CAS will host a two-day seminar which will bring together Africanist academics from the U of I and colleges across the state. The content will focus on the links between African Studies and contemporary racial justice struggles in the US as well as examine the potential for expanding Africana Studies in Illinois community colleges. The event is jointly organized by CAS, Department of African American Studies, and the Program of African Studies at Northwestern University as part of a Title VI grant. Co-sponsors include: Center for South Asian and the Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES), Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide and Memory Studies, and LAS Global Studies Program.
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