EALC Calendar of Events

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

Monday, March 30, 2026

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  Screening Workshop on Moving Image Archives, Methodology, and Co-survivorship

  5:30 pm

  LCLB G58 (Film Room)

  • Film Screening

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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  CEAPS Speaker | “The Combined and Uneven Development Film in East Asia.” | Dr. Chang-min Yu (National Taiwan University)

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

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

  • Lecture

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

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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  2026 CHINA Town Hall: The U.S.-China Relationship and the Asia-Pacific

  5:30 pm

  404 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W Gregory Dr, Urbana

  • Lecture

Thursday, April 9, 2026

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  2026 Kang Endowment Lecture | “Walking a Path not Tread Before: A Life’s Journey in Writing” | Featured Speaker: Yan Geling | Chair: Alex Shakar

  4:30 pm

  Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum (600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL)

  • Lecture
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  2026 Kang Endowment Lecture | “Walking a Path not Tread Before: A Life’s Journey in Writing” | Featured Speaker: Yan Geling | Chair: Alex Shakar

  4:30 pm

  Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum (600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL)

  • Lecture

Friday, April 10, 2026

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  Chi Lung Kang Endowed Lecture Series 2026 | Seminar | Criminal Lu Yanshi: A novel on the traumatic experiences of Chinese intellectuals in the 20th century that inspired Zhang Yimou

  11:00 am

  Levis Faculty Center, 422

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Chi Lung Kang Endowed Lecture Series 2026 | Seminar | Criminal Lu Yanshi: A novel on the traumatic experiences of Chinese intellectuals in the 20th century that inspired Zhang Yimou

  11:00 am

  Levis Faculty Center, 422

  • Lecture
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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 [Submission Deadline Extended]

  10:00 am - 1:30 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Community Service

Friday, April 24, 2026

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  CEAPS Korean Faculty Get Together

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign

  • Social/Informal Event

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

Thursday, August 6, 2026

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  The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference

  Recurring

  All Day

  Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Conference/Workshop

Friday, August 7, 2026

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  The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference

  Recurring

  All Day

  Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Conference/Workshop

Saturday, August 8, 2026

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  The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference

  Recurring

  All Day

  Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Conference/Workshop

Sunday, August 9, 2026

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  The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference

  Recurring

  All Day

  Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Conference/Workshop