Category Archives: gender studies

February 7, 2020

Queer Timing Awarded the Pop Culture Association’s John Leo and Dana Heller Award

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We are pleased to announce Queer Timing: The Emergence of Lesbian Sexuality in Early Cinema by Susan Potter is this year’s winner of the Pop Culture Association’s John Leo and Dana Heller Award for Best Single Work, Anthology, Multi-Authored or … Continue reading →

February 6, 2020

When the Light is Fire Awarded Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award

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May 15, 2019

Angelique Harris on “Emotions, Feelings, and Social Change”

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Dr. Angelique Harris is the founding director of the Center for Gender and Sexualities Studies and the Gender and Sexualities Studies Program and is an associate professor of sociology  in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Marquette University. … Continue reading →

January 7, 2019

To Live Here, You Have to Fight Receives a Grant from the Brooks Fund for Progressive Thought

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The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce that To Live Here, You Have to Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice, has been selected as a grant recipient from the Howard D. and Marjorie I. Brooks … Continue reading →

November 5, 2018

Everything UIP You Need to Know at #NSWA2018

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Attending NWSA this week? So are we! We’ve got some awesome events happening at our booth this year and some excellent giveaways, so stop by and say hello! Treva Lindsey NWSA Authors Meet Critics Session, Atlanta, GA Fri, Nov 9, … Continue reading →

September 13, 2018

Teaching in the Time of “trumpism”: Reflections on Citizenship and Hospitality

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The most recent special issue of Women, Gender, and Families of Color titled “Trump’s America? Disquiet Campus? Marginalized College Students, Faculty, and Staff Reflect on Learning, Working, Living, and Engaging,” contains 25 articles from contributors who address the very tangible changes and … Continue reading →

August 3, 2018

3rd & FINAL IPad Giveaway

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in African American Studies, all things digital, american history, asian american studies, gender studies, Ipad Giveaway, labor history, Latin American Studies, music, religion, sports history, UIP100, Uncategorized, women's history | Comments Off on 3rd & FINAL IPad Giveaway

The University of Illinois Press is celebrating its 100th Anniversary this year. In order to celebrate, we decided to do something special for our readers. In honor of 100 years, we have already given away two iPads pre-loaded with 100 UIP ebooks, … Continue reading →

June 20, 2018

Celebrating Pride Month

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in gay/lesbian, gender, gender studies, sexuality studies | Comments Off on Celebrating Pride Month

To celebrate Pride Month throughout June, check out these five books that discuss important figures in the LGBTQ+ community and the issues surrounding the fight for gay rights. Lana and Lily Wachowski Cael M. Keegan Cáel M. Keegan views the … Continue reading →

April 23, 2018

2018 NWSA/UIP First Book Prize: Call for Papers

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Call for Papers for the 2018 NWSA/UIP First Book Prize The University of Illinois Press and the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) are pleased to continue the annual competition for the best dissertation or first book manuscript by a single … Continue reading →

March 15, 2018

New #PressforProgress Reading List: Essential books on Women in Music

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in #PressforProgress, american history, bluegrass, blues, ethnomusicology, feminist studies, gender studies, Little Free Library, music, Uncategorized, women's history | Comments Off on New #PressforProgress Reading List: Essential books on Women in Music

 In honor of Women’s History Month, UIP will be releasing weekly reading lists with some of our favorite women’s history books. We are joining the call to #PressforProgress for gender equality, and we will be updating our Little Free Library, … Continue reading →