Welcome to our quarterly Journals UPdate where we tell you all of the news surrounding journals at the University of Illinois Press. The “UP” in the title of this blog […]
2024 Journals Q2 UPdate
Q&A with the author of CIRCUS WORLD
Andrea Ringer, the author of Circus World: Roustabouts, Animals, and the Work of Putting on the Big Show, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to […]
2024 Summer Olympics Reading List
The 2024 Summer Olympics start today and what better way to celebrate than with a thoughtfully curated list of books that explore several aspects of Olympic culture? But wait, there’s […]
New Editor: Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association
Join us at the University of Illinois Press in welcoming Glenn W. LaFantasie, the new editor of Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association! The first issue he edited (Vol. 45, […]
Q&A with the editors of A DAVID MONTGOMERY READER
Shelton Stromquist and James R. Barrett, the editors of A David Montgomery Reader: Essays on Capitalism and Worker Resistance, answers questions on their new book. Q: Why did you decide […]
Talking The Pluralist with Editor Roger Ward and Contributor Scott Stroud
In the latest episode of the University of Press podcast, The UPside, we sat down (virtually) with the editor of The Pluralist, Roger Ward, and three-time contributing author Scott Stroud […]
Four Music Books Awarded AMS Subventions
We’re pleased to announce that four forthcoming music titles have been awarded publication subventions from the American Musicological Society. These funds help offset the costs of publication and allow us […]
American Journal of Theology & Philosophy Recommended Reading
Edited by Gary Slater, the American Journal of Theology & Philosophy (AJTP) is the official journal of The Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought. It is a scholarly journal […]
Journal of Film and Video Recommended Reading
If you’ve been looking for scholarship on film, video, and media production, history, and aesthetics, this reading list is for you! The Journal of Film and Video (JFV) also includes […]
Free E-book Giveaway: FOOD INSTAGRAM
July’s free e-book is here! Check out Food Instagram: Identity, Influence, and Negotiation edited by Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish before the month is over! Image by image […]
Q&A with the author of FOREVER FAMILIAS
Jason Palmer, the author of Forever Familias: Race, Gender, and Indigeneity in Peruvian Mormonism, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? My […]
UNBINDING GENTILITY by Candace Bailey Receives NEH Open Book Award
We are delighted to announce that Candace Bailey’s book, Unbinding Gentility: Women Making Music in the Nineteenth-Century South, has been awarded funding from the Fellowships Open Book Program of the […]