The IGI Series on Global Responsibilities brings multidisciplinary and global perspectives to major contemporary questions. For calendar year 2025, our spotlight is on Palestine in the world today.

The events in this series are being sponsored by the following: Center for Advanced Study; Center for African Studies; Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies; Center for Global Studies; Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies; Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies; Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity; European Union Center; Illinois Global Institute; LAS Global Studies; Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies; The Program in Arms Control & Domestic & International Security; Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center

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Co-sponsoring units house diverse perspectives, but all hold that a healthy university atmosphere requires discussion, debate, and dialogue. 

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Calendar

Palestine in the World - Spring 2025

February

• Feb. 25 – Why is Palestine Important?

  • Speaker: Prof. Ussama Makdisi
  • Time: 4:00 PM
  • Location: 1000 Lincoln Hall

• Feb. 25 – Documentary Discussion: “Lyd”

  • Speaker: Prof. Laura Goffman
  • Time: 5:00 PM
  • Location: 112 Gregory Hall

March

• Mar. 27 – Palestine in the World Roundtable
  • Speakers: Prof. Michelle Campos & Prof. Charles Anderson
  • Time & Location: Not specified

April

• Apr. 1 – Book Talk: “Transnational Palestine”

  • Speaker: Nadim Bawalsa
  • Time: 12:00 PM CT (Virtual)
  • Registration: Link

• Apr. 10 - May 3 – Exhibition: “The Art of Recreating Transnational Solidarity Against Global Apartheids”

  • Location: Murphy Art Gallery, University YMCA

• Apr. 11 – Turmoil and Solidarity: Being Palestinian in CU in a Time of Genocide

  • Speakers: Dua Aldasouqi & others
  • Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM
  • Location: Channing Murray Foundation

May

• May 2 – Palestine in the World Conference
  • Time: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location: Latzer Hall, YMCA