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Please welcome . . . the UIP Spring/Summer 2026 Catalog!
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Spring/Summer 2026 University of Illinois Press
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Get your *free* e-book of CONTEMPORARY PLAYS BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN: Ten Complete Works edited by Sandra Adell!
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Contemporary Plays by African American Women Ten Complete Works Author: Edited by Sandra Adell
February 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Last chance to get your *free* e-book of HARRY BRIDGES: Labor Radical, Labor Legend by Robert W. Cherny!
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January's Free E-Book! HARRY BRIDGES: Labor Radical, Labor Legend. By Robert W. Cherny. University of Illinois Press.
January 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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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...
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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
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📖 "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...
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January 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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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...
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January 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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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.

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University of Illinois Press Ready to Launch Your Career? Internship Opportunity UIP invites applications for an assistant to the director 8-12 hours/week for the full calendar year ideal for grad students hybrid position pay rate is $20/hour For full consideration, applications should be received by February 13. Apply Now
January 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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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.
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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.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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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...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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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
Cover of Journal of Mormon History Volume 52, No. 1, 2026. Warren Archer's abstraction of the Salt Lake Seventeenth Ward window in a pale green color.
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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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...
Cover of the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Volume 118, Issue 3-4, Fall-Winter 2025. Photograph of Hononegah statue in Rockton High School taken by Axell Vaughn Boomer. Displayed on a dark green background.
January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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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...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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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...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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#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...
Cover of Dialogue, Volume 58, Issue 4, Winter 2025 On the covers: Maryna Lukach, Kyiv Perchersk Lavra, 2019, mixed media
January 27, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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📢 @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
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January 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Journal of Appalachian Studies 31.2 is online now! Featuring contributions by @byclaycarey.bsky.social, @nataliekruse.bsky.social, @johngav.bsky.social (@ids.ac.uk), @jessicascory.bsky.social, and more. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jas/issu...
Cover of Journal of Appalachian Studies, Volume 31, Number 2, Fall 2025 Silhouette of a tree on a hill in front of a cloudy sky, blue background
January 26, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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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...
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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
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January’s #FreeEbook from @illinoispress.bsky.social is

"Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend" by Robert W. Cherny

Targeted by govt and anti-left labor leaders alike, Bridges navigated racial integration of his union's ranks and mechanization and containerization on the docks. #History
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January’s free e-book is here! Check out Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend by Robert W. Cherny before the month is over! The iconic leader of a small but powerful [...]Read More
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January 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Happy #InternationalDayOfEducation!

Check out our reading list below ⤵️
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Arrows Tipped with Flowers Threshold Theory for Transformative Learning Author: Julie Geredien
January 24, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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📗 R. Christian Phillips reviews "Cinema is the Strongest Weapon: Race-Making and Resistance in Fascist Italy" by Lorenzo Fabbri (@uminnpress.bsky.social) in Journal of Film and Video Vol. 77, No. 4, on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
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January 23, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Did you spot the 2026 journal issue in amongst the 2025s in the photo?

While there’s a lot to look forward to in 2026, let’s take a moment to look back at the last three months of 2025 with our Journals Q4 UPdate. Special issues, podcasts, blogs, and more: www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/20...
Stack of journal issues top to bottom: Journal of Olympic Studies Vol., No. 1, 2025, white spine; Journal of Momon History Vol. 51, No. 2, 2025, white spine; Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought Vol. 58, No. 2, Summer 2025, white spine; American Literary Realism, 1870-1910, Vol. 58, No. 1, Winter 2026, teal spine; Illinois Classical Studies Vol. 50, No. 1, Spring 2025, blue spine; Process Studies Vol. 54, No. 2, Fall-Winter 2025, blue spine; The Pluralist Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer 2025, blue and green spine; The Journal of Aesthetic Education Vol. 59, No. 2, Summer 2025, blue spine; Visual Arts Research Vol. 51, No. 2, Issue 101, Winter 2025, pink spine; Journal of American Ethnic History Vol. 44, No. 4, Summer 2025, black spine.
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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"LINGERING INLAND editor @andyoler.bsky.social says that conception of the future happens when humans connect stories with people and places."
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A new book makes the case for the Midwest’s literary might
“Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest” helps readers connect with places dear to the region’s writers.
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January 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Join Dr Carole Pegg on 30th January to discuss her book, Drones Tones and Timbres in their lecture on Throat-singing: Body, Spirit, Pathways, Place

🗓️ 30th January 2026
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January 22, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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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.
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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.
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January 22, 2026 at 6:23 PM