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 - Over 40 University of Illinois students attended the 2023 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 positions. Time was set aside...
2023-03-02 - Prof. Edward A. Kolodziej (former director of Center for Global Studies) was featured in the Illinois News Bureau Expert Viewpoints series in an interview titled, "Is Russian-Ukraine war heading toward stalemate?" Click here for full article.
2023-02-22 - Prof. Valerie J. Hoffman (former director of Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies) was featured in the LAS Experts series in an interview titled, "Beneath the Surface of Islam." Click here for full article.
2023-01-26 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumna Brittney Nadler (majored in Global Studies and Spanish) recently was awarded a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship. Funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by Howard University, the Pickering Fellowship supports individuals who seek careers in the State Department’s...- 2022-11-07 - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is now a sustaining member of Scholars at Risk (SAR), an international network of higher education institutions and associations dedicated to protecting scholars and promoting academic freedom around the world. A committee of faculty and students has been...
- 2022-10-03 - The European Union Center will be hosting political scientist and writer Ivan Krastev, who will speak on “Russia’s War in Ukraine: Reimagining the East-West Divide in Europe,” on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in room 300 of the Levis Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana. Click here to read a story on the event published by the Illinois...
2022-08-24 - Six area and global studies centers within the Illinois Global Institute will receive almost $13.2 million in competitive Title VI federal grants during the next four years to advance educational opportunities, programming, and public engagement. The University of Illinois is one of this year’s top Title VI funding recipients in the country....- 2022-06-21 - Illinois Global Institute is pleased to announce the IGI Summer 2022 Global Educator Workshop - 3 days of round-table discussions around the context of world languages and area studies with the theme of "World Languages & Area Studies: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Perspectives." K-12 educators from around the globe are encouraged to attend any of the events listed in the...
2022-05-14 - The Illinois Global Institute (IGI) and its area and global studies centers and thematic programs mourn the unexpected and untimely passing of our very dear colleague, Dara Goldman. Dara was a Professor of Spanish, Director of the Program in Jewish Culture & Society, and a longtime member of multiple centers in IGI. She served as Director of the Center for Latin American & Caribbean...- 2022-04-25 - The European Union Center (EUC) has been a focal point for teaching, research, and outreach on Europe and the European Union at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 1998. The center received news that their proposal for a new Jean Monnet Center of Excellence grant under the European Commission Erasmus+ Program was awarded. This will be the third time the EUC has been awarded this...
2022-04-04 - Russia, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) is hosting "A Conversation with Terrell Jermaine Starr" on Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30pm. The event will be in the Auditorium of the Campus Instructional Facility (CIF), as well as on Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. To register for the...
2022-03-31 - Do you have a passion for accounting and love of area and global studies? Are budgets your thing? Then we have a position for you! Come work for us at Illinois Global Institute as our Accounting and Operations Associate! Search has been extended through April 14. Download job description here...