In Utah Historical Quarterly Vol. 93, No. 4, ed. by @holly-g.bsky.social, Heidi Toth reviews SONIA JOHNSON by Christine Talbot. 📕 Book: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0... 📝 Review: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/uhq/arti...

Free to access until 4/30/2026: “Secondary Choral Music Educators' Usage of African American Spirituals in American Music Classrooms" by Michelle Z. Gibson in Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 243 scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/bcrme/ar...

Happy #InternationalMonthOfBlackWomenInTheArts to one of our most recent titles, BLACK WOMEN'S ART ECOSYSTEMS: Sites of Wellness and Self-Care by Tanisha M. Jackson! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

📙 In @jmormonhist.bsky.social Vol. 52, No. 1, @rachelhelps.bsky.social reviews "Virginia Sorensen: Pioneering Mormon Author" by Stephen Carter: "a Sorensen primer worthy of study by any Mormon studies scholar." Now on @projectmuse.bsky.social! muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

Matthew Klugman ( @raw-toast.bsky.social ) & Roshani Jayawardana ( @uvic.ca ) examine the history of visual depictions of Australian sport + how historians can use this iconography in @journsporthist.bsky.social 52.3 cc: @projectmuse.bsky.social @nassh1972.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

Chicagoans! Shake the frozen gray slush from your shoes tonight in Logan Square, at my fireside chat* with @millerscave.bsky.social. *BYO fireside

In Finland, Feb. 5 is dedicated to celebrating National Poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg! In his honor, check out an article from Journal of Finnish Studies 24.1-2 about fellow poet Emil von Qvanten, which touches on his admiration of Runeberg. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jfs/arti...

Happy Birthday to Johann Most, the German-American agitator & pivotal figure in the development of anarchism in the US & socialism in Germany! Most is the subject of @tomgoyens.bsky.social's new book, available now! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0... 📷️: Courtesy of @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social

📖 "Something here for nearly all readers" @rosalyneves.bsky.social reviews "The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction" edited by Andrew Hall and Robert Raleigh, #OpenAccess @dialoguejournal.bsky.social 58.4, edited by @taylorpetrey.bsky.social. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/dial/art...

📕 In "The Musician as Philosopher: New York's Vernacular Avant-Garde 1958–1978" (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) author Michael Gallope recovers the essential work behind artists’ work. Read @michaelnomalice.bsky.social's review in Jazz and Culture 8.2: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jac/arti...

Ready to launch your career? UIP has an internship opportunity for you! Position: Assistant to the Director Time: 8-12 hours per week for the full calendar year Pay rate: $20/hour For full consideration, applications should be rec'd by Feb 13. Apply here⤵️ secure.osfa.illinois.edu/vjb/detail.a...

Kana Wisniewski, @nataliekruse.bsky.social & Ilana Chertok examined the lead concentrations of human, cow's & goat's milk samples from Appalachia and compared them to the safety limits set by the @who.int. Read in Journal of Appalachian Studies 31.2: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jas/arti...

One week from today, Good Chicagoans! Join us! @marthabayne.bsky.social and I will engage in witty banter and insightful commentary that will drive the chill from your bones. #citylit @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #logansquare #musicbooks #chicagomusichistory #american #alcountry

Want to learn about Challenge Dancing? Stop by the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors this evening at 6pm to learn more about this type of dancing with author April Masten (aprilfmasten.bsky.social) as she discusses her book, "Diamond and Jumba" (published @illinoispress.bsky.social).

Writing book: REALLY hard. Publishing it: terrifying. Promoting it: tiresome. Folks telling me stories of THEIR connection to music? Awesome. @illinoispress.bsky.social sent me fan mail they got for me. Let artists know their work reached you. It means a lot. Indie community at it best. #booksky📚

In @journsporthist.bsky.social 52.3 on @projectmuse.bsky.social , @joshbland13.bsky.social highlights critical heritage studies as a useful tool for sports historians to explore the intersection of current sports culture, sporting past, and power. @nassh1972.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

Edwin Porras explores the social and cultural impact of Cantonese opera as a signifier of Chinese identity at the intersection of gender and class in Cuba between 1930 and 1960 in American Music 42.3, a special issue on @projectmuse.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

Through a Black feminist perspective, Indira Bailey critically exposes, analyzes, and identifies Black women K–12 art educator's curricular experiences. From Visual Arts Research Vol. 49, Iss. 1. #InternationalMonthofBlackWomenintheArts scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/var/arti...

