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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

Monday, October 13, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
CLACS Series: "Language and Life in Q’anjob’al Communties" Adan F. Pascual
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Noyes Laboratory, 163
Angelica Waner: Zines in the Diaspora: Connecting Literary Threads Across Colonial Borders
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- 2090B LCLB
Slavic Dept Lecture: "PRL Noir: Specters of Communism in Contemporary Polish Cinema"
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- 2090B LCLB
Slavic Dept Lecture: "PRL Noir: Specters of Communism in Contemporary Polish Cinema"
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall (801 S. Wright Street, Champaign) - Room 108
Andy Nelson - Sandia National Laboratories
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

- All Day
- Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign
Graduate Student Conference Travel Grant
- Other
- All Day
- Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign
Graduate Student Conference Travel Grant
- Other
- 4:00 - 4:40 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Kazakh Language Speaking Club
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, October 16, 2025

- 5:15 pm
- Main Library Building, Room 66 (1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801)
PJCS Film screening: SHTTL
- Film Screening

Friday, October 17, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: LGBTQ + Stories of Change: A Journey Through History by Dywaine Betts, Jr.

Friday Forum + Conversation Café: LGBTQ + Stories of Change: A Journey Through History by Dywaine Betts, Jr. Time: October 17 at 12 pm Location: Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
- 1:30 - 3:00 pm
- Hybrid: 306 Coble Hall & ZOOM
(POSTPONED, NEW DATE TBA) CEAPS Brown Bag | “Zhou Zuoren at Tiger Bridge”| Jingling Chen
- Lecture
- 6:00 - 8:00 pm
- JW Eater JR. High, 400 E Wabash Ave, Rantoul, IL 61866
Rantoul City Schools Hispanic Heritage Celebration ; Celebración del mes de la Herencia Hispania de RCS
- Festival/Celebration

Monday, October 20, 2025

- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- 314b Illini Union
International Students Navigating the U.S.: Immigration, Rights, and Resources
- Informational
- 4:00 - 6:30 pm
- Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
AsiaLENS | "Black Box Diaries" Screening + Q&A with filmmater Shiori Itô

AsiaLENS | "Black Box Diaries" Screening + Q&A with filmmater Shiori Itô Location: Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801 Time: October 20 | 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
- Film Screening
- 4:00 - 6:30 pm
- Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
AsiaLENS | "Black Box Diaries" Screening + Q&A with filmmater Shiori Itô
- Film Screening
- 4:00 pm
Virtual Talk: ESMA Survivors
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Heritage Room, ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
Panel on “Community-Engaged Research in Action: Insights for Graduate Students”

Panel on “Community-Engaged Research in Action: Insights for Graduate Students” | October 21 at 12 pm | Heritage Room, ACES Alumni Center, 1101 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana
- Conference/Workshop
- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Panel on “Community-Engaged Research in Action: Insights for Graduate Students”
- Conference/Workshop
- 12:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Professor Gino Pauselli (Political Science, UIUC), "Critical Ties: How Reliable Information Suppliers Influence International Organizations' Propensity to Criticize States"
- Lecture
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 108.
Brazilian Studies Reading Group
- Meeting
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Reading Group: Juliana Freire’s “Indigenous Documentaries: Art, Self-Representation, and the Environment in Huni Kui Films”
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, Language, Cultures and Literatures Building (LCLB 1080)
Between Amsterdam and the Antilles: Diaspora and Community in Colonial Curaçao
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall (801 S. Wright Street, Champaign) - Room 108
Maurice (Mo) Payne - Sandia National Laboratories
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

- 12:30 - 3:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall
Graduate Workshop on "Effective Fellowship Writing"

GRADUATE STDENT WORSHOP Lunch for attendees: 12-12:30pm | 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals Wednesday, October 22 |12:30 pm - 2:30 pm | 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St Tips for applying for Grants and Fellowships Wednesday, October 22 |2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St
- Conference/Workshop
- 12:30 - 3:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall
Graduate Workshop on "Effective Fellowship Writing"
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities
- Informational
- 4:00 - 4:40 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Kazakh Language Speaking Club
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, October 23, 2025

- 7:00
- Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium, 600 S Gregory St. Urbana
Roger Ebert Screening: Piccadilly (1929)
- Film Screening

