LAS Global Studies Master Calendar

Thursday, October 9, 2025

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Goldwater Scholarship Information Session
- Informational

Friday, October 10, 2025

- 9:00 am
- Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
III Encuentro sobre Migración y Pueblos Originarios
- Conference/Workshop
- 9:00 - 10:00 am
ONLINE Goldwater Scholarship Information Session
- Informational
- 3:00 pm
- 2049 NHB
Dr. José Atiles - Crisis by Design: Emergency Powers and Colonial Legality in Puerto Rico
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Goldwater Scholarship Workshop
- Informational

Saturday, October 11, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium
Latin American Storytime at Urbana Free Library
- Community Service
- 7:30 pm
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
National Arab Orchestra w/ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- Festival/Celebration

Monday, October 13, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
CLACS Series: "Language and Life in Q’anjob’al Communties" Adan F. Pascual
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Noyes Laboratory, 163
Angelica Waner: Zines in the Diaspora: Connecting Literary Threads Across Colonial Borders
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- 2090B LCLB
Slavic Dept Lecture: "PRL Noir: Specters of Communism in Contemporary Polish Cinema"
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- 2090B LCLB
Slavic Dept Lecture: "PRL Noir: Specters of Communism in Contemporary Polish Cinema"
- Lecture

Thursday, October 16, 2025

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Critical Language Scholarship Information Session
- Informational
- 5:15 pm
- Main Library Building, Room 66 (1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801)
PJCS Film screening: SHTTL
- Film Screening

Friday, October 17, 2025

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
ONLINE Critical Language Scholarship Program Information Session
- Informational
- 1:30 - 3:00 pm
- Hybrid: 306 Coble Hall & ZOOM
(POSTPONED, NEW DATE TBA) CEAPS Brown Bag | “Zhou Zuoren at Tiger Bridge”| Jingling Chen
- Lecture
- 6:00 - 8:00 pm
- JW Eater JR. High, 400 E Wabash Ave, Rantoul, IL 61866
Rantoul City Schools Hispanic Heritage Celebration ; Celebración del mes de la Herencia Hispania de RCS
- Festival/Celebration

Monday, October 20, 2025

- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- 314b Illini Union
International Students Navigating the U.S.: Immigration, Rights, and Resources
- Informational
- 4:00 - 6:30 pm
- Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
AsiaLENS | "Black Box Diaries" Screening + Q&A with filmmater Shiori Itô
- Film Screening
- 4:00 pm
Virtual Talk: ESMA Survivors
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Reading Group: Juliana Freire’s “Indigenous Documentaries: Art, Self-Representation, and the Environment in Huni Kui Films”
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, Language, Cultures and Literatures Building (LCLB 1080)
Between Amsterdam and the Antilles: Diaspora and Community in Colonial Curaçao
- Lecture

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

- 12:30 - 3:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall
Graduate Workshop on "Effective Fellowship Writing"
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities
- Informational

Thursday, October 23, 2025

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Boren (Undergraduate) Information Session
- Informational
- 7:00
- Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium, 600 S Gregory St. Urbana
Roger Ebert Screening: Piccadilly (1929)
- Film Screening

Friday, October 24, 2025

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
ONLINE Boren (Undergraduate) Information Session
- Informational
- 2:00 pm
- Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium, 600 S Gregory St. Urbana
Roger Ebert Lecture | "A Yellow Spot on the Silver Screen" | Yiman Wang
- Lecture
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Boren (Undergraduate) Workshop
- Informational

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Transitional Justice in Mexico: Sisyphus on the Hill / Dr. Francisco Javier Ramírez Treviño
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 7:00 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
Halloween Film Screening: "Pan's Labyrinth"

Halloween Film Screening: "Pan's Labyrinth" | October 29 at 4 pm | Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Film Screening

Friday, October 31, 2025

- 1:30 - 3:00 pm
- Hybrid: 306 Coble Hall & ZOOM
VASP Brown Bag | “Morality and Sentiment: Female Ci Poets and Cultural Transformation in Late Ming China” | Baiheng Qian
- Lecture

Monday, November 3, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- National and International Scholarships Program
Truman Campus Deadline
- Informational

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
Book Talk: "Civilizing Contention: International Aid in Syria's War." Dr. Rana Khoury
- Lecture

