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Cover of Women, Gender, and Families of Color Volume 12, Numbers 1-2
Title with white background above an abstract burgundy and pink design of women's faces.

Cover of Women, Gender, and Families of Color Volume 12, Numbers 1-2 Title with white background above an abstract burgundy and pink design of women's faces.

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

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...

06.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Women's History Month
Reading List
Women in Art

Women's History Month Reading List Women in Art

First up in our #WomensHistoryMonth reading list series -- Women in Art!
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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.
#bookskyπŸ“š #insurgentcountry #musicbooks @illinoispress.bsky.social #indielabels #chicagomusichistory

06.03.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Lady Daredevils
American Women and Early Aviation
Author: Barbara Ganson

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!
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06.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of Journal of English and Germanic Philology (JEGP), Volume 125, Number 1, January 2026
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Cover of Journal of English and Germanic Philology (JEGP), Volume 125, Number 1, January 2026 Brown, red, and white background with medieval illustration of a man and an intricate floral border on the left, featuring the Table of Contents.

πŸ“š Reviews in JEGP 125.1 on @projectmuse.bsky.social include "Rival Wisdoms" @psupress.bsky.social, "English Literature and the Crusades" @universitypress.cambridge.org, "Canterbury Glosses from the School of Theodore and Hadrian" @brepols.net & more. @ndiscenza1.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/issue/56177

06.03.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rob Miller, Author & Co-founder of Bloodshot Records β€” NW!WDFF Rob Miller co-founded Bloodshot Records in 1993 and ran the label until it was sold in 2021. He recently published a great new book, The Hours Are Long But the Pay is Low - A Curious Life in…

@millerscave.bsky.social, author of THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT THE PAY IS LOW & co-founder of Bloodshot Records, on the No Wristbands We Drink for Free podcast!
www.nowristbands.com/podcast/rob-...

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Cover of Illinois Classical Studies, Volume 50, Issue 2, Fall 2025
Front Cover Image: Coin: AE 22, Reggio (1900.63.0631) [Image 1β€”side with lyre] Courtesy of The Spurlock Museum, The University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

Cover of Illinois Classical Studies, Volume 50, Issue 2, Fall 2025 Front Cover Image: Coin: AE 22, Reggio (1900.63.0631) [Image 1β€”side with lyre] Courtesy of The Spurlock Museum, The University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

Check out "Between One and Many, Present and Future, Pity and Fear: Retracing Sophocles's Ajax Within Seneca's Troades" and "Early Christian Reception of Epicureanism: Didactic and Psychagogic Resonances" in Illinois Classical Studies Vol 50, No 2, @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56235

06.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of Journal of Education Finance & Law Volume 50, Number 1, Spring 2025. White background with vertical blue stripe on the left side. Education Law Association Logo.

Cover of Journal of Education Finance & Law Volume 50, Number 1, Spring 2025. White background with vertical blue stripe on the left side. Education Law Association Logo.

Legal literacy matters. But are we, as a collective discipline, doing enough to invest in legal literacy research? @drjanetrdecker.bsky.social in Journal of Education Finance and Law Vol. 50, No. 1, on @projectmuse.bsky.social. cc: @educationlaw.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

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Journal of Aesthetic Education (2020) 54 (2). Red background with gray and white text.

Journal of Aesthetic Education (2020) 54 (2). Red background with gray and white text.

March is National Reading Month! Check out this article from Journal of Aesthetic Education Vol. 54, No. 2: "Dewey, Foucault, and the Value of Horror: Transformative Learning through Reading Horror Fiction" by Lorraine K. C. Yeung. On @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

05.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Seth S. Tannenbaum, "Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites: Democracy and Division at the Twentieth-Century Ballpark" (U Illinois Press, 2026) - New Books Network

Check out this interview I did with the New Books in Sports podcast! newbooksnetwork.com/bleacher-sea...

@paulknepper.bsky.social @illinoispress.bsky.social

03.03.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Blue graphic with Mormon Studies Review Vol. 9 cover and University of Illinois Press logo, reading: "Free Access Article. Mormon Studies Review. The Women's Ordination Movement in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: Historical and Sociological Perspectives by Nancy Ross, David J. Howlett, and Zoe Kruse. FREE 1/31/26 through 3/31/26."

Blue graphic with Mormon Studies Review Vol. 9 cover and University of Illinois Press logo, reading: "Free Access Article. Mormon Studies Review. The Women's Ordination Movement in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: Historical and Sociological Perspectives by Nancy Ross, David J. Howlett, and Zoe Kruse. FREE 1/31/26 through 3/31/26."

