General Events

This 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.

Dr. 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.

Join 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.

Please join us for an event in the Timbuktu Talks series with Aly Drame titled "Return to Success": New Paradigms of Islamization in Senegambia.

This 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.

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.

Join us for a lecture in the Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age Speaker Series with Alva Noë.

Universidad 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

Join professor Tayzhaun Glover for a talk for the Department of African American Studies Colloquium series.

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.

Join 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.

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.

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.

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.

Please 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...

Join the Frank Center for a Q&A with Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, who have co-authored NYT-bestselling books on recent presidential campaigns.

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).

Join us for a lecture in the Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age Speaker Series with Ross Douthat.

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).