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One year into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the most likely outcome is a stalemate, despite the mounting cost in blood and treasure, said Edward A. Kolodziej, Emeritus Research Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an expert in international relations and global politics. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

Is Russia-Ukraine war heading toward stalemate?

03/21/2023 - Edward A. Kolodziej is Emeritus Research Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and author of...

Mithilesh Mishra (UIUC) and Asha Sarangi (Jawaharlal Nehru University), "Language and Nationalism in South Asia"

03/21/2023 - Please join CGS on March 22nd at noon for Mithilesh Mishra (UIUC) and Asha Sarangi (Jawaharlal Nehru...

Marco Jaimes (History, UIUC), "The Deaths of Monarchs and the Creation of Nations"

03/19/2023 - Please join CGS on March 23 at noon, in person at Coble Hall, 306 and on Zoom for ...

Mithilesh Mishra (UIUC) and Asha Sarangi (Jawaharlal Nehru University), "Language and Nationalism: Conceptual and Historical Understanding"

03/08/2023 - Due to an emergency, the series of talks with Mithilesh Mishra (UIUC) and...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IGlobal Program Honored with 2023 AACTE Best Practice Award in Support Of Global and International Perspectives

02/19/2023 - AACTE (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education) today announced that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign...

The Center for Global Studies Mourns the Loss of Stafford L. Hood, Sheila M. Miller Professor Emeritus

01/30/2023 - We are saddened by the unexpected passing of our colleague and friend Dr. Stafford L. Hood on Sunday, January 15, 2023, at the age of 70. The Hood family has indicated that...

Ned O'Gorman (UIUC), "How Liberals Lost the (Re)public: World War I and the New American (Inter)nationalism"

01/27/2023 - Please join CGS for a talk by Ned O'Gorman (UIUC) on February 7th, at 12 PM (CST), in Coble Hall,...

Allison Witt (UIUC), "Maintaining Online Connection in a Post-pandemic World; Virtual Exchange as an Accomplice to Mobility"

01/27/2023 - Please join CGS for a talk by Allison Witt (College of Education, UIUC) on February 2nd at 12PM (CST)...

CGS Speakers for Spring 2023

01/20/2023 - The 2023 spring semester has concluded and the Center of Global Studies is pleased to provide archived webinars and information from the speakers and their lectures on this page. February...

Pat Keenan, "How has national security policy changed in the Biden administration?"

12/07/2022 - Pat Keenan, CGS Advisory Board member, UIUC law professor, and Heidi Hurd Faculty Scholar has recently offered his assessment of the Biden administration's national security policy in an interview...

Mithilesh Mishra (UIUC) and Asha Sarangi (Jawaharlal Nehru University), "Statist Nationalism: Discourses, Institutions and Politics in Independent India; 1950-2020"

11/11/2022 - On November 16th, join Mithilesh Mishra (UIUC) and ...

Ann-Perry Witmer (UIUC), "Learning the Value of Contextual Engineering through Soymilk and Tofu Production in Zambia"

11/02/2022 - On November 10th, join Ann-Perry Witmer (University of Illinois) on ...

Anna Grzymala-Busse, "Does Religious Nationalism Erode Democracy?"

10/28/2022 - On November 1st at noon, join Anna Grzymala-Busse (Professor of International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute) on ...

Dr. Laia Balcells Ventura, "Secessionism and Affective Polarization; Cases of Scotland, Catalonia, and Northern Ireland"

10/25/2022 - On October 25th at noon, please join Dr. Laia Balcells Ventura (...

Paul Diehl, "When Peacekeeping Missions Collide: Balancing Multiple Roles in Peace Operations"

10/20/2022 - On October 27th at noon, join Paul Diehl (Independent Scholar of International...