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

Monday, October 20, 2025

- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- 314b Illini Union
International Students Navigating the U.S.: Immigration, Rights, and Resources
- Informational
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 336 Gregory Hall
Frank Center Student Workshop: Investigative Journalism with María Inés Zamudio
- Conference/Workshop
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Virtual Talk: Ser Mujeres en la ESMA / Being Women at ESMA
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 6:30 pm
- Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
AsiaLENS | "Black Box Diaries" Screening + Q&A with filmmaker Shiori Itô
- Film Screening

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
- Coble Hall 306
Professor Gino Pauselli (Political Science, UIUC), "Critical Ties: How Reliable Information Suppliers Influence International Organizations' Propensity to Criticize States"
- Lecture
- 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
- The Women’s Resources Center, 616 E. Green, Suite 213 (next door to McDonalds)
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

- 4:00 - 5:30 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
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"
- Lecture
- 6:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB)
Slavic Film Series: Pokłosie [Aftermath] (Polish)
- Film Screening
- 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