Tag Archives: women and gender studies

July 6, 2020

Get a Free Ebook of Hands on the Freedom Plow

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July’s free ebook is here! For this entire month we are giving away Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC edited by Faith S. Holsaert, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Judy Richardson, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith … Continue reading →

April 8, 2020

2020 National Women’s Studies Association and University of Illinois Press First Book Prize

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It’s that time of year again! The University of Illinois Press and the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) are pleased to continue the annual competition for the best dissertation or first book manuscript by a single author in the field … Continue reading →

January 10, 2017

Release Party: Politicizing Creative Economy, by Dia Da Costa

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Scholars increasingly view the arts, creativity, and the creative economy as engines for regenerating global citizenship, renewing decayed local economies, and nurturing a new type of all-inclusive politics. Dia Da Costa delves into the global development, nationalist and leftist/progressive histories … Continue reading →