Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity
Friday, November 13, 2026
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Friday Forum & Conversation Café: Feeding our Neighbors: A Panel of Faith-Driven Organizations Fighting Food Insecurity in our Community November 13 | 12pm - 1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
Monday, November 16, 2026
Thursday, December 3, 2026
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Marwah Malik from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning will give virtual lunch talk, "Threads of Care: Ralli-making and Women's wellbeing Under Climate Stress". This presentation will explore how climate change shapes unpaid care work, livelihood strategies, and adaptive capacity among women in climatically vulnerable fisherfolk communities in Badin, Pakistan.
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
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Our December lecture will be on Tuesday, December 8 from 12pm-1pm with Dr. Carolyn Primus. Dr. Primus, B.S. Ceramic Engineering, will discuss her career in Materials Science and Engineering, including her latest endeavors with dentistry and other medical devices.
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Illinois Alumnus Batamaka Somé, PhD in Anthropology with a CSGGE Minor will give a talk titled "Pillars of Resilience: Rural Women’s Leadership and Farmer-Centered Research for Food System Transformation in the West African Sahel" on December 8, 2026, at 4:00pm in 210 Levis Faculty Center and via Zoom
Saturday, January 23, 2027
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The fifteenth annual weSTEM Conference is scheduled to be held at the I Hotel on Saturday, January 23rd, 2027, with a Welcome Reception on Friday evening, January 22nd, 2027.
Thursday, January 28, 2027
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Karen Kramer, Associate Professor in Human Development and Family Studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her talk, "Gender Inequality and Leave Policies: A Cross-National Comparison" will be in-person and also offered virtually through Zoom. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. This talk is co-sponsored by the LAS Office of Inclusive Excellence.
Thursday, February 4, 2027
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On Thursday, February 4th we will hear from Nini Zhou, Ph.D. Student in the College of Media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her talk, "Becoming Neoliberal Subjects: Algorithmic Governance of Feminist Activism in China" will be in-person and also offered virtually through Zoom. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.
Thursday, February 11, 2027
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On Thursday, February 11th we will hear from Felisa Reynolds, Associate Professor in Department of French and Italian at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her talk, "Maryse Condé: Gender, and the Racial Logic of Francophone Classification " will be in-person and also offered virtually through Zoom. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.
Thursday, February 25, 2027
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Thank you for your interest in the lunch series on "Gender Equity in an Inequitable Era". On Thursday, February 25th we will hear from Thais Duarte Zappelini, Post Doc with the Brasillinois Initiative at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her talk, will be offered both online and in person.
Thursday, March 4, 2027
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Patricia Owens Book Talk: Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men. This event will take place over Zoom on March 4 at 12:00pm.
Thursday, April 1, 2027
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Thank you for your interest in the lunch series on "Gender Equity in an Inequitable Era". On Thursday, April 1st we will hear from Maria Alejandra Garcia, Assistant Professor in Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her talk will be in-person and online.
