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Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival

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Obermann International Fellowships
The Obermann Center now offers flexible fellowships for international researchers and artists to develop collaborations and pursue independent work at our beautiful Iowa City campus. Fellowships offer dedicated space, time, and funding for scholars and artists based outside of the United States to develop collaborations and pursue independent work at the University of Iowa. Up to eight international fellowships will be granted every academic year, and fellows will receive a $2,000 stipend, office space at the Obermann Center, access to University of Iowa libraries, and other benefits.
Obermann International Fellowships are funded by the University of Iowa's Obermann Center for Advanced Studies with generous additional support from International Programs.
Applications for Spring 2026 fellowships are due October 24, 2025.

Join us for Wide Lens: LISTENING
In a world full of noise, we often try to listen—to conversations with colleagues and family, to music in our headphones, to videos blasting from our smartphones. We hear all these things daily, but what does it mean to truly listen? In what sense do our devices also listen to us? What is the role of silence in listening? How has listening changed over time? Can political tensions be eased through listening? How is listening both an art and a science? This Wide Lens event brings together UI researchers from science, social sciences, the humanities, and the arts to investigate what it means to listen deeply and thoughtfully.
Join us on Thursday, May 8, at 5:30 p.m. in the Herald Stark Opera Studio, Voxman Music Building. Food and drink provided!

Book Ends: Obermann/OVPR Book Completion Workshop
This program supports University of Iowa faculty from disciplines in which publishing a monograph is required for tenure and promotion. The award is designed to assist faculty members turn promising manuscripts into important, field-changing, published books. Book Ends brings together a panel of senior scholars for a candid, constructive three-hour workshop on a faculty member’s book manuscript. The award provides a $500 honorarium for two external senior scholars ($500 for each). We will also ask one University of Iowa senior faculty member to participate.