Monday, March 11, 2019, 12:00-1:30pm, Asian American Cultural Center In this book launch, Sumie Okazaki will be describing her and the late Nancy Abelmann’s research focusing on the personal stories of five immigrant families, as they examine and refute the…
Friday, March 8, 2019, 5:30pm-6:30pm, IPRH Lecture Hall, Levis Faculty Center Amy Lippert, Assistant Professor of American History and the College at the University of Chicago, will make use of visual studies and historical methodologies to explore the stakes and…
Thursday, March 7, 2019, 5:30pm, Alice Campbell Alumni Center Renowned author and New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer will be redefining heredity by weaving together historical and current scientific research, examining controversial topics, such as the existence of “race.” He…
Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 10:00am-12:00pm, Russell Seminar Room, 2049 Natural History Building Professor Ananya Roy, Spring 2019 Nicholson Distinguished Visiting Scholar, (UCLA) will be discussing the limits of critical urban theory. Registration for the event is required to access the…
Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 6:00pm, Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum Professor Ananya Roy, Spring 2019 Nicholson Distinguished Visiting Scholar, (UCLA) will give a lecture about racial banishment as a state-instituted violence against racialized bodies and communities, seeking to pinpoint the workings of…
Main Library, rm. 220 Friday, March 1, 2019, 9:45am-4:30pm After transforming their dissertations into a first book, many professors turn to a second book project to extend their interest in their field of research and even to clarify their career…
Thursday, February 28, 2019, 4:00pm, IPRH Lecture Hall, Levis Faculty Center, Fourth Floor Benjamin H. Johnson, an Associate Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago, will be discussing the movement of conservation that has now occupied central places in American…
Monday, February 25, 2019, 12:00-1:15pm, Max L. Rowe Auditorium, Law Building Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, one of the nation’s most distinguished judges, will be arguing in this book talk that state constitutions and state courts deserve equal credit for developing…
Friday, February 22, 2019, 8:30am-4:00pm, Levis Faculty Center Fourth Floor Lecture Hall (919 W. Illinois St., Urbana) More information is available here.
Thursday, February 21, 2019, 4:00pm, Foreign Language Building 1080 (Lucy Ellis Lounge) Professor Adela Pineda from Boston University will be discussing the Mexican Revolution, focusing on the visual aspects that prompted philosophical reflection and ignited political discussion far beyond the…