WHAT: “Child Abuse in Casanova’s Venice,” Larry Wolff, Professor of History, NYU
WHEN: Monday, December 3 @ 12 noon
WHERE: Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, 707 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana
WHAT: “Islam and Sharia Law in the Making of Modern Greece (1832-1923),” Stefanos Katsikas, Lingustics, Director of Modern Greek Studies Program, U of I
WHEN: Tuesday, December 4 @ 12 noon
WHERE: Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, 707 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana
WHAT: “Animals, Love, and Kinship: Some Greco-Roman and Native American Narratives,” Craig Williams, Brooklyn College (CUNY)
WHEN: Friday, December 7 @ 2 p.m.
WHERE: Levis Center, Music Room 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
You live near a major university and a community college. There are smart people that come here every week to talk to the general public about interesting topics. Perhaps you were not aware of this fact, or were overwhelmed by the sheer number of opportunities for possible enlightenment. If that’s the case, Smile Politely understands and is here to help. Here are several events going on in town this week. Check out one or more of them if you have time. Get your learn on, as they say, and join the cognoscenti. It’s free, you know. Plus, sometimes there’s free food, too!
If you have a community event, speaker, or film event that you’d like to see featured on Listen Up!, send the event information to joelgillespie [at] smilepolitely [dot] com by Friday the week prior to the event. Listen Up! runs on Mondays when classes are in session.