Campus Humanities Calendar
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Monday, February 10, 2025
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HRI Social Movements Reading Group invites you to join us Mon Feb 10, 5-6:30 PM at Salaam Center to discuss what Sudanese organizers have called “counter-revolutionary war” in Sudan.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Grainger College of Engineering will host the LAS/ENG Undergraduate Research Opportunities Fair. We are seeking representatives from research groups, centers, institutes, and programs to present and promote undergraduate research opportunities in the humanities, social sciences, and STEM.
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The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, Ukrainian Students Association, and Spurlock Museum invite you to visit Unissued Diplomas in the Central Core Gallery at Spurlock.
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Are you having trouble organizing all of your sources but don’t know where to start? A citation manager can help you store your files, create citations, and insert formatted citations into papers.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, Ukrainian Students Association, and Spurlock Museum invite you to visit Unissued Diplomas in the Central Core Gallery at Spurlock.
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We have all sat through presentations that were boring, confusing, and drab. How do you communicate your message most succinctly? What visuals will captivate and inform your audience the best? Is it only about your slide design or are there other techniques that leave a lasting impression?
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Lunch launch of HGMS and German Professor Anke Pinkert’s new book, Remembering 1989.
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Although its usefulness as such a metric is debatable, the notion of accuracy itself still organizes much of the thinking about AI. In an analysis of FORDISC, a database of skull measurements used to identify human remains, Iris Clever demonstrates how a focus on accuracy might struggle to account for the entwined relationship between humanity, science, and technology.
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Join creative writer Sun Yung Shin and Scholar Kimberly D. McKee, PhD, for a discussion on the subjectivities, stories, and narratives revolving around adoptions and exploring what it means for adoptees to own their voices.
Thursday, February 13, 2025
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The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, Ukrainian Students Association, and Spurlock Museum invite you to visit Unissued Diplomas in the Central Core Gallery at Spurlock.
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The LAS Office of Research and Department of History will offer the spring program, “From Scholars to Storytellers” an introduction to the world of trade publishing. Sessions will be led by Dr. John Ghazvinian, an author, historian and former journalist. Space is limited. To learn more or register for any part of this event, visit our website by Feb. 6th.
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Dr. John Ghazvinian is an author, historian and former journalist specializing in the history of US-Iran relations. This lecture examines Iran’s controversial nuclear program from the critical perspective of history...
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Conversation with exhibiting artist Millie Wilson and curator David Evans Frantz, in conjunction with Millie Wilson: The Museum of Lesbian Dreams at Krannert Art Museum, on view through March 1. Wilson has deftly examined feminism, queerness, and the historical erasure of such positions from institutions of art. Frantz is an independent curator based in Los Angeles.
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Join us for a discussion on global collaboration and period poverty as we come together to watch the trailer for the compelling documentary Uman Tok.
Friday, February 14, 2025
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The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, Ukrainian Students Association, and Spurlock Museum invite you to visit Unissued Diplomas in the Central Core Gallery at Spurlock.
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The PhD Program in Architecture and Landscape Architecture at UIUC will host Spaces of Nature / Natures of Space, an in-house graduate student symposium on Friday, February 14, 2025.
Saturday, February 15, 2025
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The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, Ukrainian Students Association, and Spurlock Museum invite you to visit Unissued Diplomas in the Central Core Gallery at Spurlock.
Sunday, February 16, 2025
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The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, Ukrainian Students Association, and Spurlock Museum invite you to visit Unissued Diplomas in the Central Core Gallery at Spurlock.
Monday, February 17, 2025
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The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, Ukrainian Students Association, and Spurlock Museum invite you to visit Unissued Diplomas in the Central Core Gallery at Spurlock.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
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The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, Ukrainian Students Association, and Spurlock Museum invite you to visit Unissued Diplomas in the Central Core Gallery at Spurlock.
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On Tuesday, February 18th, 12pm CST, three fantasy authors will discuss how their books intersect with religion, culture, and youth literature (Feb 18th registration). On Wednesday, February 19th, 12pm CST, three international scholars will discuss the intersections of religion and culture in youth literature (Feb 19th registration).
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On Tuesday, February 18th, 12pm CST, three fantasy authors will discuss how their books intersect with religion, culture, and youth literature (Feb 18th registration). On Wednesday, February 19th, 12pm CST, three international scholars will discuss the intersections of religion and culture in youth literature (Feb 19th registration).
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Krystiana Krupa, Senior Program Officer, NAGPRA, will discuss her work in documenting Ancestors’ remains and cultural items, researching their relationship to Tribal communities, and facilitating repatriation.
