CGS Master Calendar (New -- unlinked to website)

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Association for Asian Studies Film Expo
Recurring

All Day

Vancouver, Canada
- Film Screening
Lisa Hinchliffe, "Sustainable Financial Futures for Global Scholarly Publishing"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Coble Hall 306 and on Zoom

Global Trands in Scholarly Publishing Business Model
- Lecture
Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Elizabeth Sutton

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
- Lecture
Book Talk: The Long War On Iran: New Events, Old Questions, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

5:00 pm

210 Levis Faculty Center
- Other
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda

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

Friday, March 13, 2026

Association for Asian Studies Film Expo
Recurring

All Day

Vancouver, Canada
- Film Screening
Slavic Story Time at the Tolono Public Library

10:00 am

111 E. Main St. Tolono, IL 61880
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Association for Asian Studies Film Expo
Recurring

All Day

Vancouver, Canada
- Film Screening

Monday, March 16, 2026

Slavic Story Time at the St. Joseph Township-Swearingen Memorial Library

6:30 pm

201 N Third St., St. Joseph, IL 61873
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Slavic Story Time at the St. Joseph Township-Swearingen Memorial Library

10:30 am

201 N Third St., St. Joseph, IL 61873
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, March 19, 2026

I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

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

Monday, March 23, 2026

Women in Science Lecture Series: Archana Verma

12:00 - 1:00 pm

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

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

European Day of the Arts, Featuring a Poetry Reading by Poet Angie Estes

4:00 pm

Illini Union Bookstore, Author's Corner, 2nd Floor
- Other

Thursday, March 26, 2026

REEEC New Directions Lecture: Halyna Padalko, "AI for Disinformation: Threat or Remedy?”

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
10th Annual Korean Speech Contest

7:00 - 8:30 pm

LH 1000
- Other

Friday, March 27, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Sindicatos, Labor Unions: Protecting Graduate Workers"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Lecture
Kazakh Language Speaking Club

1:00 - 4:00 pm

Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB)
- Social/Informal Event
CEAPS Japan Faculty Get Together

1:30 - 3:00 pm

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

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Slavic Story Time at The Urbana Free Library

11:00 am

210 W Green St. Urbana, IL 61801
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, March 30, 2026

Memorias de la Mujer Lotina: Arpilleras, Women, and Coal in Chile

All Day

Main Level | Contemporary Gallery Krannert Art Museum, 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
- Exhibition

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Seminar Series - Assistant Professor Meicen Sun

5:00 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

CLACS Shifting Landscapes Film Series - "El Conde"

5:30 pm

Coble Hall Room 306
- Film Screening

Thursday, April 2, 2026

CSGGE Alumni Lecture: "Planning with a Purpose: Reflections from a Journey in Urban Sustainability and Gender Equity"

4:00 pm
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

5:00 - 6:30 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
"Muslim Sicily, Real and Imagined"

5:00 pm

208 Levis Faculty Center
- Lecture

Friday, April 3, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "People v. Power: Litigation as a Strategy for Social and Economic Justice"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign
- Ceremony/Service
Life After Coal: Envisioning Just Transitions Across Borders

12:00 - 1:30 pm

500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
- Conference/Workshop
Memorias de la Mujer Lotina: Arpilleras, Women, and Coal in Chile

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Krannert Art Museum, Lower Level Auditorium (KAM 62)
- Exhibition
CEAPS Speaker | “Finding An Audience: Japan’s First Women Architects and the NHK Ladies' Classroom” | Dr. Michelle L. Hauk (Washington University in St. Louis)

1:30 - 3:00 pm

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

Monday, April 6, 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

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Alejandro Bovecchi: Lawmaking under Authoritarianism

4:00 pm

Lincoln Hall, Room 1062
- Lecture
CHINA Town Hall

5:30 pm

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

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
Socialist De-Colony: Black and Soviet Entanglements in Ghana's Cold War by Dr. Nana Osei-Opare

4:00 pm

Coble Hall, 306
- Lecture
I MMAS Chair Cátedra Development and the Global Agenda
Recurring

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

Friday, April 10, 2026

Friday Forum + Conversation Table: "Connecting People to People and People to Nature"

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".

8:30 am TBD
- Lecture

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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
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

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

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

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

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