College of LAS Events
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Monday, November 30, 2020
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
At this work-in, we will work to create a list of questions related to the Land Acknowledgment Statement in order to co-create resources, guiding principles, and strategies around the next steps.
At this work-in, we will work to create a list of questions related to the Land Acknowledgment Statement in order to co-create resources, guiding principles, and strategies around the next steps.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
To join the virtual thesis defense, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link)
Described by reviewers as "quirky...intriguing and exhilarating" the book conveys "the surprising importance of all sorts of species to the imperial project" from whales to tigers, dogs to scorpions, and unicorns to platypus.
Thursday, December 3, 2020
"Probabilistic Approaches to Machine Learning on Tensor Data"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access).
Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish-Iranian writer, journalist, scholar, cultural advocate and filmmaker. He was a political prisoner incarcerated by the Australian government in Papua New Guinea for almost seven years before he escaped to New Zealand in November 2019.
Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish-Iranian writer, journalist, scholar, cultural advocate and filmmaker. He was a political prisoner incarcerated by the Australian government in Papua New Guinea for almost seven years before escaping to New Zealand in November 2019.
Friday, December 4, 2020
Enjoy a free weekly yoga practice, presented online by Krannert Art Museum and taught by Jodi Adams, certified yoga instructor, and Ayurveda specialist.
This is the fourth and final lecture in the series "Timbuktu Talks," presented by the Center for African Studies. The series is hosted by Professor Mauro Nobili of the Department of History. The city of Timbuktu in Mali epitomizes the intellectual vibrancy of African Muslim societies. These lectures explore past and contemporary aspects of Islamic Africa.
Saturday, December 5, 2020
Monday, December 7, 2020
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Tenure-stream faculty who wish to learn more about the Interseminars Initiative are encouraged to attend our Zoom info session on December 8 at 11:00 a.m. Register to attend.
Tenure-stream faculty who wish to learn more about the Interseminars Initiative are encouraged to attend our Zoom info session on December 8 at 11:00 a.m.
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Friday, December 11, 2020
As with cryosphere-dominated streams the world over, Alpine glaciers are retreating rapidly. As a glacier retreats progressively, it effectively switches on phototrophic activity. It is therefore not surprising that, for almost 100 years, the process has been construed as a chronosequence; one that, if vaguely, is even referred to in Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species.
Enjoy a free weekly yoga practice, presented online by Krannert Art Museum and taught by Jodi Adams, certified yoga instructor, and Ayurveda specialist.
Monday, December 14, 2020
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Friday, December 18, 2020
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Monday, January 25, 2021
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
Thursday, January 28, 2021
To join the virtual thesis defense, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link)
"High Quantile Regression for Tail Dependent Time Series"
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Monday, February 15, 2021
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Friday, February 19, 2021
Saturday, February 20, 2021
Part of A Year of Creative Writers at Illinois. Supported by the Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Impact of the Arts and the Humanities.
Part of A Year of Creative Writers at Illinois. Supported by the Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Impact of the Arts and the Humanities.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Friday, February 26, 2021
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Monday, March 15, 2021
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Tyehimba Jess is the author of two books of poetry, Leadbelly and Olio. Olio won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, The Midland Society Author’s Award in Poetry, and received an Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Intended for students from across the campus, Inside Scoop conversations invite Illinois undergraduates to engage with the exciting work conducted by scholars whose work helps us understand what it means to be human in a world of rapidly shifting global complexities. Open to all undergraduate students.
Thursday, April 8, 2021
A Year of Creative Writers Poet-in-Residence, Tyehimba Jess, will read from Olio, the winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.
Monday, April 12, 2021
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Monday, April 19, 2021
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Friday, April 30, 2021
Saturday, May 1, 2021
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Friday, May 7, 2021
Saturday, May 8, 2021
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Monday, May 17, 2021
Monday, June 14, 2021
Monday, August 30, 2021
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Monday, October 4, 2021
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Saturday, October 9, 2021
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Monday, October 18, 2021
Monday, October 25, 2021
Reception immediately following in the 'A' Atrium of CLSL.