March’s free e-book is here! Check out Mean Girl Feminism: How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, and Girlboss by Kim Hong Nguyen before the month is over! Mean girl feminism encourages […]
Free E-book Giveaway: MEAN GIRL FEMINISM
New Journal Alert! Welcoming Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society
A new journal has joined University of Illinois Press! Please join us in welcoming the Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society. We are pleased to announce that this distinguished […]
Interview on “Fathers and Sons”: A Special Issue of Diasporic Italy
In the latest episode of the University of Press podcast, The UPside, Dr. Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, editor of Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies Association, sat down (virtually) with […]
Winner of the 2025 NWSA/ University of Illinois Press First Book Prize
National Women’s Studies Association and the University of Illinois Press are pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 First Book Prize! Vivian D. Rodríguez-Rocha Project title: Countertopographies of Care: […]
2026 World Day of Social Justice
Downriver Detroit: The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place Lisa M. Fine Since the beginning of the twentieth century, communities in the Downriver region of the Detroit […]
2026 Black History Month
African American Studies is a cornerstone of the University of Illinois Press. While we honor Black history all year, this month we’re celebrating with some of our favorite and forthcoming […]
Free E-book Giveaway: CONTEMPORARY PLAYS BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
February’s free e-book is here! Check out Contemporary Plays by African American Women: Ten Complete Works edited by Sandra Adell before the month is over! African American women have increasingly […]
2026 International Day of Education Reading List
Arrows Tipped with Flowers: Threshold Theory for Transformative Learning Julie Geredien How can learning at the threshold change us and our world? Julie Geredien introduces an approach to transformative learning […]
2025 Journals Q4 UPdate
Happy New Year! Did you spot the 2026 journal issue that snuck in amongst the 2025s in the above photo? While there’s a lot to look forward to in the […]
Q&A with the author of SOL BUTLER
Brian Hallstoos, author of Sol Butler: An Olympian’s Odyssey through Jim Crow America, answers questions about his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? Researching and writing this book made sense […]
2026 Martin Luther King, Jr Day: A Civil Rights Reading List
King: A Biography, Third Edition David Levering Lewis Acclaimed by leading historians and critics when it appeared shortly after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this foundational biography […]
New Editor of Public Affairs Quarterly: Jessica Flanigan
Join us in welcoming Jessica Flanigan as the new editor of Public Affairs Quarterly! Her first issue, Vol. 39, Iss. 3, is now available online. Public Affairs Quarterly publishes work in […]