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"Multiple isotonic regression: limit distribution theory and confidence intervals"
Students are invited to join members of the Office of Undergraduate Research, the Humanities Research Institute, and the Humanities Professional Resource Center to learn about undergraduate humanities research opportunities on campus and how to translate humanities research experience on a resume.
Join us for another installment of our Fall Seminar Series with Yale University PhD candidate Philip V. McHarris this Friday, October 2, 2020 at 9am.
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds about 500,000 volumes and 5,000 linear sq.ft. of archival material. This large collection of primary source material is available digitally to all interested individuals.
In this presentation, Professor Arjun Appadurai will address the recent debates about the rebirth of the nation-state in the era of pandemic disease, and about whether globalization is about to be rolled back or marginalized.
In this presentation, titled "The Volatile Market for Globalization," Professor Arjun Appadurai will address the recent debates about the rebirth of the nation-state in the era of pandemic disease, and about whether globalization is about to be rolled back or marginalized.
This is the second 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 written word has long been a revolutionary agent: manifestos can change the course of history and topple governments. When the rebels take to the streets, they head first to the newspapers and the radio stations, only later to the presidential palace. Once, dissidents cranked out their discontent on basement mimeograph machines. Today they use Twitter.
Reception immediately following in the 'A' Atrium of CLSL
Join us for a presentation by Robert Townsend, Director of the Humanities Indicators & Director of the Washington Office, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Robert Townsend, co-director of the Humanities Indicators for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, will share some recent findings about the state of humanities departments, preview findings from a forthcoming survey of the general public about the humanities, and answer any questions you might have about the state of the field.
Robert Townsend, co-director of the Humanities Indicators for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, will share some recent findings about the state of humanities departments, preview findings from a forthcoming survey of the general public about the humanities, and answer any questions you might have about the state of the field.
Featuring: Cynthia Oliver, Abby Zbikowski, Ollie Watts Davis, and Tamara Chaplin
What would it mean to co-create and be in a homemade space of interior world making imagined for and with Black girls, women, and femmes as part of their everyday creative livelihoods? Homemade, with Love: More Living Room is a multimedia installation of artwork made during Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truth’s (SOLHOT) sessions at Urbana and Franklin Middle Schools.
Hive is a site-specific sculpture and sound commission by Nancy Davidson and Lakshmi Ramgopal, two artists with distinctive practices collaborating for the first time at Krannert Art Museum.
University of Illinois students of color are invited to join a small group conversation with Dr. Koritha Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell is a literary historian, cultural critic, and associate professor of English at Ohio State University and is author of Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship.
History alums from various career fields join us to discuss career development, professionalization and choices they made to advance in their fields as well as how their history education helped prepare them for professional success.
Workshop on ethical teaching--Too often, instructors consider the role of violence in our society only when something ugly happens. This workshop addresses the purpose of all forms of violence (from hate speech to physical attacks) and encourages proactive strategies for creating learning environments. It will emphasize philosophical approaches teachers can adopt and offer
Join Dr. Koritha Mitchell for a workshop on ethical teaching entitled Violence in U.S. Education: Approaches & Practices.
Victoria Ford Smith is an associate professor of English at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of Between Generations: Collaborative Authorship in the Golden Age of Children’s Literature (2017), which won the Children’s Literature Association Book Award. Her research interests include child agency, child-produced culture, and authorship and book studies.
"Parametric Models for Distributions When Extremes Are of Interest"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access).
Koritha Mitchell is a literary historian, cultural critic, and associate professor of English at Ohio State University. She is author of Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, which won book awards from the American Theatre and Drama Society and from the Society for the Study of American Women Writers.
This seminar will help build understanding of the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racism. Join us Friday, October 9th, 2020 at 9am via Zoom.
This presentation discusses the design and implementation of the WhereCOVID-19 platform through the lens of a case study on rapidly measuring spatial accessibility of COVID-19 healthcare resources with a particular focus on Illinois, USA.
Join us this Indigenous People’s Day for a collaborative panel discussion led by Native researchers and practitioners in the Big Ten. The panel will focus on Native experiences in academia, Indigenous led research and pedagogy, and how these are reflected in the national political and social climates.
