SLCL Master Calendar of Events (all SLCL unit calendars)

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

Monday, March 10, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Varies between LCLB 2090B and Zoom
Reading Group: Migration, Language, and Culture in Europe
- Professional Development
- 1:00 pm
- 2090 B, LCLB
Conference practice presentation by PhD Student Kolade Kenneth
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- LCLB Lucy Ellis Lounge
Graduate Student Workshop: Applying for Internships in Industry
- Conference/Workshop

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
Songs about Love and Death: A Conversation with Volodymyr Rafeyenko
- Lecture

Saturday, March 15, 2025

- 1:00 pm
Spring Vacation Begins
- Other

Monday, March 17, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Varies between LCLB 2090B and Zoom
Reading Group: Migration, Language, and Culture in Europe
- Professional Development

Monday, March 24, 2025

- 7:00 am
Instruction resumes
- Other
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Varies between LCLB 2090B and Zoom
Reading Group: Migration, Language, and Culture in Europe
- Professional Development

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 2090 LCLB
Digital Humanities Grad Workshop with Dr. Adriana Rodríguez-Alfonso (University of Tübingen)
- Professional Development
- 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

- 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

- 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
- 3:00 - 6:00 pm
- LCLB 2090B
Max Kade Graduate Student Workshop
- 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