SLCL Master Calendar of Events (all SLCL unit calendars)

Friday, April 18, 2025

- 12:30 - 2:00 pm
- Illini Union Room 314 B
Chi Lung Kang Endowed Lecture Series (2025) | Seminar with Professor Dali Yang | Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:30 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (LCLB 1080)
2025 FRIT Distinguished Alumni Lecture and Reception: Samira El Atia (PhD in French SLATE, 2003)
- 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

- 1:00 - 1:30 pm
Conference practice presentation by PhD Student Scarlet Peterson
- Lecture
- 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
- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- 1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge - Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building (Formerly FLB)
Arabic Roundtable: Conversation Table
- Meeting
- 4:00 pm
- 180 Bevier Hall
EALC Speaker Series Spring 2025 | Rome and China in Kang Youwei’s Reflections on World History | Haun Saussy
- Lecture
- 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

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
- 4:00 pm
- ACES Library - Heritage Room
Department of Linguistics Year-End Graduation, Awards, and Retirement Celebration for Professor Peter Lasersohn
- Ceremony/Service

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

Monday, May 12, 2025

- 9:30 - 10:55 am
TIS Capstone Presentations - May 12, Morning Session
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:25 pm
TIS Capstone Presentations - May 13, Afternoon Session
- Seminar/Symposium

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

- 8:00 am
- UIUC campus
First day of instruction
- Other
- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester
- Other

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

- 9:00 - 10:30 am
- 2090B LCLB
FRIT Faculty Meeting
- Lecture

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

- 9:00 - 10:30 am
- 2090B LCLB
FRIT Faculty Meeting
- Lecture

Monday, October 27, 2025

- 5:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Slavic Dept Lecture: Prof. Lyudmila Parts
- Lecture

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

- 9:00 - 10:30 am
- 2090B LCLB
FRIT Faculty Meeting
- Lecture

Saturday, November 22, 2025

- 8:30 am
Fall break begins
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 1, 2025

- All Day
Instruction resumes
- Other

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

- 9:00 - 10:30 am
- 2090B LCLB
FRIT Faculty Meeting
- Lecture

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

Saturday, March 14, 2026

- 1:00 pm
Spring Vacation Begins
- Other

Monday, March 23, 2026

- 7:00 am
Instruction resumes
- Other