Campus Humanities Calendar

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Monday, April 7, 2025

    • 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
    • 325 Temple Buell Hall (611 E. Taft Drive, Champaign)

    "Little Tech on the Prairie," Matthew Darmour-Paul

    Work-in-progress talk and paper: “Little Tech on the Prairie" by Matthew Darmour-Paul, PhD candidate in Sociology at Australian National University and tutor in architecture at the University of Sydney. His research explores place-based computational practices and techno-nationalism in the American Midwest.

    • 4:00 pm

    Nature or Territory? Indigenous Representations of Forest through Critical Cartography. Peru - Dr. Maritza Paredes

    Dr. Maritza Paredes, Sociology Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, will discuss the complexities of extractive frontier expansion and its intersection with global climate change policies in conservation areas, particularly within indigenous communities. Her research explores the redistributive and justice dimensions of these processes, shedding light...

    • 5:15 - 6:45 pm
    • Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, 1212 W. Nevada Street, Urbana

    What Now: Focus on Women and Gender in The New Era

    This panel will feature Karen Flynn (Terrance & Karyn Holm Endowed Professor, UIC); Julie A. Pryde (C-U Public Health District Administrator); Lauren R. Aronson (Clinical Professor of Law and Immigration Law Clinic Director); and Jessica R. Greenberg (Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of EUC).