African American Studies is a cornerstone of the University of Illinois Press. While we honor Black history all year, this month we’re celebrating with some of our favorite and forthcoming […]
2026 Black History Month
Category: Reading List
2026 International Day of Education Reading List
Arrows Tipped with Flowers: Threshold Theory for Transformative Learning Julie Geredien How can learning at the threshold change us and our world? Julie Geredien introduces an approach to transformative learning […]
2026 Martin Luther King, Jr Day: A Civil Rights Reading List
King: A Biography, Third Edition David Levering Lewis Acclaimed by leading historians and critics when it appeared shortly after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this foundational biography […]
2025 National Immigrants Day Reading List
Let us use today to reflect on the immigrant experience, some of which are intuitively highlighted in these books and journal articles. Our full list of titles on the history […]
Celebrating the Archives Reading List
The Future of Memory: A History of Lossless Format Standards in the Moving Image Archive By Jimi Jones and Marek Jancovic How archivists work with and against production industries to […]
2025 Polish American Heritage Month Reading List
Happy Polish American Heritage Month! Join us in celebrating the month once again with a reading list of temporarily free to access and permanently open access articles from Polish American […]
2025 National Arts & Humanities Month Reading List
Every October, we unite for National Arts & Humanities Month (NAHM), the nation’s largest annual celebration of arts and culture. It’s a moment to honor the artists, educators, veterans, arts administrators, […]
Celebrating Italian American Heritage
It’s Italian American Heritage Month! Get to know our Italian and cultural studies journals to stay up to date on new research, book reviews, creative work, and more. Plus, check […]
Journal of Film and Video Recommended Reading: 2025–2026
Calling all film scholars! Back by popular demand, Journal of Film and Video, the official journal of the University of Film & Video Association, is releasing a reading list of […]
2025 Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States that is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery. The holiday’s name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of the words “June” […]
2025 African American Music Appreciation Month Reading List
Created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, this month celebrates the African American musical influences that comprise an essential part of our nation’s treasured cultural heritage. Let’s dig in with […]
Journal of Olympic Studies: Listening and Learning List
Looking to dive into some fascinating sports scholarship? Check out our multimedia reading/listening list, featuring podcast episodes from our show, The UPside, that focus on articles from the Journal of […]