blog posts Illinois scholar’s book examines how popular music connects to the past Jun 17, 2024 11:30 am Popular music is associated with youth, newness and originality. Yet such music has a deep relationship with the past through sampling, covers and commemorative reissues of decades-old recordings... Research project seeks to learn from Indigenous practices in music, engineering Aug 5, 2024 9:15 am 'I was blown away by this experience, and it was a moment of clarity for me in how my understanding of music could influence my understanding of engineering and vice versa,' graduate student Jess Mingee said. Death row prisoner joins high school book club to explore complexities, joys of Black life Aug 21, 2024 10:30 am Rachel McMillian, a professor of curriculum and instruction at U. of I., said such initiatives better prepare pre-service teachers to understand students who are affected by incarceration in some way. New book highlights accomplishments of influential Black leader in post-Civil War Illinois Sep 4, 2024 10:00 pm John J. Bird was appointed the first Black trustee for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1873. Illinois emeritus professor of religion Wayne Pitard wrote a new book about Bird and his advocacy. Theatre department’s season features theme of reconciliation Sep 24, 2024 10:15 am The season opener is 'No Puedo, I’m Sorry,' produced as part of the Daniel J. Sullivan Playwright-in-Residence program, which provides support for an emerging playwright to develop a work. Krannert Art Museum’s new acquisitions expand collection, research and teaching opportunities Oct 7, 2024 9:30 am 'When we are investing in purchasing works of art or taking in a large collection, we always have a sense of how the works of art can expand or change what we’re already doing,' said KAM director Jon Seydl. New book looks at Brazil’s longest-lasting maroon society, its influence today Nov 8, 2024 11:30 am History professor Marc Hertzman examines the longest-lasting society formed by people who escaped slavery and their descendants in Brazil and how its memory shapes concepts of Black resistance and national identity today. Join us for these International Education Week events, Nov. 18-22 Nov 14, 2024 10:30 am International Education Week at the Illinois aims to raise awareness about the breadth of international education activities and resources available in our community. Krannert Center top 10 patron favorites Dec 23, 2024 1:30 pm Krannert Center for the Performing Arts has served as a unique and vibrant home for impactful and thought-provoking performing arts events for over five decades. We asked Krannert Center patrons, what were your favorite performances? Paris research trip reconnects Native American tribes with historic painted robes Jan 14, 2025 11:15 am History professor Robert Morrissey traveled with members of the Miami and Peoria Nations to a Paris museum to see four ceremonial robes created more than 300 years ago by Native American tribes in Illinois. Todd Phillips’ ‘The Hangover’ to close 26th annual Ebertfest Jan 22, 2025 1:00 pm 'In 2009, a cult phenomenon was born when Scott Budnick, Todd Phillips and the entire team involved with The Hangover unveiled this offbeat comedy classic,' said Chaz Ebert, co-founder and producer of Ebertfest. Exhibition shows midcentury modern homes as places for artistic production Jan 28, 2025 11:00 am Several homes designed by local architects between the 1940s and 1990s were also made as settings for artistic performances. See how four midcentury modern homes served as incubators for avant-garde culture. Prof’s novel tells of love triangle in post-WWII Paris, based on his family history Feb 5, 2025 3:30 pm The characters in 'The New Internationals' — a young French woman who has survived the Holocaust, a university student from West Africa and a Black soldier — are based on David Wright Faladé’s parents. The literature of extreme poverty: A stirring view of the Great Depression Feb 25, 2025 10:45 am Professor Robert Dale Parker examines how literature and poetry of the 1930s express the hopelessness of extreme poverty and the stagnation of time in his new book, 'The Literature of Extreme Poverty in the Great Depression.' New book questions supremacy of humans in empire history Mar 6, 2025 9:15 am A new collection of essays asks what histories of empire look like when the species supremacy of humans is questioned rather than assumed. A Q+A with Antoinette Burton, a Swanlund Endowed Chair of History at Illinois. Book recounts history of critical race theory Mar 11, 2025 2:30 pm Critical race theory is often misunderstood. In her new book, 'The Origins of Critical Race Theory: The People and Ideas that Created a Movement,' professor Aja Martinez explains what it is and how it was founded. Poetry book looks at how people create a sense of place for themselves Mar 19, 2025 9:00 am English professor Janice Harrington draws on her love of the prairie and her interest in Black history in the Midwest to examine how people create a sense of place in her new book of poetry, 'Yard Show.' Book by Professor John Lynn explores surrender from the middle ages to the present Apr 2, 2025 11:45 am History professor emeritus John A. Lynn examines surrender and the treatment of prisoners of war as an ever-evolving aspect of war that reflects and defines the nature of society, culture, and conflict. Graduate art and design students exhibit their work at Krannert Art Museum Apr 15, 2025 9:30 am The annual School of Art and Design MFA Exhibition runs through April 26. It includes 12 graduate students in studio art, industrial design and Design for Responsible Innovation. The work is the culmination of their graduate education. ELLNORA Guitar Festival guests, performances announced May 28, 2025 1:15 pm Roseanne Cash, Jeff Tweedy, Samantha Fish, Gary Clark Jr., Daniel Casares, Bertha: Grateful Drag (a drag tribute to the Grateful Dead), Herbie Hancock, Sunny Jain, Ravi Coltrane and Terence Blanchard, Rhiannon Giddens, and MORE Illinois art professor explores human, environmental connections Sep 13, 2025 8:00 am The artwork of printmaker Emmy Lingscheit, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign art professor, examines human entanglements with the environment, deep time and how social justice and ecological justice are intertwined. Illinois history professor’s book shows how 1942 was a global war without end Sep 30, 2025 12:15 pm World War II became a global war in 1942, with all the world powers involved, and with conflicts on the home front over struggles for independence and racial justice. U. of I. history professor Peter Fritzsche writes about the year of 'war without end.' October Dance kicks off season of celebrating Black dance artists Oct 10, 2025 12:00 pm The dance department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is celebrating the work of its Black faculty members and guest artists this season through the theme “Black on Black: A Celebration of Black Dance.”