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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 11h

Congratulations to the winners of The Council of the Bulletin for Research in Music Education's 2023 and 2024 Outstanding Dissertation Awards: Dr. David S. Miller & Dr. Jonathan Edan Dillon! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/wi...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 13h

Did you know that your favorite publisher has *TWO* podcasts? Listen to The UPside and Contemporary Film Directors from the University of Illinois Press, wherever you listen to podcasts! rss.com/podcasts/uip... #WorldPodcastDay

UPside Podcast from the University of Illinois Press. New episodes available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 14h

Last chance to get your *free* e-book of CHCIAGO LATINA TRAILBLAZERS: Testimonios of Political Activism edited by Rita D. Hernández, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, and Elena R. Gutiérrez mailchi.mp/illinois/15d... #Chicago #OralHistory #WomensStudies #LatinaStudies

September's Free E-Book! Chicago Latina Trailblazers: Testimonios of Political Activism. Edited by Rita D. Hernández, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, Elena R. Gutiérrez. University of Illinois Press.

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dr worldwide™️ @imanimosley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

EVERYONE GO GET KRISTEN’S BOOK! congrats, Kristen!!!!

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking for sports scholarship? Check out our sports journals for #NationalSportsDay! 🏆️ @journsporthist.bsky.social Learn more: www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/?id... cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social 🏅 Journal of Olympic Studies Learn more: www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/?id...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy Pub Date to THE OPERATIC KALEIDOSCOPE: Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage by @kristenmturner.bsky.social! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0... #AfricanAmericanStudies #ClassicalMusic #ClassicalMusicMonth

The Operatic Kaleidoscope
Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage
Author: Kristen M. Turner

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy Pub Date to COMRADE RHYS: The Life and Times of Albert Rhys Williams by William Benton Whisenhunt! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0... #Biography #AmericanHistory #RadicalStudies #SlavicStudies

Comrade Rhys
The Life and Times of Albert Rhys Williams
Author: William Benton Whisenhunt

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's #NationalCoffeeDay! Grab some bean juice from your favorite shop and daydream about the release of June Sawyers's #newbook CHICAGO COFFEEHOUSES: Brewing Community and Connection in the Midwest. Or better yet, preorder now! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Christopher D Thomas & Amber H Busch ( @ufresearch.bsky.social ) & @carlopedia ( @monmouthuniversity.bsky.social ) study if GenAI can enhance educators’ understanding of education law in Journal of Education Finance & Law cc @educationlaw.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jefl/art...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Join @afrolatinoforum.org for a conversation with the editors and writers of TENGO SED: An Anthology of Works Celebrating Black Voices, Identities, and Personhood on Tues, October 13 at 7:30pm EST www.afrolatinoforum.org/events/celeb...

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My books about SFT are: OUT OF THIS WORLD (focusing on the top 14 SFT source languages) from @illinoispress.bsky.social www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=45... and SPECULATIVE FICTION IN TRANSLATION FROM AROUND THE WORLD from @uniwalespress.bsky.social www.uwp.co.uk/book/specula...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Happy #WorldRiversDay to DOWNRIVER DETROIT: The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place by Lisa M. Fine! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

Downriver Detroit
The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place
Author: Lisa M. Fine

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Last day of the @asalh-bhm.bsky.social annual meeting! Visit our virtual exhibit and take 40% off all African American history books with code ASALH100 at checkout! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/as... #ASALH26

Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Norfolk, VA. Sept 23-27, 2026. Get 40% off our books! Use promo code: ASALH100. Offer expires October 4, 2026. University of Illinois Press.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's the 3rd annual Central Illinois Bat Festival! Here to help us celebrate is Joyce E. Hofmann's FIELD GUIDE TO ILLINOIS MAMMALS, replete with images of and info about these little cuties 🦇 www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0... cc: @extension.illinois.edu @prairieresearch.bsky.social

