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University of Illinois Press

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University of Illinois Press / Publisher of scholarly and regional trade books and journals since 1918

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Cover of Italica, Volume 102, Number 2, Summer 2025
Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Italian
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Welcome to issue 102.2 of Italica. Featuring three new articles and an interview with Donato Renzetti, an Italian conductor who worked with Carmelo Bene on "Manfred," which premiered at La Scala in 1980. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ital/iss...

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Cover of Music and the Moving Image, in Volume 19, Number 1, Spring 2026.
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Hugh Maloney (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) explores themes of revenge that distinguish the metafictional intersection between Ennio Morricone's music and Quentin Tarantino's films. Read free in Music and the Moving Image Vol. 19, Iss. 1, on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

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Cover of Journal of Animal Ethics. Teal background with darker teal silhouettes of different animals and white letters spelling "JAE"

February is National Ethics Awareness Month! This month, check out Journal of Animal Ethics for scholarship dedicated to the exploration of progressive thought about animals. www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/?id...

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Now Announcing
The Outstanding Dissertation in Disability History Prize
Submissions due by June 30, 2026
University of Illinois Press

✨OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS✨
The UIP in partnership w/the Disability Histories series & the Disability History Assoc is pleased to announce the 3rd annual Outstanding Dissertation in #DisabilityHistory prize!

Prize details here⤵️
press.uillinois.edu/books/disabi...

cc: @historians.org @oah.org

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Volume 94 Issue 1 | Utah Historical Quarterly | Scholarly Publishing Collective

The first Utah Historical Quarterly issue of the Peoples of Utah Revisited is out now!

In 1976, Helen Papanikolas published "The Peoples of Utah," highlighting various communities in Utah. Fifty years later, we're doing it again in UHQ.

scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/uhq/issu...

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Cover of The Polish Review, Volume 71, Number 1, 2026
Photo of Jadwiga Maurer at her home in Lawrence, Kansas, in the 1990s, on burgundy background Table of Contents for The Polish Review 71.1

SPECIAL ISSUE! The Polish Review 71.1 features a section devoted to the legacy of Jadwiga Maurer, plus 2 translated short stories and reviews by:
@jrdwrrn.bsky.social
@vaclavzheng.bsky.social
@rkpejsova.bsky.social
@emilyjuliaroche.bsky.social + more
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Cover of Journal of Film and Video, Volume 78, No. 1, Spring 2026
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Journal of Film & Video 78.1 Reviews!
📕Motion Picture Paradise @floridapress.bsky.social
📘Playing the Percentages @utexaspress.bsky.social
📗Crafting Contemporary Documentaries and Docuseries for Global Screens @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
➡️ On @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56000

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3 days ago
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Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites: An Interview with Seth Tannenbaum

I had a wonderful conversation with @mathostetler.bsky.social on "Sometimes It Rains" about my new book, Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites. Check it out!

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A display rack of books Close up of my book "The Hours Are Long But The Pay Is Low"

Holy smokes! This turned up @ the Taipei Int'l Book Exhibition! Who knew a book about a shy Detroit dork who started a moderately notable indie record label in Chicago might have fans in East Asia?
@illinoispress.bsky.social @bookshop.org #booksky 📚#musicbooks #chicagomusichistory #altcountry

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Cover of American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 63, Issue 1, January 2026
Blue letters spell "APQ" at the top of the page on a green rectangle, with a yellow rectangle below separating it from the rest of the red background.

Daniel Bonevac ( @utaustin.bsky.social ) discusses Nicholas Rescher's contention that the world is unfathomable in a special tribute issue of Vol. 63, Iss. 1 of American Philosophical Quarterly. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/apq/arti...

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Special Free to Access Article
"Make Mine Pop Music: Walt Disney Films and American Popular Music, 1940–1955" by
J. B. Kaufman
Offer Good Mar. 1, 2026, through May 31, 2026. 
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University of Illinois Press logo.

🆓 🎉 American Music article feature in honor of #SAM2026: "Make Mine Pop Music: Walt Disney Films and American Popular Music, 1940–1955" by J. B. Kaufman. Free to read until May 31, 2026! scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/am/artic...

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2 days ago
Diamond and Juba
The Raucous World of 19th-Century Challenge Dancing
Author: April F. Masten

Happy #IrishAmericanHeritageMonth to @historydancer.bsky.social's DIAMOND & JUBA!

During the years before the Civil War, Irish American John Diamond & African American William Henry Lane became famous as competitors in the art of challenge dancing
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

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2 days ago
Daniel Burnham and Louis Sullivan
Personal Histories of Two Icons of American Architecture
Author: Trygve Thoreson

"Make archival collections your second home."

The Q&A for DANIEL BURNHAM AND LOUIS SULLIVAN is live!
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The book tour continues . . .

