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12:00 pm 2/6/2026306 Coble HallWomen have been important patrons of major works of architecture in the Islamic world historically, a phenomenon that reveals their social agency and can illuminate their lives even when they are barely mentioned in historical texts.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/12/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 pm 2/18/20261210 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801Suburban inequality and anti-immigrant violence are rising. This talk focuses on Orange County’s Little Saigon and asks, How do suburban communities like Little Saigon resist displacement pressures? How do refugees enact placemaking and fight for immigrant justice in the suburbs?
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/19/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/26/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
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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12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/5/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/12/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/19/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/26/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
3:00 - 5:00 pm 3/26/2026Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801Dr. Anastasios Antonaras (Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki,) places Byzantine glass in context to a wider Mediterranean tradition where it emerges as a powerful medium of splendor, authority, and sacred presence.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/2/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/9/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/16/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
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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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/23/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
4:00 pm 4/23/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 422 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/30/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801

