SLCL Master Calendar of Events (all SLCL unit calendars)

Friday, February 21, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- David Kinley Hall Room 404, 1407 W Gregory Dr., Urbana
Dr. Marwa Shalaby. “How Parliaments Matter: Policy and Opposition in the Middle East’s Authoritarian Legislatures” (*Hosted by CSAMES)
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- LCLB 2090B
Max Kade Lecture
- Lecture

Saturday, February 22, 2025

- 3:30 - 5:30 pm
- Champaign Public Library
Le Cercle Francophone - community lessons in French
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, February 24, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Arabic Tutoring
- Meeting

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- 1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge - Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building (Formerly FLB)
Game Night
- Meeting
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 1000 Lincoln Hall, 702 S. Wright St., Urbana
Dr. Ussama Makdisi "Why is Palestine Important?" (*Hosted by CSAMES)
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby
Russkii stol--Russian table

Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, all levels welcome!
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

- 3:00 - 4:30 pm
- Illini Union Food Court (lower level)
Pause Café - French Conversation Table
- Social/Informal Event
- 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Evening French Conversation (Soirée en français)
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, February 27, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:15 pm
- 4080 A, LCLB
FRIT Faculty Meeting
- Meeting
- 4:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis, LCLB 1080
Spring 2025 Lecture Series - Dr. Charlie Nagle (University of Texas, Austin)
- Lecture
- 6:00 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Cinéclub "Zouzou" (Allégret, 1934)
- Film Screening
- 6:00 - 8:00 pm
- Atrium, Lucy Ellis Lounge - Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building (Formerly FLB)
Taste of Language
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 28, 2025

- All Day
- UIUC
The Multilingual Mediterranean: Winter 2025 Workshop (*Hosted by CSAMES)
- Conference/Workshop
- 4:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 LCLB
Lecture by Darya Tsymbalyuk
- Lecture

Saturday, March 1, 2025

- All Day
- UIUC
The Multilingual Mediterranean: Winter 2025 Workshop (*Hosted by CSAMES)
- Conference/Workshop
- 9:00 - 11:00 am
- Champaign Public Library
Le Cercle Francophone - community lessons in French
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, March 3, 2025

- All Day
- UIUC Campus
The Greek Book: Paleography, Transmission, & Critical Editions (400 BCE – 1550 CE)
- Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

- All Day
- UIUC Campus
The Greek Book: Paleography, Transmission, & Critical Editions (400 BCE – 1550 CE)
- Conference/Workshop
- 4:00 pm
- Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
Dr. Huda Fakhreddine "On translating Arabic Poetry" (*Hosted by CSAMES)
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

- All Day
- UIUC Campus
The Greek Book: Paleography, Transmission, & Critical Editions (400 BCE – 1550 CE)
- Conference/Workshop
- 6:00 - 7:00 pm
- Salaam MENA Cultural Center
Intro to Islam
- Meeting

Thursday, March 6, 2025

- All Day
- UIUC Campus
The Greek Book: Paleography, Transmission, & Critical Editions (400 BCE – 1550 CE)
- Conference/Workshop
- 5:00 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Italian Movie Night "Mine vaganti" (comedy, 2010, by F. Özpetek)
- Film Screening

Friday, March 7, 2025

- All Day
- UIUC Campus
The Greek Book: Paleography, Transmission, & Critical Editions (400 BCE – 1550 CE)
- Conference/Workshop
- All Day
- Illini Union
Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (ILLS17)

ILLS is a general linguistics conference open to all subfields and aimed primarily at providing graduate and undergraduate students a friendly venue to present their work.
- Conference/Workshop
- All Day
- Illini Union
Sociolinguistics Symposium (SOSY) Conference

The 6th Annual Sociolinguistics Symposium (SOSY) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign celebrates a quarter-century of sociolinguistic innovation and inquiry.
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:00 - 5:30 pm
- LCLB 4080A
Work in progress workshop, Carl Niekerk
- Conference/Workshop

Saturday, March 8, 2025

- All Day
- Illini Union
Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (ILLS17)

ILLS is a general linguistics conference open to all subfields and aimed primarily at providing graduate and undergraduate students a friendly venue to present their work.
- Conference/Workshop

Sunday, March 9, 2025

- 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Smith Recital Hall
Viola al-Mashura (The Enchanted Viola): Christina Ebersohl-Van Scyoc and Melissa Terrall
- Performance

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Stage 5 lobby
Russkii stol--Russian table, beginners

Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, beginners welcome!
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge
EALC Speaker Series | Elemental Nationalism: Views of “China” from Earth and Air | Mark E. Frank
- Other
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge
EALC Speaker Series | Graduate Student Workshop | How to Build a University (When You’re Fresh Out of Grad School) | Mark E. Frank
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:00 - 4:30 pm
- Illini Union Food Court (lower level)
Pause Café - French Conversation Table
- Social/Informal Event
- 6:00 - 7:00 pm
- Salaam MENA Cultural Center
Intro to Qur'an
- Meeting
- 6:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Slavic Film Series presents "Gypsies are Found Near Heaven" [Табор уходит в небо], dir. Emil Loteanu
- Film Screening

Thursday, March 13, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 4080 A, LCLB
FRIT Faculty Meeting
- Meeting
- 5:30 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 LCLB
Lecture by Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Rafeyenko
- Lecture

Saturday, March 15, 2025

- 1:00 pm
Spring Vacation Begins
- Other

Monday, March 24, 2025

- 7:00 am
Instruction resumes
- Other

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby
Russkii stol--Russian table

Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, all levels welcome!
- Social/Informal Event
- 6:00 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Cinéclub "La Vie en rose" (Dahan, 2007)
- Film Screening

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

- 3:00 - 4:30 pm
- Illini Union Food Court (lower level)
Pause Café - French Conversation Table
- Social/Informal Event
- 4:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building (LCLB)
Cultivating Intercultural Communication Competence: Learning What It Is Like to Live by Someone Else’s Light Empathetically
- Lecture
- 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Evening French Conversation (Soirée en français)
- Social/Informal Event
- 6:00 - 7:00 pm
- Salaam MENA Cultural Center
Ramadan Across the World
- Meeting

Thursday, March 27, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- TBD
Film Screening and Discussion of "LYD" from Laura Goffman (*Hosted by CSAMES)
- Performance
- 6:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Slavic Film Series presents "Aftermath" [Pokłosie], dir. Władysław Pasikowski
- Film Screening
- 7:00 pm
- LCLB 2090B
German Filmabend
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, March 31, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Arabic Tutoring
- Meeting

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

- 12:00 pm
Dr. Nadim Bawalsa "Book talk on Transnational Palestine" (*Hosted by CSAMES)
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Italian Movie Night: "La miglior offerta" The Best Offer (Tornatore 2013)
- Film Screening
- 5:00 pm
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Stage 5 lobby
Russkii stol--Russian table, beginners

Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, beginners welcome!
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

- 5:00 - 6:00 pm
- 1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge - Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building (Formerly FLB)
Henna
- Meeting

Thursday, April 3, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 3092 C, LCLB
FRIT Faculty Meeting
- Meeting
- 4:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis, LCLB 1080
Spring 2025 Lecture Series - Dr. Gabriela Alfaraz (Michigan State University)
- Lecture

Friday, April 4, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- LCLB 2090B
German Series Lecture
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1018 LCLB and Atrium
FRIT Awards Ceremony
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

- 3:00 - 4:30 pm
- Illini Union Food Court (lower level)
Pause Café - French Conversation Table
- Social/Informal Event
- 5:00 - 6:00 pm
- 1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge - Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building (Formerly FLB)
Arabic Roundtable: Arab Historical Figures
- Meeting

Thursday, April 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- Lincoln Hall Room 1090, 702 S. Wright St., Urbana
Dr. Lauren Osborne. Book talk on "Hearing Islam: The Sounds of a Global Religious Tradition" (*Hosted by CSAMES)
- Lecture
- 6:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Slavic Film Series presents "Earth" [Земля], dir. Oleksandr Dovzhenko
- Film Screening
- 7:00 pm
- LCLB 2090B
German Filmabend
- Social/Informal Event

Friday, April 11, 2025

- 6:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (LCLB 1080)
150 years of Italian presence in Brazil
- Film Screening

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:30 pm
- 1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge - Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building (Formerly FLB)
Movie Night
- Meeting
- 5:00 pm
- Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby
Russkii stol--Russian table

Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, all levels welcome!
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, April 17, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis, LCLB 1080
Spring 2025 Lecture Series - Dr. Miquel Simonet (University of Arizona)
- Lecture

Monday, April 21, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Italian Movie Night: "Salvatore Giuliano" (Rosi 1964)
- Film Screening

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Stage 5 lobby
Russkii stol--Russian table, beginners

Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, beginners welcome!
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

- 3:00 - 4:30 pm
- Illini Union Food Court (lower level)
Pause Café - French Conversation Table
- Social/Informal Event
- 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Evening French Conversation (Soirée en français)
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, April 24, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 3092 C, LCLB
FRIT Faculty Meeting
- Meeting
- 6:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Slavic Film Series presents "Father" [Otac], dir. Srdan Golubović
- Film Screening

Monday, April 28, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Arabic Tutoring
- Meeting

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby
Russkii stol--Russian table

Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, all levels welcome!
- Social/Informal Event
- 6:00 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Cinéclub "Pépé le Moko" (Duvivier, 1937)
- Film Screening