Events and Activities
News and Activities
Congratulations to affiliated faculty member Craig Koslofsky, whose book Evening's Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe was awarded the Longman History Today Prize for the best first or second book in history published in 2011! More details and a link to a news release about the book here.
Congratulations to Marianne Kalinke, CAS Professor and Trowbridge Chair in Literary Studies, Emerita, who received the honorary doctorate from the University of Iceland for her contributions to the field of older/medieval Icelandic literature and for supporting international relations at the University of Iceland in the field of medieval studies.
The Austrian Trade Commission and Consulate in Chicago joined the celebration of 40 years of AIEP at Illinois. Click here to read their article.
Summer 2012 class in Stockholm! "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." 6 credit hours. June 11-July 25, 2012. Students from the University of Illinois and KTH Royal Institute of Technology will spend 5 weeks together in Stockholm taking an interdisciplinary course on issues related to climate change and the Arctic, including a week-long excursion to conduct field research on location north of the Arctic Circle. Open to students of all majors and fields. For an informational flier, contact Mark Safstrom.