American Indian Studies Program

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

• MCT Lecture Series: Introductory Lecture: Theory in the University

  Time

  5:15 - 6:45 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Lecture

  

• Dinner On Us: Real Talk: Healthy Relationships 101

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Asian American Cultural Center (1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana)

  • Informational

  

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

• HRI Opening Reception

  Time

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center

  Join us on the back patio to gather with the humanities community at Illinois.

  • Reception/Open House

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• NAH Book Club

  Registration

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  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Native American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana)

  • Other

  

Friday, September 25, 2026

• PYGMALION | Readings

  Time

  6:00 pm

  Location

  Analog Wine Library (129 N Race St, Urbana)

  Readings in theme with “Up Against Erasure,” with: Andrea Giugni + Malina Infante + Nathan Metz, as well as Lisa Low.

  • Performance

  

Saturday, September 26, 2026

• PYGMALION | Readings

  Time

  6:00 pm

  Location

  Analog Wine Library (129 N Race St, Urbana)

  Readings in theme with “Up Against Erasure,” with: Steven Bergmark + Mason McVeigh + Diana Towne, as well as Gabriela Garcia.

  • Performance

  

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• MCT Lecture Series: Walter Benjamin

  Time

  5:15 - 6:45 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Lecture

  

• Dinner On Us: Impact and Opportunity: Serving your Community from the Inside

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801)

  • Informational

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | Justin Jackson: “Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World”

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  • Lecture

  

• Info Session: Humanities in Action

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 424

  Join us for an info session to learn more about the Humanities in Action program and receive insight into the application process.

  • Informational

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | Panel Discussion: The Ends of Percival Everett’s "Erasure"

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 300

  This is a panel discussion with artists and scholars on Everett’s "Erasure." Each panelist will provide a different window into what’s beyond Erasure or what reading Erasure inspires (broadly conceived).

  • Lecture

  

Monday, October 12, 2026

• Indigenous Peoples' Day

  Time

  10:00 am - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Locations Vary

  This year’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day examines how Native mascots, logos, and stereotypical imagery perpetuate colonial narratives and cause harm. Through programs and dialogue, we will challenge notions of “honor,” center Indigenous voices, and explore how self-representation can affirm the diversity, humanity, sovereignty, and contemporary presence of Indigenous peoples.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Indigenous Peoples' Day Dinner

  Time

  4:30 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Illinois Street Dining Center (1010 W. Illinois, Urbana)

  • Other

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• MCT Lecture Series: Gender

  Time

  5:15 - 6:45 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Lecture

  

• Dinner On Us: Renewed Geographies of Belonging: Anishinaabe Natural Resource Sovereignty in Michigan

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Asian American Cultural Center (1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana)

  • Informational

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• NAH Book Club

  Registration

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  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Native American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana)

  • Other

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Dinner On Us: Our Relationship with Our Food and Ourselves

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

  Location

  Asian American Cultural Center (1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana)

  • Informational

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | Faculty Book Talk: Gillen D'Arcy Wood

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  Professor Gillen D'Arcy Wood (English and Earth Science & Environmental Change) will discuss his book, The Wake of HMS Challenger: How a Legendary Victorian Voyage Tells the Story of Our Oceans’ Decline.

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• MCT Lecture Series: Orientalism

  Time

  5:15 - 6:45 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | HuMetricsHSS Presentation

  Time

  4:00 pm   Time TBD

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  Representatives from the HuMetricsHSS Humane Metrics Initiative will present on the values-based frameworks they’ve developed to guide all kinds of scholarly processes.

  • Other

  

• Native American Heritage Month Dinner

  Time

  4:30 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls (906 W. College Ct., Urbana)

  • Other

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• MCT Lecture Series: Indigeneity

  Time

  5:15 - 6:45 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• Native American Heritage Month Dinner

  Time

  4:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Lincoln Avenue Dining Hall (1005 S. Lincoln, Urbana) & Ikenberry Dining Center (301 E. Gregory Drive, Champaign)

  • Other

  

• NAH Book Club

  Registration

  Register now!

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Native American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana)

  • Other

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• MCT Lecture Series: Environmental Humanities

  Time

  5:15 - 6:45 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Lecture

  

• Dinner On Us: Tlingit Perspectives: Indigenous Knowledge, Culture, and Community

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Room 612

  • Informational

  

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• HWW Grand Research Challenge Showcase

  Time

  12:00 - 1:30 pm

  Join us as we highlight the incredible work of each of Humanities Without Walls' Reciprocity and Redistribution Grand Research Challenge projects in four virtual showcases over the 2026-27 academic year. During each event, 2-3 teams will present their projects and share a bit about the centrality of reciprocal and redistributive methods to their work.

  • Seminar/Symposium