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New book by Junaid Quadri

Junaid Quadri, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Program in Religious Studies, recently published a new book with Oxford University Press. Transformations of Tradition: Islamic Law in Colonial Modernity examines the…

New book by Ellen McClure

Ellen McClure, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies and History, Director of UIC’s Engaged Humanities Initiative, and affiliated faculty in the Religious Studies program, has recently published a new book. The Logic…

Ibish & Myers stand at a podium in the Humanities Institute

Jewish Studies hosts Ibish and Myers

The Jewish Studies program recently hosted Hussein Ibish (senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf State Institute in Washington and weekly columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and The National [UAE]) and David Myers (Sady and Ludwig…

Four LCSL faculty receive Teaching Recognition Program Awards

This year, the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs recognized the accomplishments of fourteen UIC faculty members for their teaching excellence through the Teaching Recognition Program (TRP) Awards. Of…

CfP: Graduate student conference "Speak OUT! Shut UP!"

The graduate students of the School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics University of Illinois at Chicago are pleased to announce their third interdisciplinary graduate student conference “Converging Narratives: Speak OUT! – Shut…

Newberry project on "Religious Change, 1450-1700"

The Newberry Library is offering a multidisciplinary project on “Religious Change, 1450-1700” in the fall of 2017, including concerts, an exhibit, and a conference.

Elizabeth Loentz Receives LAS Mid-Career Award

Dr. Elizabeth Loentz, Associate Professor of the Germanic Studies Department, received UIC’s LAS Mid-Career Award. The LAS Mid-Career Award offers support to tenured Associate Professors in their efforts to produce important research that…