LAS Global Studies Master Calendar

Friday, April 11, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- See below for breakdown of events and various locations.
Public Forum: Transnational Solidarity Against Global Apartheids
- Conference/Workshop
- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright Street
"Solidarity with Sudan After Revolt: Reimagining Society, Surviving Vengeance", April 11
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- University YMCA Building
Friday Forum + Conversation Café
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306. 801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801
Graduate Research Lightning Talks
- Ceremony/Service
- 1:30 - 4:00 pm
- Latzer Hall, University of YMCA
Public Forum: Transnational Solidarity Against Global Apartheids, April 11
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:00 - 4:30 pm
- 807 S Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820 - Rm IUB 514
Fulbright Scholarship Information Session
- Informational
- 5:00 - 6:00 pm
- Everitt Lab 2233 (except for 4/4 in Everitt Lab 3117), Engineering Hall near Illini Union
SP25 Korean Conversation Table
- Social/Informal Event
- 6:00 pm
- 1090 Lincoln Hall
"Legado Italiano": Documentary Night and Reception
- Film Screening
- 6:30 - 8:00 pm
- Channing Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon St., Urbana
Lecture Series 1 | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Lecture
- 6:30 - 8:00 pm
- Channing Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon St., Urbana
"Turmoil and Solidarity: Being Palestinian in Champaign-Urbana in a time of genocide"
- Ceremony/Service
- 6:30 - 8:00 pm
- Channing Murray Foundation in Urbana
Turmoil and Solidarity: Being Palestinian in Champaign Urbana in a Time of Genocide.
- Lecture

Saturday, April 12, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- The Lewis Auditorium, The Urbana Free Library
Latin American Story Time: "Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son"
- Other

Sunday, April 13, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition

Monday, April 14, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- 404 David Kinley Hall
CEAPS & Political Science Speaker | Kenneth McElwain, “What Do Japanese People Want from Their Constitution?”
- Lecture

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- OVCDEI 3080 | 614 E Daniel St., Champaign
Navigating Federal Challenges Together: Collective Struggles, Collaborative Solutions
- Meeting
- 1:30 - 3:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign
CEAPS Roundtable | Democratic Crisis or Democratic Resilience in South Korea?
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 - 5:00 pm
ONLINE Fulbright Short Essays Workshop: Your Path and the Fulbright Mission
- Informational

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- 807 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820 - Rm IUB 514
Fulbright Short Essays Workshop: Your Path and the Fulbright Mission
- Informational

Thursday, April 17, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 12:00 pm
The Current Changes in Global Economic Governance
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306. 801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61820
The Closing of USAID: A conversation about Impacts and Implications
- Lecture
- 4:30 pm
- Spurlock Museum
Kang Lecture 2025 | Public Talk by Professor Dali Yang | U.S.-China Relations: How Did We Get Here, Where Are We Going
- Lecture

Friday, April 18, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 12:00 pm
- University YMCA Building
Friday Forum + Conversation Café
- Lecture
- 12:30 - 2:00 pm
- Illini Union Room 314 B
Kang Lecture 2025 | Seminar with Professors Dali Yang and Yujeong Yang | Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control
- Social/Informal Event
- 5:00 - 8:00 pm
- Materials Science and Engineering Building:1304 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 (Room 119)
Film screening: "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"

The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a 2024 political drama film written, co-produced and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. Its plot centers on Iman, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, who grapples with paranoia as nationwide political protests due to the death of a young woman intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears.
- Film Screening
- 5:00 - 6:00 pm
- Everitt Lab 2233 (except for 4/4 in Everitt Lab 3117), Engineering Hall near Illini Union
SP25 Korean Conversation Table
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, April 19, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition

Sunday, April 20, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition

Monday, April 21, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 5:30 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
WWII 80th Anniversary Film Screening: "Downfall" (2004)
- Film Screening

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 8:30 - 9:30 am
ONLINE Fulbright Scholarship ETA Workshop
- Informational
- 6:30 - 7:00 pm
- Nate & Lillie Story Room, Champaign Public Library. 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820
Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish)
- Other

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- International and Area Studies Library, Room 321, 1408 W. Gregory Dr. Urbana, IL 61801
Atrocities in the Levant through the Jesuit Archives: The Great Famine in Lebanon 1915-1918
- Lecture
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- International Area Studies Library 1408 Gregory Dr. #321, Urbana, IL 61801
Atrocities in the Levant through the Jesuit Archives: The Great Famine in Lebanon 1915-1918
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Soros Virtual Information Session - Presented by the Soros Fellowship
- Informational

Thursday, April 24, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 5:00
- Siebel Center for Design, Starlight Room 1208 South 4th Street Champaign, IL 61821
Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies’ Annual Armenian Remembrance Event
- Conference/Workshop

