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
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12:00 pm 4/1/2025The IGI Series on Global Responsibilities brings multidisciplinary and global perspectives to major contemporary questions. For calendar year 2025, our spotlight is on Palestine in the world today.
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REEEC New Directions Lecture: Mackenzie Pierce, "Sounds of Survival: Polish Music and the Holocaust"
10:00 am 4/2/2025220 Smith Memorial Hall (805 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801) -
7:00 - 8:30 pm 4/2/2025Spurlock Museum (600 S. Gregory St. Urbana, IL 61801) -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/3/2025National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana, IL -- and Online/Zoom -
3:30 - 5:00 pm 4/3/2025210 Illini UnionGender and the Economy: Environment, Work, and Care Thursday, April 3rd | 3:30 pm - 5 pm | Room 210 Illini Union
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5:00 pm 4/3/2025Coble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street -
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8:00 pm 4/3/2025Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/4/20251001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL, 61820Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe To Thy Happy Children of the Future: Divestment as Progress, Students for Environmental Concerns, in conversation with Jim Hinterlong April 4, 2025 12:00 pm -1:00 pm (CST) University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/4/2025306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright StreetJoin us for a Graduate Student Lunch & Learn to discuss publishing on Gender Related Topics. We will hear from Dominique Moore (Illinois Press Acquisitions Editor) and Jeff Mcardle (Illinois Press Journals Manager). The event will take place from 12-1pm in room 306 Coble Hall. Lunch is available starting at 11:45am with RSVP.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/4/2025Coble Hall Room 306Lunch available starting at 11:45am with RSVP
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/4/2025306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright Street -
1:30 pm 4/4/2025306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign -
5:00 - 6:00 pm 4/4/2025Everitt Lab 2233 (except for 4/4 in Everitt Lab 3117), Engineering Hall near Illini Union -
4:00 pm 4/7/2025Nature or Territory? Indigenous Representations of Forest Through Critical Cartography April 7th, 2025 | 4:00pm CST Virtual Meeting with Simultaneous Translation
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5:15 pm 4/7/2025Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, 1212 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL -
5:15 - 6:45 pm 4/7/2025Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, 1212 W. Nevada St., Urbana, ILWhat Now: Focus on Women and Gender in the New Era April 7 | 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm | Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, 1212 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL
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12:00 pm 4/8/2025English Building 109 (608 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801) -
12:00 pm 4/8/2025English Building 109 (608 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801) -
4:00 pm 4/8/2025Levis Faculty Center 210 -
5:00 pm 4/8/2025Illini Union, Room 314A (1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801) -
5:00 pm 4/8/2025Illini Union, Room 314A (1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801) -
6:00 - 7:30 pm 4/8/2025Ikenberry SDRP 301 E. Gregory Dr., Champaign -
9:00 - 11:00 am 4/9/2025Asian American Cultural Center Lounge 1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana -
5:30 pm 4/9/2025Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum of World Cultures (600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL) -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/10/2025room 146, University Archives, Main Library or via Zoom.Dr. Winful, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology and a participant in the DRIVE Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Program, will discuss her research on the biological mechanisms linking stress to health, with a focus on inflammation. April 10 | 12 pm - 1 pm (CTS) | Main Library Room 146, or over zoom
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All Day 4/10/2025 - 5/3/2025Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA -
4:00 pm 4/10/2025Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana Room 1090The book explores how the centrality of sonic practices and experiences within Islamic traditions stems largely from the orality of the Qur’an and the importance of recitation, while arguing that sound can provide a productive point of entry to human cultures in general.
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5:30 pm 4/10/2025Murphy Art Gallery, University of YMCA -
5:30 - 7:30 pm 4/10/2025Murphy Art Gallery, University YMCA -
5:30 - 7:30 pm 4/10/2025Murphy Art Gallery, University of YMCAPUBLIC ART EXHIBITION: April 10 - May 3 "The Art of Recreating Transnational Solidarity Against Global Apartheids" Murphy Art Gallery, University YMCA Women Life Freedom Collective and Humane Urbanisms Projects Opening Reception: Thursday, April 10th, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm (with Mirage music ensemble performance 6:30 pm) Murphy Art Gallery, University YMCA
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm 4/11/2025306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright Street -
10:00 am - 12:00 pm 4/11/2025306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright Street -
10:00 am - 4:00 pm 4/11/2025See below for breakdown of events and various locations. -
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/11/20251001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL, 61820Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe The Art of Recreating Transnational Solidarities Against Global Apartheids, Woman Life Freedom Collective and Humane Urbanisms Project April 11, 2025 12:00 pm -1:00 pm (CST) University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
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12:00 - 1:30 pm 4/11/2025306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign 61820Graduate Research Lightning Talks Friday, April 11 | 12:00-1:30 pm | 306 Coble Hall
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12:00 - 1:30 pm 4/11/2025Coble Hall Room 306How fast can you present your research? Join this event to meet other Illinois graduate students and share your research in 3 minutes or less. Two people will pair up and hear about each others research and then switch to new teams every 7 minutes.
