College of LAS: For Faculty & Staff
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Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Thursday, September 3, 2026
Friday, September 4, 2026
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
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Join us for a scavenger hunt to learn more about the Department of History! For incoming history freshmen and transfer students.
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Join us on the back patio to gather with the humanities community at Illinois.
Thursday, September 10, 2026
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Join us for a lecture with Keidrick Roy, associate professor of Government at Dartmouth College and author of "American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism" (Princeton, 2024), a prize-winning study of how medieval legacies of feudalism haunt liberal democracy in the United States.
Friday, September 11, 2026
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Faculty and graduate students are invited to register for this workshop with visiting scholar Keidrick Roy, to discuss part of a new project on ideas of patriotism in early Black America.
Monday, September 14, 2026
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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Join us for a discussion of the book Windrush Cricket: Imperial Culture, Caribbean Migration, and the Remaking of Postwar England by Michael Collins.
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Friday, September 18, 2026
Monday, September 21, 2026
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Friday, September 25, 2026
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Readings in theme with “Up Against Erasure,” with: Andrea Giugni + Malina Infante + Nathan Metz, as well as Lisa Low.
Saturday, September 26, 2026
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Readings in theme with “Up Against Erasure,” with: Steven Bergmark + Mason McVeigh + Diana Towne, as well as Gabriela Garcia.
Monday, September 28, 2026
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Join us for a lecture by Justin Jackson titled "Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World."
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Join us for an info session to learn more about the Humanities in Action program and receive insight into the application process.
Friday, October 2, 2026
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Friday, October 9, 2026
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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).
Saturday, October 10, 2026
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
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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.
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Join us to celebrate the new books of three history PhD alumni.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Professor Ángel Garcia (English/Creative Writing) will read from his latest collection, Indifferent Cities.
Friday, October 16, 2026
Monday, October 19, 2026
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Monday, October 26, 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Thursday, October 29, 2026
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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.
Friday, October 30, 2026
Monday, November 2, 2026
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Thursday, November 5, 2026
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Representatives from the HuMetricsHSS Humane Metrics Initiative will present on the values-based frameworks they’ve developed to guide all kinds of scholarly processes.
Friday, November 6, 2026
Saturday, November 7, 2026
Monday, November 9, 2026
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Friday, November 13, 2026
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Friday, November 20, 2026
Monday, November 30, 2026
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Wednesday, December 2, 2026
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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.
Thursday, December 3, 2026
Friday, December 4, 2026
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
Tuesday, January 19, 2027
Thursday, January 21, 2027
Wednesday, February 3, 2027
Thursday, February 4, 2027
Thursday, February 11, 2027
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Justice in the Balance: Democracy, Rule of Law, and the European Court of Human Rights
Wednesday, February 17, 2027
Friday, February 19, 2027
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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.
Thursday, February 25, 2027
Monday, March 1, 2027
Wednesday, March 3, 2027
Thursday, March 4, 2027
Monday, March 8, 2027
Tuesday, March 9, 2027
Wednesday, March 10, 2027
Friday, March 12, 2027
Tuesday, March 23, 2027
Thursday, March 25, 2027
Friday, March 26, 2027
Monday, March 29, 2027
Tuesday, March 30, 2027
Wednesday, March 31, 2027
Thursday, April 1, 2027
Friday, April 2, 2027
Monday, April 5, 2027
Tuesday, April 6, 2027
Wednesday, April 7, 2027
Monday, April 12, 2027
Tuesday, April 13, 2027
Thursday, April 15, 2027
Monday, April 19, 2027
Tuesday, April 20, 2027
Friday, April 30, 2027
Wednesday, May 5, 2027
Thursday, May 6, 2027
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Gather with us in community to celebrate this year's HRI research prize recipients and to mark the close of another academic year!