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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... - Image
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... - Image
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... - Image
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... - Image
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... - Image
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... - Image
November 30th, 10:40 AM Museums Cristóbal Bianchi, School of Art & Design, University of Illinois Emily Anderson, Curator, Japanese American National Museum Gloria Yu Yang, Architecture, Kyushu University This workshop is sponsored by the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) in collaboration with Kyushu University in Japan. Thank you to our co-sponsors: •... - Image
November 29th, 7:00 PM Opening Keynote Address by Ann Burroughs, President and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum Levis Faculty Center, Room 210 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, IL 61801 This workshop is sponsored by the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) in collaboration with Kyushu University in Japan. Thank you to our co-sponsors: • Center for African... - Image
On November 29, 2022 at 12pm CST, Dr. Hanan Elshair presented, "AI Applications in Education" during a virtual talk. Dr. Hanan Elshair is a Professor of Educational Technology and the Vise Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Women for Arts, Sciences, and Education at Ain Shams University in Egypt. She received her Ed.D in Instructional Design and Technology at the University... - Image
On November 11th, 2022 Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program hosted a Graduate Student Workshop on "Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals" and "Tips for applying for fellowships" The workshop was led by: Dana Johnson, Assistant Director of External Fellowships and Charles Fogelman, Teaching Assistant Professor (LAS Global Studies Program) and Beatriz Carvalho, Center for Latin...