Today’s Inside Higher Ed features an interesting article about a new study that has raised doubts about the so-called “citation advantage” for scholars publishing in open-access journals as opposed to […]
Kirkus reviews Spirits of Just Men
The February 15, 2011, issue of Kirkus Reviews features an early endorsement of Charles D. Thompson’s forthcoming book Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital […]
Graphics Matter: The Potential for Public Instructions as Feminist Technologies by Linda Layne
One of the things we learned in Feminist Technology is that the gender politics (sexism and feminism) of technologies are not only inscribed into products through their dimensions, weight, features, and […]
Health Care, Hughes, and the The Huffington Post
Richard Hughes, author of the book Christian America and the Kingdom of God, keeps up the blogging momentum with a new column at The Huffington Post. “… the continued flap over […]
The Property Leash! Or How Concern for Property Trumps Personal Safety by Dan Lyles
During the fall 2010 semester, students in my graduate course on Gender, Science, Technology, and Medicine read Feminist Technology. One of their assignments was to generate a blog entry of […]
The Press closed 2/2/11
Wednesday, February 2, 2011: Due to weather conditions in Champaign, Illinois, the University of Illinois Press is closed today. We expect to be back in the office on Thursday. […]
Robert Stone & the Campbell Brothers celebrate Arhoolie
On Sunday February 6, 2011, Robert Stone, author of Sacred Steel: Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition, will join members of the Campbell Brothers for a panel discussion of […]
Wanted Cultured Ladies Only! recognized by SCMS
Neepa Majumdar’s book, Wanted Cultured Ladies Only!: Female Stardom and Cinema in India, 1930s-1950s will receive an Honorable Mention for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Best First […]
Samuel K. Gove, R. I. P.
Samuel K. Gove, co-editor of the recent University of Illinois Press book Illinois Politics: A Citizen’s Guide, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2011. The News- Gazette’s obituary ran on Saturday. […]
Interview with Dirty Words author Robin Jensen
The Critical Lede just launched a podcast interview with Robin Jensen, author of the new book Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 1870-1924. Dirty Words analyzes how health professionals […]
Essence reviews Hands on the Freedom Plow
The February 2011 issue of Essence magazine features Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s review of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC. The stories of the ‘beloved community’ of […]
Richard Hughes on How We Can Save Our Country
Richard Hughes, author of Christian America and the Kingdom of God, started a new three-part series at The Huffington Post titled “Echoes from Gettysburg.” How We Can Save Our Country–Part 1 posted […]