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Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
Recurring

12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/23/2025

La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801

Lecture

Gutenberg's Second Invention: The 1460 Mainz Catholicon

3:00 - 5:00 pm 10/23/2025

Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801

More than 500 years after its printing, the production details of the Catholicon are still a much debated topic in incunabula research. Come learn about the most recently discovered clues with the subject’s preeminent scholar, Paul Needham!

Lecture

Weaving Indigenous Futures Across Academia, Independent Research, and Visual Art

4:30 pm 10/23/2025

1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge - Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building

Lecture

Farm Aid and Far Beyond: A Conversation with John Doe

4:30 pm 10/23/2025

Spurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

Join John Doe, co-founder of the legendary band X, for a conversation about the band’s appearance at the inaugural Farm Aid concert in Champaign in 1985.

Lecture

Food for Thought: Rooted in Community: Insights on Immigration, Advocacy, and Culturally Responsive Care

12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/28/2025

Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801

Food for Thought, a Lunch-on-Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the Asian American community. Past discussions include topics such as nutrition, mental health, sexual health, and media representation of Asian Americans.

Lecture

Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
Recurring

12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/30/2025

La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801

Lecture

Food for Thought: The Importance of Intentional Community

12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/4/2025

Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801

Food for Thought, a Lunch-on-Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the Asian American community.

Lecture

Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
Recurring

12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/6/2025

La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801

Lecture

Food for Thought: Turning the Tides: Protecting our Oceania

12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/11/2025

Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801

Food for Thought, a Lunch-on-Us series, is a weekly noontime discussion focused on topics relevant to the Asian American community.

Lecture

The Wake of HMS Challenger: How a Legendary Victorian Voyage Tells the Story of Our Oceans' Decline

3:00 - 5:00 pm 11/12/2025

Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801

Gillen D’Arcy Wood will speak about his new book, "The Wake of HMS Challenger: How a Legendary Victorian Voyage Tells the Story of Our Oceans' Decline".

Lecture

Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
Recurring

12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/13/2025

La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801

Lecture

Finding the Female Voice in the Ancient World

6:00 - 8:00 pm 11/17/2025

The Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana

In this talk, award-winning classicist and bestselling author Dr. Emily Hauser explores the many different ways in which we can start to uncover the women of the ancient world. Hauser's writings range from deep analysis of Greek texts, to popular contemporary myth retellings, to innovative takes on history that mix fact and fiction to uncover new ways of knowing.