University of Chicago English Department Accepts Grad Applicants Only for Black Studies

University of Chicago English Department Accepts Grad Applicants Only for Black Studies
Entrance to Main Quadrangles area of the University of Chicago. The English Department has recently announced its graduate school will accept applications only from students “interested in working in and with Black Studies.” Michael Barera/CC BY-SA 4.0
Janice Fiamengo
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The original ideal of literary study was that it was set apart from the immediacy of politics, exploring perennial questions of meaning, beauty, and goodness.

Janice Fiamengo
Janice Fiamengo
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Janice Fiamengo is retired professor of English at the University of Ottawa. Her latest book is “Sons of Feminism: Men Have Their Say.”
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