Campus Humanities Calendar
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
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Dr. A. Susan Jurow is professor of learning sciences and human development at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Dr. Jurow’s scholarship centers on ameliorating systems that marginalize communities. Her work involves research and design with historically non-dominant youth in school and community settings, progressive social activists and technology designers.
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Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri from the Mata Amritanandamayi Math and President of Amrita University in India will give a talk on 'Compassion in Action' highlighting its effectiveness in addressing today’s global challenges.
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
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Dr. Omaris Zamora will discuss her fabulated story of La Cigüapa, a Dominican folktale figure similar to Mexico's La Llorona, as an exercise for thinking about her character and the historical context in which she is initially imagined.
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The Generative AI Futures Reading Group's next meeting will be Wednesday December 4, 2024, at 7-8pm, hosted as a private event at the Analog Wine Library, 129 N Race St, Urbana. We will discuss the novel "Don't Bite the Sun" by Tanith Lee, the first of two novels of the "Biting the Sun" duology.
Thursday, December 5, 2024
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Please join the University Archives for the Women in Science Lecture Series on Thursday, December 5, 12-1 p.m., with Dr. Sepideh Sadaghiani, Associate Professor of Psychology! This is a hybrid event and will take place in the University Archives (146 Main Library) and over Zoom.
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An informal discussion of books published in the past year by Medieval Studies faculty affiliates Claudia Brosseder, Eric Calderwood, and David Cooper: Inka Bird Idiom: Amazonian Feathers in The Andes * On Earth and in Poems: The Many Lives of Al-Andalus * The Czech Manuscripts: Forgery, Translation, and National Myth.
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Krannert Art Museum is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2024 by presenting Red Reminds Me..., a program of seven videos reflecting the emotional spectrum of living with HIV today.
Friday, December 6, 2024
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In this talk, hosted by the Center for Writing Studies, Dr. Jordan Woodward, Humanities Without Walls Postdoctoral Research Associate, will share her work with Appalachian communities while working to establish meaningful partnerships with coal-reliant communities in Illinois.
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Join Dance at Illinois student choreographers in an eclectic evening of dance works, presented in DRK, Level 2, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. eight dances, three floors down features 8 choreographers: Khiari Everett, Damiyah Williams, Takashe Fulce, Alex Brown, Jeremiah Jordan, Jade Lajeune, Chelsea Wahrendorf, and Ethan Pak Rome.
Saturday, December 7, 2024
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Join Dance at Illinois student choreographers in an eclectic evening of dance works, presented in DRK, Level 2, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. eight dances, three floors down features 8 choreographers: Khiari Everett, Damiyah Williams, Takashe Fulce, Alex Brown, Jeremiah Jordan, Jade Lajeune, Chelsea Wahrendorf, and Ethan Pak Rome.
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Join us for an electrifying concert uniting award-winning flamenco virtuoso and George A. Miller Visiting Artist Adam Del Monte with the Latin American Ensemble, featuring Del Monte's original compositions reimagined through a vibrant fusion of flamenco and Latin American rhythms.
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
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Matthew C. Ehrlich, author of The Krebiozen Hoax: How a Mysterious Cancer Drug Shook Organized Medicine, joins Ryan A. Ross of the University of Illinois Alumni Association to discuss the book. The conversation will be followed by a Q&A.
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
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The 2025 MLK Jr. Commemorative theme is “Our Beloved Community: Protecting, Freedom, Justice & Democracy”. The Committee invites nominations for the 2025 MLK Champions Recognition.
Friday, December 13, 2024
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Celebrate the end of the semester with this special movie screening courtesy of the Japan Foundation Film Series! Japan House will feature Finding Calico, 2015, dir. Yoshihiro FUKAGAWA, a highly acclaimed film to showcase Japanese cinema. Admission to the screening is free but registration is required due to limited space.
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Celebrate the end of the semester with this special movie screening courtesy of the Japan Foundation Film Series! Japan House will feature Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, 2021, dir. Ayumu WATANABE, a highly acclaimed film to showcase Japanese cinema. Admission to the screening is free but registration is required.