HRI

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

  • 12:00 - 1:30 pm

    The Humanities Without Walls Summer Bridge program supports PhD students in the humanities at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in exploring new career paths while making an impact in our community. Join us at this info session for more information about this opportunity!

Thursday, January 29, 2026

  • 12:30 - 2:00 pm
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 424

    This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Stop by to listen, chat, and share lunch!

  • When the Landscape Recognizable Today Was Shaped, 2025. Video still. Courtesy of the artist. © Ryan Griffis.
    5:00 - 7:00 pm
    Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

    Eleven faculty members from the U of I School of Art & Design will be featured in this upcoming exhibition: Ryan Griffis, Emmy Lingscheit, Melissa Pokorny, Sharath Ramakrishnan, Stacey Robinson, Joel Ross, Stephen Signa-Avilés, Blair Ebony Smith, Nekita Thomas, Deke Weaver, and Brooke C. White.

Thursday, February 26, 2026

  • Erin Brock Carlson
    4:00 pm
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 422

    Erin Brock Carlson’s research centers the relationships between place, technology, and power, focusing on how communities work together to address complex public problems through communication and community organizing. She uses community-based and participatory approaches in her research.

Friday, February 27, 2026

  • 11:55 pm

    PhD students in the humanities at Illinois: make an impact using your humanities training this summer through the Summer Bridge Program! Support a community organization in Champaign-Urbana while learning new skills and exploring new career paths.

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

  • Justin Garcia
    7:30 pm
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 422

    Dr. Justin R. Garcia is an evolutionary biologist and sex researcher. He is executive director and senior scientist at the Kinsey Institute, Ruth N. Halls Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, and adjunct professor of medicine at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

  • International Women's Day event speakers collage
    3:30 - 5:00 pm
    Levis Faculty Center 300

    The Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity and the Humanities Research Institute host the annual campus celebration of International Women's Day with “12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories.”

Saturday, March 7, 2026

  • 8:30 am
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

    This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Light refreshments will be provided. This edition of Scholarship Out Loud will be part of the 2026 Women’s and Gender History Symposium.

Monday, March 30, 2026

  • 12:00 - 1:30 pm
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 424

    This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Stop by to listen, chat, and share lunch!

  • Anke Pinkert and book cover
    4:00 pm
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

    Story & Place event series: Anke Pinkert Book Talk

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

  • Rita Dove
    12:00 pm
    Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)

    Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as US Poet Laureate from 1993–1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.

  • Rita Dove headshot
    7:30 pm
    Alice Campbell Alumni Center

    Join us for a free public reading by award-winning poet Rita Dove. Dove served as US Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, and was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.

Monday, April 20, 2026

Thursday, May 7, 2026