International Programs and Studies

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Speakers and Lectures at CGS - "Making Space for Many Worlds: Pluriversal Planning, Arts-Based Methods, and Historic Preservation in Chile."

12:00 pm

Coble Hall Room 306
- Lecture
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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other
Film Screening: 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025, Ukraine)

5:00 pm

Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum of World Cultures (600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL)
- Film Screening

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Workshop and lunch with Prof. Craig Perry: “Slavery, Abyssinian Diaspora, and the Civilian Elite in 15th-Century Mecca"

12:00 - 2:00 pm

English Building 109
- Conference/Workshop
Transcending the In-Between: Provocation, Humor, and Joy in Performance by Anida Yoeu Ali

3:30 - 5:30 pm

Women's Resources Center; 616 E. Green Street Suite 213
- Conference/Workshop
Transcending the In-Between: Provocation, Humor, and Joy in Performance by Anida Yoeu Ali

3:30 - 4:30 pm

Women's Resources Center; 616 E. Green Street Suite 213
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra: Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

4:00 - 5:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Sophia Wilson, "Maidan: Ukraine’s Democratic Revolution”

4:00 pm

306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture
Study Abroad First Steps (IAGE) (Virtual)

4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Informational
Talk: Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: Lecture by Prof. Craig Perry

5:00 pm

Lucy Ellis Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 Room 1080
- Lecture

Friday, February 27, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Faith Over Fear: Interfaith for Democracy"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

"12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories"

3:30 - 5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor
- Lecture

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Europe and the World Today: The EU, the US, and the Rule of Law

12:00 pm

306 Coble Hall
- Lecture
Europe and the World Today: The EU, the US, and the Rule of Law

12:00 pm

306 Coble Hall
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra: Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

4:00 - 5:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 6, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Collective Flourishing: Women, Community, & Shared Success"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Monday, March 9, 2026

Constitution-Building After the Arab Spring

12:00 pm

Max Rowe Auditorium, College of Law Building
- Lecture
Ayni: A New Beginner Level Quechua E Textbook

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Coble Hall, room 306
- Lecture

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other
Study Abroad First Steps (IAGE) (Virtual)

4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Informational
MillerComm Lecture Series: "Flame: Screening and discussion with Simon Bright and Ingrid Sinclair"

5:00 pm

Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
- Film Screening

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Career Exploration Event : "Stories From the Field and the Frontlines: Humanitarian Work and Diplomatic Security in a Changing World" Stephanie Yousef & Amir A.

12:00 pm
- Lecture

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Book Talk: The Long War On Iran: New Events, Old Questions, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

All Day
- Lecture
Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Elizabeth Sutton

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture
Book Talk: The Long War On Iran: New Events, Old Questions, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

5:00 pm

210 Levis Faculty Center
- Other
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 13, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Thursday, March 19, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
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5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 20, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Monday, March 23, 2026

Women in Science Lecture Series: Archana Verma

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Book Talk: Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War, Amir Moosavi

4:00 pm

Lucy Ellis Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture
European Day of the Arts, Featuring Angie Estes

4:00 pm

Illini Union Bookstore, Author's Corner, 2nd Floor
- Festival/Celebration

Thursday, March 26, 2026

REEEC New Directions Lecture: Halyna Padalko, "AI for Disinformation: Threat or Remedy?”

4:00 pm

306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Sindicatos, Labor Unions: Protecting Graduate Workers"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Study Abroad First Steps (IAGE) (Virtual)

4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Informational
CSAMES Talk: “Muslim Sicily, Real and Imagined,” Bill Granara

5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois St #400, Urbana, IL 61801 Room 208
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
"Muslim Sicily, Real and Imagined"

5:00 pm

208 Levis Faculty Center
- Lecture

Friday, April 3, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "People v. Power: Litigation as a Strategy for Social and Economic Justice"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Ceremony/Service
Memorias de la Mujer Lotina: Arpilleras, Women, and Coal in Chile

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Krannert Art Museum, Lower Level Auditorium (KAM 62)
- Exhibition
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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other
Film screenings: Morgenkreis/Morning Circle, Capital & Home Movies Gaza , Basma al-Sharif

7:00 pm

Knight Auditorium Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Film Screening

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Gisela Sin

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Connecting People to People and People to Nature"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
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1:30 - 3:30 pm
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Film Screening: feature-length experimental film Ourobooros (2017), Basma al-Sharif

7:00 pm

Knight Auditorium Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Film Screening

Monday, April 13, 2026

"Weaving Resilience: Communities, Ecosystems, and Knowledge from the Colombian Caribbean in Times of Socio-environmental Crisis".

8:30 am TBD
- Lecture

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other
Seminar Series - Professor Fred Lamb

5:00 pm

Coble Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

“Aimé Césaire in the Era of Black Lives Matter” by Frieda Ekotto

4:00 pm

Bruce Nesbitt African American Cultural Center; 1212 W. Nevada Street, Urbana IL
- Lecture
REEEC New Directions Lecture: James T. Andrews, "Narrating the Soviet Metropolis: The Moscow Metro and the Story of Socialism”

4:00 pm

306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture
Celebrating Al-Andalus: How Islamic Iberia Lives on in Arabic and Hebrew (MENA Heritage Month)

5:00 - 7:00 pm
- Social/Informal Event
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
2026 CU Tango Music Festival at Krannert Uncorked

5:30 - 7:00 pm

Stage 5 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- Performance
Archaeologist Talk | Luis Muro, Living Legacies of Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600

5:30 pm TBD

Auditorium (KAM 62)
- Lecture

Friday, April 17, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Where History Lives: Creating Spaces for Learning, Reflection, & Pride"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other
CU Tango Music Festival Concert

7:30 - 8:30 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance
CU Tango Music: Meet and Greet Milonga

8:45 - 11:55 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Tango Dance Workshops Day 1 with Daniela and Hernán and Paloma and Maxi

1:00 - 5:15 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Conference/Workshop
Tango for All

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Community Center for the Arts
- Performance
Tango Music Workshop for Strings and Bass

4:30 - 5:30 pm

Community Center for the Arts
- Performance
Intro to Tango Dance

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance
CU Tango Music: Festival Milonga

8:00 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance

Sunday, April 19, 2026

CU Tango Music: Practica, Brunch, and Jam with Mate Tasting

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Social/Informal Event
Tango Dance Workshops Day 2 with Paloma and Maxi

12:30 - 3:15 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Study Abroad First Steps (IAGE) (Virtual)

4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Informational

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Spring Reception

4:30 - 5:30 pm

YMCA Latzer Hall 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
- Ceremony/Service
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
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5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
Talk: On Beginnings, or the Roots and Routes of the Nested Memory Concept, Helen Makhdoumian , Postdoctoral Program fellow at Vanderbilt University

5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
- Lecture

Friday, April 24, 2026

REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Jared Meunier, "Sharp Power and the Enjoyment of Crisis: The Mueller Report as Simulated Justice"

12:00 pm

108 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture
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1:30 - 3:30 pm
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other
Dr. Adam D. Williams, Sandia National Laboratory

5:00 pm

Coble Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Book Talk: Zoning Faith: How City Politics Shape Muslim Communities in Chicago, Sultan Tepe

4:00 pm

Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
- Lecture

Friday, May 1, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Samar Hegazy

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Study Abroad First Steps (IAGE) (Virtual)

4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Informational

Friday, May 8, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Other

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
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Friday, May 15, 2026

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1:30 - 3:30 pm
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