Illinois International Events
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Global Prehumanisms will bring together a diverse group of international scholars to explore how the premodern world, broadly conceived, can offer models for decentering the human, and it will foster conversations across traditional boundaries within Medieval and Early Modern Studies and provide opportunities for collaboration with our colleagues.
Please join us for a screening of Iranian film Under the Skin of the City (Zir-e poost-e shahr). A discussion will follow the film.
Friday, October 19, 2018
Global Prehumanisms will bring together a diverse group of international scholars to explore how the premodern world, broadly conceived, can offer models for decentering the human, and it will foster conversations across traditional boundaries within Medieval and Early Modern Studies and provide opportunities for collaboration with our colleagues.
7th annual Sociology of Development Conference. Sponsored by the Department of Sociology. Co-sponsored by Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) and others.
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Global Prehumanisms will bring together a diverse group of international scholars to explore how the premodern world, broadly conceived, can offer models for decentering the human, and it will foster conversations across traditional boundaries within Medieval and Early Modern Studies and provide opportunities for collaboration with our colleagues.
7th annual Sociology of Development Conference. Sponsored by the Department of Sociology. Co-sponsored by Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) and others.
Sunday, October 21, 2018
7th annual Sociology of Development Conference. Sponsored by the Department of Sociology. Co-sponsored by Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) and others.
The talk will explore the powerful portraits of Aeschylus’ Clytemnestra, Euripides’ Medea, and Sophocles’ Antigone as well as Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. Emphasis will also be placed on interpreting male-female antagonism, women’s religious and social networks in the ancient city of Athens.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Questions about the MA in EU Studies Program or Five-Year BA/MA program? Ask them from the convenience of your home computer at the EU Center’s Facebook page at 9-11 a.m. Our experienced academic advisors will be standing by!
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Professor Michael D. Kennedy will lecture on three different approaches to the scope of imagination, principles of design, and visions of consequence in the articulation of transformative knowledge cultures.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Stefan Schlüter is undertaking a two-week speaking tour of 11 cities in the southeastern and midwestern regions of the United States. The goal of this project is to engage communities in smaller U.S. cities to examine German-Jewish themes, to openly discuss Germany today in the context of its history, and to provide opportunities to learn about contemporary Germany.
Please join us for a screening of the Egyptian film Nawara. A discussion will follow the film.
Featuring performances by Mor Gueye, Adeyinka Alasade, Smitha Vishveshwara & Suraj Hegde and other poets and readers of multicultural poems.
Friday, October 26, 2018
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Monday, October 29, 2018
Beth D. Benedix, professor of world literature, religious studies, and community engagement at DePauw University, is the author of Ghost Writer: A Story About Telling a Holocaust Story.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Questions about the MA in EU Studies Program or Five-Year BA/MA program? Ask them from the convenience of your home computer at the EU Center’s Facebook page at 9-11 a.m. Our experienced academic advisors will be standing by!
A captivating entertainment for all ages, The Great Duel between Orlando and Rinaldo for the Beautiful Angelica’s Sake by the Italian theatre company Associazione Figli d’Arte Cuticchio. This is a rare opportunity to see a performance of the Sicilian Opera dei Pupi, led by master puppeteer Mimmo Cuticchio, one of the last heirs of this theater form, outside of Italy.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Kick off your Halloween festivities with some treats at the International and Area Studies Library most spooktacular event of the season! Grab some free candy, sit back and learn about manga horror master Junji Ito with a special guest lecture by Billy Tringali, browse horror comics, and enter our costume contest!
Thursday, November 1, 2018
The Research Spotlight Series explores the research process of scholars across disciplines by highlighting their scholarly works. Dr. Antoinette Burton, professor in the Department of History, will talk about her research process in writing her latest book, "An ABC of Queen Victoria's Empire: Or a Primer of Conquest, Dissent and Disruption."
Please join us for a screening of the Saudia Arabian film Wadjda. A discussion will follow the film.
Friday, November 2, 2018
Monday, November 5, 2018
Enjoy chef specials from the European Union at Bevier Cafe! Available for lunch Monday 11/5 through Friday 11/9.
A screening of the classic Italian neorealist film "Bicycle Thieves."
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Questions about the MA in EU Studies Program or Five-Year BA/MA program? Ask them from the convenience of your home computer at the EU Center’s Facebook page at 9-11 a.m. Our experienced academic advisors will be standing by!
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
The Slavic Reference Service will host Yukhym Melamed, an expert on Ukrainian archives to discuss research and access. This event is intended to assist scholars of Ukrainian and Jewish studies in navigating research in these archives.
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Careers roundtable with EU Studies alumni.
Attempting to escape North Korea, Mrs. B. is sold by smugglers to a Chinese farmer. She becomes a smuggler herself and struggles to reunite with her sons. MRS. B., A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN is a closely observed verite portrait of a world-weary woman who finds herself between countries, worlds, and families.