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This presentation will introduce the work of several Kalaallit Inuit artists whose careers began in the late 1970s, a period of heightened anticolonial activism in their homeland. Examining the connections between art and activism, my talk will discuss how Kalaallit artists have challenged colonial representations and asserted their right to self-definition.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
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The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, Ukrainian Students Association, and Spurlock Museum invite you to visit Unissued Diplomas in the Central Core Gallery at Spurlock.
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Join Digital Humanities Librarian Mary Ton for a hands-on workshop on project design. We’ll discuss how a project charter can help you refine your research questions, identify models, and create a timeline. We’ll also identify tools to help you organize your citations, files, and photos.
Thursday, February 20, 2025
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The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, Ukrainian Students Association, and Spurlock Museum invite you to visit Unissued Diplomas in the Central Core Gallery at Spurlock.
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Join us for the 23rd Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium: Gender and the Law, featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Dr. Neil J. Young (Historian, Writer, and Podcaster) and Dr. Laura Goffman (Professor of History, U of I). This will be a hybrid event. Learn more and register here: https://wghistory.web.illinois.edu/
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Join us for the 23rd Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium: Gender, Law, and Politics on February 20th – February 22nd. Featuring four graduate research panels and two keynote speakers Dr. Neil J. Young (Historian, Writer, and Podcaster) and Dr. Laura Goffman (Professor of History, UIUC). This hybrid event is open to all.
Friday, February 21, 2025
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Join us for the 23rd Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium: Gender and the Law, featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Dr. Neil J. Young (Historian, Writer, and Podcaster) and Dr. Laura Goffman (Professor of History, U of I). This will be a hybrid event. Learn more and register here: https://wghistory.web.illinois.edu/
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Join us for the 23rd Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium: Gender, Law, and Politics on February 20th – February 22nd. Featuring four graduate research panels and two keynote speakers Dr. Neil J. Young (Historian, Writer, and Podcaster) and Dr. Laura Goffman (Professor of History, UIUC). This hybrid event is open to all.
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The annual Illinois Interfaith Conference is a FREE opportunity for University of Illinois students, campus allies, and community leaders to engage in conversation on interfaith cooperation.
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February 21, 2025: 'Stress-Related Narratives in Oral Histories with South Asian Immigrants to the United States', Sana Saboowala, University of Illinois
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The OVCRI – Humanities, Arts, and Related Fields invites you to this session on the NEH and its programs, including: Collaborative Research, Digital Humanities Advancement Grants, Fellowships, Public Scholars, and Scholarly Editions and Translations. The panelists are recent NEH fellowship and grant recipients, and we will have time for conversation and Q & A.
Saturday, February 22, 2025
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Join us for the 23rd Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium: Gender and the Law, featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Dr. Neil J. Young (Historian, Writer, and Podcaster) and Dr. Laura Goffman (Professor of History, U of I). This will be a hybrid event. Learn more and register here: https://wghistory.web.illinois.edu/
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Join us for the 23rd Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium: Gender, Law, and Politics on February 20th – February 22nd. Featuring four graduate research panels and two keynote speakers Dr. Neil J. Young (Historian, Writer, and Podcaster) and Dr. Laura Goffman (Professor of History, UIUC). This hybrid event is open to all.
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The annual Illinois Interfaith Conference is a FREE opportunity for University of Illinois students, campus allies, and community leaders to engage in conversation on interfaith cooperation.
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
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We are excited to announce that Dr. Robert P. Jones, founder and director of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and NYT best-selling author of White Too Long, The End of White Christian America, and The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future will be presenting the Department of Religion’s annual Thulin Lecture at 5 pm on Feb.25.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
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Please join us for presentations by recent CAS Associates! 11am, John Levi Barnard, The Edible and the Endagered; Noon, Lindsay Rose Russell, Queens, Queers, and Dictionaries.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
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Are you interested in being a part of a critical reading collective? Consider registering for the Spring 2025 Native American House (NAH) Book Club!
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Based on two years of ethnographic interviews with patients of chronic illness and participant observation with practitioners of complementary medicine in California, this talk examines what “sensitivity” can provide as a source of information about the relationship between the individual and the environment, and how this impacts health.
Friday, February 28, 2025
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The goal of the symposium is to take stock of creative frameworks for design educators (in architecture and landscape architecture in particular) to collaborate with communities. We will reflect on existing models and speculate on new directions for university-community partnerships in the built environment.
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The SKY Happiness Retreat is an internationally acclaimed life-skills program that helps participants develop a relaxed, stress-free mind and an energetic, healthy body. The retreat teaches tools such as evidence-based meditation, yoga, breathwork and self-exploration in a fun and an experiential format. Join us on campus for a detox-weekend!
