The University of Illinois Press is excited to congratulate Ryan Ebright on his ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thompson Award. “Established in 1967 to honor the memory of composer, critic and […]
NWSA/ University of Illinois First Book Prize Winners
NWSA and the University of Illinois Press are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 First Book Prize! Wen Liu, State University of New York at Albany Assembling Asian […]
Everything UIP You Need to Know at #NSWA2018
Attending NWSA this week? So are we! We’ve got some awesome events happening at our booth this year and some excellent giveaways, so stop by and say hello! Treva Lindsey […]
“Fake News” From the Journal of American Folklore, Part 6
This is the sixth installment of our blog series exploring the articles in the special issue on “Fake News” from the Journal of American Folklore (vol. 131, no. 522). The special issue on […]
Blood, Sweat, and Fear Awarded Cugnot Award from the Society of Automotive Historians
We’re pleased to announce that Blood, Sweat, and Fear: Violence at Work in the North American Auto Industry, 1960-80 by Jeremy Milloy has been awarded the Cugnot Award from the Society […]
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About the Banjo
Spanning centuries of music history, the banjo remains a recognizable and unique instrument in genres including bluegrass and folk. As the banjo reaches new parts of the world, we can […]
Sneak Peek Inside “Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man”
Tom Ewing presents fans of bluegrass music with an in-depth and long-awaited biography on the Blue Grass Man himself, Bill Monroe. Called “insightful” by The Wall Street Journal, Bill Monroe: The […]
Q&A with Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black, authors of Mascot Nation
Andrew C. Billings is a professor and Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama. He is the coauthor of Olympic Television: […]
“Fake News” from the Journal of American Folklore, Part 5
This is the fifth installment of our blog series exploring the articles in the special issue on “Fake News” from the Journal of American Folklore (vol. 131, no. 522). The special […]
NFL Reading List
Football season is well underway and we’re here to add a dose of football and NFL themed reads to your TBR. Featuring reads that will educate you on the origins […]
“Fake News” from the Journal of American Folklore, Part 4
This is the fourth installment of our blog series exploring the articles in the special issue on “Fake News” from the Journal of American Folklore(vol. 131, no. 522). The special […]
Remembering the 1968 Olympic Protest
During the 1968 Olympics at Mexico City, two American 200-meter sprinters, Tommie Smith and John Carlos performed arguably the most overtly political statement in the history of the Modern Olympic […]