Rejection — or the possibility of it — is something many scholars I talk to at panels, conferences, and Zoom calls are deeply concerned about. How do authors avoid rejection? […]
This is the number one question I am asked whenever I give talks. Like many questions I will answer here, the answer depends a lot on the author, the project, […]
Acquisitions (or acquiring) editors live in a liminal space. We are employed by a press, but we spend a lot of time in academia proper, attending conferences, talking to scholars, […]
Every day, university presses worldwide step up to educate and enlighten, motivate and inspire, support and act. During University Press Week 2024, we explore the myriad ways our community’s publications […]
The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) and the University of Illinois Press were proud to present the symposium “Free People Read Freely” [a phrase used with […]
Today on National Intern Day, we share some reflections from University of Illinois Press interns! “A life-long reader, I am so excited to have the opportunity to market something I […]
This post originally appeared on The Scholarly Kitchen on July 10th, 2019. I was asked by Lisa Hinchliffe to submit a guest post to The Scholarly Kitchen about the Common Threads […]
On February 15, we hosted our first University of Illinois Press Publishing Symposium. It was fantastic day of sessions about publishing and engaged conversation. We thank everyone who came to […]
Join us for the first annual University of Illinois Press Publishing Symposium on February 15 for a day of interactive workshops, round tables, and conversations about publishing. […]
In celebration of our 100th anniversary, the University of Illinois Press, in collaboration the University of Illinois Archives Sesquicentennial Speakers Series, presented a panel titled, “UIUC Scholarship and the University […]
From its establishment in 1918 until well into the 1940s, the University of Illinois Press printed very few bound books each year. And by very few, we mean around seven. […]
Meet the UI Press is a semi-regular feature that delves into issues affecting academic publishing, writing, education, and related topics. Blurb. It sounds like an onomatopoeia for a noise made by infant humans. […]