The Center sponsors and hosts many conferences and seminars throughout the year. For a complete listing of these events please check the "Events" link on the left hand side of the page.
Regular Conferences and Seminars
Prisms of Globalization
Prisms of Globalization seminars present contending conceptual views of globalization from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, and are free and open to the public. Several are presented each semester. See current schedule for more information or, to view details for previous events, see the Prisms of Globalization Seminars Archive.
Transnational Seminars Series
The Transnational Seminar Series links University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty in the social/policy sciences and humanities with counterparts around the world through paper workshops and discussion. The lectures are free and open to the public. Several lectures are presented per semester, see current schedule for more information or view Transnational Seminar Archives for past resources.
Comparative Politics Workshops
The Comparative Policitcs Workshop series is co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the Center for the Study of Democratic Governance and the Center for Global Studies. Click on the above link for more information.
Past Conferences and Seminars
The list of past conferences and seminars provides resources and topical information from past events.2008
The Global Demand for Biofuels: An International Agricultural Workshop for Teachers
Biofuels have been embraced globally as renewable sources for energy, but despite the enthusiasm there remain many questions and some concerns. Participants in this workshop discussed bioenergy developments nationally and internationally, international agricultural crop production and second generation bi-products that can be used for biofuels, and the environmental, economic, and societal impacts of bioenergy.
2006
2006 Joint Area Centers Symposium: Criminal Trafficking and Slavery: The Dark Side of Global and Regional Migration
JACS 2006 offers streaming videos, Power Point presentations and electronic versions of papers presented at the conference.
Second International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry: Ethics, Politics and Human Subject Research
This conference looked at new forms of inquiry that can advance the goals of social justice and progressive politics at an international level. The Conference Paper Archive includes citations and electronic copies of papers presented.
4th Annual Global Studies Forum: Global Interconnections
This forum is the annual conference of the Illinois International High School Initiative (IHS). IHS provides curricular support and professional development opportunities for secondary educators.
Challenges to U.S. Global and Regional Hegemony and Implications for the Post-Cold War International System
This conference discussed the rise of a global society and underlined the increasing interdependence of peoples and states within a globalizing world. A listing of papers presented are available to view.
2005
Global Studies in Higher Education: A Conference on Research, Curricular, & Collaborative Opportunities
This conference included a Satellite Conference for Librarians and Information Specialists.
2005 International Summer Institute: The Life of Kids Around the World
This was a five-day intensive institute providing teachers with ideas on how to integrate global and regional issues into curriculum through lens of children around the world. Resources include electronic lists of carefully selected children's and young adult literature discussing different cultures around the world.
First International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry: Qualitative Inquiry in a Time of Global Uncertainty
This conference discussed the issues of governments across the globe attempting to regulate interpretive inquiry, effecting freedom of speech in academia.
Libraries in Times of War, Revolution and Social Change
2004
Prisms of Globalization Symposium 2004
This symposium focused on two topics: The Governance of the Global Society and Economic Forces in the Global Society. Resources include Power Point presentations and symposium papers.
