Wednesday, October 1, 2025 5:00pm to 6:00pm, SH302
Join us for a panel discussion on graduate school options for History Majors! Hear from UI Faculty and Pomerantz Career Center Advisors on Law School, History PhD and MA programs, library science options, and more! This panel is for everybody, whether you’re a first year student or a senior, whether you’ve already started your applications or you haven’t even thought about post-grad life yet!
- What kinds of programs do history students apply to? Why?
- What should you be doing right now to prepare yourself if you’re interested in grad school?
- What does the application process look like?
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 6:00 pm, IMU166
The Departments of Religious Studies and History invite you (and as many friends as you’d like!) to a FREE Movie Night featuring Monty Python and the Holy Grail! Costumes are welcome — just no real weapons, please. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the movie will start at 6:15. There is an optional pre-movie hangout, too! Join us on the third floor of Gilmore Hall from 5 to 5:50 p.m. before the show. The event is free and open to all, but seating is limited — first come, first served, with preference for those at the Gilmore Hall hangout.
About the film: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) is a cult classic British comedy that parodies the legend of King Arthur and his knights in their quest for the Holy Grail. Expect absurd humor, quotable one-liners, and a healthy dose of medieval silliness. Rated PG; contains slapstick violence, satirical religious humor, and 1970s-style comedic language.
"Visualizing Ethnic Diversity in the Roman Empire: Between “Barbarians” and Neighbors"
Monday, October 6, 2025, 5:30pm, ABW240
Sinclair W. Bell, Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois University, will give the AIA Dorinda J. Oliver lecture. The wide scatter of small finds, sculpted heads, statues, mosaics, and wall paintings of Aethiopians (Black Africans) indicates that their depictions constituted a popular visual and material commodity over several centuries and across the Roman empire. But how were these works—and more crucially, the people which they sought to depict—understood within the different parts of the vast imperial territories in which they surface, from Britain to Turkey?
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 5:00pm to 6:00pm, SH302
Find out about the Honors in History program for undergraduates at this informal presentation, led by History Honors Director Elizabeth Yale. Hear from current students and learn about how the pursuing Honors in History can prepare you for grad school, employment, and beyond.