Friday, November 7, 2025

- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- BNAACC Main Multipurpose Room
Strategic Networking for Uncertain Times: Turning Conversations into Career Opportunities
- Informational
- 1:30 - 3:00 pm
CEAPS Speaker | "Opera House, Argo, Commons, and Soundscape: Contested Ground on Nodeul Island”| Se-Mi Oh
- Lecture

Monday, November 10, 2025

- All Day
- TBD
Workshop with Mayki Gorosito
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall
Talk by Mayki Gorosito
- Lecture

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

- 12:00 pm
Europe and The Worls Brown Bag Series: Theodore Boone
- Lecture
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Reading Group: Ailton Krenak’s Tomorrow is Not for Sale and Life is Not Useful
- Lecture

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 1090 Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana
Book Talk: " Education 2.0: Chronicles of Technological and Cultural Change in Egypt." Linda Herrera
- Lecture
- 5:00 - 7:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, 210
Celebrate New Books in Medieval Studies by Mukhtar Ali, Mauro Nobili, and Gian Piero Persiani
- Festival/Celebration

Thursday, November 13, 2025

- 10:00 - 11:00 am
Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities
- Informational

Friday, November 14, 2025

- 1:30 - 3:00 pm
- Hybrid: 306 Coble Hall & ZOOM
CEAPS Brown Bag | "Navigating Gendered Anthropomorphism in AI Ethics” + “Sailing in Sonic Vortex" | Jiwon Oh + Darren Chuang
- Lecture

Monday, November 17, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Ayni Book Presentation by Carlos Molina-Vital
- Lecture

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 1080 LCLB- Lucy Ellis Lounge & Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
CSAMES Lecture: "Translating the United States for the Turkish Audience: Presidential Discourses, Award Ceremonies, and Wars." Ozum Arzik
- Lecture

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 108 Coble Hall 801 S Wright St Champaign 61820
EUC Brown Bag Lecture Series: 'Pioneers on the wild frontiers of local fascism:' Rethinking U.S. fascism through the Black antifascist tradition" by Prof. Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson

'Pioneers on the wild frontiers of local fascism:' Rethinking U.S. fascism through the Black antifascist tradition" Speaker: Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy Date and Time: November 19 at 12 pm Location: 108 Coble Hall 801 S Wright St Champaign 61820
- Lecture

Monday, December 1, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- National and International Scholarships Program
Goldwater Campus Deadline
- Informational

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

- 10:00 - 11:00 am
Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities
- Informational

Thursday, December 4, 2025

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Udall Scholarship Information Session
- Informational
- 5:00 pm
- Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium, 600 S Gregory St. Urbana
AsiaLENS | "Hug Me Tight: A Robot Story" Free Screening + Filmmakers Q&A
- Film Screening

Friday, December 5, 2025

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
ONLINE Udall Scholarship Information Session
- Informational
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Udall Scholarship Workshop
- Informational

Thursday, December 11, 2025

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
UK Summer Fulbright Information Session
- Informational

Friday, January 2, 2026

- 12:00 pm
- National and International Scholarships Program
Boren (Undergraduate) Priority Deadline
- Informational

Friday, January 9, 2026

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
ONLINE UK Summer Fulbright Information Session
- Informational

Thursday, January 15, 2026

- 12:00 pm
- Enter information online and email waiver and resume
Boren (Undergraduate) Campus Deadline
- Informational

Monday, January 26, 2026

- 12:00 pm
- National and International Scholarships Program
Udall Campus Deadline
- Informational

Thursday, January 29, 2026

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Gilman Scholarship Information Session
- Informational

Friday, January 30, 2026

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
ONLINE Gilman Scholarship Information Session
- Informational
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Gilman Scholarship Workshop Session
- Informational

Thursday, February 5, 2026

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Beinecke Scholarship Information Session
- Informational

Friday, February 6, 2026

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
ONLINE Beinecke Scholarship Information Session
- Informational
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Beinecke Scholarship Workshop
- Informational

Thursday, February 12, 2026

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Voyager Scholarship Information Session
- Informational

Thursday, February 19, 2026

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- 514 IUB, 807 S. Wright St. Floor 5
Samvid Scholarship Information Session
- Informational

Monday, February 23, 2026

- 12:00
- National and International Scholarships Program
Beinecke Campus Deadline
- Informational

Monday, March 9, 2026

- 12:00 pm
- National and International Scholarships Program
Voyager Priority Deadline
- Informational