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Edmund J. James and the Making of the Modern University of Illinois, 1904-1920
by Winton U. Solberg and J. David Hoeveler (University of Illinois Press, 2024)
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The Play about the Antichrist (Ludus de Antichristo): A Dramaturgical Analysis, Historical Commentary, and Latin Edition with a New English Verse Translation
edited by Kyle A. Thomas, translated by Carol Symes (Medieval Institute Publications, 2023)
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Biocultural Empire: New Histories of Imperial Lifeworlds
edited by Antoinette Burton, Renisa Mawani, Samantha Frost (Bloomsbury, 2024)
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Professor Peter Fritzsche appointed Center for Advanced Study Professor
The Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has appointed professor Peter Fritzsche to its permanent faculty. CAS professors are selected...
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Student spotlight: Lillian Webb, a Humanities in Action Scholar using humanities skills to support Reentry Project
Editor's note: This story originally appeared on the Humanities Research Institute website.
Humanities in Action (HIA) is a semester-long, paid community engagement program for humanities students at the...
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Spotlight on Amanda Quealy, undergraduate researcher
Editor's note: This story originally appeared on the Prairie Research Institute website.
Amanda Quealy is a sophomore majoring in history and anthropology at the University of...
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Illinois historian, Erik S. McDuffie, says Midwest played a crucial role in Black freedom movements worldwide
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 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor of ...
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Graduate student You Lan awarded 2024 CCWH/Berks Graduate Student Fellowship Award
We are pleased to announce that graduate student You Lan has been awarded the 2024 CCWH/Berks Graduate Student Fellowship Award. She will receive $1000 to support the completion of her dissertation.
Lan's dissertation ...
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Recently retired: Professor Kai-wing Chow
After 36 years of teaching at the University of Illinois, our colleague Kai-wing Chow retired in May 2024. Chow is a highly esteemed historian of China with an international reputation. His areas of expertise include Chinese...
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Humanities Research Lab courses provide community based research education: Spotlight on professor Yuridia Ramírez' oral history methods class
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...