Pilsen Latina Histories Monuments Project Receives $200,000 Grant from Chicago Monuments Project Mellon Foundation Funding CHAMPAIGN, IL—The Pilsen Latina Histories Monuments Project (PLHMP), a collaboration between the University of Illinois […]
Q&A with Thomas Leslie, author of CHICAGO SKYSCRAPERS, 1934-1986
Thomas Leslie, author of Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
New Journals Pilot Program: The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries
The University of Illinois Press (UIP) is proud to announce a partnership with the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) to provide access to more than 40 […]
Q&A with Kristine M. McCusker, author of JUST ENOUGH TO PUT HIM AWAY DECENT
Kristine M. McCusker, author of Just Enough to Put Him Away Decent: Death Care, Life Extension, and the Making of a Healthier South, 1900-1955, answers questions on her new book. […]
Mormon History Association 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 Mormon History Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
Open Access Titles Available Via JSTOR’s Path to Open Program
We are to pleased to announce that we are joining more than thirty university presses and hundreds of authors in being a part of Path to Open, a new program from […]
Interview: Ten Years of Mormon Studies Review
“Twenty years down the line, when there’s historiographical debates over the evolution of the field of Mormon Studies among other discipline subfields, the Mormon Studies Review is going to be […]
Call for Papers: The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (JISHS) invites submissions for its upcoming issues. Established in 1908, JISHS is the peer-reviewed scholarly publication of the Illinois State Historical Society. […]
Pride Month Reading List
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 […]
Q&A with the editors of TRANSNATIONAL COMMUNISM ACROSS THE AMERICAS
Marc Becker, Margaret Power, Tony Wood, and Jacob Zumoff, editors of Transnational Communism across the Americas, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. […]
Free E-book Giveaway: PEACE BE STILL
June’s free e-book is here! Check out Peace Be Still: How James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir Created a Gospel Classic by Robert M. Marovich before the month is over! […]
African American Music Appreciation Month Reading List
Created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, this month celebrates the African American musical influences that comprise an essential part of our nation’s treasured cultural heritage. Let’s dig in with […]