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...
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:...
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...
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...- 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...
- 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...
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...
2020-06-08 - 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 listen to communities who experience the many forms of violence that have shaped our history and cloud our future. We express our...
2020-05-14 - 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 development grants. These grants are intended to foster improved online instruction of global themes and world areas. Funds may...
2020-05-12 - We are extending our congratulations to all our centers and programs graduating students, in this, the most unusual of circumstances. Everyone at IGI wishes all our graduates great success and happiness in the future! Center for African Studies Amber...
2020-04-22 - Illinois Global Institute is pleased to announce Call for Proposals – Summer 2020 Online Course Development Funds in Area and Global Studies. All University of Illinois faculty are invited to submit proposals to IGI and its ten centers and programs for Summer 2020 course development grants. These...- 2020-03-18 - 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 fall semester. However, our alumni speakers have graciously agreed to conduct the individual information...
2019-11-22 - 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 alignment, and an updated website. The unit is also celebrating their first graduate fellowship funded by the Barbara A...
2019-09-04 - 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 societies around the world. The Illinois Global Institute, which launched in August...