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 Polish American Heritage Month Reading List
Category: Reading List
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 […]
2025 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Reading List
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month—a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. In celebration of this month’s festivities, we are so pleased to […]
2025 Labor History Month Reading List
May is Labor History Month—a celebration of the achievements of American workers and their struggle to get better rights. We are happy to offer a glance at some our most […]
2025 Jazz Appreciation Month
National Jazz Appreciation Month is an annual event held every April to recognize the significant contribution of jazz music to society and to celebrate its cultural and historical importance. Please […]
2025 Women’s History Month
Please join us in honoring women’s history every month and especially in March, as we celebrate with some of our highly anticipated women’s history publications. Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth […]
2025 Black History Month
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 […]