Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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  2026 Indian Languages and Cultures Lecture

  6:00 - 7:30 pm

  Spurlock Museum

  • Lecture

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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  “What Is Happening in Iran?”

  4:00 pm

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

  • Lecture

Thursday, April 16, 2026

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  Celebrating Al-Andalus: How Islamic Iberia Lives on in Arabic and Hebrew (MENA Heritage Month)

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  BNAACC 1212 W Nevada St. Urbana

  • Social/Informal Event
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  Zinda Bhaag: Film Screening and Discussion

  7:15 - 10:00 pm

  Spurlock Museum

  • Film Screening

Friday, April 17, 2026

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  Talk: "Small Stories as Stepping Stones to Cultural Awareness and Language Revitalization", Marilena Karyolemou, Professor at the University of Cyprus

  12:00 pm

  • Lecture

Thursday, April 23, 2026

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  Talk: On Beginnings, or the Roots and Routes of the Nested Memory Concept, Helen Makhdoumian , Postdoctoral Program fellow at Vanderbilt University

  5:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana

  • Lecture

Monday, April 27, 2026

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  Seeing Sovereignty: Hamida Banu Begam's Portraits and Gendered Power

  5:30 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208

  • Lecture

Thursday, April 30, 2026

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  Book Talk: Zoning Faith: How City Politics Shape Muslim Communities in Chicago, Sultan Tepe

  4:00 pm

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

  • Lecture