National Resource Centers

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Global Crises in the Era of Trump

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210 919 W. Illinois Street, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

CLACS Shifting Landscapes Film Series - "Embrace of the Serpent"

5:30 pm

Coble Hall 306
- Film Screening

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Europe and the World Today: The EU, the US, and the Rule of Law

12:00 pm

306 Coble Hall
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra: Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

4:00 - 5:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 9, 2026

Constitution-Building After the Arab Spring

12:00 pm

Room 215 (Faculty Lounge), College of Law Building
- Lecture
Ayni: A New Beginner Level Quechua E Textbook

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Coble Hall, room 306
- Lecture

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Career Exploration Event : "Stories From the Field and the Frontlines: Humanitarian Work and Diplomatic Security in a Changing World" Stephanie Yousef & Amir A.

12:00 pm
- Lecture
Stories From the Field and the Frontlines: Humanitarian Work and Diplomatic Security in a Changing World

12:00 - 1:30 pm

Career Center Conference room 143. 705 S Wright Street
- Lecture

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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

5:00 pm

210 Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois St. Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture
Book Talk: The Long War On Iran: New Events, Old Questions, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

5:00 pm

210 Levis Faculty Center
- Other
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 19, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

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
European Day of the Arts, Featuring Angie Estes

4:00 pm

Illini Union Bookstore, Author's Corner, 2nd Floor
- Festival/Celebration

Thursday, March 26, 2026

REEEC New Directions Lecture: Halyna Padalko, "AI for Disinformation: Threat or Remedy?”

4:00 pm

306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2026

CSAMES Talk: “Muslim Sicily, Real and Imagined,” Bill Granara

5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois St #400, Urbana, IL 61801 Room 208
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
"Muslim Sicily, Real and Imagined"

5:00 pm

208 Levis Faculty Center
- Lecture

Friday, April 3, 2026

Memorias de la Mujer Lotina: Arpilleras, Women, and Coal in Chile

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Krannert Art Museum, Lower Level Auditorium (KAM 62)
- Exhibition

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Alejandro Bovecchi: Lawmaking under Authoritarianism

4:00 pm

Lincoln Hall, Room 1062
- Lecture
Film screenings: Morgenkreis/Morning Circle, Capital & Home Movies Gaza , Basma al-Sharif

7:00 pm

Knight Auditorium Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Film Screening

Thursday, April 9, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

Film Screening: feature-length experimental film Ourobooros (2017), Basma al-Sharif

7:00 pm

Knight Auditorium Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Film Screening

Monday, April 13, 2026

"Weaving Resilience: Communities, Ecosystems, and Knowledge from the Colombian Caribbean in Times of Socio-environmental Crisis".

8:30 am TBD
- Lecture

Thursday, April 16, 2026

REEEC New Directions Lecture: James T. Andrews, "Narrating the Soviet Metropolis: The Moscow Metro and the Story of Socialism”

4:00 pm

306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture
Celebrating Al-Andalus: How Islamic Iberia Lives on in Arabic and Hebrew (MENA Heritage Month)

5:00 - 7:00 pm
- Social/Informal Event
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
2026 CU Tango Music Festival at Krannert Uncorked

5:30 - 7:00 pm

Stage 5 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- Performance
Archaeologist Talk | Luis Muro, Living Legacies of Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600

5:30 pm TBD

Auditorium (KAM 62)
- Lecture

Friday, April 17, 2026

Talk: "Small Stories as Stepping Stones to Cultural Awareness and Language Revitalization", Marilena Karyolemou, Professor at the University of Cyprus

12:00 pm
- Lecture
CU Tango Music Festival Concert

7:30 - 8:30 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance
CU Tango Music: Meet and Greet Milonga

8:45 - 11:55 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Tango Dance Workshops Day 1 with Daniela and Hernán and Paloma and Maxi

1:00 - 5:15 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Conference/Workshop
Tango for All

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Community Center for the Arts
- Performance
Tango Music Workshop for Strings and Bass

4:30 - 5:30 pm

Community Center for the Arts
- Performance
Intro to Tango Dance

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance
CU Tango Music: Festival Milonga

8:00 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance

Sunday, April 19, 2026

CU Tango Music: Practica, Brunch, and Jam with Mate Tasting

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Social/Informal Event
Tango Dance Workshops Day 2 with Paloma and Maxi

12:30 - 3:15 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, April 20, 2026

Land’s Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia

5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 208
- Lecture

Thursday, April 23, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
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

Friday, April 24, 2026

REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Jared Meunier, "Sharp Power and the Enjoyment of Crisis: The Mueller Report as Simulated Justice"

12:00 pm

108 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture

Monday, April 27, 2026

Mayki Gorosito's Visit

All Day
- Conference/Workshop

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Book Talk: Zoning Faith: How City Politics Shape Muslim Communities in Chicago, Sultan Tepe

4:00 pm

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