College of LAS Events
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Thursday, September 19, 2019
Join us on as Cheick Diabate, West African historian in the Griot tradition and world-recognized master of the ngoni, a Malian traditional instrument, tells us the musical journey of his life. All are welcome!
Understanding the Effects of Predictor Variables for Explainable Supervised Learning Models
“Mindfulness and Science-Based Approaches to Criminal Justice for the 21st Century.”
“Mindfulness and Science-Based Approaches to Criminal Justice for the 21st Century.”
The Spurlock Museum presents the panel discussion Looking Back, Looking Forward. The discussion is held in honor of the 26th anniversary of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Resource Center at the University of Illinois.
The Proseminar is an introduction to the graduate study and professional practice of history.
Jason Salavon, new media artist
In this lecture, Wang Dan poses the hypothetical question: If the Tiananmen Square Protests had succeeded, what would China look like today? He will give a first-hand account of the protests and his dream of a democratic China.
Friday, September 20, 2019
This fall, the University YMCA’s Friday Forum explores how inspiring women leaders are addressing not just issues that disproportionately affect womxn but also a myriad of the most pressing social and environmental issues in our communities. Join us as we celebrate the creativity, passion and impact of womxn working for progressive change.
Conversations among Gender & Women's Studies Graduate Minors and Interested Graduate Students.
Since 2014, dozens of protests in the U.S. have deliberately blocked major highways in order to increase the visibility of these protests and to draw on long-standing political meanings of transportation infrastructure.
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Monday, September 23, 2019
grandma's medicine, iraganeko zuloa is a performance of diasporic memory that draws together the story of my great grandmother's salve (amumaren medikunza, or grandma's medicine), Basque mythology, and futures made from irretrievable pasts. This performance traces an indigenous memory from Bizkaia to Idaho and Buenos Aires through diasporic memorial pathways.
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Food for Thought, part of the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relation's Lunch on Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the Asian American community. Past discussions include topics such as nutrition, mental health, sexual health, and issues of queer Asian Americans.
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
Readings and details at criticism.english.illinois.edu.
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Thursday, September 26, 2019
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
The Proseminar is an introduction to the graduate study and professional practice of history.
Have you been feeling the lack of strange medieval-themed humour in life? Join us for the first Medieval Movie Knight on September 26th at 5:30 in 1000 Lincoln Hall to watch “Monty Python and the Holy Grail!” A short discussion will follow the movie so that we can break down the medievalisms of the movie with two graduate student experts.
Celebrate opening night for KAM’s newest exhibitions, including “Art Since 1948,” “All this Beauty and Color: Highlights of the WPA,” and “Revealing Presence: Women in Architecture at the University of Illinois.”
Known throughout the indie music world for her solo project, Japanese Breakfast, Michelle Zauner will read from her upcoming memoir, Crying in H-Mart, a story of searching for identity in a hybrid culture, to be published by Knopf. A short-form version has appeared in The New Yorker.
Known throughout the indie music world for her solo project, Japanese Breakfast, Michelle Zauner will read from her upcoming memoir, Crying in H-Mart.
Friday, September 27, 2019
The symposium aims to strengthen the alumni and bring further visibility to issues for women in architecture. For information on keynote speakers, discussion panels, and networking opportunities, visit arch.illinois.edu/arch-womens-symposium.
This fall, the University YMCA’s Friday Forum explores how inspiring women leaders are addressing not just issues that disproportionately affect womxn but also a myriad of the most pressing social and environmental issues in our communities. Join us as we celebrate the creativity, passion and impact of womxn working for progressive change.
Babette B. Tischleder is a professor of North American Studies and Media Studies at the Univ. of Göttingen, Germany. Her books include The Literary Life of Things: Case Studies in American Fiction (2014) and the coedited volumes Cultures of Obsolescence: History, Materiality, and the Digital Age (2015) and An Eclectic Bestiary: Encounters in a More-than-Human World (2019).
Babette B. Tischleder is a professor of North American Studies and Media Studies at the Univ. of Göttingen, Germany. Her books include The Literary Life of Things: Case Studies in American Fiction (2014) and the coedited volumes Cultures of Obsolescence: History, Materiality, and the Digital Age (2015) and An Eclectic Bestiary: Encounters in a More-than-Human World (2019).
