Campus Humanities Calendar

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

  • AI in Medicine: More than a Tool We Use

    5:30 pm
    Campus Instructional Facility, Room 2039

    Join us for a lecture in the Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age series with Matthew DeCamp (University of Colorado). Drawing on insights from medical practice, philosophy, and the social sciences, his lecture will explore the use of AI in medicine and argue that AI has the potential to change who we are and what we value.

Thursday, December 11, 2025

  • Reading Day at Krannert Art Museum | FAA Finals Fest!

    12:00 - 3:00 pm
    Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

    Take a break from finals and unwind with art, snacks, DIY projects, good vibes, and more! Recharge and get inspired before finals week begins. In collaboration with the College of Fine & Applied Arts (FAA) and Ricker Library for Art and Architecture, Krannert Art Museum is proud to host FAA Finals Fest...

  • Selfcare at Spurlock

    1:00 pm
    Spurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana

    You deserve to take care of yourself! Whether you've got finals on your mind, or the frenzy of the holiday season, or some combination of those and so many other things, scheduling time for joy and creativity can make all the difference.

  • Reading Day Relaxation in the RBML

    3:00 - 5:00 pm
    Main Library, Room 346

    Come and celebrate the semester’s end with hot apple cider, sweet and salty treats, and some of our favorite winter-themed materials from the RBML vault. Make a button, relax with a coloring sheet, and leave with a live-printed linocut card! This event is part of the library's Reading Day De-Stress Fest; it is open to the public and refreshments will be served.

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

  • Holocaust Remembrance Day screening of Lee

    7:00 pm
    G58 LCLB- Film Classroom

    Lee Miller was an incredible photographer who was present at the liberation of some concentration camps. Trigger warning: some parts of this film display graphic images of survivors and victims of the Holocaust. 7 pm Holocaust Remembrance Day screening of Lee. Location TBD.

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

  • Summer Bridge Program Info Session

    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

  • Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie

    5:00 - 7:00 pm
    Krannert Art Museum

    Eleven faculty members from the School of Art & Design will be featured in the upcoming exhibition, Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie. The exhibition considers how people make and define place through stories, and how stories carry out a kind of labor, maintaining narratives about the places we live—and about us.

Thursday, February 12, 2026

  • Multi-Species Justice Symposium: Paradigms, Practices, Possibilities
    Recurring

    All Day
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

    How does recognizing the fundamental entanglements of humans and the more-than-human world impact notions of "justice"? Drawing on perceptions from diverse communities, disciplines, and social, political, and historical contexts, this symposium will provide a space for us to grapple with the question: What might a more just world or worlds look like in the 21st century?

Friday, February 13, 2026

  • Multi-Species Justice Symposium: Paradigms, Practices, Possibilities
    Recurring

    All Day
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

    How does recognizing the fundamental entanglements of humans and the more-than-human world impact notions of "justice"? Drawing on perceptions from diverse communities, disciplines, and social, political, and historical contexts, this symposium will provide a space for us to grapple with the question: What might a more just world or worlds look like in the 21st century?

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

  • Medical Humanities Lecture: Justin Garcia

    7:30 pm
    Levis Faculty Center 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

Friday, March 6, 2026

Monday, March 9, 2026

Friday, March 27, 2026

Monday, March 30, 2026

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Friday, April 3, 2026

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

  • Carr Visiting Author Series: Stephen Markley

    4:30 pm
    TBD

    A reading by Stephen Markley, made possible by the Robert J. and Katherin Carr visiting author series. Stephen Markley is the author of The Deluge, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as an Editor's choice. His previous books include the critically acclaimed bestseller Ohio, as well as Publish this Book and Tales of Iceland.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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    Inside Scoop | 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.

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    Public Reading | Rita Dove

    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, April 23, 2026

Thursday, May 7, 2026