Events Calendar

Thursday, February 23, 2012
Yvonne Daniel at the African Diaspora Dance Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Event type: Lecture
Yvonne Daniel, author of the new book "Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship," will give the keynote address at the African Diaspora Dance Symposium.

Friday, February 24, 2012
Aniko Bodroghkozy at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Event type: Lecture
Aniko Bodroghkozy will discuss and sign copies of her new book "Equal Time: Television and the Civil Rights Movement."

Friday, February 24, 2012
Tess Chakkalakal at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Event type: Lecture
Tess Chakkalakal, author of the new book "Novel Bondage: Slavery, Marriage, and Freedom in Nineteenth-Century America," will present the lecture "The Slave-Marriage Plot." Free and open to the public.

Saturday, February 25, 2012
Barbara Ellen Smith at the Association of American Geographers, New York, NY
Event type: Conference Paper
Barbara Ellen Smith, author of the book "Transforming Places: Lessons from Appalachia," will present the paper "Neoliberalism as Spatial Closure: Crises of Survival in the Bituminous Coalfields."

Sunday, February 26, 2012
Jill and Robert May at the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Event type: Lecture/Signing
Authors Jill and Robert May will discuss issues of gender embedded in early American illustration they unearthed while researching and writing their book Howard Pyle: Imagining an American School of Art. Drawing on numerous sources, including Pyle's literary works, published art, and his immediate feedback to students, May and May contemplate Pyle's role in establishing gender imagery that would be acknowledged and appreciated by his contemporaries. Book signing following lecture.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Greg Robinson at Portland State University, Portland, OR
Event type: Lecture
Greg Robinson, editor of the new book "Pacific Citizens: Larry and Guyo Tajiri and Japanese American Journalism in the World War II Era," will present the lecture "Japanese Redress in North America and its Larger Legacy." http://www.pdx.edu/cjs/japanese-americans-history-0

Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Simine Short at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Event type: Lecture/Signing
Simine Short will discuss her new book "Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution." The presenatation will be followed by a book signing. Further details on the event location: The Madison building of the Library of Congress occupies the city block bounded on the West by First Street SE, on the East by Second street SE, to the North by Independence Avenue SE, and to the South by C street SE.

Thursday, March 01, 2012
Greg Robinson at the Japanese Canadian National Museum, Crescent Burnaby, BC, Canada
Event type: Lecture
Greg Robinson, editor of the new book "Pacific Citizens: Larry and Guyo Tajiri and Japanese American Journalism in the World War II Era," will present the lecture "LEST WE FORGET: THE INTRIGUING HISTORY OF JAPANESE CANADIANS IN QUEBEC." http://www.jcnm.ca/special-events/greg-robinson

Saturday, March 03, 2012
Koritha Mitchell at National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH
Event type: Lecture
Koritha Mitchell, author of "Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930," will present the lecture "Bullying and Racial Violence: Making the Connection."

Saturday, March 03, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Macon County Historical Museum, Decatur, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Sunday, March 04, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Monday, March 05, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the McHenry County Historical Society, Union, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Thursday, March 08, 2012
Hands on the Freedom Plow editor and contributors at the Nyumburu Cultural Center, College Park, MD
Event type: Panel
Professor Sharon Harley and the African American Studies Department at the University of Maryland will host a Civil Rights Forum featuring "Hands on the Freedom Plow" contributors Connie Curry, Joyce Ladner, and Martha Noonan.

Thursday, March 08, 2012
Hands on the Freedom Plow editors at SUNY, Geneseo, NY
Event type: Lecture/Signing
Judy Richardson, Betty Garman Robinson, and Dorothy Zellner will discuss "Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC."

Friday, March 09, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Pritzker Military Library, Chicago, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Monday, March 12, 2012
Jonathan Eller at Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Event type: Lecture
Jonathan Eller, author of "Becoming Ray Bradbury," will discuss Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451. http://events.dailynews.com/pasadena-ca/events/show/244338264-ray-bradbury-and-fahrenheit-451-at-caltech

Wednesday, March 14, 2012
University of Illinois Press at the Society for American Music (SAM) annual meeting, Charlotte, NC
Event type: Conference
Please visit the University of Illinois Press booth at the SAM annual meeting.

Saturday, March 17, 2012
Diane Diekman at A Shot of Java Coffee Shop, Glendale, AZ
Event type: Book Signing
Diane Diekman will discuss and sign copies of her new book "Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins."

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
University of Illinois Press at the Society for Cinema & Media Studies (SCMS) annual meeting, Boston, MA
Event type: Conference
Please visit the University of Illinois Press booth at the SCMS annual meeting.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Koritha Mitchell at University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Event type: Lecture
Koritha Mitchell will p resent a lecture on her new book "Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930."

Thursday, March 22, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the University of Illinois Alumni Association, Springfield, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Thursday, March 22, 2012
Koritha Mitchell at Boston University, Boston, MA
Event type: Lecture
Koritha Mitchell will present a lecture on her new book "Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930."

