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
- 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...
2024-02-13 - On February 28, Willie J. Mitchell, Principal Information Technologies Specialist for Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences, was awarded the LAS Academic Professional Award. Since 2014, Will has been the ATLAS Zone Manager for the following units and departments: Asian Educational Media Service, ATLAS Application Reporting Web, the Center for African Studies, the Center...
2024-02-13 - AZADEH AGHIGHI received her Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures with a specialization in Islamic Studies and is currently a Lecturer in Persian Language and Director of the Persian Studies Program, Dept. of Linguistics. Dr. Aghigi has taught courses on Islam as well as Arabic and Persian languages at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Could you...- 2024-01-22 - On Dec. 8, 2023, Illinois high school students who were awarded first place or honorable mention in the 2023-24 High School Translation Competition gathered at the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago to celebrate their achievement. The event was sponsored by the European Union Center, a member of the Illinois Global Institute, and welcomed Thomas Botzios, Consul General of Italy in...
2024-01-22 - On November 8, students, faculty, and staff were treated to free international musical performances as part of International Education Week. Artists included the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble, led by Goio Lima; Turkish musician Çağrı Haksöz (Ashik Delili) playing the baglama, a string instrument used in traditional folk music; the Latin American Ensemble; and SPICMACAY, the Society for Promotion of...- 2023-09-27 - Staff from the Center for African Studies, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, LAS Global Studies, and the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center met with students at the Majors & Minors Fair, 2023, to share information about their programs, scholarships, majors, minors, and certificates.
2023-09-20 - 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 highlights its international presence and influence today. Lü Pin, ...
2023-09-12 - 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, Center for African Studies; Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies; Center for Global Studies;...- 2023-08-29 - 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 Illinois one of the most engaging places in the United States to ask questions about our world....
2023-08-22 - Over 2,500 incoming students attended Liftoff 2023, and representatives from the Illinois Global Institute were there to greet them. Present were representatives from the following centers: African Studies; South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; Latin American and Caribbean Studies; European Union; Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center; and the newest member to our unit, LAS Global Studies...- 2023-05-31 - Click here to read Kaleigh Rahn's interview with Natasha Samreny, director of marketing and communications for Trinity Repertory Company. Natasha received her MA from CSAMES in 2010.
- 2023-04-27 - Click here to read about Boren awards received by LAS students Maxine Katz and Tina Wayne.
- 2023-04-20 - The U of I News Bureau has written about the Latin American Ensemble, supported by IGI's own Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies. See below to read the article.
2023-03-07 - IGI Career Day, 2023 By Terri Gitler Over 40 University of Illinois students attended Illinois Global Institute Career Day, an event focusing on using foreign language, area studies, and thematic studies in the job market. They heard from U of I alumni speakers representing careers in academia, the US government, technology, non-profit organizations, and non-tenure track teaching and post-doc...