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Research Application deadline is October 3rd!

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KNOWLEDGE THAT ILLUMINATES

The Center for Advanced Study sheds light on interdisciplinary thought that starts conversation, inspires action, and transforms the world.

Support for Faculty

This is where your scholarship flourishes. At the Center for Advanced Study, we’re here to celebrate your ideas, support your research, and promote your accomplishments.

How We Help

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Upcoming Public Events

Monday

Oct 02

MillerComm Lecture Series

How the Myth of the Free Market Has Blocked Climate Action

Naomi Oreskes

4:00pm

Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory, Urbana

Thursday

Oct 12

MillerComm Lecture Series

Ada Limón: Working in the Service of Poetry

Ada Limón

7:30pm

Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory, Urbana

Thursday

Oct 19

Annual Lecture

A Victorian Parliament of Animals: or, the Biocultural as Imperial Political Form

Antoinette Burton

7:00pm

Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory
Urbana

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Engage with the world’s most talked-about scholars, artists, and scientists at the Center for Advanced Study’s free and open events.

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Since 1959, the Center for Advanced Study has recognized the world’s top scholars by providing fertile ground where insights are shared, discoveries are revealed, and interdisciplinary connections are made.

Upcoming Application Deadlines

CAS offers faculty time off from teaching in order to pursue a research or creative project, and also helps bring to campus a steady flow of world-class scholars and performing artists for public events and small group meetings.

Programs

CAS/MillerComm Public Events Series

09/19/23

GAM Visiting Professor & Scholars

09/19/23

Research Appointments

Associate (Tenured)

10/03/23

Fellow (Non-Tenured)

10/03/23

Dialogue
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CAS in the News

Welcome to our CAS Associates and Fellows 2023-24!

In memoriam, Nick Holonyak, CAS Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, September 18, 2022

In memoriam, Miles Klein, CAS Professor emeritus of Physics, September 15, 2022.

In memoriam, Hans Frauenfelder, CAS Professor Emeritus of Physics, July 10, 2022.

CAS Professor of Law Matthew Finkin receives the honorary master degree from the University of Padua

In memoriam, James Marchand, CAS Professor emeritus of Germanic Languages & Literatures.

CAS Professor of Dance Cynthia Oliver receives 2021 United States Artists Fellowship

CAS Director and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Tamer Başar is a recipient of the 2021 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal. The Wilbur Cross Medal is the highest honor that Yale Graduate School bestows on its alumni