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January 31, 2023 (January 27, 2023)

Q&A with Gavin Feller, author of ETERNITY IN THE ETHER

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Gavin Feller, author of Eternity in the Ether: A Mormon Media History, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: Why did you […]

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January 13, 2023 (October 12, 2022)

Q&A with Robert W. Cherny, author of HARRY BRIDGES

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Robert W. Cherny, author of Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: Why did you decide […]

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January 5, 2023 (January 3, 2023)

AHA 2023 Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 American Historical Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]

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January 3, 2023 (October 13, 2022)

Q&A with Leslie M. Alexander, author of FEAR OF A BLACK REPUBLIC

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Leslie M. Alexander, author of Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader […]

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January 1, 2023 (November 21, 2022)

Free E-book Giveaway: THE MARK OF SLAVERY

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Janaury’s free e-book is here! Check out The Mark of Slavery: Disability, Race, and Gender in Antebellum America by Jenifer L. Barclay before the month is over!  Time and again, […]

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November 16, 2022 (November 15, 2022)

University Press Week: What Author is #NextUP on Your List?

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As University Press Week enters its second decade of celebrating excellence in university press publishing, Next UP has been chosen as the theme for this year’s event. The theme highlights the dedicated […]

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November 14, 2022 (November 9, 2022)

Native American Heritage Month Reading List

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What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth […]

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November 3, 2022 (October 26, 2022)

ASA 2022 Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 American Studies Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]

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August 17, 2022 (August 17, 2022)

MADAM C. J. WALKER’S GOSPEL OF GIVING shortlisted for the 2022 Indiana Authors Awards

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Join us in congratulating Tyrone Mckinley Freeman, whose book, Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Philanthropy during Jim Crow, has been shortlisted for the 2022 Indiana Authors Awards in […]

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July 27, 2022 (July 26, 2022)

SURVIVING SOUTHAMPTON wins the James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize

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We are pleased to announce that Surviving South Hampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community by Vanessa M. Holden has won the James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize from SHEAR […]

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June 15, 2022 (June 13, 2022)

Q&A with Miriam Thaggert, author of RIDING JANE CROW

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Miriam Thaggert, author of Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad, answers questions on the significance of the time period she writes about, what she hopes readers […]

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January 6, 2022 (January 7, 2022)

Q&A With Jason Resnikoff, Author of Labor’s End

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Jason Resnikoff, author of Labor’s End: How the Promise of Automation Degraded Work, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you […]

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