Geography & Geographic Information Science

Geography & Geographic Information Science (GGIS)

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Speakers and Lectures at CGS - "Making Space for Many Worlds: Pluriversal Planning, Arts-Based Methods, and Historic Preservation in Chile."

12:00 pm

Coble Hall Room 306
- Lecture

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Transcending the In-Between: Provocation, Humor, and Joy in Performance by Anida Yoeu Ali

3:30 - 5:30 pm

Women's Resources Center; 616 E. Green Street Suite 213
- Conference/Workshop
I MMAS Chair Cátedra: Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

4:00 - 5:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 27, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Faith Over Fear: Interfaith for Democracy"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

"12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories"

3:30 - 5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor
- Lecture

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Europe and the World Today: The EU, the US, and the Rule of Law

12:00 pm

306 Coble Hall
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra: Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

4:00 - 5:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 6, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Collective Flourishing: Women, Community, & Shared Success"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
GGSA Invited Speaker | Permutable Sky: Stratospheric Photosurveillance and the Geopolitics of the Open Secret

3:00 pm

2049 Natural History Building and via Zoom
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 9, 2026

Ayni: A New Beginner Level Quechua E Textbook

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Coble Hall, room 306
- Lecture

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

MillerComm Lecture Series: "Flame: Screening and discussion with Simon Bright and Ingrid Sinclair"

5:00 pm

Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
- Film Screening

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Elizabeth Sutton

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Faculty, Student & Alumni Gathering @ AAG Annual Meeting

6:00 - 8:00 pm

The Chieftain Irish Pub
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, March 19, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 23, 2026

Women in Science Lecture Series: Archana Verma

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture

Thursday, March 26, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Sindicatos, Labor Unions: Protecting Graduate Workers"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture

Thursday, April 2, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 3, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "People v. Power: Litigation as a Strategy for Social and Economic Justice"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Ceremony/Service
Memorias de la Mujer Lotina: Arpilleras, Women, and Coal in Chile

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Krannert Art Museum, Lower Level Auditorium (KAM 62)
- Exhibition

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Alejandro Bovecchi: Lawmaking under Authoritarianism

4:00 pm

Lincoln Hall, Room 1062
- Lecture

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Gisela Sin

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Connecting People to People and People to Nature"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture

Monday, April 13, 2026

"Weaving Resilience: Communities, Ecosystems, and Knowledge from the Colombian Caribbean in Times of Socio-environmental Crisis".

8:30 am TBD
- Lecture

Thursday, April 16, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
2026 CU Tango Music Festival at Krannert Uncorked

5:30 - 7:00 pm

Stage 5 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- Performance
Archaeologist Talk | Luis Muro, Living Legacies of Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600

5:30 pm TBD

Auditorium (KAM 62)
- Lecture

Friday, April 17, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Where History Lives: Creating Spaces for Learning, Reflection, & Pride"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
CU Tango Music Festival Concert

7:30 - 8:30 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance
CU Tango Music: Meet and Greet Milonga

8:45 - 11:55 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Tango Dance Workshops Day 1 with Daniela and Hernán and Paloma and Maxi

1:00 - 5:15 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Conference/Workshop
Tango for All

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Community Center for the Arts
- Performance
Tango Music Workshop for Strings and Bass

4:30 - 5:30 pm

Community Center for the Arts
- Performance
Intro to Tango Dance

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance
CU Tango Music: Festival Milonga

8:00 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance

Sunday, April 19, 2026

CU Tango Music: Practica, Brunch, and Jam with Mate Tasting

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Social/Informal Event
Tango Dance Workshops Day 2 with Paloma and Maxi

12:30 - 3:15 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Conference/Workshop

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Spring Reception

4:30 - 5:30 pm

YMCA Latzer Hall 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
- Ceremony/Service
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

Mayki Gorosito's Visit

All Day
- Conference/Workshop

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Samar Hegazy

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture

Geography & GIS
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