American Indian Studies Program

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Friday, December 12, 2025

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

  • 12:00 - 1:30 pm

    The Humanities Without Walls Summer Bridge program supports PhD students in the humanities at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in exploring new career paths while making an impact in our community. Join us at this info session for more information about this opportunity!

Thursday, January 29, 2026

  • 12:30 - 2:00 pm
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 424

    This 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. Stop by to listen, chat, and share lunch!

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Friday, February 27, 2026

  • 11:55 pm

    PhD 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.

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

  • 7:30 pm
    Levis Faculty Center 422

    Dr. Justin R. Garcia is an evolutionary biologist and sex researcher. He is executive director and senior scientist at the Kinsey Institute, Ruth N. Halls Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, and adjunct professor of medicine at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Saturday, March 7, 2026

  • 8:30 am
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

    This 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 30, 2026

  • 12:00 - 1:30 pm
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 424

    This 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. Stop by to listen, chat, and share lunch!

  • 4:00 pm
    Levis Faculty Center 210

    Story & Place event series: Anke Pinkert Book Talk

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

  • Rita Dove
    12:00 pm
    Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)

    Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as US Poet Laureate from 1993–1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.

Monday, April 20, 2026

Thursday, May 7, 2026