University of Illinois Press Events Calendar

Dr. Jennifer Rycenga celebrates the launch of Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women at the Prudence Crandall Museum, site of the Canterbury Female Boarding School (1831-1834). Join Dr. Rycenga and museum staff for conversation, book sales & signing, light refreshments, access to the new museum exhibit.

Christin Hancock, author of “Unmentionable Madness: Gender, Disability, and Shame in the Malaria Treatment of Neurosyphilis”, will be signing books and speaking at the University of Portland Bookstore in Portland, OR about her new book.

Jeremy Brecher, author of "The Green New Deal From Below: How Ordinary People Are Building a Just and Climate-Safe Economy" will speak on his new book and research followed by a Q&A session.