Center for Native American and Indigenous Research and Council for Race and Ethnic Studies launched from grants.
As the home to ethnic studies at Northwestern, Weinberg College has led the way for generations of scholarship, activism, and national thought-leadership. Continued investments in our ethnic studies programs have solidified our position as an important focus for academic thought.
Thanks to two large, multi-year grants from the Mellon Foundation, Weinberg College was able to further bolster its offerings in cultural and ethnic studies through the creation of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research and the Council for Race and Ethnic Studies. These grants enabled Weinberg College to invest in these critical areas by creating new faculty positions, funding expanded programming, and strengthening infrastructural support.
Center for Native American and Indigenous Research
Established in 2017, the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research is Northwestern University’s primary institutional space dedicated to advancing scholarship, teaching, learning, and artistic or cultural practices related to Native American and Indigenous communities, priorities, histories, and lifeways.
The Center operates as a hub for multi-disciplinary, collaborative work informed by and responsive to Native American and Indigenous nations, communities, and organizations. It fosters an innovative and Indigenous-centered intellectual space that is open to multiple modes of engagement for faculty, students, staff, and community members.
The Center acknowledges the Indigenous peoples of the lands on which Northwestern University sits, as well as the University’s historical relationship with the Cheyenne and Arapaho.
Council for Race and Ethnic Studies
The Council for Race and Ethnic Studies opens up a new administrative and intellectual space to support further growth and development of Latinx Studies and Asian American Studies. Together, these programs offer a strong foundation for new approaches to the study of diaspora in this country, and this collaborative and interdisciplinary hub for scholarship and teaching recognizes the intercultural nature of American studies. As the study of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality offers new insights to experiences, cultures, and intercultural meetings in the United States, the Council is positioned to lead the national discourse on these important topics. The council has permitted the College to appoint tenure-track and tenured faculty colleagues and to offer a consistent curriculum in these important, emerging fields.
Lean more about the Programs of Latinx and Asian American Studies.