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Dwight Reynolds (UC Santa Barbara) ~ People often sing in languages they cannot speak and often listen to songs in languages they do not understand. The result is a complex network of lyrics and melodies performed by musicians, and for audiences, who may or may not understand the language of the words.
Saturday, March 1, 2025
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The SKY Happiness Retreat is an internationally acclaimed life-skills program that helps participants develop a relaxed, stress-free mind and an energetic, healthy body. The retreat teaches tools such as evidence-based meditation, yoga, breathwork and self-exploration in a fun and an experiential format. Join us on campus for a detox-weekend!
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William Stroebel (University of Michigan) ~ The Greco-Turkish Population Exchange of 1923 was the first internationally legitimated project of forced deracination in modern history.
Sunday, March 2, 2025
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The SKY Happiness Retreat is an internationally acclaimed life-skills program that helps participants develop a relaxed, stress-free mind and an energetic, healthy body. The retreat teaches tools such as evidence-based meditation, yoga, breathwork and self-exploration in a fun and an experiential format. Join us on campus for a detox-weekend!
Monday, March 3, 2025
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I propose postcards of defense practices for migrant communities in Mexico, as well as latent and manifest migrant struggles occurring in Mexico City in the 21st century. I call for Research with Implicating Passion (IPI) to study what we have called the 'global government of migrations.’
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The What Now? Series continues March 3rd (Monday) from 5:15-6:45pm at BNAAC (1212 W. Nevada Street). Confirmed speakers include Ciro Incoronato and Jessica Greenberg.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
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Do you travel to present research in other countries? Do you collaborate with researchers at foreign institutions? If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, your research may be subject to export control policies.
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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The Humanities Research Institute and Women & Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity co-host an annual event bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia. Each speaker will have five minutes to tell the story of a woman in their discipline that changed the field in important ways.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025
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What does it mean to imagine and implement climate justice? This interdisciplinary symposium is driven by the urgent need for a range of interventions and tools: critique, experimentation, imagination, pragmatics and policy.
Saturday, March 8, 2025
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What does it mean to imagine and implement climate justice? This interdisciplinary symposium is driven by the urgent need for a range of interventions and tools: critique, experimentation, imagination, pragmatics and policy.
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Monday, March 10, 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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Community Speaker Series panelists: Tracy Barkley (Directory, Sola Gratia Farm) Emily Stone (Director of Public Engagement, College of Education) Bhakti Verma (PhD student, Curriculum & Instruction)
Thursday, March 13, 2025
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Dr. Jog, Associate Research Scientist in the Wetland Science Program at the Prairie Research Institute will present “Using plants to understand wetland health.”
Friday, March 14, 2025
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Monday, March 17, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Friday, March 21, 2025
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
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Join us for an evening of jazz and poetry with award-winning poet Janice N. Harrington (Creative Writing/English) and musician Charles “Chip” McNeill (Music). Harrington will read selections from her book Yard Show with musical accompaniment by McNeill and student musicians from the University of Illinois School of Music.
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
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Keynote speakers: Dr. Rituparna Roy and Vishwajyoti Ghosh.
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025
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The What Now? Series continues April 7 (Monday) from 5:15-6:45pm at BNAAC (1212 W. Nevada Street). Confirmed speakers include Karen Flynn and Julie Pryde.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
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Dr. Bryce Henson is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication & Journalism and an Africana Studies Program Affiliate at Texas A&M University.
Thursday, April 10, 2025
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Dr. Winful, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology and a participant in the DRIVE Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Program, will discuss her research on the biological mechanisms linking stress to health, with a focus on inflammation.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
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Free lunch and informal talk for undergraduates of any major. With poet and essayist Ross Gay.
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A public reading and book signing with award-winning poet and essayist Ross Gay.
Thursday, April 24, 2025
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Photographers Ara Oshagan and Levon Parian will present a two-part art exhibit from their iWitness project at the Siebel Design Center in the spring culminating in a moderated talk at 5pm on April 24th at the Siebel Center.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Join the LAS Office of Research to learn more about grant support for faculty researchers in LAS. Our team will share information on pre-award services, such as budgeting, document review, and preparing for submission to SPA. This session will be particularly helpful for faculty without access to dedicated unit-based grant support staff.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
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Jennifer Teper, Head of Preservation Services at the University of Illinois Library, will discuss how she uses science in her work to conserve library collections and special collections.
Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Gather with us in community to toast this year's HRI research prize recipients and to mark the close of another academic year.