Campus Humanities Calendar
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Dr. Oğuz (Visiting Scholar from Yildirim Beyazit University, Antkara) will discuss the relationship between institutional analysis of the rule of law--how social norms, religious attitudes, and their change affect economic development with an emphasis on Ottoman Empire and recent Turkey. After the talk, Dr. Oğuz will answer questions and address comments. All are welcome.
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Alondra Nelson is president of the Social Science Research Council and Harold F. Linder Chair in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study. A scholar of science, technology, and social inequality, she is the author most recently of The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation after the Genome.
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Readings and details at criticism.english.illinois.edu.
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Professor Atoma Batoma (International and Area Studies Library) will explore traditional personal naming practices in precolonial Togo, which were disrupted by colonial-era education and religious systems. After the presentation, Prof. Batoma will answer questions and address comments. All are welcome to attend!
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“The Climate Change Comedy Hour”
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This workshop with Jennifer Monson, Professor of Dance uses the framework of the iLANDing scores (Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature, and Dance) to research works of art in KAM’s collection. We will use these simple instructions to shift our modes of observation with the whole body, eyes touching, ears drawing, and weight coloring. No particular dance or movement
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Melissa Littlefield, professor of English. Interests include sociotechnical studies, “the body,” and culture. She has written about the cultural concept and consequences of technologies such as lie detectors, MRI, and EEG.
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Prof. Winters and Ms. Chen (Dept. of Political Science, UIUC) will explore if a connection between local government revenues and city services increases citizens’ willingness to pay local property taxes in Zomba, Malawi. After the talk, the speakers will answer questions and make comments.
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Please join us for "Financialization at the Margins: Women, Money & Social Capital in Gujarat, India," sponsored by the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. The talk will be given by Dr. Tara Nair, Visiting Scholar at UIUC College of Media and Professor at Gujarat Institute of Development Research.
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Readings and details at criticism.english.illinois.edu.
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Author of the One Book One Campus 2019–2020 selection Heads of the Colored People. Reception and book signing to follow.
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A discussion with undergraduates about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Co-sponsored by the Department of Asian American Studies.
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The Library Consultation Working Group, a campus committee charged by the Provost, will host a campus-wide Town Hall presentation and discussion of the 100% submittal of the Main Library Redevelopment Plan Programming and Conceptual Design Study by the firm of JLK/brightspot.
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Omri Drumlevich will be presenting a “first view” of students learning a master work by Ohad Naharin, former Artistic Director of the Israeli company, Batsheva Dance Company. Join us for a sneak preview of the dance and a lively discussion with the artists. Light appetizers and drinks will be served. Please rsvp to masko@illinois.edu if you plan to attend.
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This marquee series of the Visitors Program is designed to showcase notable national and international artists, designers, and scholars whose work or point of view is engaging and topical. Paul Ardenne, art historian, critic, curator
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Seventy-five years ago, Executive Order 9066 paved the way to the profound violation of constitutional rights that resulted in the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. Featuring George Takei and many others who were incarcerated, as well as newly rediscovered photographs of Dorothea Lange.
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Readings and details at criticism.english.illinois.edu.
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Featuring Emily McKown, Olivia Tasch, and Carrie Chandler, members of Girls Rock! Champaign-Urbana. Moderated by Fiona Ngô (Gender & Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies).
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Humanities faculty, students, and friends are invited to a discussion of the state of lobbying efforts on behalf of the humanities and opportunities to contribute to those efforts.
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A lecture by activist and photographer Dr. Doris Derby. Part of the 1619 & Beyond Series, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois.
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Part of August Wilson’s celebrated Pittsburgh Cycle, Illinois Theatre’s production is directed by long-time Wilson collaborator Chuck Smith and features a newly choreographed and composed City of Bones section in collaboration with Dance at Illinois.
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Join us for an introduction to Hot Spots: Radioactivity and the Landscape by independent curator Jennie Lamensdorf and Joan Linder, Chair and Associate Professor in Art at the University of Buffalo.
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Readings and details at criticism.english.illinois.edu.
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This talk explores politics of belonging and its implications for immigrant communities in Kenya and the U.S.
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Part of August Wilson’s celebrated Pittsburgh Cycle, Illinois Theatre’s production is directed by long-time Wilson collaborator Chuck Smith and features a newly choreographed and composed City of Bones section in collaboration with Dance at Illinois.
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Moderated by Dr. Erik McDuffie. Part of the 1619 & Beyond Series, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois.
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This month’s event will feature Maureen Warren, Curator of European and American Art, and will highlight the re-installation of the Bow and Trees Galleries. Reception to follow.
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Dyson will discuss recent bodies of work, including 1919: Black Water, which responds to the 100th anniversary of the “Red Summer” of 1919, focusing on a tragic episode in the segregated waters of Chicago’s beaches.
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Film screening and talk on The Land Beneath Our Feet with Gregg Mitman. Dr. Mitman is Vilas Research and William Coleman Professor of History, Medical History, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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This event brings together scholars, mostly in American literatures, to talk about their "second book projects," books that they're in the midst of writing.
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Join a collaborative group that will help you figure out what matters to you and offer support as you explore new paths. Open to grad students in any field whose work involves humanistic inquiry.
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Esther Ngumbi, assistant professor of Entomology. Interests include chemical signaling between plants, insects, herbivores, and microorganisms
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Ms. Matsushita, PhD Candidate, History Department at UIUC
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Scholars from the European Union Center and the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center discuss how the "Ukrainian Affair" is being covered in media across Eurasia.
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Readings and details at criticism.english.illinois.edu.
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Dr. Tesfaye Wolde-Medhin of the UIUC Library will speak
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Join us at the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections to learn more about our diverse collections of books and manuscript materials, artifacts and ephemera, and more! Explore treasures from our collections on display in our reading room, view our exhibit on the rich history of the railroad in Illinois before it closes, and enjoy light refreshments.
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Part of the 1619 & Beyond Series, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois.
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This workshop examines how organizations cultivate internal cultures to support transparency, democracy, and accountability.
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Londa Schiebinger is Professor of History of Science, Director, Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering and Environment Project, Stanford University.
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Celebrate Opening Night of the School of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition.