ACES Office of International Programs

Monday, October 12, 2026

• Brown Bag Series- Before Neorealism: Attentive Cinema between Mexico and Italy by Monica Garcia- Blizzard

  Time

  1:00 - 2:30 pm

  Location

  108 Coble Hall

• European Union Center, Brown Bag Series: Mónica García Blizzard, "Before Neorealism: Attentive Cinema between Mexico and Italy"

  Time

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall 108, 801 S. Wright St.

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• Panel on "Fostering Student Agency for Community Engagement"

  Time

  12:00 - 1:30 pm

  Location

  Heritage Room, ACES Library, 1101 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana IL

• Rana B. Khoury, "Prolonged Harm and Legacies of Violence"

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

• Women in Science Lecture Series: Professor Kelli Trei

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Main Library Room 146 and Zoom

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• Abiding Hunger: Book Talk with Author Roger Thurow

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  W115 Turner Hall

• Japanese Tea Ceremony

  Recurring

  Time

  5:15 - 6:15 pm

  Location

  Japan House

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• CSGGE Lunch Series: Tingting Zhang

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  306 Coble Hall or via Zoom

• Ofrenda Opening Reception

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall 306, Second floor CLACS reception area

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Friday Forum & Conversation Café: LGBTQ Advocacy: Past & Present

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Workshop on Nuclear Energy and Applications

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  University of Illinois

• Screening: Those 4 Years

  Time

  6:00 pm

  Location

  Spurlock Museum

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Workshop on Nuclear Energy and Applications

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  University of Illinois

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• “Reformist Muslim Thought: Rethinking the Quran and Islamic Tradition from the19th Century to Today”, Youssouf Sangare

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright Street , Champaign IL 61820

• Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals for Research Abroad

  Time

  12:00 - 2:30 pm

  Location

  Illini Room A, Illini Union, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

• Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals for Research Abroad

  Time

  12:00 - 2:30 pm

  Location

  Illini Room A; 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

• Japanese Tea Ceremony

  Recurring

  Time

  5:15 - 6:15 pm

  Location

  Japan House

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Level 1 (in-person): Introduction to Safety and Security Abroad for Program Leaders

  Time

  2:00 - 3:30 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center for Design, Classroom 1002

Friday, October 23, 2026

• "On care and community: India’s frontline health workers", Vrinda Marwah

  Time

  11:00 am

• Friday Forum & Conversation Cafe: Beautiful Struggle: How One American High School Took on Systemic Racism

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

• Islam in France: Minority Religion, Laïcité, and the Politics of Muslim Identity

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

• Celebrate Bulgaria

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Spurlock Museum of World Cultures

• Celebrate Bulgarian- An Evening of Music and Dance

  Time

  7:00 pm   10:00 pm

  Location

  Spurlock Museum of World Cultures

Monday, October 26, 2026

• Election Panel II

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall 306

• Halloween Movie: Monster in Paris

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Knight Auditorium at Spurlock Museum

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Level 1 (Zoom): Introduction to Safety and Security Abroad for Program Leaders

  Time

  10:00 - 11:30 am

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• Japanese Tea Ceremony

  Recurring

  Time

  5:15 - 6:15 pm

  Location

  Japan House

• Dia de Muertos Dance Party @ Gallery Art Bar

  Time

  8:00 pm

  Location

  Gallery Art Bar 119 W Main St, Urbana, IL 61801

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• CSGGE Lunch Series: Yeaseul Hur

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  306 Coble Hall or via Zoom

• Level 2 (Zoom): Analysis and Reflection of Safety and Security Abroad for Experienced Program Leaders

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Book Talk: Professor Sanjay Joshi, "Brahmins of the Himalaya"

  Time

  11:00 am

• Friday Forum & Conversation Café: Fighting Oligarchy and Fascism in the 21st Century

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Monday, November 2, 2026

• CLACS Speaker Series presents: Matthew S. Winters, "Persistent Citizens: Pursuing Social Welfare Benefits in Brazil and Argentina"

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall 306

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Japanese Tea Ceremony

  Recurring

  Time

  5:15 - 6:15 pm

  Location

  Japan House

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Panel on Academic Publications

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  104 Illini Union

• Slavic Department Lecture: "Whose Tongue Is it Anyway?: On Poets Translating Themselves and Others"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Book Talk: Becoming Allies: Civil Liberties Activism in India, Ankita Pandey

  Time

  11:00 am

• “Performance and the Making of Religious Imagery in Early and Medieval India (Buddhist, Hindu, Jain)”, Anna Tosato

  Time

  11:00 am

• Friday Forum and Conversation Café: Vine City as the World Trade Center: Subproletarianization as Structural Violence from Atlanta to Champaign

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Monday, November 9, 2026

• CLACS Speaker Series presents: María Alejandra García Otero (Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences)

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall 306

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• Level 2 (in-person): Analysis and Reflection of Safety and Security Abroad for Experienced Program Leaders

  Time

  1:30 - 2:30 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center for Design, Classroom 1002

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• Japanese Tea Ceremony

  Recurring

  Time

  5:15 - 6:15 pm

  Location

  Japan House

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Mary Caruso Dailey

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Main Library Room 146 and Zoom

Friday, November 13, 2026

• "‘Imagining Capital in the City: Urban Life in DLF’s Public Projection, 1949-1960", Anish Vanaik, Purdue University

  Time

  11:00 am

• Friday Forum & Conversation Café: Feeding our Neighbors: A Panel of Faith-Driven Organizations Fighting Food Insecurity in our Community

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Monday, November 16, 2026

• Level 1 (Zoom): Introduction to Safety and Security Abroad for Program Leaders

  Time

  10:30 am - 12:00 pm

• CLACS Speaker Series presents: Angharad Valdivia

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall 306

• The Marriage of Figaro: excerpts by the Urbana Opera Ensemble

  Time

  6:30 pm

  Location

  Knight Auditorium

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• Japanese Tea Ceremony

  Recurring

  Time

  5:15 - 6:15 pm

  Location

  Japan House

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• Level 2 (Zoom): Analysis and Reflection of Safety and Security Abroad for Experienced Program Leaders

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• CSGGE Lunch Series: Marwah Malik

  Time

  12:00 pm

Friday, December 4, 2026

• Level 1 (in-person): Introduction to Safety and Security Abroad for Program Leaders

  Time

  10:00 - 11:30 am

  Location

  Siebel Center for Design, Classroom 1002

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

• Alumni Lecture: Batamaka Somé

  Time

  4:00 - 5:30 pm

  Location

  210 Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana, IL 61801