American Indian Studies Program

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Lincoln Hall
Unseen Unheard 2018
Unseen Unheard is an annual student-led conference hosted by the Asian Pacific American Coalition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This year our theme is ‘Create Out Loud.’ We want attendees to recognize the importance of their own individuality.
- Conference/Workshop

- 3:00 pm
- 101 International Studies Building – 910 S Fifth St, Champaign
Lecture Series. "The Perils and Promises of Expert Witnessing"
- Lecture

- 7:30 pm
- IPRH Lecture Hall, Levis Faculty Center, Fourth Floor (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana)
Lecture: Tianna S. Paschel | "Rethinking Black Mobilization in Latin America"
Tianna S. Paschel is an assistant professor in the Departments of African American Studies and Sociology, University of California–Berkeley. Co-sponsored by the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies.
- Lecture

- 7:30 pm
- Third Floor Lecture Hall, Levis Faculty Center (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana)
Panel: The Race Work of War Machines
From early drone experiments in the Pacific during World War II to the apparatus of FOIA, this panel tracks the racial and imperial logics of different forms of state surveillance during the so-called American century and its aftermath. Katherine Fehr Chandler (Culture and Politics, Georgetown University) and Anjali Nath (American Studies, University of California, Davis)
- Lecture

- 4:00 pm
- IPRH Lecture Hall, Levis Faculty Center, Fourth Floor (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana, IL)
Joni Adamson | “What We Can Learn from Pink Dolphins: Key Tensions, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Environmental Humanities”
“What We Can Learn from Pink Dolphins: Key Tensions, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Environmental Humanities.” Joni Adamson (English and Environmental Humanities, Arizona State University). Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Lecture

- 5:00 - 7:30 pm
IPRH 3rd Annual Work-In: DACA Ally Training
IPRH Work-Ins are a chance for faculty, students, staff and community residents to learn and share information about contemporary questions that command our attention—and to gain knowledge and experience in a variety of topics that impact our collective public sphere.
- Informational

- 7:00 pm
- The Art Theatre (126 W Church St, Champaign)
IPRH @ The Art Screening: Mississippi Masala
A screening of MISSISSIPPI MASALA (dir. Mira Nair, 1991) with discussion led by Rini Bhattacharya Mehta (Comparative and World Literature/Religion) to follow. Free and open to the public.
- Film Screening

- 4:00 pm
- IPRH Lecture Hall, Levis Faculty Center, Fourth Floor (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana)
Environmental Humanities Lecture: Benjamin H. Johnson
A lecture by Benjamin H. Johnson, Associate Professor of History, and Institute of Environmental Sustainability Faculty, Loyola University Chicago. Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Lecture

- 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Third Floor Lecture Hall, Levis Faculty Center (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana)
International Women's Day Celebration
In honor of International Women's Day, “12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories.” Sponsored by the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities and Women & Gender in Global Perspectives.
- Festival/Celebration

- 7:30 pm
- Third Floor Lecture Hall, Levis Faculty Center (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana)
Environmental Humanities Lecture: Stephanie LeMenager
Stephanie LeMenager, Moore Endowed Professor, Department of English, University of Oregon. Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Lecture

- 7:30 pm
- Alice Campbell Alumni Center (601 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana)
Reading by Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine is the author of five collections of poetry, including Citizen: An American Lyric and Don't Let Me Be Lonely; and the editor of several anthologies including The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind. Rankine is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and teaches at Yale University as the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry.
- Lecture