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Title	Start Date	End Date	Description	Event Location
Maps Matter: Iowa City Boundaries and ‘Neighborhood Imaginaries’	Mar 03, 2010	Mar 03, 2010	March 3, 2010 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm 2520D University Capitol Center (Old Capitol Mall) Media, Space and Race: The Case of the "Southeast Side" of Iowa City “Maps Matter: Iowa City Boundaries and ‘Neighborhood Imaginaries’” is the second of three seminars in the “Media, Space and Race” Public Rhetoric Seminar series.	Conference Center2520D University Capitol Center (Old Capitol Mall)Iowa City, IA 52240
Third Language Acquisition	Jul 15, 2010	Jul 15, 2010		Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Walt Whitman International	Jul 15, 2011	Jul 15, 2011		Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Comics, Creativity, and Culture	Oct 05, 2011	Oct 08, 2011
Graduate Institute on Public Engagement and the Academy	Jan 10, 2012	Jan 16, 2012	Annual week-long smposium for UI graduate students wishing to enhance their research and teaching with publicly engaged work. This is a competitely-selected event.	closed event
Ross Wilburn, “Universities and Public School Districts: Challenges and Opportunities for Successful Partnerships”	Jan 12, 2012	Jan 12, 2012	Ross Wilburn, Director of Equity for the Iowa City Community School District, will share his personal history of UI/community partnerships, through his time with the Crisis Center of Johnson County, as Mayor of Iowa City, and now with the school district. He'll then moderate a panel of people currently involved in partnerships between the school district and the University of Iowa. This event is part of the Obermann Center's Graduate Institute on Public Engagement and the Academy. A reception will follow at the Englert Theatre.	Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room A123 S. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
WorldCanvass: "Women, Hysteria and Medicine"	Jan 27, 2012	Jan 27, 2012	Several Obermann-related scholars, including Kim Marra (Theatre, CLAS), Elizabeth Heinemann (History and GWSS, CLAS), and Teresa Mangum (Obermann Director and English, CLAS) will speak on "Women, Hysteria and Medicine," in conjunction with Sarah Ruhl's Pulitzer Prize-nominated play "In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)," which is being produced at UI's E.C. Mabie Theatre in February.	Old Capitol Senate ChambersPentacrest, University of IowaIowa City, IA 52242
Dickens' 200th Birthday Celebration	Feb 07, 2012	Feb 07, 2012	To kick off a series of birthday celebrations for the British author Charles Dickens, a group of UI and community experts (below) will introduce Dickens and the issues of his novel Oliver Twist, followed by cake and punch (but no porridge!). Attendees are asked to bring a jar of peanutbutter for donation to the Crisis Center's Food Bank; this is an item in special need right now.	Iowa Cit Public Library123 S. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Deeply Democratic: A Symposium on Dr. Manning Marable	Feb 10, 2012	Feb 10, 2012	This symposium celebrates the intellectual, political, and pedagogical work of the late Professor Manning Marable, who up until his passing, was the M. Moran Weston and Black Alumni Council Professor of African American Studies at Columbia University.With a Keynote Lecture by:Professor Russell Rickford, Department of History, Dartmouth College Symposium Details:	Iowa City Public Library, Meeting room A123 South Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Professional Development Workshop: Strategic Partnerships in Service-Learning	Feb 15, 2012	Feb 15, 2012	Iowa Campus Compact member faculty and staff are invited to participate in this free workshop for Campus Compact members (lunch will be provided). Presenters will discuss two successful models of strategic partnership to help attendees gain insight on:	Loras College
Triangle Club Speaker: John F. Doershuk	Feb 19, 2012	Feb 19, 2012	Archaeological field investigations were conducted during the first half of 2011 by staff from the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist at the newly discovered 7,000 year-old Palace Site. Located in Polk County, Iowa on the north bank of the Des Moines River on the southeast side of the City of Des Moines, the Palace Site was discovered as part of routine compliance activities connected to development of a wastewater treatment facility.	University Atheltic Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
The Art of Interdisciplinarity - An Obermann Workshop with Prof. Richard Handler	Mar 05, 2012	Mar 05, 2012	A Conversation with Professor Richard Handler on Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Scholarship and Teaching.We welcome graduate students and faculty members to join us for an informal discussion of approaches to interdisciplinary teaching and research.About Richard Handler:	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Conversations & Controversies: OLIVER TWIST	Mar 05, 2012	Mar 05, 2012	This book discussion is part of the ongoing C & C series hosted by the Obermann Center, POROI, and Prairie Lights Bookstore and is open to everyone. The discussion will be facilitated by Teresa Mangum (English, CLAS and Obermann).	Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Global Development Studies in a Liberal Arts Curriculum - Humanisitc Approaches to Global Modernities	Mar 07, 2012	Mar 07, 2012	This talk will be given by Professor Richard Handler, University of Virginia. About Professor Handler:	1117 UCC (IP Commons)UCCIowa City, IA 52242
Was the Word: Crossing Borders	Mar 18, 2012	Mar 18, 2012	A storytelling, music, and poetry performance by and for Crossing Borders, a community storytelling website started by three Obermann Graduate Fellows. This show is part of the monthly series run by Working Group Theatre, with profits going toward that month's organization. The show will not only feature stories and poems from performers, but will give the stage to students from the Broadway Community Center, whose recent work with Crossing Borders was featured in The Press Citizen.	The Englert Theatre221 E. Washington StreeetIowa City, IA 52240
Jakobsen Graduate Conference poster session	Mar 24, 2012	Mar 24, 2012	Obermann Graduate Fellows and other UI graduate students will be sharing their publicly engaged research and teaching projects during the 14th annual Jakobsen Conference.	Iowa Memorial UnionIowa City, IA 52242
The Triangle Club presents: The UI Public Policy Center: Academic Research and Public Engagement in Practice, by Pete Damiano	Mar 25, 2012	Mar 25, 2012	This presentation will discuss the activities of the University of Iowa Public Policy Center (UI PPC). The UI PPC is a research center located within the UI Office of the Vice President for Research with three primary functions: 1) conduct academic research primarily in six policy areas (health; housing and land use; human factors and vehicle safety; environmental; social science; transportation).	University Atheltic Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
THAT Camp	Mar 30, 2012	Apr 01, 2012	THAT Camp (The Humanities And Technology Camp) is an umbrella organization that provides tool kits to humanists and technologists for organizing open, inexpensive, and collaborative meetings at which they can learn and build together. The foci of THATCamps are formed largely by the interests of the attendees who vote on discussion topics in advance, with organizers then creating a schedule and space for conversations.	THAT Camp Iowa CityTBA
2012-2013 Working Group applications deadline	Apr 03, 2012	Apr 03, 2012	Obermann Center Working Groups provide space, structure, and discretionary funding for groups of faculty and advanced graduate students with a shared intellectual interest. Groups have used this opportunity to explore new work and to share their own research, to organize a symposium, and to develop grant proposals.This program allows participants from across the campus and beyond to explore complex issues at a moment when cross-disciplinary collaboration is crucial to address shifting domains of knowledge and a rapidly changing world.Working Groups:
Workshop and performance by Eli Clare	Apr 05, 2012	Apr 05, 2012	1. Public Workshop: "At the Intersections of Queerness & Disability"What issues do disabled LGBTQ peoples face? What are the connections among ableism, homophobia, and transphobia? How do issues around queer disability identities fit into a broader intersectional social justice framework? Join Eli for a facilitated dialogue about these questions and more.Time: 2:00 - 4:00pmLocation: Iowa City Public Library, Room A, 123 South Linn Street Iowa City, IA 52240	The University of Iowa
HASTAC informational meeting	Apr 06, 2012	Apr 06, 2012	Learn more about becoming a UI HASTAC Scholar. Meet current HASTAC Scholars and hear about their projects.	Digital Studio for the Public Humanities, 1015 Main LibraryMadison StreetIowa City, 52242
STILL by Jen Silverman	Apr 10, 2012	Apr 10, 2012	UI Theatre Arts Department and the Obermann Intergenre Working Group present the play STILL by Jen Silverman, a staged reading directed by Meredith Alexander.	Cosmo Catalano Studio (Room 172)Theatre Building- Riverside DriveIowa City, IA 52242
Visions of the Future: Global Science Fiction Cinema	Apr 12, 2012	Apr 14, 2012	This three-day conference examines science fiction cinema in global perspective, featuring lectures, panels, screenings, and a WorldCanvass radio program. Invited guests include keynote speakers N.
Teresa Mangum in a roundtable discussion at Vanderbilt University	Apr 13, 2012	Apr 13, 2012	The Warren Center will host a roundtable discussion: Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life.Speakers will include Jan Cohen-Cruz (Director, Imagining America, and University Professor of Drama, Syracuse University), Teresa Mangum (Director, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, and Associate Professor of English, University of Iowa), and Bill Ivey (Director, Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy, Vanderbilt University).	Vanderbilt UniversityButtrick 123Nashville, TN
Sister Spit Tour	Apr 16, 2012	Apr 16, 2012	The legendary, raucous, rowdy performance gang, Sister Spit, will come to our town on Monday April 16th with a vanload of multimedia, queer-centric brilliance of taste-makers, novelists, luminaries, chanteuses, performance artists, poets and filmmakers.	Public Space One129 E. Washington Street(in the basement of the Jefferson Building)Iowa City, IA 52240
2013 Summer Seminar Directorship - Request for Proposals	Apr 17, 2012	Apr 17, 2012	Faculty in all fields are invited to design and direct the Obermann Center’s Summer 2013 Research Seminar. One grant up to $40,000 will be awarded. The Obermann Summer Seminar is an opportunity to lead a major collaborative project that will result in some form of publication or public work. The seminar can include approximately a dozen participants, including faculty and research staff from The University of Iowa, as well as visiting scholars and researchers.
The Derek Project presents Natasha Trethewey	Apr 19, 2012	Apr 19, 2012	You are invited to the welcome reception for Natasha Trethewey from 3:30-5:00 PM in Plaza Room 1 of Hotel Vetro, April 19.	Hotel Vetro, Plaza Room 1Iowa City, IA 52240
The Triangle Club presents: Emancipation’s Grizzly Moment: The Battle of Antietam, Future Shock, and California Dreamin', by Kathleen Diffley	Apr 22, 2012	Apr 22, 2012	During and immediately after the Civil War, more than 300 narratives focusing on national upheaval circulated in some sixteen contemporary periodicals, many in the culturally dominant Northeast. But from the South and West came less predictable stories, peculiarly so when they turned during Reconstruction to the ambiguous fate of free blacks and former slaves. While the storytelling South routinely skirted the issue of new social relations, as domestic dependencies were disrupted by emancipation, literary magazines in upstart cities newly joined by a network of rails were more venturesome	University Atheltic Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52242
Discussion with Dudley Andrew	Apr 25, 2012	Apr 25, 2012	Faculty and graduate students in the Department of English are cordially invited to a discussion with Dudley Andrew (Yale University), Co-editor of Opening Bazin: Postwar Film Theory and its Afterlife Recipient of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies 2012 Best Edited Collection Award	E 126 AJBIowa City, IA 52242
Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality, by Margot Weiss	Apr 25, 2012	Apr 25, 2012	Margot Weiss, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Anthropology, Wesleyan University	Chemistry buildingCB W55Iowa City, IA 52242
Research Tea, with Margot Weiss	Apr 26, 2012	Apr 26, 2012	Come and talk over tea and cookies with Margot and others about the process of completing an academic book. We invite participants to come with questions, their own stories to tell, and an interest in thinking together about issues like:* ethical questions that emerge when conducting research on sexuality, queerness, race and ethnicity, class, citizenship, or ability* discomforts and pleasures of ethnographic fieldwork* interdisciplinary writing* research that challenges the norms or core values of our disciplines or communities	106 Bowman HouseIowa City, IA 52242
Transnational Effects of the Postville Raid - A Talk by Gerardo Sandoval	Apr 26, 2012	Apr 26, 2012	Sandoval will present his study of the intertwined economic fortunes of Postville, Iowa, and El Rosario, Guatemala, centered on the May 2008 immigration raid on a meatpacking facility in Postville. The study, which considered several types of mechanisms that support Shadow Transnationalism through employment recruitment, smuggling networks and remittance transfers, provides planners and other policy makers a better understanding of the vulnerability and interdependence of shadow economic mechanisms.	Biology Building East - 101
3rd International Symposium on Chinese Applied Linguistics (ISCAL)	Apr 27, 2012	Apr 28, 2012	ISCAL, a signature program of the Confucius Institute, is a referred biennial international symposium representing state of the art L2 Chinese empirical studies in the field that are meaningful in topics, theory guided, vigorous in research design, and significant in pedagogical implications. Each ISCAL has 24 presentations and about 55 persons around the world in attendance.	The University of Iowa
Return to Mayberry	May 02, 2012	May 02, 2012	The public is invited to an evening of storytelling at the Iowa City Public Library. The event, which will feature multimedia storytelling projects by University of Iowa English students and Iowa City community members. This event takes place the day after a free community performance of the play “Mayberry,” commissioned by Hancher and produced locally by Working Group Theatre, at SE Jr. High School.	Iowa City Public Library, Rm BLinn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Insects: A Collection in Multiple Dimensions	May 03, 2012	May 03, 2012	“Insects: A Collection in Multiple Dimensions”—featuring artwork by Kevin Chamberlain, 2012 Graduate Institute Fellow and MFA student in ceramics (CLAS)—opens in the UI Pentacrest Museums Gallery for the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences at the Old Capitol Museum. The exhibit will be on display through July and is free and open to the public.	Old Capitol MuseumPentecrest, University of Iowa
Fellows-in-Residence Deadline	May 09, 2012	May 09, 2012	Applications are now being accepted for the Fall 2012 Obermann Fellows-in-Residence.
