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  • Global Studies, Librarianship, and the Job Market

    by Nathan SonnenscheinMar 31, 2022 3:00 pm

    Nathan Sonnenschein, a former graduate assistant at the Center for Global Studies, discusses how his experiences at CGS prepared him for the job market.

  • The Impact of the 2021 International Studies Research Lab

    by Nathan SonnenscheinNov 17, 2021 12:00 pm

    Through the International Studies Research Lab (ISRL), the Center for Global Studies and collaborating centers leverage the campus’ expertise and vast library resources to support the development of international and area studies programming in community colleges across the country, providing access to important US Department of Education Title VI resources to institutions and regions without direct access to these important grant funds.

  • Returning to French Archives Amid the Pandemic

    by Timur Pollack-LagushenkoOct 27, 2021 1:15 pm

    International travel to France and French archives in year two of the pandemic.

  • IGlobal: Teaching Middle-Schoolers About World Hunger

    by Cara MerkleSep 29, 2021 11:00 am

    Cara Merkle, an undergraduate majoring in Education at the University of Illinois, shares her experience working with middle-grade students for the IGlobal initiative.

  • April 2021 iSEE Congress “The Future of Water”

    by Maria DorofeevaMay 19, 2021 3:30 pm

    This year’s Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment at University of Illinois (iSEE) Congress was co-organized with the Center for Global Studies, in partnership with the Illinois Global Institute and the Joint Area Centers Symposium (JACS), four of which are funded through U.S. Department of Education Title VI grants.  The series of Zoom events brought together a diverse group of researchers, educators, journalists and activists to address global water crises under the rubric of “The Future of Water”, and to introduce the Illinois campus and community to cutting-edge thinking from highly influential scholars on topics ranging from drought to the global politics of water to pollution, public health, and biodiversity. 

  • SAOA: The South Asian Open Archives

    by Nathan SonnenscheinApr 6, 2021 12:00 pm

    The South Asian Open Archive (SAOA) is an initiative that makes open access materials on South Asia available for teaching and research.

  • At Home with Over 170 Million News Stories: My Assistantship with the Cline Center over Covid-19

    by James SteurApr 2, 2021 3:45 pm

    PhD student, James Steur, talks about his experiences during Covid-19.

  • Syndemics and Coronavirus: The Social Dimensions of Public Health Crises

    by Chris Puckett, Department of SociologyMar 11, 2021 2:30 pm

    Can we deepen our understanding of the current COVID-19 pandemic by analyzing it as a syndemic?

  • “Global Education Symposium,” October 14-17, 2020

    by Patti ArthurDec 17, 2020 12:00 pm

    Proving stronger than an epidemic, the University of Illinois College of Education and Office of International Programs presented the “Global Education Symposium” on October 14-17, 2020.  Educators and students from around the world shared knowledge and personal thoughts, albeit, through the travel agent known as Zoom. 

  • Spurlock Museum Big History Project

    by Kim Sheahan SanfordDec 11, 2020 12:00 pm

    Hi. I’m Kim Sheahan Sanford, the Spurlock Museum’s assistant director of education, and I have a confession to make. Sixth graders are my favorite students on earth. They are willing to suspend disbelief as I tell them a myth or a folktale, but they also latch onto adult concepts, like reincarnation and the development of complex writing systems.