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

  TBD

  • Informational

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• CAS MillerCom: 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

  

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: Ángel Garcia Reading

  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

  TBD

  • 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

  TBD

  • Informational

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

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

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Native American Heritage Month Dinner

  Time

  4:30 - 8:00 pm

  Location

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

  • Other

  

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

  

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

• 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