Insects: A Collection in Multiple Dimensions	May 16, 2012	Jul 27, 2012	This exhibit is the MFA project of Obermann Graduate Institute Fellow Kevin Chamberlain. It includes his work both to restore and record a century-old insection collection held by the UI Natural History Museum, and his own ceramic work inspired by the collection, as well as a project he did with local preschoolers. Read more and see photos here.	Old Capitol MuseumUI Pentacrest52242
Theatre for Social Outreach: A Carnaval Arts Workshop	Jun 05, 2012	Jun 08, 2012		TBA
The Museum’s Role in Early Learning and Media Production - A talk by Dr. Scott Sampson of "Dinosaur Train"	Jun 14, 2012	Jun 14, 2012		Iowa Children's MuseumCoral Ridge MallIowa City, IA 52241
Get Ready, Iowa! Partnering to Enhance the School Readiness of Iowa's Children	Jul 15, 2012	Jul 15, 2012		Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Emancipation Day Student Writing Contest	Sep 04, 2012	Sep 04, 2012	Creatively respond to or reinterpret a historical document(s) from either the Freedmen and Southern Society Project or Visualizing Emancipation (both NEH-funded sites), citing the primary source you are using. Possible submission formats include, but are not limited to: a short essay, a first-person narrative, a letter, a one scene play, a poem, a blog post, a video, an original song, or a digital recording.
Spring 2013 Fellows-in-Residence Deadline	Sep 11, 2012	Sep 11, 2012	Applications for the Spring 2013 Obermann Fellows-in-Residence are due.
Emancipation Day Watch Party	Sep 17, 2012	Sep 17, 2012	On September 17th, the IWP and the Obermann Center will host a "watch party" for the National Endowment for the Humanities' celebration of Constitution Day and the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. We invite you to attend with your classes!	The Bijou
Obermann Graduate Institute Informational Session	Sep 20, 2012	Sep 20, 2012	This meeting is intended for UI graduate students interested in learning more about the content of the Graduate Institute and its application process. A previous Graduate Fellow and one of the co-directors will be on hand to answer questions.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
The Triangle Club presents: Updates on the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and our Partnership, by Teresa Mangum, and history of the Triangle Club, by Axel Ruprecht	Sep 23, 2012	Sep 23, 2012	Teresa Mangum is a professor in two departments at the University of Iowa: English and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies. She also directs the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies. The Center supports faculty members' research, brings faculty and graduate students from different fields work together to address the big issues that face us today, and connects the campus and larger community. In recent years, the Center has been honored to partner with the Triangle Club—another organization that encourages life-long learning and the exchange of ideas.
Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature	Sep 24, 2012	Nov 02, 2012	This National Institutes of Health traveling exhibit explores Mary Shelley's world that gave birth to Frankenstein. The exhibit examines how playwrights and filmmakers transformed the Frankenstein story into one of the Western world's most enduring myths. It considers how Mary Shelley's unfortunate creature frequently provides a framework for discussions of contemporary biomedical advances such as cloning, which challenge our traditional understanding of what it means to be human.	Old Capitol CenterIowa City, IA
Works-in-Progress Festival CFE, deadline September 28	Sep 28, 2012	Sep 28, 2012	Are you a scholar, sculptor, artist, activist, programmer, or poet? A filmmaker, composer, translator, writer, choreographer, comedian, or chef? An institution, entrepreneur, community group? All or none of the above? We are currently looking for people working (making, creating, planning, building) to participate in our 2012 festival.
Graduate Institute Application Deadline	Oct 02, 2012	Oct 02, 2012	All applications for the Obermann Graduate Institute are due by 5 pm. For questions, contact neda-barrett@uiowa.edu.
Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grant Applications Due	Oct 02, 2012	Oct 02, 2012	All applications for the Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grant are due by 5pm. For questions, contact neda-barrett@uiowa.edu.
2012 Community College Humanities Association Regional Conference	Oct 11, 2012	Oct 13, 2012	Keynote Speakers: Chris Merrill, Peter Feldstein, and Jim Leach. Please click on link below for more information.	Iowa City, IA 52242
The Latino Midwest	Oct 11, 2012	Oct 13, 2012		Obermann Center for Advanced Studies
Migration Letters	Oct 12, 2012	Oct 12, 2012	The artist portrays politically incorrect words and misconceptions related to issues of migration through small paintings. “A” stands for Alien, American, Abduction, Acculturation, and Anchor-babies, for example.	Douglas & Linda Paul Gallery, The Englert Theatre221 E. Washington StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Junot Diaz Reading	Oct 12, 2012	Oct 12, 2012	A reading by Junot Díaz, whose work includes the short story collection Drown and the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, will kick off the first day of the conference, Friday, October 12, which is also the UI’s annual Paul Engle Day.	Englert Theater221 East Washington StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Lila Downs Concert	Oct 13, 2012	Oct 13, 2012	Give Lila Downs sixty seconds and she'll paint a vocal landscape covering the full spectrum of human emotion. Born in Oaxaca, Mexico to a Mixtec folk singer and a Scottish-American art professor, Downs incorporates her heritage into a Pan-American musical palette that fuses traditional Mexican music with jazz, blues, soul, and reggae to create a multi-lingual, frontier-busting sound.	The Englert Theater221 East Washington StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Works-in-Progress Festival (WiP)	Oct 18, 2012	Oct 20, 2012	Works-in-Progress (WiP) is an interdisciplinary festival that showcases unfinished creative projects in a variety of media. As each artist (or scholar, or worker) presents a "work in progress," audience members are not simply spectators, but are active participants in a process of critique that involves a diversity of perspectives and methods. WiP will include a variety of panels and breakout sessions, performances, informal opportunities for conversation and collaboration, and keynote talks by visiting artists.	Bijou TheaterIowa City, IA
Conversations & Controveries: A Journey Around Our America — A Memoir on Cycling, Immigration, and the Latinoization of the U.S.	Oct 19, 2012	Oct 19, 2012	Author Louis Mendoza rode through Iowa City and West Liberty in preparation for his book Journey Around Our America — A Memoir on Cycling, Immigration, and the Latinoization of the U.S. In conjunction with the Latino Midwest, the 2012-13 Obermann-International Programs Humanities Symposium, co-directors Omar Valerio-Jimenez (History) and Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez (Spanish & Portuguese) will lead a conversation about the changing demographics not only of the country but of Iowa City and some of its smaller neighboring communities.	Prairie Lights Books15 South Dubuque StreetIowa City, IA 52240
The Triangle Club presents: Philanthropy and the History of International Rotary, by Herbert A. Wilson	Oct 21, 2012	Oct 21, 2012	Herbert Wilson was born in Chicago, IL on Jan. 31, 1928, the last of eight children. He is married to Janice Comstock. They have 4 grown children and 10 grandchildren.	University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Laura Doyle lecture: "Reading Otherwise: Interdisciplinarity, History, and the Dialectics of Culture"	Oct 25, 2012	Oct 25, 2012	The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Working Group on Circulating Cultures will host Professor Laura Doyle (Department of English, U Mass, Amherst) for a visit October 25-26. She'll give a public lecture on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 3:30 pm in EPB.	304 EPBUniversity of Iowa
Genetics in Literature, Life, and the Laboratory	Nov 01, 2012	Nov 01, 2012	GENTICS IN LITERATURE, LIFE AND THE LAB is a talk between a literature professor who studies biomedical science fiction, Jay Clayton, and a leader in public policy on genetics, Ellen Wright Clayton, both of Vanderbilt University.	Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Grant Development Program for the Arts and Humanities	Nov 06, 2012	Nov 06, 2012	The morning will begin with a 30 minute breakfast/networking session. Representatives from the Office of the VP for Research, Sponsored Programs, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, and Grant Administrators will deliver brief presentations about available resources to help you identify and apply for internal and external grants. Paul Casella, MFA, will close the session with a one hour presentation on grant writing.	1117 UCCIowa City, IA 52242
The Militancy of Gender and the Making of Sexual Difference in Anglo-Saxon Literature, by Professor Stacy Klein	Nov 12, 2012	Nov 12, 2012	Please come to a talk by Rutgers Associate Professor Stacy Klein on "The Militancy of Gender and the Making of Sexual Difference in Anglo-Saxon Literature." The talk will take place in EPB in the Gerber Lounge at 5:00 pm on November 12.	The University of IowaGerber LoungeEPBIowa City, IA
Cmiel Semester applications due	Nov 13, 2012	Nov 13, 2012	The purpose of the Obermann Cmiel Research Semester is advanced, deep, rigorous, multi-disciplinary study of a topic or research question.
The Triangle Club presents: The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC), by Chuck Connerly	Nov 18, 2012	Nov 18, 2012	Charles "Chuck" Connerly is Professor and Director of the School of Urban and Regional Planning at The University of Iowa.	University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA
"Literary Ephemera and the Collector's Impulse: The Case of the Little Magazine."	Nov 29, 2012	Nov 29, 2012	A PDH4L Talk by James Elmborg, who serves on the Obermann Center Advisory Board, and Bennett Magnino (both of Library & Information Science, Graduate College). PDH4L, or Public Digital Humanities for Lunch, is a new series sponsored by the	3052 Main LibraryCapitol StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Mechanical Engineer and Feminist Anthropologist Talk about Trees	Dec 04, 2012	Dec 04, 2012		Grinnell College, Alumni Recitation Hall, Room 302Grinnell, IA
Reading by Luis Alberto Urrea and Santiago Vaquera Vásquez	Dec 11, 2012	Dec 11, 2012	In conjunction with The Latino Midwest, Luis Alberto Urrea and Santiago Vaquera Vásquez will give a reading. Urrea recently published a new novel, Queen of America. The first one hundred attendees will receive a paperback copy of the book.	The Englert Theatre221 E. Washington StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Three Challenges - A talk by Marcia Wegman to the Triangle Club	Jan 20, 2013	Jan 20, 2013	Marcia Wegman is a professional artist living in Iowa City, Iowa, where she received an MFA in printmaking from The University of Iowa. She paints, exhibits, and sells pastel landscapes, pastel portraits, and abstract acrylic paintings. Marcia has won competitions with the pastel landscapes in Iowa and in several art magazines, and is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America. International Artist magazine just announced she is one of ten finalists in their annual competition for the third time.	The University ClubMelrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52245
Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on Campuses, a presentation by Josipa Roksa	Feb 07, 2013	Feb 07, 2013	Please join us for special presentation by Josipa Roksa, associate professor of sociology and education at the University of Virginia. Dr. Roksa will lecture on her widely acclaimed book, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on Campuses. There will be ample time for questions and interaction with Dr. Roksa, as part of the presentation.	Jones Commons (N300 LC)Iowa City, IA 52242
Writing Your Next Chapter as an Associate Professor: How to Find Your Mojo and Move Forward at Mid-Career	Feb 14, 2013	Feb 14, 2013	The Office of the Provost and Chief Diversity Office are pleased to invite you to participate in a workshop designed for mid-career tenured associate professors on “writing your next chapter” presented by Kerry Ann Rockquemore, PhD, President and CEO, of the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity. Workshop Description: Post-tenure faculty members commonly describe a variety of challenges that are unique at mid-career including:· Managing time in the face of increased service and administrative responsibilities,	PapaJohn Business BuildingW401 PBBIowa City, IA 52242
“Mentoring 101: How to Get What You Need to Thrive in the Academy.” Dinner and presentation for under-represented Faculty of Color	Feb 14, 2013	Feb 14, 2013	The Office of the Provost and Chief Diversity Office are pleased to announce several workshops on faculty success and mentoring presented by Kerry Ann Rockquemore, PhD, President and CEO, of the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity.Please RSVP for this event by February 7. https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_299sF1NIlRy4fOd	University of Iowa Levitt CenterIowa City, IA 52242
The Triangle Club presents: "LITTLE Known BIG Impact Learn About How County Government Works For You”, by Terrence Neuzil	Feb 17, 2013	Feb 17, 2013	Vice Chairperson Terrence Neuzil is currently in his fourth term as a member of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors. He is a life-long resident of Iowa City, a graduate of the University of Iowa; receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree, with a double major in Political Science and History. He is also a graduate of the County Leadership Institute from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School and has received certificates of Workplace Computing and Spanish in the Workplace from Kirkwood Community College.	University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52242
In Town, Across Campus, Between Schools Public Engagement’s Circles of Collaboration	Feb 21, 2013	Feb 21, 2013	Annual Obermann Graduate Institute Alumni Talk by BRIDGET DRAXLERThursday, February 21, 3:00-5:00 pmIncludes pizza + time for conversation with former Graduate Fellows	Obermann Center library111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52245
"Rewiring the Classroom"	Feb 23, 2013	Feb 23, 2013	“Rewiring the Classroom,” a forum on digital pedagogy for the college classroom, will take place at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, on February 23, 2013. It is designed to bring together interested individuals to create a dialog about the ethics and practice of incorporating new technologies into third-level education. The closing date for registration is February 18.For further details, please contact any of the organizers:	Various campus locations at the University of Iowa
MOOCS: History, Hype, and Reality, a talk by VPR Dan Reed	Feb 27, 2013	Feb 27, 2013	Note change of date. This talk had been scheduled for 2/14 and has been moved to 2/27.Vice President for Research Dan Reed Launches Obermann Afternoons — occasional informal presentations on recent discoveries, compelling research questions, and current events."MOOCS: History, Hype, and Reality"	Obermann Center library111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52245
"Postmodern Lorca: Motherwell, Strayhorn, García Montero", By Jonathan Mayhew	Mar 07, 2013	Mar 07, 2013	In his talk, Mayhew will analyze three case studies that might have been included in his acclaimed book Apocryphal Lorca: Translation, Parody, Kitsch (University of Chicago Press, 2009). Robert Motherwell’s series of paintings “Elegy for the Spanish Republic” is a serial repetition of a single motif derived from Lorca’s “Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías.” Billy Strayhorn, best known for his collaborations with Duke Ellington, set some texts for a production of Lorca’s Los amores de don Perlimplín y Belisa en su jardín.	The University of Iowa116 Art Building WestIowa City, IA 52240
Missing the Woods for the Trees: Mechanical Engineer and Feminist Anthropologist Connect the Local and Global	Mar 13, 2013	Mar 13, 2013	Women and children from northwest India spend more than twenty hours a week walking to existing stands of trees, cutting down wood, and carrying as much as 70 pounds home to use as cooking fuel. As part of an Obermann Working Group, H.S. Udaykumar (Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering) and Meena Khandelwal (Anthropology and GWSS, CLAS) have forged a unique collaboration around this issue.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Conversations & Controversies - A book talk with Deirdre McCloskey	Mar 13, 2013	Mar 13, 2013	POROI co-founder and former UI faculty member Deirdre McCloskey will discuss new book Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World (University of Chicago Press). Deirdre McCloskey teaches economics, history, English, and communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago.	Prairie Lights Books15 S. Dubuque StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Animal Acts: Performing Species Today	Mar 21, 2013	Mar 23, 2013	During the symposium, 9 internationally known performance artists will present their work including Rachel Rosenthal, Carmelita Tropicana, Kestutis Nakas, Heather Woodbury, along with work by artists in the University of Michigan community such as Holly Hughes, Amy Chavasse and James Leija. The performances will be contextualized by keynotes from Una Chadhuri and Donna Haraway, as well as discussions between the artists and visiting scholars as well as members from the from the University of Michigan community including Larry La Fontaine Stokes, Naomi Andre, Robin Wilson, Peggy McCracken,	Duderstadt Video StudioUniversity of Michigan
Chicago Humanities Festival / ACLS Fellowship	Mar 27, 2013	Mar 27, 2013	Applications are due for the position of Program Manager at the Chicago Humanities Festival, a two-year ACLS Public Fellows position. The Mellon-funded initiative will bring a recent humanities PhD into the Chicago Humanities Festival organization, where he or she will serve as Program Manager for a period of two years (July 2013 through July 2015). This is a rare opportunity for a young scholar interested in learning more about public engagement from hands-on experience.
