2023-09-15
- Read an enlightening interview with AFRO faculty member, Dr. Bobby J. Smith II, as he discusses his book 'Food Power Politics', which redefines the role of food in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement.
Smith's book explores the intricate relationship between African American life, food, and agriculture, shedding light on how food was employed as both a political and economic weapon,...
2023-09-15 - The College of LAS has published a Q&A with Professor Bobby J. Smith II in connection with his recently published book, “Food Power Politics: The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement.”
- Dr. McDuffie will participate in a panel to discuss Tyre Nichols Monday, February 27th from 7-9pm on the 3rd floor of the Levis Faculty Center. A copy of the flyer can be found here.
- Food is a cultural artifact in the lives of Black people. But what happens when food is transformed into a weapon to oppress them? What happens when Black people in turn (re)weaponize food as a tool to emancipate themselves from such oppression? In this talk, Dr. Bobby J. Smith II grapples with these questions through a brief case study from his forthcoming book, Food Power...
- Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of African American Studies College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign The Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Associate. This is a...
Candler Black Church Studies will welcome Dr. McKinnis as the 2023 Sankofa Scholar for a J-term course January 3-7, 2023. This seminar will deal with Black being within the context of existential absurdity and Black theology's response to such absurdity. The seminar will engage questions of fugitivity, afro-pessimism, and hope via a religious studies and theological lens and questions...
Dr. Irvin Hunt has been named a 2022-23 Helen Corley Petit Scholar for his extraordinary record of scholarship and teaching. Each year, LAS selects up to seven recipients across the entire college. Mrs. Helen Corley Petit, a deceased alumna of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, provided an endowment for the development of the scholarship and teaching of early career faculty...
Friday, September 23 @ 12:00pm CST University YMCA Speaker: Kofi Bazzell-Smith, Graduate Student in New Media, College of Art and Design, and Professional Boxer: AZUKI! Manga as a Bridge Between Cultures. Description: Please join the University YMCA and ...
We are pleased to announce that Professor Leonard C. McKinnis has been named a 2022-2023 OpEd Public Voices Fellow. One of 20 scholars selected from across the University of Illinois system to participate in this innovate fellowship, Professor McKinnis will join his cohort of Public Voices Fellows in crafting his research and voice to reach a larger public audience. The Public Voices...
The Department of African American Studies is excited to announce the addition of a new junior faculty member, Professor Eddie O’Byrn. We welcome Professor Eddie O’Byrn as we continue our commitment to excellence in teaching and research. Dr. O’Byrn is a scholar of critical philosophy of race and Black American philosophy with research spanning 19th, 20th, and 21st century Western...
Ronald W. Bailey of the Department of African American Studies and Antoinette Burton of The Humanities Institute nominated Dr. Lonnie Bunch III to receive an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the University of Illinois in 2020. Covid-19 delayed Dr. Bunch's visit to campus until this year's 2022 Commencement. In addition to receiving the honorary degree, Dr. Bunch was hosted at...
Dr. Bailey sent a message to congratulate graduating students and recognize professors' accomplishments. Read his letter here.
Dr. Desiree McMillion has been selected as one of the winners of the Ebony Excellence Award at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). The Ebony Excellence Award Ceremony is a night to celebrate our Black students, faculty and staff on another year of thriving at UIUC. We are so excited to present Dr. Desirée McMillion with this award for all of her hard work this academic year...