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To Live Here, You Have to Fight Receives a Grant from the Brooks Fund for Progressive Thought
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 […]
Dockworker Power First Recipient of a Grant from the Brooks Fund for Progressive Thought
The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce that Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area by Peter Cole has been selected as […]
Read the Fall Issue of The Callout!
Where in the first half of our centennial we focused on events in Champaign-Urbana, this fall has brought opportunities for the Press to shine in Chicago and Springfield through partnerships […]
The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology First Recipient of University of Illinois Press Fund for Anthropology Grant
The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce that The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology edited by Ira E. Harrison, Deborah Johnson-Simon, and Erica Lorraine Williams […]
Join us for our Springfield Centennial Celebrations
Join us on October 4, 2018 at the Conference on Illinois History for a panel celebrating 100 years of Publishing Lincoln and a reception celebrating 200 Years of Illinois History, […]
Dixie Dewdrop First Recipient of a Grant from the Judith McCulloh Fund for American Music
The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce that Dixie Dewdrop: The Uncle Dave Macon Story by Michael Doubler has been selected as the first grant recipient of the […]
Centennial Reception at Jane Addams Hull House
Today marks Jane Addam’s 158th birthday and at UI Press, we’re the proud publisher of many of her books and personal papers. As a fitting tribute to the mother of […]
The Evolution of a Vision: The History of the University of Illinois Press
Have you ever wondered how the University of Illinois Press got its start? Julie Laut, our Outreach Coordinator, takes us back to when the press was founded in 1918 in […]
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 […]
Read the Summer Issue of The Callout!
Ahhh . . . summer. Picnics, gardens, fireflies—and of course, summer reading! In this issue of The Callout, our summer harvest includes the first comprehensive history of the Ozarks region; […]
Become a Friend of the Press
Do you believe books have the power to change the world? We do. For the past century, the University of Illinois Press has established itself as a leading publisher in […]