Description: In 2003, Mrs. B. left her husband and two sons behind in North Korea and was sold into marriage. A decade later, she's running a robust trafficking business from a small farm in northern China. This film is a closely observed verite portrait of a world-weary woman who finds herself between countries, worlds, and families. The result is a powerful look at the
Please join us for a screening of the Turkish film Pandora's Box. A discussion will follow the film.
Friday, November 9, 2018
We are delighted that we will be welcoming His Excellency David O’Sullivan, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States, back to the University of Illinois campus to deliver our annual “State of the European Union” address.
This event will engage a roundtable of scholars to discuss US Congressional and European Parliamentary elections and their implications for transatlantic relations. A reception will follow the conversation.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
The theme of this year's EU Studies Conference is “Researching and Teaching the EU: Best Practices and Current Trends in EU Scholarship”.
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Monday, November 12, 2018
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Questions about the MA in EU Studies Program or Five-Year BA/MA program? Ask them from the convenience of your home computer at the EU Center’s Facebook page at 9-11 a.m. Our experienced academic advisors will be standing by!
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Achieving food security continues to be a daunting challenge for the African continent. But, while the challenge is enormous, so are the opportunities. With the right investments, strategies, policies, and the launch of programs and initiatives that take into consideration Africa’s smallholder farmer’s knowledge and wisdom while incorporating recent science-based and other
Globalizing Knowledge Series: Global and History Presented by Carol Symes, Dede Fairchild Ruggles, James Brennan, Roderick Wilson
Before the Flood is a 2016 documentary film about climate change directed by Fisher Stevens. The film was produced as a collaboration between Stevens, Leonardo DiCaprio, James Packer, Brett Ratner, Trevor Davidoski, and Jennifer Davisson Killoran. Martin Scorsese is an executive producer.
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Friday, November 16, 2018
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Questions about the MA in EU Studies Program or Five-Year BA/MA program? Ask them from the convenience of your home computer at the EU Center’s Facebook page at 9-11 a.m. Our experienced academic advisors will be standing by!
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Friday, November 23, 2018
Monday, November 26, 2018
Join our Swedish colleagues Dr. Mattias Frihammar, Dr. Lars Kaijser, Dr. Fredrick Krohn-Andersson, and Dr. Maja Lagerqvist for an informal discussion of the cultural concept of darkness and the ways it intersects cultural heritage management.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Questions about the MA in EU Studies Program or Five-Year BA/MA program? Ask them from the convenience of your home computer at the EU Center’s Facebook page at 9-11 a.m. Our experienced academic advisors will be standing by!
Learn more about the FLAS fellowships, available to students who wish to learn a less commonly taught language.
FLAS Fellowships support graduate and undergraduate study in modern foreign languages in combination with area studies, international studies, or international or area aspects of professional studies. Learn more at this information session.
Mattias Frihammar, Lars Kaijser and Maja Lagerqvist, all from Stockholm University, are currently developing a research project on so-called “invasive species.” When there are no so-called natural enemies in the new environment, invasive species can massively expand. For their example they are working on the flower, lupine, which is regarded as invasive.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
This presentation will discuss the different ways that the public aquariums engage the visitors in this effort. Dr. Lars Kaijser of Stockholm University will argue for an understanding of their engagement through the concepts of banal sustainability and domestication. He will also discuss how this encompasses an aesthetization of the problems of plastic waste.
Learn more about the FLAS fellowships, available to students who wish to learn a less commonly taught language.
FLAS Fellowships support graduate and undergraduate study in modern foreign languages in combination with area studies, international studies, or international or area aspects of professional studies. Learn more at this information session.
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Please join us for a screening of the Israeli film Zero Motivation. A discussion will follow the film.
Friday, November 30, 2018
Monday, December 3, 2018
Avital Livny is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Illinois and her talk is entitled Historical Diversity Predicts Contemporary Tolerance: The Cultural Legacy of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Questions about the MA in EU Studies Program or Five-Year BA/MA program? Ask them from the convenience of your home computer at the EU Center’s Facebook page at 9-11 a.m. Our experienced academic advisors will be standing by!
Globalizing Knowledge Series: Global Knowledge and Governance Presented by Zsuzsa Gille, Colleen Murphy, Timothy E. Wedig, Brian Dill
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Professor Ophelia Eglene will speak on EU food regulations.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Friday, February 1, 2019
Monday, February 18, 2019
Friday, March 1, 2019
Friday, April 26, 2019
This is an annual, student-run conference aimed primarily at providing graduate students a local and friendly venue in which to present and discuss research on any topic related to language and linguistics.
Saturday, April 27, 2019
This is an annual, student-run conference aimed primarily at providing graduate students a local and friendly venue in which to present and discuss research on any topic related to language and linguistics.
Sunday, April 28, 2019
This is an annual, student-run conference aimed primarily at providing graduate students a local and friendly venue in which to present and discuss research on any topic related to language and linguistics.