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Dominique J. Moore Joins UI Press as Acquisitions Editor
We are pleased to announce that Dominique Moore will be joining the University of Illinois Press as an acquisitions editor. With years of freelance work as a copyeditor and proofreader […]
UI Press Books Named 2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Titles
We’re pleased to announce the below books have been named Choice Outstanding Academic Titles for 2020. In awarding Outstanding Academic Titles, the editors use the following criteria to review titles: […]
Black Opera Awarded AMS Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award
We are pleased to announce Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement by Naomi André has won the American Musicological Society’s Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award! The award committee said: “Written […]
Spring 2021 Catalog Preview
Our Spring 2021 catalog is here! We have an exciting array of new titles coming and we can’t wait to get them into your hands. The stunning cover features UFC […]
Celebrating Alice Kessler-Harris and welcoming Thavolia Glymph to the WCAH series
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 […]
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 […]