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12:00 - 1:30 pm 4/11/2025Coble Hall, Room 306. 801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801 -
1:30 - 4:00 pm 4/11/2025Latzer Hall, University of YMCA -
1:30 - 4:00 pm 4/11/2025Latzer Hall, University of YMCA -
3:00 pm 4/11/2025Lucy Ellis LoungeReading Epilepsy in Sasha Marianna Salzmann's novel Beside Myself April 11 | 3 pm | Lucy Ellis Lounge
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5:00 - 6:00 pm 4/11/2025Everitt Lab 2233 (except for 4/4 in Everitt Lab 3117), Engineering Hall near Illini Union -
6:30 - 8:00 pm 4/11/2025Channing Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon St., Urbana -
6:30 - 8:00 pm 4/11/2025Channing Murray Foundation in Urbana -
6:30 - 8:00 pm 4/11/2025Channing Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon St., Urbana -
2:00 - 3:00 pm 4/12/2025The Lewis Auditorium, The Urbana Free Library -
12:00 - 1:30 pm 4/14/2025404 David Kinley Hall -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/15/2025OVCDEI 3080 | 614 E Daniel St., Champaign -
12:00 pm 4/15/2025Coble Hall Room 306This presentation examines how atmospheric rivers (ARs) influence extreme climate conditions and wildfire activity in Brazil and North America. ARs can both alleviate drought and trigger floods, while large-scale climate patterns (e.g., ENSO, SACZ, PNA and NAO) shape fire risk by intensifying heatwaves and drying soils. Using climate models, remote sensing, and statistical
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1:30 - 3:00 pm 4/15/2025306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign -
3:00 - 4:30 pm 4/15/2025Huff Hall room 3019 1206 S. 4th Street, Champaign, IL 61820 -
3:00 pm 4/17/2025Coble Hall, Room 306. 801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61820 -
4:30 pm 4/17/2025Spurlock Museum -
4:30 pm 4/17/2025Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum -
5:00 pm 4/17/2025Coble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/18/20251001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL, 61820Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe Stories From Her Work as a Tribal Attorney, Land Defender and Founder of the Giniw Collective by Tara Houska, Tribal Attorney and Founder of the Giniw Collective April 18, 2025 12:00 pm -1:00 pm (CST) University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
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12:00 pm 4/18/20250359 Music Building (1114 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL 61801) -
12:30 - 2:00 pm 4/18/2025Illini Union Room 314 B -
5:00 - 6:00 pm 4/18/2025Everitt Lab 2233 (except for 4/4 in Everitt Lab 3117), Engineering Hall near Illini Union -
5:00 - 8:00 pm 4/18/2025Materials Science and Engineering Building:1304 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 (Room 119)The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a 2024 political drama film written, co-produced and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. Its plot centers on Iman, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, who grapples with paranoia as nationwide political protests due to the death of a young woman intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears.
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11:00 am 4/19/2025The Urbana Free Library (210 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801) -
4:00 pm 4/21/2025Davenport 230 -
5:30 pm 4/21/2025Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/22/2025Coble Hall Room 306This presentation explores the Brazilian legal system's engagement with vulnerability theory, examining how judicial decisions can either reinforce or challenge systemic precarity. Through a comparative perspective, this study encourages dialogue on the judiciary’s responsibility in safeguarding democratic principles and human dignity.
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12:00 pm 4/22/2025180 Bevier Hall, 905 South Goodwin Ave, Urbana, ILStillbirth: The Experience, and the Laws that Frame it April 22 | 12 pm | 180 Bevier Hall, 905 South Goodwin Ave, Urbana, Illinois
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6:30 - 7:00 pm 4/22/2025Nate & Lillie Story Room, Champaign Public Library. 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820 -
10:00 am - 5:00 pm 4/23/2025International and Area Studies Library, Room 321, 1408 W. Gregory Dr. Urbana, IL 61801 -
10:00 am - 5:00 pm 4/23/2025International Area Studies Library 1408 Gregory Dr. #321, Urbana, IL 61801 -
4:00 pm 4/23/2025180 Bevier Hall ( 905 S Goodwin Ave. Urbana) -
5:00 pm 4/24/2025Event TypeExhibitionSponsorInitiative in Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies, The Program in Jewish Culture & Society, EU Center, HRI, Comparative and World Literature, CSAMES, REEC, Center for Global Studies through support from the US Department of Education's Title VI NRC Program, SLCL, CASLocationSiebel Center for Design, Starlight Room, 1208 South 4th Street, Champaign, IL 61821 -
5:00 4/24/2025 - 4/25/2025Siebel Center for Design, Starlight Room 1208 South 4th Street Champaign, IL 61821 -
6:00 pm 4/24/2025Normal Theater, Normal, IL -
12:00 - 1:30 pm 4/25/2025 -
1:30 - 3:00 pm 4/25/2025Coble Hall 306 (801 S. Wright St., Champaign) -
4:00 - 5:00 pm 4/25/2025YMCA Latzer Hall, 1001 S. Wright Street, ChampaignCSGGE Spring Reception. Please join us as we honor or GRID Graduates and CSGGE Award Recipients. Friday, April 25 | 4:00-5:00 pm | YMCA Latzer Hall. 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign. Remarks at 4:20pm.
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5:00 - 6:00 pm 4/25/2025Everitt Lab 2233 (except for 4/4 in Everitt Lab 3117), Engineering Hall near Illini Union -
8:00 pm 4/26/2025Smith Recital Hall, 805 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL -
3:00 pm TBD 4/28/2025Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801) -
4:00 - 6:00 pm 4/30/2025Coble Hall 306 (801 S. Wright St., Champaign)