On April 4th, 2023 WGGP hosted a talk by Dr. Courney Dorroll on how Dorroll's 2019 book, Teaching Islamic Studies during the Age of ISIS and Islamophobia (Indiana University Press), created emotional labor for both the instructor and her students. Courtney found self-care pedagogy and sustainability practices to be key in replenishing herself and her students. When we ask scholars and students to...
WGGP hosted Dr. Shakira Nasir for virtual event, "Understanding Digital Literacy Among Children from B40 Family Living at the Pusat Perumahan Rakyat (PPR)" on March 31, 2023. Dr. Nasir is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the International Islamic University in Malaysia. This talk was co-sponsored by the Center for Global Studies through support of the U.S....
WGGP hosted Dr. Beverley Mullings, a Professor of Black Economic Geographies at University of Toronto, on March 22, 2023 for talk "Informality, Precarity and the Coloniality of Gendered Labour in the Caribbean" The event talked about the convergences in the kinds of low waged, unpredictable and dangerous jobs that working people worldwide increasingly face, are rendering historical...
12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories, March 8, 2023, 3:30-5:00pm The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) and the Humanities Research Institute (HRI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were co-hosting our fifth annual event, “12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories” bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community...
February 24th, 2023, 11 AM CST WGGP hosted Jama Jack for virtual event, "Feminist Collective Action in the Gambia" on February 24, 2023. Jama Jack is a communications specialist and feminist activist from The Gambia, with more than 15 years of practical experience in advocacy and community engagement on gender equality and social justice. Jama is interested in the intersection between...
Building a House United, February 15, 2023, at 7 PM- 8:30 PM Featured Panelist Bill Doherty Co-founder of Braver Angels and Professor, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Scott Althaus Director of the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, Merriam Professor, Department of Political...
WGGP hosted Dr. Elena Kopteva for hybrid event, "The Global Impacts of the War in Ukraine - Family and War" on January 25, 2023. This talk was part of the Illinois Global Institute Speaker Series, "The Global Impacts of the War in Ukraine". Dr. Elena Kopteva was born in Ukraine and spent part of her childhood in Siberia, Russia before returning to study in Ukraine for...
November 30th, 9:10 AM Human Rights, Heritage, and Memory Colleen Murphy, Law, University of Illinois Toru Oga, Political Science, Kyushu University Shao Dan, East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Illinois Ren Yatsunami, Law, Kyushu University This workshop is sponsored by the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) in collaboration with...
November 30th 1:30 PM Memory and Heritage Brett Kaplan, Comparative and World Literature & Director of the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies, University of Illinois Ran Zwigenberg, Asian Studies, Penn State University & Kyushu University Naoko Gunji, East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Illinois Ayako Fukushima, Environmental Design, Kyushu...
November 30th, 12:00 PM Remembering through Memory Activism Tali Nates, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (NPC) Mduduzi Ntuli, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (NPC) Catherine Boyd, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (NPC) This workshop is sponsored by the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) in collaboration with Kyushu University...