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In the News Faculty RDI Announcements
Incite: With ten writers, in ten regions, America's elders make history
The stories of Black, Latine, Asian, Indigenous, and queer elders in America have been inadequately preserved by institutional archives, and award-win...
June 6, 2024![Students in Afrofuturism(s) course.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/15980006.jpg?itok=7dth5RTx)
Faculty RDI Student Announcements
A community-engaged format brought the learning environment to life in Professor Ewing’s Afrofuturism(s) course
The course brought enrolled Uchicago students and community members together as they explored the dynamic genre. By Sarah Steimer Afrofuturi...
May 20, 2024![Michael Dawson](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-03/michael-dawson.jpg?itok=hLGKFwWB)
Faculty RDI Political Science Announcements
April 7 Symposium will celebrate Michael Dawson’s career and retirement
With a legacy that includes impactful research on race and politics, along with the founding of the university’s Center for the Study of Race, Politic...
March 24, 2024![W. Allison Davis](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-03/allisondavis-headshot.jpg?itok=1I9SrwqK)
RDI Faculty Alumni Announcements
Honoring Professor W. Allison Davis in an inaugural symposium
“This is a moment for us to step back and really celebrate the brilliance and the incredible accomplishments of Professor Davis.” By Sarah Stei...
March 4, 2024![Photo of Adom Getachew](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-10/getachew-web_cropped.jpg?itok=zCBaqfFc)
Announcements Faculty Political Science RDI
Prof. Adom Getachew named Freedom Scholar for work advancing racial, economic justice
This story was originally published by UChicago News. Read the article on their site here. The Marguerite Casey Foundation has named University of ...
October 10, 2023![Trinidad General Strike](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-10/jobsoncopycropped.jpg?itok=MCcL1_5i)
In the News Anthropology RDI Faculty
Butler vs the Two Kings: On the Trinidad General Strike of 1937
Assistant Professor Ryan Jobson was invited on the Working Class History podcast in a two-episode series on the Trinidad General Strike of 1937. Th...
October 10, 2023![Eve Ewing](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2022-10/eve-ewing.jpg?itok=Zg4lGslZ)
RDI Faculty Alumni Announcements
Eve L. Ewing on her Hopes for the new Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity
“Getting the chance to build a brand new department from the ground up is a historic opportunity,” says the professor and author. In conversation w...
October 10, 2023