University of Illinois Press Events Calendar

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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.

Monday, May 19, 2025

    • 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
    • Union League Club, 65 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL

    Chinese American Service League Cultural Voices Luncheon

    University of Illinois Press authors Susan Blumberg-Kason, author of When Friends Come From Afar and Monica Eng, author of Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites, join Gloria Chao (American Panda) and Sonali Dev (The Vibrant Years) in a panel discussion emceed by ABC-7 Chicago reporter Cate Cauguiran.

Thursday, May 22, 2025

    • 5:30 - 7:00 pm
    • AIA Chicago 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250, Chicago, IL, USA

    Marci S. Uihlein and Thomas Leslie at AIA Chicago

    Join AIA Chicago and the Illinois School of Architecture (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) for an engaging book talk on The Elements of Construction: N. Clifford Ricker, Architecture, and the University of Illinois." Hear from Associate Professor and editor, Marci S. Uihlein and Professor and contributor, Thomas Leslie, FAIA.