College of LAS Events
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Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.
Monday, October 20, 2025
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Join us for a free screening of the film "Black Box Diaries" followed by an in person Q&A with the filmmaker Shiori Itô. This is first AsiaLENS film of the school year hosted by CEAPS and we hope to see you there on Oct 20, 2025 (4:00-6:30 pm).
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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Community-Engaged Research Insights for Graduate Students: Graduate students interested in community-engaged research are invited to join a lunch and panel discussion with like-minded peers on Oct. 21, noon - 1:30 p.m. The panel of experts from Illinois and a local community organization will discuss their experience conducting community-engaged research projects.
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This event is FREE. Black Box Diaries traces Itō’s courageous investigation of her own sexual assault, an improbable attempt to prosecute a high-profile offender that became a landmark case in Japan. Itô reveals the black boxes and blind spots in Japan’s judicial and social systems.
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The Rural Midwest in the 1980s and After by Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, a Distinguished Professor of History at Iowa State University, where she has taught since 2000.
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Join Spurlock for a lecture by Professor Pamela Riney-Kehrberg titled "The Farm Crisis and Fallout: The Rural Midwest in the 1980s and After."
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This talk by Dr. Hilit Surowitz-Israel explores Curaçao's pivotal role at the height of its influence by examining the production and circulation of religious material culture, focusing on the significance of "the gift" within Sephardic communities across the Americas.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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Join this collaborative session with HRI and the Writers Workshop for tips and guidance on preparing your HRI Graduate Fellowship application.
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Join this collaborative session with HRI and the Writers Workshop for tips and guidance on preparing your HRI Graduate Fellowship application.
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Join us for a lecture in our postdoctoral colloquium series featuring Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Saraí Blanco Martinez. Her talk "Radical Healing Processes of Latinx Immigrant-Origin Young People" will share about her most recent youth participatory action research collaboration, which used photovoice and plática methodologies.
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During the 1930s in Sweden, indigenous Sami children were systematically removed from their parents. Reindeer-herding teenager Elle-Marja is one of these children, sent to a boarding school where indigenous students are taught Swedish language and customs and made ‘acceptable’ to white society. Elle-Marja is torn between assimilating and her burgeoning sense of self.
Thursday, October 23, 2025
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Join us every Thursday for Snack & Study at AAS! From 1:00-4:00, the AAS building is open for student use. Pull up a seat in our cozy Reading Room and enjoy a quiet space where you can study, read, or just take a break from it all. Free hot drinks and snacks available while supplies last!
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Scheide Librarian Emeritus (Princeton) Paul S. Needham will discuss the history and production of the Catholicon, and present his findings that it was printed not from movable type, as previously thought, but instead from two-line castings — a discovery that continues to incite vigorous discussion in the field.
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Fredrik Jonsson (History, U of Chicago) proposes a fundamentally new interpretation of Britain's fossil energy economy between the first and second industrial revolutions 1750-1914.
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Lecture by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Associate Professor of History, University of Chicago. Professor Jonsson will discuss his work on some of the historical dimensions of the climate crisis.
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Join John Doe, co-founder of the legendary band X, for a conversation about the band’s appearance at the inaugural Farm Aid concert in Champaign in 1985. Our conversation with John Doe will be a chance to reflect on the inaugural Farm Aid concert ...
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Join John Doe, co-founder of the legendary band X, for a conversation about the band’s appearance at the inaugural Farm Aid concert in Champaign in 1985.
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Join us for a special evening with John Doe, founding member of the iconic punk band X, as he takes the stage for an intimate solo performance at The Rose Bowl Tavern in Urbana, IL.