Mammalogists at Work: The author examines a hoary bat.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy Birthday to Johnny Appleseed! Learn more about the man, the myth, the legend in Lucy M. Long's SWEET, TART, AND GOLDEN: Apples in the Midwestern Imagination! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

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Kristen Turner @kristenmturner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

One of this is my book! Can’t believe publication day is almost here for The Operatic Kaleidoscope

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Have you checked out the Summer 2026 issue of the Journal of American History? @illinoispress.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History is now open for submissions! Full details here: go.illinois.edu/UIPGutmanPrize cc: @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social

Proud publisher of the Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation. Entries must be submitted by Nov 20, 2026. University of Illinois Press.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In Public Affairs Quarterly 40.1, Ezekiel Vergara ( @upenn.edu ) considers Marxist arguments for, and against, race-based reparations, and offers a framework with which to consider these arguments. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/paq/arti...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In Journal of Education Finance & Law 50.3, @elizabethzagata.bsky.social ( @wested.org ) + Tracy Sinclair ( @uconn.bsky.social ) study how participating in due process hearings affect teachers' behaviors + attitudes. cc: @educationlaw.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jefl/art...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For your listening pleasure, author William Tishler talks about his new book on famed landscape architect Jens Jensen with Darrel Morrison rss.com/podcasts/uip...

The UPside podcast from the University of Illinois Press featuring William H. Tishler, author of JENS JENSEN: Nature's Artist

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

First day of the @asalh-bhm.bsky.social annual meeting! Visit our virtual exhibit and take 40% off all African American history books with code ASALH100 at checkout! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/as... #ASALH26

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Martha Bayne @marthabayne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cynthia was a true original and an indefatigable force, and I still can’t quite believe she’s gone. She was reviewing the copy edits on her latest book, ”On the Heartland Road,” when she died, and it’ll be out next summer from @illinoispress.bsky.social. I’m honored to help bring it to completion.

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A Remembrance of Cynthia Clampitt

David Hammond on the longtime Chicago writer and Newcity contributor, who was seventy-five.

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The Hours Are Long But the Pay is Low" Spotted in the wild at McNally Jackson books in NYC by my eagle-eyed editor @marthabayne.bsky.social Now, don't hurt yourselves rushing on over there to snap it up. @millerscave.bsky.social @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #alternativecountry

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

thisispygmalion.com/rob-miller/ Reminder for the Champaign/Urbana area Sunday @ 4pm at the famed #rosebowltavern, I'll be in convo w/ Matt Lunsford from @polyvinyl.bsky.social Label founder/owner to label founder/owner. A different twist I'm excited about. #pygmalion @illinoispress.bsky.social

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy Pub Date to SPORTS, POWER, AND RESISTANCE: An Introduction to Critical Sports Studies edited by @tpoates.bsky.social and Travis Vogan! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0... #Sports #MediaStudies #AmericanHistory

Sports, Power, and Resistance
An Introduction to Critical Sports Studies
Author: edited by Thomas P. Oates and Travis Vogan

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Don't miss Mia Mask, author of BLACK RODEO (www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...) at the National Black Book Festival -- the LARGEST #AfricanAmerican #BookFestival in the South! -- October 22-24, 2026! www.nationalblackbookfestival.com #nbbf2026

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Here you go! Part 2 of our #NationalTranslationMonth Reading List: A Focus on Translation in Mormon Studies! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/na...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

September is #IndianaArchaeologyMonth! Check out an article from Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 48.3 about a model for buried site potential developed following geoarchaeological investigations conducted along the White River valley in Indiana scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/mcja/art...

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Official Journal of the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Inc.
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy #ClassicalMusicMonth to two new books! 1️⃣ HPSCHD: Inside John Cage and Lejaren A. Hiller Jr.'s Radical Multimedia Collaboration by @tiffanyfunk 2️⃣ THE OPERATIC KALEIDOSCOPE: Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage by @kristenmturner.bsky.social

HPSCHD
Inside John Cage and Lejaren A. Hiller Jr.'s Radical Multimedia Collaboration
Author: Tiffany Funk

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In honor of #InternationalDayofPeace, check out an article from Vol. 21, Iss. 1 of The Pluralist about what is needed to effectively and actively pursue positive peace. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/pluralis...

