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

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Lemann Lecture Series | Leonardo Oliveira Silva da Costa | Predicting novel environments for eucalyptus families using environmental covariates
- Lecture

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- 210 Levis Faculty Center (919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, IL 61801)
REEEC Fall Reception
- Reception/Open House
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
Seminar Series - Baladas Ghoshal

"How Does the World Deal with a Resurgent China?" with Professor Baladas Ghoshal
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 5, 2024

- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1018 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
Public Humanities Writing – A Workshop for Graduate Students
- Professional Development
- 4:00 - 5:30 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (1018) LCLB
Javier Marías, Camilo José Cela, and the Art of Writing Wrongs
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 5:30 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
WGGP Fall Reception
- Reception/Open House

Friday, September 6, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Room D, College of Law Building
Emerging Biotechnologies in Europe: Foresight For Policy Findings from a Forthcoming Study for the European Commission Joint Research Centre
- Lecture
- 2:00 pm
- 108 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
CEAPS Brown Bag | Yating Li "Health, Nationalism, and Individuality: Female Roles in Chinese Gynecological Medicine Advertisements (1900s-1930s)"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 6:20 pm
- Krannert Center Lobby/Stage 5/Stage 6
Cyro Baptista: Chama
- Performance

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Lemann Lecture Series | Wail S. Hassan | Arab Brazil: Fictions of Ternary Orientalism
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- Illini Union, Room 104, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
EUC Fall Reception
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

- All Day
- University if Illinois at Chicago, Behavioral Sciences Building 1007, West Harrison, Suite 153
II Encuentro sobre Migracion y Pueblos Originarios
- Conference/Workshop
- 12:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306
Femicide in Turkey
- Lecture
- 12:30 - 2:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge - 1080 Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building (707 S Mathews Ave, Urbana)
Cindy Wilson: Cultural Identity Beyond Language
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
Seminar Series - Vesal Razavimaleki
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 12, 2024

- All Day
- University if Illinois at Chicago, Behavioral Sciences Building 1007, West Harrison, Suite 153
II Encuentro sobre Migracion y Pueblos Originarios
- Conference/Workshop

Friday, September 13, 2024

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe: Voting Rights and Democracy in 2024 by Sean Morales-Doyle

Please join the University YMCA and Diversity & Social Justice Education for our Fall 2024 Friday Forum + Conversation Café series. Voting Rights and Democracy in 2024 by Sean Morales-Doyle, the Director of Voting Rights Program, Brennan Center for Justice. Free Lunch Provided
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
Rapid-Fire Brown Bag Talks
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, September 14, 2024

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- The Lewis Auditorium, The Urbana Free Library
Latin American Story Time "9 Kilometers"
- Other

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
IA + Bibliotecas: AI in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306
IA + Bibliotecas: AI in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois Street, Urbana
Disasters and Social Change

In this talk, Jordan Pascoe draws on the resources of feminist philosophy to explore how disasters trigger social change- in both progressive and authoritarian ways. By examining how people learn from one another in disaster contexts, and how this learning can shift longstanding practices of collective knowing, she explores how and why disasters generate social change, and
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- International Prep Academy, Unit 4. 1611 W Kirby Avenue Champaign, Il 61821
CLACS K-12 PD workshop "Mexican Muralism"
- Professional Development
- 4:00 - 4:40 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Kazakh Language Speaking Club
- Social/Informal Event
- 6:00 - 8:00 pm
- PAR MPR, Saunders Lounge, Lobby
El Sabor de Latinoamerica - Taste of Latin America
- Festival/Celebration

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

- 7:00 pm
- 210 Levis Faculty Center (919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, IL 61801)
PJCS Film Screening: No. 4 Street of Our Lady
- Film Screening

Thursday, September 19, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall
Dr. Susan Colbourn with the EUC
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820
Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO
- Lecture
- 12:30 pm
- Temple Hoyne Buell Hall 227
DURP Guest Lecture: Dr. Jennifer Tucker
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Erik Scott, "Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World"
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
Seminar Series - Dr. Matt Caplan
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 20, 2024

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe: Champaign County Welcoming Plan in Action

Please join the University YMCA and Diversity & Social Justice Education for our Fall 2024 Friday Forum + Conversation Café series. We will hear from community leaders tackling our most pressing public concerns through an unwavering pursuit of social justice. Champaign County Welcoming Plan in Action by NAWC + William Estrada. Free lunch provided.
- Lecture
- 1:00 pm 3:00pm
- 306 Coble Hall
CEAPS Fall Open House & Mid Autumn Festival Celebration
- Reception/Open House