Friday, October 24, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolishionist Future by Emile Suotonye DeWeaver

Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolishionist Future by Emile Suotonye DeWeaver Time: October 24, 12 pm Location: Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
- 2:00 pm
- Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium, 600 S Gregory St. Urbana
Roger Ebert Lecture | "A Yellow Spot on the Silver Screen" | Yiman Wang
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.
Unlocking and accelerating physical activity opportunities for vulnerable children in Brazil: A path towards the sustainable school-based physical activity policy.
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.
Unlocking and accelerating physical activity opportunities for vulnerable children in Brazil: A path towards the sustainable school-based physical activity policy.
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall (801 S. Wright Street, Champaign) - Room 306
Andy Guth -- Masters in Global Studies
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- Alice Campbell Alumni Center
Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari

An Evening with Ayelet Tsabari. Songs for the Brokenhearted. October 28th | 5 pm | Alice Campbell Alumni Center
- Meeting

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Transitional Justice in Mexico: Sisyphus on the Hill / Dr. Francisco Javier Ramírez Treviño
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 7:00 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
Halloween Film Screening: "Pan's Labyrinth"

Halloween Film Screening: "Pan's Labyrinth" | October 29 at 4 pm | Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Film Screening
- 4:00 - 4:40 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Kazakh Language Speaking Club
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, October 30, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Choi Chatterjee and Karen Petrone, "Russia in World History: Updating the Long Telegram"
- Lecture

Friday, October 31, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Black Uncanny: Tales of the Black + The Weird by Stacey Robinson

Black Uncanny: Tales of the Black + The Weird by Stacey Robinson Time: October 31 at 12 pm Location: Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
- 1:30 - 3:00 pm
- Hybrid: 306 Coble Hall & ZOOM
VASP Brown Bag | “Morality and Sentiment: Female Ci Poets and Cultural Transformation in Late Ming China” | Baiheng Qian
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- 104 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
REEEC Community Events: REEEC Halloween Party
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, November 1, 2025

- 11:00 am
- The Urbana Free Library, 210 W Green St. Urbana, IL 61801
Slavic Story Time - The Urbana Free Library
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.
A Culturally-Adapted Motivational Intervention for Brazilian Families with Substance Use Disorders.
- Lecture
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306
A Culturally-Adapted Motivational Intervention for Brazilian Families with Substance Use Disorders
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall (801 S. Wright Street, Champaign) - Room 108
Camila Martinica - IAEA Programs, Careers, and Internships
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
Book Talk: "Civilizing Contention: International Aid in Syria's War." Dr. Rana Khoury
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 4:40 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Kazakh Language Speaking Club
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, November 6, 2025

- 10:00 am
- 106 W. Flessner Ave. Rantoul, IL
Slavic Story Time - Rantoul Public Library
- Social/Informal Event

Friday, November 7, 2025

- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- BNAACC Main Multipurpose Room
Strategic Networking for Uncertain Times: Turning Conversations into Career Opportunities
- Informational
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Fighting for Algorithmic Justice in an Age of AI-Driven Surveillance by Clara Belitz

Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Fighting for Algorithmic Justice in an Age of AI-Driven Surveillance by Clara Belitz Time: November 7 at 12 PM Location: University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Fethi Keles, "Unsettled and Resettled: Experiences of Bosnian Diaspora in the United States."
- Lecture
- 1:30 - 3:00 pm
CEAPS Speaker | "Opera House, Argo, Commons, and Soundscape: Contested Ground on Nodeul Island”| Se-Mi Oh
- Lecture

Monday, November 10, 2025

- All Day
- TBD
Workshop with Mayki Gorosito
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall
Talk by Mayki Gorosito
- Lecture

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

- 12:00 pm
Europe and The Worls Brown Bag Series: Theodore Boone
- Lecture
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 108.
Brazilian Studies Reading Group
- Meeting
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Reading Group: Ailton Krenak’s Tomorrow is Not for Sale and Life is Not Useful
- Lecture

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 1090 Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana
Book Talk: " Education 2.0: Chronicles of Technological and Cultural Change in Egypt." Linda Herrera
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 4:40 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Kazakh Language Speaking Club
- Social/Informal Event
- 5:00 - 7:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, 210
Celebrate New Books in Medieval Studies by Mukhtar Ali, Mauro Nobili, and Gian Piero Persiani
- Festival/Celebration

