Events of Interest to Global Studies Majors

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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/2/2025
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/3/2025
- University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
Friday Forum + Conversation Café: What Neurodiversity Means & How We Can Advocate for Neurodivergent Community by Jeanne Kramer and Kim Patton

Friday Forum + Conversation Café: What Neurodiversity Means & How We Can Advocate for Neurodivergent Community by Jeanne Kramer and Kim Patton Time: October 3 at 12 PM Location: University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
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- 5:00 - 7:00 pm 10/3/2025
- Levis Faculty Center 210
An Envoy State: Turfan and the Integration of Medieval Eurasia -- Prof. Xin Wen (Princeton University)
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- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm 10/7/2025
- Levis Faculty Center Room 208
Food For Thought | Ripan Malhi and Yurii Vlasov
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- 12:00 pm 10/7/2025
- 108 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820
From Brexit to Trump: The Rise of Jacobin Nationalism
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- 12:00 pm 10/8/2025
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St
Series on Gendered Displacement and Erasure: The Second Battle for Africa: Writing News Histories of Global Africa by Erik McDuffie

Series on Gendered Displacement and Erasure "The Second Battle for Africa: Writing News Histories of Global Africa" October 8 | 12 pm | 306 Coble Hall Affiliate Speaker: Erik McDuffie
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- 4:00 pm 10/8/2025
- Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave, Urbana
Climate Change and the Urgency of Hope, Action, and Joy

Professor Reyes Mason's presentation is grounded in a belief that our collective work on climate change can indeed lead to a healthier and thriving world for all in the midst of disaster and devastation, from our own backyards to communities across the globe.
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- 4:00 pm 10/8/2025
- Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
MillerComm Lecture Series 2026: Climate Change and the Urgency of Hope, Action and Joy by Dr. Lisa Reyes Mason

Climate Change and the Urgency of Hope, Action, and Joy by Lisa Reyes Mason. Wednesday, October 8 | 4 pm (CST) | Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/9/2025
- Main Library Room 146 or via Zoom.
Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Karen Terio

Dr. Karen Terio, Professor and Interim Assistant Director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, Chief of the Zoological Pathology Program, and Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, will discuss her research on wildlife pathology. October 9 |12pm till 1 pm (CST) | Main Library Room 146 or Zoom
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/9/2025
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm 10/9/2025
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Diego Benning Wang, "Epic Indigenization: Literature and Nation on the Soviet–Finnish Borders under Stalinism."
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- 7:00 - 8:30 pm 10/9/2025
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
CAS Annual Lecture | Catherine Murphy, The Golden Future of Nanotechnology

Catherine Murphy | The Golden Future of Nanotechnology
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- 4:00 - 5:00 pm 10/13/2025
- Noyes Laboratory, 163
Latina/Latino Studies Speaker Series: Angelica Waner: Zines in the Diaspora: Connecting Literary Threads Across Colonial Borders
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- 5:00 pm 10/13/2025
- 2090B LCLB
Slavic Dept Lecture: "PRL Noir: Specters of Communism in Contemporary Polish Cinema"
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- 5:00 pm 10/13/2025
- 2090B LCLB
Slavic Dept Lecture: "PRL Noir: Specters of Communism in Contemporary Polish Cinema"
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/16/2025
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 5:30 pm 10/22/2025
- Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) 4039
Latina/Latino Studies Postdoctoral Colloquium Series
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/23/2025
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm 10/23/2025
- Levis Faculty Center Room 210
Climate | Change: Fredrik Jonsson on the historical roots of the climate crisis
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- 5:00 - 6:30 pm 10/28/2025
- Alice Campbell Hall
Ayelet Tsabari, Einhorn Lecture Series

Ayelet Tsabari, Einhorn Lecture Series October 28, 2025 | 5 pm - 6:30 pm | Alice Campbell Hall
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- 12:00 pm 10/29/2025
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Colloquia: Dr. Michael Light
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/30/2025
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm 10/30/2025
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Choi Chatterjee and Karen Petrone, "Russia in World History: Updating the Long Telegram"
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- 3:00 pm 10/31/2025
- Levis Faculty Center Room 210
Tropical Polar Bears | Juno Salazar Parreñas

Juno Salazar-Parreñas, Tropical Polar Bears: A Story of Competing Colonialisms in the Great Acceleration
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- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm 11/6/2025
- Levis Faculty Center Room 208
Food For Thought | Lei Zhao and Jozsef Balogh
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/6/2025
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm 11/7/2025
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Fethi Keles, "Unsettled and Resettled: Experiences of Bosnian Diaspora in the United States."
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- 12:00 pm 11/12/2025
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Colloquia: Dr. Laurel Smith-Doerr
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- 4:00 - 5:30 pm 11/12/2025
- Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) 4039
Latina/Latino Studies Postdoctoral Colloquium Series
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/13/2025
- Main Library Room 146 or via Zoom.
Women in Science Lecture Series: Vivian Cheng

School of Integrative Biology graduate student Vivian Cheng will discuss her research using genetics, ancient DNA, and historical archives to understand the effects of climate change and colonialism on narwhals. November 13 |12pm till 1 pm (CST) | Main Library Room 146 or Zoom
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/13/2025
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm 11/14/2025
- Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: George Gasyna, "A Time for the Province: Palimpsests and Borders in Twentieth-Century Polish Literature""
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/20/2025
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Fall 2025
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 12/11/2025
- Main Library Room 146 or via Zoom.
Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Pinshane Huang

Dr. Pinshane Huang, Professor and Racheff Faculty Scholar of Materials Science and Engineering, will discuss her research on transmission electron microscopy and spectroscopy of two-dimensional materials and soft-hard interfaces. December 11 |12pm till 1 pm (CST) | Main Library Room 146 or Zoom
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- 7:00 pm 1/28/2026
- Plym Auditorium, 134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, 611 Lorado Taft Dr, Champaign
Holly Hughes and Katie Pearl | Culture Wars
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/5/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/12/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/19/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm 2/25/2026
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Colloquia: Dr. Mary Blair-Loy
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/26/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/5/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/12/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/19/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/26/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/2/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/9/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
- Lecture
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/16/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm 4/22/2026
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Colloquia: Dr. Lauren Rivera
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/23/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
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- 12:00 pm 4/29/2026
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Colloquia: Dr. John Robinson III
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- 12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/30/2026
- La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801
Lunch at La Casa | Spring 2026
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- 12:00 pm 5/7/2026
- 3057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL
Florian Znaniecki Lecture: Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology Duke University
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