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  • Kainen Bell CGS Spotlight

    by Bell, KainenFeb 20, 2024 8:45 am

    CGS would like to congratulate PhD student Kainen Bell for his recent selection as a Global Policy Fellow at the Institute for Technology & Society (ITS) in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Kainen was one of ten researchers selected worldwide who share common interests in technology and its interfaces with Law, and expanding their knowledge about the Brazilian technological context. The intensive four-week program will take place in July, and includes a series of meetings with ITS partners in Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, and São Paulo. 

  • Premodern Unfreedoms: Global Approaches to Exploitation, Enslavement, and Trafficking’ Conference at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, October 27-28, 2023

    by Duncan, HeatherFeb 6, 2024 9:45 am

  • Qatar Debate 4th US Debate Championship

    by Hedaya HassaneinOct 30, 2023 10:15 am

    Qatar Debates' 4th US Debate Championship, October 14-15, 2023.

  • IGI SPRING 2023 CAREER DAY

    by Janet HusunukpeApr 5, 2023 3:15 pm

  • 15th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society

    by Timur Pollack-LagushenkoDec 9, 2022 2:30 pm

    Upcoming submission deadline for 15th Annual Conference of the ILLS

  • 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?