Neurotechnology: Driven Adaptive Systems, a seminar by Michael Dorneich	Mar 28, 2013	Mar 28, 2013	The Obermann Center Working Group "Aging Mind and Brain Initiative" present: Neurotechnology – Driven Adaptive Systems, a seminar by Michael Dorneich.	The University of Iowa2141-2 RCP, Neurology Conference RoomIowa City, IA 52242
The Quiet Revolution: From the Walkman to the iPod, How Portability and Infinite Storage Have Changed the Way We Listen, and What We Listen To	Apr 01, 2013	Apr 01, 2013	A lecture by musician Tim Quirk, who has years of music industry experience and currently works for Google Play. Quirk is currently Head of Global Content Programming for Google Play, where he leads the team responsible for music, books, apps, and video merchandising.	Senate Chambers, Old Capitol MuseumClinton StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Meme in America	Apr 03, 2013	Apr 03, 2013	The 2012 U.S. general election took social media to a new level, with the creation of political 'memes' that entered the general public discourse.	E132 Adler Journalism Building
The Role of U.S. Foreign Aid in Global HIV/AIDS Prevention - A talk by Michael Gerson	Apr 03, 2013	Apr 03, 2013	Michael Gerson will discuss the 10-year success of bi-partisan American programs aimed at fighting global HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty. He will share personal stories about his time in Africa and his unique role in creating and implementing President George W. Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, and Malaria Initiative. He will also share how advocacy organizations, like the ONE Campaign, are helping to build the political will among American voters and policy makers to sustain and promote these life-saving programs.	Old Capitol, Senate ChambersClinton Street
Annual Jakobsen Graduate Conference	Apr 06, 2013	Apr 06, 2013	This annual event features several Obermann Graduate Fellows. Established in 1998, the Jakobsen Conference hosted by the Graduate Student Senate highlights work by current University of Iowa graduate students.	Iowa Memoria UnionMadison StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Obermann Working Group applications due	Apr 09, 2013	Apr 09, 2013	Obermann Center Working Groups provide space, structure, and discretionary funding for groups of faculty and advanced graduate students with a shared intellectual interest. Groups have used this opportunity to explore new work and to share their own research, to organize a symposium, and to develop grant proposals. This program allows participants from across the campus and beyond to explore complex issues at a moment when cross-disciplinary collaboration is crucial to address shifting domains of knowledge and a rapidly changing world.
2014 Summer Seminar Directorship proposals due	Apr 09, 2013	Apr 09, 2013	The Obermann Summer Seminar is an opportunity to lead a major collaborative project that will result in some form of publication or public work. The director(s) of the seminar must be a University of Iowa faculty member or full-time research staff. The seminar can include approximately a dozen participants. While most will be visiting scholars and researchers, faculty and research staff from The University of Iowa can also participate.
"The Waiting Room" Film Screening with Director Peter Nicks	Apr 09, 2013	Apr 09, 2013	The University of Iowa Public Policy Center is proud to announce a free film screening of the character-driven documentary The Waiting Room, a film that uses extraordinary access to go behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. Peter Nicks, the director, producer and cinematographer of the film, will hold a discussion afterward, moderated by Iowa Public Radio's Ben Kieffer. This event is free and open to the public.	Pomerantz CenterHNI AuditoriumRoom C20Iowa City, IA 52242
A talk by Steve Rowell, "Landscape Synthesis: Extrapolating from Fieldwork"	Apr 11, 2013	Apr 11, 2013	Steve Rowell is an artist, curator and researcher whose transdisciplinary practice focuses on overlapping aspects of technology, perception and culture related to the landscape.	Art Building WestRiverside DriveIowa City, IA 52240
Racialized Transnationalism in the 21st Century: Lessons from the experiences of South Asian Americans, presented by Bandana Purkayastha	Apr 12, 2013	Apr 12, 2013	Bandana Purkayastha is professor of Sociology and Ssian american studies at the University of Connecticut. She has published several books, articles, and chapters on racism, gendering, and class formation, as these structures affect highly-educated, racial, and religious minority immigrants and their children. She has won several local and national awards for teaching and leadership and was also recognized by the Connecticut legislature for her work with immigrants.	University of IowaInternational Programs1117 UCCIowa City, IA 52242
Exploring Divisions: 1st Annual University of Iowa World Languages Graduate Student Conference	Apr 13, 2013	Apr 13, 2013	Featuring Dr. Rosemarie Scullion, Keynote Speaker, U of IA Associate Professor of French and Cinema & Comparative Literature“Friendship in the Neo-liberal Age: The Cinema of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne”	University Capitol CentreIowa City, IA 52242
Letter from Birmingham Jail: A Worldwide Celebration	Apr 16, 2013	Apr 16, 2013	Join members of the UI community in a reading of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historic letter with opening remarks by College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean Chaden Djilali and a discussion about the significance of the letter by Michael Hill (English and African American Studies, CLAS). The letter will be read by graduate students from the Obermann Graduate Institute.	Old Capitol Museum Senate ChambersClinton StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Socially Engaged Art In & With Indigenous Communities - a workshop with Dylan Miner	Apr 17, 2013	Apr 17, 2013	Socially Engaged Art In & With Indigenous Communities	Black Box Theater, IMUMadison StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Public or Perish: The Evolving Audience of the Walt Whitman Archive	Apr 18, 2013	Apr 18, 2013	A PDH4L Talk by Ed Folsom	Gerber Lounge, 304 English-Philosophy BuildingIowa AvenueIowa City, 52242
Lyric I, Dance Thesis by Obermann Graduate Institute Fellow Jessica Anthony	Apr 18, 2013	Apr 20, 2013	Please join Obermann Graduate Institute alum Jessica Anthony in her thesis dance, The Lyric I, performed in the Bennett/ Anthony MFA Concert on April 18, 19 and 20 at 8pm at Space Place Theater in North Hall.	The University of IowaNorth HallSpace Place TheaterIowa City, IA 52242
*The Trans Oral History Project**	Apr 19, 2013	Apr 20, 2013	Two days of events include a multimedia installation portraying four decades of trans activism and a workshop stortelling dedicated to recording oral histories.	LGBT Center and Iowa City Public Library
"Plan B: Designing a Global System of Sustainable Prosperity with Energy and Transportation"	Apr 21, 2013	Apr 21, 2013	Mr. Garvin is the former Technology Transfer Specialist for the University of Iowa. He designed entrepreneurial studies courses in that position. He has developed seven start-up companies in the state of Iowa, Wisconsin and Texas. True to both definitions, Garvin has spent the last 20 years helping to effect fairly huge changes in some very complex systems in the economy.	The University Club
The Triangle Club presents: Plan B: Designing a Global System of Sustainable Prosperity with Energy and Transportation, by Michael Garvin	Apr 21, 2013	Apr 21, 2013	Mr. Garvin is the former Technology Transfer Specialist for the University of Iowa. He designed entrepreneurial studies courses in that position. He has developed seven start-up companies in the state of Iowa, Wisconsin and Texas. True to both definitions, Garvin has spent the last 20 years helping to effect fairly huge changes in some very complex systems in the economy.	University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52240
FREE screening of Switch, a new award-winning documentary	Apr 23, 2013	Apr 23, 2013	University of Iowa and Arcos Films would like to invite you to a FREE screening of Switch, a new award-winning documentary that moves past the politics to deliver the straight answers on energy.	University of IowaSeamans CenterRoom 1505Iowa City, IA 52242
GIS Day	Apr 25, 2013	Apr 25, 2013	The goal of this day is to provide an opportunity for people working with geo-spatial data to gather to share information about activities, and hear about other interesting projects. Plans for the program include· Informal presentations on current GIS activities on campus· Examples of using maps to enrich scholarly discourse· Discussion on GIS community – where do we go from here?· ESRI presentation and status report on ESRI campus license	University Capitol Centre Conference CenterIowa City, IA 52242
Join Us for the First UIowa GISpalooza	Apr 25, 2013	Apr 25, 2013	From arts and humanities to the sciences—who has geospatial data to share on campus, where is GIS being used, and how can you learn what this important technology can contribute to your own area of research? 10:00 Welcome from Dan Reed, Vice President for Research and Economic Development 10:15 -11:30 Lightning round talks on mapping applications on climate change, neolithic Portugal, flooding in Iowa, campus maps and tracking Cambuses, historical Johnson County and more 11:30-12:30 Affinity group discussions and demonstrations	University of Iowa Capital CenterConference Center, UCC 2520DIowa City, IA 52252
Workshop to learn about Public Engagement in Higher Education	Apr 26, 2013	Apr 26, 2013	Please plan to join faculty, staff, and graduate students on April 26th for a workshop to learn about Public Engagement in Higher Education. Come to hear more about the ways universities and their faculty, staffs, and students are recommitting themselves to their public missions and creating better futures for their local and global communities. Join us at the College of Public Health on April 26th from 8:30-1:30 p.m. to learn more. Registration and schedule details will follow.	University of IowaCollege of Public HealthIowa City, IA 52242
Obermann Afternoons / From Cells to Sensors: Interdisciplinary Research in Aging	Apr 30, 2013	Apr 30, 2013	Members of the Aging Mind and Brain Initiative will discuss their mission to develop and study innovative ways to diagnose, prevent, and delay mental decline in older persons.	Obermann Afternoons111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Fall 2013 Obermann Fellows-in-Residence applications due	May 14, 2013	May 14, 2013	Obermann Center Fellows-in-Residence fully devote themselves to projects within an interdisciplinary community. The program supports artists, researchers, and scholars during periods when focus and feedback are crucial. The program is rooted in our mission: to support the work of individual scholars, while also providing Fellows with the opportunity to enrich an individual, discipline-specific project through interdisciplinary exchanges with a lively intellectual community of Fellows.
