A Block Club Chicago article about a plan to build an apartment building on a Weiss Hospital parking lot and Uptown community opposition to the project cites the UIC-based project “Dis/Placements: A People’s…
Anna Guevarra and Gayatri Reddy was featured in WBEZ/NPR Chicago’s Reset hosted by Sasha-Ann Simons to discuss the Dis/Placements project. The UIC professors behind the “Dis/Placements” project say that the fight against urban removal…
Anna Guevarra and Gayatri Reddy were featured on Fox 32 Good Day Chicago with the segment titled “UIC professors fight displacement in Uptown” to discuss the Dis/Placements Project. See the video here: https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/953450…
For centuries, Black and Indigenous writers have established loud and clear the great paradox of the Fourth of July: the U.S.’ purported democracy was founded on slavery and genocide. We must also remember…
A public history project co-founded and co-led by UIC professors Anna Guevarra and Gayatri Reddy that details the history of displacement in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood is the subject of a Block Club Chicago…
“From Palestine to the Philippines, Stop the U.S. War Machine” is a common refrain that has echoed through the streets of the Philippines and the U.S. in the wake of recent attacks in…
“Everyone we encountered—in Nablus, Awarta, Balata, Jerusalem, Hebron, Dheisheh, Bethlehem, Birzeit, Ramallah, Um el-Fahem, and Haifa— asked us to tell the truth about life under occupation and about their unwavering commitment to a…
Consensus is growing across U.S. social movements that people living in the U.S. have a responsibility to stand in solidarity with Palestinian liberation due to Washington providing Israel with $3.8 billion in annual…
Dis/Placements: A People’s History of Uptown Public History Project co-led by Dr. Anna Guevarra and Dr. Gayatri Reddy was featured in UIC Today. https://www.dis-placements.com/ Read about the project here. Working with graduate and…
The Global Asian Studies Program is delighted to share with you a postdoctoral scholar joining us this coming Fall 2021—Justin Quang Nguyên Phan. Justin Quang Nguyên Phan is currently a Bridge to Faculty…
