Library - Scholarly Commons
This calendar includes events sponsored by the Scholarly Commons as well as those by
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Join AIA Chicago and the Illinois School of Architecture (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) for an engaging book talk on The Elements of Construction: N. Clifford Ricker, Architecture, and the University of Illinois." Hear from Associate Professor and editor, Marci S. Uihlein and Professor and contributor, Thomas Leslie, FAIA.
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Join us to hear Courtney M. Cox speak about her new book, "Double Crossover: Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball."
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Join us to hear from Nora Wendl, who will discusses her new book, "Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth." Copies of the book will be sold through the Newberry Bookshop and a book signing will be held after the talk.
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Join us to celebrate Nora Wendl's newest release, "Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth," with conversation partner Adrienne Economos Miller!
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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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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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On Thursday, September 18th at 5 pm. Speaker Jacob Darwin Hamblin, Professor of History at Oregon State University.
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Raymond J. McKoski will be visiting the David Davis Mansion to speak about his new book, "David Davis, Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Judge." A book signing and reception will follow.
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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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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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Join us to hear Hunter M. Hampton discuss his forthcoming book from the University of Illinois Press, "The Gridiron Gospel: Faith and College Football in Twentieth-Century America."
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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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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.