Playing Is Learning Launch	May 14, 2013	May 14, 2013	Playing Is Learning - A partnership between the Delta Center, the Psychology and Design Departments, and the Iowa Children's Museum	Iowa Children's MuseumCoral Ridge MallCoralville, IA 52241
NEH Summer Stipend Grant Workshop	May 15, 2013	May 15, 2013	In preparation for the NEH Summer Stipend competition the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, International Programs, and the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, are hosting a grant writing workshop.The afternoon will start with a panel of successful grant recipients, many of whom have served on NEH review panels:	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
GIS Workshop: Introduction to ARCGIS	May 23, 2013	May 23, 2013	This workshop provides a foundation for understanding what a geographic information system is and the possibilities it offers for discovering patterns, relationships, and trends.	243 JHUniversity of IowaIowa City, IA 52242
“Five Years Out: ‘Trouble the Water’” Curator Talk and Reception	May 30, 2013	May 30, 2013		Legion Arts1103 3rd Street SoutheastCedar Rapids, IA 52240
"Five Years Out: Ongoing Impacts and Challenges of the 2008 Floods" Symposium	May 31, 2013	May 31, 2013	June 2013 marks the fifth anniversary of the epic Eastern Iowa floods of 2008, which caused greater damage to the Iowa and Cedar River watersheds than any other natural disaster in recorded history. The fifth-year anniversary is an excellent opportunity to discuss what has changed as a result of the floods and ongoing policy challenges.Please register to join us for the symposium. The goals of the symposium are to:	National Czech and Slovak Museum & Library1400 Inspiration Place SWCedar Rapids, IA
Teaching the Latino Midwest	Jul 15, 2013	Jul 15, 2013		Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Get Ready Iowa, 2nd Annual Workshop	Jul 24, 2013	Jul 24, 2013		Jones Commons, N300, Lindquist CenterMadison StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Justseeds "Migration Now" Exhibit at Zenzic Press	Sep 06, 2013	Oct 06, 2013	This portfolio re-imagines migration as an inevitability, as a social practice that is not to be prevented but to be related to, like weather. It includes the work of Justseeds Collective artists, as well as participating artists such as former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, Emory Douglas, Undocumented DREAM Act agitators, Julio Salgado and Felipe Baeza, and Chinese-American visual artist and designer Imin Yeh.	Zenzic Press120 N. Dubuque StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Spring 2014 Obermann Fellows-in-Residence applications due	Sep 10, 2013	Sep 10, 2013	Obermann Center Fellows-in-Residence fully devote themselves to projects within an interdisciplinary community. The program supports artists, researchers, and scholars during periods when focus and feedback are crucial. The program is rooted in our mission: to support the work of individual scholars, while also providing Fellows with the opportunity to enrich an individual, discipline-specific project through interdisciplinary exchanges with a lively intellectual community of Fellows.
"Digi-Tel Azekah: Digitally Modeling Archaeological Remains on the Judean-Philistine Borderline" -- Reconstructing ancient Isreal in virtual reality	Sep 12, 2013	Sep 12, 2013	Robert Cargill (Classics and Religious Studies, CLAS) presents "Digi-Tel Azekah: Digitally Modeling Archaeological Remains on the Judean-Philistine Borderline" -- Reconstructing ancient Isreal in virtual reality. Cargill, Professor of Classics & Religious Studies, previews the preliminary results of the first two seasons of excavation at Tel Azekah, Israel. The talk focuses on the 3-D, digital reconstruction being done by Dr. Cargill and his students to map and recreate the ancient site in virtual reality.	1117 UCC
New Forms: The Avant-Garde Meets the American Scene, 1934-1949	Sep 14, 2013	Sep 14, 2013	This fascinating exhibition presents a selection of ninety works of art from the museum collection created during a seminal period in the history of 20th century American art.	Iowa Memorial Union, Black Box Theater
The Triangle Club: The Background of the UI Center for New Music	Sep 15, 2013	Sep 15, 2013	David Gompper will discuss the background of the UI Center for New Music which was founded in 1966 by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Various compositions will be discussed and performed featuring Viennese violinist Wolfgang David.	University Athletic Club
Imagining and Being Imagined by Technologies— A Conversation with Two Futurists—Bruce Sterling and Dan Reed	Sep 16, 2013	Sep 16, 2013	Imagining and Being Imagined by Technologies— A Conversation with Two Futurists—Bruce Sterling and Dan ReedAs part of the Obermann Center's yearlong series, Designing the Future, two futurists and technologists, author Bruce Sterling, and UI Vice President for Research Daniel Reed, will converse on stage at the Englert Theatre about the future of technology.	Englert Theatre
Mapping the Museum: GIS Technology and Interdisciplinary Object-Centered Learning: Discovering Art with Digital Maps	Sep 19, 2013	Sep 19, 2013	A talk presented by Catherine Hale, Museum of Art. This event is a Studio Talk season (formerly PDH4L), a series of informal lunchtime talks about public digital arts and humanities. For a full schedule, see: http://dsph.uiowa.edu/wpDSPH/studiotalks/	Main Library Learning Commons 1103
Graduate Institute Informational Session	Sep 19, 2013	Sep 19, 2013	This meeting is for any UI graduate students who are interested in applying for The Obermann Graduate Institute and would like more information. This year's co-directors, Carolyn Colvin (Teaching & Learning) and Barbara Eckstein (English) and Senior Fellow Jake Kurczek (Neuroscience) will be on hand to talk about the program and answer questions.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
2014 Humanities Festival Proposals	Sep 21, 2013	Sep 21, 2013	Proposals for the 2014 Iowa Humanities Festival are due September The Iowa Humanities FestivalA World at Home \| A Home in the World	Obermann Center
“Paper Politics: 500 Years of Political Printmaking” - a talk by Josh MacPhee	Sep 23, 2013	Sep 23, 2013	Emphasizing the street over the gallery, MacPhee’s visual and graphic work is accessible and eye-catching yet deeply political. His themes include social movement history, the environment, and militarism. Much more than a street artist, MacPhee is also a self-taught historian and curator of the visual culture of late twentieth and twenty-first century left politics.	240 Art Building WestIowa City, IA 52242
Space, History, Toward a Visual Commons - A talk by Josh MacPhee	Sep 24, 2013	Sep 24, 2013	Emphasizing the street over the gallery, MacPhee’s visual and graphic work is accessible and eye-catching yet deeply political. His themes include social movement history, the environment, and militarism. Much more than a street artist, MacPhee is also a self-taught historian and curator of the visual culture of late twentieth and twenty-first century left politics.	240 Art Building WestIowa City, IA 52242
10 Lessons from Millenials Making Games: Fostering Student Engagement and Community Building Through Video Gaming	Sep 26, 2013	Sep 26, 2013	A talk given by Megan Mathews, Informatics. This event is a Studio Talk season (formerly PDH4L), a series of informal lunchtime talks about public digital arts and humanities. For a full schedule, see: http://dsph.uiowa.edu/wpDSPH/studiotalks/
Copyright, Copyleft: Intellectual Property in a Digial World	Sep 26, 2013	Sep 26, 2013	The Digital Studio for Public Arts & Humanities is hosting a panel on Thursday, September 26, 4:00-5:00 pm in the Old Capitol Senate Chambers. Three experts on different facets of intellectual property will speak: Kembrew Mcleod, Professor of Communication Studies; Nicholas Johnson, UI College of Law Professor and former FCC Commissioner; and Paul Soderdahl, Associate University Librarian for Information Techonology.This panel will be moderated by Jim Elmborg, Professor of Library and Information Science.	Old Capitol Senate Chambers
“Making Peace with Growing Older‐ The Transition from Middle Age to Older Adulthood, a Philosopher’s Perspective”	Sep 26, 2013	Sep 26, 2013	Presented by Harry “Rick” Moody, PhD.	Hills Bank1401 S. Gilbert StreetIowa City, IA
Enriching Longevity through the Arts	Sep 27, 2013	Sep 27, 2013	Enriching Longevity Through the ArtsFriday, September 27, 2013Time: 8:30 am to 5 pmLocation: Rembolt Conference Room, UI Center for Disabilities & Development, Iowa City.Audience: Students, faculty, practitioners, and those interested in older adulthood.Keynote presentation by Dr. Harry "Rick" Moody.	UI Center for Disabilities
Countermapping in an Age of Digital Surveillance: Confronting Power with Mapping Technologies	Oct 03, 2013	Oct 03, 2013	A talk presented by Stephen Voyce, English. This event is a Studio Talk season (formerly PDH4L), a series of informal lunchtime talks about public digital arts and humanities. For a full schedule, see: http://dsph.uiowa.edu/wpDSPH/studiotalks/
Celebrating a Free and Open Government	Oct 03, 2013	Oct 03, 2013	A day to celebrate democracy and bring together Iowa's leading advocates for open government and the rights of a free press. Hosted by IowaWatch.org. events are free and open to the public and include a session on "Transparency at the University of Iowa" and "Transparency in the Digital Age." Find a full schedule here: http://iowawatch.org/2013/09/06/11657/	Various locations
Obermann Graduate Institute Application Deadline	Oct 08, 2013	Oct 08, 2013	The Obermann Graduate Institute is a one-week interdisciplinary institute in which UI graduate students from across campus and at any point in their graduate studies explore how civic engagement can enhance teaching, research, and creative work. Participants discuss theories of engagement and meet with experts, including former Obermann Graduate Fellows, faculty members, UI administrators, and potential community partners. They also develop their own engaged projects, reconceiving their art, scholarship, and teaching to address community needs.
Humanities Symposium Director Applications Due	Oct 08, 2013	Oct 08, 2013	The purpose of the Obermann Humanities Symposium is to explore an important humanities topic that highlights UI scholars and scholarship. The proposed symposium may be interdisciplinary or involve the efforts of scholars from a single department, involve few or many participants, and use any format that produces a lively exchange of ideas. The symposium should include both UI and visiting participants. Some sessions must be open to all UI faculty members, staff, and students.
Hancher - More Than a Building: Creativity and Collaborations Following the Flood	Oct 10, 2013	Oct 10, 2013	A talk presented by Chuch Swanson, Hancher. This event is a Studio Talk season (formerly PDH4L), a series of informal lunchtime talks about public digital arts and humanities. For a full schedule, see: http://dsph.uiowa.edu/wpDSPH/studiotalks/
Life After: Activist Memorials and Digital Collaboration	Oct 11, 2013	Oct 11, 2013	Open to the public, this two-day event will unite local and guest artists and scholars from several backgrounds whose work intersects with public and/or digital humanities exploring the activist potentials of memorial practices.	Old Capitol MuseumIowa City, IA 52242
The Poetics of Ageism - An Obermann Afternoons Talk	Oct 16, 2013	Oct 16, 2013	In this talk, Andrea Charise invites us to consider one set of tools that has helped give shape to ageism in the modern cultural imagination. Although prejudicial views of aging have long been part of the Western literary tradition, this talk explores how the invention of population at the end of the eighteenth century helped fashion the “aging population” into a major character in the cultural landscape.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Digital Connections: Finding an Online Home for Oral Histories	Oct 17, 2013	Oct 17, 2013	Eric Zimmer, PhD Candidate in History, describes the process through which the History Corps — with the help of The Studio — shifted to a new WordPress	UCC, Meeting Room A
On Race, Representation, Resonance -- A Talk by Herman S. Gray	Oct 18, 2013	Oct 18, 2013	Herman S. Gray, Professor of Sociology at University of California-Santa Cruz, is the author of many publications on the political economy, cultural politics, visual culture, race, representation, television, masculinity, and jazz. His latest book is Toward a Sociology of the Trace (Unniversity of Minnesota Press, 2010). This talk is hosted by a recent Obermann Cmiel Semester, The Dis-Integration of Black America? Post-Civil Rights African American Culture.	Room 101, Becker Communication Building
The Triangle Club: Iowa Board of Regents	Oct 20, 2013	Oct 20, 2013	Robert N. Downer, Iowa City, is a member of the Iowa City law firm of Meardon, Sueppel & Downer P.L.C., with which he has been associated since receiving a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Iowa College of Law and being admitted to the Iowa Bar, both in 1963. Mr. Downer also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Iowa, awarded in 1961, and served as Student Body President in 1960-61.	University Club
What is a Publisher?	Oct 21, 2013	Oct 21, 2013	A talk by Professor Ramsay on contemporary publishing trends and alternative publishing models.	Iowa Memorial Union: Illinois Room (Room 348)
Panel Discussion on Open Access and Scholarly Publishing	Oct 22, 2013	Oct 22, 2013	Russell Ganim, Director of the Division of World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures will moderate the conversation between Professor Ramsay, James McCoy (Director, University of Iowa Press), Professor Colin Gordan (History), Professor Brooks Landon (English), and Assistant Professor Stephen Voyce (English). Refreshments will be served.	University Capitol Center: Room 1117
Conversations and Controversies	Oct 22, 2013	Oct 22, 2013	Free and open to the public, a discussion of Dean Keith Simonton's book, "Genius 101" at Prairie Lights bookstore. Discussion will be led by Susan Assouline and Laurie Croft of the Belin-Blank Center.	Prairie Lights BookstoreDubuque StreetIowa City, IA
Falling Bodies: Baghdad, Dresden, New York	Oct 22, 2013	Oct 22, 2013	Wai Chee Dimock, William Lampson Professor of English and American Studies, Yale University, will visit the University of Iowa as an Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor from Oct. 22nd through Oct. 24th. She will deliver three lectures and participate in one lunchtime discussion of her work.	IMU South Room
Exuberant Politics: Dream Factory	Oct 22, 2013	Oct 22, 2013	A yearlong programming initiative examining recent intersections of art and activism around the world, announces the 1st of 3 screenings this fall. Each screening is free and open to the public.	Tippie Auditorium, 151 Pappajohn Business Building