Saturday, September 28, 2019
A free, public reading by poets J. Allyn Rosser and Mark Halliday.
A reading by poets J. Allyn Rosser and Mark Halliday. Part of Pygmalion, September 26–28. Free and open to the public.
Monday, September 30, 2019
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Complete the online application here: https://washington.illinois.edu/apply-now/
Food for Thought, part of the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relation's Lunch on Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the Asian American community. Past discussions include topics such as nutrition, mental health, sexual health, and issues of queer Asian Americans.
In this lecture, Dr. Alondra Nelson considers the “politics of ethics” that was a signature of the Obama administration’s approach to science and technology. This politics of ethics endeavored to place temporal distance between scientific research of the past and present, enabling claims about the importance of federal science to national wellbeing, broadly conceived.
Readings and details at criticism.english.illinois.edu.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar
“The Climate Change Comedy Hour”
“The Climate Change Comedy Hour” Aaron Sachs is Professor of History and American Studies at Cornell University, where he has taught since 2004. In 2006, he published The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism (Viking), which won Honorable Mention for the Frederick Jackson Turner Award.
History alums from various career fields join us to discuss career development, professionalization and choices they made to advance in their fields as well as how their history education helped prepare them for professional success.
The Proseminar is an introduction to the graduate study and professional practice of history.
This workshop with Jennifer Monson, Professor of Dance uses the framework of the iLANDing scores (Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature, and Dance) to research works of art in KAM’s collection. We will use these simple instructions to shift our modes of observation with the whole body, eyes touching, ears drawing, and weight coloring. No particular dance or movement
Friday, October 4, 2019
This fall, the University YMCA’s Friday Forum explores how inspiring women leaders are addressing not just issues that disproportionately affect womxn but also a myriad of the most pressing social and environmental issues in our communities. Join us as we celebrate the creativity, passion and impact of womxn working for progressive change.
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Monday, October 7, 2019
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Food for Thought, part of the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relation's Lunch on Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the Asian American community. Past discussions include topics such as nutrition, mental health, sexual health, and issues of queer Asian Americans.
Melissa Littlefield, professor of English. Interests include sociotechnical studies, “the body,” and culture. She has written about the cultural concept and consequences of technologies such as lie detectors, MRI, and EEG.
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
Readings and details at criticism.english.illinois.edu.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Author of the One Book One Campus 2019–2020 selection Heads of the Colored People. Reception and book signing to follow.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Lunch discussion for undergraduates about the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
A discussion with undergraduates about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Co-sponsored by the Department of Asian American Studies.
A discussion with undergraduates about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Co-sponsored by the Department of Asian American Studies. Register at go.illinois.edu/InsideScoop by October 2, 2019.
Omri Drumlevich will be presenting a “first view” of students learning a master work by Ohad Naharin, former Artistic Director of the Israeli company, Batsheva Dance Company. Join us for a sneak preview of the dance and a lively discussion with the artists. Light appetizers and drinks will be served. Please rsvp to masko@illinois.edu if you plan to attend.
The Proseminar is an introduction to the graduate study and professional practice of history.
This marquee series of the Visitors Program is designed to showcase notable national and international artists, designers, and scholars whose work or point of view is engaging and topical. Paul Ardenne, art historian, critic, curator
Seventy-five years ago, Executive Order 9066 paved the way to the profound violation of constitutional rights that resulted in the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. Featuring George Takei and many others who were incarcerated, as well as newly rediscovered photographs of Dorothea Lange.
dir. Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider, 2017. Followed by a discussion with Satsuki Ina, community activist, writer, and filmmaker.
Seventy-five years ago, Executive Order 9066 paved the way to the profound violation of constitutional rights that resulted in the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. Featuring George Takei and many others who were incarcerated, as well as newly rediscovered photographs of Dorothea Lange, And Then They Came for Us brings history into the present.
Friday, October 11, 2019
This fall, the University YMCA’s Friday Forum explores how inspiring women leaders are addressing not just issues that disproportionately affect womxn but also a myriad of the most pressing social and environmental issues in our communities. Join us as we celebrate the creativity, passion and impact of womxn working for progressive change.