Free to access until March 31: "The Women's Ordination Movement in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" by @nancyross.bsky.social , David J. Howlett &Zoe Kruse, from Mormon Studies Review 9 cc: @jstuart.bsky.social
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05.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Volume 116, Issue 2-3, Fall-Winter 2023.
Photograph of Willa Brown above a photo of Bertha Duppler Baur, both displayed on a teal background.

Cover of the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Volume 116, Issue 2-3, Fall-Winter 2023. Photograph of Willa Brown above a photo of Bertha Duppler Baur, both displayed on a teal background.

For Women in Aviation Week, check out this article from Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Vol. 116, Iss. 2-3 by Theresa L. Kraus on pioneering Chicago Aviator Willa Brown. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jishs/ar...

04.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
For the Love of Labor
The Life of Pauline Newman
Author: Cathryn J. Prince

For the Love of Labor The Life of Pauline Newman Author: Cathryn J. Prince

"For a biographer, those intimate details matter most β€” they’re what make history breathe."

The Q&A for FOR THE LOVE OF LABOR is live!
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04.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of Journal of American Folklore, JAF: A Global Quarterly, Vol. 139, No. 551, Winter 2026
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Cover of Journal of American Folklore, JAF: A Global Quarterly, Vol. 139, No. 551, Winter 2026 Grey background with blue and red geometric design

πŸ“– @torquil.bsky.social reviews "Meanings of Antiquity: Myth Interpretation in Premodern Japan" by Mathieu Felt in JAF: A Global Quarterly No. 551 on @projectmuse.bsky.social: "a masterful study of the reception of the two earliest extant books of Japanese imperial myths" muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/artic...

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isual Arts Research, Volume 51, No. 2, Winter 2025 with a pink background with list of editors in black text, three teal rectangular prisms behind title, stacked atop Vol. 51, No. 1, horizontally with the spines showing, in front of a black background.

isual Arts Research, Volume 51, No. 2, Winter 2025 with a pink background with list of editors in black text, three teal rectangular prisms behind title, stacked atop Vol. 51, No. 1, horizontally with the spines showing, in front of a black background.

πŸŽ‰ Visual Arts Research Vol. 51, No. 2, is the second of a two-issue special open access volume, and with it, we welcome two new editors to the VAR editorial team: Current editor Sarah Travis is joined by Jennifer Bergmark and Merel Visse. Learn more: www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/vi...

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Graphic advertising free to access article from Journal of Olympic Studies , β€œThe Esports Question for the Olympic Movement” by Andy Miah. Free from March 1, 2026 to May 31, 2026.

Graphic advertising free to access article from Journal of Olympic Studies , β€œThe Esports Question for the Olympic Movement” by Andy Miah. Free from March 1, 2026 to May 31, 2026.

Free article & a great blog post! Check out a list of articles/podcasts from Journal of Olympic Studies. Featured in the blog, β€œThe Esports Question for the Olympic Movement” by Andy Miah, is free to access until May 31. www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/jo...

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Cover of Women, Gender, and Families of Color Volume 12, Numbers 1-2
Title with white background above an abstract burgundy and pink design of women's faces.

Cover of Women, Gender, and Families of Color Volume 12, Numbers 1-2 Title with white background above an abstract burgundy and pink design of women's faces.

In Women, Gender, & Families of Color 12.1-2 on @projectmuse.bsky.social , @profpatterson.bsky.social ( @delstateuniv.bsky.social ) writes about being a woman + the first Black American chair of her dept in an HBCU context and carving out space for care in academia.
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Happy Pub Date to FREE CHICAGO: 50 Years of the @chicagoreader.com by Christopher Hass, with a foreword by @chrislhayes.bsky.social!
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#Chicago #Illinois #Communications

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Cover of the American Journal of Psychology, Volume 138, Issue 3, Fall 2025
Burgundy background with abstract wavy lines crossing the middle of the cover and list of editors in the bottom left corner.

Cover of the American Journal of Psychology, Volume 138, Issue 3, Fall 2025 Burgundy background with abstract wavy lines crossing the middle of the cover and list of editors in the bottom left corner.

Check out two reviews of "The Anxious Generation" by @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social in American Journal of Psychology Vo. 138, No. 3:

1️⃣ By Joachim I. Krueger: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ajp/arti...
2️⃣ By Jeremy D. Tunnell: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ajp/arti...

03.03.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Graphic announcing that "Escape to Freedom and Return to Bondage: A Case Study of the Flight of Mennonites from Deutsch Wymsychle and Gabin, Poland, in Early 1945" by Colin P. Neufeldt and Wojciech Marchlewski with be free to access online until March 31, 2026.

Graphic announcing that "Escape to Freedom and Return to Bondage: A Case Study of the Flight of Mennonites from Deutsch Wymsychle and Gabin, Poland, in Early 1945" by Colin P. Neufeldt and Wojciech Marchlewski with be free to access online until March 31, 2026.

