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) […]
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Fish Friday with… the Starhead Topminnow
Starhead Topminnow (Fundulus dispar) At just three inches long, the Starhead Topminnow invites predation. But as they say at the Charles Darwin School of Business, predation spurs innovation. “Starhead Topminnows […]
Q&A with Dick Simpson, Author of Democracy’s Rebirth
Dick Simpson, author of Democracy’s Rebirth: The View from Chicago, answers questions on his activist influences, political discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you decide to […]
Q&A with Megan Birk, Author of The Fundamental Institution
Megan Birk, author of The Fundamental Institution: Poverty, Social Welfare, and Agriculture in American Poor Farms, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: […]
MOVIE WORKERS wins Best Monograph Prize by the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS)
We are pleased to announce that Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema by Melanie Bell has won Best Monograph Prize by the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies […]
Fish Friday with… the Walleye
Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) The Walleye can reach 36 inches in length. As you might guess, a yard-long sport fish offers sport indeed. The range map above, courtesy of the Atlas […]
FOR A JUST AND BETTER WORLD wins the 2022 Philip Taft Labor History Book Award
We are pleased to announce For a Just and Better World: Engendering Anarchism in the Mexican Borderlands, 1900-1983 by Sonia Hernández has won the 2022 Philip Taft Labor History Book Award. […]
Q&A with E. James West, Author of A House For The Struggle
E. James West, author of A House For The Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago, answers questions on his influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his […]
Fish Friday with… the Chinook or King Salmon
Chinook or King Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) The largest North American salmon, the Chinook or King Salmon grows to 58 inches and can weigh over 30 lbs. The Chinook, like the […]
AAAS 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the 2022 University of Illinois Press Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) Virtual Exhibit. Enjoy books, journals, author interviews, and be sure to download a free e-book Queering […]
UIP & 3 Fields Books Awarded Best of Illinois History Awards
We are pleased to announce that three of our titles have won awards from the Illinois State Historical Society 2022 Best of Illinois History Awards at the Annual Meeting and […]
Q&A with Elena Tajima Creef, Author of Shadow Traces
Elena Tajima Creef, author of Shadow Traces: Seeing Japanese/American and Ainu Women in Photographic Archives, answers questions on her influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: Why did […]