C.O.R.E. Master Calendar

C.O.R.E. Calendar

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Sunday, October 27, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition

Monday, October 28, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright Street, Room 319
Leveraging Your Study Abroad Experience
- Informational
- 2:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB)
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Carna Brkovic: "Willing Suspension of Disbelief: The Work of Imagination in Sustaining Moral Projects"
- Lecture
- 2:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB)
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Čarna Brković: "Willing Suspension of Disbelief: The Work of Imagination in Sustaining Moral Projects"
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Gregory Hall 223
Dr. Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Jr. Lecture Series: Dr. Claire Jiménez, "Noise As Meaning: An Exploration of Voice"
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

- All Day
- 306 Coble Hall 801 S. Wright Street Champaign
Black Iraqi Heritage: Seminar and Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- Channing-Murray Foundation 1209 W. Oregon, Urbana
Associate Professor of History Dr. Tithi Bhattacharya: “I Forgot to Die”, Thinking through Social Reproduction of Palestinian Life
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 1210 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL, 61801
Food for Thought: Pink Power Surge: Rise of AA Female Political Leaders (Qiaoyi Nie, PHD Student, Department of Political Science)
- Informational
- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Express Advising Tuesdays for Students!
- Other
- 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
Dr. Laura Goffman's Book Talk: "Disorder and Diagnosis: Health and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Arabia"
- Lecture

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

- All Day
- 306 Coble Hall 801 S. Wright Street Champaign
Black Iraqi Heritage: Seminar and Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 807 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820 - Rm IUB 514
Beinecke Information Session with the Director of the Beinecke Scholarship
- Informational
- 5:00 pm
- Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby
Russkii stol--Russian table

Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, all levels welcome!
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, October 31, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 12:00 pm
Lunch at La Casa
- Informational
- 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Snack & Study
- Social/Informal Event
- 3:00 pm TBD
- Coble Hall, room 306. 801 S Wright St, Champaign IL 61820
“La transition qui en finit pas"/ Haiti’s transition(s) to democracy and stability: a critical review of international, regional and sub-regional efforts in crisis management.
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:30 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
Halloween Film Screening: "Let the Right One In"
- Film Screening
- 3:30 pm
- Davenport Hall, Room 230
Photographic Refusal: The Politics of Indigeneity and Multispecies Relating in Photography Tourism
- Lecture
- 3:30 pm
- Davenport Hall 230
Photographic Refusal: The Politics of Indigeneity and Multispecies Relating in Photography Tourism
- Lecture

Friday, November 1, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Express Advising Fridays for Students!
- Other
- 2:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building, 707 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Empowering Democracy: The Agonistic Potential of Rebetika Music in Greece (John S. Latsis Public Lecture)
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- 2049 Natural History Building
Hybrid GGIS Colloquium | A Political Economy of Urban Informality Under Racial Capitalism
- Lecture
- 5:00 - 7:00 pm
- University YMCA (1001 S. Wright Street Champaign, IL)
Día de Muertos Celebration
- Festival/Celebration

Saturday, November 2, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 12:00 - 2:30 pm
- 2000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802
Onigiri Action Workshop

Join the Japan House interns on an interactive exploration of onigiri, their history, their culture, and preparation methods! Support #OnigiriAction during this tasty workshop!
- Conference/Workshop

Sunday, November 3, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- All Day
Latino Family Visit Day
- Reception/Open House

Monday, November 4, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Latzer Hall (inside University YMCA) - 1001 S. Wright St., Champaign
"Peaceworks on Campus"
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
Truman Campus Deadline
- Informational
- 4:00 pm
- Espresso Royale, Oregon and Goodwin, Urbana
Ukrainian conversation table
- Social/Informal Event
- 5:00 pm
- 210 Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana, IL 61801
Film Screening: Touristic Intents—Can a Building be Guilty?
- Film Screening

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 12:00 pm
Dr. Hassan Elhaj: "Hybridity, Contention, and War in Sudan"
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 1210 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL, 61801
Food for Thought: Navigating Political Stress (Illinois Counseling Center, API Roots Team)
- Informational
- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Express Advising Tuesdays for Students!
- Other
- 6:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Slavic Film Series presents "Aftermath" [Pokłosie], dir. Władyslaw Pasikowski
- Film Screening

