Lester D. Friedman, author of Citizen Spielberg, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways in his book. Why did you decide to write this book? I did […]
Q&A With Lester D. Friedman, Author of Citizen Spielberg
Q&A With Rachel S. Cordasco, Author of Out of This World
Rachel S. Cordasco, author of Out of This World: Speculative Fiction in Translation from the Cold War to the New Millennium, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader […]
Reimagining Liberation Receives Honorable Mention for Eugen Weber Book Award
We are pleased to announce that Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in the French Empire by Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel received Honorable Mention for the Eugen Weber Book Award. […]
AHA 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s virtual exhibit for the 2022 American Historical Association annual meeting. Please step inside our virtual booth and browse new books, journals, author interviews, […]
Q&A With Jason Resnikoff, Author of Labor’s End
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 […]
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 […]