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University of Illinois Chicago

Black Studies

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Welcome Message from Dr. Joseph Jewell, Department Head

Black Studies is essential training for living and working in the 21st Century. The Department of Black Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago is at the cutting edge of research and teaching about today’s most pressing issues:

  • global protests to save Black lives
  • mass incarceration
  • health disparities in the age of COVID-19
  • school-to-prison pipeline
  • slavery and reparations
  • Black arts and performance
  • queer Black life
  • immigrants and refugees
  • Blackness in the media
  • teaching Black history
  • Black communities and politics
  • feminist leadership and legacies

We focus on the history, culture and politics of African-descended people in the Americas and around the globe in the quest for a more just and equitable world. Join Us!

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Congratulations to Professor Elizabeth Todd-Breland nominated OAH Distinguished Lecturer
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Professor Elizabeth Todd-Breland has just been nominated an OAH Distinguished Lecturer. The Organization of American Historians (OAH) is the largest professional organization for historians of the United States. The Distinguished Lecturer program is…
Professor Amanda Lewis receives 2022 ASA honors
Monday, June 27, 2022
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Professor Dave Stovall speaks on the topic of Criminal Justice in Chicago
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Black Studies Professor Dr. David Stovall shared that there is an “alienation” in communities that have been systemically carved out of resources and opportunity and that is playing a role in the surge…

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