It’s Italian American Heritage Month! Get to know our Italian Studies journals to stay up to date on new research, book reviews, creative work, and more. Plus, check out a […]
2024 Italian American Heritage Month Reading List
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2024 National Arts & Humanities Month Reading List
October is National Arts & Humanities Month, dedicated to the artists and scholars contributing to moving humanities disciplines forward. Join us in honoring the importance of arts and humanities by […]
2024 Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Please enjoy this curated list of new and exemplary publications in Latin American studies. Chicago Latina Trailblazers: Testimonios of Political Activism Edited by Rita D. Hernández, […]
UNBINDING GENTILITY by Candace Bailey Receives NEH Open Book Award
We are delighted to announce that Candace Bailey’s book, Unbinding Gentility: Women Making Music in the Nineteenth-Century South, has been awarded funding from the Fellowships Open Book Program of the […]
2024 Latino/a/x Books Month Reading List
Latino/a/x Books Month celebrates Latino/a/x authors, illustrators, and texts that highlight Latino/a/x culture and Latin American identity and promote literacy. Let’s dig in with some of our newest and well-loved […]
LSA 2024 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2024 Latina/o Studies Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of Latina/o studies books, blog posts, and more. Use […]
Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Please enjoy this curated list of new and exemplary publications in Latin American studies. Playful Protest: The Political Work of Joy in Latinx Media By Kristie […]
Latino/a/x Books Month Reading List
Latino/a/x Books Month celebrates Latino/a/x authors and illustrators, books that highlight Latino/a/x culture and Latin American identity, and promotes literacy. Let’s dig in with some of our newest and well-loved […]
AARON COPLAND IN LATIN AMERICA by Carol A. Hess Receives NEH Open Book Award
We are delighted to announce that Carol A. Hess’s forthcoming book, Aaron Copland in Latin America: Music and Cultural Politics, has been awarded funding from the Fellowships Open Book Program […]
LSA 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 Latina/o Studies Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of Latina/o studies books, blog posts, and more. Use […]
Free E-book Giveaway: CHICAGO CATÓLICO
July’s free ebook is here! Check out Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican by Deborah E. Kanter before the month is over! Today, over one hundred Chicago-area Catholic churches offer […]
Q&A with Mirelsie Velázquez, Author of Puerto Rican Chicago
Mirelsie Velázquez, author of Puerto Rican Chicago: Schooling the City, 1940-1977, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: Why did you decide to […]