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Mariana Mora (Associate Professor - Researcher at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology, Mexico City) will present “When witnessing isn’t enough: reflections on justice and the transformative potential of research.” This presentation is part of the Interseminars culminating event: Collisions Across Color Lines...
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Mariana Mora (Associate Professor - Researcher at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology, Mexico City) will present “When witnessing isn’t enough: reflections on justice and the transformative potential of research.” This presentation is part of the Interseminars culminating event: Collisions Across Color Lines...
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Join us for a conversation with artist Millie Wilson, curators David Evans Frantz and Amy L. Powell, moderated by Jill H. Casid, part of the online series The New Social Environment, organized and hosted by the Brooklyn Rail. Sign up to get the Zoom link: kam.illinois.edu/events. (10 am Pacific / 12 pm Central / 1 pm Eastern)
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Join us for a lecture by professor Jennifer Lackey, the Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. Her talk will explore how stories can epistemically wrong a person in life-altering ways and yet also be the source of the corresponding epistemic reparations that are called for in response.
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Ronnie Grinberg, author of Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals, to offer the Program in Jewish Culture & Society and HGMS kick-off event, generously funded by the Goldberg lecture series
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The HRI Social Movements Reading Group will discuss readings on global working class social movements to inform our intellectual development, political education, and praxis Mondays at 5:30 pm, Lincoln Hall 3057.
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IUC Labor Education Program professor Augustus Wood will join HRI Social Movements Reading Group to discuss his book, Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Power, and Repression under Gentrification on Mon Sept 8 (discussion) and Mon Sept 15 (Q&A) 5:30PM Lincoln Hall 3057.
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Join the WRC for a discussion with Katie Simon, journalist and author of Tell Me What You Like: An Honest Discussion of Sex and Intimacy After Sexual Assault. The author's talk will take place on Thursday, September 11, from 12-1 PM at the Women's Resources Center (616 E Green St, Suite #213).
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New York–based artist Ronny Quevedo will discuss his solo exhibition Ronny Quevedo: a l l s t a r s, on view at Krannert Art Museum through December 6, 2025. This expansive project includes drawings from several lenders across the United States and a monumental sculpture. He will be joined in conversation by Krannert Art Museum curators Amy L. Powell and Allyson Purpura.
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National Book Award-winning poet Lena Khalaf Tuffaha joins us for an evening of readings and reflection on her luminous collection, Something About Living. This lyrical meditation on Palestinian life, memory, and resistance blends poetic innovation with political insight. Tuffaha will discuss how her work engages with culture, history, and the power of artistic expression.
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Poet, essayist, translator, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is the author of three books of poetry, and a winner of the 2024 National Book Award. Her visit is part of the Illinois Global Institutes "Palestine in the World" series. The IGI Series on Global Responsibilities brings multidisciplinary and global perspectives to major contemporary questions.
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Join us for an event celebrating the publication of professor Gus Wood's book, "Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Resistance, and Repression under Gentrification."
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Join us for an event celebrating the publication of professor Gus Wood's book, Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Resistance, and Repression under Gentrification.
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Professor Jacob Darwin Hamblin will speak on Modeling Harm in Nuclear Environments. More information on The Nuclear Environment Symposium (September 19) can be found here.
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Catherine Hall (Modern British Social and Cultural History, University College London) and Jennifer Morgan (History, New York University)
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Catherine Hall (Modern British Social and Cultural History, University College London) will present the lecture “Land, property, and the story of 18th century race-making: displacement and belonging between the Caribbean and Britain.” With Jennifer Morgan (History, New York University) responding. Part of the Story & Place event series.
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Catherine Hall (Modern British Social and Cultural History, University College London) will present the lecture “Land, property, and the story of 18th century race-making: displacement and belonging between the Caribbean and Britain.” With Jennifer Morgan (History, New York University) responding.
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The Psychology Department is excited to announce the launch of the First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series for the 2025-2026 academic year, a new monthly event designed to bring together members of the Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, and beyond for engaging, cross-area conversations.
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Nadine Naber (Gender and Women’s Studies, Global Asian Studies, University of Illinois Chicago) will present the lecture “Radical Mothering as Prison Abolition Pedagogy in Chicago” as part of the Story & Place event series.
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Nadine Naber (Gender and Women’s Studies, Global Asian Studies, University of Illinois Chicago) will present the lecture “Radical Mothering as Prison Abolition Pedagogy in Chicago” as part of the Story & Place event series.
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Lecture by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Associate Professor of History, University of Chicago. Professor Jonsson will discuss his work on some of the historical dimensions of the climate crisis.
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Ayelet Tsabari’s National Jewish Book Award winning, novel, Songs for the Brokenhearted, traces the story of the history of Yemeni Israelis through a fictional family. Tsabari visited UIUC in 2019, and was interviewed for Ninth Letter.
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Ayelet Tsabari, author of the award-winning novel, Songs for the Brokenherted, thanks to generous support from the Einhorn family, 5 pm-6:30 pm, Alice Campbell Hall
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Professor Juno Salazar Perreñas (Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University) will help launch the new CAS initiative Living in Multi-Species Worlds with a lecture on her current book project: Animals in the Misanthropocene; or, Three Ways to World Destruction. Please consult the CAS website for more information.
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Erik McDuffie ( African American Studies and History) on his book The Second Battle for Africa: Garveyism, the US Heartland, and Global Black Freedom. Part of the Story & Place event series.
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Anna Hunt (Professor of German) “Quick! Somebody Get Me A Doctor of German Philosophy,” HGMS workshop, English 109, 4 pm-5 pm.
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Lee Miller was an incredible photographer who was present at the liberation of some concentration camps. Trigger warning: some parts of this film display graphic images of survivors and victims of the Holocaust. 7 pm Holocaust Remembrance Day screening of Lee. Location TBD.
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Medical Humanities lecture with Justin Garcia from the Kinsey Institute
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Medical Humanities lecture with Justin Garcia from the Kinsey Institute
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International Women’s Day celebration with speakers from the campus and community.
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Blewish And Beautiful: Contemporary Black Jewish Voices roundtable with TaRessa Stoval, Marc Perry, David Wright Faladé and other contributors to the Blewish And Beautiful volume co-edited by Sara Feldman, Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, and Brett Ashley Kaplan.
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HGMS annual conference, 9a-5pm. Location TBD.
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Story & Place event series: Anke Pinkert Book Talk
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Story & Place event series: Anke Pinkert Book Talk 4pm
