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Looking for your next, or first, internship? Deciding what path you want your professional life to go down? It sounds like you should attend the Illini Career and Internship Fair, held virtually this April.
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The Sociology Department is excited to announce our upcoming Information Sessions for current students outside of the major! These sessions are hosted by current Sociology undergraduates and will give attendees all the important information about our program.
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SITI Company’s Talking into the Future series meets Krannert Center’s CultureTalk, exploring the art of assembly in all its forms and investigating the challenges of our time. This installment of the series features conversation between SITI Company co-artistic director Anne Bogart and New York Live Arts founding director Bill T. Jones, moderated by Krannert Center...
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Join us in welcoming Richard Alba of the City University of New York for another installment of our Spring Seminar Series. Friday, April 2, 2021 at 9AM (CST) via Zoom.
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Panel discussion on transgender and non-binary issues. Panelists include Rachel Garthe (Assistant Professor, School of Social Work) and Nic Flores (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Latina/Latino Studies).
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YMCA Friday Forum Series: April 2 | "U.S. Youth and Media Migration" Speaker: Dr. Aimee Rickman, California State University Description: In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, many of us are using technology more than ever before. The world of technology opens many doors for global connection, but does it also come with consequences?
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The Sociology Department is excited to announce our upcoming Information Sessions for current students outside of the major! These sessions are hosted by current Sociology undergraduates and will give attendees all the important information about our program.
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Come join us for a fun event featuring delicious food! The International and Area Studies Library will be hosting the event on Zoom. Ayşegül Kozak will be making Kısır, Turkish bulgur salad, for us. The recipe will be shared with all attendees after the event so that all of you can make it at home as well!
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April 6th guest speaker Dr. Rebecca Lee Smith is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology through the College of Veterinary Medicine and Associate Professor of Biomedical and Translational Science through the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Dr. Smith will discuss her work in epidemiology.
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JACS/iSEE Congress lecture presented by Marcus King (GWU). “The Weaponization of Water in the Middle East and Africa”
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In the 2021 Jean and Denis Sinor Faculty Fellowship Lecture I examine national demographic change and population development across Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan across the past thirty years.
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Intended for students from across the campus, Inside Scoop conversations invite Illinois undergraduates to engage with the exciting work conducted by scholars whose work helps us understand what it means to be human in a world of rapidly shifting global complexities. Open to all undergraduate students.
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Craft talk with Year of Creative Writers Poet in Residence Tyehimba Jess titled "Poetry’s Musical Bloodline: A Sociohistorical Soundtrack."
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Part of the Illinois Computer Science speaker sereis
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Join the virtual lecture by Lual Mayen, Founder of Junub Games.
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A Year of Creative Writers Poet-in-Residence, Pulitzer Prize winner Tyehimba Jess, will read from his work. This virtual event is free and open to the public.
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A symposium featuring the work of scholars who study Jewish communities in the Caribbean (18th to 21st centures). Featured speakers include Dara E. Goldman (Illinois), Laura Leibman (Reed College), Stan Mirvis (Arizona State), Dana Rabin (Illinois), and Sarah Phillips Casteel (Carelton University).
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A symposium featuring the work of scholars who study Jewish communities in the Caribbean (18th to 21st centures). Featured speakers include Dara E. Goldman (Illinois), Laura Leibman (Reed College), Stan Mirvis (Arizona State), Dana Rabin (Illinois), and Sarah Phillips Casteel (Carelton University).
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Illinois Global Institute and Humanities Research Institute are proud to sponsor a screening of the documentary film From Here, a hopeful story of four young artists and activists from immigrant families redefining belonging in an era of rising nationalism globally. For more information go to https://go.illinois.edu/FromHere
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Join us for a screening of the documentary film From Here, followed by a Q & A with director Christina Antonakos-Wallace and two of the film’s subjects, Sonny and Tania.
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Illinois Global Institute and Humanities Research Institute are proud to sponsor a screening and Q & A session for the documentary film From Here, a hopeful story of four young artists and activists from immigrant families redefining belonging in an era of rising nationalism globally. For more information go to https://go.illinois.edu/FromHere
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The question of who belongs is at the heart of the political divide in the United States and the European Union. In this interactive workshop, participants will dig into the immigration history of Germany and the U.S., media representations of immigrants, and make connections to their own stories.
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"From Here" Workshop | Reimagine Belonging - Storytelling for immigrant justice and multiracial democracy. Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 2:00-4:30 p.m. Presented by film director Christina Antonakos-Wallace and film subjects Tania Mattos and Sonny Singh. For more information go to https://go.illinois.edu/FromHere
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Part of the Illinois Computer Science speaker series.
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Join us for a discussion on policy research and ongoing projects related to Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
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Join us for a seminar featuring our very own Isak Ladegaard, Friday, April 16, 2021 at 9AM (CST) via Zoom.
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Join us on Friday, April 16th at 10:00am CST to hear from three different women lead organizations and how their efforts have adjusted due to COVID-19. Hoda House & EDF in Iran; La Poderosa in Argentina; and Housing Assembly in South Africa. There will be language live interpretation available in Spanish and Farsi.
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"Planetary Entanglements," Virtual Forum with Achille Mbembe (University of Witwatersrand), Boaventura de Sousa Santos (University of Coimbra), and Denise Ferreira da Silva (University of British Columbia). Moderated by Susan Koshy (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).
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ABE I4 Seminar presented by Professor Gajendra Singh, Chair, Science Committee of the Appropriate Scale Mechanization Consortium
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April 20th @ 12:00pm | JACS/iSEE Congress lecture presented by Dr. Peter Gleick. Freshwater has played a central role in human evolution, the rise and fall of civilizations, the revolutions of chemistry, physics, and biology, and the complex challenges facing modern society. Dr. Gleick will offer a look at this role, address the current water crises facing the planet
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Join Illinois Humanities Executive Director Gabrielle Lyon, for a conversation about their recently-released report on the impact of COVID-19 on public humanities organizations in Illinois, and their plans for the future.