“University of Illinois Chicago, USA March 17, 2021 The Global Asian Studies Program at the University of Illinois Chicago stands in solidarity with educators, students, and community leaders nationwide in denouncing the escalating…
“The purpose of the BGSA is to meet the academic, professional, and social needs of Black graduate students. Our organization recognizes that graduating with a master’s degree or Ph.D. is a top priority.…
“In partnership with the UIC Institute for the Humanities, the Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to welcome Kaitlin Devaney as Predoctoral Research Fellow with CHF’s Neighborhood Initiative, a pilot program funded by the…
Abstract: “The movements for racial justice, health equity, and economic relief have been activated in the contentious and challenging climate of 2020, with COVID-19 and social protest. In this context, feminist scholars, anti-violence…
This event will be part of a series of three virtual readings held by Chicagoland Classics and will cover Aeschylus’s Greek tragedy trilogy, Oresteia. See our events page for more details and the…
“What sets abolitionists apart from others who want to improve the system is that they’re emphatically not reformers. Their plan is not to increase spending or community policing efforts, upgrade technology, or add…
The full story can be located on the ASA’s website here. Dr. Gurusami’s paper, “Motherwork Under the State: The Maternal Labor of Formerly Incarcerated Black Women” can be found and read at Oxford…
“We’re joined by Liat Ben-Moshe to discuss the largest instance of carceral abolition in modern American history: the closure, in the 20th century, of disability institutions and psychiatric hospitals.” To read/listen to the…
Congratulations to Erin O’Callaghan on passing her dissertation proposal defense! Congratulations to Veronica Shepp on passing the departmental preliminary exams!
