History Department Public Events
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2:00 pm 4/3/2026GH 319Please join us for an event in the Timbuktu Talks series with Aly Drame titled "Return to Success": New Paradigms of Islamization in Senegambia.
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3:00 pm 4/7/2026NCSA Auditorium
Attend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Dr. Jonathan Holloway, the president and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation.
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12:00 - 1:30 pm 4/15/2026Department of African American Studies Conference Room, 1201 W Nevada St. Urbana IL
Join professor Tayzhaun Glover for a talk for the Department of African American Studies Colloquium series.
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4:00 pm 4/16/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210 919 W. Illinois St, Urbana
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5:00 pm 4/16/2026Gregory Hall, Room 215
Join us for a conversation with history alumna and best-selling author Mikki Kendall (BA, '05). We will discuss her graphic novel, Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for their Rights.
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3:00 - 5:00 pm 4/17/2026Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
This public event will begin with a lecture by Dr. Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology discussing medieval textuality and materiality. A reception and open house will follow where visitors may view our recently acquired Merovingian manuscript and Greek papyrus. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
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5:30 pm 4/21/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Attend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Chris Newfield (Independent Social Research Foundation, London).
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1:00 pm 5/7/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Attend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Chris Newfield (Independent Social Research Foundation, London).