Campus Humanities Calendar
Friday, April 25, 2025
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At a moment that brings unprecedented threats to higher education and academic freedom 10 the US, coupled with existential challenges to institutions norms and democratic institutions, please join the AAUP Illinois Local Chapter to discuss how and why authoritarian programs seek to dismantle universities.
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"Pansori Narrative and Cultural Contents" Sun Hyun Kim, Associate Professor, Sookmyung Women's University | "Reading activities for Chinese imperial examination scholars from the 14th to 17th centuries" Na An, Associate Professor of Chinese History, Jilin Jiangsu University
Saturday, April 26, 2025
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Japan House's annual Fall Open House resumes on Saturday, April 26 featuring Seiran Chiba, Akie Hashimoto, and Ayako Hirai to present on Fukushima traditional arts and crafts. Traditional Japanese tea ceremonies will be offered at 11am, 1pm, and 2pm. At 12pm, the artists will be giving a free presentation about their work.
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“Tesseract,” the culminating thesis concert of the Bachelor of Fine Arts class of 2025 brings fresh perspectives from the creative mind/bodies of “soon to be” Dance at Illinois alumni.
Sunday, April 27, 2025
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“Tesseract,” the culminating thesis concert of the Bachelor of Fine Arts class of 2025 brings fresh perspectives from the creative mind/bodies of “soon to be” Dance at Illinois alumni.
Monday, April 28, 2025
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This session gets into the technicalities of podcast distribution. We will cover library policies as well as ethical and legal guidelines for ownership and fair use, copyright, and ensuring the accessibility of your podcast.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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Join us for a lecture from Jeff McMahan, the emeritus Sekyra and White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy from the University of Oxford, titled "Human Extinction and the Morality of Procreation."
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Join the LAS Office of Research to learn more about grant support for faculty researchers in LAS. Our team will share information on pre-award services, such as budgeting, document review, and preparing for submission to SPA. This session will be particularly helpful for faculty without access to dedicated unit-based grant support staff.
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This panel convenes energy researchers and activists to reflect on lessons learned from the fight against the Dakota Access Pipelines, and on present-day issues in our energy landscape. Panelists John Albers (Advanced Energy United), Emily Guske (UIUC Climate Jobs Institute), Richard Stuckey (Save Our Illinois Land), Tabitha Tripp (Public Rail Now campaign and SAFE: South
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Join us for a powerful conversation with Peruvian women environmental defenders as they share firsthand experiences from the frontlines of climate activism in the Amazon. Learn about the challenges they face, the communities they protect, and the urgent realities of defending land, water, and life in one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
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Enjoy a dance performance at Krannert Art Museum! Anna Sapozhnikov’s evening-length Good House Keep is inspired by and designed to be presented in midcentury modern spaces throughout the Champaign-Urbana community and in conjunction with the Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture exhibition.
Friday, May 2, 2025
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Michelle Campos is Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Pennsylvania State University—the author of Ottoman Brothers: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Early Twentieth Century Palestine., Charles Anderson is an associate professor of history at Western Washington University and a senior editor at Arab Studies Journal.
Monday, May 5, 2025
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Join us for a lecture by American composer and pianist Amy Williams. This lecture will be accompanied by the premier of Williams' Last Lines featuring School of Music Professor of bassoon Ben Roidl-Ward.
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On the 60th anniversary of U.S. publication of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth, 100 years since Fanon’s birth, UIUC Urban & Regional Planning Professor and Fanon Scholar Lou Turner will join the HRI Social Movements Reading Group for a Q&A on Wretched and its impacts on U.S. social movements including Black Power, Black Studies, and Black Arts.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
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Jennifer Teper, Head of Preservation Services at the University of Illinois Library, will discuss how she uses science in her work to conserve library collections and special collections.
Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Gather with us in community to toast this year's HRI research prize recipients and to mark the close of another academic year.
Friday, May 9, 2025
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To support your summer planning, please join us for an informative session covering an array of opportunities, including fellowships (ACLS and Guggenheim) and sited programs (arts residencies, research libraries, institutes for advanced study). Panelists will share their experiences with the application process and related logistics, followed by conversation and Q & A.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
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Poet, essayist, translator, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is the author of three books of poetry, and a winner of the 2024 National Book Award. Her visit is part of the Illinois Global Institutes "Palestine in the World" series. The IGI Series on Global Responsibilities brings multidisciplinary and global perspectives to major contemporary questions.
Saturday, October 4, 2025
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Join us on Saturday, October 4, 2025, when we’ll be highlighting the best of the humanities on our campus, including academic departments, student groups, research, resources, and alumni stories.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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Ayelet Tsabari’s National Jewish Book Award winning, novel, Songs for the Brokenhearted, traces the story of the history of Yemeni Israelis through a fictional family. Tsabari visited UIUC in 2019, and was interviewed for Ninth Letter.