Develop global awareness
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Developing global awareness and cultural competency
Established in 2019, Illinois Global Institute is home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s area and global studies centers and thematic programs. These 11 centers and programs develop global awareness and cultural competency through a combination of faculty research and professional development, curricular internationalization, student-life activities, international experiences, and outreach and public engagement.
Upcoming Events
AFST 222: Introduction to Modern Africa
Interdisciplinary introduction to Africa dealing with basic themes and problems in the politics, economics, sociology, anthropology, and history of Africa.
AFST 522: Development of African Studies
Examines the development of Africanist scholarship during the 20th century and the changing paradigms in African Studies; focuses on the rise of the area studies model and its influences on the major Social Science and Humanities disciplines.
GLBL 499: Special Topics: Global Information Society
This course examines the historical and contemporary transformations associated with globalization from the perspective of information as a core element of sociotechnical and political economic processes.
GLBL 499: Special Topics: Research Design & Writing
This practical course will take students through the process of writing up area and global studies research with the goal of making significant progress on a major piece of academic writing, such as a thesis or research paper.
GLBL 500: Global Society
Students will examine three propositions: (1) the existence of a global society; (2) the flaws of its principal, global institutions – the state, markets, and democracy; and (3) absent their reform, whether the global society is at risk.
HIST 410: Decolonization in Africa
Almost all African countries fell under European colonial rule by the beginning of the 20th century, but formal colonialism did not last the century. Surveys the crucial ideological, political, social, and military strategies enlisted by African people and movements to shed colonial rule.
LAST 170: Que Pasa in Latin America? Cultures, Histories and Politics South of the Rio Grande
Interdisciplinary 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.
LAST 395: Special Topics
Topical survey of cultural, social, economic, and political factors in Latin American life. Each term a particular topic is considered.
LAST 445: Native Latin American Languages (Beginning Q'anjob'al 1)
Tutorials are available in special native Latin American languages not regularly offered by the University.
QUEC 410: Beginning Quechua I
Intensive 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.
REES 495/REES 550: Senior Seminar
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.