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This spring, the University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture is honored to welcome Robin D. G. Kelley, a leading historian of social movements, cultural politics, and the Black radical imagination, for our annual public lecture.

Kelley’s work explores how communities have struggled for freedom, how protest movements take shape, and how imagining new futures is itself a powerful form of resistance. His scholarship connects history to the present moment, offering tools to better understand protest, democracy, and the possibilities of social change—making his work especially relevant today.

Kelley is a Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Introductions to Kelley's work include:

"Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination" — An influential book exploring how visions of liberation have shaped movements for justice.

"New World Coming: Racial Capitalism"

"A History of Black Radicalism"

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