Thursday, November 13, 2025

- 10:00 - 11:00 am
Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities
- Informational
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Main Library Room 146 or via Zoom.
Women in Science Lecture Series: Vivian Cheng

School of Integrative Biology graduate student Vivian Cheng will discuss her research using genetics, ancient DNA, and historical archives to understand the effects of climate change and colonialism on narwhals. November 13 |12pm till 1 pm (CST) | Main Library Room 146 or Zoom
- Lecture

Friday, November 14, 2025

- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
<SAS> Glorification of the Solitary Liṅga: Myth, Kingship, and Political Landscape in Medieval Rajasthan
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- 404 David Kinley Hall - 1407 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
Department of Political Science invites Genevieve Bates, Associate Professor - University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: In the Deep End by Jameel Bridgewater

Friday Forum + Conversation Café: In the Deep End by Jameel Bridgewater Time: November 14 at 12 PM Location: University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: George Gasyna, "A Time for the Province: Palimpsests and Borders in Twentieth-Century Polish Literature""
- Lecture
- 1:30 - 3:00 pm
- Hybrid: 306 Coble Hall & ZOOM
CEAPS Brown Bag | "Navigating Gendered Anthropomorphism in AI Ethics” + “Sailing in Sonic Vortex" | Jiwon Oh + Darren Chuang
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- 1st Floor Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
REEEC Community Events: Paper Airplane Contest
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, November 15, 2025

- 10:00 am
- Tolono Public Library, 111 E. Main St. Tolono, IL 61880
Slavic Story Time - Tolono Public Library
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, November 17, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Ayni Book Presentation by Carlos Molina-Vital
- Lecture

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 1080 LCLB- Lucy Ellis Lounge & Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
CSAMES Lecture: "Translating the United States for the Turkish Audience: Presidential Discourses, Award Ceremonies, and Wars." Ozum Arzik
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall (801 S. Wright Street, Champaign) - Room 108
Connor Murray and John Erath - Council for a Livable World
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 108 Coble Hall 801 S Wright St Champaign 61820
EUC Brown Bag Lecture Series: 'Pioneers on the wild frontiers of local fascism:' Rethinking U.S. fascism through the Black antifascist tradition" by Prof. Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson

'Pioneers on the wild frontiers of local fascism:' Rethinking U.S. fascism through the Black antifascist tradition" Speaker: Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy Date and Time: November 19 at 12 pm Location: 108 Coble Hall 801 S Wright St Champaign 61820
- Lecture
- 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Teaching with the Arts Webinar: Russian Ballet
- Professional Development

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

- 10:00 - 11:00 am
Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities
- Informational
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.
Visualizing 17 Years of Climate, Epidemiological, and Population Change in the Brazilian Amazon
- Lecture
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306
Visualizing 17 Years of Climate, Epidemiological, and Population Change in the Brazilian Amazon
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall (801 S. Wright Street, Champaign) - Room 108
Kayla Orta - Nonresident Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, Atlantic Council
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium, 600 S Gregory St. Urbana
AsiaLENS | "Hug Me Tight: A Robot Story" Free Screening + Filmmakers Q&A
- Film Screening
- 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Teaching with the Arts Webinar: Bringing the Sounds of Eastern Europe and Eurasia into the Classroom
- Professional Development

Friday, December 5, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- 104 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
REEEC Community Events: Kvass & Chat
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, December 11, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Main Library Room 146 or via Zoom.
Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Pinshane Huang

Dr. Pinshane Huang, Professor and Racheff Faculty Scholar of Materials Science and Engineering, will discuss her research on transmission electron microscopy and spectroscopy of two-dimensional materials and soft-hard interfaces. December 11 |12pm till 1 pm (CST) | Main Library Room 146 or Zoom
- Lecture

Thursday, April 23, 2026

- 4:30 - 5:30 pm
- YMCA Latzer Hall 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
Spring Reception
- Ceremony/Service

Illinois Global Institute

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

104 Coble Hall

801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820

Phone: (217) 244-1146

E-mail: igi-info@illinois.edu