Join us in congratulating Tyrone Mckinley Freeman, whose book, Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Philanthropy during Jim Crow, has been shortlisted for the 2022 Indiana Authors Awards in […]
Now published by University of Illinois Press, the Journal of Finnish Studies (JFS) has a new issue available! Since 1997, JFS has published the best and most timely articles regarding the study of Finnish and […]
Peter J. Vagt, author of Light Through the Trees: Photographs at The Morton Arboretum, answers questions on his biggest influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you decide […]
We are so excited to attend the 105th Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) in Detroit, MI on August 3-6, 2022! Attendees can find the […]
August’s free ebook is here! Check out Community-Centered Journalism: Engaging People, Exploring Solutions, and Building Trust by Andrea Wenzel before the month is over! Contemporary journalism faces a crisis of […]
We are pleased to announce that Surviving South Hampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community by Vanessa M. Holden has won the James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize from SHEAR […]
We are pleased to announce that five UI Press books have been named finalists for the 2022 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research from the Association for […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 Latina/o Studies Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of Latina/o studies books, blog posts, and more. Use […]
We are pleased to announce that the judges in the Criticism and Religious Nonfiction categories of the Association for Mormon Letters Awards both requested that Eugene England: A Mormon Liberal by […]
July’s free ebook is here! Check out Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican by Deborah E. Kanter before the month is over! Today, over one hundred Chicago-area Catholic churches offer […]
Kelli D. Zaytoun, author of Shapeshifting Subjects: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Naguala and Border Arte, answers questions on why she decided to write this book and what media she consumes for fun. […]
In an earlier blog post, we announced that Cara A. Finnegan’s Photographic Presidents: Making History from Daguerreotype to Digital, had received a National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Award (now Fellowships Open […]