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How do the charismatic leadership styles of Trump and Putin affect their interactions?
President Donald Trump met recently with Russian president Vladimir Putin and with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an attempt to negotiate a settlement to the Russia-Ukraine war. The three leaders are all charismatic figures who know how to use their appeal to mobilize public opinion, said Richard Tempest, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor of […]
Illinois researchers promote scholarship of Central Asia with new book
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Central Asia has been an important crossroads of cultural exchange throughout history, but studies of the area are lacking and many sources of knowledge have been unavailable to scholars. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign lead a project that recently published an edited volume of work on the cultural heritage, history […]
Research: Police uses of lethal force dropped dramatically in US from 2021-23
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The number of police-involved lethal force incidents in the U.S. dropped 24% from 2021 to 2023, according to research from the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The Cline Center’s SPOTLITE project has compiled nearly a decade’s worth of data to track and identify police uses […]
Because America never forgot
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — On March 11, 1944, my relative 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly, Jr. and 10 other crew members of a B-24 bomber named “Heaven Can Wait” were declared missing in action after being shot down somewhere over the waters of Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. For our family, as for so many families […]
Book explores experimental filmmaking in Latin America and Spain, from Super 8 to cell phones
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Experimental and amateur filmmakers are expanding cinema by using new technologies, such as cell phones and virtual reality, and through increasing globalization of the distribution of their work. Eduardo Ledesma, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Spanish professor, examined how experimental filmmakers in Latin America and Spain use alternative film formats in his […]
How can digital technology contribute to human flourishing?
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign philosophy professor John Schwenkler is the director of the new Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age, housed in the philosophy department. The forum — which offers an undergraduate course, graduate fellowships, a speaker series and seminars — aims to examine the challenges and opportunities of living in a […]
What are the historical precedents for consumer activism, economic blackouts?
Champaign, Ill. — The Feb. 28 “economic blackout” — in which consumers were encouraged not to spend any money for 24 hours — may have gone viral on social media, but what effect did it have in real life? Emily E. LB. Twarog is a professor of labor and employment relations and the co-director of […]
Poetry book looks at how people create a sense of place for themselves
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign English professor Janice Harrington examines the natural world, the histories of Black residents in the Midwest and how people create a sense of place for themselves in her most recent book of poetry, “Yard Show.” The book was on the longlist for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle […]
Book recounts history of critical race theory
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new book by rhetoric and history scholars examines the origins of critical race theory in legal studies. The movement is an area of legal scholarship that seeks to understand the relationship between race and racism and the law and other societal institutions in the U.S., the authors said. It is highly […]
Biography examines spiritual wellness work of political activist Ericka Huggins
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Political activist and educator Ericka Huggins used spiritual wellness practices to cope with imprisonment and racial oppression. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor of African American studies Mary Frances Phillips wrote about Huggins and how her wellness practices and political work were deeply entwined. Her new book, “Black Panther Woman: The Political and […]
New book shows how literature of extreme poverty provides stirring view of the Great Depression
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The literature of extreme poverty during the Great Depression offered an aesthetic that matched the hopelessness and isolation of the unemployed and those living on the street. Robert Dale Parker, a professor emeritus of English at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, examines what he calls “the poetics of the stiff” — the […]
English professor’s novel tells of love triangle in post-WWII Paris, based on his family history
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new novel by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign English professor David Wright Faladé tells the story of three people in a love triangle in post-World War II Paris. The characters in “The New Internationals” — a young French woman who has survived the Holocaust, a university student from West Africa and a […]