University of Illinois Press Events Calendar

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    • 2:00 - 4:00 pm    3/8/2025
    • Heritage Museum of Asian Art, 3500 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60609, USA

    Come join us for a rare opportunity to hear author Susan Blumberg-Kason discuss her new book, "When Friends Come from Afar."

    • 3:00 - 4:00 pm   CST    3/10/2025

    Jennifer Rycenga discusses her book "Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women."

    • 6:00 pm    3/10/2025
    • Zoom

    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."

    • 6:30 - 8:00 pm    3/11/2025
    • Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60614

    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.

    • 12:00   CST    3/12/2025

    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."

    • 5:00 - 7:00 pm   EST    3/18/2025
    • South Carolina State Museum, 301 Gervais St, Columbia, SC 29201

    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."

    • 6:00 - 7:00 pm    3/18/2025
    • Stoughton Public Library, Carnegie Room, 304 S 4th St, Stoughton, WI 53589

    Sergio González talks about his book "Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin."

    • 2:00 - 5:00 pm   EST    3/22/2025
    • In the Eye of the Beholder Art Gallery, 123 Heiman St, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA

    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.

    • 4:30 pm   EST    3/27/2025
    • Watkins Lecture Hall, Earl V. Moore Building, 1100 Baits Dr Ann Arbor, MI 48109

    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."

    • 6:00 - 7:30 pm    4/10/2025
    • 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610

    Samantha Ege, author of "South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago's Classical Music Scene", will be signing books and speaking at the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL about her new book.

    • 6:00 - 7:00 pm    6/4/2025
    • Newberry Library, Ruggles Hall, 60 West Walton Street Chicago, IL 60610

    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.