Zakkiyyah Najeebah, a student studying art history and black studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), is recognized at “First Saturdays with Mana”, an event which highlights Chicago based artists. Najeebah’s…
“The 21st,” Illinois Public Media’s (WILL-AM 580) news talk show, aired a segment featuring Anna Guevara, director and associate professor of the Global Asian Studies Program and Michael Aguhar, Executive Director of the…
The Associated Press interviewed Steve Jones, UIC distinguished professor of communication, in an article about the freedom of speech debate and reversal by Facebook to allow postings of the “napalm girl” photo, the…
Amanda Roy, Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has received a Junior Faculty Training Award from the CCTS. The KL2 CATS scholar award is to support the research efforts…
GLAS has 5 faculty who have been awarded the LAS Award for Faculty Research in the Humanities. It is an important recognition of the exciting interdisciplinary scholarship that is being produced by faculty…
Please join us as we celebrate the life and legacy of Dave Featherstone. The symposium, “David Featherstone: A Celebration of His Life and Scientific Achievements, will be held Thursday, April 6, 2017, 4:00-6:00pm…
We are proud to announce that our own Dr. Roderick Ferguson has been named president-elect of the American Studies Association, and will take on this new post in July. Follow this link for…
JOINT STATEMENT REGARDING THE ANTI-SEMITIC, ANTI-BLACK, AND ANTI-ARAB AND MUSLIM POSTERS ON UIC’S CAMPUS March 20, 2017 On March 16, a series of flyers was posted on UIC’s campus that exploit social justice…