College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Illinois Global Institute

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

Sunday, October 5, 2025

- 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
- Different locations (see description)
Tango at the 2025 CU Folk & Roots Festival
- Festival/Celebration

Monday, October 6, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall Room 306
Sofía Saavedra - "El cruce hacia los sueños: un hogar en tránsito y un ritual de identidades nómadas"
- Lecture
- 6:30 pm
- St. Joseph Township-Swearingen Memorial Library, 201 N Third St., St. Joseph, IL 61873
Slavic Story Time - St. Joseph Township-Swearingen Memorial Library
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 108 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820
From Brexit to Trump: The Rise of Jacobin Nationalism
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall (801 S. Wright Street, Champaign) - Room 108
Deli Yang - Jeremiah Sullivan Fellowship Awardee
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St
Series on Gendered Displacement and Erasure: The Second Battle for Africa: Writing News Histories of Global Africa by Erik McDuffie

Series on Gendered Displacement and Erasure "The Second Battle for Africa: Writing News Histories of Global Africa" October 8 | 12 pm | 306 Coble Hall Affiliate Speaker: Erik McDuffie
- Lecture
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 W Nevada St, Urbana
Info Session - Study Abroad in Brazil
- Informational
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 W Nevada St, Urbana
Study Abroad in Brazil - Info Session
- Informational
- 4:00 pm
- 1080 Lucy Ellis Conference Center Room , 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
Film screening: "From Ground Zero", Part of the "Palestine in the World" Series
- Film Screening
- 4:00 - 4:40 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Kazakh Language Speaking Club
- Social/Informal Event
- 4:00 pm
- Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
MillerComm Lecture Series 2026: Climate Change and the Urgency of Hope, Action and Joy by Dr. Lisa Reyes Mason

Climate Change and the Urgency of Hope, Action, and Joy by Lisa Reyes Mason. Wednesday, October 8 | 4 pm (CST) | Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture
- 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Teaching with the Arts Webinar: Interdisciplinary Strategies for Teaching Traditional Cultural Heritage
- Professional Development

Thursday, October 9, 2025

- 8:30 am
- Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
III Encuentro sobre Migración y Pueblos Originarios
- Conference/Workshop
- 8:45 am - 5:00 pm
- I-Hotel and Conference Center (1900 S 1st Street, Champaign, IL 61820)
Beyond Borders: Global Mental Health Research & Services Conference

Beyond Borders: Global Mental Health Research & Services Conference | October 9-10, 2025 | I-Hotel and Conference Center
- Conference/Workshop
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Main Library Room 146 or via Zoom.
Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Karen Terio

Dr. Karen Terio, Professor and Interim Assistant Director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, Chief of the Zoological Pathology Program, and Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, will discuss her research on wildlife pathology. October 9 |12pm till 1 pm (CST) | Main Library Room 146 or Zoom
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Xiomi Ortiz, Context Before Engineering – Learning from a Community-Led Water Project in the Navajo Nation
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Diego Benning Wang, "Epic Indigenization: Literature and Nation on the Soviet–Finnish Borders under Stalinism."
- Lecture

Friday, October 10, 2025

- 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- I-Hotel and Conference Center (1900 S 1st Street, Champaign, IL 61820)
Beyond Borders: Global Mental Health Research & Services Conference

Beyond Borders: Global Mental Health Research & Services Conference | October 9-10, 2025 | I-Hotel and Conference Center
- Conference/Workshop
- 9:00 am
- Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
III Encuentro sobre Migración y Pueblos Originarios
- Conference/Workshop
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
<SAS> Sufi Poetry: Readings in Mystical Verse
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Panel of Local Media and Scholars: The Urgency of Honest Media in an Age of Suppression

Panel of Local Media and Scholars: The Urgency of Honest Media in an Age of Suppression October 10 | 12 pm - 1 pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- 2049 NHB
Dr. José Atiles - Crisis by Design: Emergency Powers and Colonial Legality in Puerto Rico
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) 4036
Hispanic Heritage Month - Celebration of Scholarship
- Reception/Open House

Saturday, October 11, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium
Latin American Storytime at Urbana Free Library
- Community Service
- 7:30 pm
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
National Arab Orchestra w/ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- Festival/Celebration

Illinois Global Institute

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

104 Coble Hall

801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820

Phone: (217) 244-1146

E-mail: igi-info@illinois.edu