This Pride Month, we invite our readers to honor the contributions of LGBTQIA+ activists with this collection of some of our recent books and journal articles featuring a range of […]
2024 Pride Month Reading List
Free E-book Giveaway: QUEER COUNTRY
June’s free e-book is here! Check out Queer Country by Shana Goldin-Perschbacher before the month is over! Though frequently ignored by the music mainstream, queer and transgender country and Americana […]
Q&A with the author of SAN FRANCISCO REDS
Robert W. Cherny, the author of San Francisco Reds: Communists in the Bay Area, 1919-1958, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? […]
ICMC 2024 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2024 International Country Music Conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the promo […]
Midwestern History Association 2024 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2024 Midwestern History Association conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the promo […]
Q&A with the editor of OUT OF LEFT FIELD
Aram Goudsouzian, the editor and introducer of Out of Left Field: A Sportswriter’s Last Word by Stan Isaacs, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to […]
NASSH 2024 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2024 North American Society for Sport History conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. […]
Q&A with the author of BLACK CYCLISTS
Robert J. Turpin, the author of Black Cyclists: The Race for Inclusion, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? After learning about […]
2024 National Biographer’s Day Reading List
National Biographer’s Day commemorates the anniversary of the first meeting of Samuel Johnson, an English writer, and his biographer James Boswell in London, England on May 16, 1763. In celebration, […]
2024 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 […]
Q&A with the author of TO ADVANCE THE RACE
Linda M. Perkins, the author of To Advance the Race: Black Women’s Higher Education from the Antebellum Era to the 1960s, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did […]
2024 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 […]