Join us on Wednesday, November 8 at 11 a.m. CST for the next session of the BMRC Fellows' Fall Speaker Series! Agnieszka Tuszynska, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English at Queensborough Community College, CUNY will present “A Damn Hard Fight”: The Life and Work of Willard Motley"
Join us on Wednesday, November 1 at 12 noon CST for the next session of the BMRC Fellows' Fall Speaker Series! Eve Wade, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English at the University of Washington will present " 'Chicago is a Place for Them:' Migration Clubs and the Black Metropolis"
The 2024 Summer Short-Term Fellowship application period is October 13 - December 11.
Join us on Wednesday, October 25, at 12 p.m. CST for the next session of the series. Asif Wilson, Asst. Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, U Illinois Urbana-Champaign will present "Right to the City: Black Organizing, the 1980s Education Summits, and a Model for participatory democracy"
This summer the BMRC welcomes three University of Chicago, undergraduate interns through the Office of Career Advancement's new, "Just-In-Time-Recruitment" program. They are our inaugural cohort of Metcalf Interns which is very exciting and will prove especially helpful.
The newly selected 2023 Archie Motley Archival Interns begin archival training and work on their projects on June 20 and wrap up the eight-week summer experience in mid-August. The three graduate students, two undergraduates, and one recent undergrad alum are hosted by four BMRC member institutions.
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It's that time again! Join the Black Metropolis Research Consortium for our virtual 2022 Annual Meeting.