You can find @millerscave.bsky.social, author of THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT THE PAY IS LOW, at the following stops:

April 15 -- Boswell Book Company

April 16 -- Old Town School of Folk Music

April 18 -- Library of Michigan

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Society for American Music
Richmond, VA
March 11-15, 2026
Get 50% off our books!
Use promo code: SAM
Offer expires March 22, 2026
University of Illinois Press

First day of the Society for American Music annual meeting!

Visit our virtual exhibit and take 50% off all music books with code SAM at checkout!
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#SAM2026

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3 days ago
Cover of Journal of American Folklore, JAF: A Global Quarterly, Vol. 139, No. 551, Winter 2026
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📙"A rich and welcome contribution to the study of foodways."

@rachelbgross.bsky.social reviews "Eating at God's Table: How Foodways Create and Sustain Orthodox Jewish Communities" by Jody Myers in JAF: A Global Quarterly Vol. 139, No. 551, on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/artic...

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Cover of Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 60, Issue 1, Spring 2026
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In this #OpenAccess special issue of Journal of Aesthetic Education (Vol. 60, No. 1), the editors present articles asserting that aesthetic education provides a crucial pathway toward the care and transformative action our world desperately needs. 🆓 @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56355

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3 days ago
Cover of Women, Gender, and Families of Color Volume 12, Numbers 1-2
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In Women, Gender, and Families of Color 12.1-2 on
@projectmuse.bsky.social , Anne Hubbell, Chadrhyn A. A. Pedraza, and more co-authors share their experiences as 8 women from diverse backgrounds, each at different faculty ranks in the same university,
@nmsu.edu
muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

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4 days ago
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Making Your Book Public Promoting your book starts before you’ve even finished writing. In this workshop, publishing insiders talk about the practical things scholarly authors can do to ensure the greatest impact for their ideas and how their publisher can help.

What goes into promoting your book, and how can you as an author help? Check out this video featuring insights from marketing professionals @illinoispress.bsky.social and @uofmpress.bsky.social, hosted by Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.

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4 days ago
Cover of Journal of American Ethnic History, Winter 2026, Volume 44, Number 1. Special Issue: Globalizing Irish America.
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It's Irish American Heritage Month! Check out our podcast with Journal of American Ethnic History guest editors @dgannon2016.bsky.social + @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social
on their special issue, "Globalizing Irish America." cc: @iehs.bsky.social
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4 days ago
Cover of Music and the Moving Image, in Volume 19, Number 1, Spring 2026.
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🆓 In Music and the Moving Image Vol. 19, No. 1, Wouter Capitain (@uni-goettingen.de) analyzes how Disney's The Jungle Book (1967) and The Little Mermaid (1989) use contrasting musical styles to sonically construct the human-animal divide. #OA on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

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4 days ago
Women's History Month
Reading List
Women in Music

The next installment of our #WomensHistoryMonth reading list series is Women in Music!
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4 days ago
Cover of American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 63, Issue 1, January 2026
Blue letters spell "APQ" at the top of the page on a green rectangle, with a yellow rectangle below separating it from the rest of the red background.

In a special tribute issue of American Philosophical Quarterly 63.1, Brian Skyrm ( @ucirvine.bsky.social ) revisits Nicholas Rescher's discussion of Ghazali on choice without preference in the context of mixed strategy equilibria in game theory. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/apq/arti...

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1 week ago
Cover of Women, Gender, and Families of Color Volume 12, Numbers 1-2
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Julie Lucero, Gregory Tafoya, Cassandra Harden, and @ewhitehat.bsky.social highlight the leadership experiences of Indigenous women, a topic that has been under researched, in a special issue of Women, Gender, and Families of Color 12.1-2 on @projectmuse.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

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1 week ago
When the Good Life Goes Bad
The US and Its Seven Deadly Sins
Author: Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas Foreword by Michael Eric Dyson

Happy #NationalEthicsAwarenessMonth to WHEN THE GOOD LIFE GOES BAD by Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, which examines how the Seven Deadly Sins have shaped the moral strivings and sociopolitical condition of American society and culture in the twenty-first century
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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Women's History Month
Reading List
Women in Art

First up in our #WomensHistoryMonth reading list series -- Women in Art!
www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/20...

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Listen up for a peek into my editorial "process"!

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Come for the insightful answers to probing questions about my tastes in obscure music, running a label, and my new book (link in bio). Stay for my heretical opinions on Chicago style pizza.
#booksky📚 #insurgentcountry #musicbooks @illinoispress.bsky.social #indielabels #chicagomusichistory

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1 week ago
Lady Daredevils
American Women and Early Aviation
Author: Barbara Ganson

Happy #WomenInAviationWeek to Barbara Ganson and her new book, LADY DAREDEVILS: American Women and Early Aviation!
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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