The UI Press was formally established in 1918. The Press publishes scholarly material, focusing specifically on African American Studies, American History, Chicago, Film, Illinois, Labor Studies, Music, Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Music in American Life, Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest, Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World, Black Studies, and The History of Communication. 

The Press produces journals and eBooks as well as books in print, and sometimes provides books on demand.

Writers may submit proposals and manuscripts online at the UI Press' website. 

For more information, visit the University of Illinois Press' website: http://www.press.uillinois.edu.