American Indian Studies Program

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

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  Summer Bridge Program Info Session

  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!

  • Informational

Thursday, January 29, 2026

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  Scholarship Out Loud Series

  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. Bring your lunch and stop by to listen and chat!

  • Other

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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  Partnering for Success: Library Support for American Indian Studies

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30PM

  https://aacc.illinois.edu/

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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  Sharing History with the Horse Nation

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

  https://aacc.illinois.edu/

  • Conference/Workshop

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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  NAH Book Club

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30PM

  1206 West Nevada Street

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, February 19, 2026

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  Lecture on Paulo Freire - Carlos Alberto Torres (Education, UCLA)

  5:15 pm

  Plym Auditorium, Temple Buell Hall

  • Lecture
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  Land Grab Universities

  5:30 pm

  Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana

  • Lecture

Friday, February 27, 2026

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  Summer Bridge Applications Due

  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.

  • Other

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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  U.S. Obliteration of Indigenous Lands During the Cold War

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30PM

  https://aacc.illinois.edu/

  • Conference/Workshop

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

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  International Women’s Day Celebration

  3:30 - 5:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center 300

  The 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.”

  • Other

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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  Treaties for Treatment: How Urban American Indians Navigate the Federal Healthcare Promise

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30PM

  ACRC (HUB 3070 - Third Floor, 614 E. Daniel Street, Champaign

  • Conference/Workshop

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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  NAH Book Club

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30PM

  1206 West Nevada Street

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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  Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW): Integrating structural analysis and lived experience to address risk and protective factors. 

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30PM

  Illini Union, Room C (1401 W. Green St, Urbana)

  • Conference/Workshop

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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  Inside Scoop | 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.

  • Other

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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  NAH Book Club (Virtual conversation with the author)

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30PM

  1206 West Nevada Street

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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  Cultural Centers as Home-Places: Indigenous Student Affairs Standpoints

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30PM

  https://aacc.illinois.edu/

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, May 7, 2026

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  Hi'ilei Julia Hobart (Native and Indigenous Studies, Yale University)

  10:00 am

  Temple Hoyne Buell Hall 134 Plym Auditorium

  • Lecture