πŸ†οΈ Ludwik KrzyΕΌanowski Award Winner πŸ†οΈ Colin P. Neufeldt and Wojciech Marchlewski's article β€œEscape to Freedom and Return to Bondage..." was honored as the best article published in The Polish Review in 2024 and is FREE to access scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/tpr/arti...

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Cover of Illinois Classical Studies, Volume 50, Issue 2, Fall 2025
Front Cover Image: Coin: AE 22, Reggio (1900.63.0631) [Image 1β€”side with lyre] Courtesy of The Spurlock Museum, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Cover of Illinois Classical Studies, Volume 50, Issue 2, Fall 2025 Front Cover Image: Coin: AE 22, Reggio (1900.63.0631) [Image 1β€”side with lyre] Courtesy of The Spurlock Museum, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

More Illinois Classical Studies 50.2:

πŸ“„ Plutarch's Presentation of Philopoemen as the β€œLast of the Greeks”
✍️ Nasser B. Ayash

πŸ“„ Tragedy in Nemea: Premature Death and Maternal Grief in Statius's Thebaid Through Seneca's Troades
✍️ Francesca Econimo @jhievents.bsky.social

muse.jhu.edu/issue/56235

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Cover of Music and the Moving Image, in Volume 19, Number 1, Spring 2026.
Dark blue background with white rectangle near the top that has a watercolor design and title information.

Cover of Music and the Moving Image, in Volume 19, Number 1, Spring 2026. Dark blue background with white rectangle near the top that has a watercolor design and title information.

πŸ†“ #OpenAccess in Music and the Moving Image Vol. 19, No. 1, @projectmuse.bsky.social: "Post-Bop Trauma: Polish Crime-Jazz Cinema and Its Westward Path to Hollywood" by David Melbye (@huddersfielduni.bsky.social). muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

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πŸ“šAlso reviewed in Journal of American Ethnic History Vol. 45, No. 2:
- "Emergency in Transit" @ucpress.bsky.social
- "Undoing Slavery" @pennpress.bsky.social
- "Horace M. Kallen in the Heartland" @univpressofkansas.bsky.social
cc: @iehs.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...

26.02.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Book Launch: Hidden Histories. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Book Launch: Hidden Histories. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

***Hybrid Book Launch***

Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States (UIP 2025)

WHEN: Thursday, March 26, 2026
4:00 - 5:30pm

WHERE: Taliaferro Hall, 2110 (The Berlin Room) or over Zoom.

REGISTER: go.umd.edu/hiddenhistories

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March's Free E-Book! Mean Girl Feminism How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, and Girlboss By Kim Hong Nguyen. University of Illinois Press.

March's Free E-Book! Mean Girl Feminism How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, and Girlboss By Kim Hong Nguyen. University of Illinois Press.

Get your *free* e-book of MEAN GIRL FEMINISM: How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, and Girlboss by Kim Hong Nguyen!
mailchi.mp/illinois/zgk...

#FilmStudies #PopularCulture #WomensStudies

01.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Contemporary Plays by African American Women
Ten Complete Works
Author: Edited by Sandra Adell

Contemporary Plays by African American Women Ten Complete Works Author: Edited by Sandra Adell

Last chance to get your *free* e-book of CONTEMPORARY PLAYS BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN: Ten Complete Works edited by Sandra Adell!
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#AfricanAmericanStudies #Drama #LiteraryStudies #WomensStudies

28.02.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of American Music, Volume 42, Issue 3, Fall 2024. Horizontal rectangles in a column on the right side of the cover in a gradient of red and orange shades on white textured background.

Cover of American Music, Volume 42, Issue 3, Fall 2024. Horizontal rectangles in a column on the right side of the cover in a gradient of red and orange shades on white textured background.

Cover of "A Respectable Spell: Transformations of Samba in Rio de Janeiro" By Carlos Sandroni, translated by Michael Iyanaga

Cover of "A Respectable Spell: Transformations of Samba in Rio de Janeiro" By Carlos Sandroni, translated by Michael Iyanaga

In American Music 42.3 Miranda Bartira Tagliari Sousa reviews "A Respectable Spell: Transformations of Samba in Rio de Janeiro" by Carlos Sandroni, translated by Michael Iyanaga, a UIP title!
Review: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/am/artic...
Book: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=46...

27.02.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn β€˜Arabi Society, Volume 77, 2025. Black text on a white background with a horizontal orange stripe and a vertical color image.

Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn β€˜Arabi Society, Volume 77, 2025. Black text on a white background with a horizontal orange stripe and a vertical color image.

πŸ“£ New Journal Alert! Please join us in welcoming Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn β€˜Arabi Society, edited by Mukhtar Ali (@uofilsystem.bsky.social), to the University of Illinois Press! Details on our blog: www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/

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