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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

Sunday, September 28, 2025

- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Ukrainian Studies at Illinois: An Afternoon Fundraiser
- Reception/Open House

Monday, September 29, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Dr. Kasia Szremski: "Playing Both Sides: Cerro Blanco – Sayan and the Chimu – Inka War"
- Lecture

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.
The Return of the Tupinambá Cloak: Indigenous Art, Memory, and Politics
- Lecture
- 1:30 - 3:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall
CEAPS Speaker | “Cybernetics with Chinese Characteristics: Artificial Intelligence in the Age of Reform” | Uluğ Kuzuoğlu (Washington University in St. Louis)
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall (801 S. Wright Street, Champaign) - Room 108
Nina Issel and Mihir Sharma - Jeremiah Sullivan Fellowship Awardees
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St
Gender Relations in International Development (GRID). Graduate Minor Information Session.

Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity Gender Relations in International Development (GRID). Graduate Minor Information Session. Time: October 1 at 4 - 5 pm and October 3 at 10-11 am Location: 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St
- Informational

Thursday, October 2, 2025

- All Day
- University of Illinois Main Library (1408 W Gregory Dr, Champaign, IL 61820)
Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference
- Conference/Workshop
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall
CEAPS Speaker | "Global Challenges: The View from Down Under" | Prof. John Blaxland
- Lecture
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Coble Hall (801 S. Wright Street, Champaign) - Room 306
Professor John Blaxland, Global Security Challenges: A View from Down Under
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, October 3, 2025

- All Day
- University of Illinois Main Library (1408 W Gregory Dr, Champaign, IL 61820)
Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference
- Conference/Workshop
- 10:00 - 11:00 am
- 306 Coble Hall 801 S Wright St
Gender Relations in International Development (GRID). Graduate Minor Information Session.

Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity Gender Relations in International Development (GRID). Graduate Minor Information Session. Time: October 3 at 10-11 am Location: 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St
- Informational
- 12:00 pm
- 404 David Kinley Hall - 1407 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
Department of Political Science invites Daniel Krcmaric, Associate Professor at Northwestern University
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: What Neurodiversity Means & How We Can Advocate for Neurodivergent Community by Jeanne Kramer and Kim Patton

Friday Forum + Conversation Café: What Neurodiversity Means & How We Can Advocate for Neurodivergent Community by Jeanne Kramer and Kim Patton Time: October 3 at 12 PM Location: University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
- Lecture
- 5:00 - 7:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center 210
An Envoy State: Turfan and the Integration of Medieval Eurasia -- Prof. Xin Wen (Princeton University)
- Lecture

Saturday, October 4, 2025

- All Day
- University of Illinois Main Library (1408 W Gregory Dr, Champaign, IL 61820)
Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference
- Conference/Workshop
- 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
- Different locations (see description)
Tango at the 2025 CU Folk & Roots Festival
- Festival/Celebration
- 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Multiple locations
Humanities Open House
- Ceremony/Service

Sunday, October 5, 2025

- 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
- Different locations (see description)
Tango at the 2025 CU Folk & Roots Festival
- Festival/Celebration

Monday, October 6, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall Room 306
Sofía Saavedra - "El cruce hacia los sueños: un hogar en tránsito y un ritual de identidades nómadas"
- Lecture
- 6:30 pm
- St. Joseph Township-Swearingen Memorial Library, 201 N Third St., St. Joseph, IL 61873
Slavic Story Time - St. Joseph Township-Swearingen Memorial Library
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 108 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820
From Brexit to Trump: The Rise of Jacobin Nationalism
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall (801 S. Wright Street, Champaign) - Room 108
Deli Yang - Jeremiah Sullivan Fellowship Awardee
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St
Series on Gendered Displacement and Erasure: The Second Battle for Africa: Writing News Histories of Global Africa by Erik McDuffie

Series on Gendered Displacement and Erasure "The Second Battle for Africa: Writing News Histories of Global Africa" October 8 | 12 pm | 306 Coble Hall Affiliate Speaker: Erik McDuffie
- Lecture
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 W Nevada St, Urbana
Info Session - Study Abroad in Brazil
- Informational
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 W Nevada St, Urbana
Study Abroad in Brazil - Info Session
- Informational
- 4:00 pm
- 1080 Lucy Ellis Conference Center Room , 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
Film screening: "From Ground Zero", Part of the "Palestine in the World" Series
- Film Screening
- 4:00 - 4:40 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Kazakh Language Speaking Club
- Social/Informal Event
- 4:00 pm
- Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
MillerComm Lecture Series 2026: Climate Change and the Urgency of Hope, Action and Joy by Dr. Lisa Reyes Mason

Climate Change and the Urgency of Hope, Action, and Joy by Lisa Reyes Mason. Wednesday, October 8 | 4 pm (CST) | Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture
- 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Teaching with the Arts Webinar: Interdisciplinary Strategies for Teaching Traditional Cultural Heritage
- Professional Development

Thursday, October 9, 2025

- 8:30 am
- Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
III Encuentro sobre Migración y Pueblos Originarios
- Conference/Workshop
- 8:45 am - 5:00 pm
- I-Hotel and Conference Center (1900 S 1st Street, Champaign, IL 61820)
Beyond Borders: Global Mental Health Research & Services Conference

Beyond Borders: Global Mental Health Research & Services Conference | October 9-10, 2025 | I-Hotel and Conference Center
- Conference/Workshop
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Main Library Room 146 or via Zoom.
Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Karen Terio

Dr. Karen Terio, Professor and Interim Assistant Director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, Chief of the Zoological Pathology Program, and Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, will discuss her research on wildlife pathology. October 9 |12pm till 1 pm (CST) | Main Library Room 146 or Zoom
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Xiomi Ortiz, Context Before Engineering – Learning from a Community-Led Water Project in the Navajo Nation
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Diego Benning Wang, "Epic Indigenization: Literature and Nation on the Soviet–Finnish Borders under Stalinism."
- Lecture

Friday, October 10, 2025

- 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- I-Hotel and Conference Center (1900 S 1st Street, Champaign, IL 61820)
Beyond Borders: Global Mental Health Research & Services Conference

Beyond Borders: Global Mental Health Research & Services Conference | October 9-10, 2025 | I-Hotel and Conference Center
- Conference/Workshop
- 9:00 am
- Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
III Encuentro sobre Migración y Pueblos Originarios
- Conference/Workshop
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
<SAS> Sufi Poetry: Readings in Mystical Verse
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Panel of Local Media and Scholars: The Urgency of Honest Media in an Age of Suppression

Panel of Local Media and Scholars: The Urgency of Honest Media in an Age of Suppression October 10 | 12 pm - 1 pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- 2049 NHB
Dr. José Atiles - Crisis by Design: Emergency Powers and Colonial Legality in Puerto Rico
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) 4036
Hispanic Heritage Month - Celebration of Scholarship
- Reception/Open House

Saturday, October 11, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium
Latin American Storytime at Urbana Free Library
- Community Service
- 7:30 pm
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
National Arab Orchestra w/ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- Festival/Celebration

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 - 1:30 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Panel on “Community-Engaged Research in Action: Insights for Graduate Students”
- Conference/Workshop
- 12:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
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 | 210 Levis Faculty Center
- Conference/Workshop
- 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"
- Conference/Workshop
- 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
- 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

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