Center for Global Studies
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Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Overcoming Inequalities and Barriers in Refugees' Labor Market Participiation in Germany Ozge Yenigun, Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning Friday, March 1 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm (CST) 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
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"Tarpuna El Maíz" Film Screening and Conversation with Film Producer/Protagonist will take place on March 4th at 4pm at Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana. "Tarpuna: el maíz" (34 mins, 2019) Tarpuna means ‘to sow’ in Kichwa, the ancestral language of the Andes. In the Corn episode of this documentary series, guardians from the highlands of Ecuador
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Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts and the Bangladeshi Ladies Club presents Nakshi Kantha Workshop and Dhamail Dance! A Celebration of Creativity and Rhythm Wednesday, March 6, 4 pm - 6 pm 3rd Floor, Levis Faculty Center 919 W. Illinois, Urbana
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Professor of Computer Science, Dr. Karahalios will present her research on the relationship between computing and society, algorithmic bias, and AI. Registration Link: https://go.library.illinois.edu/WomenInScienceMar2024
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Friday Forum + Conversation Café: The Education of Charlene Teters (Spokane Nation) Charlene Teters, Artist, Activist and FAA Distinguished Alumni Recipient Friday, March 22 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm (CDT) 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
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Swami Tyagananda will be presenting a public lecture at Spurlock, “Learning from Rāmāyana.”
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Stitches of Healing: Memory, Spatial and Women's Rights in Post-Dictatorship Chile Spurlock Museum - Knight Auditorium. Monday. March 25th, 6 pm
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Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss (New York Times bestselling author and associate editor at The Washington Post). Lunch provided!
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Join the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Women in Aerospace for a viewing of Fly Girls which tells the largely unknown story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), featuring a remarkable group of former WASPs who recall the planes they flew, the challenges they met, and the pride they felt in playing a role in the American war effort.
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The 8th Annual Korean Speech Contest will be held in person at 7 pm on Thursday March 28, 2024, co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures [EALC] and the Center of East Asian and Pacific Studies [CEAPS]. This event is open to all.
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Join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss as he delivers his keynote talk, “Lombardi, Clemente, and Thorpe: Illuminating American History Through Sports.” A book signing will follow. This talk is part of the symposium Sporting Publics: History, Sports, and American Culture, which is taking place March 28–29, 2024.
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Runstedtler’s presentation draws on her 2023 book Black Ball, exploring how African American basketball players challenged the status quo on the court and in US society. Part of the symposium Sporting Publics: History, Sports, and American Culture, which is taking place March 28–29, 2024.
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Professor Louis Moore will present on his book I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915 and Daniel Nasset (Editor-in-Chief, University of Illinois Press) will share the editor’s perspective on working with Moore to turn his idea into a book that speaks to sporting publics.
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Frank Guridy (History, Columbia University) will be presenting, with Augustus Wood (Labor and Employment Relations) commenting. Guridy will preview part of his forthcoming book The Stadium, which examines the intersections of activism, sport stadiums, and political change. Part of the symposium Sporting Publics: History, Sports, and American Culture...
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Shakeia Taylor is a Chicago-based award-winning writer and storyteller, whose work focuses on the intersection of sports, history, and culture.
