Events of Interest to Global Studies Majors

Monday, October 20, 2025

Harvard Law School Virtual Q&A Session

3:00 - 3:45 pm
- Informational
AsiaLENS | "Black Box Diaries" Screening + Q&A with filmmater Shiori Itô

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 Location: Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801 Time: October 20 | 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
- Film Screening

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Panel on “Community-Engaged Research in Action: Insights for Graduate Students”

12:00 pm

Heritage Room, ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

Panel on “Community-Engaged Research in Action: Insights for Graduate Students” | October 21 at 12 pm | Heritage Room, ACES Alumni Center, 1101 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana
- Conference/Workshop
Professor Gino Pauselli (Political Science, UIUC), "Critical Ties: How Reliable Information Suppliers Influence International Organizations' Propensity to Criticize States"

12:00 pm

Coble Hall 306
- Lecture

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

PLAS Event: Legal Studies Minor Information Session

10:30 - 11:30 am
- Informational
Graduate Workshop on "Effective Fellowship Writing"

12:30 - 3:00 pm

The Women’s Resources Center, 616 E. Green, Suite 213 (next door to McDonalds)

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
Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities

3:30 - 4:30 pm
- Informational
Latina/Latino Studies Postdoctoral Colloquium Series: Dr. Saraí Blanco Martinez

4:00 - 5:30 pm

Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) 4039
- Lecture
PLAS Event: I Am Ready - Information Session

4:30 - 5:00 pm
- Informational

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
Recurring

12:00 - 1:00 pm

La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
- Lecture
First Gen Scholars Research Program- Informational Session

1:00 - 2:00 pm
- Informational
Boren (Undergraduate) Information Session

3:30 - 4:30 pm

514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
- Informational
BridgeUSA Fellow Lecture: Oleksandr Kovrov, "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Dnipro University of Technology: Developing Partnerships in the Field of Green Technologies and Land Phytoremediation"

4:00 - 5:30 pm

306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture
Climate | Change: Fredrik Jonsson on the historical roots of the climate crisis

4:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center Room 210
- Lecture
PLAS Event: APPtitude | Pre-Law Program Information Session

4:00 - 4:30 pm
- Informational
Weaving Indigenous Futures Across Academia, Independent Research, and Visual Art

4:30 pm

1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge - Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building
- Lecture
Slavic Film Series: Pokłosie [Aftermath] (Polish)

6:00 pm

Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB)
- Film Screening

Friday, October 24, 2025

ONLINE Boren (Undergraduate) Information Session

9:00 - 10:00 am
- Informational
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolishionist Future by Emile Suotonye DeWeaver

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 Time: October 24, 12 pm Location: Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
Boren (Undergraduate) Workshop

3:00 - 4:00 pm

514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
- Informational