2024-11-14
- The department of African American Studies put together a send-off event on Saturday to celebrate and recognize Dr. Desiree McMillion and all of her contributions to the AFRO unit!AFRO wanted to honor such a decorated and well-respected individual, that not only impacted the AFRO family, but the broader Urbana-Champaign community. She served as assistant to the department head for 7 years...
2024-10-31 - HRI conducted an interview with Dr. Eddie O'Byrn regarding his research as a 2024-2025 HRI faculty fellow. He discusses his current book project Existence Precedes Enslavement, what drives his research, and the impact of the fellowship program. To find out more, please read the full article here.
2024-10-09 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Big Ten Academic Alliance recently announced the 2024-25 fellows for its Academic Leadership Program and ...
2024-10-01 - The faculty and personal papers of Gerald McWorter, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor emeritus of African American studies and of information sciences, show the arc of a freedom narrative, from his ancestors’ founding of New Philadelphia, Illinois — the first U.S. town to be incorporated by a Black man — to McWorter’s scholarly work in Black studies and his...- 2024-09-25 - The department of African American Studies hosted it's annual fall Open House where we welcomed AFRO's major and minor students to the new '24 academic year, as well as engaged in good food and conversation. The turnout was insightful for both the students and faculty. Thank you to all that came out! Here is a closer look at the festivities.
2024-09-20 - We here at the department of African American Studies are proud to relay that professor Bobby Smith has moved up the ranks from professor to associate professor! Please click on the link to see the acknowledgement from the College of LAS.
2024-04-18 - Support for reparations for people of African descent to compensate for slavery and racial oppression is growing because U.S. political and corporate leaders have retreated from a commitment to racial justice, says Sundiata Cha-Jua, an Illinois professor of history and of African American studies. Read the full article here.
2023-09-15 - The department invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor or full-time tenured Associate or Full Professor in Black Health and Wellness. The rank is open. The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary faculty and lead efforts to address issues of Health Policy and/or Health and Wellness among Black populations. The area of specialty is ...
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...