An Evening with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

• Event Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
• Time: 5:00 pm–7:00 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL

• Talk

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a national award-winning poet, essayist, and translator. Her book, "Something about Living", is a lyrical meditation on Palestinian life, memory, and resistance. Winner of the National Book Award, the collection blends poetic innovation with political insight. In this talk, Tuffaha will read from her work and reflect on how her poety engages with Palestinian culture, history, and politics.

Co-sponsors: Center for Advanced Study; Center for African Studies; Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies; Center for Global Studies; Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity; Creative Writing Program; Department of Comparative & World Literature; European Union Center; Illinois Global Institute; Las Global Studies; Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies; Program in Arms Control & Domestic and International Security; The Program in Jewish Culture & Society; Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center.

*Co-sponsoring units house diverse perspectives but all hold that a healthy university atmosphere requires discussion, debate and dialogue.