American Indian Studies Program

Image of Emily Bevins who is looking to left while smiling. Bevins wears a pair of black glasses, silver hoops, and a black crew neck tee. Bevins also stands in front of a maple tree with green luscious leaves.

5:30 pm
3/3/2022

A + D Visitors Series Lecture | Emily Ward Bivens “Approaching Wildness and Other Acts of Violence”

Join us on Zoom for this virtual lecture by artist Emily Bivens, presented as part of the School of Art + Design Visitors Series. In this talk, I will discuss the cohabitation of animals and humans.

Lecture

7:30 pm
3/9/2022
Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor (919 W Illinois St., Urbana, IL 61801)

Symptoms Of Crisis: "The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism"

Lerone A. Martin is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Chair and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University.

Lecture

Photo of speaker Yepa-Pappan smiling and looking toward the camera. The artist wears purple prescription glasses and a black and white cat head and polka dot tunic blouse with a low v-cut.

5:30 pm
3/10/2022
Krannert Art Museum, Lower Level, Auditorium (KAM 62), 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, Illinois 61820

Artist Debra Yepa-Pappan: Pueblo Futurist

Join us for an Artist Talk by Debra Yepa-Pappan, a multidisciplinary artist who is based in Chicago and works as the Native AmericanCommunity Engagement Coordinator for the Field Museum.

Lecture

Headshots of Vincent Brown, Cheryl Finley, and Christopher Freeburg

7:30 pm
3/28/2022

Symptoms Of Crisis — Slavery's Counterlives: Panel Discussion

Presentation by Vincent Brown (History and African American Studies, Harvard University) and Cheryl Finley (Director of the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Art History, Spelman College) with Christopher Freeburg (English) responding.

Other

Image of black on white "Triple Canteen" by Juana Leno, has Tulerosa Design. There are three earthenware canteens connected to one another, only the center has an opening for water, in between the canteens there can be seen twisted handles near the top. The canteens are decorated by black staining/paint with one big swirl each accompanied by stripes and zig-zag patterns.

4:00 pm
3/31/2022
Krannert Art Museum, Main Level, Light Court, 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, Illinois 61820

Art Talk Thursday: To Know the Fire with Allyson Purpura

Join us for Art Talk Thursday, a 30-minute gallery talk that brings you the opportunity to learn about art at Krannert Art Museum in a social, relaxed atmosphere. This month’s event will feature a short tour of To Know the Fire: Pueblo Women Potters and the Shaping of History led by Allyson Purpura, Senior Curator and Curator of Global African Art.

Social/Informal Event