We are pleased to announce that Chicana/o and Latina/o Fiction: The New Memory of Latinidad by Ylce Irizarry has won the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Book Award, […]
University of Illinois Press at Book Expo 2018
We’re thrilled to be attending #BookExpo 2018 this year in New York City! Stop by booth #2766 May 31-June 1 and say hello! We’ve got some great new and forthcoming […]
Celebrating 100 Years of Publishing Excellence Reception
Join us for a reception celebrating 100 years of publishing excellence with Illini Union Document Services, and Campus Mail at the Illini Union Art Gallery on Friday June, 1st from 1:30-3:30pm. […]
Q&A with Naomi André, author of “Black Opera: History, Power, and Engagement”
Naomi André is an associate professor in the departments of African and Afroamerican Studies and Women’s Studies and the associate director in the Residential College at the University of Michigan. She […]
2nd 100th Anniversary iPad Giveaway!
We are celebrating our 100th Anniversary at the University of Illinois Press this year. In honor of reaching this historic milestone, we decided to celebrate our readers by giving away […]
“Making an Antislavery Nation” Winner of Russell P. Strange Memorial Book Award
We are pleased to announce that Making an Antislavery Nation: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Battle over Freedom by Graham A. Peck has won the Russell P. Strange Memorial Book Award […]
“Race News” by Fred Carroll Winner of the 2018 AEJMC History Division Book Award
The 2018 AEJMC History Division Book Award, honoring the best journalism and mass communication history book published in 2017, has been won by Fred Carroll for Race News: Black Journalists […]
Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. It’s an important time to pay tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America’s history. At the University […]
Fall 2018 Catalog Preview
The fall 2018 catalog is finally here! This catalog is packed with illuminating, entertaining, and thought-provoking titles and we’re so excited to finally share them with you! The gorgeous catalog […]
Q&A with Jesse Berrett, author of “Pigskin Nation: How the NFL Remade American Politics”
Jesse Berrett earned a PhD in History at the University of California, Berkeley. He has worked as a rock critic, television columnist, and book reviewer. He teaches history at University High […]
Authors on Issues: Stefan M. Bradley on the 1968 Columbia University Student Rebellion
The following is a guest post from Stefan M. Bradley, the author of Harlem vs. Columbia University: Black Student Power in the Late 1960s. “Racist Gym Must Go!”: Remembering the […]
2018 NWSA/UIP First Book Prize: Call for Papers
Call for Papers for the 2018 NWSA/UIP First Book Prize The University of Illinois Press and the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) are pleased to continue the annual competition for […]