CGS Master Calendar (New -- unlinked to website)

Saturday, April 4, 2026

7th annual Sociolinguistics Symposium

8:00 am
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, April 6, 2026

AsiaLENS & GETSEA | "Sotong" & "Against This Messy World" Free Screening

4:00 pm

306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign
- Film Screening

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Alejandro Bovecchi: Lawmaking under Authoritarianism

4:00 pm

Lincoln Hall, Room 1062
- Lecture
2026 CHINA Town Hall: The U.S.-China Relationship and the Asia-Pacific

5:30 pm

404 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W Gregory Dr, Urbana
- Lecture

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Brazil's Digital Decade (2013-2023): How Social Media Reshaped Politics

8:00 am - 1:30 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
- Conference/Workshop
EUC Celebrates the International Romani Day! Documentary Screening: "Missed Lives: The Dom People"

5:00 - 6:30 pm

Levis Faculty Center Room 422
- Film Screening

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Gisela Sin

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture
Lecture: "On the Edge of Living: Trans Migrants and the Denial of Personhood"

4:00 pm

Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB 1080
- Lecture
Socialist De-Colony: Black and Soviet Entanglements in Ghana's Cold War by Dr. Nana Osei-Opare

4:00 pm

Coble Hall, 306
- Lecture
2026 Kang Endowment Lecture | “Walking a Path not Tread Before: A Life’s Journey in Writing” | Featured Speaker: Yan Geling | Chair: Alex Shakar

4:30 pm

Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum (600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL)
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
CSGGE Alumni Lecture: "Planning with a Purpose: Reflections from a Journey in Urban Sustainability and Gender Equity"

7:00 pm
- Lecture

Friday, April 10, 2026

Chi Lung Kang Endowed Lecture Series 2026 | Seminar | Criminal Lu Yanshi: A novel on the traumatic experiences of Chinese intellectuals in the 20th century that inspired Zhang Yimou

11:00 am

Levis Faculty Center, 422
- Lecture
Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Indian Boundary Prairies"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
CEAPS Book Celebration | “The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion: Pensions, Labor Informalization, and Labor Mobility in China” | Yujeong Yang

1:30 - 3:00 pm

306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign
- Lecture

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Slavic Story Time at the Champaign Public Library

9:45 am

200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, April 13, 2026

"Weaving Resilience: Communities, Ecosystems, and Knowledge from the Colombian Caribbean in Times of Socio-environmental Crisis"

4:00 pm

210 Levis Faculty Center; 919 W Illinois St #400, Urbana, IL 61801

Universidad de la Costa (CUC) representatives will offer a situated perspective from the Colombian Caribbean, highlighting the deep interconnections between ecosystems and communities that inhabit them. Our speakers will share experiences from research projects aimed at understanding ecological and social vulnerability in face of climate change and structural inequalites
- Lecture
"Weaving Resilience: Communities, Ecosystems, and Knowledge from the Colombian Caribbean in Times of Socio-environmental Crisis".

4:30 pm TBD

210 Levis Faculty Center
- Lecture

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Women in Local Government Leadership during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil

12:00 pm

Coble Hall, 801 South Wright Street Champaign, Room 306.
- Conference/Workshop
Student Dialogue: "Bridging Ancestral Knowledge and Scientific Research: Community Perspectives from the Caribbean".

3:00 - 6:00 pm

Women's Resource Center; 616 E Green St #202, Champaign, IL 61820
- Lecture
Student Dialogue: "Bridging Ancestral Knowledge and Scientific Research: Community Perspectives from the Caribbean".

3:00 - 6:00 pm

Women's Resource Center; 616 E Green St #202, Champaign, IL 61820
- Conference/Workshop
Seminar Series - Professor Fred Lamb

5:00 pm

Coble Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

9th Annual International Food Security at Illinois Symposium
Recurring

All Day

Heritage Room, ACES Library
- Seminar/Symposium
Comparative Research Roundtable: "Bridging Science and Governance"

3:00 - 4:15 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210 919 W. Illinois Street, Urbana, IL 61801
- Conference/Workshop
Comparative Research Roundtable: "Bridging Science and Governance"

3:00 - 4:30 pm

210 Levis Faculty Center; 919 W Illinois St #400, Urbana, IL 61801

Representatives from Universidad de la Costa (CUC) will present this roundtable discussion “Bridging Science and Governance” as part of the Global Policy Forum. This discussion will explore the policy and practice experiences from the Colombian Caribbean where ancestral knowledge and scientific methods have been integrated to restore ecosystems an
- Seminar/Symposium
CLACS Shifting Landscapes Film Series - "Argentina 1985"

