On Sept. 12, around 70 attendees listened to the first talk in this year’s IGI Series on Global Responsibilities, which focuses on “China and the World.” The purpose of the series is to bring multidisciplinary and global perspectives to major contemporary questions. The spotlight on China...
China and the WorldAn IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: This year’s spotlight on China highlights its international presence and influence today.
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- For three days this summer, about 50 area high school teachers and librarians listened to speakers and participated in round-table discussions around the theme of “Education at the Edge: Global Challenges in the Classroom and Beyond.” The workshop was sponsored by the Illinois Global Institute,...
- Illinois Global Institute is excited to welcome LAS Global Studies. IGI, established in 2019, anchors the university’s work in global learning and research. With the inclusion of LAS Global Studies, it is home to 11 centers and programs that have a long history of making the University of...
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GLBL 298https://sites.google.com/view/akresh/benin-study-abroad This course seeks to investigate current and past approaches to the "Africa development problem" and challenge preconceived notions of development and globalization in...
ABE 232/AFST 233This multi-disciplinary course will examine a new approach to infrastructure engineering for alternately developed societies that seeks to counteract the disconnects and differing objectives among project stakeholders that result in lack of infrastructure sustainability and resiliency. Using a case...
CWL 481This course offers an introduction to the two parallel traditions of Arab American and Arab Brazilian literature, with a focus on the complex interplay of ethnic minority, national, and transnational identities. Arabs have had a long relationship with the American hemisphere. Twelfth-century...
AFST 222 (online)Interdisciplinary introduction to Africa dealing with basic themes and problems in the politics, economics, sociology, anthropology, and history of Africa. SUMMER 2023, SESSION 2
REES 495/550495: Interdisciplinary seminar normally taken in the senior year. Involving faculty in a number of disciplines, this course approaches understanding Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia and the methodologies of its study through questions of identities, cultural values, and change. Taught in...
REES 200Survey of the societies and states formerly constituted as the Soviet Union. Interdisciplinary and team-taught. Combines lectures, discussions, and films covering the history, political science, economics, sociology, and culture of the area.
QUEC 410Intensive course for beginner students of Quechua. Students will develop basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Quechua. Emphasis on oral production and comprehension skills.
LAST 170Interdisciplinary introduction to the ways of life of Latin American peoples, their origins and current expressions; discusses social, economic issues, and domestic and international policies related to them in the context of other societies in developing countries.
KOR 201First semester of Korean for students without any background of the Korean language, starting from the Korean alphabet (Hangul) and learning basic grammar, vocabulary, and commonly used expressions, to achieve beginning level of speaking, listening, reading, writing, and basic grammar skills in...
JAPN 201Introduction to Japanese, spoken language skills and the reading and writing of hirigana, katakana, and kanji.
