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From Lincoln to Neoliberal Chicago: Celebrating the Illinois State Bicentennial

Posted on March 19, 2018 (February 23, 2018) by michael
in Chicago, Illinois / regional, Lincoln

Illinois became a state on December 3, 1818. One hundred years later, the University of Illinois Press opened its doors. The Press’s debut book, on Abraham Lincoln, marked the beginning of […]

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New #PressforProgress Reading List: Essential books on Women in Music

Posted on March 15, 2018 (March 5, 2018) by michael
in #PressforProgress, american history, bluegrass, blues, ethnomusicology, feminist studies, gender studies, Little Free Library, music, Uncategorized, women's history

 In honor of Women’s History Month, UIP will be releasing weekly reading lists with some of our favorite women’s history books. We are joining the call to #PressforProgress for gender […]

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Authors on Issues: Jane Rhodes on “Black Panther” Mania

Posted on March 13, 2018 by michael
in African American Studies, american history, authors, Authors on Issues

The following is a guest post from Jane Rhodes, the author of Framing the Black Panthers: The Spectacular Rise of a Black Power Icon.  The Revolution has come. . . […]

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4 Things You Need to Know at #SCMS18

Posted on March 13, 2018 by michael
in authors, awards, film, media studies, Uncategorized

Headed to SCMS in Toronto this week? So are we! Here’s what you need to know: 1.  We’re giving away 50 copies of Pink-Slipped: What Happened To Women In The Silent Film […]

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Q&A with Derek Vaillant, Author of “Across the Waves”

Posted on March 12, 2018 (March 8, 2018) by michael
in american history, authors, media studies, new books, radio

Derek W. Vaillant is an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Sounds of Reform: Progressivism and Music in Chicago, 1873-1935. He recently answered […]

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#PressforProgress Reading List: Must-read books on Women in Labor

Posted on March 8, 2018 (March 5, 2018) by michael
in #PressforProgress, american history, feminist studies, labor history, Little Free Library, Uncategorized, women's history

  In honor of Women’s History Month, UIP will be releasing weekly reading lists with some of our favorite women’s history books. We are joining the call to #PressforProgress for […]

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Women in Film: In 2017, “Time’s Up”

Posted on March 7, 2018 (March 5, 2018) by michael
in american history, feminist studies, film, media studies, Uncategorized, women's history

In Jane M. Gaines newest book, Pink-Slipped: What Happened to Women in the Silent Film Industries?, she rediscovers the previously overlooked women of the silent era that were instrumental in the earliest […]

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UIP Author Lorna Goodison Awarded 2018 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in Poetry

Posted on March 7, 2018 by michael
in awards, poetry, Uncategorized

We’re pleased to announce that Lorna Goodison, the author of Controlling the Silver, Turn Thanks, and To Us All Flowers Are Roses, has been awarded the 2018 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in Poetry. […]

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Contemporary Film Directors Series: Celebrating 15 Years of Scholarship on Filmmakers From Around the World

Posted on March 5, 2018 (February 16, 2018) by michael
in film, The Callout, UIP100

“Our aim has been to publish conceptually ambitious, risk-taking work that challenges familiar models for understanding film authorship.”–Justus Nieland, CFD series editor Since the publication of an illuminating cross-cultural dialogue […]

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#PressforProgress Reading List: Essential books on Women in Politics

Posted on March 1, 2018 (February 28, 2018) by michael
in #PressforProgress, american history, feminist studies, Little Free Library, politics, women's history

In honor of Women’s History Month, UIP will be releasing weekly reading lists with some of our favorite women’s history books. We are joining the call to #PressforProgress for gender […]

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Announcing a New Series: Black Internationalism

Posted on February 26, 2018 by michael
in African American Studies, black studies, world history

The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce our new series, Black Internationalism, edited by Keisha N. Blain and Dr. Quito Swan. Dawn Durante, a senior acquisition editor at the […]

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#ReadingBlackout: Essential books on Black History and Politics

Posted on February 22, 2018 (February 12, 2018) by michael
in #Readingblackout, African American Studies, american history, Uncategorized

This black history month, UIP is joining the #ReadingBlackout challenge and we want you to too! The Reading Blackout challenge was created by YouTuber Denise D. Cooper and it’s a […]

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