University of Illinois Press Events Master Calendar

Friday, April 25, 2025

• • 5:30 - 7:00 pm   MDT
  • Telus Centre, 111 Street 87 Avenue Northwest Edmonton, AB T6G 2R1 Canada

  Black Lives for Environmental and Climate Justice

  Come join us at the Telus Centre for a powerful event featuring Godwin Dzah, author of "Sustainable Development, International Law, and a Turn to African Legal Cosmologies" and Domale Dube, author of "Ogoni Women’s Activism: The Transnational Struggle Against Big Oil and the State."

  • Lecture

Thursday, May 1, 2025

• • 5:00 - 6:00 pm   EDT

  May Day Virtual Book Launch: The Pandemic and the Working Class

  Please join the Labor Resource Center at UMass Boston on May 1 from 5-6 p.m. EDT for a virtual launch of "The Pandemic and the Working Class: How U.S. Labor Navigated COVID-19" (University of Illinois Press, 2025), edited by LRC faculty Nick Juravich and Steve Striffler.

  • Lecture

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

• • 6:00 - 7:00 pm
  • Newberry Library, Ruggles Hall, 60 West Walton Street Chicago, IL 60610

  Nora Wendl at the Newberry Library

  Join us to hear from Nora Wendl, who will discusses her new book, "Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth." Copies of the book will be sold through the Newberry Bookshop and a book signing will be held after the talk.

  • Lecture

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

• • 7:00 pm
  • David Davis Mansion, 1000 Monroe Dr., Bloomington, IL 61701

  Raymond J. McKoski at the David Davis Mansion

  Raymond J. McKoski will be visiting the David Davis Mansion to speak about his new book, "David Davis, Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Judge." A book signing and reception will follow.

  • Lecture