5:30 pm

Coble Hall Room 306
- Film Screening

Thursday, April 16, 2026

9th Annual International Food Security at Illinois Symposium
Recurring

All Day

Heritage Room, ACES Library
- Seminar/Symposium
DOLCE Symposium, "Cities and Economic Democracy: Experiments in Comparative Perspective”

All Day
- Seminar/Symposium
“Aimé Césaire in the Era of Black Lives Matter” by Frieda Ekotto

4:00 pm

Bruce Nesbitt African American Cultural Center; 1212 W. Nevada Street, Urbana IL
- Lecture
REEEC New Directions Lecture: James T. Andrews, "Narrating the Soviet Metropolis: The Moscow Metro and the Story of Socialism”

4:00 pm

306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
2026 CU Tango Music Festival at Krannert Uncorked

5:30 - 7:00 pm

Stage 5 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- Performance
Archaeologist Talk | Luis Muro, Living Legacies of Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600

5:30 pm TBD

Auditorium (KAM 62)
- Lecture

Friday, April 17, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Where History Lives: Creating Spaces for Learning, Reflection, & Pride"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
Undergraduate History Conference | “Reflections of Power”
Recurring

All Day

Illini Union, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Conference/Workshop
CU Tango Music Festival Concert

7:30 - 8:30 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance
CU Tango Music: Meet and Greet Milonga

8:45 - 11:55 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Undergraduate History Conference | “Reflections of Power”
Recurring

All Day

Illini Union, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Conference/Workshop
UAAT Mandarin Language Contest [Submission Deadline Extended]

10:00 am - 1:30 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
- Community Service
Tango Dance Workshops Day 1 with Daniela and Hernán and Paloma and Maxi

1:00 - 5:15 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Conference/Workshop
Tango for All

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Community Center for the Arts
- Performance
Tango Music Workshop for Strings and Bass

4:30 - 5:30 pm

Community Center for the Arts
- Performance
Intro to Tango Dance

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance
CU Tango Music: Festival Milonga

8:00 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Performance

Sunday, April 19, 2026

CU Tango Music: Practica, Brunch, and Jam with Mate Tasting

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Social/Informal Event
Tango Dance Workshops Day 2 with Paloma and Maxi

12:30 - 3:15 pm

Urbana Dance Company
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, April 20, 2026

Land’s Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia

5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 208
- Lecture

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Addressing Racial Inequity in Brazilian Higher Education: The Expansion of Affirmative Action to Graduate Programs

12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Conference/Workshop
Seminar Series - Joshua Rutkowski, Sandia National Laboratory

5:00 pm

Coble Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Slavic Story Time at the Rantoul Public Library

10:00 am

106 W. Flessner Ave. Rantoul, IL 61866
- Social/Informal Event
Spring Reception

4:30 - 5:30 pm

YMCA Latzer Hall 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
- Ceremony/Service
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2026

REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Jared Meunier, "Sharp Power and the Enjoyment of Crisis: The Mueller Report as Simulated Justice"

12:00 pm

108 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture
CEAPS Korean Faculty Get Together

1:30 - 3:00 pm

306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, April 27, 2026

Mayki Gorosito's Visit

All Day
- Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Seminar Series - Adam D. Williams, Sandia National Laboratory

5:00 pm

Coble Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

The Body in Extremis: Fascism, Health, and the Autoimmune State
Recurring

All Day
- Conference/Workshop
The Physicist's Coalition

5:00 pm

Coble Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

The Body in Extremis: Fascism, Health, and the Autoimmune State
Recurring

All Day
- Conference/Workshop
CEAPS Speaker / Political Science Workshop | “From Correction to Connection: Relational Approaches to Countering Misinformation” | Cesi Cruz (University of Michigan)

12:00 - 1:30 pm

404 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana
- Lecture

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Seminar Series - Thomas Wuchte, Founder of the Center for Multilateral Leadership

5:00 pm

Coble Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Samar Hegazy

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture

Thursday, August 6, 2026

The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
Recurring

All Day

Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Conference/Workshop

Friday, August 7, 2026

The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
Recurring

All Day

Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Conference/Workshop

Saturday, August 8, 2026

The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
Recurring

All Day

Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Conference/Workshop

Sunday, August 9, 2026

The 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
Recurring

All Day

Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, September 14, 2026

AsiaLENS | "Our Mr. Matsura" (Film Screening + In-Person Discussion w/ Filmmaker Beth Harrington)

5:30 pm

Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

Our Mr. Matsura, a feature documentary film, is the story of photographer Frank Matsura who journeyed from his native Japan to live in rural Washington State in the early 1900s. The film presents a picture of the “frontier” that departs from the existing popular culture narrative and celebrates the singular contribution of a community-building immigrant artist in America.
- Film Screening