EALC Calendar of Events

Friday, March 6, 2026

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  Osaka Metropolitan University - University of Illinois Exchange Symposium 2026

  All Day

  Levis Faculty Center 208 (919 W Illinois St, Urbana)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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  Association for Asian Studies Film Expo

  Recurring

  All Day

  Vancouver, Canada

  • Film Screening

Friday, March 13, 2026

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  Association for Asian Studies Film Expo

  Recurring

  All Day

  Vancouver, Canada

  • Film Screening

Saturday, March 14, 2026

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  Association for Asian Studies Film Expo

  Recurring

  All Day

  Vancouver, Canada

  • Film Screening

Thursday, March 26, 2026

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  10th Annual Korean Speech Contest

  7:00 - 8:30 pm

  LH 1000

  • Other

Friday, March 27, 2026

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  CEAPS Japan Faculty Get Together

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign

  • Social/Informal Event

Friday, April 3, 2026

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  CEAPS Speaker | “Finding An Audience: Japan’s First Women Architects and the NHK Ladies' Classroom” | Dr. Michelle L. Hauk (Washington University in St. Louis)

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign

  • Lecture

Monday, April 6, 2026

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  AsiaLENS | "Our Mr. Matsura" (Film Screening + In-Person Discussion w/ Filmmaker Beth Harrington)

  5:30 pm

  Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

  Our Mr. Matsura, a feature documentary film, is the story of photographer Frank Matsura who journeyed from his native Japan to live in rural Washington State in the early 1900s. The film presents a picture of the “frontier” that departs from the existing popular culture narrative and celebrates the singular contribution of a community-building immigrant artist in America.

  • Film Screening

Friday, April 10, 2026

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  CEAPS Book Celebration | “The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion: Pensions, Labor Informalization, and Labor Mobility in China” | Yujeong Yang

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign

  • Lecture

Friday, April 17, 2026

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  Undergraduate History Conference | “Reflections of Power”

  Recurring

  All Day

  Illini Union, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Conference/Workshop

Saturday, April 18, 2026

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  Undergraduate History Conference | “Reflections of Power”

  Recurring

  All Day

  Illini Union, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Conference/Workshop
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  UAAT Mandarin Language Contest

  10:00 am - 1:30 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Community Service

Friday, May 1, 2026

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  CEAPS Speaker / Political Science Workshop | “From Correction to Connection: Relational Approaches to Countering Misinformation” | Cesi Cruz (University of Michigan)

  12:00 - 1:30 pm

  404 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana

  • Lecture