College of LAS Events
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Monday, February 23, 2026
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All DayLincoln Hall Humanities HubDeep dive into the digitized Domestic Science/Home Economics archival collections. In this edit-a-thon, we'll be transcribing documents, identifying people, and translating information into Wikidata. Each session will have an introduction before working with the documents, and we'll be circulating guides ahead of the session. Drop in anytime.
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11:00 am
Deep dive into the digitized Domestic Science/Home Economics archival collections. In this edit-a-thon, we'll be transcribing documents, identifying people, and translating information into Wikidata. Each session will have an introduction before working with the documents, and we'll be circulating guides ahead of the session.
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5:00 pmIllini Union Room 210Around the turn of the twentieth century, a group of Yiddish-speaking educators, authors, and cultural leaders undertook a bold project: creating a corpus of nearly one thousand books and several periodicals, which flourished in conjunction with the secular Yiddish school systems that spanned the globe in the 1920s and 30s.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
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3:00 - 5:00 pm223 Gregory Hall
While the second law of thermodynamics states that entropy increases over time, in some systems entropy decreases in parts of the system while increasing in others. A zebra resists or exploits the second law by shunting extra entropy into its environment. Philosopher Heather Demarest (University of Colorado, Boulder)
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
5:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum of World Cultures (600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL)
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
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12:00 pm 01:30 pmConference Room 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL -
4:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge_ LCLBA Lebanese film directed by Nadine Labaki that blends humor and drama to explore themes of coexistence, conflict, and community.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
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11:00 amCharles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSLAssociate Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
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12:00 - 2:00 pmEnglish Building 109 -
12:00 - 2:00 pmEnglish Building 109
Faculty and graduate students are invited to join a discussion of work-in-progress by Craig Perry (Emory University): “Slavery, Abyssinian Diaspora, and the Civilian Elite in 15th-Century Mecca.” Lunch will be provided. Please contact Carol Symes if you would like to attend: symes@illinois.edu.
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, ILJoin us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library, Room 346
Dr. Elias Petrou will explore the evolution and transmission of the Greek book from East to West, beginning with an overview of the Byzantine educational system, the preservation and transmission of classical Greek knowledge through manuscripts, and how this inherited book culture was transformed through the new technology of print.
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
Dr. Elias Petrou will explore the evolution and transmission of the Greek book from East to West, beginning with an overview of the Byzantine educational system, the preservation and transmission of classical Greek knowledge through manuscripts, and how this inherited book culture was transformed through the new technology of print.
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422Erin Brock Carlson’s research centers the relationships between place, technology, and power, focusing on how communities work together to address complex public problems through communication and community organizing. She uses community-based and participatory approaches in her research.
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422Erin Brock Carlson’s research centers the relationships between place, technology, and power, focusing on how communities work together to address complex public problems through communication and community organizing. She uses community-based and participatory approaches in her research.
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
4:00 pm306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History -- Lecture by Prof. Craig Perry (Emory University)
5:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge -- room 1080, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building -
5:00 pmLucy Ellis Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 Room 1080
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
Chicago-based artist Oscar Joyo will discuss his vivid and colorful public murals, underscoring the purpose of art and understanding the power of art to create narratives and tell stories about the history of place, the significance of the present, and the hopes for the future. He will also share details of his local engagement with students from Stratton Elementary School
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 S Gregory, UrbanaJoin us for an event in the MillerComm lecture series featuring Oscar Joyo.
Friday, February 27, 2026
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL -
1:30 - 3:00 pm306 Coble Hall
Join us for our HYBRID Brown Bag talk titled “Zhou Zuoren at Tiger Bridge” with Professor Jingling Chen from the East Asian Languages & Cultures Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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11:55 pmPhD students in the humanities at Illinois: make an impact using your humanities training this summer through the Summer Bridge Program! Support a community organization in Champaign-Urbana while learning new skills and exploring new career paths.
Saturday, February 28, 2026
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11:00 amSpurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801Sneakers or “kicks” hold iconic status in hip hop culture. From shell-toe Adidas to crisp Nike Air Force 1, the right pair signals style, status, and influence. Design, color, and assemble a paper replica of kicks that define hip hop in the U.S. and beyond.
Monday, March 2, 2026
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11:00 am - 1:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St
Join us for talks from our recent Associates and Fellows. At 11am Yi-Cheng Wang (Food Science & Human Nutrition) discusses the development of self-powered light-based sanitizers to enhance food safety and at noon...
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4:00 pmLCLB Lucy Ellis Lounge
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
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12:00 - 1:00 pmCoble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.
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3:30 pm 12/02/2025Chemistry Annex, Room 1024
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3:30 pm 12/02/2025Chemistry Annex, Room 1024
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
7:30 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422This 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.
