June’s free ebook is here! Check out Black Queer Freedom: Spaces of Injury and Paths of Desire by GerShun Avilez before the month is over! Whether engaged in same-sex desire […]
Free Ebook Giveaway: BLACK QUEER FREEDOM
Q&A with Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish, editors of FOOD INSTAGRAM
Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish, editors of Food Instagram: Identity, Influence, and Negotiation, answer questions on their influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from their new book. Q: Why did […]
NASSH 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 North American Society for Sports History (NASSH) annual conference! Explore books, journals, author interviews, and more in this […]
ICA 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 International Communication Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of communication books, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
NOW HIRING: Assistant Acquisitions Editor
The System Office seeks an Assistant Acquisitions Editor to be a member of the acquisition program involved in discussions of focus and direction of publishing program. This position assists acquisitions […]
Refresh for the History of Communication Series
Jane Rhodes and Lisa Parks are delighted to build on and invigorate the University of Illinois Press’ History of Communication series, renamed The History of Media and Communication. The books in the […]
Fish Friday with…. the Bluegill
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) The Bluegill is the Illinois State Fish, and rightly so. If an Illinoisan has only caught one fish in their life, there’s a good chance it was […]
Q&A with Cynthia Clampitt, Author of Destination Heartland
Cynthia Clampitt, author of Destination Heartland: A Guide to Discovering the Midwest’s Remarkable Past, answers questions on her historical influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: Why did […]
Fish Friday with… the Rainbow Smelt
Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) Netting buckets of Rainbow Smelt once provided Chicagoans and Lakefront suburbanites with an annual rite of near-spring. News that spawning smelt had begun to run sent […]
BEING LA DOMINICANA wins the Haiti-Dominican Republic Section Isis Duarte Book Prize
We are pleased to announce that Being La Dominicana: Race and Identity in the Visual Culture of Santo Domingo by Rachel Afi Quinn is the winner of the Haiti-Dominican Republic Section Isis Duarte Book […]
Essential Roe v. Wade Reading List
In light of this week’s Supreme Court news, we’ve assembled a list of books and journals that provide insightful analysis into the history of reproductive rights in the United States. […]
Free Ebook Giveaway: SEX TESTING
May’s free ebook is here! Check out Sex Testing: Gender Policing in Women’s Sports by Lindsay Parks Pieper before the month is over! In 1968, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) […]