General Events
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12:00 pm 01:00pm 4/1/2026Room 306 Coble Hall -
4:00 - 6:00 pm 4/1/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
5:00 pm 4/1/2026This talk examines how historians can center African perspectives beyond the colonial archive and how dress reveals social and economic change in West Africa. Drawing on The Texture of Change, it shows how textile trade connected West Africa to global networks across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
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11:00 am 4/2/2026Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (HMNTL), Room 1000, Auditorium -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/2/2026306 Coble Hall -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/2/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
4:00 pm 4/2/20261028 Lincoln Hall -
4:00 pm 4/2/2026Lincoln Hall 1028 -
5:00 pm 4/2/2026Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois St #400, Urbana, IL 61801 Room 208 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/3/202631 Gregory HallDr. Claire M. Segijn, associate professor at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, and Mithun Program Fellow in Advertising, will present at the First in Advertising: Sandage Speaker Series.
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12:00 - 1:30 pm 4/3/2026Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignJoin members of the Women’s Collective from Lota, Chile, together with area scholars and activists, for a midday panel discussion exploring the Collective’s work, the history of coal mining in their community, and the role of arpilleras in preserving bilingual participation. Reception to follow. Presented in Spanish and English.
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12:15 - 1:15 pm 4/3/2026Max L. Rowe Auditorium, College of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820 -
1:30 - 3:00 pm 4/3/2026306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign -
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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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/6/2026Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL 61801 -
4:00 pm 4/6/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 422This talk will highlight the Kinsey Institute’s founding and multi-disciplinary history, continued cultural impact, current research program, and reflect on the ways in which today’s social and political climate presents new challenges for multi-disciplinary sex research.
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3:00 pm 4/7/2026NCSA AuditoriumAttend 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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5:30 pm 4/7/2026404 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W Gregory Dr, Urbana -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/9/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/9/2026University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801 -
4:00 pm 4/9/2026LCLB Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080) -
4:00 pm 4/9/2026Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB 1080 -
4:30 pm 4/9/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum (600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL) -
5:30 - 7:30 pm 4/9/2026Campus Instructional Facility, Room 2035Join us for a lecture in the Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age Speaker Series with Alva Noë.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/10/2026University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
1:00 pm 4/10/2026Lincoln Hall 2043 -
1:30 - 3:00 pm 4/10/2026306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign -
4:00 pm 4/13/2026210 Levis Faculty Center; 919 W Illinois St #400, Urbana, IL 61801Universidad de la Costa (CUC) representatives will offer a situated perspective from the Colombian Caribbean, highlighting the deep interconnections between ecosystems and communities that inhabit them. Our speakers will share experiences from research projects aimed at understanding ecological and social vulnerability in face of climate change and structural inequalites
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4:30 pm TBD 4/13/2026210 Levis Faculty Center -
3:00 - 6:00 pm 4/14/2026Women's Resource Center; 616 E Green St #202, Champaign, IL 61820 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/15/2026Max L. Rowe Auditorium, College of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820 -
12:00 pm 01:00pm 4/15/2026Room 108 Coble Hall -
12:00 - 1:30 pm 4/15/2026Department of African American Studies Conference Room, 1201 W Nevada St. Urbana ILJoin professor Tayzhaun Glover for a talk for the Department of African American Studies Colloquium series.
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4:00 pm 4/15/2026306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820 -
11:00 am - 1:00 pm 4/16/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/16/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
4:00 pm 4/16/2026306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
4:00 pm 4/16/2026Bruce Nesbitt African American Cultural Center; 1212 W. Nevada Street, Urbana IL -
4:00 pm 4/16/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210 919 W. Illinois St, Urbana -
5:00 pm 4/16/2026Campus Instructional Facility, Room 2035 -
5:00 pm 4/16/2026Gregory Hall, Room 215Join 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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5:00 pm 4/16/2026Room 215 (Faculty Lounge), College of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue Champaign, IL 61820 -
5:30 pm TBD 4/16/2026Auditorium (KAM 62) -
5:30 - 7:00 pm 4/16/2026Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignJoin us for a talk by Peruvian archaeologist and curator Luis A. Muro Ynoñán, as part of the Living Legacies series, presented in conjunction with the "Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600" exhibition.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/17/2026University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
12:00 pm 4/17/20261205 W Nevada (or join on Zoom) -
3:00 - 5:00 pm 4/17/2026Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Main Library Room 346This 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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3:00 - 5:00 pm 4/17/2026Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801This 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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3:00 - 5:00 pm 4/17/2026Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801This 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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5:00 pm 4/20/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 208Please join us for the launch of Ethan Madarieta's first book, Land's Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia. Ethan, who earned his Ph.D. in Comparative and World Literature at Illinois, is an assistant professor of English at Syracuse University, where he is on faculty in Native American and Indigenous studies...
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5:00 pm 4/20/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 208 -
5:00 - 6:00 pm 4/20/2026Illini Union Room BJoin the Frank Center for a Q&A with Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, who have co-authored NYT-bestselling books on recent presidential campaigns.
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5:30 pm 4/21/2026Spurlock Museum -
5:30 pm 4/21/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock MuseumAttend 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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12:00 pm 01:00pm 4/22/2026108 Coble Hall -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/23/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
5:00 pm 4/23/2026Levis Faculty Center Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana -
12:00 pm 4/24/2026108 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
5:30 - 7:30 pm 4/29/2026Gregory Hall 112Join us for a lecture in the Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age Speaker Series with Ross Douthat.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/30/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
4:00 pm 4/30/2026Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820 -
12:00 - 1:30 pm 5/1/2026404 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 5/6/2026University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801 -
1:00 pm 5/7/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock MuseumAttend 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).



