University of Illinois Press Events Master Calendar

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

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

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."

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.

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."

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.

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."

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

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.

Miriam Thaggert shares her stories and insights from her book "Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the Railroad."

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."

Connie Goddard discusses her book, "Learning for Work: How Industrial Education Fostered Democratic Opportunity," the intellectual heritage of the Bordentown School; and efforts to reopen the campus as a school and public open space. Registration requested.