University of Illinois Press Events Calendar
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Richard Hughes, author of "Myths America Lives By: White Supremacy and the Stories that Give us Meaning," will be speaking about his book at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, GA
Emily Thuma, author of "All our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence," will be speaking about her book at Seattle's Third Place Books in conversation with Angélica Cházaro.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Anya Jabour, author of "Sophonisba Breckinridge: Championing Women’s Activism in Modern America", will give a book talk at the University of Chicago.
Anya Jabour, author of "Sophonisba Breckinridge: Championing Women’s Activism in Modern America", will give a book talk at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
Sowande' M. Mustakeem, author of "Slavery At Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage," will be speaking about her book at the University of Nebraska
Friday, October 18, 2019
Anya Jabour, author of "Sophonisba Breckinridge: Championing Women’s Activism in Modern America", will give a book talk at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
Richa Nagar, author of "Hungry Translations: Relearning the World Through Radical Vulnerability" will attend the Author Meets Critics Roundtable at the Annual Conference of South Asia, Madison, WI.
Richa Nagar, author of "Hungry Translations: Relearning the World Through Radical Vulnerability," will present her new book at the Author Meets Critics session at the The Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Jonathan Okamura, author of "Raced to Death in 1920s Hawai’i: Injustice and Revenge in the Fukunaga Case," will be speaking about his book at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i,
Join Henry Kisor and his service dog Trooper for a book signing and presentation of "Traveling with Service Animals: By Air, Road, Rail, and Ship Across North America."
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Brooks Blevins, author of "A History of the Ozarks Volume 2: The Conflicted Ozarks," will be speaking about his new book at Donald W. Reynolds Library.
Anya Jabour, author of "Sophonisba Breckinridge: Championing Women’s Activism in Modern America", will give a book talk at Willard House.
Monday, October 21, 2019
Jake Johnson, author of "Mormons, Musicals, and Belonging in America," will be speaking at Oklahoma City University.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Join us for a celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest series at the Latino Cultural Center. Authors Franky Piña, José Ángel N., Marc Zimmerman Mérida Rúa, and Raul Dorantes will be featured.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Melanie Holmes, author of "A Hero on Mount St. Helens," will be giving a presentation and book signing at Bookends and Beginnings.
Friday, October 25, 2019
David Whiteis, author of "Blues Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Chicago," will be singing books at Rosa's Lounge, Chicago, IL.
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Tom Ewing, author of "Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man, will sign books at the Books by the Banks Festival."
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Frances R Aparicio, author of "Negotiating Latinidad: Intralatina/o Lives in Chicago," will be speaking about her book at Marquette University.
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Henry Kisor, co-author of "Traveling with Service Animals," will be giving a presentation at the Hearing Loss Assn. of America Chicago Lincoln Park Chapter about his new book.
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Anya Jabour, author of "Sophonisba Breckinridge: Championing Women’s Activism in Modern America", will give a book talk at Kentucky Historical Society.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Anya Jabour, author of "Sophonisba Breckinridge: Championing Women’s Activism in Modern America", will give a book talk at University of Kentucky entitled “’A Kentucky Portia’: The Legal Career of Sophonisba Breckinridge”.
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Anya Jabour, author of "Sophonisba Breckinridge: Championing Women’s Activism in Modern America", will give a book talk at Southern Historical Association.
Matthew Ehrlich, author of "Kansas City Vs. Oakland: The Bitter Sports Rivalry that Defined an Era," will be speaking about his book at Barnes & Noble Booksellers at Leawood's Town Center Plaza.
Brooks Blevins, author of "A History of the Ozarks Volume 2: The Conflicted Ozarks," will be presenting Vol. 1 at Southeast Missouri State University Crisp Museum.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, author of "Cinematic Encounters 2," will be speaking about his new book at the Seminary Co-Op Bookstore in Chicago, IL.
Contributors from "Black Cultural Production after Civil Rights" will participate in a roundtable about the book at ASA.
Emily Thuma, author of "All our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence," will be speaking about her book at the Dismantle, Change, and Build Center in Portland, Oregon.
Monday, November 11, 2019
Henry Kisor, co-author of "Traveling with Service Animals," will be giving a presentation at the North Shore Senior Center about his new book.
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Frances R Aparicio, author of "Negotiating Latinidad: Intralatina/o Lives in Chicago," will be speaking about her book at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
George van Dusen and Michael Dorf, authors of "Clear it with Sid!" will be speaking at the Cliff Dweller's Club about their new book.
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Richa Nagar, author of "Hungry Translations: Relearning the World Through Radical Vulnerability," will be speaking about her book at the University of Toronto.
Friday, November 15, 2019
Richa Nagar, author of "Hungry Translations: Relearning the World Through Radical Vulnerability" will attend the Author Meets Critics Roundtable at the Annual Conference of the National Women's Studies Association in San Francisco, CA.
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Jessica Wilkerson, author of "To Live Here, You Have To Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice" will sign books at Kentucky Book Fair.
Brooks Blevins, author of "A History of the Ozarks Volume 2: The Conflicted Ozarks," will be speaking about his new book at Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
Henry Kisor, author of "Traveling with Service Animals," will be speaking about his new book at the Evanston Public Library.
Monday, November 18, 2019
Emily Thuma, author of "All our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence," will be speaking about her book at San Francisco State University as part of the Women and Gender Studies Lecture Series.
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Thomas Goldsmith, author of "Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown," will be speaking about his book at the Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC.
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Thomas Goldsmith, author of "Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Making of An American Classic," will be at Banjothon in Knoxville, TN.
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Emily Thuma, author of "All our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence," will be speaking about her book at University of California Irvine.
Friday, February 14, 2020
Details to come.