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Please welcome . . . the UIP Spring/Summer 2026 Catalog!
go.illinois.edu/SS26Catalog
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Kana Wisniewski, @nataliekruse.bsky.social & Ilana Chertok examined the lead concentrations of human, cow's & goat's milk samples from Appalachia and compared them to the safety limits set by the @who.int. Read in Journal of Appalachian Studies 31.2: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jas/arti...
February 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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One week from today, Good Chicagoans!

Join us!

@marthabayne.bsky.social and I will engage in witty banter and insightful commentary that will drive the chill from your bones.

#citylit @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #logansquare #musicbooks #chicagomusichistory #american #alcountry
Join Bloodshot Records co-founder, @millerscave.bsky.social to celebrate his memoir, THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT THE PAY IS LOW, @citylit_books on Thurs, Feb 5, 2026 at 6:30pm CST.

This *free* evening will include a convo w/ editor @marthabayne.bsky.social. RSVP below.
citylitbooks.com/events/43247...
Author Event: Rob Miller with Martha Bayne | City Lit Books
This cozy bookstore features staff-curated selections, book clubs, and author events for all ages.
citylitbooks.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Want to learn about Challenge Dancing? Stop by the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors this evening at 6pm to learn more about this type of dancing with author April Masten (aprilfmasten.bsky.social) as she discusses her book, "Diamond and Jumba" (published
@illinoispress.bsky.social).
January 29, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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Writing book: REALLY hard. Publishing it: terrifying. Promoting it: tiresome. Folks telling me stories of THEIR connection to music? Awesome. @illinoispress.bsky.social sent me fan mail they got for me. Let artists know their work reached you. It means a lot. Indie community at it best. #booksky📚
February 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
In @journsporthist.bsky.social 52.3 on @projectmuse.bsky.social , @joshbland13.bsky.social highlights critical heritage studies as a useful tool for sports historians to explore the intersection of current sports culture, sporting past, and power. @nassh1972.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
February 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Edwin Porras explores the social and cultural impact of Cantonese opera as a signifier of Chinese identity at the intersection of gender and class in Cuba between 1930 and 1960 in American Music 42.3, a special issue on @projectmuse.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
February 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Through a Black feminist perspective, Indira Bailey critically exposes, analyzes, and identifies Black women K–12 art educator's curricular experiences.

From Visual Arts Research Vol. 49, Iss. 1. #InternationalMonthofBlackWomenintheArts scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/var/arti...
“If a Black Woman Had Done It”: The Beliefs and Attitudes of Black Women K–12 Art Educators’ Curricular Experiences
Abstract. Although the curriculum drives an educational program and is essential to students’ learning, minimal research documents the impact of whiteness in the curriculum development process for…
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Get your *free* e-book of CONTEMPORARY PLAYS BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN: Ten Complete Works edited by Sandra Adell!
mailchi.mp/illinois/t8x...

#AfricanAmericanStudies #Drama #LiteraryStudies #WomensStudies
February 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Last chance to get your *free* e-book of HARRY BRIDGES: Labor Radical, Labor Legend by Robert W. Cherny!
mailchi.mp/illinois/oid...

#Biography #AmericanHistory #LaborStudies #RadicalStudies
January 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM
In Jazz and Culture Vol. 8, No. 2, @vcmusictheory.bsky.social seeks to bridge discussions of jazz improvisation and the existential philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre, specifically his notion of the committed writer. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jac/arti...
January 30, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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That's me! (And my amazing cohort!)
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 AM
📖 "An immediate classic."

@benjaminepark.bsky.social reviews "Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality" Matthew L. Harris, #OpenAccess in @dialoguejournal.bsky.social Vol. 58.4, edited by @taylorpetrey.bsky.social. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/dial/art...
January 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
In Journal of Appalachian Studies 31.2 @byclaycarey.bsky.social considers the way podcasters who produce shows about Appalachia use the medium to express ideas about social identity and challenge negative stereotypes about the region. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jas/arti...
January 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Ready to launch your career? UIP has an internship opportunity for you!

Position: Assistant to the Director
Time: 8-12 hours per week for the full calendar year
Pay rate: $20/hour

For full consideration, applications should be rec'd by Feb 13.

Apply here⤵️
secure.osfa.illinois.edu/vjb/detail.a...
January 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Join Bloodshot Records co-founder, @millerscave.bsky.social to celebrate his memoir, THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT THE PAY IS LOW, @citylit_books on Thurs, Feb 5, 2026 at 6:30pm CST.

This *free* evening will include a convo w/ editor @marthabayne.bsky.social. RSVP below.
citylitbooks.com/events/43247...
Author Event: Rob Miller with Martha Bayne | City Lit Books
This cozy bookstore features staff-curated selections, book clubs, and author events for all ages.
citylitbooks.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Check out "Bridging CRU & CMR in Free and Serial Recall: A Factorial Comparison of Retrieved-Context Models" by Jordan B. Gunn & @polynsean.bsky.social in American Journal of Psychology 138.2, a Gordon D. Logan Festschrift. @mattcrumplab.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ajp/arti...
January 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Now on @projectmuse.bsky.social! @jmormonhist.bsky.social Vol. 52, No. 1, new articles, book reviews, a forum on John Taylor's 1886 revelation, and Brooks Lecture from the 2025 Conference on Utah History. With @benjaminepark.bsky.social & @rachelhelps.bsky.social. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55826
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
In Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 118.3-4 @tristanmkdraper.bsky.social continues a bibliographic special project looking at research articles in Illinois history and regional Indigenous history published spring 2024-spring 2025. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jishs/ar...
January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Josh Stenberg ( @sydney.edu.au ) advances a global perspective by connecting Chinese performances in Latin America with transnational Chinese performance networks elsewhere in American Music 42.3, a special issue on Sino-Soundscapes in Latin America, on @ProjectMUSE muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
January 28, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Merrick Anderson ( @usc.edu ) provides a new defense of moderate comic immoralism, the thesis that the morally objectionable features of jokes sometimes increase their funniness, in Journal of Aesthetic Education 59.4, open access on @projectmuse.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
#OpenAccess @dialoguejournal.bsky.social 58.4 contains a letter to the editor, articles, personal voices, fiction, poems, book reviews, from the pulpit, and art pieces. cc: @taylorpetrey.bsky.social @benjaminepark.bsky.social @rosalyneves.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/dial/iss...
January 27, 2026 at 6:02 PM
📢 @journsporthist.bsky.social 52.3, on @projectmuse.bsky.social , is a special issue on "Sport Studies as a Public Service," with a forum of museum public historians and articles by @joshbland13.bsky.social , @raw-toast.bsky.social , and more. cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55992
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
January 26, 2026 at 6:02 PM
In Journal of Animal Ethics 15.2, Jenny L. Mace ( @uniofstandrews.bsky.social ) on @projectmuse.bsky.social argues for more legal protections for companion and nonfood-producing animal in the case of a future epi-/panzootics and pandemics. muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
January 26, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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***Check out the new Fall 2025 issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social )****

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January 23, 2026 at 11:26 PM