Unit One DEV
Thursday, February 19, 2026
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock MusuemAttend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Tristan Ahtone, editor at large for Grist magazine.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
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12:00 - 2:00 pmEnglish Building 109Faculty and graduate students are invited to join a discussion of work-in-progress by Craig Perry (Emory University): “Slavery, Abyssinian Diaspora, and the Civilian Elite in 15th-Century Mecca.” Lunch will be provided. Please contact Carol Symes if you would like to attend: symes@illinois.edu.
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801Dr. Elias Petrou will explore the evolution and transmission of the Greek book from East to West, beginning with an overview of the Byzantine educational system, the preservation and transmission of classical Greek knowledge through manuscripts, and how this inherited book culture was transformed through the new technology of print.
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Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History -- Lecture by Prof. Craig Perry (Emory University)
5:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge -- room 1080, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building -
5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 S Gregory, Urbana
Join us for an event in the MillerComm lecture series featuring Oscar Joyo.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
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All DayLevis Faculty Center, Room 210Join us for the 24th annual Women's and Gender History Symposium. Featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Arunima Datta (Associate Professor of History, University of North Texas) and Eric McDuffie (Associate Professor of History, UIUC).
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5:30 pmLincoln Hall 1002
Attend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Rachel Ida Buff (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).
Friday, March 6, 2026
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All DayLevis Faculty Center, Room 210
Join us for the 24th annual Women's and Gender History Symposium. Featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Arunima Datta (Associate Professor of History, University of North Texas) and Eric McDuffie (Associate Professor of History, UIUC).
Saturday, March 7, 2026
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All DayLevis Faculty Center, Room 210
Join us for the 24th annual Women's and Gender History Symposium. Featuring graduate research and keynote speakers Arunima Datta (Associate Professor of History, University of North Texas) and Eric McDuffie (Associate Professor of History, UIUC).
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
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5:00 pmSpurlock AuditoriumAttend a film screening of of award-winning Zimbabwean film, "Flame" with discussion with director Ingrid Sinclair and producer Simon Bright, led by led by history and gender and women's studies professor Teresa Barnes.
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5:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Join the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures for a lecture by Melissa Frazier about her new book "Signs of the Material World: Dostoevsky, Science and the 19th Century Novel."
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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3:30 - 5:00 pmGregory Hall 319Please join us for a lecture with Jennifer Chuong, an assistant professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Saturday, March 14, 2026
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All DaySpurlock Museum 600 S. Gregory St. Urbana, IL 61801
Monday, March 23, 2026
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Attend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Laura Helmuth (Slate, Scientific American, Washington Post).
Friday, April 3, 2026
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2:00 pmTBD
Please join us for an event in the Timbuktu Talks series with Aly Drame titled "Return to Success": New Paradigms of Islamization in Senegambia.
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
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3:00 pmNCSA Auditorium
Attend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Dr. Jonathan Holloway, the president and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation.
Friday, April 17, 2026
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All DayIllini Union, 1401 W Green St. Urbana, IL 61801The Undergraduate History Journal at Illinois presents the second Undergraduate History Conference at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The conference will feature undergraduate student presentations and keynote speaker Carol Symes.
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3:00 - 5:00 pmMain Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
This public event will begin with a lecture by Dr. Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology discussing medieval textuality and materiality. A reception and open house will follow where visitors may view our recently acquired Merovingian manuscript and Greek papyrus. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
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All DayIllini Union, 1401 W Green St. Urbana, IL 61801
The Undergraduate History Journal at Illinois presents the second Undergraduate History Conference at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The conference will feature undergraduate student presentations and keynote speaker Carol Symes.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Attend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Chris Newfield (Independent Social Research Foundation, London).
Saturday, April 25, 2026
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4:00 - 6:00 pm314AB Illini UnionJoin us for our annual awards ceremony celebrating the accomplishments of our students, faculty, and staff.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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4:00 - 6:00 pmIllini Union, Room TBDJoin us as our seniors present their honors theses.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Thursday, May 7, 2026
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1:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Attend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Chris Newfield (Independent Social Research Foundation, London).