Humanities Research Institute Calendar

  • Justin Garcia
    4:00 pm    4/6/2026
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 422

    This talk will highlight the Kinsey Institute’s founding and multi-disciplinary history, continued cultural impact, current research program, and reflect on the ways in which today’s social and political climate presents new challenges for multi-disciplinary sex research.

  • Rita Dove
    12:00 pm    4/15/2026
    Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)

    Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993–1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.

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    7:30 pm    4/15/2026
    Alice Campbell Alumni Center

    Join us for a free public reading by award-winning poet Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, and was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.

  • 5:00 pm    4/20/2026
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 208

    Please join us for the launch of Ethan Madarieta's first book, Land's Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia. Ethan, who earned his Ph.D. in Comparative and World Literature at Illinois, is an assistant professor of English at Syracuse University, where he is on faculty in Native American and Indigenous studies...

  • 4:00 - 6:00 pm    5/7/2026
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 422

    Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception