University of Illinois Press Events Calendar

  • 7:00 pm    10/8/2025
    David Davis Mansion, 1000 Monroe Dr., Bloomington, IL 61701

    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.

  • 5:00 - 6:00 pm   CDT    10/9/2025
    Jim Shields Gallery of Architecture and Urbanism, 2131 E. Hartford Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53211

    Nora Wendl, author of "Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth," performs a reading of and talks about her book with Adrienne Economos-Miller and Sam Schuermann at the University of Wisconsin.

  • 3:30 - 5:00 pm   PDT    10/10/2025
    UBC Music Building, Room 462 6361 Memorial Road, Vancouver, BC, V6J 2J1, Canada

    Nancy Yunhwa Rao, author of "Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in Nineteenth-Century California and Beyond," gives a presentation featuring her book as part of the University of British Columbia Music Colloquium Series.

  • 7:00 - 8:30 pm   EST    10/20/2025

    Hunter M. Hampton, author of "The Gridiron Gospel: Faith and College Football in Twentieth-Century America," talks about his forthcoming book as part of the MCECS Christianity and Contemporary Culture Lecture Series.

  • 6:30 - 8:30 pm   EDT    10/22/2025
    Think! Chinatown's Studio, 1 Pike Street, New York, NY, 10002, United States

    Nancy Yunhwa Rao, author of "Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in 19th Century California and Beyond," talks about her book as part of a Cantonese opera event hosted by Think! Chinatown.

  • 7:00 pm   EDT    10/22/2025
    Red Emma's, 3128 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21218

    Michael Casiano, author of "Let Us Alone: The Origins of Baltimore's Police State," talks about his book in a conversation with Terrance Wooten at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse.

  • 5:00 - 7:30 pm   MT    10/27/2025
    George Pear Hall, School of Architecture and Planning MSC04 2530, 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

    Nora Wendl, author of "Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth," talks about her book with Eva Hagberg at an event hosted by the University of New Mexico Albuquerque. There will be a book signing and reception following the event.