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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...