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Impressive Illinois presence at the CIES Conference in Washington D.C. in February

Mar 22, 2023 9:30 am70 views

At the CIES Conference in Washington D.C. in February.
15th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society

Dec 9, 2022 2:30 pm35 views

Upcoming submission deadline for 15th Annual Conference of the ILLS
Congratulations to “The Chancellor’s Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program” Awards Recipients

Nov 11, 2022 9:30 am110 views

The Center for Global Studies (CGS) congratulates Steve Witt, Director of CGS, CGS Faculty Affiliates Faranak Miraftab, Annie Abbott, Scott Althaus, Melissa Goodnight, Barbara Hug, Ellen Moodie, and Ken Salo, and former CGS Graduate Assistant Vinisha Singh Basnet, for receiving the 2022-2023 Chancellor Jones Call to Action Research Program awards.
Highlighting Teaching Excellence at the Faculty Retreat

Jun 21, 2022 10:45 am34 views

Each year UIUC holds a faculty retreat to promote teaching excellence, and awards faculty retreat grants that enable recipients to design and implement an instructional enhancement that has a high probability of improving education at Illinois. The theme of the 2022 annual faculty retreat was “Breaking Down the Garden Walls: A Promise of Access to Success.” The retreat highlighted the practices and approaches implemented by faculty across campus as they work towards a campus culture that fosters student success. At the retreat, CGS Associate Director Donna Tonini caught up with CGS Affiliates Professor Eman Saadah, Director of the Less Commonly Taught Languages Program and Director and Language Coordinator of Arabic, and Professor Raquel Castro Goebel, the Portuguese Language Program Director, and an instructor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese.
How do we know what we know about the climate change?

May 5, 2022 8:45 am85 views

This 8-module introductory course on numerous aspects of Climate Change is an attempt to educate students about the basics of this spiralling global problem. This was developed as part of the 2019-20 Global Intersections Program of the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Constructing transnational solidarities in radical care and democracy through digital feminist storytelling

Apr 28, 2022 2:00 pm40 views

In this post, you will read about a Global Intersections project proposed by two graduate students in Urban and Regional Planning Department that received funding from CGS. Global Intersections is a Center for Global Studies (CGS) initiative designed to encourage multicultural, international, transnational, and global perspectives in student research. This project aims for creating a digital storytelling platform using a critical feminist storytelling methodology.
Career Opportunities in Foreign Language and Area Studies

Apr 12, 2022 2:15 pm39 views

On October 26, 2021, Center for Global Studies (CGS) held a virtual “FLAS Alumni Career Panel,” that focused on the strategies for using foreign language and area studies skills on the job market for current and recent graduate students. This blog post discusses this event and explores the key role that foreign language and area studies education can play in career succes.
Global Studies, Librarianship, and the Job Market

Mar 31, 2022 3:00 pm35 views

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

Nov 17, 2021 12:00 pm35 views

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

Oct 27, 2021 1:15 pm186 views

International travel to France and French archives in year two of the pandemic.
IGlobal: Teaching Middle-Schoolers About World Hunger

Sep 29, 2021 11:00 am462 views

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”

May 19, 2021 3:30 pm16 views

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

Apr 6, 2021 12:00 pm120 views

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

Apr 2, 2021 3:45 pm255 views

PhD student, James Steur, talks about his experiences during Covid-19.
Syndemics and Coronavirus: The Social Dimensions of Public Health Crises

Mar 11, 2021 2:30 pm448 views

Can we deepen our understanding of the current COVID-19 pandemic by analyzing it as a syndemic?
“Global Education Symposium,” October 14-17, 2020

Dec 17, 2020 12:00 pm35 views

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

Dec 11, 2020 12:00 pm94 views

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.
Web Archiving and the Global Response to COVID-19

Jun 2, 2020 12:00 pm55 views

One doesn’t need to look far to see how much the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world, halting the mobility of people and goods that we took for granted as critical components of the global economy. This crisis has put a strain on nearly every system of our global society, impacting every sector of civil society. To attempt to preserve some of the initial reactions and concerns brought about the health emergency, the Center for Global Studies and the International and Area Studies Library began archiving websites of civil society organizations around the world as they respond to this crisis.