Who's Irish? Henry James, Coim Toibin, Gish Jen	Oct 23, 2013	Oct 23, 2013	Wai Chee Dimock, William Lampson Professor of English and American Studies, Yale University, will visit the University of Iowa as an Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor from Oct. 22nd through Oct. 24th. She will deliver three lectures and participate in one lunchtime discussion of her work.	Gerber Lounge, 304 EPB
Creativity & Entertainment in 3D Animated Short Film: The Animation Pipeline from Story to Production	Oct 24, 2013	Oct 24, 2013	A talk presented by Peter Hanthanakone, Art & Art History This event is a Studio Talk season (formerly PDH4L), a series of informal lunchtime talks about public digital arts and humanities. For a full schedule, see: http://dsph.uiowa.edu/wpDSPH/studiotalks/
Recycling the Epic: Gilgamesh on the Three Continents	Oct 24, 2013	Oct 24, 2013	Wai Chee Dimock, William Lampson Professor of English and American Studies, Yale University, will visit the University of Iowa as an Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor from Oct. 22nd through Oct. 24th. She will deliver three lectures and participate in one lunchtime discussion of her work.	Gerber Lounge, 304 EPB
Creativity in the Arts and Sciences: Contrasts in Disposition, Development, and Achievement	Oct 30, 2013	Oct 30, 2013	Dr. Simonton is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California-Davis. He describes his research as the "cognitive, dispositional, developmental, and sociocultural factors behind eminence, giftedness, and talent." His primary method is historiometry, or the statistical analysis of retrospective data concerning famous personalities and their accomplishments in the fields of science, philosophy, literature, music, art, cinema, politics, and war.	101 Biology BuildingIowa City, IA
Mazeppa - Film Screening	Oct 30, 2013	Oct 30, 2013	"Mazeppa" has been called a speculative meditation on the life and art of the French Romantic painter Theodore Gericault and his relationship with the Franconi Circus. Conceived and directed by Bartabas, a renowned horse trainer and impresario of the Theatre Equestre Zingaro, it is an equestrian fever dream that suggests Peter Shaffer's play "Equus," but with the mystical fervor multiplied severalfold.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, 111 Church St.Iowa City, IA
Stars, They're Just Like Us: Digital Amateurs. Fandom and Celebrity in a World of Digital Access	Oct 31, 2013	Oct 31, 2013	Jesse McLean, Professor of Cinema & Comparative Literature, takes a look at how access, through digital tools, has altered perceptions of fandom and celebrity.	1117 University Capitol Centre, Conference Room A
Dean Simonton presents "Creative Thoughts as Acts of Free Will: A Two-Stage Formal Integration	Nov 01, 2013	Nov 01, 2013	A scholarly presentation "Creative thoughts as acts of free will: A two-stage formal integration". Dr. Simonton is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California-Davis. He describes his research as the "cognitive, dispositional, developmental, and sociocultural factors behind eminence, giftedness, and talent." His primary method is historiometry, or the statistical analysis of retrospective data concerning famous personalities and their accomplishments in the fields of science, philosophy, literature, music, art, cinema, politics, and war.	C125 Pappjohn Business Administration Building
Steven Ungar presents "All Roads Lead to Aubervilliers (Eli Lotar, 1946)"	Nov 01, 2013	Nov 01, 2013	A screening of Aubervilliers will proceed the talk. More information about Professor Ungar's work on French documentary films, including Aubervilliers, can be found here.	105 AJB
Interdisciplinary Research Grant applications due	Nov 05, 2013	Nov 05, 2013	The Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grants (IDRG) foster collaborative scholarship and creative work by offering recipients time and space to exchange new ideas leading to invention, creation, and publication.	Obermann Center111 Church Street
Building Communities: Special Collections in the Age of Tumblr and YouTube	Nov 07, 2013	Nov 07, 2013	A talk presented by Colleen Theisen, Special Collections & Archives.	Main Library Learning Commons 1103
Digital Faulkner: Mapping the Speculative	Nov 08, 2013	Nov 08, 2013	Dr. Julie Beth Napolin of The New School, NYC will be giving a presentation, "Digital Faulkner: Mapping the Speculative", on the topic of the Digital Yoknapatawpha cartography project.Friday, Nov. 8, The Studio and the Department of English are pleased to host guest speaker Julie Napolin, Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities at Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts. Dr. Napolin addresses the speculative territory of digital cartography in a moment when the digital humanities are re-mapping our literary encounters.	Gerber Lounge, 3rd Floor EPB
Talk by Corinne Peek-Asa and Daniel McGehee	Nov 13, 2013	Nov 13, 2013	Motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death for teenagers, as well as a leading cause of disability and psychological trauma. One of the challenges with teen drivers is that they begin unsupervised driving at the same that they are developmentally programmed to push boundaries.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Music from Exile	Nov 13, 2013	Nov 13, 2013	In conjunction with the Daedalus String Quartet's Residency, "Music from Exile" joins the musicians with Lisa Heineman (History, CLAS) to explore the works and circumstances of composers forced into various forms of exile due to the cultural policies of the Third Reich. Heineman is a member of an Obermann Working Group.	Agudas Achim410 Oakdale BoulevardCoralville, IA 52241
TEI and EPIDOC: Reinvigorating the Study of Ancient Manuscripts with Digital Tools	Nov 14, 2013	Nov 14, 2013	Paul Dilley, Professor of Classics & Religious Studies (CLAS), offers a brief overview of how the Digital Humanities have spurred a renaissance in traditional fields of ancient-world textual scholarship (such as the editing of literary manuscripts, papyri, and inscriptions).	1117 UCCClinton StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Exile & the Arts: International Perspectives	Nov 15, 2013	Nov 15, 2013	A roundtable discussion and performance with members of the Daedalus Quartet, Horacio Castellanos-Moya (Spanish & Portugueuse, CLAS), Felix de la Concha, Alexander Somek (College of Law), and Luis Martin-Estudillo (Spanish & Portuguese, CLAS - former Obermann Fellow).	UCC Recital HallOld Capitol Town CenterIowa City, IA 52240
The Triangle Club presents "Moen Group and Iowa City Development"	Nov 17, 2013	Nov 17, 2013	Included in this talk by Marc Moen will be a focus on his mission to provide high quality residential and commercial space in the best locations. Also included will be a discussion of TIF financing and how it has allowed a very small company to develop significant projects.	The University ClubMelrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52240
James Moore presents "What's the use of evolution?: Transatlantic Images of Darwin Since the Reagan-Thatcher Era"	Nov 18, 2013	Nov 18, 2013	Grab your lunch and join us for a presentation of "What's the use of evolution?: Transatlantic Images of Darwin Since the Reagan-Thatcher Era" and discussion with visiting professor James Moore. Professor Moore, an internationally renowned biographer of Darwin, is Professor of the History of Science at Open University in England. This event is hosted by the Crossing the Social/Biological Divide Obermann Working Group. For questions, please contact Deirdre Egan, deirdre-egan@uiowa.edu.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
James Moore presents "Darwin's Sacred Cause: How a Hatred of Slavery Shaped Darwin's Views on Evolution"	Nov 18, 2013	Nov 18, 2013	Professor Moore will describe the manuscripts, unpublished family correspondence, notebooks, diaries, and even ships' logs that show that abolitionism had deep roots in Darwin's family.	Senate Chambers, Old Capitol Museum1 North Clinton St.Iowa City, IA 52242
"Inequality for All" by Robert Reich; Movie Screening	Nov 19, 2013	Nov 19, 2013	The Public Policy Center presents a free screening for the Iowa premiere of Robert Reich's Inequality for All.	Macbride Auditorium17 North Clinton StreetIowa City, IA
Digital Arts, Virtual Touch and Interdisciplinary Reach: A Hands-On Exploration of Interactive Music Technologies	Nov 21, 2013	Nov 21, 2013	Christopher Hopkins (Music, Iowa State University) discusses his work in applying design tools for virtual reality to the arts. Topics include virtual touch (haptics), musical outcomes of interdisciplinary composition, and extension of arts-related interaction design to engineering and science. Following the talk attendees will be invited to experience an interactive demonstration of this form of digital art. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.	1117 UCCClinton StreetIowa City, IA 52240
God's Special Envoys - A film screening	Dec 03, 2013	Dec 03, 2013	According to TV evangelist Pat Robertson: “In a free society, the police and the military are God’s special envoys.” This program highlights the horrors of conflict in a collective call to peace; sharing images of the people on the frontline fighting other people’s wars, and those who rise up and refuse to conform to state control. Animation techniques are employed in all of the films to reflect on war and unrest in vibrant, exuberant, and illuminating ways.	151 Pappajohn Business BuildingClinton StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Digital Biographies of Books: Death Comes for the Archbishop as a Case Study	Dec 05, 2013	Dec 05, 2013	Matt Lavin, Digital Humanist at St. Lawrence University, New York, discusses an expansion of the Willa Cather Archive that provides users with a visually-rich and critically rigorous publishing history of Cather’s Death Comes For the Archbishop (1927).	1117 UCCOld Capitol Town CenterIowa City, IA 52240
Practicing History in Translocal Spaces: Class, Community, and the Politics of Engagement in the Academy and Beyond	Dec 05, 2013	Dec 05, 2013	A retirement lecture by longtime Obermann Scholar Shelton Stromquist (History, CLAS).Professor Stromquist teaches undergraduate courses on the history of the American working class, the Gilded Age and Progressive Eras, and the history of U.S. immigration. His graduate courses—both readings and seminars—are generally in the area of U.S. social and labor history and recently, comparative labor history.	IMU South RoomMadison StreetIowa City, IA 52242
The Chicago Humanities Summit	Jan 09, 2014	Jan 09, 2014	Are you looking for strategies to magnify the vibrancy and relevance of the humanities? Join us at the Chicago Humanities Summit to learn from, brainstorm with, and roll up your sleeves alongside trailblazing colleagues. Expanding on the conversation started by “The Heart of the Matter,” the official report from the Academy’s Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences, this event homes in on our success stories, from idea generation to practical realization.	The Gratz Center at Fourth Presbyterian Church126 E. Chestnut St.Chicago, IL
The Triangle Club presents "Responding to Climate Change: In Iowa, the U.S., and China"	Jan 19, 2014	Jan 19, 2014	Jerry Schnoor is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (elected in 1999) for his pioneering work using mathematical models in science policy decisions. He testified many times before Congress on environmental protection including the importance of passing the 1990 Clean Air Act. Since 2003, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Science and Technology, a leading journal in environmental science and engineering. He chaired the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development from 2000-2004; and rec	The University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Session on Internal Grant Opportunities	Jan 24, 2014	Jan 24, 2014	The Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development (OVPR&ED) and the Digital Studio for Public Arts & Humanities invite interested faculty and staff to an informational session about internal grant opportunities. Presenters will provide an overview of, and answer questions about the new Internal Funding Initiatives offered by OVPR&ED that include Arts & Humanities (AHI), Major Projects, Major Conferences, and Core Facilities/Shared Equipment grants.	2520D UCC200 South Capitol St.Iowa City, IA
Alan Bewell lunchtime discussion "Romantic Mobility"	Feb 04, 2014	Feb 04, 2014	Alan Bewell, Professor and Chair of English at the University of Toronto, will be discussing a work-in-progress. If you are interested in attending this discussion, please email Eric Gidal (eric-gidal@uiowa.edu) for a copy of the reading material.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, 52245
Romantic Mobility Lunch Discussion	Feb 04, 2014	Feb 04, 2014	Discussion of a work-in-progress with Alan Bewell. If you are interested in attending this discussion please contact Eric Gidal (eric-gidal@uiowa.edu) for a copy of the reading materials.Organizers: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Obermann Working Group and the Department of English	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church StIowa City, IA 52242
Alan Bewell presents "Natures in Translation: Romanticism and Colonial Natural History"	Feb 04, 2014	Feb 04, 2014	Alan Bewell, Professor and Chair of English at the University of Toronto, presents "Natures in Translation: Romanticism and Colonial Natural History." Bewell is currently completing a monograph of the same name which discusses the manner in which the global transport and exchange of plants, animals, and natural commodities shaped how the British came to understand themselves, English nature, and the natural world.	Gerber Lounge, 304 EPB251 West Iowa AvenueIowa City, IA
Obermann Afternoons -- Beyond Technique: Stages of Change and Therapy for Teenagers Who Stutter	Feb 05, 2014	Feb 05, 2014	Tricia Zebrowski (Communication Studies & Disorders, CLAS) studies the problem of stuttering, from onset and development through treatment. She is focused on how to address issues of relapse and noncompliance among adolescents who stutter by identifying treatment strategies and teen’s readiness to use them.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Beyond Technique: Stages of Change and Therapy for Teens Who Stutter	Feb 05, 2014	Feb 05, 2014	In this Obermann Afternoons talk, Tricia Zebrowski (Commnication Science & Disorders, CLAS) will present her current work on the application of the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change (TTM) to develop relapse prevention strategies for adolescents who stutter. Using the TTM as a theoretical base, she and her collaborators at the University of Rhode Island Cancer Prevention Research Center have proposed that a key factor in relapse and noncompliance among adolescents who stutter is a mismatch of treatment strategies to the teen’s readiness to use them.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church StIowa City, IA 52242
