Paul J. Edwards is an assistant professor of English at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and a book reviews editor for The Black Scholar. He is currently a Fellow at the Center for the Ballet and the Arts at…
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Chiyuma Elliott
Chiyuma Elliott is an associate professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Her scholarly work focuses on poetry and the Harlem Renaissance. A former Stegner Fellow, Chiyuma has received fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, Cave…
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In Plain Sight: Reckoning with Anti-Asian Racism – Conference
Friday – Saturday, May 6 – 7, 2022, Location TBD. Sponsored by the Unit for Criticism and Asian American Studies, this conference is part of a year-long series of lectures organized as a response to the increased prominence of US…
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Cathy Park Hong – Lecture
Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 5:30 pm, Zoom. Cathy Park Hong, author most recently of Minor Feelings (2020), will give a public lecture moderated by Susan Koshy and Soo Ah Known. Register for the Zoom link here.
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Planetary Imaginaries Conference
Friday – Saturday, March 25-26, 2022, Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum. Sponsored by the Unit for Criticism and many other campus organizations and departments, this conference brings together a number of major scholars to discuss art, colonialism, and the future of…
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Sun Ra Arkestra Concert
Date and Time TBD, Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL. Sponsored by the Unit for Criticism and as part of the Planetary Imaginaries conference, the current incarnation of Sun Ra’s jazz band–the Sun Ra Arkestra, led by Marshall Allen–will be performing a…
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Saidiya Hartman – Lecture and Seminar
Thursday – Friday, November 3-4, 2022, Location TBD. Sponsored by the Unit for Criticism, Saidiya Hartman (Columbia), this year’s Nicholson Distinguished Visiting Scholar, will hold a lecture and faculty-graduate seminar. More information to come.
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Making It Plain: Articulating Our Racist Present
Friday, February 4, 2022, 3:30-5:00 pm, Zoom. Organized by Asian American Studies and the Unit for Criticism, this panel brings together Roderick Ferguson (Yale), Kēhaulani Kauanui (Wesleyan), Viet Thanh Nguyen (USC), and Alfonso Gonzales Toribio (UCR) to discuss race and racism in the…
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Gwendolyn Brooks’s Birthday Celebration
Friday, June 4, 2021, 6:00 pm, Zoom Sponsored by UIUC’s Rare Books and Manuscript Library, this event will mark Brooks’s birthday with readings and performances of her work. More information as well as Zoom registration information can be found here.
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The Newbery Medal’s First Century
Friday, November 5, 2021, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Zoom. Sponsored by the Center for Children’s Books and the iSchool, this event will mark the centennial of the Newbery Medal for children’s literature. More information as well as Zoom registration…
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