Raymond J. McKoski, author of David Davis, Abraham Lincoln’s Favorite Judge, answers questions about his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? Returning to our home […]
Did you miss us? We’re back again with all the Journals news from the first half of 2025 in this Journals Q1–Q2 UPdate! We are proud to announce that we […]
Ellen Koskoff, author of Bittersweet Sounds of Passage: Balinese Gamelan Angklung Cremation Music, answers questions about her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I wrote […]
July’s free e-book is here! Check out Money, Marriage, and Madness: The Life of Anna Ott by Kim E. Nielsen before the month is over! Anna Ott died in the […]
Calling all film scholars! Back by popular demand, Journal of Film and Video, the official journal of the University of Film & Video Association, is releasing a reading list of […]
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States that is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery. The holiday’s name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of the words “June” […]
Diane Diekman, author of Randy Travis: Storms of Life, answers questions about her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I wanted to write a third […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2025 Labor and Working Class History Association conference! Use the promo code LAWCHA25 for 50% off of all books when ordering from our website, […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2025 International Communication Association conference! Use the promo code ICA25 for 50% off of all books when ordering from our website, June 12-23, 2025. […]
Please join us in welcoming our new incoming director — Michelle Sybert! Sybert, assistant director, University of Notre Dame Press, has been appointed as the next director of the University […]
Louis P. Cain, author of Chicago before the Fire: An Economic History, answers questions about his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I have researched […]
In the latest episode of the University of Press podcast, The UPside, we sat down (virtually) with Guest Editors Dr. Stephen Townsend, Dr. Rebecca Olive, Dr. Murray G. Phillips, and […]