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7:30 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422This 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.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
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12:00 pm 01:30 pmConference Room 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL -
3:30 - 5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 300The Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity and the Humanities Research Institute host the annual campus celebration of International Women's Day with “12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories.”
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3:30 - 5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 300The Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity and the Humanities Research Institute host the annual campus celebration of International Women's Day with “12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories.”
Thursday, March 5, 2026
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All DayLevis Faculty Center, Room 210Join us for the 24th annual Women's and Gender History Symposium. Featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Arunima Datta (Associate Professor of History, University of North Texas) and Eric McDuffie (Associate Professor of History, UIUC).
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All DayLevis Faculty Center 210The 24th annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will take place March 5-7, 2026. This year’s theme is Gender and Labor. This year's conference will feature graduate research and keynote speakers Dr. Arunima Datta and Dr. Eric McDuffie.
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
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2:00 - 3:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge in LCLB and online via Zoom
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
4:30 - 5:30 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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5:00 pmGregory Hall- Room 215Join us for a hands-on Arabic Calligraphy event where participants learn about the art of Arabic calligraphy and practice writing Arabic letters and words in an aesthetic and creative way.
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5:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Professor Buff (Univ. of Wisconsin) traces the rise of private consultancies from 20th-century managerial capitalism and the military-industrial complex to their entry into higher education during neoliberal reforms of the 1980s, expanding further through disaster capitalism after the 2008 Great Recession and the Covid-19 pandemic.
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5:30 pmLincoln Hall 1002
Attend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Rachel Ida Buff (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).
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6:00 - 7:30 pmKrannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignSPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic. *Parking nearby is free after 5 pm and on weekends.*
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7:00 pmKrannert Center for the Performing Arts
Studiodance offers two different programs. Program A (at 7pm) features the MFA thesis works of Maggie Segale and e g condon. Program B (at 9pm) features solo works by Assistant Teaching Professors Jacob Henss and Samuel Hanson, a duet by 2nd year MFA candidates Chelsea Wahrendorf and Ethan Rome, and a group work by junior BFA candidate, Anna Brady.
Friday, March 6, 2026
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All DayLevis Faculty Center, Room 210
Join us for the 24th annual Women's and Gender History Symposium. Featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Arunima Datta (Associate Professor of History, University of North Texas) and Eric McDuffie (Associate Professor of History, UIUC).
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Professor Bharat Mehra, University of Alabama, on "From Trauma, Anxieties, and Dislocation at Intersecting Margins in a South Asian Experience and Beyond to Social Justice: “If Life Gives You Bananas Make Mango Shake”
Saturday, March 7, 2026
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All DayLevis Faculty Center, Room 210
Join us for the 24th annual Women's and Gender History Symposium. Featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Arunima Datta (Associate Professor of History, University of North Texas) and Eric McDuffie (Associate Professor of History, UIUC).
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8:30 amLevis Faculty Center, Room 210This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Light refreshments will be provided. This edition of Scholarship Out Loud will be part of the 2026 Women’s and Gender History Symposium.
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8:30 amLevis Faculty Center, Room 210This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Light refreshments will be provided. This edition of Scholarship Out Loud will be part of the 2026 Women’s and Gender History Symposium.
Monday, March 9, 2026
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmLAS Paul Lisnek Hub Lincoln HallA friendly Arabic roundtable where participants learn useful phrases and vocabulary through relaxed conversation. All levels are welcome.
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5:00 - 7:00 pmAlice Campbell Alumni Center (601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana)
Please join us for the launch of Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices (Syracuse University Press, 2026). This anthology, co-edited by Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, Sara Feldman, and Brett Ashley Kaplan, brings together impactful perspectives from diverse Blewish/Black Jewish landscapes in the U.S. and globally.
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5:00 - 7:00 pmAlice Campbell Alumni Center (601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana)
Please join us for the launch of Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices (Syracuse University Press, 2026). This anthology, co-edited by Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, Sara Feldman, and Brett Ashley Kaplan, brings together impactful perspectives from diverse Blewish/Black Jewish landscapes in the U.S. and globally.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
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12:00 - 1:00 pmCoble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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3:30 pm 12/02/2025Chemistry Annex, Room 1024 -
4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
5:00 pmSpurlock AuditoriumAttend a film screening of of award-winning Zimbabwean film, "Flame" with discussion with director Ingrid Sinclair and producer Simon Bright, led by led by history and gender and women's studies professor Teresa Barnes.
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5:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. GregoryIngrid Sinclair’s feature-length film Flame (1986) tells the story of two young African women who join the liberation struggle for Zimbabwe in the 1970s. The film follows Flame and Liberty as they are faced with sexual harassment by male freedom fighters and later, by the patriarchy of the newly liberated Zimbabwe.
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5:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Join the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures for a lecture by Melissa Frazier about her new book "Signs of the Material World: Dostoevsky, Science and the 19th Century Novel."