Friday, April 25, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 5:00
- Siebel Center for Design, Starlight Room 1208 South 4th Street Champaign, IL 61821
Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies’ Annual Armenian Remembrance Event
- Conference/Workshop
- 1:30 - 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306 (801 S. Wright St., Champaign)
VASP Brown Bag | Sun Hyun Kim, "Pansori Narrative and Cultural Contents" + Na An, "Reading activities for Chinese imperial examination scholars from the 14th to 17th centuries"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 807 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820 - Rm IUB 514
Fulbright Scholarship ETA Workshop
- Informational
- 5:00 - 6:00 pm
- Everitt Lab 2233 (except for 4/4 in Everitt Lab 3117), Engineering Hall near Illini Union
SP25 Korean Conversation Table
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, April 26, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 8:00 pm
- Smith Recital Hall, 805 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL
Balkanalia - Annual Spring Concert: "Buy Me Some Poison: Spirited Songs and Crooked Dances from the Carpathians to the Caucasus”
- Performance

Sunday, April 27, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition

Monday, April 28, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 3:00 pm TBD
- Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)
Talk: Mileiconomics: Beating Inflation in an Illiberal Economy by Dr. Sarah Muir
- Lecture

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition

Thursday, May 1, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- All Day
Indiana University Summer Language Workshop
- Conference/Workshop
- 10:00 - 11:00 am
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820
Schwarzman Informational Session - Presented by Schwarzman
- Informational
- 11:00 - 11:30 am
Where can Research Take You?
- Informational
- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- 807 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820 - Rm IUB 514
Fulbright Scholarship Research Grant Workshop
- Informational

Friday, May 2, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition
- 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St. Champaign
Lecture Series 2 | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Lecture
- 9:00 - 10:00 am
ONLINE Fulbright Scholarship Research Grant Workshop
- Informational
- 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Latzer Hall YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St. Champaign
Palestine in the World Roundtable with Michelle Campos “Unmixing the Holy City: Religion, Politics, and Neighborhood Segregation in 19th-20th Century Jerusalem” and Charles Anderson "The Palestinian National Movement between Constitutionalism and Revolt, 1929-1939."
- Lecture
- 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St. Champaign
"The Palestinian National Movement Between Constitutionalism and Revolt, 1929-1939"
- Lecture

Saturday, May 3, 2025

- All Day
- Murphy Art Gallery University YMCA
Exhibition | An IGI Series on Global Responsibilities: "Palestine in the World"
- Exhibition

Thursday, May 8, 2025

- 1:30 - 2:30 pm
- 514 IUB, 807 S. Wright St. Floor 5
UK Scholarship Information Session for Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, and Gates Writing Workshop
- Informational

Friday, May 16, 2025

- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
ONLINE UK Scholarship Information Session for Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, and Gates Writing Workshop
- Informational

Monday, June 9, 2025

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

Monday, June 16, 2025

- All Day
Engineering Destruction: Militarization and the War Economy
- Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

- All Day
Engineering Destruction: Militarization and the War Economy
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, June 23, 2025

- 9:00 am
- various location
UofI x NCTA East Asian Art, History, & Literature Seminar
- Ceremony/Service
- 12:00 pm
- National and International Scholarships Program
Fulbright Priority Deadline
- Informational

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

- 9:00 am
- various location
UofI x NCTA East Asian Art, History, & Literature Seminar
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

- 9:00 am
- various location
UofI x NCTA East Asian Art, History, & Literature Seminar
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, June 26, 2025

- 9:00 am
- various location
UofI x NCTA East Asian Art, History, & Literature Seminar
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, June 27, 2025

- 9:00 am
- various location
UofI x NCTA East Asian Art, History, & Literature Seminar
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, August 14, 2025

- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
ONLINE Luce Scholars Information Session
- Informational

Monday, August 18, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- National and International Scholarships Program
Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell Campus Deadline
- Informational

Thursday, August 21, 2025

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

Monday, August 25, 2025

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

Thursday, August 28, 2025

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- TBD
Gilman Scholarship Information Session
- Informational

Friday, August 29, 2025

- 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 Essay Workshop
- Informational

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

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

Friday, September 5, 2025

- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building, 807 S Wright St Champaign, IL 61820
Churchill Scholarship Information Session
- Informational

Monday, September 8, 2025

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

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

- 8:00 am
- National and International Scholarships Program
Schwarzman Final Submittal Deadline
- Informational

Monday, September 15, 2025

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

Thursday, September 25, 2025

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

Friday, September 26, 2025

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

Monday, September 29, 2025

- 8:00 am
- National and International Scholarships Program
Fulbright Final Submittal Deadline
- Informational

Monday, October 6, 2025

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

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

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

Friday, October 17, 2025

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
ONLINE Critical Language Scholarship Program Information Session
- 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

Friday, October 24, 2025

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

Monday, November 3, 2025

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

Monday, December 1, 2025

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

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

Monday, January 5, 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

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

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