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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 17h

Free to access until December 31: "Startup Culture: MLMs, Mormons, and Entrepreneurship" by Deborah Whitehead in Mormon Studies Review, Vol. 10. cc: @jstuart.bsky.social
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 19h

It’s Italian American Heritage Month! Get to know our Italian and cultural studies journals and check out a recommended article from each, free to access until December 31, 2025! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/ce...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 21h

It's Finnish Literature Day! Celebrate with a special issue of Journal of Finnish Studies on "International Influences in Finnish Working-Class Literature and Its Research" (Vol. 18, No. 2): scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jfs/issu...

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Journal of Finnish Studies | 18 | 2 | July 2015

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 1d

American Journal of Psychology 138.1 has book reviews and 5 articles, including "Unveiling the Intricacies of Health Rumor Belief in Public Health Emergencies," "Alea Iacta Est! Impact of Musical Training on the Perception of Aleatoric Music" & more. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ajp/issu...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 1d

In Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 50.2, Sierra M. Bow & Jan F. Simek ( @utknoxville.bsky.social ) + Mark J. Wagner ( @siu.edu ) noninvasively examined the composition of a selection of American Indian rock art in IL with X-ray fluorescence. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/mcja/art...

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Mike Casiano @mcasiano.bsky.social · 2d

My book is out and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Check it out!!!

University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Pub Date to LET US ALONE: The Origins of Baltimore's Police State by @mcasiano.bsky.social !
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Let Us Alone
The Origins of Baltimore's Police State
Author: Michael Casiano

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Tariq Khan @tariq-khan.bsky.social · 2d

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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · 2d

Tariq D. Khan talks about Red Scares and Americanism: how settler colonial violence shaped anti-left repression in the 19th and 20th century USA and the importance of pushing back on the white washing of history. Hear it now for $3+/month to our patreon!

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Tariq D. Khan on Red Scares and Americanism | The Final Straw Radio

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 2d

Check out “This Needs More Time!: Considerations for Improving Partnerships Between Communities and Institutions in Folklore” from Journal of American Folklore, free to read until Nov. 30, 2025. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaf/arti...

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This Needs More Time!: Considerations for Improving Partnerships Between Communities and Institutions in Folklore

Abstract. From 2021 to 2023, the authors convened a series of discussion forums at the annual meetings of the American Folklore Society to discuss the challenges of community-institutional…

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Ideas on Fire @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social · 3d

It’s publication day for Ideas on Fire author Michael Casiano! 🥳 His new book Let Us Alone: The Origins of Baltimore's Police State is out now from @illinoispress.bsky.social.

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Ida Tolgensbakk @idatolgensbakk.bsky.social · 3d

I've been so confused about the DHL emails saying a package was on its way - I could not for the life of me remember that I had ordered anything. But then it was this lovely thing! Edited by Benjamin Gatling w/ some great scholars & activists, on #migration #narrative

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A book, black & white cover with red letters: "Migration Stories. Connecting activism, policy, and scholarship."

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Martha Bayne @marthabayne.bsky.social · 3d

Happy pub day to Dylan Taylor-Lehman's "Going Rackless: Chicago's Amateur Pool Players and the Quest for Glory in the Biggest Tournament in the World"! A gripping piece of narrative journalism exploring the wild world of Chicago's amateur billiards scene, out today from @illinoispress.bsky.social

Going Rackless

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 3d

Announcing American Literary Realism Volume 58, Number 1! Featuring four new essays, three notes and documents, a book review, and some brief reviews. Check it out on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55520

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Pub Date to LET US ALONE: The Origins of Baltimore's Police State by @mcasiano.bsky.social !
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#AfricanAmericanStudies #AmericanHistory #LaborStudies #UrbanStudies #Baltimore #LawEnforcement #CivilRights #JimCrow

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Pub Date to GOING RACKLESS: Chicago's Amateur Pool Players and the Quest for Glory in the Biggest Tournament in the World by Dylan Taylor-Lehman!
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#Chicago #Midwest #Sports #Pool #Billiards

Going Rackless
Chicago's Amateur Pool Players and the Quest for Glory in the Biggest Tournament in the World
Author: Dylan Taylor-Lehman

University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Pub Date to THE THREE NEPHITES: Saints, Service, & Supernatural Legend by Julie Swallow, Christopher James Blythe, Eric A. Eliason, & Jill Terry Rudy!
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The Three Nephites
Saints, Service, and Supernatural Legend
Author: Julie Swallow, Christopher James Blythe, Eric A. Eliason, and Jill Terry Rudy

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Pub Date to UNLEARNING THE HUSH: Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era by @msbunch.bsky.social!
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Unlearning the Hush
Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era
Author: Marlee S. Bunch Foreword by Christopher M. Span

University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 3d

💬 @journsporthist.bsky.social 52.2: “'It Doesn't Have to Be This Way, There Is Another Way of Doing It': An Interview with Jacob 'Stitch' Duran" by @boxingintellect.bsky.social.

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📕His book, RINGS OF DISSENT www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

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RINGS OF DISSENT Edited by Rudy Mondragón, Gaye Theresa Johnson, and David J. Leonard

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 3d

In Vol. 42, Iss. 1 of History of Philosophy Quarterly, Jacob Zellmer ( @ucsandiego.bsky.social ) argues that realism conflicts with Spinoza's conatus doctrine which is indispensable for his value theory. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/hpq/arti...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 4d

Check out a FREE article of Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social ):

"'As bad as anybody else': The Innocents, Political Violence, and the Creole-Italian Alliance in Reconstruction New Orleans" by Christopher Joseph Cook

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“As bad as anybody else”: The Innocents, Political Violence, and the Creole-Italian Alliance in Reconstruction New Orleans

Abstract. Coordinated, violent political attacks increased throughout the months leading up to the 1868 presidential election in New Orleans and the surrounding area. Among the various Democratic orga...

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 3d

New issue of Illinois Classical Studies Vol. 50, No. 1, Spring 2025 muse.jhu.edu/issue/55694 @projectmuse.bsky.social @illinoispress.bsky.social Fake News is or as Invective in Ancient Texts

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 4d

The Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History is now open for submissions!

Full details here: go.illinois.edu/UIPGutmanPrize

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 4d

David Heetderks provides a close analysis of Smokey Robinson's transformation of classic blues forms, revealing significant shifts in this important facet of 1960s and 1970s Motown. Read the article in American Music Vol. 42, No. 1, on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 4d

October is Family History Month! Check out this article:

📄 "Bound to the Land: Cove Fort in Kesler Family History and Memory"
✍️ By Rebecca Andersen
📖 In Utah Historical Quarterly Vol. 90, No. 2.
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Utah Historical Quarterly (2022) 90 (2): 92–109.

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 9d

free e-book from @illinoispress.bsky.social www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

Social Voices

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 9d

We're on the website! Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance publishes in March 2026 www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0.... Huge thanks to @illinoispress.bsky.social, a fantastic group of scholars & @leverhulme.ac.uk for supporting my research on Lana Turner

Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory

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