Henry Kisor and Christine Goodier, authors of Traveling with Service Animals: By Air, Road, Rail, and Ship Across North America, share their top tips for traveling with service animals just in […]
Top Five Tips For Traveling With Service Animals
Island Gospel First Recipient of a Grant from the Bruno Nettl Endowment for Ethnomusicology
The University of Illinois is pleased to announce that Island Gospel: Pentecostal Music and Identity in Jamaica and the United […]
How the Transformations Series Invites Us to Practice Compassion — University Press Week Blog Tour
This post is part of the University Press Week blog tour. Today’s theme is How to Practice Compassion. Learn more about University Press Week here and look for other posts […]
Get a Free Ebook of “Octavia E. Butler” by Gerry Canavan
Giveaway alert! We’re offering a free ebook of OCTAVIA E. BUTLER by Gerry Canavan during November. Butler’s experiences as an African American woman in the world of white male-dominated science […]
In Search of Belonging Awarded Bonnie Ritter Outstanding Feminist Book Award from NCA
We are pleased to announce that In Search of Belonging: Latinas, Media, and Citizenship by Jillian M. Báez has won the Bonnie Ritter Outstanding Feminist Book Award from the Feminist […]
Mascot Nation Awarded Best Book Award from American Studies Division of NCA
We are pleased to announce that Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports by Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black has won the Best Book Award […]
Palestine on the Air – A New Volume in the Common Threads Series
The human rights struggle for Palestinians has been ongoing for decades, and understanding the conflict and its implications can be complex. Palestine on the Air, the newest volume in the […]
Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown Recipient of a Grant from the Judith McCulloh Endowment for American Music
The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce that Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Making […]
Q&A with Sonja Lynn Downing, author of Gamelan Girls
Sonja Lynn Downing is an an associate professor of ethnomusicology at Lawrence University. She recently answered some questions about her book, Gamelan Girls: Gender, Childhood, and Politics in Balinese Music Ensembles. Q: […]
Syrian and Lebanise Patrícios in São Paulo winner of the Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award
We are pleased to announce that Syrian and Lebanese Patrícios in São Paulo: From the Levant to Brazil by Oswaldo Truzzi and translated by Ramon J. Stern has won the […]
Blues Legacy Recipient of a Grant from the Judith McCulloh Endowment for American Music
The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce that Blues Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Chicago by David […]
Q&A with Vincent L. Stephens, author of Rocking the Closet
Vincent L. Stephens is the director of the Popel Shaw Center for Race & Ethnicity and a contributing faculty member in music at Dickinson College. He is a coeditor of Post Racial […]