2021-10-04
- Colleen Murphy, acting executive director of Illinois Global Institute, was featured on Civil Squared podcast discussing transitional justice with host, Jennifer Thompson. The one-hour discussion included a brief history of the practice, citing examples from across the globe, as well as opportunities within the United States for transitional justice.
To listen to the podcast, please visit the...
2021-08-13 - Illinois Global Institue is now calling Coble Hall home! The Institute and nine of the area and global studies centers and thematic programs are moving into the former Graduate College building on Wright Street just in time for the start of the 2021 fall semester. We look forward to showing off our new home in the near future. We ask all visitors to follow the...- 2021-07-15 - Illinois Global Institute is pleased to announce the IGI Summer 2021 Global Educator Workshop - 3 days of round-table discussions around the context of migration, education, and health with the theme of "Education in Uncertain Times: How to Prepare for the New Normal Around the World." K-12 educators from around the globe are encouraged to attend any of the events listed in the agenda...
- 2021-04-04 - The first issue of Illinois Global Institute's newsletter is now available for Spring 2021. The electronic (PDF) version can be found at the link below. This newsletter will be published twice a year (spring and fall), along with an e-newsletter that is published once a month during the academic months (August through May). To subscribe to our e-newsletter, please click...
- 2021-03-25 - Are you looking for an exciting way to spend a year abroad starting in the Fall of 2022? If so, it’s time to think seriously about submitting an application for a Fulbright Scholarship! Join the National and International Scholarships Program (UIUC) for information sessions and workshops to learn more. These events are geared towards undergraduate students and recent alumni to provide an overview...
2021-01-26 - Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies Outreach Coordinator, Alejandra Seufferheld was honored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with the Paula Admetz Hays Award. The award recognizes her work in CLACS that includes "Latin American Storytime at local libraries, professional development workshops for educators, Latin American movie nights, and many others." For more...- 2021-01-11 - IGI has launched the inaugural issue of our e-Newsletter. The e-newsletter will publish IGI research efforts, news about faculty, and events for our global audience. Please feel free to share and subscribe. https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/863296097.html
2020-12-14 - The European Union Center's TED program was featured in the latest newsletter of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) - International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE). The TED program, in its 11th year, "is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for educators in the United States and Europe." Current on-line technology allows the educators to meet virtually...
2020-12-03 - Illinois Global Institute is pleased to announce Prof. Waïl Hassan has been appointed Director of the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies beginning January, 2021. Dr. Hassan is a Professor in the Program in Comparative and World Literature and the Department of English. His scholarship, which focuses on modern Arabic literatures, includes the books Immigrant Narratives:...
2020-11-20 - Professor Colleen Murphy, Director of the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (on research leave), was interviewed by the Illinois News Bureau on the potential that a transitional justice project presents for the U.S. Please read the interview here: "Does the US need...
2020-08-14 - 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 about the Middle East region through a recent grant from the U.S. Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Languages (UISFL) program awarded to the...
2020-08-03 - Illinois Global Institute recently announced a grant initiative that supported course development across the Urbana campus. A total of 33 courses in 22 departments across 6 colleges and schools are now being developed as on-line or hybrid classes. These classes focus on global learning and are intended to bridge and connect students to our world through creative pedagogies and new methods and...- 2020-07-23 - 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 global studies centers and thematic programs. This initiative has supported course development across disciplines, including 33 courses in 22 departments in 6 colleges and schools. Global learning, which has always been an...
- 2020-07-10 - The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) visa limitations are yet another capricious act that undermines the work of students from around the world who study at Illinois and across the US. We add our voice to the immediate and justified condemnation of this measure amid mounting legal challenges. It is shameful that the over 1 million international students in...
2020-06-24 - 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. Massive demonstrations have broken out around the world to publicize and protest the widespread epidemic of police brutality in communities of color and the marginalized. Local and international youth will share...