College of LAS: For Faculty & Staff
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Monday, September 27, 2021
Associate Professor, Dr. Brandon Jackson from Purdue University will be presenting on "A Degree in Brotherhood: How Social Support Matters for Black Men in College and Beyond."
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Join us for a discussion of Samuel Moyn's new book Humane followed by commentary from respondents Avital Livny (Political Science) and Patrick Keenan (Law).
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg are computer scientists whose work in machine learning focuses on transparency and interpretability, as part of a broad agenda to improve human/AI interaction. They are also well-known for their contributions to social and collaborative data visualization. They will present on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Hashni Epa Vidana Gamage, "Evaluation of Selective Farnesoid X Receptor Modulation in Breast Cancer Pathophysiology" Simon Lizarazo Chaparro, "Role of Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein in Amyloid Beta Induced Translation Suppression"
This talk, presented by Sandy Sufian (University of Illinois Chicago), presents a unique, humanities-driven approach to structural competency that addresses the socio-political aspects of health and healthcare.
Friday, October 1, 2021
Monday, October 4, 2021
PhD Candidate, Austin Kozlowski from the University of Chicago will be presenting on Computational Sociology.
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
HRI is pleased to co-sponsor a series of programs on music improvisation featuring New England-based guitarist Joe Morris, widely recognized as one of the most original and important improvising artists of our time. Morris will offer a lecture and performance on Wednesday, October 6 and workshop on Friday, October 8, 2021.
HRI is pleased to co-sponsor a series of programs on music improvisation featuring New England-based guitarist Joe Morris, widely recognized as one of the most original and important improvising artists of our time. Morris will offer a lecture and performance on Wednesday, October 6 and workshop on Friday, October 8, 2021.
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Friday, October 8, 2021
HRI is pleased to co-sponsor a series of programs on music improvisation featuring New England-based guitarist Joe Morris, widely recognized as one of the most original and important improvising artists of our time. Morris will lead a workshop on the afternoon of Friday, October 8, where students, faculty, and community members are invited to participate.
Monday, October 11, 2021
Post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Eliza Benites from CNRS-LATTS will be presenting on ethnography, work, and housing.
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Thursday, October 14, 2021
"Mechanisms of acute astrocyte volume change and effects on neuronal excitability" Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology. Glial-Neuronal Interactions, Astrocyte control of neuronal excitability and Reactive astrocytes in disease.
Lecture by Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Professor and Chair of Near Eastern Studies Department and Director of Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University.
Friday, October 15, 2021
Join us for the “Transformative Learning through Zine Making” research cluster’s capstone event where you’ll hear from students, librarians, faculty, and staff about how zines and comics have enhanced their scholarship and teaching practices.
Monday, October 18, 2021
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Sapp Family Provostial Professor, The Catherine Holman Johnson Director of Stanford Bio-X and Professor of Biology and of Neurobiology
Friday, October 22, 2021
Monday, October 25, 2021
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Are you a PhD or MFA student in the humanities at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign thinking of applying for a residential Humanities Research Institute Campus Fellowship for AY 2022-23? If so, please join us for a discussion of how to approach the application process.
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
As part of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (University of the Witwatersrand) Public Positions series "Fanon After Fanon," Helen Neville (Educational Psychology and African American Studies) will present "Fanonian Foundations of Liberation Psychology and Social Justice Counseling" and Lou Turner (Urban and Regional Planning) will present...
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Franita Tolson (Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor of Law in the Gould School of Law, University of Southern California) will present on her forthcoming book In Congress We Trust?: Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era, followed by responses from Marsha Barrett (History) and Michael Morley (Law, Florida State University).
Friday, October 29, 2021
This symposium will examine how culture moves and circulates: across space, time, material conditions, technologies and affects. We will consider how movement shapes and reshapes the cultural domain, creating new relationships between people, objects and practices. How does movement shape a community’s perception of local space and cultural identity?
Saturday, October 30, 2021
This symposium will examine how culture moves and circulates: across space, time, material conditions, technologies and affects. We will consider how movement shapes and reshapes the cultural domain, creating new relationships between people, objects and practices. How does movement shape a community’s perception of local space and cultural identity?