Master Calendar1

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• MillerComm 2027 Lecture Series | "Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World" | Justin Jackson (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  210 Levis Faculty Center

  Justin Jackson is a George A. Miller Visiting Scholar from the University of Massachusetts Amherst who is here to present his project titled "Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World" about America's complex relationship with occupation and globalization.

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Monday, October 5, 2026

• CEAPS Speaker | "Self-Determination in Very Small Places" | Bradley Simpson (University of Connecticut)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:30 pm

  Location

  404 David Kinley Hall & ZOOM

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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• CLACS & CEAPS Present | "Narratives of Youth, Violence and Drugs. Comparing “Mano Dura” in Ecuador and the Philippines" | Prof. Cristina Cielo (FLASCO)

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  306 Coble Hall

  On October 7th at 3PM in Coble Hall Room 306, CLACS and the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies are excited to present Cristina Cielo's talk, "Narratives of Youth, Violence and Drugs. Comparing “Mano Dura” in Ecuador and the Philippines".

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Friday, October 9, 2026

• CEAPS Speaker Brown Bag | Woohui Park (EALC) & Samantha Ting (Comparative & World Lit)

  Time

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign

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Friday, October 16, 2026

• CEAPS Speaker/Political Science Workshop | "Is Soft Power a Zero-Sum Competition?" | Austin Strange (Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  404 David Kinley

  Professor Austin Strange is an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong. He will be presenting his paper titled "Is Soft Power a Zero-Sum Competition?" where he dives into the economic relations between the United States and China. Join us in David Kinley Hall Room 404 to learn more about his findings.

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Friday, October 23, 2026

• CEAPS Speaker/Alumni Talk | "The Anime Studies Appetizer Sampler" Billy Tringali (Indiana University Indianapolis)

  Time

  1:30 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign

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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Reception & MillerComm Lecture Series | "The Journey of Yao's Black Divine Comedy" | Yao Jui-Chung in Dialogue with Kao Chen-Hui

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Faculty Research Webinar "Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry for Neuroimaging Applications" Prof. Liviu Mirica

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   Central Time

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Friday, November 6, 2026

• Artist Panel Discussion | Ink Shower: Contemporary Taiwanese Artists Reimagine Tradition

  Time

  2:00 - 3:30 pm

  Location

  Temple Buell Hall, Plym Auditorium (611 E. Lorado Taft Dr., Champaign)

  Join exhibition artists and curators of Ink Shower: Contemporary Taiwanese Artists Reimagine Tradition to gain an understanding of historical ink painting traditions and artmaking today in Taiwan.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• CEAPS Brown Bag | Yating Li (EALC) & Nini Zhou (Media)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:30 pm

  Location

  306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign & ZOOM

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