Pompilia
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5:00 pm 2/25/2026Join us for the first webinar in the Costumes & Customs Lecture Series, sponsored by the Office of Arts Integration and organized in collaboration with the University Library, the Department of Theatre, the Department of Classics, the Spurlock Museum, and the Krannert Art Museum, explores the history and cultural significance of clothing across time and place.
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3:00 - 5:00 pm 2/26/2026Main 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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3:30 - 4:30 pm 2/26/2026Women's Resources Center; 616 E. Green Street Suite 213 -
4:00 pm 2/26/2026306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -

Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History -- Lecture by Prof. Craig Perry (Emory University)
5:00 pm 2/26/2026Lucy Ellis Lounge -- room 1080, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building -
5:30 pm 2/26/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 S Gregory, UrbanaJoin us for an event in the MillerComm lecture series featuring Oscar Joyo.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/27/2026University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
3:30 - 5:00 pm 3/4/2026Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor -
5:30 pm 3/5/2026Lincoln Hall 1002Attend 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).
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/6/2026University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
5:00 pm 3/10/2026Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLBJoin 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."
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5:00 pm 3/10/2026Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB -
3:30 - 5:00 pm 3/11/2026Gregory 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.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/12/2026University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/23/2026University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801 -
5:30 pm 3/24/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock MuseumAttend 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).
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4:00 pm 3/26/2026306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/27/2026University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
2:00 pm 4/3/2026TBDPlease join us for an event in the Timbuktu Talks series with Aly Drame titled "Return to Success": New Paradigms of Islamization in Senegambia.
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3:00 pm 4/7/2026NCSA AuditoriumAttend 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.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/9/2026University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/10/2026University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
4:00 pm 4/16/2026306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
4:00 pm 4/16/2026Bruce Nesbitt African American Cultural Center; 1212 W. Nevada Street, Urbana IL -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/17/2026University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
3:00 - 5:00 pm 4/17/2026Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801This 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.
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5:30 pm 4/21/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock MuseumAttend 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).
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12:00 pm 4/24/2026108 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 5/6/2026University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801 -
1:00 pm 5/7/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock MuseumAttend 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).