Events & Dates

Friday, August 25, 2017 - 6:30pm

"If Objects Could Talk" History Harvest at the African American Museum of Iowa

The African American Museum of Iowa and the University of Iowa Libraries are coordinating a public "history harvest" to collect materials for an upcoming museum exhibit, "If Objects Could Talk." On...

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Thursday, March 1, 2018 (All day)

Archives & Activism

Around the world, archives are being created and activated in the service of social justice. From scientists grabbing disappearing global climate data to former prisoners creating “living museum”...

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Monday, June 12, 2017 (All day)

Bertrand Russell's The Philosophy of Logical Atomism: A Centenary Celebration

Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872–1970) deeply influenced Anglo-American philosophy in the twentieth century. His influence is still felt across the English-speaking world, and his works have...

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Monday, May 15, 2017 (All day)

Project Management 101 for the Arts and Humanities: A Workshop

Workshop Leader Leah Nahmias , Director of Programming and Community Engagement, Indiana Humanities (Indianapolis, IN) Co-sponsored by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies & Andrew W. Mellon-...

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Thursday, May 4, 2017 - 4:00pm

Indian Crows in Urban Decline—a talk by Paul Greenough

On Thursday, May 4, Emeritus Professor Paul Greenough (Dept. of History) will give a talk, "Indian Crows in Urban Decline: Writing the Environmental History of a Companionate Species." This talk is...

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Friday, April 28, 2017 - 1:00pm

"Piece-work and Medieval University Book Production: The Pecia”—A Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture

Katherine Tachau, Professor of History at the University of Iowa, will give a public lecture titled “Piece-work and Medieval University Book Production: The Pecia” as part of the 2016–17 Andrew W...

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Friday, April 28, 2017 - 10:30am

“Aristotle and the Medieval University"—A Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture

Erik Kwakkel, historian of the medieval book and a full professor at Leiden University, will give a public lecture titled “Aristotle and the Medieval University: The Birth of a New Book Format” as...

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