On Purpose: Teaching the Digital Humanities	Feb 06, 2014	Feb 06, 2014	Incorporating 21st century technology into humanities courses with Tom Keegan and Matt Gilchrist. The digital humanities are quickly becoming the humanities. Yet, while digital technologies have become second nature for our students, they remain relatively unique in the projects students create in our classrooms.	University of Iowa Main Libraryacross from Food for Thought CafeIowa City,
HWW Seed Grant Informational Session	Feb 07, 2014	Feb 07, 2014		Obermann Center111 Church StIowa City, IA 52242
The 3-11 Disaster and Its Effect on Cultural Attitudes and Religious Practices in Northeast Japan	Feb 07, 2014	Feb 07, 2014	For this luncheon talk, Peterson will focus on the role of religious institutions—Buddhist temples, Shinto Shrines, and “New Religion” churches—and their practices during the immediate aftermath of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis, as well as the slow recovery process in nearby coastal communities.	Obermann Center Library111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52245
Digitizing Fluxus: Translating Avante-Garde Art into a Digital Collection	Feb 13, 2014	Feb 13, 2014	StudioTalks: Creating public access to UIowa’s Fluxus West Archive & Digital Research with Hannah Scates Kettler. In one of the first major interdepartmental collaborations, the Digital Studio for Public Arts in the Humanities, UI Libraries’ Digital Research and Publishing, Preservation/Conservation, and Special Collections have been working together to create a digital representation of the Fluxus West Collection using methods of 2D and 3D capture.	University of Iowa Main LibraryAcross from Food for Thought CafeIowa City, IA
Obermann Graduate Institute Alumnni Talk - Jonathan Rattner	Feb 13, 2014	Feb 13, 2014	Jonathan Rattner, who was a 2008 Obermann Graduate Institute Fellow, will offer a reflection on the evolution of his engaged career. For five years Rattner was the creative director of Iowa City Senior Center Television, a television station for and by older adults.	Obermann Center Library111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52245
The Triangle Club presents "Strengthening Iowa's Middle Class"	Feb 16, 2014	Feb 16, 2014	State Senator Joe Bolkcom is currently serving his fourth term in the Iowa Senate. He previously served for six years on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors. Senator Bolkcom is the Senate Majority Whip and chair of the Ways & Means Committee. He is chairman of Progressive States Network and member of FEMA’s national advisory council and works as the outreach and community Education Director for the UI center for Global and Regional Environmental Research and the Iowa Flood Center.	The University Club1360 W Melrose AveIowa City, IA 52246
The Future of Collections in the Digital Age - A Talk by Nicki Saylor	Feb 20, 2014	Feb 20, 2014	Archivist Nicole Saylor explores what it means to curate the American Folklife Center Archive at the Library of Congress. The Archive is the nation’s oldest and largest archives of ethnographic and historical documentation, including folk songs, stories, and other creative expressions of people from diverse communities. With the proliferation of smart phones, tablets, and wireless Internet connections, the Web is increasing where folk expression can be found.	Old Capitol Senate ChambersClinton StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Inequality, Politics, and Policy	Feb 21, 2014	Feb 21, 2014	Inequality, Politics, and Policy is a one-day workshop in 302 Schaeffer Hall, sponsored by the Obermann Inequality Working Group, the Department of Political Science and the Public Policy Center. In addition to talks by members of the Working Group and the Public Policy Center, the workshop will feature presentations of works in progress by Shawn Dorius (Sociology, Iowa State University), Nate Kelly (Political Science, University of Tennessee), and Ben Page (Political Science, Northwestern University).	302 Schaeffer HallClinton StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Publishing Panel Workshop for Humanities Scholars	Feb 26, 2014	Feb 26, 2014	How do you get your first article or book published? Participate in this workshop sponsored by the Graduate College, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, and the University of Iowa Press.	345 Iowa Memorial Union125 North Madison StreetIowa City, IA
Comics on Campus: How Comic Books Got Into the University Library, Museum, and Classroom	Feb 26, 2014	Feb 26, 2014	Corey Creekmur and Rachel Williams will discuss their recent collaborative work (with Ana Merino as well) to showcase the creative and cultural status of comics — from early newspaper strips through comic books up to contemporary graphic novels — in University of Iowa and Iowa City classrooms, libraries, galleries, and beyond. Emphasizing both the creation and study of comics, they will argue that the time has come for comics, long neglected by artists and scholars, to have a permanent place in a university setting.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Confessions of an Award-Winning Teacher: I Might Be Doing as Much Harm as Good	Feb 27, 2014	Feb 27, 2014	A StudioTalk with Matt Brown on the pros and cons of emerging technologies vs. old-school alternatives. Four particular technological tools (student polling, online quizzing, email reminders, and video clips) will be explained and discussed with an eye toward their potential for harm as well as good.	University of Iowa Main LibraryAcross from Food for Thought CafeIowa City, IA
Information Session for Potential Partners - Energy Cultures in the Age of the Anthropocene	Mar 03, 2014	Mar 03, 2014	The Obermann Center will host two informational meetings for community and campus organizations that may be interested in organizing an event linked to the March 2015 Obermann Humanities Symposium, "Energy Cultures in the Age of the Anthropocene."	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
GPS-Enabled Stories and Localized Education: A StudioTalk with Josh Fisher	Mar 06, 2014	Mar 06, 2014	The future of turning neighborhoods into art spaces with a mobile app. With the advent of GPS and mobile technology my team, Appoet began producing Infused the GPS-Enabled Magazine. The mobile app allows for users to geocache hotspots to real world coordinates for art, music, literature, film, and photography.	University of Iowa Main LibraryAcross from Food for Thought CafeIowa City, IA
The Rise and Demise of the Pill	Mar 08, 2014	Mar 08, 2014	Carl Djerassi presents "The Rise and Demise of the Pill". Mr. Djerassi is a world-renowned chemist, one of the "fathers of the pill", and author of "science in fiction". Click here for notes on his presentation.	Old Capitol Senate Chambers21 Old CapitolIowa City, IA 52242
Designing the Future for Publicly Engaged Research and Teaching in the Humanities	Mar 10, 2014	Mar 10, 2014	Drawing on exciting projects at The Arts of Citizenship program at the University of Michigan and the Center for the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin, the directors of these two programs, Matthew Countryman and Sara Guyer,	Gerber Lounge, 304 EPB251 West Iowa AvenueIowa City, IA 52242
Information Session for Potential Partners - Energy Cultures in the Age of the Anthropocene	Mar 12, 2014	Mar 12, 2014	The Obermann Center will host two informational meetings for community and campus organizations that may be interested in organizing an event linked to the March 2015 Obermann Humanities Symposium, "Engergy Cultures in the Age of the Anthropocene."	obermann Center111 Church St.iowa City, IA 52242
Coding Landscape: A StudioTalk with Caroline Westort	Mar 13, 2014	Mar 13, 2014	Digital terrain, robo-dozing, and sustainability are new possibilities with technology in landscape design. Roads, farm fields, levees, drainage swales, etc., create large footprints of disturbance when built. Recent advances in automated machine guidance (AMG) allow remotely operated machines to efficiently construct landform 24/7 from precise 3-dimensional (3D) digital terrain models.	University of Iowa Main LibraryAcross from Food for Thought CafeIowa City, IA
The Triangle Club presents "The UI Museum of Art: Past, Present and Future"	Mar 16, 2014	Mar 16, 2014	Originally from Honolulu, Sean O'Harrow has been the director of The University of Iowa Museum of Art since 2010. Before that, he ran the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, IA. He moved to Iowa from the University of Cambridge, where he was an Official Fellow of St. Catharine's College. O'Harrow has taught History of Art at universities in the UK and received his AB from Harvard and his PhD from Cambridge (both in History of Art). His specific area of academic research is Late Perpendicular.	The University Club1360 W Melrose AveIowa City, IA 52246
International Perspectives on Graduate and Post-Graduate Education	Mar 25, 2014	Mar 25, 2014	College of Education SymposiumInternational Perspectives on Graduate and Post-Graduate EducationJoin us for a morning panel discussion and individual presentations in the afternoon.Presenters:	Jones Commons, N300, Lindquist Center
Humanities Symposium: Affect & Inquiry	Mar 27, 2014	May 29, 2014	How do structures of feeling viscerally shape approaches to writing, research, pedagogy, art, performance, and activism? Academic researchers have long operated under the assumption that critical inquiry best proceeds by bracketing emotion. Contrary to that belief, this conference examines the powerful role that emotion plays in practices of inquiry across the disciplines. Affect & Inquiry is a three-day symposium that takes stock of critical inquiry in relation to affect studies.
Affect & Inquiry - 2013-14 Obermann Humanities Symposium	Mar 27, 2014	Mar 29, 2014	How do structures of feeling viscerally shape approaches to writing, research, pedagogy, art, performance, and activism? Academic researchers have long operated under the assumption that critical inquiry best proceeds by bracketing emotion. Contrary to that belief, this conference examines the powerful role that emotion plays in practices of inquiry across the disciplines. Affect & Inquiry is a three-day symposium that takes stock of critical inquiry in relation to affect studies.
The Humanities’ Publics: Experiments in Collaboration	Mar 27, 2014	Mar 27, 2014	A StudioTalk with Obermann Director Teresa Mangum on building national networks for scholars to experiment with new approaches to research and teaching. The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies serves the campus by supporting diverse forms of scholarship and building campus, community, and national networks for scholars who want to experiment with collaborative approaches.	University of Iowa Main LibraryAcross from Food for Thought CafeIowa City, IA
16th Annual James F. Jakobsen Graduate Conference	Mar 29, 2014	Mar 29, 2014	The James F. Jakobsen Graduate Conference was established in 1998 (known at that time as the Jakobsen Forum) and is an event unique to the University of Iowa. Through the generous contributions from the Jakobsen family, the Graduate College, and local businesses, the Graduate Student Senate is proud to bring you a local venue in which to present and view research and graduate work.	Iowa Memorial Building, UI Campus
Health Humanities: Building the Future of Research and Teaching	Apr 04, 2014	Apr 05, 2014	This two-day event will bring together faculty, staff, students, and community members who are interested in this burgeoning subfield in order to assess current models and discuss potential collaborations at the UI. Several leaders in the field will join us to share their experiences in programming, research, and partner building.	College of Public Health
Jumping Publics: Ends of Circulation, A talk by Brian Edwards	Apr 04, 2014	Apr 04, 2014	As part of the Circulating Cultures Working Group, Brian T. Edwards (Ph.D. Yale University) will discuss his recent work. As an Associate Professor of English, Comparative Literary Studies, & American Studies at Northwestern University, Edwards teaches and writes about U.S. literature and culture in its international context, globalization and culture, and contemporary literary and cultural production of North Africa and the Middle East.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Shake-O-Sphere: Mapping and Early Modern Book Trade	Apr 04, 2014	Apr 04, 2014	A StudioTalk with Blaine Greteman on digitally visualizing people and works that redefined human knowledge. This talk introduces a project that is attempting to mine and visualize metadata on books and printing in pre-1800 England and America.	University of Iowa Main LibraryAcross from Food for Thought CafeIowa City, IA
2015 Summer Seminar Directorship Application Due	Apr 08, 2014	Apr 08, 2014	The Obermann Summer Seminar is an opportunity to lead a major collaborative project that will result in some form of publication or public work. The director(s) of the seminar must be a University of Iowa faculty member or full-time research staff. The seminar can include approximately a dozen participants. While most will be visiting scholars and researchers, faculty and research staff from The University of Iowa can also participate.
2014-15 Obermann Working Group Applications Due	Apr 08, 2014	Apr 08, 2014	Obermann Center Working Groups provide space, structure, and discretionary funding for groups of faculty and advanced graduate students with a shared intellectual interest. Groups have used this opportunity to explore new work and to share their own research, to organize a symposium, and to develop grant proposals.
Obermann Afternoons with Chaden Djalali: "What do we know about the basic constituents of ordinary matter? A basic introduction to hadronic physics"	Apr 09, 2014	Apr 09, 2014		Obermann Center111 Church Streetiowa City, IA 52242
Digital Badges in the Library: Identifying Meaningful Outreach through Meaningful Play	Apr 10, 2014	Apr 10, 2014	A StudioTalk with Brittney Thomas on the rewards and perils of gamification in the University Libraries. The use of gamification, the application of game elements in non-gaming situations, is wide-ranging in the business world and now in higher education.	University of Iowa Main LibraryAcross from Food for Thought CafeIowa City, IA
A talk by Sephanie LeMenager on Petroleum Culture in the American Century	Apr 10, 2014	Apr 10, 2014	Stephanie LeMenager, Moore Professor of Literature and Environment, University of Oregon, and co-founder of Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities, will be be speaking at 3:30 on Thursday April 10 in 304 English-Philosophy Building. Her lecture derives from her research for her recently published book Living Oil: Petroleum Culture in the American Century (Oxford).
Stephanie LeManager discussing chapters from her book "Living Oil"	Apr 11, 2014	Apr 11, 2014	Stephanie LeMenager is a scholar of environmental criticism, the public humanities, and petrocriticism and the cultures of energy. She is the Moore Professor of Literature and Environment at the University of Oregon and co-founder of Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities. She will discuss chapters two and three from her book Living Oil: Petroleum Culture in the American Century as part of the Obermann Circulating Cultures Working Group.
