Middle East Events

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Book Talk: "Memes, Monsters, and the Digital Grotesque." Dr. Cristina Moreno Almeida

4:00
- Lecture

Friday, February 6, 2026

Lecture: Muslim Women and Architectural Patronage, Dede Ruggles

12:00 pm
- Lecture
Book Talk: "The Islamic Book of Odes and the Horizon of Translation in Modern China", Michael Hill

1:30 pm

Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB building
- Lecture

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Book Talk: "From Apartheid to Democracy, A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine." Sarah Leah and Michael Omer-Man

4:00 pm

Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
- Lecture

Friday, February 13, 2026

Urbisurgence and Resistance: Indigenous Urbanism and the Struggle for Spatial Justice, Dr. Sahera Bleibleh

10:30 - 11:50 am
- Lecture

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Talk: Craig Perry

8:30 am
- Lecture

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Book Talk: The Long War On Iran: New Events, Old Questions, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

All Day
- Lecture

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Book Talk: Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War, Amir Moosavi

4:00 pm

Lucy Ellis Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Book Talk: by Bill Granara

5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois St #400, Urbana, IL 61801 Room 208
- Lecture

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Cultural event: Al Andalus Night Cultural Event

All Day
- Lecture

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Talk: On Beginnings, or the Roots and Routes of the Nested Memory Concept, Helen Makhdoumian , Postdoctoral Program fellow at Vanderbilt University

5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
- Lecture

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Book Talk: Zoning Faith, Sultan Tepe

4:00 pm

Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
- Lecture