Advith's Calendar
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
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Hear highlights from the ANA Educational Foundation conference that addressed "The Expectation Gap: Marketers, consumers, and AI in a time of rapid change."
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
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Join us to celebrate the new books of three history PhD alumni.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Friday, October 16, 2026
Monday, October 19, 2026
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Composer Shulamit Ran will have an in-person Q and A session with Percussion Professor Josh Graham as part of the U of I New Music Festival. Shulamit was the second woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, was composer-in-residence with both the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Opera of Chicago, and is Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Friday, October 23, 2026
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MillerComm Lecture: Islam in France: Minority Religion, Laïcité, and the Politics of Muslim Identity
Join us for a lecture by George A Miller Visiting Scholar Youssouf T. Sangaré titled "Islam in France: Minority Religion, Laïcité, and the Politics of Muslim Identity."
Monday, October 26, 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Friday, October 30, 2026
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Join us for a lecture by George A. Miller Visiting Scholar Youssouf Sangaré. His talk examines the case of Chérif Ousmane Madani Haïdara and the Ançar Dine movement in Mali as a window into the dynamics of contemporary African Islam.
Monday, November 2, 2026
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Please join us for this talk by Professor Shane Bobrycki (University of Iowa), author of The Crowd in the Early Middle Ages (2024).
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
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Bruce J. Tromberg, the director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at the National Institutes of Health, will give the Beckman-Brown Lecture on Interdisciplinary Science at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the auditorium of the Beckman Institute.
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Join us for our Dean's Distinguished Lecture: Engineering Leadership in a World of Accelerating Change Featuring Dr. Tsu-Jae Liu, President of the National Academy of Engineering
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Join the Program in Medieval Studies for a lecture from professor Sergey Ivanov (Northwestern) titled "'Edifying Tales': Stories of Everyday Twists & Turns from Medieval Byzantium."
Thursday, November 5, 2026
Friday, November 6, 2026
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The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.
Monday, November 9, 2026
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
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This talk will consider how Indigenous political and legal thought, story, and material culture challenge the rhetoric and logics of American gun culture.
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Friday, November 13, 2026
Monday, November 16, 2026
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Friday, November 20, 2026
Monday, November 30, 2026
Thursday, December 3, 2026
Friday, December 4, 2026
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
Wednesday, December 9, 2026
Monday, January 25, 2027
Wednesday, February 3, 2027
Friday, February 5, 2027
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The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.
Thursday, February 11, 2027
Friday, February 19, 2027
Wednesday, March 3, 2027
Thursday, March 4, 2027
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Jonna Perrillo, education historian and professor of English education at the University of Texas at El Paso, will deliver the 2027 Gryphon Lecture hosted by the Center for Children's Books in the School of Information Sciences. She will present "School Book Lists and the Civic Education of U.S. Teens: from 1950 to Texas."
Friday, March 5, 2027
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The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.
Friday, April 2, 2027
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The Psychology Department is excited to continue the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2026-2027 academic year, a monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.