Get your *free* e-book of CONTEMPORARY PLAYS BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN: Ten Complete Works edited by Sandra Adell! mailchi.mp/illinois/t8x... #AfricanAmericanStudies #Drama #LiteraryStudies #WomensStudies

Last chance to get your *free* e-book of HARRY BRIDGES: Labor Radical, Labor Legend by Robert W. Cherny! mailchi.mp/illinois/oid... #Biography #AmericanHistory #LaborStudies #RadicalStudies

In Jazz and Culture Vol. 8, No. 2, @vcmusictheory.bsky.social seeks to bridge discussions of jazz improvisation and the existential philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre, specifically his notion of the committed writer. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jac/arti...

That's me! (And my amazing cohort!)

📖 "An immediate classic." @benjaminepark.bsky.social reviews "Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality" Matthew L. Harris, #OpenAccess in @dialoguejournal.bsky.social Vol. 58.4, edited by @taylorpetrey.bsky.social. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/dial/art...

In Journal of Appalachian Studies 31.2 @byclaycarey.bsky.social considers the way podcasters who produce shows about Appalachia use the medium to express ideas about social identity and challenge negative stereotypes about the region. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jas/arti...

Ready to launch your career? UIP has an internship opportunity for you! Position: Assistant to the Director Time: 8-12 hours per week for the full calendar year Pay rate: $20/hour For full consideration, applications should be rec'd by Feb 13. Apply here⤵️ secure.osfa.illinois.edu/vjb/detail.a...

Join Bloodshot Records co-founder, @millerscave.bsky.social to celebrate his memoir, THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT THE PAY IS LOW, @citylit_books on Thurs, Feb 5, 2026 at 6:30pm CST. This *free* evening will include a convo w/ editor @marthabayne.bsky.social. RSVP below. citylitbooks.com/events/43247...

Check out "Bridging CRU & CMR in Free and Serial Recall: A Factorial Comparison of Retrieved-Context Models" by Jordan B. Gunn & @polynsean.bsky.social in American Journal of Psychology 138.2, a Gordon D. Logan Festschrift. @mattcrumplab.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ajp/arti...

Now on @projectmuse.bsky.social! @jmormonhist.bsky.social Vol. 52, No. 1, new articles, book reviews, a forum on John Taylor's 1886 revelation, and Brooks Lecture from the 2025 Conference on Utah History. With @benjaminepark.bsky.social & @rachelhelps.bsky.social. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55826

In Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 118.3-4 @tristanmkdraper.bsky.social continues a bibliographic special project looking at research articles in Illinois history and regional Indigenous history published spring 2024-spring 2025. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jishs/ar...

Josh Stenberg ( @sydney.edu.au ) advances a global perspective by connecting Chinese performances in Latin America with transnational Chinese performance networks elsewhere in American Music 42.3, a special issue on Sino-Soundscapes in Latin America, on @ProjectMUSE muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

Merrick Anderson ( @usc.edu ) provides a new defense of moderate comic immoralism, the thesis that the morally objectionable features of jokes sometimes increase their funniness, in Journal of Aesthetic Education 59.4, open access on @projectmuse.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

#OpenAccess @dialoguejournal.bsky.social 58.4 contains a letter to the editor, articles, personal voices, fiction, poems, book reviews, from the pulpit, and art pieces. cc: @taylorpetrey.bsky.social @benjaminepark.bsky.social @rosalyneves.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/dial/iss...

📢 @journsporthist.bsky.social 52.3, on @projectmuse.bsky.social , is a special issue on "Sport Studies as a Public Service," with a forum of museum public historians and articles by @joshbland13.bsky.social , @raw-toast.bsky.social , and more. cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/issue/55992

Journal of Appalachian Studies 31.2 is online now! Featuring contributions by @byclaycarey.bsky.social, @nataliekruse.bsky.social, @johngav.bsky.social (@ids.ac.uk), @jessicascory.bsky.social, and more. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jas/issu...

