Illinois International Events
Tuesday, September 18, 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, September 19, 2018
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Professor Esra Özyürek will speak at the Levis Faculty Center on Muslim men and Holocaust memory in Germany.
Friday, September 21, 2018
Monday, September 24, 2018
Tuesday, September 25, 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!
The Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies (CEAPS) cordially invites you to our Annual Reception on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 from 4 to 5 pm at 101 International Studies Building. Formal program begins at 4:15 pm. Refreshments from the region will be served. All are welcome. Kindly RSVP by September 14, 2018.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Globalizing Knowledge Series: Debate on the Meaning of Global/Globalizing Knowledge Nicholas C. Burbules, Andrew Orta, Steve Witt, and Assata Zerai will discuss the meaning of Global/Globalizing Knowledge.
Thursday, September 27, 2018
In this virtual Blackboard Ultra session, panelists from the publishing industry will discuss how emerging market, technological, regional, educational, and other trends are impacting the global publishing landscape. This discussion will contextualize emerging publishing trends across several sectors and regions for interested scholars, educators, and professionals.
At 4:00 pm on September 27, 2018, the Department of Asian American Studies will host the 11th Annual Balgopal Lecture on Human Rights and Asian Americans. The Balgopal Lecture is sponsored by a generous grant from Drs. Pallassana and Shyamala Balgopal and aims to bolster the community of scholarship at Illinois by bringing exceptional speakers to campus each fall.
Friday, September 28, 2018
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Monday, October 1, 2018
Tuesday, October 2, 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!
Swarna Rajagopalan got her Ph.D. in Political Science at UIUC in 1998. She works as an independent scholar and consultant based in Chennai, India, and founded and runs Prajnya which has worked to raise awareness about gender-based violence since 2008.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Friday, October 5, 2018
Dr. Maliangkay discusses the cultural impact of shows and nightlife at the Seoul Walker Hill resort from 1962-2012. This talk will examine how one venue exerted so much influence on Korea’s music scene and what other factors made the Walker Hill resort so popular.
Monday, October 8, 2018
Tuesday, October 9, 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!
Yolanda Aixelà Cabré (Archaeology and Anthropology, Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona): "Looking at Euro-African Legacies Today"
CHINA Town Hall is a national conversation on China taking place in 90+ venues across the United States and Greater China. This year's CHINA Town Hall at UIUC will feature an interactive webcast with Secretary Condoleezza Rice and on-site discussion with Professor Jessica Li.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Please come learn about the WGGP Gender Relations in International Development (GRID) Graduate Minor. There will be faculty along with current GRID Students to have informal discussion and answer questions. Light Refreshments Served.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
The Slavic Reference Service will host a workshop addressing the current state of digitization and digital collections in the area of Baltic Studies. The workshop will include expert panelists from institutions that collect and digitize materials from the Baltic countries and diaspora communities who will discuss their activities in the field.
Dr. Tamara Chaplin, Associate Professor of Modern European History and an associated faculty member in the Department of French and Italian, will be giving a lecture, “The ‘Right to City’: A Genealogical Geography of the Sapphic Cabaret, Paris 1930-1960, at the request of the European Union Center.
This film illustrates the rise of China over 25 years as experienced by international artists Su Xinping and Xia Xiaowan, painter and antiques expert Mushi, fearless curator Cui Cancan, and painter Chen Hui.
Friday, October 12, 2018
Saturday, October 13, 2018
Monday, October 15, 2018
Tuesday, October 16, 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 17, 2018
"#MeToo and Academia" Series. This is one of two events this year. The next event will take place on February 13th at noon. Speakers include: Suja Thomas (College of Law, Illinois); Lesley Wexler (College of Law, Illinois); Andrea Miller (Department of Psychology, Illinois); Ran Hao (Institute of Legal Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science).
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Friday, October 19, 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.
Saturday, October 20, 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.
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.
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
Friday, October 26, 2018
Monday, October 29, 2018
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
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.
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!