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Deserted: Life Without Local News in Rural America by Nick Mathews www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: The Carib, Kalinago, and Garifuna Peoples: Indigeneity, Hybridization, and Mobility in the Americas edited by Paula Prescod www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Sports, Power, and Resistance: An Introduction to Critical Sports Studies edited by Thomas P. Oates and Travis Vogan www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: The Operatic Kaleidoscope: Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage by Kristen M. Turner www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Comrade Rhys: The Life and Times of Albert Rhys Williams by William Benton Whisenhunt www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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Noah Cohan @noahcohan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thrilled to have contributed to this excellent volume!

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy #GospelMusicHeritageMonth to SALLIE MARTIN, MOTHER OF GOSPEL MUSIC by Kay Norton! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

Sallie Martin, Mother of Gospel Music
Author: Kay Norton

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy #NationalDanceDay to four new books! Check out all our dance studies titles here: go.illinois.edu/dancebooks

Aztec Music and Dance in California
Author: Kristina F. Nielsen

Vodou Rich
Haiti, Dancemakers, and Dedoublaj
Author: Mario LaMothe

Folklórico in the United States
Unwritten Histories
Author: Edited by Norma E. Cantú and Olga Nájera-Ramírez

The Dance of Everyday Movement
A Developmental Framework for Whole-Body Integration
Author: Luc Vanier, Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, and Elizabeth Johnson

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In American Music Vol. 43, Iss. 1-2, Arianne Johnson Quinn reviews UNSTAGED GRIEF: MUSICALS AND MOURNING IN MIDCENTURY AMERICA by Jake Johnson scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/am/artic...

Cover of American Music, Volume 43, Issue 1-2, Spring-Summer 2025. Horizontal rectangles in a column on the right side of the cover in a gradient of yellow and green shades on white textured background.

Cover of Unstaged Grief: Musicals and Mourning in Midcentury America by Jake Johnson, with a black and white photo of two people, one of whom has illustrated blue tears

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thomas A. DuBois, co-editor of Journal of Finnish Studies, reviews "The Paganesque and the Tale of Vǫlsi" by Merrill Kaplan in JAF: A Global Quarterly (Journal of American Folklore) Vol. 139, No. 553 on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/artic...

Cover of Journal of American Folklore, JAF: A Global Quarterly, Vol. 139, No. 553, Summer 2026. Grey background with yellow and purple geometric design.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

September is #ClassicalMusicMonth! Check out a #OpenAccess article from Music and the Moving Image 18.2 on @projectmuse.bsky.social examining how subjectivity is constructed in scenes in European & American cinema that depict listening to classical music. muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

Cover of Music and the Moving Image, in Volume 19, Number 2, Summer 2026.
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today marks the 239th ann. of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas's WHEN THE GOOD LIFE GOES BAD: The U.S. Its Seven Deadly Sins uses race, gender, class, & other lenses to break down the moral crises that define the American Dream www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy #InternationalCountryMusicDay to renowned singer-songwriter Cleve Francis's new memoir DO MY HEART GOOD! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

Do My Heart Good
My Odyssey Through Country Music, Medicine, and HistoryCo-published with Country Music Foundation Press
Author: Cleve Francis

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

September is #MissouriArchaeologyMonth! Check out this article from Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 48.3 about archaeological and geophysical investigation of Mississippian Era "conical mounds" from the Greater Cahokia region. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/mcja/art...

Cover of Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Volume 48, Issue 3, Fall 2023
Official Journal of the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Inc.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Public Affairs Quarterly 40.1 is available online. Articles include "Marx & Reparations" by Ezekiel Vergara ( @upenn.edu ), "The Ethics of Funding Voluntary Retirement" by Daniel Dennis ( @ox.ac.uk ), and more. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/paq/issu...

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