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Millennial Elegy: Transnational Sang Culture in Ling Ma's Severance
- Lecture
- 1:30 - 2:30 pm
- Room 200, International Studies Building (910 S. Fifth, Champaign)
First Steps Workshop (In Person)
- Informational
- 4:00 pm
- Freer Hall Room 450
HK 472: Interdisciplinary Health in Greece (Info Session)
- Informational
- 5:00 - 8:00 pm
- Collaboration and Community Gallery, Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
From "Stories" to "Comics": A Creative Rendezvous with Sumit Kumar
- Conference/Workshop
- 5:00 pm
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Stage 5 lobby
Russkii stol--Russian table, beginners

Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, beginners welcome!
- Social/Informal Event
- 6:00 pm
- 1092 Lincoln Hall
How did Global Events Shape the 2024 Presidential Election?
- Lecture

Thursday, November 7, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 12:00 pm
Lunch at La Casa
- Informational
- 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Snack & Study
- Social/Informal Event
- 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- 1210 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL, 61801
Community Wellness Lounge: Post-Election Healing Circle with Counseling Center API Roots Team
- Health/Fitness
- 4:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Elena Guzman: “From Reel to Ritual: Worldmaking through Cinéritual in African Diasporic Film”
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Elena Guzman: “From Reel to Ritual: Worldmaking through Cinéritual in African Diasporic Film”
- Other
- 4:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall
"The Struggle to Govern the Oceans: The Past, Present, and Future of the Law of the Sea"
- Lecture

Friday, November 8, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
- 1010 Multipurpose Room, Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, 1212 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL, 61801
Black Europe Symposium: Formations
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Tetyana Dzyadevych, "Voices of Political Revival in Post-Soviet Russian and Ukrainian Cultural Field"
- Lecture
- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Express Advising Fridays for Students!
- Other

Saturday, November 9, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- The Lewis Auditorium, The Urbana Free Library
Latin American Story Time: "Spanish is the Language of my Family/ El español es la lengua de mi familia"
- Other

Sunday, November 10, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition

Monday, November 11, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 2090B Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building
EUC Brown Bag: Leveling and Spotlighting: How the European Court of Justice Favors the Weak to Promote its Legitimacy
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- Room 4025, Campus Instructional Facility
Latina/Latino Studies Speaker Series: Dr. Richard T. Rodriguez
- Lecture

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 1210 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL, 61801
Food for Thought: Innovate with Identity: Building AA Startups (Mayank Mehta, Assiya Adnan, Ella Bruks (IVENTURE))
- Informational
- 12:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall
Lemann Lecture Series | Sonia Guimarães | Unlocking Potential Through Diversity: A Call to Action
- Lecture
- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Express Advising Tuesdays for Students!
- Other
- 6:30 - 7:00 pm
- Nate & Lillie Story Room, Champaign Public Library. 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820
Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean: "El mamboretá"
- Other

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 3:00 pm
- 213 Gregory Hall
FLAS 1st Info Session
- Informational
- 3:00 pm
- 213 Gregory Hall, 810 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Information Session
- Informational

Thursday, November 14, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 12:00 pm
Co-producing counter narratives of radical care, hope, and imagined just futures
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
Lunch at La Casa
- Informational
- 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Snack & Study
- Social/Informal Event
- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building
Udall Scholarship Information Session
- Informational
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 306 Coble Hall 801 S. Wright St. Champaign IL 61820
Salahaldini Abdourhamane, Poetry In Praise of The Prophet: Bilingual Manuscripts and Their Performance in Timbuktu
- Lecture
- 4:30 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum. 600 S Gregory, Urbana
MillerComm Lecture Series - Ancestral Futures: Creating an Aesthetics of Resistance through Indigenous Performance
- Lecture
- 5:30 pm
- 163 Noyes
Ukrainian Poetry, Witness and Healing in a Time of War: A Conversation with Halyna Kruk

What is the role of poetry at the time of an unjust and horrific war that Russians have inflicted on Ukraine since 2014? This conversation with the award-winning Ukrainian poet, Halyna Kruk, will focus on new themes and narrative strategies in her recent poetry, on shifting ethical and aesthetic frameworks, and on the poetic text as a form of healing.
- Lecture
- 6:00 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Slavic Film Series presents "Grbavica," dir. Jasmila Žbanić
- Film Screening

Friday, November 15, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 9:00 - 10:00 am
ONLINE Udall Scholarship Information Session
- Informational
- 12:00 pm
- 0357 Music Building (1114 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Rochelle Sennet, "On Performing and Teaching Music in Tashkent, Uzbekistan"
- Lecture
- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Express Advising Fridays for Students!
- Other
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building
Udall Scholarship Workshop
- Informational
- 3:00 pm
- Espresso Royale, Oregon and Goodwin, Urbana
Ukrainian conversation table
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, November 16, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
- CRCE (1102 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801)
Indoor World Cup XXVII

