University of Illinois Press Events Calendar

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Monday, March 31, 2025

    • 6:00 - 7:00 pm   EST
    • Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ 08542

    Connie Goddard at Princeton Public Library

    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.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

    • 5:30 - 7:00 pm   EDT
    • Sims Hall, 331, Syracuse, NY 13210

    Miriam Thaggert at Syracuse University

    Miriam Thaggert, author of "Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad" and Professor and Associate Chair of English at SUNY Buffalo, uncovers the overlooked work of African American women on American railroads.