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 […]
AAR/SBL Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2020 American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature conference! While we wish this could be an in-person […]
Photographic Presidents by Cara Finnegan Given NEH Open Book Award
We’re pleased to announce that Cara A. Finnegan’s forthcoming book, Photographic Presidents: Making History from Daguerreotype to Digital, has been given a National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Award, […]
Holiday Sale! All Books 50% off
It’s that time of year again! Use Promo Code HOLIDAY50 to get all books for 50% off in our annual holiday sale! Need some ideas? Browse our Fall catalog here […]
Traveling with Service Animals Honored with Silver in Society of American Travel Writers Foundation Lowell Thomas Competition
We are pleased to announce Traveling with Service Animals: By Air, Road, Rail, and Ship across North America by Henry Kisor and Chris Goodier won Silver (second place) in the […]
Q&A With Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Author of Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving
Author of Madam C.J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Philanthropy During Jim Crow, Tyrone McKinley Freeman, answers questions about his inspirations, motivations and what he wants readers to know […]
Q&A with GerShun Avilez, Author of Black Queer Freedom
Author, GerShun Avilez, of Black Queer Freedom: Spaces of Injury and Paths of Desire answers questions about his familial influences, discoveries and purpose for writing his book. Q: Why did […]