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Samuel Fury Childs Daly

LA Review of Books - Big Men and Little People; Assoc. Prof. Samuel Fury Childs Daly reviews two recent books on Idi Amin's reign in Uganda

Thursday, March 12

The Chronicle of Higher Education - Higher Ed Is at a Turning Point. 11 Scholars Predict What’s Next; Assoc. Prof. Ada Palmer argues that academia can be a guiding light through catastrophe

Tuesday, March 3

The New Yorker - When Do We Become Adults, Really? Prof. Ada Palmer discusses periodization and the way we draw lines in history

Wednesday, February 25

Chicago Tribune - ‘Pointed the gun at my head’: Chicagoans visiting Mexico forced to hide during cartel violence; Prof. Emilio Kouri comments on "unprecedented" cartel reprisals in Mexico

Tuesday, February 24

ABC 7 - Local travelers stranded in Mexico amid unrest over death of cartel leader; Prof. Emilio Kouri comments on power dynamics of cartel reprisals after death of 'El Mencho'

Monday, February 23

CBS News - Lincoln and Obama, forever linked by Illinois roots, shaped two eras of U.S. history; [VIDEO] Prof. Jane Dailey discusses historical linkages between Presidents Obama and Lincoln

Monday, February 23

Still from the Raqs Media Collective film Cavalcade, presented in the Neubauer Collegium Gallery as part of the Reimagining Cosmopolitanism research project in spring 2025.

Neubauer Collegium announces 10 new projects for 2026-27, including several led by SSD faculty

Thursday, February 19

the obama family waving to chicagoans in grant park, 2008

Obama Presidency Oral History archive opens to public

Thursday, February 19

Amy Dru Stanley

The Globe and Mail - The most consequential president of our lifetime; Prof. Amy Dru Stanley comments on "a subversion of the principles of the American Revolution" in Trump's second term.

Wednesday, January 21

Wide Awake America - [Audio] What Tyrants Actually Want When They Erase Things; Assoc. Prof. Ada Palmer discusses her book 'Rethinking the Renaissance'

Monday, January 5