Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 National Women’s Studies Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use […]
NWSA 2023 Virtual Exhibit
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Q&A with Ethel Tungohan, author of CARE ACTIVISM
Ethel Tungohan, author of Care Activism: Migrant Domestic Workers, Movement-Building, and Communities of Care, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I […]
Q&A with Shreerekha Pillai, editor of CARCERAL LIBERALISM
Shreerekha Pillai, editor of Carceral Liberalism: Feminist Voices against State Violence, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? This is a case […]
2023 MAAH Stone Book Award Short List
We are pleased to announce that two UIP books have been selected for the 2023 MAAH Stone Book Award short list: Ain’t I an Anthropologist: Zora Neale Hurston Beyond the […]
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 The Berkshire Conference on the History of Women triennial conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog […]
Q&A with Catherine Russell, author of THE CINEMA OF BARBARA STANWYCK
Catherine Russell, author of The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck: Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
2023 Women’s History Month
Please join us in honoring women’s history every month and especially in March, as we celebrate with some of our highly anticipated women’s history publications. Women, Gender, and Families of […]
NWSA 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 National Women’s Studies Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use […]
MADAM C. J. WALKER’S GOSPEL OF GIVING shortlisted for the 2022 Indiana Authors Awards
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 […]
SURVIVING SOUTHAMPTON wins the James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize
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 […]
DREAM BOOKS AND GAMBLERS has been awarded a grant from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund
We are pleased to announce that Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund has awarded a grant to support publication of the book Dream Books and Gamblers: Black Women’s […]
Refresh for the Women and Film History International series
We are happy to announce that you will see new books coming from assistant acquisitions editor Mariah Schaefer in the near future. Mariah has been working on charting the future […]