News
02/23/2023 - 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 ...
02/03/2023 - 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...
12/20/2022 - Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of African American Studies College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Illinois at...
12/09/2022 - 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...
09/23/2022 - 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...
09/20/2022 - 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: ...
09/08/2022 - 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...
08/31/2022 - 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...
05/18/2022 - Dr. Bailey sent a message to congratulate graduating students and recognize professors' accomplishments. Read his letter here.
05/18/2022 - 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...
05/09/2022 - 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...
05/04/2022 - Dr. Esther Ngumbi has been chosen by LAS Honors as the LAS James Scholar Honors Program Faculty Mentor of the Year for 2021-2022. This award recognizes a faculty member who exemplifies the Honors...
04/28/2022 - The American Dance Festival (ADF) is awarding Dr. Kariamu Welsh the Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching. ADF granted her this honor in 2020, but the...
