We are pleased to announce Disruption in Detroit: Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom by Daniel J. Clark was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2019. This award recognizes […]
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Syrian and Lebanise Patrícios in São Paulo winner of the Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award
We are pleased to announce that Syrian and Lebanese Patrícios in São Paulo: From the Levant to Brazil by Oswaldo Truzzi and translated by Ramon J. Stern has won the […]
Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black win Outstanding Book Award for Mascot Nation
We are pleased to announce that Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports by Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black won the Outstanding Book Award from […]
Free ebook of Goodbye iSlave by Jack Linchuan Qiu
Giveaway alert! We’re offering a free ebook of Goodbye iSlave by Jack Linchuan Qiu during September. Ever wonder what goes into making your favorite tech products? Focusing on the alliance […]
The Summer 2019 Issue of The Callout is here!
For many, summer is a time for road trips; and this issue of The Callout takes us far afield from our offices at 1325 South Oak Street in Champaign. Robert Lemon […]
Expanding Our Open Access Publishing
We are pleased to announce that we will make three timely books open access or partial access in the coming months. UIP has embraced open access publishing as part of its […]
Come Join Our Team! We’re Hiring an Assistant Acquisitions Editor
The University of Illinois Press is seeking a bright, organized, motivated assistant acquisitions editor to join our team. This person will work closely with the Press’s acquisitions staff in supporting […]
Alina R. Méndez Wins 2019 Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation
We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 LAWCHA (Labor and Working Class History Association) Gutman Prize! Congratulations to Alina R. Méndez, whose dissertation titled “Cheap for Whom? Migration, Farm Labor, and […]
Call for Book Proposals: Studies in Sports Media, Edited by Victoria E. Johnson and Travis Vogan
If sport provides a powerful lens through which social norms are produced, reproduced, and challenged, sports media compose key mechanisms through which these meanings are built and communicated. As studies […]
Summer Sale 2019 June 3-14, All Books 40% Off!
The semester has finally ended and that means it’s time to catch up your TBR pile. To help you stock your shelves, we’re having a summer sale! June 3-14, use […]
Celebrating 10 Years of the Women and Film History International Series
This year marks the 10th Anniversary of University of Illinois Press’ Women and Film History International series. In collaboration with film historians, Kay Armatage, Jane M. Gaines, and Christine Gledhill, […]
Creating the Land of Lincoln: The History and Constitution of Illinois, 1778-1870 awarded the Russell P. Strange Book of the Year Award from ISHS
We are pleased to announce that Creating the Land of Lincoln: The History and Constitutions of Illinois, 1778-1870 by Frank Cicero Jr. has won the Russell P. Strange Book of the Year Award from […]