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!

News

Professor Richie joined PBS’ The Laura Flanders Show to discuss abolition feminism
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Professor Richie joined PBS’ The Laura Flanders Show along with Suzanne Pharr (co-founder of Southerners on New Ground) for a conversation entitled: "Freedom for Women Requires Abolition Feminism."
book cover of Abolition.Feminism.Now with orange to pink background behind title in white capital letters. Authors names printed in black caps: Angelis Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie.
Prof. Beth Richie Discusses Racialized State Violence and Gender-based Violence
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
In a conversation with Boston Review, Dr. Beth Richie and the co-authors of “Abolition. Feminism. Now.” discuss why racialized state violence and gender-based violence have to be fought together.
three black women and the cover of the book Abolition. Feminism. Now.
Professor Beth Richie speaks with scholars on Why the World Needs “Abolition. Feminism. Now.”
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Dr. Beth Richie, UIC professor of Black Studies and Head of Criminology, Law, and Justice, joined Democracy Now to discuss “Abolition. Feminism. Now.” her new book co-authored with Angela Davis and Gina Dent.

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