Richard Handler, Director of the Program in Global Development Studies and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia will lead a discussion on March 5 at 3:00 pm based on his career as a scholar, teacher and administrator whose work cuts across the geographical and disciplinary bou
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Participants in the Obermann Center join a community where an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach is valued, a community that appreciates the rigorous thought, long hours, and great passion that culminate in successful artistic and scholarly work. An array of programs and opportunities provide many different ways the UI and visiting faculty and graduate students can be a part of the Obermann Center. See our programs
Recent News and Announcements
Teresa Mangum, Director of the Obermann Center, will be editing a new book series for the The University of Iowa Press in conjunction with Anne Valk, Associate Director of the John Nicholas Brow
...Continue ReadingThe 6th annual Obermann Graduate Institute on Public Engagement and the Academy will have three more Graduate Fellows than in past years, thanks to additional funding from the UI Graduate College.
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