We are pleased to announce Disruption in Detroit: Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom by Daniel J. Clark was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2019. This award recognizes […]
Holiday Sale! All Books 40% Off November 29-December 14! Use Promo Code WINTER19
It’s that time of year again and that means it’s time for our annual Holiday Sale! All books are 40% off! Plus, get free U.S. shipping when you spend $50 […]
The World in a City Awarded the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize
We are pleased to announce The World in a City: Multiethnic Radicalism in Early Twentieth-Century Los Angeles by David M. Struthers won the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize for International Scholarship […]
Gendered Resistance Awarded an International AAHGS Book Award
We are pleased to announce Gendered Resistance: Women, Slavery, and the Legacy of Margaret Garner, edited by Mary E. Frederickson and Delores M. Walters has won an International AAHGS Book […]
Hot Feet and Social Change: African Dance and Diaspora Communities Recipient of University of Illinois Press Fund for Anthropology Grant
The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce that Hot Feet and Social Change: African Dance and Diaspora Communities edited by Kariamu Welsh, Esailama Diouf, and Yvonne Daniel with […]
Our Spring 2020 Catalog is here!
The Spring 2020 catalog is here and we’re kicking off the next decade with a new catalog design and an exciting array of new titles! Browse the new […]
NWSA/ University of Illinois Press 2019 First Book Prize Winner
NWSA and the University of Illinois Press are pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 First Book Prize! Shamara Wyllie Alhassan, Brown University Re-Membering the Maternal Goddess: Rastafari Women’s […]
Top Five Tips For Traveling With Service Animals
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 […]
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 […]