Thursday, March 22, 2012
Koritha Mitchell at Boston University, Boston, MA
Event type: Lecture
Koritha Mitchell will present a lecture on her new book "Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930."

Friday, March 23, 2012
University of Illinois Press at the Appalachian Studies Association (ASA) annual meeting, Indiana, PA
Event type: Conference
Please visit the University of Illinois Press booth at the ASA annual meeting.

Friday, March 23, 2012
Michael Uzendoski at FSU Authors Day, Tallahassee, FL
Event type: Book Signing
Michael Uzendoski will sign copies of his new book "The Ecology of the Spoken Word: Amazonian Storytelling and Shamanism among the Napo Runa."

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Simine Short at the The Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL
Event type: Presentation
Simine Short will discuss her book "Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution." This will be a dinner event with drinks (cash bar) at 5:30 pm, dinner at 6:30 pm, followed by Simine Short's presentation. Charge for the dinner is $35. The Club takes credit cards from non-members. Phone number: 312-922-8080. Website: www.cliff-chicago.org.

Saturday, March 31, 2012
Hye Seung Chung at the 13th Laterna Academy Korean Film Conference, Pecs, Hungary
Event type: Conference
Hye Seung Chung, author of the new book Kim Ki-duk, will be a keynote speaker. For more info: www.septemartes.com

Saturday, March 31, 2012
Diane Diekman at the Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, TN
Event type: Reading/Signing
Diane Diekman will discuss and sign copies of her new book "Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins."

Saturday, March 31, 2012
Brooks Blevins at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale, AR
Event type: Book Signing
Brooks Blevins will sign copies of his new book Ghost of the Ozarks: Murder and Memory in the Upland South.

Monday, April 02, 2012
Brooks Blevins at the Mabee-Simpson Library, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
Event type: Book Signing
Brooks Blevins will sign copies of his new book Ghost of the Ozarks: Murder and Memory in the Upland South.

Monday, April 09, 2012
Immanuel Ness at St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
Event type: Lecture
Immanuel Ness will speak about his new book "Guest Workers and Resistance to U.S. Corporate Despotism" at a conference on immigrant workers.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Helen Matthes Library, Effingham, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Thursday, April 12, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Edwardsville Public Library, Edwardsville, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Friday, April 13, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Benjamin Stephenson House, Edwardsville, IL
Event type: Lecture/Signing
Gillum Ferguson will discuss and sign copies of his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Saturday, April 14, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Second Reading Bookshop, Alton, IL
Event type: Reading/Signing
Gillum Ferguson will discuss and sign copies of his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Calhoun County Historical Society, Hardin, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Chester Public Library, Chester, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Harrisburg Public Library, Harrisburg, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Thursday, April 26, 2012
Yvonne Daniel at the Latin American and Caribbean Center, Duke University, Durham, NC
Event type: Other
Yvonne Daniel will discuss her new book "Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship."

Thursday, April 26, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the ISHS Symposium, Springfield, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Saturday, April 28, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at Books on the Square, Virden, IL
Event type: Book Signing
Gillum Ferguson will sign copies of his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Sunday, April 29, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at Ashbury's at the Boughton Ridge Golf Club, Bolingbrook, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Sunday, May 06, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Museum of the Grand Prairie, Mahomet, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Saturday, May 19, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the C.E. Brehm Memorial Library, Mt. Vernon, I L
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Cecelia Porter at the Austrian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
Event type: Lecture
Cecelia Porter will discuss her forthcoming book "Five Lives in Music: Women Composers, Performers, and Impresarios from the Baroque to the Present" (August 2012). The event is free of charge and open to the public.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Simine Short at the Engineers Club of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Event type: Lecture/Signing
Simine Short will discuss the life of civil engineer Octave Chanute, a preeminent engineer in our country's history, but also a major figure in the story of the Wright brothers. and will share details on her new book "Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution." Book signing opportunities will occur after the lecture.

Saturday, August 18, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Great Lakes Naval Museum, Great Lakes, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Thursday, October 18, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Canal Corridor Association, LaSalle, IL
Event type: Lecture
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812."

Thursday, November 15, 2012
Gillum Ferguson at the Moultrie County Historical Society, Sullivan, IL
Event type: Presentation
Gillum Ferguson will discuss his new book "Illinois in the War of 1812" at the annual dinner meeting.

Exhibits

The University of Illinois Press attends scholarly conferences and trade book shows throughout North America each year. A list of our meetings follows. Stop by our booth to browse, to buy, or to speak to one of our acquisition editors or staff. For further information, contact Exhibits Manager Margo Chaney.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Society for American Music

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Society for Cinema and Media Studies

Friday, March 23, 2012
Appalachian Studies Association

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Assn for Asian American Studies

Thursday, April 19, 2012
Organization for American Historians & Labor and Working Class History Assn

Thursday, April 26, 2012
Illinois History Symposium

Thursday, May 24, 2012
International Communication Association

Thursday, May 24, 2012
International Country Music Conference

Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Book Expo America

Saturday, June 09, 2012
Printers Row Lit Fest

Thursday, June 14, 2012
Society of Dance History Scholars