Steve Fishell, author of Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write […]
Q&A with Steve Fishell, author of BUDDY EMMONS
AFS 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 American Folklore Society annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
MOVIE WORKERS Awarded the Theatre Library Association’s 2021 Richard Wall Memorial Award Special Jury Prize
We are pleased to announce that Melanie Bell’s book, Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema, has won the 2021 Richard Wall Memorial Award Special Jury Prize for an exemplary work in the field […]
Conference on Illinois History Virtual Exhibit
Visit University of Illinois Press at the Conference on Illinois History in Springfield, IL, October 6-7, 2022 for special sales, author signings, and more! Use the promo code CILH22 for […]
Free E-book Giveaway: STORYTELLING IN SIBERIA
October’s free e-book is here! Check out Storytelling in Siberia: The Olonkho Epic in a Changing World by Robin P. Harris before the month is over! Olonkho, the epic narrative […]
Filipino American History Month Reading List
Filipino Americans are the second-largest Asian American group in the nation. The celebration of Filipino American History Month in October commemorates the first recorded presence of Filipinos in the continental […]
ASALH 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 Association for the Study of African American Life and History annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, […]
August Backlist Titles Now Available As E-books Via NEH Grant
The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce the release of twenty-two backlist titles as e-books thanks to the receipt of a grant of $199,794 from the National Endowment for […]
Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation Call for Papers
The Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) is pleased to announce its annual Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History, established in cooperation with […]
IBMA 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use […]
Q&A with Wanda A. Hendricks, Author of The Life of Madie Hall Xuma
Wanda A. Hendricks, author of The Life of Madie Hall Xuma: Black Women’s Global Activism during Jim Crow and Apartheid, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways […]
UIP at 2022 Printers Row Lit Fest
Visit University of Illinois Press at tent D (circled in dark blue on the map below) at Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, IL on Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, […]