SLCL Master Calendar of Events (all SLCL unit calendars)

Monday, September 7, 2026

• Labor Day

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

• The Il(literacy) Impact on Language Change in Brazilian Portuguese (Prof. Silvina Montrul)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

• Religion Coffee Hour Begins

  Time

  12:30 - 1:30 pm

  Location

  Religion Library (3014, LCLB)

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Movie Night: Wadjda

  Time

  4:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Lucy Ellis Lounge_ LCLB

  Join us for a screening of Wadjda (2012), a groundbreaking Saudi Arabian film that follows a young girl challenging social norms in pursuit of independence.

  • Film Screening

  

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Monday, September 14, 2026

• Graduate Student Workshop: Introduction to LaTeX for Linguistics

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  LCLB Lucy Ellis Lounge

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• Arabic Roundtable: Conversation Hour

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  On quad, near Eternal Flame Sculpture bench between Lincoln and English building [In case of inclement weather, we’ll move to Illini union, TechZone room]

  • Meeting

  

• Religion Welcome Back Pizza Party

  Time

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  Lucy Ellis Lounge (Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building)

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, September 17, 2026

• Pause Café

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  basement of Illini Union

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, September 25, 2026

• Chicago Interfaith Trip

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  • Exhibition

  

Saturday, September 26, 2026

• Chicago Interfaith Trip

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  • Exhibition

  

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• Arabic Roundtable: Conversation Hour

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  Lucy Ellis Lounge(1080), LCLB

  A friendly Arabic roundtable where participants learn useful phrases and vocabulary through relaxed conversation. All levels are welcome.

  • Meeting

  

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Soirée Française

  Time

  6:00 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Lucy Ellis 1080LCLB

  • Informational

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• Pause Café

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  basement of Illini Union

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Work in Progress Seminar

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  LCLB 2090B

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• SpanPort Fall 2026 Lecture Series: Prof. Jeffrey Zamostny (Kansas State University)

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  LCLB Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080)

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• Arabic Roundtable: Conversation Hour

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  On quad, near Eternal Flame Sculpture bench between Lincoln and English building [In case of inclement weather, we’ll move to Lucy Ellis Lounge]

  A friendly Arabic roundtable where participants learn useful phrases and vocabulary through relaxed conversation. All levels are welcome.

  • Meeting

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• The Idea of Diaspora in the Study of American Religion

  Time

  All Day

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• Pause Café

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  basement of Illini Union

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• Arabic Roundtable: Conversation Hour

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  On quad, near Eternal Flame Sculpture bench between Lincoln and English building [In case of inclement weather, we’ll move to Lucy Ellis Lounge]

  A friendly Arabic roundtable where participants learn useful phrases and vocabulary through relaxed conversation. All levels are welcome.

  • Meeting

  

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Soirée Française

  Time

  6:00 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Lucy Ellis 1080LCLB

  • Informational

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• Pause Café

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  basement of Illini Union

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Workshop dialect: Iraqi

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080), LCLB

  • Conference/Workshop

  

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

  Translators who translate from their “first” language and into their acquired tongue have been marginalized. This talk aims to build on the work of Elizabeth Klosty Beaujour, Adrian Wanner, and others in looking at several Polish and Polish-American poets for whom literary multilingualism and translation are two sides of the same coin.

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• Arabic Roundtable: Conversation Hour

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080), LCLB

  A friendly Arabic roundtable where participants learn useful phrases and vocabulary through relaxed conversation. All levels are welcome.

  • Meeting

  

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• Pause Café

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  basement of Illini Union

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• SpanPort Fall 2026 Lecture Series: Prof. Jorge Ramos (UIowa)

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  LCLB Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080)

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Soirée Française

  Time

  6:00 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  Lucy Ellis 1080LCLB

  • Informational

  

Thursday, November 19, 2026

• Pause Café

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  basement of Illini Union

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• Fall break begins

  Time

  8:30 am

  Location

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Wednesday, November 25, 2026

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, November 26, 2026

• Thanksgiving Day

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

Friday, November 27, 2026

• Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

Monday, November 30, 2026

• Instruction resumes

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  I-Hotel

  • Other

  

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• Arabic Roundtable: Conversation Hour

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080), LCLB

  A friendly Arabic roundtable where participants learn useful phrases and vocabulary through relaxed conversation. All levels are welcome.

  • Meeting

  

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

• Kaffeeklatsch ☕

  Recurring

  Time

  5:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  German Library, LCLB 3114

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, December 11, 2026

• Final Exams Begin

  Time

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Friday, December 18, 2026

• First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  Time

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Thursday, December 24, 2026

• Gift Day

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

Friday, December 25, 2026

• Christmas Holiday

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

Monday, December 28, 2026

• Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

Tuesday, December 29, 2026

• Gift Day

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

Wednesday, December 30, 2026

• Gift Day

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

Thursday, December 31, 2026

• President Designated Holiday

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

Friday, January 1, 2027

• New Year's Day

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

Friday, January 15, 2027

• Winter Session Final Exams Begin

  Time

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Monday, January 18, 2027

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

• First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

Saturday, March 13, 2027

• Spring Vacation Begins

  Time

  1:00 pm

  • Other

  

Monday, March 22, 2027

• Instruction resumes

  Time

  7:00 am

  • Other

  

Wednesday, May 5, 2027

• Instruction Ends

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Other

  

Thursday, May 6, 2027

• Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Other

  

Friday, May 7, 2027

• Final Exams Begin

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

Saturday, May 15, 2027

• Commencement

  Time

  8:30 am

  Location

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service

  

• School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Spring 2027 Convocation

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Auditorium

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Monday, May 17, 2027

• First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

Monday, May 31, 2027

• Memorial Day Holiday

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

Monday, June 14, 2027

• First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  Time

  All Day

  • Other

  

Friday, June 18, 2027

• Juneteenth

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Ceremony/Service