Wednesday, September 26, 2018
The Black Chorus at the University of Illinois was founded in 1968. Organized by four students, and later under the direction of School of Music faculty with students, officers, the Black Chorus has sustained a high level of excellence in performance, collaborating with writers, jazz and gospel musicians, chamber orchestra, and dancers. Co-sponsored by the School of Music.
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Are you freaking out about climate change? Then come hear why public writer, artist, and historian Jenny Price believes that "save the planet!" has always been a lousy environmentalist mantra. Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Thursday, October 4, 2018
This conference tackles questions of scale, visuality, application, representation, textuality, materiality, aesthetics, preservation, epistemology and experimentation at the intersection of big data and research and thinking in the arts and humanities.
Friday, October 5, 2018
This conference tackles questions of scale, visuality, application, representation, textuality, materiality, aesthetics, preservation, epistemology and experimentation at the intersection of big data and research and thinking in the arts and humanities.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
"Moving Pictures: Visual Culture/Visual Activism in Health Humanities." This talk explores visual culture and visual activism in the context of three health and human rights movements of the 20th century—breast cancer, AIDS, and disability rights—which foreground the critical practice and political strategy of producing visibility and deploying testimony.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
This information session is dedicated to helping interested applicants learn more about this three-year faculty development initiative. Attendees will discover how the program and application process works; hear the experiences of current fellows; and have an opportunity to ask questions.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
A keynote lecture in conjunction with the “Global Prehumanisms” Conference, October 18–20, 2018. Co-sponsored by the Program in Medieval Studies.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Tianna S. Paschel is an assistant professor in the Departments of African American Studies and Sociology, University of California–Berkeley. Co-sponsored by the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies.
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Hailed as a pioneer in scientific visualization and computer art, you've probably encountered the work of Donna Cox more than once. Her art direction and visualizations for such IMAX films as A Beautiful Planet, Hubble and Cosmic Voyage won her an Academy Award nomination. Cox in turn is lauding other female visualization pioneers in her latest book New Media Futures.
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
“AROUSED: The History of Hormones & How They Control Just About Everything.”This talk will highlight landmark events in hormone history as well as the cultural and political influences on medical progress and marketing. We will hear about the scientists who recognized the concept of hormones and review the history of hormone replacement therapy.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
With Katherine Fehr Chandler (Culture and Politics, Georgetown University), Anjali Nath (American Studies, University of California, Davis), Kevin Hamilton (Art + Design), and Ned O'Gorman (Communication). Moderator: Brian Jordan Jefferson (Geography & GIS)
Thursday, November 15, 2018
A lecture by Joni Adamson (English and Environmental Humanities, Arizona State University). Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
As part of the community wide NEA Big Read of Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake, a screening of MISSISSIPPI MASALA (dir. Mira Nair, 1991). Discussion led by Rini Bhattacharya Mehta (Comparative and World Literature/Religion) will follow. Free and open to the public.
Thursday, February 21, 2019
A lecture by Emma Dench (Classics, History and Dean of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University). Part of a workshop on “Race and Identity: Ancient and Modern Perspectives” on February 22, 2019.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
A lecture by Samuel K. Roberts, Associate Professor of History (Columbia Univ. Sch. of Arts & Sciences); Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences (Columbia Univ. Mailman School of Public Health)
Thursday, February 28, 2019
A lecture by Benjamin H. Johnson, Associate Professor of History, and Institute of Environmental Sustainability Faculty, Loyola University Chicago. Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Onye Ozuzu, choreographer and Dean of the College of the Arts, University of Florida. Part of the IPRH Performance/Talk series.
Friday, March 8, 2019
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Stephanie LeMenager, Moore Endowed Professor, Department of English, University of Oregon. Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Monday, April 15, 2019
Part of Undergraduate Research Week.
Friday, April 19, 2019
Part of Undergraduate Research Week. Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Intended for students from across the campus, Inside Scoop conversations invite Illinois undergraduates to engage with the exciting work conducted by scholars whose work helps us understand what it means to be human in a world of rapidly shifting global complexities.
Claudia Rankine is the author of five collections of poetry, including Citizen: An American Lyric and Don't Let Me Be Lonely; and the editor of several anthologies including The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind. Rankine is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and teaches at Yale University as the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry.