Uday Jain

Uday Jain is a Postdoctoral Social Sciences Teaching Fellow at the University of Chicago, affiliated with the Committee on Social Thought. His work bridges education, political thought, and social justice through anti-caste and Black liberation frameworks.

Research Interests: Uday explores the intersection of education and freedom, focusing on the conceptual entanglement of B.R. Ambedkar’s anti-caste philosophy and W.E.B. Du Bois’s Black liberation theory. His scholarship emphasizes universal emancipation, feminist influences, and the role of historical movements in shaping contemporary struggles.

Inspirations: He draws inspiration from feminist thinkers like Eve Ewing, Audre Lorde, Tressie McMillan-Cottom, Shailaja Paik, and Vijeta Kumar, integrating global feminist traditions into his analysis of liberation praxis. His work highlights the need to dismantle oppressive structures in academia and society.