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CAS Lectures on Media Space

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Sixth Annual Animal Studies Summer Institute

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ASSI 2024

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Upcoming Public Events

Thursday

Apr 25

MillerComm Lecture Series

Sefardita: A Journey from Anthropology to Fiction

Ruth Behar

4:00pm

Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory, Urbana

Sunday

Jun 23

Presentations

Burro Bombs and Hanging Dogs: Political Violence, Haunted Archives, and the More-Than-Human in Peru

María Elena García

6:30pm

Center for Advanced Study
Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
919 W. Illinois, Urbana

Monday

Jun 24

Presentations

Fighting for Animals in an Anti-Black World

Claire Jean Kim

2:00pm

Virtual presentation

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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
NEW DEADLINE

03/19/24

GAM Visiting Professor & Scholars
NEW DEADLINE

03/19/24

Research Appointments

Associate (Tenured)

10/01/24

Fellow (Non-Tenured)

10/01/24

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CAS in the News

Welcome to our CAS Associates and Fellows 2024-25!

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