Nancy Cirillo, UIC scholar on fascism and Atlantic slave trade, dies at 93

Nancy Cirillo, UIC scholar on fascism and Atlantic slave trade, dies at 93

For more than a half-century, Nancy Cirillo taught English and was a scholar at the University of Illinois Chicago. An expert on Caribbean studies and post-colonial literature, Cirillo loved teaching, mentoring and championing her students, colleagues said. She also devoted considerable scholarship to charting the impact on literature and music by the rise of fascism across Europe in the mid-20th century; her work also explored the economic eff…