The Second Annual Iowa Humanities Festival	Apr 12, 2014	Apr 12, 2014	The Iowa Humanities Festival welcomes Iowans to explore significant themes through the lens of the academic and public humanities. Presenters from Iowa colleges, universities, museums, libraries, and archives as well as the venues highlight the rich tradition of the humanities in Iowa.	Salisbury House and the Des Moines Art Center4025 Tonawanda DrDes Moines, IA 50312
"Vital Exchanges: Community-Centered Strategies for the Public Humanities" with Dr. James F. Brooks	Apr 14, 2014	Apr 14, 2014	Professor Brooks has won several of history's most prestigious awards - including the Bancroft Prize and the Frederick Jackson Turner Award - for his works on the history of the American Borderlands. Over the past year, Professor Brooks has developed a new manuscript on the history of gender and evangelism in the Southwest. In addition, he has also pursued his interests in public engagement, humanities research, and graduate training.	W151 PBB21 East Market St.Iowa City, IA 52240
"Palestine: Beautiful Resistance," A presentation by Abu Srour	Apr 14, 2014	Apr 14, 2014	Aida refugee camp in Occupied Palestine is, at first glance, a very unhappy place. Filled with displaced families expelled in 1948, plagued with an unemployment rate of 77% and a poverty rate of 80%, Aida is almost completely surrounded by Israel's wall. Forced to spend each day under harsh military rule, the people of Aida live in the kind of desperation that continually feeds the cycle of violence. Abdul Fattah Abu Srour, director of Al Rowwad: Pioneers for Life, is determined to make a difference and forge a path of hope.	Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA
The Promise and Practice of Producer Health Content: A StudioTalk with Rachel Young	Apr 17, 2014	Apr 17, 2014	A discussion with Rachel Young about social media, health and healthcare. The online health content produced and distributed by those who are not health experts or media professionals is seen as both threatening to traditional notions of expertise and promising as a vehicle for disseminating health messages among social networks.	University of Iowa Main LibraryAcross from Food for Thought CafeIowa City, IA
Women in Politics 2014: Historic and Current Perspectives	Apr 18, 2014	Apr 18, 2014	Join us for a day-long symposium that will examine why women do or do not run for political office, how they govern once elected, and documentation of the history of women in politics. The symposium will wrap up with a policy discussion and action steps. More information about the symposium can be found here.	Old Capitol Senate Chambers1 N. Clinton StIowa City, IA
Festival Arts, Carnival, and Community Development	Apr 23, 2014	Apr 23, 2014	Darryl Montana, Big Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas Mardi Gras Indian tribe, will be featured in an upcoming panel discussion on “Festival Arts, Carnival, and Community Development.” The event is free and open to the public and will take place Wednesday, April 23, 2014, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Room 2520D, University Capitol Centre.	2520D UCC201 S. Clinton St.Iowa City, IA
The Confluence of Engineering, Design, and Art: A StudioTalk with Geb Thomas	Apr 24, 2014	Apr 24, 2014	A discussion concerning interdisciplinary connections towards better, smarter design. The talk will include some example projects, potentials for collaboration, challenges and opportunities.	University of Iowa Main LibraryAcross from Food for Thought CafeIowa City, IA
The Triangle Club presents "Indelible Mark - Transforming the UI Campus"	Apr 27, 2014	Apr 27, 2014	The presentation will summarize current 2008 flood recovery projects and the other projects on the UI campus that are making this the most transformational period in the history of the University.	The University Club1360 W Melrose AveIowa City, IA 52246
"What are the Humanities For - In the 21st Century?" A talk by Christopher Newfield	Apr 28, 2014	Apr 28, 2014	Christopher Newfield is Professor of English and American Studies and a member of the X-IRG research group at the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California, Santa Barbara. As author of the ground-breaking book of higher education and policy, Unmaking the Public University: The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Class (2008), he helped launch the field of Critical University Studies.	Iowa City Public Library, room A123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA
A Smorgasbord Of UIowa Research Snapshots	May 01, 2014	May 01, 2014	A 'cast of thousands' will provide a taste of the wide range of public digital arts and humanities. Join us for a lineup of brief lightning talks that will offer a taste of the wide variety of public digital arts and humanities research at Iowa.	University of Iowa Main LibraryAcross from Food for Thought CafeIowa City, IA
Textured Aging: Refashioning Age-Based Stereotypes	May 01, 2014	May 01, 2014	Panel addresses stereotypes of agingThe Senior Center kicks off its celebration of "Older Americans Month" with an interactive panel discussion on the effects of age-based stereotyping.	Johnson County Senior Center28 South Linn St.Iowa City, IA
Problem Solving Social Practice in Art	Jul 15, 2014	Jul 15, 2014		Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Opera Studies Forum Working Group guest speaker Downing Thomas	Sep 09, 2014	Sep 09, 2014	The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Opera Studies Forum Working Group presents Downing Thomas (UI Associate Provost and Dean of International Programs and Professor of French) who will discuss his work on cultural geographies of opera in the 18th-century novel.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Information Session for the Graduate Institute	Sep 15, 2014	Sep 15, 2014	If you are interested in learning about the Obermann Graduate Institute, come meet this year's co-directors Barbara Eckstein (English, CLAS) and Craig Just (Civil & Environmental Engineering). They will provide an overview and answer your questions. Applications for the Graduate Institute are due October 14.	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA
Midwest Creative College Town Conference	Sep 20, 2014	Sep 20, 2014
The Triangle Club presents "Today's Research Libraries: Adapting to 21st Century Learners and Scholars"	Sep 21, 2014	Sep 21, 2014	John Culshaw is University Librarian at the University of Iowa. He was appointed in 2013 and is responsible for leading the University of Iowa Libraries, the largest library system in Iowa, in providing services, collections, and spaces to the University community and beyond. Before coming to Iowa, Culshaw spent nearly 22 years at the University of Colorado Boulder, most recently serving as Senior Associate Dean of Libraries. He received a BA in History from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, pursued graduate coursework in History at Marquette University, and holds an MS in Informatio	University Athletic Club1360 Melrose Ave.Iowa City, IA 52246
Carol Tilley lecture, Carol Spaziani Intellectual Freedom Festival	Sep 24, 2014	Sep 24, 2014	Carol Tilley, professor of library and information science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will speak about Dr. Fredric Wertham, the psychiatrist who began a crusade in the 1950s about the harmful effects of comic books on children. He helped spark the U.S. Congressional inquiry into the comic book industry and the creation of the Comics Code. Tilley is the first researcher to look at the papers of Dr.	Iowa City Public LibraryIowa, IA 52240
The Metropolitan Opera in Iowa	Sep 30, 2014	Sep 30, 2014	Presented by Professor Emeritus of English Miriam Gilbert, this talk is in conjunction with the Met showing of Verdi's Macbeth.Coordinated with selected operas from the Met Live in HD cinecasts, "The Metropolitan Opera in Iowa" talks begin at 5:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public.	University Capitol Center200 South Capitol StreetRoom 2520DIowa City, IA
Christopher Celenza, Ida Beam Visiting Professor	Oct 01, 2014	Oct 01, 2014	Christopher Celenza presents "Humanities Scholarship in Different Voices - Becoming A Public Intellectual". Christopher Celenza is a Professor in the Department of Classics and the Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures at The Johns Hopkins University. He also served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 2010 to 2014. More information about Professor Celenza and his visit can be found here.	Phillips Hall 315
Dr. Jeffrey Rydberg-Cox presents "Statistical Methods for Studying Literature using R"	Oct 10, 2014	Oct 10, 2014	What is R? It is a versatile software application used in the field of digital humanities to analyze and visualize literary data.	3092 Main Library
Information Session for the Humanities Without Walls Alternative Academic Career Summer Workshops for Pre-doctoral Students in the Humanities	Oct 14, 2014	Oct 14, 2014	Learn more about the Humanities Without Walls Alternative Academic Career Summer Workshop for Pre-Doctoral Students in the Humanities. Teresa Mangum will provide background about this new opportunity and answer questions about the application process and what selected fellows can expect during the three-week workshop.	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52240
The Triangle Club presents Mayor Matt Hayek and "Environmental, Financial, and Economic Challenges for Iowa City"	Oct 19, 2014	Oct 19, 2014	Mayor Hayek will be speaking to the audience about environmental, financial and economic challenges and what Iowa City is doing to address them.Matt Hayek is an Iowa City native who graduated with honors from the University of Michigan Residential College in 1992. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia from 1992 to 1994. He graduated from Michigan Law School in 1997. After practicing in Atlanta and Chicago, Matt returned to Iowa City in 2001 and is now a partner with the law firm of Hayek, Brown, Moreland & Smith.	University Athletic Club1360 Melrose Ave.Iowa City, IA 52246
THE MALLEABLE PHD: EXPANDING CAREER PATHWAYS IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES	Oct 20, 2014	Oct 20, 2014	On Monday October 20, the Graduate College's Office of UI Grad Success and the UI Humanities Advisory Board will offer a workshop for graduate students interested in learning about alt-ac career opportunities in the humanities and social sciences, as well as two workshops for faculty on the same topic. REGISTER HERE: http://www.grad.uiowa.edu/malleable	The Malleable PhD - Workhops for Graduate Students and FacultyPappajohn Business BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
Maren Woods presents "The Malleable PhD" workshop for graduate students	Oct 20, 2014	Oct 20, 2014	Dr. Maren Wood presents "The Malleable PhD: Expanding career pathways in the humanities and social sciences." This graduate student workshop will feature guest speaker Dr. Maren Wood who will be discussing the current academic job market and career paths outside the academy. Register and learn more: http://www.grad.uiowa.edu/malleable.	S401 Pappajohn Business Bldg (PBB)21 East Market StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Maren Woods presents "The Malleable PhD" workshop for Faculty members	Oct 21, 2014	Oct 21, 2014	Maren Wood, founder of Lilli Research Group, presents a faculty workshop that addresses ways in which faculty can help graduate students prepare for the rapidly changing job market. This one-hour workshop is also offered from 1:30-2:30pm on Tuesday, October 21. Registration information and more details can be found here.	W401 Pappajohn Business Bldg (PBB)21 East Market StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Maren Woods presents "The Malleable PhD" workshop for Faculty members	Oct 21, 2014	Oct 21, 2014	Maren Wood, founder of Lilli Research Group, presents a faculty workshop that addresses ways in which faculty can help graduate students prepare for the rapidly changing job market. This one-hour workshop is also offered from 11:00am-12:00pm on Tuesday, October 21. Registration information and more details can be found here.	W401 Pappajohn Business Bldg (PBB)21 East Market StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Nathan Platte Opera Studies discussion	Oct 22, 2014	Oct 22, 2014	Nathan Platte (Assistant Professor of Musicology in the UI School of Music) will lead a discussion on opera and film (readings will be distributed to participants before the meeting).	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA
Designing the Cognitive Future	Oct 22, 2014	Oct 22, 2014	Technology designers are changing the way cognitive processes work in people who use the technologies they design: from perception to memory, attention, learning, communication, and social cognition. In fact, we may be seeing the beginnings of one of the largest shifts in cognition brought about by technology, perhaps even bigger than the changes brought by handwriting and mathematical notation.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA
Arts & Humanities Grants Session	Oct 28, 2014	Oct 28, 2014	The Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development is offering an Arts & Humanities Grants session for anyone interested in learning more about funding opportunities. Registration is required and can be completed using this link.	1117 UCC
The Metropolitan Opera in Iowa	Oct 28, 2014	Oct 28, 2014	Presented by Professor of Voice in School of Music Katherine Eberle, this talk is in conjunction with the Met showing of Bizet's Carmen.Coordinated with selected operas from the Met Live in HD cinecasts, "The Metropolitan Opera in Iowa" talks begin at 5:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public.	University Capitol Center200 South Capitol StreetRoom 2520DIowa City, IA
"Haunting Images & Visceral Visions", and "Dissection & Depiction"	Oct 30, 2014	Oct 30, 2014	The Obermann Center Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Working Group presents "Haunting Images & Visceral Visions", and "Dissection & Depiction", a joint presentation and discussion of anatomical texts in the Hardin Health Sciences rare book collections.	Hardin Health Sciences Library, Room 446
Food for Thought Graduate Student Conference	Nov 01, 2014	Nov 01, 2014	As an appetizer to next spring's Food for Thought semester, this conference features papers by graduate students who are interested in food studies. Panels include Recovering the Culinary Past Via Artifacts, Texts, and Images; Women and Recipes, from Tradition to Transgression; and Evidence and Expertise in Nutritional Discourse.	University Capitol Center, 2520D200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA
Designing the Digital Future	Nov 07, 2014	Nov 08, 2014	This three-day symposium brings together scholars from across North America and the University of Iowa to discuss the changing landscape of digital technologies. Learn more on our website: http://designingthedigitalfuture.wordpress.com/	Univeristy of Iowa Capitol CenterIowa City, IA
From Data to Sound, An Evening with LOUI, the Laptop Orchestra at the University of Iowa	Nov 07, 2014	Nov 07, 2014	From Data to Sound, An Evening with LOUI, the Laptop Orchestra at the University of Iowa	UCC Recital HallOld Capital Center201 S. Clinton St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Civic Science: Re-framing the Role of Science in Society	Nov 12, 2014	Nov 12, 2014	Dr. John Spencer (Psychology, CLAS) will talk about a recent National Science Foundation workshop of the same title. The workshop, held October 2-3 in Washington, DC, brings together leading theorists and practitioners of "civic science" to refine and enrich this concept through the lens of civic agency. Civic agency highlights the political (not partisan) nature of science - science as a powerful source of knowledge for action in the world that negotiates a shared democratic way of life.	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA
Writing Dancing/Dancing Writing Conference	Nov 13, 2014	Nov 16, 2014	The Society of Dance History Scholars and the Congress on Research in Dance are excited to announce a joint conference at the University of Iowa. The 2014 location will provide an impetus to explore the interplay between dancing and writing, globally, historically, and within contemporary culture. The site of the event provides opportunity to examine issues of authorship, representation, and narrative in dancing and writing practices across social and cultural contexts.	Iowa Memorial Union125 North Madison StreetIowa City, IA 52242
The Triangle Club presents "The History of Passenger Rail Service in Iowa City"	Nov 16, 2014	Nov 16, 2014	The History of Passenger Rail Service in Iowa City is presented by Tom Schulein. Tom is a retired dentist. The last 28 years of his career were spent on the faculty of The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics.While at the College, he contributed many articles to the Journal of the History of Dentistry as a natural outgrowth of his love for history.	The University Athletic Club1360 Melrose Ave.
