National Resource Centers

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Workshop on Nuclear Energy and Applications

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  University of Illinois

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Screening: Those 4 Years

  Time

  6:00 pm

  Location

  Spurlock Museum

  • Film Screening

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Workshop on Nuclear Energy and Applications

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  University of Illinois

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Wei (Windy) Zhao, "Home beyond the House: Transformation of Life, Place, and Tradition in Rural China"

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• “Reformist Muslim Thought: Rethinking the Quran and Islamic Tradition from the19th Century to Today”, Youssouf Sangare

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright Street , Champaign IL 61820

  • Lecture

  

• LAS Faculty Success Program - Funding Your Future: The Arts and Humanities

  Time

  10:00 - 11:00 am

  Location

  2043 Lincoln Hall (702 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801)

  • Informational

  

• Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals for Research Abroad

  Time

  12:00 - 2:30 pm

  Location

  Illini Room A, Illini Union, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

  Interested in conducting research abroad? This workshop introduces the fundamentals of writing a successful fellowship proposal for international research. Learn how to identify funding opportunities, communicate the significance of your overseas research, and craft persuasive application materials that stand out in competitive review processes.

  • Professional Development

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Book Talk - Diana Oskov

  Time

  4:00 - 5:30 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Bookstore; Author's Corner (809 S. Wright Street)

  • Lecture

  

Friday, October 23, 2026

• "On care and community: India’s frontline health workers", Vrinda Marwah

  Time

  11:00 am

  "On care and community: India’s frontline health workers" Vrinda Marwah is assistant professor of Sociology at the University of South Florida.

  • Lecture

  

• Islam in France: Minority Religion, Laïcité, and the Politics of Muslim Identity

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Lecture

  

• Celebrate Bulgarian- An Evening of Music and Dance

  Time

  7:00 pm   10:00 pm

  Location

  Spurlock Museum of World Cultures

  Live Performance by the Bulgarica Dance Ensemble of Chicago with artistic director Petur Iliev. Light Refreshments will be served.

  • Performance

  

Monday, October 26, 2026

• Election Panel II

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall 306

  • Informational

  

• Halloween Movie: Monster in Paris

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Knight Auditorium at Spurlock Museum

  • Film Screening

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• Dia de Muertos Dance Party @ Gallery Art Bar

  Time

  8:00 pm

  Location

  Gallery Art Bar 119 W Main St, Urbana, IL 61801

  You are invited to the CLACS Dia de Muertos party at the Gallery Art Bar on 10/28 at 8pm. Costumes are encouraged and there is no cover! Please add some songs suggestions for our playlist to this google form. We will be playing music throughout the night: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-WfVB7Nng_bGQuYXt--9zEz5TSqnI5t9Jqvft-eTI945wuQ/viewform?usp=publish-edito

  • Festival/Celebration

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Book Talk: Professor Sanjay Joshi, "Brahmins of the Himalaya"

  Time

  11:00 am

  • Lecture

  

Monday, November 2, 2026

• CLACS Speaker Series presents: Matthew S. Winters, "Persistent Citizens: Pursuing Social Welfare Benefits in Brazil and Argentina"

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall 306

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• LAS Faculty Success Program - Intro to the Graduate College: What New Faculty Need to Know

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  2043 Lincoln Hall (702 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801)

  • Informational

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Slavic Department Lecture: "Whose Tongue Is it Anyway?: On Poets Translating Themselves and Others"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  • Lecture

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Book Talk: Becoming Allies: Civil Liberties Activism in India, Ankita Pandey

  Time

  11:00 am

  • Lecture

  

• “Performance and the Making of Religious Imagery in Early and Medieval India (Buddhist, Hindu, Jain)”, Anna Tosato

  Time

  11:00 am

  • Lecture

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

• CLACS Speaker Series presents: María Alejandra García Otero (Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences)

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall 306

  • Lecture

  

Friday, November 13, 2026

• "‘Imagining Capital in the City: Urban Life in DLF’s Public Projection, 1949-1960", Anish Vanaik, Purdue University

  Time

  11:00 am

  ‘Imagining Capital in the City: Urban Life in DLF’s Public Projection, 1949-1960’

  • Lecture

  

Monday, November 16, 2026

• CLACS Speaker Series presents: Angharad Valdivia

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall 306

  • Lecture

  

• The Marriage of Figaro: excerpts by the Urbana Opera Ensemble

  Time

  6:30 pm

  Location

  Knight Auditorium

  The Urbana Opera Ensemble is performing excerpts from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" on November 16 at 6:30 pm. This is a free event. Please join us!

  • Performance

  

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• 'How (not) to Kill a Language: The Many Lives of Sumerian'

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Spurlock Museum of World Cultures Knight Auditorium

  • Reception/Open House

  

Wednesday, February 24, 2027

• Film Screening: The Killhouse (2026)

  Time

  5:00 pm

  • Film Screening