Jason Resnikoff, author of Labor’s End: How the Promise of Automation Degraded Work, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you […]
Q&A With Jason Resnikoff, Author of Labor’s End
January Free E-book: Between Fitness and Death
January’s free e-book is Between Fitness and Death: Disability and Slavery in the Caribbean by Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy. Winner of the 2021 Disability History Association Outstanding Book Award, it’s a groundbreaking […]
Hiring Digital Marketing Manager at University of Illinois Press
The University of Illinois Press seeks a Digital Marketing Manager to be a member of the marketing team involved in the promotion of published content. This position is responsible for […]
Q&A With Brooks Blevins, Author of History of The Ozarks, Vol.3
Brooks Blevins, author of A History of the Ozarks, Volume 3: The Ozarkers, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways in his book. Q: Why did you […]
Mobilizing Black Germany Awarded Waterloo Centre for German Studies Best First Book Prize
We are pleased to announce that Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement by Tiffany N. Florvil is the winner of the Waterloo Centre for […]
Q&A With Alejandro Madrid, Author of Tania León’s Stride
Alejandro L. Madrid, author of Tania León’s Stride: A Polyrhythmic Life, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you decide to […]
Author Nancy Rao Awarded Excellence in Research Award
We are pleased to announce that Nancy Y. Rao, author of Chinatown Opera Theater in North America has received the Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research from Rutgers […]
Chicago Architecture: Beyond Eccentric Avenue
Concluding our look at a few of Chicago’s quirkier architectural treasures with the Guide to Chicago’s Twenty-First-Century Architecture, by the Chicago Architecture Center and John Hill. See here and here […]
Reimagining Liberation Awarded MLA Prize for a First Book
We are pleased to announce that Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in the French Empire by Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel was one of two winners for the MLA Prize […]
Mobilizing Black Germany a Finalist for the ASWAD Outstanding First Book Prize 2021
We are pleased to announce that Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement by Tiffany N. Florvil was selected as a finalist for the ASWAD […]
UI Press Books Awarded Choice Outstanding Academic Titles for 2021
We’re pleased to announce that seven UI Press books have been awarded Choice Outstanding Academic Titles for 2021. In awarding Outstanding Academic Titles, the editors use the following criteria to […]
Chicago Architecture: Back to Eccentric Avenue
Continuing our look at a few of Chicago’s quirkier architectural treasures with the Guide to Chicago’s Twenty-First-Century Architecture, by the Chicago Architecture Center and John Hill. See here for the […]