Latina/Latino Studies Event Calendar

Thursday, September 10, 2026

• "Quinceañeras: Latinidades and Girlhood in Popular Culture" by Diana Leon-Boys, Jillian Báez, and Angharad N. Valdivia

  Time

  4:30 - 6:00 pm

  Location

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

  Join the editors of "Quinceañeras: Latinidades and Girlhood in Popular Culture"(external link) for a conversation celebrating the release of their edited collection.

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• LLS Open House

  Time

  4:30 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  Department of Latina/Latino Studies 1207 W. Oregon Street MC-136 Urbana, IL 61801

  Join the Department of Latina/Latino Studies for an open house to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. Refreshments will be served.

  • Reception/Open House

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• MillerComm: Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center Room 210 919 W Illinois St Urbana

  • Lecture

  

Monday, October 5, 2026

• Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Jr. Lecture Series: Dr. Jennifer Najera

  Time

  4:00 - 5:30 pm

  Location

  Campus Instructional Facility, Room 4025

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• Reproductive Justice Symposium

  Time

  5:00 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Campus Instructional Facility, Room 4025

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• Black and Transgender Migrations and Visions of Sanctuary

  Time

  6:00 - 9:00 pm

  Location

  Latzer Hall, University YMCA 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

  This inaugural event by the Borders of Sanctuary Working Collective presents a public facing panel that pairs Professor Willie Mack (Black Studies, University of Missouri) on Black migration with Devin Lowe from the Black Trans Travel Fund, which serves Black and Transgender migrants.

  • Lecture