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Upcoming Events for Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Events that bring together, celebrate and inform the public about Asian Cultures and Languages

Contact:
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
(847) 491-5288
asianlac@northwestern.edu

February 2026

Feb

2026

The Ghost of Ghalib: Or, How to Be a Self - Anand Vivek Taneja

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Harris Hall, 108, 1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208

Academic (general)

Feb

2026

Sijo Across Borders: Korean Lyric Poetry and Cultural Exchange

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Kresge Hall, 1515, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Academic (general)

Feb

2026

Recurring Event

Hindi Urdu Language Table

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Kresge Hall, 4438, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Academic (general)

Feb

2026

Locating through Song: Folk Knowledge, Labor, and the Arts in Kyūshū, Japan

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Kresge Hall, 1515, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Academic (general)

Feb

2026

Recurring Event

Hindi Urdu Language Table

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Kresge Hall, 4438, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Academic (general)

Feb

2026

Speaking in Tongues: Translation at the Crossroads of Languages, Domination,…

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Kresge Hall, #2351 (Kaplan Institute seminar room), 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Academic (general)

March 2026

Mar

2026

Parting Gifts of Empire: Palestine and India at the Dawn of Decolonization

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM University Hall, 201, 1897 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208

April 2026

Apr

2026

EDGS Book Talk: "Bad Lieutenants" with Andrew Mertha

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

May 2026

May

2026

Buffett First Friday Lunch | Indian Painting at the End of Empire with Yuthika…

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Buffett Reading Room, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural Academic (general) Social Events

May

2026

Comparative Politics Workshop | The Uneven State: Bureaucratic Preferences…

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Scott Hall, Room 201, Ripton, 601 University Place, Evanston, IL 60208 (Hybrid)

Academic (general)

May

2026

Xuefei Yang, guitar

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston, IL 60208

Arts/Humanities