September’s free e-book is here! Check out Puerto Rican Chicago: Schooling the City, 1940-1977 by Mirelsie Velázquez before the month is over! The postwar migration of Puerto Rican men and […]
Free E-book Giveaway: PUERTO RICAN CHICAGO
Big Ten Open Books Project Launches “Indigenous North Americans” Collection
The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce the launch of the second 100-book collection from Big Ten Open Books! The Indigenous North Americans collection explores history, culture, and […]
Free E-book Giveaway: ROOTS OF THE BLACK CHICAGO RENAISSANCE
August’s free e-book is here! Check out Roots of the Black Chicago Renaissance: New Negro Writers, Artists, and Intellectuals, 1893-1930 edited by Richard A. Courage and Christopher Robert Reed before […]
Meet Sloane Ebbay, the 2025 UIP ‘Round-the-Press Intern
Every year, the University of Illinois Press hires a graduate student from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of English to spend the spring semester working at the Press and […]
Our Fall/Winter 2025 Catalog is Here!
The Fall/Winter 2025 catalog is here! We have a wonderful array of new titles to share with you. Check out the preview below! We have an exciting group of new […]
ACQUIRING WITH ALISON — Volume 4: Do I have to write a proposal?
A proposal is usually the first document authors generate to communicate their ideas about their proposed project. However, is a book proposal necessary for everyone? That depends. From my point […]
Introducing the Journal of Education Finance and Law!
Going into the 2025 volume year with 50 years of history, the Journal of Education Finance is expanding to become the Journal of Education Finance and Law through the Education […]
Q&A with the author of DAVID DAVIS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S FAVORITE JUDGE
Raymond J. McKoski, author of David Davis, Abraham Lincoln’s Favorite Judge, answers questions about his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? Returning to our home […]
2025 Journals Q1–Q2 UPdate
Did you miss us? We’re back again with all the Journals news from the first half of 2025 in this Journals Q1–Q2 UPdate! We are proud to announce that we […]
Q&A with the author of BITTERSWEET SOUNDS OF PASSAGE
Ellen Koskoff, author of Bittersweet Sounds of Passage: Balinese Gamelan Angklung Cremation Music, answers questions about her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I wrote […]
Free E-book Giveaway: MONEY, MARRIAGE, AND MADNESS
July’s free e-book is here! Check out Money, Marriage, and Madness: The Life of Anna Ott by Kim E. Nielsen before the month is over! Anna Ott died in the […]
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 […]