Samuel Sebastian Wesley was born two hundred years ago — to be exact, on August 14, 1810. I will never forget hearing his anthem, “Blessed be the God and Father,” […]
Robert Stone talks sacred steel in Miami’s New Times
Miami’s New Times interviewed Robert Stone, author of Sacred Steel: Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition, in advance of his October 28 event at Books & Books in Coral […]
Through a Glass Darkly: Reflections on a Troubled Past by Claude A. Clegg III
In deciding to write a book on the history of my hometown (Salisbury, NC), I became keenly interested in family history. As a historian, I am perhaps naturally fascinated with […]
Library Journal starred review for “Hands on the Freedom Plow”
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC received a *starred* review in the October 1, 2010, issue of Library Journal. “Powerful, inspiring, and tremendously moving, the oral […]
Contesting Archives discussed in Inside Higher Ed
Today’s edition of Inside Higher Ed includes a Q&A with the editors of the new book Contesting Archives: Finding Women in the Sources. Nupur Chaudhuri, Sherry J. Katz, and Mary Elizabeth […]
Sacred Steel at the AFS Annual Meeting by Robert Stone
Sacred steel guitarist Aubrey Ghent will perform his soulful music at the American Folklore Society annual meeting in Nashville, Wednesday, October 13, at 8:00 pm. Aubrey is a master of […]
The Last Day by Fran Markowitz
This is the seventh and final post of a multi-part series by Fran Markowitz—author of the new book Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope—on her recent trip to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, […]
May Berenbaum confirmed for Market at the Square
May Berenbaum, editor of the new book Honey, I’m Homemade: Sweet Treats from the Beehive across the Centuries and around the World, will sign books at Urbana’s Market at the […]
UIP Journals Division is actively seeking new acquisitions
The University of Illinois Press Journals Division is seeking to expand its family of humanities and social science journals. We specialize in providing custom packages of publishing services to our […]
University of Illinois Press hosts AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show
The University of Illinois Press will host the annual Book, Jacket and Journal Show, November 1-12. Sponsored by the Association of American University Presses, nearly 100 books and jackets—the best […]
Hands on the Freedom Plow now available
This week we received finished copies of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC. The editors are participating on panels at the ASALH meeting this weekend in […]
Shadow of the Racketeer wins Labor History award
David Witwer’s book, Shadow of the Racketeer: Scandal in Organized Labor, has won the journal Labor History‘s prize for the best book on labor history published in 2009. The book tells […]