Drawing on her professional experience in the United States Foreign Service, retired Ambassador Geeta Pasi discussed with College of Business students the impact of changes in the workplace on women, both in the United States and overseas.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has been quoted in the German newspaper Die Tageszeitung (TAZ) and the Swiss newsweekly Die WochenZeitung (WoZ) on Bangladeshi politics and the ongoing protests by the textile workers.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz is quoted in a report in the Guardian on the political situation in Bangladesh.
Dr. T.Y. Wang, University Professor and Chair of the Department of Politics and Government, served as a roundtable panelist at the Conference on Hong Kong Politics held at Princeton University, November 3-4, 2023.
Distinguished Professor, Dr. Ali Riaz was interviewed by local NPR affiliate WGLT about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prior to the Department of Politics and Government’s panel on the conflict on Tuesday, November 7.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has published a chapter on constitutionalism and politics in Bangladesh in an edited volume titled “A History of the Constitution of Bangladesh: The Founding, Development, and Way Ahead”.
United States Ambassador (retired) Geeta Pasi, the inaugural Donald F. McHenry Visiting Professor in Diplomacy and International Affairs at Illinois State University, participated in a talk entitled “African Democracy in the Balance” at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics on October 31st.
As Bangladesh plunged into a political crisis and violence ensued after police dispersed an opposition rally on October 28, Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has been quoted in several international media and published commentaries on the implications of these incidents.
The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism has featured Legal Studies Director, Professor Tom McClure in their Spotlight Series.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has made two panel presentations at the Bay of Bengal Conversation: Rising Tides (BOBC) 2023 held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and organized by the Center for Governance Studies (CGS).