In Journal of Animal Ethics 15.2, Jenny L. Mace ( @uniofstandrews.bsky.social ) on @projectmuse.bsky.social argues for more legal protections for companion and nonfood-producing animal in the case of a future epi-/panzootics and pandemics. muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

***Check out the new Fall 2025 issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social )**** scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...

January’s #FreeEbook from @illinoispress.bsky.social is "Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend" by Robert W. Cherny Targeted by govt and anti-left labor leaders alike, Bridges navigated racial integration of his union's ranks and mechanization and containerization on the docks. #History

Happy #InternationalDayOfEducation! Check out our reading list below ⤵️ www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/20...

📗 R. Christian Phillips reviews "Cinema is the Strongest Weapon: Race-Making and Resistance in Fascist Italy" by Lorenzo Fabbri (@uminnpress.bsky.social) in Journal of Film and Video Vol. 77, No. 4, on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

Did you spot the 2026 journal issue in amongst the 2025s in the photo? While there’s a lot to look forward to in 2026, let’s take a moment to look back at the last three months of 2025 with our Journals Q4 UPdate. Special issues, podcasts, blogs, and more: www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/20...

"LINGERING INLAND editor @andyoler.bsky.social says that conception of the future happens when humans connect stories with people and places." chicago.suntimes.com/books/2026/0... cc: @chicago.suntimes.com

Join Dr Carole Pegg on 30th January to discuss her book, Drones Tones and Timbres in their lecture on Throat-singing: Body, Spirit, Pathways, Place 🗓️ 30th January 2026 📍 Darwin College, Cambridge, CB3 9EU 🔗 buff.ly/0QGZHlC 📚 buff.ly/oQmpDwa @illinoispress.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social

Join Bloodshot Records co-founder, @millerscave.bsky.social to celebrate his memoir, THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT THE PAY IS LOW, @citylit_books on Thurs, Feb 5, 2026 at 6:30pm CST. This *free* evening will include a convo w/ editor @marthabayne.bsky.social. RSVP below. citylitbooks.com/events/43247...

In Journal of American Ethnic History (@iehs.bsky.social) Vol. 45, No. 1, @loriflores.bsky.social reviews "Intimate Eating: Racialized Spaces and Radical Futures" (@dukepress.bsky.social) by Anita Mannur: "its case studies will surely intrigue." scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/art...

Did you know that Jan. is Utah History Month? Be sure to check out Utah Historical Quarterly, official journal of the Utah Historical Society, for articles, book reviews, photographs, and field notes about artifacts, documents, + more. cc: @holly-g.bsky.social www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/?id...

📚Reviews in Italica Vol. 102.1: 1️⃣"Mediterranean Crime Fiction" @universitypress.cambridge.org 2️⃣"Making the Renaissance Man" @reaktionbooks.bsky.social 3️⃣"Mapping Post-War Italian Literature, Boom and Aftermath (1956–1979)" @uolpress.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ital/iss...

American Music 42.3 is a SPECIAL ISSUE focused on Sino-Soundscapes in Latin America, available now on @projectmuse.bsky.social ! The issue features articles on the study of Chinese sonic expression in Latin America by Josh Stenberg ( @sydney.edu.au ), Corey Blake, + others. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55991

Announcing Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education No. 245! Featuring 4 new articles: 🏫 "Building and District Policies Impacting Music Instruction" 🗨️ "Voices of Rural Music Teachers: Negotiating Professional and Proximal Communities in Rural Music Education" ⬇️ More

"Like other historians have made clear, post-World War II civil rights victories in sports depended on the earlier heroic, sustained efforts of athletes and sport entrepreneurs like Butler." The Q&A for SOL BUTLER by @[email protected] is now live! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/qa...

The fall 2025 issue of Utah Historical Quarterly (Vol. 93, No. 4) provides a taste of how mineral extraction has affected Utah. The issue also covers the subjects of public humanities and the shaping of public memory. Edited by @holly-g.bsky.social. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/uhq/issu...