08/14/2020 - Illinois students will have increased opportunities to fund studies of Arabic, Persian and Turkish, and more students will have opportunities to practice those languages and learn

08/03/2020 - Illinois Global Institute recently announced a grant initiative that supported course development across the Urbana campus.

07/23/2020 - Illinois Global Institute is pleased to announce the fall 2020 courses that are part of the on-line and hybrid course development initiative by the IGI and its ten area and g

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06/24/2020 - George Floyd, an unarmed African American man, was killed by police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020. Many other African-American men and women have also been killed.

06/08/2020 - We share the anguish of our families, our coworkers, and our community as George Floyd’s killing is added to so many others.  We urge all to li

05/14/2020 - University of Illinois faculty are invited to submit proposals to the Illinois Global Institute and its ten area study centers and thematic programs for Summer 2020 course develop

05/12/2020 - We are extending our congratulations to all our centers and programs graduating students, in this, the most unusual of circumstances.

04/22/2020 - Illinois Global Institute is pleased to announce Call for Proposals – Summer 2020 Online Course Development Funds in Area and Global Studies.

03/18/2020 - Illinois Global Institute and the area study centers and thematic programs regret to announce that due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, the IGI Career Day panels will be postponed to the

11/22/2019 - The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) is preparing to celebrate 40 years of the program with a host of events and social media outreach, a new organizational alignm

09/04/2019 - The University of Illinois has established a new institute within the College of LAS to strengthen research, teaching, and outreach that deepens understanding of cultures and soci