2025-03-24
- Dear IGI community,The last two months have brought continuing challenges. Across academia, we are navigating uncertain circumstances. There have been conflicting announcements about suspension of disbursement of federal funds and visa revocations, as well as a “Dear Colleague” letter on DEI matters. I have attended several meetings that analyze the changing situations from different perspectives...
- 2025-03-05 - The Illinois Global Institute (IGI) will launch a new Master of Science in Global Studies (MSGS) program in Spring 2026. This innovative, interdisciplinary program is a collaborative effort among the Center for Global Studies (CGS), the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity (CSGGE), and the Program in Arms Control & Domestic and International Security (ACDIS).The MSGS program offers...
- 2025-02-25 - Bergen Bassett received her master's of arts degree in European Studies in 2012. We were able to catch up with her and see the path she's been on for the past 13 years. What is the name of your degree, when did you graduate, and what was your affiliation with the European Union Center? I received the MAEUS in May 2012 with the first cohort of master's degree students. I was...
- 2024-12-12 - Illinois Global Institute Photo Contest, 2024-2025 Enter Now! STUDENT PHOTO CONTEST The Illinois Global Institute (IGI) is sponsoring a photo contest we hope will become an annual event! This is your chance to share glimpses of your academic interests, research, and study abroad experience...
- 2024-12-11 - Allyson Purpura (senior curator, Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavillion) and Kasia Szremski (associate director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies) wrote about reinstalling the KAM collection of pre-Hispanic Andean art. Click on https://dimension.faa.illinois.edu/stories-by...
- 2024-12-06 - The Office of the Chancellor presented the Boldly Illinois 2030 plan, which emphasizes collaboration, inclusion, and empowerment. The Illinois Global Institute was proud to be noted as a prime example of inclusiveness. For more about the importance of inclusion and IGI as an excellent example, go to https://boldly.illinois.edu/framework/#Include and https://boldly.illinois.edu/...
- 2024-11-08 - Hello dear IGI community! My name is Gisela Sin, and I am the IGI acting Executive Director for the 24-25 academic year. I want to thank everybody at IGI, and its centers and programs as you have all been very helpful in my transition to this new role. I’ll be serving in this capacity while Jerry Dávila is spending the year as a Presidential Fellow at the Office of the President of...
- 2024-11-08 - We had a chance to interview Rachel Brichta (MA,'04, REEES). Brichta is chief administrator for the International Institute at the University of Michigan. Question: I’ve read on your website that you are “responsible for long-range planning, strategic operations, financial management, and human resources for the institute and its 17 centers and programs,” which...
- 2024-11-08 - This year, I joined IGI as the first Faculty Director of South Asian Studies (SAS). Since 1983, South Asian studies has been housed within the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES). Recently, interest and capacity on campus has grown in both regions. My job, therefore, consists of two equally important parts: increasing South Asian visibility and engagement on campus and...
- 2024-10-24 - The Illinois Scholars at Risk (ISAR) Program welcomes people from around the world. The program provides sanctuary and assistance to scholars, researchers, practitioners, and artists who face severe threats at home. The 2024-2025 cohort has welcomed 10 scholars to campus from eight countries who are hosted by multiple colleges across the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ISAR not only...
- 2024-10-18 - Kainen Bell (current PhD student, Information Sciences) Kainen Bell, awardee of the Global Policy Fellowship 2024 and affiliate of the Center for Global studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies, discussed his education and work regarding surveillance technologies. I am a PhD student in the School of...
- 2024-10-18 - In May of 2023 a member of the European Union Center interviewed Ben Nathan, then a student in their MA program (https://shorturl.at/qSrle). He spoke about his happiness in returning to campus after the pandemic, interviewing US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovich, and his plans to one day becoming a practicing lawyer with an emphasis on international law. Recently, Ben told...
- 2024-10-18 - Please note that Kofi Bazzell-Smith is a Future Faculty Fellow at the Rochester Institute of Technology College of Art and Design. Kofi Bazzell-Smith is an artist with a passion for manga, a style of Japanese comics, and a professional boxer. He has participated in the 2023 Future Faculty Career Exploration Program held at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Examples of...
- 2024-10-18 - Marilia Corrêa (PhD, ’19, history; former affiliate of CLACS) When asked to list the most important skills Dr. Corrêa learned from her time at the University of Illinois, she responded, “that is difficult to answer in only a few sentences. I learned how to be an academic and a historian at Illinois. Starting from the simplest skills, I learned how to be a student at Illinois...
- 2024-06-17 - Illinois Alumni magazine talked to Szremski about taking students to Peru on a summer field trip where they dig in the western slopes of the Andes mountains. Click https://www.illinoisalumnimagazine.org/illinoisalumni/summer_2024/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1983116#articleId1983116 to read more about what they discovered.