Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

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

  4:00

  • Lecture

Friday, February 6, 2026

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  Book Talk: "The Islamic Book of Odes and the Horizon of Translation in Modern China", Michael Hill

  1:30 pm

  Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB building

  • Lecture

Thursday, February 12, 2026

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  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

  • Lecture

Friday, February 13, 2026

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

  10:30 - 11:50 am

  • Lecture

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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  Book Talk: The Long War On Iran: New Events, Old Questions, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

  All Day

  • Lecture

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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  Book Talk: Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War, Amir Moosavi

  4:00 pm

  Lucy Ellis Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

  • Lecture