ACES Office of International Programs

Thursday, January 22, 2026

• • 3:00 pm
  • Coble Hall, room 306

  Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Info Sessions

  Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Info Sessions

  3:00 pm

  Coble Hall, room 306

Monday, February 2, 2026

• • 3:00 pm

  Dr. David Smilde - Venezuela & the United States: Keys to Understanding the Conflict

  Dr. David Smilde - Venezuela & the United States: Keys to Understanding the Conflict

  3:00 pm

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

• • 4:00

  Book Talk: "Memes, Monsters, and the Digital Grotesque." Dr. Cristina Moreno Almeida

  Book Talk: "Memes, Monsters, and the Digital Grotesque." Dr. Cristina Moreno Almeida

  4:00

Friday, February 6, 2026

• • 12:00 pm
  • 306 Coble Hall and virtual via Zoom

  CSGGE Affiliate Lunch Talk | Muslim Woman and Architectural Patronage by D. Fairchild Ruggles

  CSGGE Affiliate Lunch Talk | Muslim Woman and Architectural Patronage by D. Fairchild Ruggles

  12:00 pm

  306 Coble Hall and virtual via Zoom

Monday, February 9, 2026

• • 3:00 pm
  • Coble Hall 306

  Ayni Book Presentation by Carlos Molina-Vital

  Ayni Book Presentation by Carlos Molina-Vital

  3:00 pm

  Coble Hall 306

Thursday, February 12, 2026

• • 4:00 pm
  • Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

  Book Talk: "From Apartheid to Democracy, A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine." Sarah Leah and Michael Omer-Man

  Book Talk: "From Apartheid to Democracy, A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine." Sarah Leah and Michael Omer-Man

  4:00 pm

  Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

Friday, February 13, 2026

• • 10:30 - 11:50 am

  Urbisurgence and Resistance: Indigenous Urbanism and the Struggle for Spatial Justice, Dr. Sahera Bleibleh

  Urbisurgence and Resistance: Indigenous Urbanism and the Struggle for Spatial Justice, Dr. Sahera Bleibleh

  10:30 - 11:50 am

Friday, February 20, 2026

• • 11:00 am

  "The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: the Radical Potential of Getting in the Way” by Sara Ahmed

  "The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: the Radical Potential of Getting in the Way” by Sara Ahmed

  11:00 am

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

• • 3:30 - 5:00 pm
  • Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor

  "12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories"

  "12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories"

  3:30 - 5:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

• • All Day
  • Heritage Room, ACES Library

  International Food Security Symposium at Illinois: "Cultivating a New Vision for International Food Security in ACES"

  International Food Security Symposium at Illinois: "Cultivating a New Vision for International Food Security in ACES"

  All Day

  Heritage Room, ACES Library

Thursday, April 16, 2026

• • All Day
  • Heritage Room, ACES Library

  International Food Security Symposium at Illinois: "Cultivating a New Vision for International Food Security in ACES"

  International Food Security Symposium at Illinois: "Cultivating a New Vision for International Food Security in ACES"

  All Day

  Heritage Room, ACES Library

Thursday, April 23, 2026

• • 4:30 - 5:30 pm
  • YMCA Latzer Hall 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign

  Spring Reception

  Spring Reception

  4:30 - 5:30 pm

  YMCA Latzer Hall 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign