Inside Higher Ed reported this morning on a recent survey of iPad and e-textbook use by college students on four-year campuses. “But even as iPad adoption appears to have stagnated, e-textbooks […]
Woody Guthrie, American Radical featured on Democracy Now!
The July 4, 2012, edition of Democracy Now! is dedicated to Woody Guthrie’s upcoming 100th birthday (July 14). Will Kaufman, author of the recent University of Illinois Press book Woody […]
Book trailer for Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland
On June 4, 2012, we published Janine MacLachlan’s book Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland. View the book trailer to learn more about Janine’s celebration of “change-the-world people.” […]
NPR’s All Things Considered to consider the fate of one university press
The June 29, 2012, edition of NPR’s All Things Considered will include a segment on the threatened closing of the University of Missouri Press. After it airs, I will update this […]
The TLS reviews Squeeze This!
The June 29, 2012, issue of The Times Literary Supplement includes an enthusiastic review of Marion Jacobson’s new book Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America. “Marion […]
Janine MacLachlan on Wisconsin Public Radio
Listen to Janine MacLachlan discuss her new book Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland on the June 22, 2012, edition of Wisconsin Public Radio’s Joy Cardin program. The book celebrates the […]
Q&A with Lucia Ruprecht, co-editor of New German Dance Studies
New German Dance Studies contains sixteen essays which range in subject from eighteenth-century theater dance to popular contemporary dances in global circulation. Co-editor Lucia Ruprecht answered our questions about this […]
The Chronicle Review profiles The Deepest Sense
The June 22, 2012, edition of the The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s Chronicle Review magazine includes a Nota Bene feature on the Press’ Studies in Sensory History series and Constance Classen’s […]
The University of Illinois Press seeks a Marketing Manager
The University of Illinois Press seeks an experienced, highly motivated, organized, and creative professional to direct the Marketing Department of the Press’s Book Division. The Marketing Manager will provide leadership […]
Q&A with Julie A. Gallagher, author of Black Women & Politics in New York City
On June 18, 2012, we will publish Black Women & Politics in New York City by Julie A. Gallagher, assistant professor of history at Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine. Professor Gallagher […]
Hiring: Publications Production Expediter
The University of Illinois Press seeks a production specialist (civil service title: Publications Production Expediter) for book composition and coordination of schedules and materials within the Press and with various […]
UIP Authors Speaking at Printers Row Lit Fest
Visit our booth (UPDATE: we have been moved to TENT B on Dearborn) at Printers Row Lit Fest this weekend, and enjoy presentations by these University of Illinois Press authors: […]