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

- 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
- I-Hotel
The Real Plan in Brazil: 30 Years Celebration | Edmar Bacha, Gustavo Franco, Márcio Garcia and Marcelo Medeiros
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 4:40 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Kazakh Language Speaking Club
- Social/Informal Event
- 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: "Dame la mano'"
- Other

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

- 5:30 - 7:00 pm
- 210 W Nevada Street, Urbana (Asian American Cultural Center/International Education)
Intercultural Dialogue Series - Food of the Andes / Comida de los Andes (Colombia/Ecuador)
- Religious/Cultural
- 6:00 pm
- Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium, 600 S Gregory St. Urbana
AsiaLENS: "Yellow Jazz, Black Music"
- Film Screening
- 6:00 pm
- Latzer Hall (inside University YMCA); 1001 S. Wright St., Champaign
to come
- Lecture

Thursday, September 26, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306
"Cultivating 'Multiplicadores' through Community Empowerment: Liberatory and Digital Learning Models for Transformative Development"
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306
Women Justice Group Series: Sexual violence against indigenous women and transitional justice. The case of Guatemala
- Conference/Workshop
- 5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Levis Center, Room 300
THE MAP WAS VERY DARK: Place, Knowledge, and Decoloniality in Planning Research
- Conference/Workshop

Friday, September 27, 2024

- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright Street
Fellowship Information Session "American Association of University Women"

AAUW Since 1888, AAUW has been one of the largest funders of women's graduate education, investing in women who go on to change the world. This information session will focus on AAUW's International & American Fellowship.
- Informational
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe: Braver Angels

Please join the University YMCA and Diversity & Social Justice Education for our Fall 2024 Friday Forum + Conversation Café series. We will hear from community leaders tackling our most pressing public concerns through an unwavering pursuit of social justice. We are excited to focus the fall series towards Democracy. Braver Angels. Free Lunch Provided
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building, 707 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Wanxiang Fellows Program Presentation
- Informational

Monday, September 30, 2024

- 5:00 pm
- 2090B LCLB (707 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801)
War. Poetry. Translation. A Reading and Discussion by the Ukrainian-American Poet, Translator, and Activist Olga Livshin
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Lemann Lecture Series | Magna Inácio | Administrative Unilateralism and Presidential Decree-Making in Brazil
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St Champaign 61820
La Paz es "Ser Campesina": Women and Environmental Peacebuilding in Rural Colombia after FARC Demobilisation

Dr. Luz Angela Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Rural and Regional Development at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia. This is Part 1 of the series on Women Environmental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon.
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306
Part I Women Enviromental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon Series: La Paz es "Ser Campesina": Women and Environmental Peacebuilding in Rural Colombia after FARC Demobilisation
- Conference/Workshop
- 4:00 - 4:40 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Kazakh Language Speaking Club
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St Champaign 61820 and virtual via Zoom
WGGP Alumni Lecture: "Community Engagement, Rural Edition: Navigating Local Power and Conquering the Fear Factor" by Annie Contractor

"Community Engagement, Rural Edition: Navigating Local Power and Conquering the Fear Factor" explores the unique challenges and opportunities faced by rural communities in fostering effective community engagement. This talk aims to provide practical insights for academics, policymakers, and community leaders working to enhance civic involvement in rural settings.
- Lecture
- 5:30 - 7:00 pm
- 210 W Nevada Street, Urbana (Asian American Cultural Center/International Education)
Intercultural Dialogue Series - Food of the Andes / Comida de los Andes (Perú)
- Religious/Cultural

Thursday, October 3, 2024

- 3:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
BridgeUSA Panel Discussion: "Higher Education in Ukraine: Before and During the War"
- Informational

Friday, October 4, 2024

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe: Elections and Voting: 2024 and Beyond by Aaron Ammons

Please join the University YMCA and Diversity & Social Justice Education for our Fall 2024 Friday Forum + Conversation Café series. We will hear from Aaron Ammons on Elections and Voting: 2024 and Beyond. Free lunch provided.
- Lecture

Saturday, October 5, 2024

- 7:00 pm
- Lobby of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies with free performance by Gafieira Rio Miami at the Krannert Center!
- Performance