This month the Working Class in American History series is saying farewell to Alice Kessler-Harris, who is retiring from the series after 35 years, as well as welcoming Thavolia Glymph […]
Category: announcement
Media, Geopolitics, and Power Honored with the 2020 UCT Book Award
We are pleased to announce Media, Geopolitics, and Power: A View from the Global South by Herman Wasserman is the winner of the 2020 UCT Book Award. The UCT Book […]
Winners of the 2020 NWSA/ University of Illinois Press First Book Prize
NWSA and the University of Illinois Press are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 First Book Prize! Domale Dube Keys, University of Arizona For the Survival of Ogoni […]
Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation Call for Papers
The Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) is pleased to announce its annual Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History, established in cooperation with the University […]
Violence in U.S. Education: Approaches and Practices
More than 50 people participated in a powerful workshop on violence in education presented by Dr. Koritha Mitchell last evening as part of her virtual residency under the sponsorship of […]
Alison Syring Promoted to Acquisitions Editor
We are delighted to announce that Alison Syring has been promoted to the rank of acquisitions editor. Alison was our first ’Round the Press intern and was hired as an […]
Join Our Team! We’re Hiring an Assistant Acquisitions Editor
The University of Illinois Press seeks an energetic and detail-oriented Assistant Acquisitions Editor. This position works closely with the Press’s acquisitions staff in supporting the development and acquisition of a […]
Power Restored, Shopping Cart on Website Now Operational
UPDATE: Power has been restored and our shopping cart is back online. Thank you for your patience. ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to strong storms in the area, our distributor, The Chicago Distribution […]
Daniel Nasset New Editor-in-Chief at UI Press
We are delighted to announce that Daniel Nasset is the new editor-in-chief at the University of Illinois Press. Danny came to Illinois as an assistant acquisitions editor in 2009, becoming […]
Vanessa Blais-Tremblay awarded 2020 IASPM Canada Article/Chapter Prize
We are pleased to announce that “Where You Are Accepted, You Blossom: Toward Care Ethics in Jazz Historiography” by Vanessa Blais-Tremblay from Jazz and Culture Vol. 2 has won the 2020 […]
Todd Decker, new editor of American Music
Todd Decker is serving as the editor of American Music, the oldest scholarly journal devoted to the subject, from 2020 to 2022. Todd Decker is Professor of Musicology at Washington […]
The Spring 2020 Issue of The Callout is now available
Being part of a large public university is a constant reminder that education is about transformation. Students are changed by their time here, by their encounters with new ideas and […]