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June 30, 2021

Remembering Billie Jean Isbell

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The University of Illinois Press joins family and colleagues of Billie Jean Isbell, Professor Emerita at Cornell University, in mourning her passing on June 26. Her novel, Finding Cholita, a […]

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May 6, 2020 (May 6, 2020)

Remembering Ira E. Harrison

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The following is an excerpt from Alisha R. Winn’s chapter “Ira E. Harrison: Activist, Scholar, and Visionary Pioneer” in The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology edited by […]

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June 20, 2019 (June 19, 2019)

Remembering Niara Sudarkasa

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The following is an excerpt from Erica Lorraine Williams’s chapter “Niara Sudarkasa: Inspiring Black Women’s Leadership” in The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology edited by Ira E. Harrison, […]

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November 12, 2018 (October 17, 2018)

The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology First Recipient of University of Illinois Press Fund for Anthropology Grant

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The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce that The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology edited by Ira E. Harrison, Deborah Johnson-Simon, and Erica Lorraine Williams […]

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January 27, 2017 (January 27, 2017)

Books win awards!

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Two more authors added their excellent works to the UIP trophy case, a piece of furniture already fill to burstin’ in recent weeks. Christina Sunardi won the Philip Brett Award from the […]

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January 10, 2017 (December 13, 2016)

Release Party: Politicizing Creative Economy, by Dia Da Costa

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Scholars increasingly view the arts, creativity, and the creative economy as engines for regenerating global citizenship, renewing decayed local economies, and nurturing a new type of all-inclusive politics. Dia Da […]

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December 8, 2016 (December 2, 2016)

Backlist Bop: Mythbusting an American institution

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Forbidden Relatives challenges the belief—widely held in the United States—that legislation against marriage between first cousins is based on a biological risk to offspring. In fact, its author maintains, the […]

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November 29, 2016 (November 30, 2016)

Guest post: Richa Nagar on the need for politically engaged scholarship today

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In the following post, Dr. Richa Nagar discusses the importance of politically engaged scholarship for scholar activists in the post-election climate. Dr. Nagar is a professor of gender, women, and […]

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September 21, 2016 (September 20, 2016)

Q&A with The Street is My Pulpit author Mwenda Ntarangwi

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Mwenda Ntarangwi is an associate professor of anthropology at Calvin College. He recently answered some questions about his book The Street Is My Pulpit: Hip Hop and Christianity in Kenya. […]

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September 1, 2016 (September 2, 2016)

A Brazil syllabus

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It has been and remains a tumultuous time in Brazil. Of course there was the Rio Olympics, which some feared would fall into debacle under the chaos of the Zika […]

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September 1, 2016 (August 31, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: Money that’s ready to burn

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Gambling. Like all our beloved vices, it is an ancient habit, and probably a prehistoric one. The mighty UIP handicaps some scholarship on the wagering life to get you in the […]

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August 24, 2016 (August 24, 2016)

Release Party: Cultural Heritage in Mali in the Neoliberal Era

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Up to 2012, Mali was a poster child for African democracy, despite multiple signs of growing dissatisfaction with the democratic experiment. Then disaster struck, bringing many of the nation’s unresolved […]

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