Roger R. Tamte is a patent attorney and scholar of early American football who has studied Camp for many years. He recently answered some questions with us about his new […]
3rd & FINAL IPad Giveaway
The University of Illinois Press is celebrating its 100th Anniversary this year. In order to celebrate, we decided to do something special for our readers. In honor of 100 years, we have […]
Come See Us at #AEJMC18!
Beginning Monday, August 6, 2018, visit Senior Acquisitions Editor Daniel Nasset in the exhibit hall at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2018 Conference. Get University of Illinois […]
Read the Summer Issue of The Callout!
Ahhh . . . summer. Picnics, gardens, fireflies—and of course, summer reading! In this issue of The Callout, our summer harvest includes the first comprehensive history of the Ozarks region; […]
Become a Friend of the Press
Do you believe books have the power to change the world? We do. For the past century, the University of Illinois Press has established itself as a leading publisher in […]
A Q&A with Walter Aaron Clark, author of “Los Romeros: Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar”
Walter Aaron Clark is Distinguished Professor of Musicology and the founder/director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Music at the University of California, Riverside. His books include Isaac Albéniz: Portrait […]
The ULTIMATE E-book Sale: All E-books 4.99!
It’s the season of reading and to celebrate, we’ve made all our e-books $4.99! Yup. You read that correctly. You can get your favorite UIP e-books for less than five […]
Q&A with Brooks Blevins, author of The Old Ozarks
Brooks Blevins is the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University. He is the author or editor of eight books, including Ghost of the Ozarks: Murder and Memory in […]
A Triumph of Progressive Politics: Roger Biles on Mayor Harold Washington
Roger Biles is Professor Emeritus of History at Illinois State University. His books include Richard J. Daley: Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago and The Fate of Cities: Urban America and the Federal […]
New Series Editors for Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest
Just in time for the Latina/o Studies Conference in D.C. this week, the University of Illinois Press is excited to announce that Omar Valerio-Jiménez, and Sujey Vega will be joining Frances R. […]
Immigration Reading List
For many, it is impossible to ignore what is happening in the United States right now. As thousands of families have been separated at the border, many of us have […]
Q&A with Gary Westfahl, author of “Arthur C. Clarke”
Gary Westfahl, formerly of the University of La Verne and the University of California, Riverside, has now retired to focus exclusively on research and writing. His many books on science […]