Leta E. Miller and J. Michele Edwards are the authors of Chen Yi in our Women Composers series. Co-author, Leta E. Miller answers questions about her motivations for writing and […]
Q&A with Leta E. Miller, Co-Author of Chen Yi
Dominique J. Moore Joins UI Press as Acquisitions Editor
We are pleased to announce that Dominique Moore will be joining the University of Illinois Press as an acquisitions editor. With years of freelance work as a copyeditor and proofreader […]
Free Ebook Giveaway: Black Post-Blackness by Margo Natalie Crawford
Celebrate Black History Month with February’s free ebook Black Post-Blackness: The Black Arts Movement and Twenty First Century Aesthetics by Margo Natalie Crawford! Black Post-Blackness compares the Black avant-garde of […]
The Pluralist seeks Associate Editor
The Board of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy welcomes applications for Associate Editor. This position will support the editorial work of The Pluralist by assisting the Editor in reviewing […]
UI Press Books Named 2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Titles
We’re pleased to announce the below books have been named Choice Outstanding Academic Titles for 2020. In awarding Outstanding Academic Titles, the editors use the following criteria to review titles: […]
Q&A with Fred Bartenstein and Curt W. Ellison, Co-Editors of Industrial Strength Bluegrass
Co-editors, Fred Bartenstein and Curtis W. Ellison, of Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio’s Musical Legacy answer questions abut their influences, discoveries, and dispel myths about bluegrass music. Q: Why did […]
New Editor – Public Affairs Quarterly
Jason Brennan has been named as the new editor of Public Affairs Quarterly, which is in its 35th volume year. Dr. Brennan is a Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family […]
Our January 2021 Free Ebook: To Live Here You Have to Fight by Jessica Wilkerson
Kick off the new year with January’s free ebook! We’re giving away To Live Here, You Have To Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements For Social Justice by Jessica Wilkerson! […]
Black Opera Awarded AMS Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award
We are pleased to announce Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement by Naomi André has won the American Musicological Society’s Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award! The award committee said: “Written […]
AHA Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s virtual exhibit for the 2021 American Historical Association extended conference! We hope you’ll step inside our virtual booth and browse new books, journal […]
Spring 2021 Catalog Preview
Our Spring 2021 catalog is here! We have an exciting array of new titles coming and we can’t wait to get them into your hands. The stunning cover features UFC […]
Q&A with Richard Porton, Author of Film and the Anarchist Imagination, Expanded Second Edition
Richard Porton, the author of Film and the Anarchist Imagination, shares the inspirations and discoveries behind the expanded second edition of his exploration of anarchism’s images, ideas, and influence in […]