SLCL Master Calendar of Events (all SLCL unit calendars)

Monday, March 31, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Varies between LCLB 2090B and Zoom

  Reading Group: Migration, Language, and Culture in Europe

  • Professional Development
• 

  • 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 pm
  • Lucy Ellis, LCLB 1080

  Spring 2025 Lecture Series - Dr. Gabriela Alfaraz (Michigan State University)

  • Lecture

Friday, April 4, 2025

• • 4:00 - 6:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1018 LCLB and Atrium

  FRIT Awards Ceremony

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, April 7, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Varies between LCLB 2090B and Zoom

  Reading Group: Migration, Language, and Culture in Europe

  • Professional Development

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

• 

  • 3:30 - 5:00 pm
  • UIUC Main Library Room 106

  World Poetry Reading in Translation

  • Informational
• 

  • 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
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 4080A, LCLB

  FRIT Faculty Meeting

  • Meeting
• • 4:00 pm
  • Lincoln Hall, Room 1064

  Spring 2025 Lecture Series - Dr. Adriana Rodríguez-Alfonso (University of Tübingen)

  • 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

• 

  • 3:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge (LCLB 1080)

  Prof. Gutterman (UVa) Talk: Reading Epilepsy in Sasha Marianna Salzmann’s novel Beside Myself

  • Lecture
• • 6:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge (LCLB 1080)

  150 years of Italian presence in Brazil

  • Film Screening

Monday, April 14, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Varies between LCLB 2090B and Zoom

  Reading Group: Migration, Language, and Culture in Europe

  • Professional Development

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

Friday, April 18, 2025

• • 2:00 - 3:30 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge (LCLB 1080)

  2025 FRIT Distinguished Alumni Lecture and Reception

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm

  TIS Career Talks - April 2025

  • Conference/Workshop
• 

  • 3:00 - 5:00 pm
  • LCLB 2090B

  Book of the Year: German Language Literature Workshop (by Prof. Marita Meyer)

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, April 21, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Varies between LCLB 2090B and Zoom

  Reading Group: Migration, Language, and Culture in Europe

  • Professional Development
• • 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

• 

  • 6:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Slavic Film Series presents "Father" [Otac], dir. Srdan Golubović

  • Film Screening

Friday, April 25, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Conference practice presentation by PhD Candidate Amelia Reggi

  • Lecture

Monday, April 28, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Varies between LCLB 2090B and Zoom

  Reading Group: Migration, Language, and Culture in Europe

  • Professional Development
• 

  • 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

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

• • 5:00 pm
  • 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Italian Movie Night

  • Film Screening

Thursday, May 1, 2025

• • 5:15 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge (LCLB 1080)

  Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures Awards Ceremony

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, May 2, 2025

• • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • TBD

  Dr. Michelle Campos and Dr. Charles Anderson. “Palestine in the World Roundtable” (*Hosted by CSAMES)

  • Lecture

Monday, May 5, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Varies between LCLB 2090B and Zoom

  Reading Group: Migration, Language, and Culture in Europe

  • Professional Development

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• • All Day

  Instruction Ends

  • Other
• • All Day

  Last Day of Spring 2025 Instruction

  • Other

Thursday, May 8, 2025

• • All Day

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other
• 

  • 6:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Slavic Film Series presents "The Road to Mother" [Анаға апарар жол], dir. Akan Satayev

  • Film Screening

Friday, May 9, 2025

• • All Day

  Final Exams Begin

  • Other
• • 8:30 am
  • TBA

  Nominals and Nominalizations in Korean and Beyond

  • Conference/Workshop

Saturday, May 10, 2025

• • 8:30 am
  • TBA

  Nominals and Nominalizations in Korean and Beyond

  • Conference/Workshop

Saturday, May 17, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Commencement

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 4:30 pm
  • Foellinger Auditorium

  School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Spring 2025 Convocation

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 19, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  • Other

Monday, May 26, 2025

• • All Day

  Memorial Day Holiday

  • Other

Monday, June 16, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  • Other

Thursday, June 19, 2025

• • All Day

  Juneteenth

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, July 4, 2025

• • All Day

  Independence Day

  • Other

Monday, August 25, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  • Other

Saturday, November 22, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Fall break begins

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 1, 2025

• • All Day

  Instruction resumes

  • Other

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• • All Day

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  • Other

Thursday, December 11, 2025

• • All Day

  Reading Day - IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other

Friday, December 12, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Final Exams Begin

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 22, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, January 16, 2026

• • 8:30 am

  Final Exams Begin

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  • Other