Category Archives: conferences

August 3, 2017

The Five Books You Need at AEJMC

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Headed to AEJMC next week? Here are five books to keep on your radar as you peruse the exhibit hall: 1. Interactive Journalism: Hackers, Data, and Code By Nikki Usher “In Interactive Journalism, Nikki Usher skillfully answers three questions rarely addressed at the … Continue reading →

September 2, 2016

Sexting Panic wins NCA award

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Author Amy Adele Hasinoff has been honored by the  National Communication Association (NCA). Hasinoff has been named the winner of the NCA Diamond Anniversary Book Award for her book, Sexting Panic: Rethinking Criminalization, Privacy, and Consent. The Diamond Anniversary Book … Continue reading →

April 11, 2016

Struggle for the Soul of the Postwar South awarded at OAH

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Struggle for the Soul of the Postwar South: White Evangelical Protestants and Operation Dixie by Elizabeth Fones-Wolf and Ken Fones-Wolf has won the David Montgomery Award from the Organization of American Historians (OAH) for the best book on a topic … Continue reading →

April 5, 2016

5 reasons to visit us at OAH

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If you are headed to the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island during April 7-9 there are a few things you’ll want to be on the lookout for courtesy of your friends at UIP. 1) Given … Continue reading →

June 15, 2015

The Mormon History Association Celebrates Fifty Years

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The Mormon History Association annual conference took place in Provo, Utah, June 4 to 7, 2015. Acquisitions editor Dawn Durante attended and shares her impressions. In 1965, the Mormon History Association (MHA) was founded under the leadership of historian and … Continue reading →

April 8, 2014

Journals Department adds conference registration services

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The Journals Department is excited to add conference registrations to the list of services it offers to its society and association clients. Press staff members Cheryl Jestis and Paul Arroyo handled the registration desk for the annual meeting of the … Continue reading →

October 9, 2013

New books debut at ASALH

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Illinois Press staff and authors had a great time at the 98th Annual Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Convention held from October 2-6, 2013 in Jacksonville, Florida. At the conference were a number of … Continue reading →

April 25, 2012

Join us at IHS!

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Visit our tables at the Illinois History Symposium (IHS), “Contested Lands: 1763-1840,” April 26-28 at The Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center, East Peoria. The symposium commemorates the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 and then end of the … Continue reading →

January 6, 2012

Peer Review No Longer in the Dark

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In today’s Inside Higher Ed, Scott Jaschik reported on sessions taking place at the Modern Language Association’s annual meeting discussing the role of traditional blind peer review in scholarly publications in light of the ever-evolving digital landscape for current and … Continue reading →

April 13, 2010

UIP at OAH

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Cherry blossoms!  It’s springtime in Washington, D.C. From April 7-10 the Press attended the Organization of American Historians’ 2010 annual meeting at the Hilton Washington in D.C.  (more than one acquaintance reminded me that the Hilton is where President Reagan was shot … Continue reading →