University of Illinois Press Events Calendar
Saturday, March 8, 2025
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Come join us for a rare opportunity to hear author Susan Blumberg-Kason discuss her new book, "When Friends Come from Afar."
Monday, March 10, 2025
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Jennifer Rycenga discusses her book "Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women."
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Debbie J. Goldman, former Research Director and Telecommunications Policy Director with the Communications Workers of America, will speak about her new book, "Disconnected: Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital Age."
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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Mexican American and Puerto Rican women have long taken up the challenge to improve the lives of Chicagoans in the city’s Latino/a/x communities. Hear from the coeditors of "Chicago Latina Trailblazers: Testimonios of Political Activism" as they present testimonies by Latina leaders.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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WATER welcomes Dr. Jennifer Rycenga, Professor Emerita of Comparative Religious Studies and Humanities at San José State University, to talk about her new book, "Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women."
Sunday, March 16, 2025
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Join Dr. Alexandria Russell, author of "Black Women Legacies," at Brookland Baptist Church at their Women's History Month church services at 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. followed by a "Black Women Legacies" book signing.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
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Join Dr. Alexandria Russell for a moderated conversation about her new book, "Black Women Legacies: Public History Sites Seen and Unseen, at the South Carolina State Museum."
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Sergio González talks about his book "Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin."
Saturday, March 22, 2025
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Join Dr. Alexandria Russell, author of "Black Women Legacies," at this Women's History Month Empowerment Tea at the In the Eye of the Beholder Art Gallery & Studio led by Maria M. Williams. "Black Women Legacies" books will be sold on-site by The Twig Book Shop.
Thursday, March 27, 2025
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The Department of Music Theory hosts a lecture by distinguished guest scholar and SMTD alum Nancy Rao (MM ’89, voice and music theory; PhD ’94, music theory), and author of the forthcoming book, "Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in Nineteenth-Century California and Beyond."