Registration is now open for the fall University of Illinois Press Publishing Symposium on September 19, 2019! Institute for the Humanities 701 South Morgan, Lower Level / Stevenson Hall University of […]
New Titles in Dance Studies
We aren’t able to attend the 2019 Dance Studies Association Conference but you can still get a discount on our new and forthcoming dance books! Use promo code DSA30 to […]
Keisha Lindsay wins Michael Harrington Book Award for “In a Classroom of Their Own”
We are pleased to announce that In a Classroom of Their Own: The Intersection of Race and Feminist Politics in All-Black Male Schools by Keisha Lindsay has won the 2019 […]
Common Threads: Doing Things Differently So We Can Do Different Things
This post originally appeared on The Scholarly Kitchen on July 10th, 2019. I was asked by Lisa Hinchliffe to submit a guest post to The Scholarly Kitchen about the Common Threads […]
Roxanne Panchasi on “No Hiroshima in Africa”
Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of Future Tense: The Culture of Anticipation in France Between the Wars (2009), […]
Q&A with Robert Lemon, author of “The Taco Truck: How Mexican Street Food Is Transforming the American City”
Robert Lemon is an urban and social researcher and documentary filmmaker. His films include Transfusión (2014), a series of vignettes on the cultural implications of taco trucks. He recently answered some questions […]
Come Join Our Team! We’re Hiring an Assistant Acquisitions Editor
The University of Illinois Press is seeking a bright, organized, motivated assistant acquisitions editor to join our team. This person will work closely with the Press’s acquisitions staff in supporting […]
Karen E. Whedbee on “Reverend Billy Goes to Main Street: Free Speech, Trespassing, and Activist Documentary Film”
Karen E. Whedbee is an associate professor in the media studies program in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. She has published widely on topics related to free […]
Q&A with Jake Johnson, author of Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America
Jake Johnson is an assistant professor of musicology in the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. He recently answered some questions about his new book, Mormons, Musical Theater, […]
Jazz and Culture Call for Papers
Call For Papers Jazz and Culture: Special Issue on Geri Allen Issue – Fall 2020 Deadlines: Abstracts 300-500 words: July 15th, 2019 Full Manuscripts: September 1, 2019 The journal Jazz […]
Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky On “The Difference Between Killing Humanely and a Humane Killing”
Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky is a doctoral student in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. He recently shared his thoughts with us on his article, “A […]
Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky Comments on Journal of Animal Ethics Article
In this blog post we are featuring Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky’s summary of his article, “A Linguistic Method of Deception: The Difference Between Killing Humanely and a Humane Killing“, in the Journal of […]