• Spotlight on IGI alum Maiga Muga
    2025-10-08 - Maiga Muga earned an MA in African Studies in 2024, focusing on education policy, digital transformation, and global education trends, particularly in the context of Tanzania and Sub-Saharan Africa. He is now a PhD student in Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership; his research explores the impact of global education market dynamics and digital transformation on policy reforms in...
  • IGI launches Master of Science in Global Studies program
    2025-03-05 - The Illinois Global Institute (IGI) is launching an innovative new Master of Science in Global Studies (MSGS) program. This 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 three tracks:...
  • Alumna puts skills gained at Illinois into practice at State Department
    2025-02-25 - Bergen Bassett received her master of arts degree in European Studies in 2012, and the European Union Center also facilitated her Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship focused on Swedish. We were able to catch up with her and see the path she's been on for the past 13 years.What were the most...
  • Kasia Szremski of CLACS describes Andean art collection collaboration with Krannert Art Museum
    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. 
  • Alum shares benefits of language, cultural skills
    2024-11-08 - Illinois alum Rachel Brichta (MA, '04, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies) is now chief administrator for the International Institute at the University of Michigan. She shares how the language, communication, and research skills and international perspective she gained at Illinois have helped her thrive in her career. Q: I’ve read on your website...
  • Mehta describes initiative in South Asian studies
    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...
  • Illinois Scholars at Risk program welcomes 2024-2025 cohort
    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...
  • Student spotlight: Kainen Bell
    2024-10-18 - Kainen Bell, recipient 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 Information Sciences, advised by Anita Say Chan. My research...
  • Alumni Spotlight: Benjamin Nathan
    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...
  • Alumni Spotlight: Kofi M. Bazzell-Smith
    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...
  • Alumni Updates
    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...
  • Kasia Szremski, associate director of Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, called "Dig Leader"
    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.
  • Jerry Dávila, Pedro Hallal named Presidential Fellows
    2024-06-06 - President Tim Killeen writes, "I am excited to announce the selection of Jerry Dávila and Pedro Hallal for the Presidential Fellows Program. This prestigious program supports faculty members from our three universities whose interests align with one or more of the system-wide strategic...
  • New Initiative: What is Brasillinois?
    2024-03-07 - To learn about the Brasillinois initiative, read the press release here: https://emails.uofi.uillinois.edu/newsletter/60/311198260.html and more information here: https://www.uillinois.edu/about/international_partnerships/brasillinois  
  • What in the World is a FLAS Fellowship?
    2024-02-29 - What in the world is a FLAS Fellowship? The IGI Spring e-newsletter brings news of significant achievements by staff, students, and faculty, as well as well-deserved recognition of their efforts. This note takes a closer look at one of the major building blocks of international studies at UIUC: the FLAS Fellowship.  FLAS stands for Foreign Language and Area Studies...