Compete against student teams representing countries from all over the world! The 27th Indoor World Cup hosted by ISSS and Campus Rec will take place on Saturday, November 16.
- Sporting Event
- 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- Illini Union 1401 W Green St. Urbana Room 104
Documentary screening: Molf-e Gand
- Film Screening

Sunday, November 17, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition

Monday, November 18, 2024

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Chinese Names Training

We are excited to host our highly popular Chinese names training during International Education Week! Please register in advance to join us for a one-hour session where you will be trained in the native pronunciation of Chinese names and culturally informed on their structure and significance.
- Religious/Cultural
- 2:30 - 4:30 pm
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801
Career Coaching Embedded Hours - La Casa Cultural Latina
- Other
- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Room 306. 801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801
Fighting Extractivism as War: Mujeres Amazónicas' Forest Politics in Ecuador with Dr. Andrea Sempertegui
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 5:30 pm
- International Area Studies Library 1408 Gregory Dr. #321, Urbana, IL 61801
Dr. Samuel Llano's Book Talk: "Music, Race, and the Sonic Architecture of Colonial Morocco"
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 5:30 pm
- International Area Studies Library, Third Floor IASL 1408 Gregory Dr. #321, Urbana, IL 61801
Dr. Samuel Llano's Book Talk: "Music, Race, and the Sonic Architecture of Colonial Morocco"
- Lecture

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 11:00 am
- University YMCA's Latzer Hall
Talk: Mexican - U.S. Relations in an Era of Global Migration
- Lecture
- 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
- Illini Union Rooms A, B, and C
Travel Around the World

Check out the 13th annual Travel Around the World cultural fair on Tuesday, November 19 from 11am - 2pm at the Illini Union. Explore booths representing countries from around the globe, meet students from diverse national and cultural backgrounds, and enjoy music, food, crafts, live performances, activities and more!
- Religious/Cultural
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- 1210 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL, 61801
Food for Thought: Have You Eaten Yet: Food Can Deepen Your Fiction (Mia Manansala, Author)
- Informational
- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Express Advising Tuesdays for Students!
- Other
- 3:00 pm
- 207 Psychology bldg
FLAS 2nd Info Session
- Informational
- 3:00 pm
- 207 Psychology Building, 603 E Daniel St, Champaign, IL 61820
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Information Session
- Informational
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Main Library, Room 106
Time Management Workshop for International Students (1/2)
- Conference/Workshop

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
First Steps Workshop (Virtual)
- Informational
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Main Library, Room 106
Time Management Workshop for International Students (2/2)
- Conference/Workshop
- 5:00 - 7:00 pm
- Ikenberry in Room 2050 of the Taft Seminar Hall
Battle of Brains: Health Trivia + Jeopardy

Join us for an engaging evening of trivia and Jeopardy on health-related topics in this Battle of Brains!
- Social/Informal Event
- 5:15 - 6:15 pm
- 2000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802
Japanese Tea Ceremony
- Ceremony/Service
- 6:30 - 7:30 pm
- Women’s Resources Center | 616 East Green Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820
Building a Strong Foundation: Identity-Centered Career Planning
- Conference/Workshop
- 7:00 - 9:00 pm
- Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union 1401 W. Green St
International Education Week Special: International Karaoke
- Festival/Celebration

Thursday, November 21, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
- Women's Resources Center, 616 E. Green St., Suite 213 (2nd Floor), Champaign, IL 61820
International Young Humanitarian Speaker Series: Annie Jones
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
Lunch at La Casa
- Informational
- 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL
Snack & Study
- Social/Informal Event
- 3:00 pm
- Krannert Art Museum Café, 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
International Young Humanitarian Speaker Reception
- Social/Informal Event
- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Career Programs for International Students - Info Session 1/3
- Informational

Friday, November 22, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Express Advising Fridays for Students!
- Other
- 6:00 - 8:00 pm
- Community United Church of Christ (805 S 6th St, Champaign, IL 61820)
International Thanksgiving Dinner

Join us for a traditional American style Thanksgiving dinner, and take some time to reflect on what you're thankful for this year.
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, November 23, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition

Sunday, November 24, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition
- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Express Advising Tuesdays for Students!
- Other

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition

Thursday, November 28, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition

Friday, November 29, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition

Saturday, November 30, 2024

- All Day
- Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Black Joy Project
- Exhibition