Anna's Calendar
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
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Robert Wedgeworth, former American Library Association (ALA) executive director, will present "The Future of the iSchool."
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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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Learn more about becoming an editor for the Undergraduate History Journal 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.
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Join Phi Alpha Theta for an undergraduate panel titled "Students in Cultural Heritage."
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
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
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Join Phi Alpha Theta for an ice cream social event.
Friday, September 18, 2026
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Join us for a timely dialogue with Venerable Pomnyun Sunim on the critical challenges facing today’s universities and communities.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
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Join Phi Alpha Theta for an event celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.
Thursday, October 1, 2026
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MillerComm Lecture: Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World
Join us for a lecture by Justin Jackson titled "Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World."
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
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Join us to celebrate the new books of three history PhD alumni.
Friday, October 23, 2026
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MillerComm Lecture: Islam in France: Minority Religion, Laïcité, and the Politics of Muslim Identity
Join us for a lecture by George A Miller Visiting Scholar Youssouf T. Sangaré titled "Islam in France: Minority Religion, Laïcité, and the Politics of Muslim Identity."
Friday, October 30, 2026
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The iSchool Research Showcase shares human-centered, interdisciplinary research through a keynote speech and a series of short presentations and posters by School of Information Sciences faculty, staff, and graduate students. All are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Thursday, March 4, 2027
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Jonna Perrillo, education historian and professor of English education at the University of Texas at El Paso, will deliver the 2027 Gryphon Lecture hosted by the Center for Children's Books in the School of Information Sciences. She will present "School Book Lists and the Civic Education of U.S. Teens: from 1950 to Texas."
