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The lectures in the Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series are free and open to the public. Please email Sarah Richter at unitra.sarah@gmail.com for the Zoom link for the event. Readings for the lecture are posted on the Unit website. I hope that many of you will be able to join us for the event.
Students and Sociology faculty meet to discuss critically relevant issues of the day and potential solutions.
"A 'Complete' History of Delta Method"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access).
As a Kickoff Event for this year’s New Directions Series, the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center invites you to join a roundtable discussion on the role of race and racism in our region and scholarly field.
This seminar will cover unexplored issue of internal Central American youth migration and connects it to migration to the United States. Join us on Friday, September 4th, 2020 at 9am via Zoom.
This is the first lecture in the series "Timbuktu Talks," presented by the Center for African Studies. The series is hosted by Professor Mauro Nobili of the Department of History. The city of Timbuktu in Mali epitomizes the intellectual vibrancy of African Muslim societies. These lectures explore past and contemporary aspects of Islamic Africa.
The University of Illinois Archives is hosting a monthly Women in Science Lecture Series that will feature speakers from across the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s diverse and multidisciplinary scientific enterprise.
Please join Andrea Stevens, Associate Professor of English, and the EU Center for a lecture on racial masquerade at the English Caroline court.
Dima Khalidi is the founder and director of Palestine Legal & Cooperating Counsel, Center for Constitutional Rights.
Come hang out (virtually) with Sociology Department faculty, staff, and students as we come together to welcome the new school year!
"Why Aren't Network Summary Statistics Accompanied by Uncertainty Statements?"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access).
This talk argues for a paradigmatic change in academic policing literature and the administration of policing. Join us Friday, September 11th, 2020 at 9AM via Zoom.
Anti-Asian Racism during COVID-19 PRESENTED BY: Dr. Jocelyn Landrum-Brown, Dr. Teresa Mok, Dr. David Chih
Armando João Dalla Costa - Lemann Distinguished Visiting Professor Bunge Brazil (1956 to 1994): Consolidation of an Economic Group
This talk by Phillip M. Ayoub, Associate Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College, will be given as part of the European Union Center’s fall reception.
"A composite likelihood-based approach for change-point detection in spatio-temporal processes"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access).
This collaborative lecture (presented by a transatlantic historian of race and a Slavist) brings together little-remembered newspaper records, personal correspondence, and others texts—from the mid-1830s onwards—to recover how Pushkin was regarded as a black intellectual.
Professor Tony Ballantyne of the University of Otago kicks off HRI's 2020-21 research theme The Global and Its Worlds with a talk titled “Beyond the Shadow of Empire? The state, mobility and difference in New Zealand’s COVID-19 response.”
Professor Tony Ballantyne of the University of Otago kicks off HRI's 2020-21 research theme The Global and Its Worlds with a talk titled “Beyond the Shadow of Empire? The state, mobility and difference in New Zealand’s COVID-19 response.”
Join us for this installment of our Fall Seminar Series with development sociologist Douglas Barnes! Friday, September 18th, 2020 at 9am on Zoom.
Vegetation on the Earth’s land surface provides many vital goods and services upon which the welfare of the humanity depends. One of these services is removing CO2 from the atmosphere and stores the carbon as biomass, mitigating global warming. Knowing the role of vegetation in global carbon cycle is essential for policy making regarding carbon emission reduction.
The “open” is a common metaphor in the era of global connections, and a foundational modern value, albeit prone to contradictions. Exploring the implications of this concept, Akcan’s lecture introduces her latest book, Open Architecture: Migration, Citizenship and the Urban Renewal of Berlin-Kreuzberg by IBA - 1984–87, which defines open architecture as the translation of
Join two faculty members from C-HeARTS (Community Healing And Resistance Through Storytelling) Research Cluster as they present "How Do We Survive, Resist, and Heal Oppressive Realities?" After the presentation there will be time for audience Q&A. Nkechinyelum Chioneso and Carla D. Hunter are presenting as part of HRI's Out of Isolation series.
Join two faculty members from C-HeARTS (Community Healing And Resistance Through Storytelling) Research Cluster as they present "How Do We Survive, Resist, and Heal Oppressive Realities?" After the presentation there will be time for audience Q&A.
Featuring: Genesee Spridco, Aaron Muñoz, Sara Hook, Endalyn Taylor, and Catherine Prendergast
The colleges of LAS + ACES will hold a virtual career fair on Thursday, September 24th, 2020. The fair goes from 8am to 5pm and all students are encouraged to attend!
"Multi-scale models for non-stationary spatial datasets: Spatial statistics meets variable selection"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access).
This event is part of the Becoming A Trans Inclusive Library project. Archie Bongiovanni is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Minneapolis.
