Alison Syring @alisonsyring.bsky.social · 07/06/2025I’m so incredibly pleased to celebrate FOREVER FAMILIAS by Jason Palmer and JOSEPH WHITE MUSSER by Cristina M. Rosetti, which won best international book and best biography at the Mormon History Association awards banquet last night. 010
Reposted by Alison SyringDr. S. Deborah Kang @kangborderlaw.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Thrilled about yesterday's release of our edited volume, Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the US. Contributions from our esteemed authors supply essential insights into today's immigration debates. For more information, see www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...press.uillinois.eduHidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States 0177
Alison Syring @alisonsyring.bsky.social · 15/06/2024I’ve had such a lovely #MHA2024! You can snag our 50% conference discount on #MormonStudies titles through June 23, or stop by the booth for a free display copy! 020
Reposted by Alison SyringUniversity of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 05/06/2024*IMPORTANT UPDATE* 📢 The submissions deadline has been extended for the Outstanding Dissertation in Disability History prize to June 30! Visit go.illinois.edu/DisabilityHi... for submission guidelines. #DisabilityStudies #DisabilityHistory #dishist cc: @alisonsyring.bsky.social 064
Alison Syring @alisonsyring.bsky.social · 24/05/2024This is the last week to submit to our Disability Histories outstanding dissertation prize. The winner receives $1000 and an advance contract with @illinoispress.bsky.social. More details here: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/disabi... 031
Alison Syring @alisonsyring.bsky.social · 22/04/2024So grateful for amazing coverage in @thenation.com for the vital and timely CONTINGENT FACULTY AND THE REMAKING OF HIGHER EDUCATION edited by Eric Fure-Slocum and Claire Goldstene! www.thenation.com/article/cult...thenation.comThe Education FactoryBy looking at the labor history of academia, you can see the roots of a crisis in higher education that has been decades in the making. 074
Alison Syring @alisonsyring.bsky.social · 13/04/2024You may have missed Chad Pearson’s rousing response to this book this morning, but there is still time to get free display copies and 50% off shipped titles at #OAH24. I especially like giving copies to contingent faculty and grad students! 094
Reposted by Alison SyringShawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 12/04/2024It's that time of year again! Grad student scholars, the Comics Studies Society is calling for submissions for our Dissertation Award. Please visit our submission form for more information and to send in your work for consideration: bit.ly/CSS_Disserta... 033
Alison Syring @alisonsyring.bsky.social · 12/04/2024Thank you! You can check out our virtual exhibit and get 50% off books thru 4/21: www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/oa...press.uillinois.eduOAH 2024 Virtual Exhibit - Illinois Press BlogWelcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2024 Organization of American Historians conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use ... 110
Alison Syring @alisonsyring.bsky.social · 12/04/2024I am in beautiful New Orleans at #OAH24 for @illinoispress.bsky.social! Stop by and say hello if you are here! 1101
Reposted by Alison SyringDawn Durante @dawnd.bsky.social · 22/09/2023“Michelle R. Boyd introduced me to so many ideas about writing, particularly writing by a scholar for an academic audience . . . . And now I can’t imagine writing, or advising writers, without them.” -- @alisonsyring.bsky.social #FeedingTheElephant networks.h-net.org/group/discus...networks.h-net.orgBook Review: Michelle R. Boyd’s Becoming the Writer You Already Are | H-NetA guest post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications. Book Review by Alison Syring, acquisitions editor, University of Illinois Press Michelle R. Boyd’s Becoming the Writer ... 031
