Keisha Lindsay is an associate professor of gender and women’s studies and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She recently answered some questions for us about her new book, In […]
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Michael Heller, editor of “Jazz and Culture”, named as a 2018 ACLS Fellow!
Congratulations to Michael Heller, the editor of Jazz and Culture, on being named one of the 2018 American Council of Learned Society Fellows! The 2018 ACLS Fellowship was awarded to […]
Q&A with Roger R. Tamte, author of “Walter Camp and the Creation of American Football”
Roger R. Tamte is a patent attorney and scholar of early American football who has studied Camp for many years. He recently answered some questions with us about his new […]
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 […]
The ULTIMATE E-book Sale: All E-books 4.99!
It’s the season of reading and to celebrate, we’ve made all our e-books $4.99! Yup. You read that correctly. You can get your favorite UIP e-books for less than five […]
Q&A with Brooks Blevins, author of The Old Ozarks
Brooks Blevins is the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University. He is the author or editor of eight books, including Ghost of the Ozarks: Murder and Memory in […]
A Triumph of Progressive Politics: Roger Biles on Mayor Harold Washington
Roger Biles is Professor Emeritus of History at Illinois State University. His books include Richard J. Daley: Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago and The Fate of Cities: Urban America and the Federal […]
Q&A with Gary Westfahl, author of “Arthur C. Clarke”
Gary Westfahl, formerly of the University of La Verne and the University of California, Riverside, has now retired to focus exclusively on research and writing. His many books on science […]
Now Accepting Applications for Assistant to the Electronic Publisher Work-Study Position
Job announcement: Assistant to the Electronic Publisher The University of Illinois Press is looking for a highly motivated student to join our electronic publishing team beginning in the fall 2018 […]
Robin Harris Celebrates Book Launch in Siberia
University of Illinois Press author Dr. Robin Harris recently returned to northeastern Siberia for a presentation of her book, Storytelling in Siberia: The Olonkho Epic in a Changing World. After […]
University of Illinois Press Authors at Printer’s Row Lit Festival
June 9-10, the streets of Dearborn and Polk will be flooded with booksellers, publishers, and book lovers for the annual Printer’s Row Lit Festival in Chicago! The University of Illinois […]
Authors on Issues: Courtney Baker on Childish Gambino’s “This is America”
The following is a guest post from Courtney R. Baker, the author of Humane Insight: Looking at Images of African-American Suffering and Death. ? When I first published my book […]