American Indian Studies Program

Monday, August 24, 2026

• First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  your class

  • Other

  

Friday, August 28, 2026

• NAH Welcome Event

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Welcome Week

  

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

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

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

  • Other

  

Thursday, September 24, 2026

• PYGMALION Event

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  TBD

  Watch for more information.

  • Lecture

  

Friday, September 25, 2026

• PYGMALION Event

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  TBD

  Watch for more information.

  • Lecture

  

Saturday, September 26, 2026

• PYGMALION Event

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  TBD

  Watch for more information.

  • Lecture

  

Sunday, September 27, 2026

• PYGMALION Event

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  TBD

  Watch for more information.

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• 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 Lecture

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | Nanna Thylstrup "Staying with the Trouble of Preservation: The Ambivalent Politics of Deletion in Digital Societies"

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 300

  • Lecture

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | Panel Discussion: Percival Everett’s Erasure. 

  Time

  2:30 pm

  Location

  TBD

  Panel and reception organized by Director's Fellow Chris Freeburg. Affiliated with the Black Letters Collective.

  • Lecture

  

Monday, October 12, 2026

• Indigenous Peoples' Day Dinner

  Time

  4:30 - 8:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Other

  

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | Faculty Reading: Ángel Garcia

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 422

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• 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

  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

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | HumetricsHSS Events

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  TBD

  • Lecture

  

• Native American Heritage Month Dinner

  Time

  4:30 - 8:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Other

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | HumetricsHSS Events

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  TBD

  • 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

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

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

  • Other

  

Thursday, February 11, 2027

• Up Against Erasure | Faculty Book Talk: Jessica Greenberg

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  Justice in the Balance: Democracy, Rule of Law, and the European Court of Human Rights

  • Lecture

  

Friday, February 19, 2027

• Publishing an Academic Book in 2027: an overview

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 422

  Following an introduction to the book proposal and publishing process, this presentation and panel will also cover recent experiences by faculty and editors in this important component of humanistic scholarship. Co-organized by the Humanities Research Institute and OVCRI’s Office of Research Advising and Project Development.

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, February 25, 2027

• Up Against Erasure | Mitsuki: the In-Between Film Screening and Discussion

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  TBD

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, March 4, 2027

• Up Against Erasure | Patricia Owens Book Talk

  Time

  12:00 pm

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, April 1, 2027

• Up Against Erasure | Siobhan Somerville Book Talk

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, April 15, 2027

• Inside Scoop | Layli Long Soldier

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Lecture

  

• Public Reading | Layli Long Soldier

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Alice Campbell Alumni Center, Ballroom (601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana)

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, May 6, 2027

• Prize Ceremony and Reception

  Time

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  TBD

  Gather with us in community to celebrate this year's HRI research prize recipients and to mark the close of another academic year!

  • Reception/Open House