The event will recognize recipients of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Alumni Awards and graduate students who have won fellowships. 4 p.m.: Ceremony 5 p.m.: Reception
Monday, October 14, 2019
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Food for Thought, part of the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relation's Lunch on Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the Asian American community. Past discussions include topics such as nutrition, mental health, sexual health, and issues of queer Asian Americans.
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
Readings and details at criticism.english.illinois.edu.
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Featuring Emily McKown, Olivia Tasch, and Carrie Chandler, members of Girls Rock! Champaign-Urbana. Moderated by Fiona Ngô (Gender & Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies).
Featuring Emily McKown, Olivia Tasch, and Carrie Chandler, members of Girls Rock! Champaign-Urbana. Moderated by Fiona Ngô (Gender & Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies).
Thursday, October 17, 2019
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar
The Proseminar is an introduction to the graduate study and professional practice of history.
Friday, October 18, 2019
The Graduate Research Symposium allows graduate students to present their work in the form of either a poster or an oral presentation. Research areas include a range of topics. Judges are alumni from industry and academia.
This fall, the University YMCA’s Friday Forum explores how inspiring women leaders are addressing not just issues that disproportionately affect womxn but also a myriad of the most pressing social and environmental issues in our communities. Join us as we celebrate the creativity, passion and impact of womxn working for progressive change.
Join us for an introduction to Hot Spots: Radioactivity and the Landscape by independent curator Jennie Lamensdorf and Joan Linder, Chair and Associate Professor in Art at the University of Buffalo.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Monday, October 21, 2019
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Food for Thought, part of the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relation's Lunch on Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the Asian American community. Past discussions include topics such as nutrition, mental health, sexual health, and issues of queer Asian Americans.
Readings and details at criticism.english.illinois.edu.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
AAS majors and minors, as well as students of all disciples who are interested in Asian American Studies, are invited to join us at the Major-Minor Luncheon on October 23. Network with other AAS students and faculty, learn about upcoming courses, and enjoy lunch on us!
Caucus meeting for course planning.
Thursday, October 24, 2019
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar
The Proseminar is an introduction to the graduate study and professional practice of history.
This month’s event will feature Maureen Warren, Curator of European and American Art, and will highlight the re-installation of the Bow and Trees Galleries. Reception to follow.
Film screening and discussion of The Land Beneath Our Feet with Gregg Mitman. Dr. Mitman is Vilas Research and William Coleman Professor of History, Medical History, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Film screening and talk on The Land Beneath Our Feet with Gregg Mitman. Dr. Mitman is Vilas Research and William Coleman Professor of History, Medical History, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Friday, October 25, 2019
This fall, the University YMCA’s Friday Forum explores how inspiring women leaders are addressing not just issues that disproportionately affect womxn but also a myriad of the most pressing social and environmental issues in our communities. Join us as we celebrate the creativity, passion and impact of womxn working for progressive change.
Monday, October 28, 2019
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Food for Thought, part of the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relation's Lunch on Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the Asian American community. Past discussions include topics such as nutrition, mental health, sexual health, and issues of queer Asian Americans.
Esther Ngumbi, assistant professor of Entomology. Interests include chemical signaling between plants, insects, herbivores, and microorganisms
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
Readings and details at criticism.english.illinois.edu.
Admissions representatives from various graduate programs at UIUC give students the inside scoop on grad school applications, funding and the first-year experience as well as answer student questions about their programs.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Caucus meeting for course planning.
In this presentation, Dean Spade will examine how mutual aid might counter the demobilizing frameworks for understanding social change and expressing dissent that dominate the popular imagination, and examine the benefits as well as challenges faced by contemporary organizations mobilizing through mutual aid.
Thursday, October 31, 2019
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar
Londa Schiebinger is Professor of History of Science, Director, Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering and Environment Project, Stanford University.
Londa Schiebinger is Professor of History of Science, Director, Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering and Environment Project, Stanford University.
The Proseminar is an introduction to the graduate study and professional practice of history.
Celebrate Opening Night of the School of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition.
