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Faculty Fellow

Ania Aizman

Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures University of Chicago

Biography

Ania Aizman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. Her interests include social movements, radical politics and philosophy, migration and diasporism, and the art and literature that influences and transforms our understanding of these topics. She volunteers with programs assisting asylum seekers in Hyde Park.

Project

A painting depicts a person sleeping under a purple blanket.

Imagining a Sanctuary City: Chicago’s New Arrivals in Anthropological, Historical, and Legal Contexts

2024 – 2025