The Midwest played a central role in the growth of Black freedom movements in the 20th century. It was a key site for incubating and expanding the ideas of political activist Marcus Garvey, not only in the U.S., but globally, said professor of African American...
As an oral historian, Illinois history professor Yuridia “Yuri” Ramírez records the stories of people who have never been written about in history books. “These people have, in some ways, made the most impactful legacies in their communities, and people...
When professor Leslie J. Reagan entered her graduate program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison she and the other students in her cohort were told they would never get a job. The field of women's history was virtually nonexistent at the time.
“I thought, that's okay, I’ll work in a...
The largest and longest-lasting society formed by people who escaped slavery and their descendants endured for a century in northeastern Brazil, and it continues to be a potent political symbol of Black pride today. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...
Two newly minted PhD scholars have been selected to be part of the College of LAS Public Humanities Fellow program, which gives post-doctoral researchers the opportunity to pursue a public engagement project with the Humanities Research Institute....
Editor's note: This story first appeared in the Fall 2016 issue of LAS News magazine. We're resharing it in advance of the...
More than 50 new tenure-track faculty members arrived in the College of LAS this fall, in departments from history to political science, statistics, Asian American studies, biochemistry, sociology, and many more. Some come with faculty experience from other universities and institutions, and others...
Before social media, before podcasts, before streaming television — it was 1993, and Eboo Patel was a freshman hoping to find his way while living on West Gregory Drive in Allen Hall.
And that made all the difference.
The eclectic, diverse residence hall community became a rich environment where...
How are schools of thought defined? The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has more than 60 academic units, and some, like English and chemistry, have been within LAS since the beginning. But how is it that the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular...
Gender history is hiding in plain sight, at work in all aspects of our society, said history professor Antoinette Burton.
“For many decades, histories were written without attention to women or gender or sexuality. Everything that mattered happened...