Queendom (2023)
- Film Screening

Thursday, April 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana Room 1090
Dr. Lauren Osborne. Book talk on Hearing Islam: The Sounds of a Global Religious Tradition,
- Lecture

Saturday, April 12, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- The Lewis Auditorium, The Urbana Free Library
Latin American Story Time: "Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son"
- Other

Monday, April 14, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)
LAC Women Justice Presents: Elizabeth Kennedy
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, April 18, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Olga Zaitseva-Herz
- Lecture

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

- 6:30 - 7:00 pm
- Nate & Lillie Story Room, Champaign Public Library. 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820
Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish)
- Other

Friday, April 25, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- YMCA Latzer Hall, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
WGGP Spring Reception

WGGP Spring Reception. Please join us as we honor or GRID Graduates and WGGP Award Recipients. Friday, April 25 | 4:00-5:00 pm | YMCA Latzer Hall. 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign. Remarks at 4:20pm.
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, May 2, 2025

- 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
- TBD
Dr. Michelle Campos and Dr. Charles Anderson. “Palestine in the World roundtable.”
- Lecture