Trygve Thoreson, author of Daniel Burnham and Louis Sullivan: Personal Histories of Two Icons of American Architecture, answers questions about his new book. Why did you decide to write this […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2026 Society for American Music conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
Sallie Martin, Mother of Gospel Music Kay Norton Sallie Martin combined fame as a performer with a far-sighted business acumen that brought Black gospel music to a national audience and […]
Black Women’s Art Ecosystems: Sites of Wellness and Self-Care Tanisha M. Jackson It is not an uncommon burden but rather a choice that Black women artists embrace creating art as […]
Cathryn J. Prince, author of For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman, answers questions about her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? […]
Visual Arts Research Volume 51, Number 2, is the second of a two-issue special open access volume, and with it, we welcome two new editors to the VAR editorial team. […]
Announcing the winner of this year’s Ludwik Krzyzanowski Award for the best article published in The Polish Review: Dr. Colin P. Neufeldt (Concordia University of Edmonton) and Dr. Wojciech Marchlewski (Masovian […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]