College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Center for Global Studies

Center for Global Studies

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions | screening and discussion

5:00 pm

Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- Film Screening

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Book Talk: "From Apartheid to Democracy, A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine." Sarah Leah Whitson and Michael Omer-Man

4:00 pm

Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
- Lecture
Modern Kichwa Speech and the Challenges of a Standard Orthography

4:00 pm

Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB 1080
- Lecture

Friday, February 13, 2026

Urbisurgence and Resistance: Indigenous Urbanism and the Struggle for Spatial Justice, Dr. Sahera Bleibleh

10:30 - 11:50 am
- Lecture
Multi-Species Justice Symposium: Paradigms, Practices, Possibilities

1:00 - 5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Latin American Storytime: "Love is Still Winning" by Fabienne Doucet

2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Community Service

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Welcome to Carnaval!

2:00 - 4:00 pm

Illini Union Ballrooms B+C 1401 W Green St, Urbana IL
- Community Service

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

José-Luis Hurtado, 2026 Rohlen Visiting Artist
Recurring

All Day

School of Music UIUC
- Other
LAS Get Experience Expo

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Illini Union Ballrooms ABC
- Informational

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

José-Luis Hurtado, 2026 Rohlen Visiting Artist
Recurring

All Day

School of Music UIUC
- Other
CLACS Shifting Landscapes Film Series - "Harvest of Empire"

5:30 pm

Coble Hall 306
- Film Screening

Thursday, February 19, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra: Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

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

Friday, February 20, 2026

Andean Cultural Heritage & Fragmented Histories: Research and Collaboration in Peru

2:00 - 3:30 pm

Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Krannert Art Museum
- Lecture

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Workshop and lunch with Prof. Craig Perry: “Slavery, Abyssinian Diaspora, and the Civilian Elite in 15th-Century Mecca"

12:00 - 2:00 pm

English Building 109
- Conference/Workshop
I MMAS Chair Cátedra: Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

4:00 - 5:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
Talk: Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: Lecture by Prof. Craig Perry

5:00 pm

Lucy Ellis Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 Room 1080
- Lecture
Artist Talk with GAM Visiting Artist Oscar Joyo

5:30 pm

Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
- Lecture

Monday, March 2, 2026

Food For Thought | Yi-Cheng Wang and Russell Weinstein

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St
- Lecture

Thursday, March 5, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra: Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

4:00 - 5:30 pm
- 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

FLAME: Screening and discussion with Simon Bright and Ingrid Sinclair

5:00 pm

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

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Career Exploration Event : "Stories From the Field and the Frontlines: Humanitarian Work and Diplomatic Security in a Changing World" Stephanie Yousef & Amir A.

12:00 pm
- Lecture

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Book Talk: The Long War On Iran: New Events, Old Questions, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

All Day
- Lecture
Food For Thought | Eva Maslowska and Jacob Covey

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

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

Thursday, March 19, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

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

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Food For Thought | Merle Bowen

12:00 - 1:30 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St
- Lecture
Book Talk: Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War, Amir Moosavi

4:00 pm

Lucy Ellis Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. 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

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Richard Burkhardt book launch and panel discussion

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St
- Lecture

Thursday, April 2, 2026

CSAMES Talk: “Muslim Sicily, Real and Imagined,” Bill Granara

5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois St #400, Urbana, IL 61801 Room 208
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

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

Friday, April 3, 2026

Climate Change and Literary History | Spring Symposium

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St
- Seminar/Symposium
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

Films and Conversation with Basma al-Sharif

7:00 pm

Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
- Film Screening
Film screenings: Morgenkreis/Morning Circle, Capital & Home Movies Gaza , Basma al-Sharif

7:00 pm

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

Thursday, April 9, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

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

Friday, April 10, 2026

Film Screening: feature-length experimental film Ourobooros (2017), Basma al-Sharif

7:00 pm

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

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

Food For Thought | Ramón Soto-Crespo and Alison Bell

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St
- Lecture
Ancient Tragedy and Communities

4:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St
- Lecture
Celebrating Al-Andalus: How Islamic Iberia Lives on in Arabic and Hebrew (MENA Heritage Month)

5:00 - 7:00 pm
- Social/Informal Event
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
Archaeologist Talk | Luis Muro, Living Legacies of Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600

5:30 pm TBD

Auditorium (KAM 62)
- Lecture

Thursday, April 23, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
Talk: On Beginnings, or the Roots and Routes of the Nested Memory Concept, Helen Makhdoumian , Postdoctoral Program fellow at Vanderbilt University

5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
- Lecture

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Book Talk: Zoning Faith: How City Politics Shape Muslim Communities in Chicago, Sultan Tepe

4:00 pm

Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
- Lecture

Center for Global Studies

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Coble Hall

801 South Wright Street—Second Floor

Champaign, IL 61820

Phone: (217) 265-5186

Email: global-studies@illinois.edu