How did Black Studies emerge? How is it related to other disciplines in the liberal arts?On March 31st, 2023, we celebrated nearly three years of work on the Anti-Racism and the Disciplines initiative with a final symposium that brought togethe
What is the relationship between literacy and the current political polarization in the United States? How has the English major changed since the early 1970s? And how can we be less pessimistic about the future? Join host Dean Brian Edwards an
What is communication studies? How is it different from practicing journalism? What do they have to do with race and racism? And how is social media changing the social justice struggle? Join host Dean Brian Edwards and Sarah J. Jackson, Presid
What is sociology and when does it become a thing? How is it related to racism? And what’s the problem with most studies in sociology today? Join host Dean Brian Edwards and Mary Pattillo, Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and Chair of t
What do people study in political science? Why is it called a “science”? And how was an African American central to the most important work in political science in the pre-Civil Rights era? Join host Dean Brian Edwards and Alvin B. Tillery, Jr.
How is philosophy behind how we think about race today? Why should we stop talking about race altogether? And what’s the difference between “Black” and “black”? Join host Dean Brian Edwards and Lionel K. McPherson, Associate Professor of Philos
What do people study when they study economics? How has studying economics changed in the last 200 years? Why aren’t students learning about this history? And how is the women’s liberation movement related to racial justice in economics? Join h
What is “classics”—is it a place, a period of time, or a value judgment? How can texts from over 2,000 years ago be related to racism today? And what can we do about it? Join host Dean Brian Edwards and Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Associate Profess
What are the digital humanities? How are they different from computer science? And how can racism impact the digital world? Join host Dean Brian Edwards and Kim Gallon, Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University, as they discus
Where do college majors come from? Where are they headed?Anti-Racism and the Disciplines is a podcast miniseries that answers these questions by exploring the social, political, and cultural forces that helped shape the liberal arts as we know