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5:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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12:00 pm 01:30 pmConference Room 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL -
3:30 - 5:00 pmGregory Hall 319Please join us for a lecture with Jennifer Chuong, an assistant professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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3:30 - 5:00 pmGregory Hall 319
Join us for a lecture with Jennifer Chuong, an assistant professor in the Department of Art History at the U of I. This lecture examines the invention of carborundum mezzotint by the African American artist Dox Thrash (1893-1965), arguing that the technique's significance lies not only in its aesthetic effects but in the labor surrounding its discovery and production.
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7:00 - 10:00 pmVirginia Theatre (203 W Park Ave, Champaign, IL 61820)Illinois Public Media and the Japan House present KOKUHO (2025). Kokuho, meaning "National Treasure," is a highly successful 2025 Japanese epic film by director Sang-il Lee about the intense, decades-long rivalry between two men destined for greatness in the traditional world of Kabuki theater.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
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11:00 am - 1:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208 919 W. Illinois St, Urbana
We are delighted to showcase the work of some of our most productive and creative faculty in this informal series of intellectually and spiritually invigorating presentations. You are invited to drop in when you can to learn about the exciting projects undertaken by our faculty.
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12:00 - 1:30 pmIllini Union Bookstore, Room 514
The Center for Writing Studies will be hosting Dr. Bobby J. Smith II for a brownbag talk! Dr. Smith will be giving a lecture titled "Writing the Forgotten Black Past: Brief Notes on Recovery." Please join us on Thursday, March 12!
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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4:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
5:00 pm210 Levis Faculty Center
Friday, March 13, 2026
Saturday, March 14, 2026
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All DaySpurlock Museum 600 S. Gregory St. Urbana, IL 61801
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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2:00 - 3:00 pmChemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Thursday, March 19, 2026
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
Monday, March 23, 2026
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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12:00 - 1:00 pmCoble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Journalist Helmuth (Slate, Scientific American, Washington Post) will argue that as universities, public health bodies, science agencies, and publishers face growing political attacks, scholars must build public support for academic freedom, long-term research, honest history, and life-saving health policy by engaging journalists and mass media directly.
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Attend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Laura Helmuth (Slate, Scientific American, Washington Post).
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
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12:00 - 1:30 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St
CAS Associate 2024-25 Merle Bowen (African American Studies) discusses her research that brings to light untold stories of African-descended communities in Atlantic Canada. With support from the Center for African Studies and the Department of African American Studies.
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12:00 pm 01:30 pmRoom 210 – Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, IL -
4:00 pmLucy Ellis Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
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4:00 pmLucy Ellis Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
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4:00 pmIllini Union Bookstore, Author's Corner, 2nd Floor
Thursday, March 26, 2026
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1:00 - 4:00 pm1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library, Room 346
From its invention in the Bronze Age, glass was conceived as “molten stone” and continuously used to emulate gems, gold, and rare marbles. Drawing on archaeological finds, representations in art works, and written sources, Dr. Anastasios Antonaras (Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki,)
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory -
4:00 pm306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
Friday, March 27, 2026
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9:00 am - 5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 210
HGMS annual conference, 9a-5pm. Location TBD.
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9:00 am - 5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 210
Please join us for the seventh annual symposium in Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies. The past annual symposia were wonderful, and we hope that this conference will continue to showcase diverse and brilliant work within memory studies (broadly conceived) of graduate students. The keynote will be at 11am by Solomon Brager, author of Heavyweight.
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
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4:00 - 7:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 300
Join us for the Big Ten Trans Studies Initiative's research symposium, March 27-28. Friday, March 27: opening plenary session, featuring past and present University of Illinois Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellows in Trans Studies: Emi Frerichs, Sawyer Kemp, Ava L.J. Kim, and Adrian King. Reception to follow.
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5:00 pm0027 Campus Instructional Facility (March 27) - Natural History Building (March 28)
Saturday, March 28, 2026
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5:00 pm0027 Campus Instructional Facility (March 27) - Natural History Building (March 28)
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9:00 am - 4:30 pmLevis Faculty Center 208 and 210
Join us for the Big Ten Trans Studies Initiative's research symposium, a full day of panels featuring scholars from institutions across the Big Ten network.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
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5:00 pm0027 Campus Instructional Facility (March 27) - Natural History Building (March 28)
Monday, March 30, 2026
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12:00 - 1:30 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 424This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Bring your lunch and stop by to listen and chat!
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12:00 - 1:30 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 424This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Bring your lunch and stop by to listen and chat!
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210Story & Place event series: Anke Pinkert Book Talk 4pm
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210Story & Place event series: Anke Pinkert Book Talk
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6:00 pm 8:00 p.m.Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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4:00 - 6:00 pmIllini Union South Lounge
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4:00 pm 5:00 pmCharles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
