Campus Humanities Central Calendar

  • 4:30 pm    4/2/2026
    Illini Union Bookstore Author's Corner

    A reading by alumni of the creative writing program, Jessica Tanck and Matthew Gavin Frank. This event is made possible by the Robert J. and Katherin Carr visiting author series.

  • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm    4/3/2026
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • 4:30 pm    4/8/2026
    TBD

    A reading by Stephen Markley, made possible by the Robert J. and Katherin Carr visiting author series. Stephen Markley is the author of The Deluge, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as an Editor's choice. His previous books include the critically acclaimed bestseller Ohio, as well as Publish this Book and Tales of Iceland.

  • Rita Dove
    12:00 pm    4/15/2026
    Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)

    Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as US Poet Laureate from 1993–1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.

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    12:00 pm    4/15/2026
    Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)

    Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as US Poet Laureate from 1993–1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.

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    7:30 pm    4/15/2026
    Alice Campbell Alumni Center

    Join us for a free public reading by award-winning poet Rita Dove. Dove served as US Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, and was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.

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    7:30 pm    4/15/2026
    Alice Campbell Alumni Center

    Join us for a free public reading by award-winning poet Rita Dove. Dove served as US Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, and was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.

  • 5:00 pm    4/20/2026
    Levis Faculty Center Room 208

    Book launch of Ethan Madarieta's Land's Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia.

  • 5:00 pm    4/20/2026
    Levis Faculty Center Room 208

    Book launch of Ethan Madarieta's Land's Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia.

  • All Day    4/23/2026
    TBD

    Annual Armenian Genocide Event Helen Makhdoumian (Postdoc, Vanderbilt University). Time and location TBD

  • 5:00 pm    4/23/2026
    TBD

    Annual Armenian Genocide Event, featuring Helen Makhdoumian (Postdoc, Vanderbilt University)