May’s free ebook is here! We’re giving away Muncie India(na): Middletown and Asian America by Himanee Gupta-Carlson! Muncie, Indiana, remains the epitome of an American town. Yet scholars built the […]
UIP Books Receive Awards From Illinois State Historical Society
We are pleased to announce that two of our titles have won awards from the Illinois State Historical Society. Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican by Deborah Kanter received an […]
Three Music Books Awarded AMS Subventions
We’re pleased to announce that three new, forthcoming music titles have been awarded publication subventions from the American Musicological Society. These funds help offset the costs of publication and allows […]
Jazz & Culture – Call for Papers
Please consider submitting to one of our exciting journal titles! The University of Pittsburgh’s Jazz Studies program, in collaboration with the University of Illinois Press, invites scholars and artists to submit […]
Q&A with Candace Bailey, Author of Unbinding Gentility
Candace Bailey, author of Unbinding Gentility: Women Making Music in the Nineteenth-Century South, recently answered some questions about the inspirations behind and discoveries she made while writing her new book. […]
Q&A with Adam Crymble, Author of Technology and the Historian
Adam Crymble, author of Technology and the Historian: Transformations in the Digital Age, answers some questions on his inspirations and discoveries while writing his book. Q: Why did you decide […]
OAH 2021 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s virtual exhibit for the 2021 Organization of American Historians! We hope you’ll step inside our virtual booth and browse new books, journal articles, […]
Q&A with Matthew E. Stanley, Author of Grand Army of Labor
Matthew E. Stanley, author of Grand Army of Labor: Workers, Veterans, and the Meaning of the Civil War recently answered some questions about his new book. Q: Why did you […]
AAAS 2021 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the 2021 University of Illinois Press Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) Virtual Exhibit! While we wish this could be an in-person event, we’re still excited to show […]
Q&A with Jennifer McClearen, Author of Fighting Visibility
We recently chatted with author Jennifer McClearen about her new book, Fighting Visibility: Sports Media and Female Athletes in the UFC. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? […]
Free ebook Giveaway: A Nation of Immigrants Reconsidered
April’s free ebook has arrived! We’re giving away A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS RECONSIDERED: US SOCIETY IN AN AGE OF RESTRICTION, 1924-1965 edited by Maddalena Marinari, Madeline Y. Hsu, and […]
Pioneering Women in Cinema and Theater Reading List
From the beginnings of silent films to the talkies we have now, women have played a pivotal role in the development of film whether it be behind the scenes or […]