Geography & Geographic Information Science (GGIS)
Monday, September 28, 2026
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Lunch talk "Sexual Harassment and the Geography of Service Work in the US" will offer hybrid format with in-person in room 306 Coble Hall and via Zoom. Lunch provided with registration. This presentation, which is pulled from the opening chapter of working manuscript, Hands Off: A History of Fighting Back against Sexual Harassment in the American Workplace.

Friday, October 2, 2026
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Friday Forum & Conversation Café: Acts of Radical Love: A Conversation with an Artist in Rebellion October 2 | 12pm-1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Thursday, October 8, 2026
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CSGGE Lunch Series, "Gender Equity in an Inequitable Era" will host Shaimaa Khanam, Graduate Student in the Department of Communication. Her talk, "Audiences interpretations of gender problems based on Netflix show, Adolescence”, will take place on October 8th at 12pm in person at 306 Coble Hall and virtually. Lunch provided for in-person attendees.

Friday, October 9, 2026
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Friday Forum & Conversation Cafe: Breaking Chains, Building Futures: Pathways to Redemption, Education, and Excellence October 9 | 12pm - 1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Monday, October 12, 2026
Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Dr. Tingting Zhang, School of Labor and Employment Relations gives lunch talk, "Pushed out and Boxed In: Gendered Silence and Exit Orientation in China's Tech Industry" on Thursday, October 15th. She argues that silence in such environment is not a uniform response to constrained institutional conditions, but it shaped by the gendered social positions workers occupy.

Friday, October 16, 2026
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Graduate Student Workshop, "Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals for Research Abroad" will be Wednesday, Oct. 21 12-2:30pm in Illini Room A, Illini Union, 1401 W. Green Street, Urbana. Lunch provided for registered attendees at 12 pm with workshop 12:15-2:30pm. The workshop will be led by Dana Johnson, PhD, Director of External Fellowship Office, Graduate College

Thursday, October 22, 2026
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Dr. Maria Hadjipolycarpou, Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Classics and Director of Modern Greek Studies will give lunch talk, "Class, Gender, and Secularization in Costas Montis’ Afentis Batistas and the Other Things" on Thursday, October 22nd.

Friday, October 23, 2026
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Friday Forum & Conversation Cafe: Beautiful Struggle: How One American High School Took on Systemic Racism October 23 | 12pm - 1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Thursday, October 29, 2026
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CSGGE Lunch Series, "Gender Equity in an Inequitable Era" will host Yeaseul Hur is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her talk, "When Women Are Ideal Workers: The Gendered Impact of Overwork on Wages and Promotion”, will take place on October 29th at 12pm in person at 306 Coble Hall and virtual.

Friday, October 30, 2026
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Friday Forum & Conversation Café: Fighting Oligarchy and Fascism in the 21st Century October 30 | 12pm - 1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Monday, November 2, 2026
Friday, November 6, 2026
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Friday Forum & Conversation Café: Vine City as the World Trade Center: Subproletarianization as Structural Violence from Atlanta to Champaign November 6 | 12pm - 1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Monday, November 9, 2026
Friday, November 13, 2026
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Friday Forum & Conversation Café: Feeding our Neighbors: A Panel of Faith-Driven Organizations Fighting Food Insecurity in our Community November 13 | 12pm - 1pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign









