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  • Gold, Garnets, Silks, and Furs: The Spread of Fashions Among the Elites of Eurasia

    12:00 pm    11/5/2025

    Join us for the third webinar in the Costumes & Customs Lecture Series, sponsored by the Office of Arts Integration and organized in collaboration with the University Library, the Department of Theatre, the Department of Classics, the Spurlock Museum, and the Krannert Art Museum, explores the history and cultural significance of clothing across time and place.

  • The Wake of HMS Challenger: How a Legendary Victorian Voyage Tells the Story of Our Oceans' Decline

    3:00 - 5:00 pm    11/12/2025
    Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801

    Gillen D’Arcy Wood will speak about his new book, "The Wake of HMS Challenger: How a Legendary Victorian Voyage Tells the Story of Our Oceans' Decline".

  • Finding the Female Voice in the Ancient World

    6:00 - 8:00 pm    11/17/2025
    The Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana

    In this talk, award-winning classicist and bestselling author Dr. Emily Hauser explores the many different ways in which we can start to uncover the women of the ancient world. Hauser's writings range from deep analysis of Greek texts, to popular contemporary myth retellings, to innovative takes on history that mix fact and fiction to uncover new ways of knowing.