We are pleased to announce Sophonisba Breckinridge: Championing Women’s Activism in Modern America by Anya Jabour has won an Illinois State Historical Society Award. The Illinois State Historical Society Awards […]
Q&A with Amanda Frisken, author of Graphic News
Amanda Frisken, author of Graphic News: How Sensational Images Transformed Nineteenth-Century Journalism answers questions about her inspiration for writing , sensational journalism, and what she hopes readers will take away […]
Update Regarding Orders from Our Website
Please read the latest update from 3.30.20 here: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/update-our-website-is-open/ Due to the impact of COVID-19, the State of Illinois will be under a shelter-in-place order beginning Saturday, March 21, 2020. […]
All Our Trials a Finalist for Lambda Literary Awards
We are pleased to announce All Our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence by Emily L. Thuma is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards. Now […]
University of Illinois Press Update
Hello Friends, Due to the impact of COVID-19, we want to provide an update on planned activity at University of Illinois Press (UIP) over the coming weeks. As of Monday […]
Kimberly Hannon Teal on “Mary Lou Williams as an Apology”
Kimberly Hannon Teal is an assistant professor of musicology at the University of Arkansas. Her research addresses contemporary jazz, and she is interested in how live performance contexts contribute to […]
Corrine Field and LaKisha Simmons on “Black Girlhood and Kinship”
Corrine T. Field is an associate professor in the Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality at the University of Virginia and the Mellon-Schlesinger Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced […]
Q&A with Dawn Durante, compiler of 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage
Dawn Durante is a senior acquisitions editor at the University of Illinois Press. In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked her some questions about her new anthology, 100 Years of […]
Q&A with Robert E. Weems Jr., author of The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago
Robert E. Weems Jr. recently answered some questions about his book, The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago: Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire. Q: Why did you […]
Suffragette Sale on all Women’s History Books! March 7-9, 2020
In honor of International Women’s Day, Women’s History Month and the centennial of the nineteenth amendment in 2020, we’re having a sale on all women’s history books! March 7-9 all […]
Essential Women’s Suffrage Reading List
2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. To commemorate the anniversary, we put together a list of books and articles from our list that provide insightful analysis, and […]
Q&A with Bennetta Jules-Rosette and J.R. Osborn, authors of African Art Reframed
Bennetta Jules-Rosette and J.R. Osborn recently answered some questions about their new book, African Art Reframed: Reflections and Dialogues on Museum Culture. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]