Robert Ketterer Opera Studies discussion	Nov 18, 2014	Nov 18, 2014	Robert Ketterer (UI Professor of Classics) will discuss his ongoing work for a new book on early opera and the Ottoman Empire.	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA
The Metropolitan Opera in Iowa	Dec 04, 2014	Dec 04, 2014	Presented by Professor of German Glenn Ehrstine, this talk is in conjunction with the Met showing of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.Coordinated with selected operas from the Met Live in HD cinecasts, "The Metropolitan Opera in Iowa" talks begin at 5:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public.	University Capitol Center200 South Capitol StreetBoard room 2390Iowa City, IA
The Metropolitan Opera in Iowa	Jan 14, 2015	Jan 14, 2015	Presented by Professor of German Waltraud Maierhofer, this talk is in conjunction with the Met showing of Lehar's The Merry Widow.Coordinated with selected operas from the Met Live in HD cinecasts, "The Metropolitan Opera in Iowa" talks begin at 5:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public.	University Capitol Center200 South Capitol StreetRoom 2520DIowa City, IA
The Trianble Club presents "Be Empowered with a Little Genetic Knowledge"	Jan 18, 2015	Jan 18, 2015	Trudy L. Burns, MPH, PhD, Professor, College of Public Health, Carver College of Medicine, and College of Nursing, University of Iowa was trained as a biostatistician/genetic epidemiologist. Her research career has focused primarily on cardiovascular disease epidemiology as reflected in her more than 30-year involvement with The Muscatine Study, a longitudinal observational study of cardiovascular disease risk factors that began in 1970 with measurement of blood pressure, lipids and body size in the school children of Muscatine, IA. Dr.	The UI Athletic Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
WorldCanvass presents "Food for Thought"	Jan 20, 2015	Jan 20, 2015	The UI’s “Food for Thought” project—its first ever theme semester—offers a platform for engagement on campus and throughout the state around one of life’s constants…food. Join host Joan Kjaer and chefs, restaurateurs, foodies, experts in public health and cultural studies, and others when WorldCanvass explores the ways in which food affects us as individuals and binds us as members of communities.	FilmScene118 East College Street
Sawyer Seminar deadline	Jan 27, 2015	Jan 27, 2015	The internal deadline is Tuesday, January 27. Therefore, potential applicants are encouraged to begin thinking now about intellectually compelling topics that build on the strengths in the arts and humanities of the University of Iowa.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
The Metropolitan Opera in Iowa	Jan 28, 2015	Jan 28, 2015	Presented by Assistant Professor of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literature Anna Barker, this talk is in conjunction with the Met showing of Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's Castle.Coordinated with selected operas from the Met Live in HD cinecasts, "The Metropolitan Opera in Iowa" talks begin at 5:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public.	University Capitol Center200 South Capitol StreetRoom 2520DIowa City, IA
Beyond the Anthropocene - Art Exhibit	Jan 30, 2015	Jan 30, 2015	Beyond the Anthropocene features the work of three photographers who are in conversation with the illusory boundary between what is “natural” and what is “man-made.” Images from Daniel Beltrá’s series “Spill” record the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They are part of the Seattle-based photographer’s ongoing study of the juxtaposition of nature with the destruction wrought by unsustainable development.	Douglas and Linda Paul Gallery, Englert Theatre221 East Washington StreetIowa City, IA 52240
What's the Matter with Liberals?	Feb 04, 2015	Feb 04, 2015	Join the Obermann Center and the University of Iowa's Public Policy Center for a lecture from Salon columnist and author of What's the Matter With Kansas?, Thomas Frank. Frank's lecture, 'What's the Matter with Liberals?' Frank's many books include "What's The Matter With Kansas," "Pity the Billionaire" and "One Market Under God." He is the founding editor of The Baffler magazine.	Shambaugh Auditorium100 Main LibraryIowa City, IA 52242
Selling a 'False Verdi' in Victorian London	Feb 11, 2015	Feb 11, 2015	Offered by the Opera Studies Forum, Roberta Montemorra Marvin will present "Selling a 'False Verdi' in Victorian London," drawn from her forthcoming article on the selling of Verdi's Aida and Don Carlos in nineteenth-century London. All are welcome! This event is free and open to the public.	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
"The Animal Archive - Anatomizing Taxidermy", presented by Teresa Mangum	Feb 13, 2015	Feb 13, 2015		UI Natural History Museum3rd floor of MacBride HallIowa City, IA 52242
Mark Ginsberg presents "3D Manufacturing and Scanning"	Feb 15, 2015	Feb 15, 2015	Mark Ginsberg has been featured as an Innovative Retailer in the online journal JCK in the article “Jeweler M.C. Ginsberg Brings Biotechnology to the Bench” by Randi Molofsky, Contibuting Editor. The first line reads “A jewelry retailer since 1985, Mark Ginsberg wanted to find a way to keep his Iowa City store buzzing at all times—no matter the economic climate.”	The UI Athletic Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Fear of Falling: How Rankings Change Higher Education	Feb 18, 2015	Feb 18, 2015		Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
"Pragmatism, the "Public" and the Press: Walter Lippmann, the Interchurch World Movement, and the 1919-1920 Steel Strike	Feb 25, 2015	Feb 25, 2015	Frank Durham's essay examines Walter Lippmann’s sociological analysis of the Interchurch World Movement (the “Interchurch,”), a short-lived, but prominent, Progressive ecumenical organization that investigated the Great Steel Strike from 1919-1920. Of particular interest to Lippmann, and thus to this study, was the Interchurch’s Progressive, social science-based study of the Pittsburgh press's anti-labor and anti-Bolshevist coverage of the strike.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Humanities in the 21st Century, or "Why I Teach Plato to Plumbers"	Mar 03, 2015	Mar 03, 2015	Dr. Samuelson's piece in The Atlantic, "Why I Teach Plato to Plumbers" is an inspiring view on the larger purpose of the humanities: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/plato-to-plumbers/3...Come for a roundtable discussion with Scott Samuelson, professor of philosophy at Kirkwood Community College, author of The Deepest Human Life and a regular contributor to publications such as The Atlantic Monthly, the Wall Street Journal, and the Huffington Post.	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
"The Great Invisible"	Mar 03, 2015	Mar 03, 2015	A free showing of the documentary "The Great Invisible." Free and open to the public. Presented as part of "Energy Cultures in the Age of the Anthropocene" symposium."Sober, beautiful, infuriating and utterly essential." -Ray Pride, Newcity"Brown seamlessly blends the emotional, intimate stories of people with bigger pictures, using the explosion as the starting point for a ripple effect that just keeps growing." -Stephanie Merry, Washington Post	FilmScene118 E. College St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Energy Cultures in the Age of the Anthropocene	Mar 05, 2015	Mar 07, 2015	To learn more about this event and for a full schedule, please visit our external website: http://media.obermann.uiowa.edu/archive/uianthropocene/index.html
Carole Paul presents "Travel and Remembrance: Experiencing the Grand Tour and Bringing it Back Home"	Mar 05, 2015	Mar 05, 2015	The practice of collecting artworks as mementos of one’s travels, as represented by the Doud Collection, dates back to the Grand Tour. One of the biggest attractions of the tour’s culmination in Italy was the wealth of great art and architecture, ancient, medieval, and early modern, that visitors enjoyed in various ways. The desire of travelers not only to see artworks and monuments in situ but also to bring them back so that they could remember and relive their sojourns at home gave rise to the beginnings of the souvenir industry in the eighteenth century. Th	240 Art Building WestUniversity of IowaIowa City, IA 52242
Sandra Steingraber, "Health & Heart" Anthropocene keynote	Mar 07, 2015	Mar 07, 2015	Sandra Steingraber, biologist, author, and cancer survivor, writes about climate change, ecology, and the links between human health and the environment. She is author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist’s Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment; Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood; and Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis. She is also contributing essayist and editor for Orion magazine and a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Ithaca College.	The Englert Theatre221 E. Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Smoke-Screen: This, and Other Warnings	Mar 07, 2015	Mar 07, 2015	An experiment in recycled dance.Jennifer Kayle (Dance, CLAS) has spent the past few months immersed in books like Diane Ackerman’s The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us and Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, as well as works about how complex science can be effectively communicated to a broader public. This research has been the anchor for a new dance that she has choreographed for Energy Cultures in the Age of the Anthropocene, the 2015 Obermann Humanities Symposium.	The Englert Theatre221 E. Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Medical Narratives	Mar 11, 2015	Mar 11, 2015	Building on conversations from last spring's Obermann Working Symposium on the Health Humanities, Patrick Dolan (Rhetoric, CLAS) and other members of the Medical Narrative Working Group will discuss the importance of medical narratives in our everyday lives.	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52240
The Triangle Club Presents "Creative Work in a Community of Writers"	Mar 22, 2015	Mar 22, 2015	Lan Samantha Chang is the author of two novels, All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost and Inheritance, and a story collection, Hunger. Hunger was a finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Award. Inheritance won the PEN/Open Book Prize for the Novel. Samantha is the recipient of fellowships from Princeton University, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. She has taught fiction writing at Stanford University, Harvard University, and Warren Wilson College. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa, where she is professor of	The UI Athletic Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Shannon Jackson visit	Mar 24, 2015	Mar 24, 2015	Join us for a fantastic public lecture by renowned theater and performance scholar, Shannon Jackson. Dr. Jackson's talk will focus on how art and performance have become social practices, focusing on creative new ways in which visual and performing artists are now collaborating—while also demonstrating the value of the reflective, interpretive role that humanities scholars can play in these collaborations.	Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity Conference	Mar 26, 2015	Mar 29, 2015		University of Iowa
Ryan Baumann: Shifting Frontiers in the Digital Humanities	Mar 26, 2015	Mar 26, 2015	Ryan Baumann from Duke University will examine ways in which the "Digital Humanities" allow explorations of societally shifting frontiers in both modern and historical contexts, and are reflexively shifting themselves.	2780 UCC1530 Sheridan AvenueIowa City, IA 52240
Digital Mapping & the Post-Removal Indigenous Midwest	Mar 27, 2015	Mar 27, 2015	This workshop will consider how digital mapping technologies can help to reclaim indigenous experiences in and of the Midwest. Representatives of American Indian Studies programs from several CIC institutions, as well as from tribal communities with past and present ties to the region, are attending to discuss a new collaborative project. Friday morning’s session is open to all interested faculty, students and community members. Schedule: 8:30 – 9:00 Refreshments 9:00 – 9:15 Welcome and introductions
"Feeling Her Fragmented Mind: Women, Race, and Dissociative Identity in Popular Culture"	Mar 27, 2015	Mar 27, 2015	Deborah E. Whaley, American Studies and African American Studies, presents "Feeling Her Fragmented Mind: Women, Race, and Dissociative Identity in Popular Culture."	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies704 Jefferson BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
The Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Working Group presents two presentations on Jean-François Millet	Mar 27, 2015	Mar 27, 2015	The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Working Group presents two talks on Jean-François Millet. Lena Hill, Department of English, will present "The Peasant Paradox: Jean-François Millet, Labor, & Citizenship." Ashley Mason, Department of Art and Art History, will then present "Jean-François Millet's Depictions of Women." This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome to attend.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
The City as Classroom, An Obermann Afternoon Talk with David Gould	Apr 01, 2015	Apr 01, 2015		Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52241
Jill Dolan presents "The Feminist Spectator as Agitator: Criticism, Blogging, and the Responsibilities of Being a Public Intellectual"	Apr 02, 2015	Apr 02, 2015	Jill Dolan is the Annan Professor of English, a Professor of Theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts, and Director of the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies at Princeton University. Her talk will parse the question of criticism (via blogging and other publication venues) as a mode of social agitation and feminist analysis. Why should feminists take to the blogosphere and other outlets to offer critiques of popular culture and media? What are the public social responsibilities of being a feminist critic?	Gerber Lounge (304 EPB)
Stacy Wolf presents "The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Music: Musical Theatre at Girls' Jewish Summer Camps in Maine"	Apr 03, 2015	Apr 03, 2015	At a number of girls' Jewish summer camps in Maine, weekly musicals performed by campers of all ages have been a staple of camp life since 1915. Girls rehearse and present mini versions of Broadway musicals alongside their regular activities of swimming, soccer, and arts & crafts. In this lecture, Stacy Wolf discusses the history and examines current casting, rehearsal, and performance practices of musical theatre at several camps. Using archival and ethnographic methods, she considers, How do musicals contribute to girls' sense of identity? How do musicals foster	704 Jefferson Building
Obermann Afternoons Presents: "Diversity in the Sciences and Engineering: Where We've Been, Where We Need to Go, and How We Get There"	Apr 06, 2015	Apr 06, 2015	A talk by Dan Reed, Vice President of Research & Economic Development, with comments by Chris Brus, Director, Women in Science & Engineering, and Janette Taylor, Associate Professor, College of Nursing.	Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Mark Bittman's The Future of Food	Apr 08, 2015	Apr 08, 2015	This event was originally scheduled for February 2.Join the Food for Thought Theme Semester and University Lecture Committee for The Future of Food presented by Mark Bittman.	Englert Theatre221 E. Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52245
2015 Iowa Humanities Festival	Apr 11, 2015	Apr 11, 2015	Find out more about this event on the Iowa Humanities Festival 2015 website:http://iowahumanitiesfestival.com	Salisbury House4025 Tonawanda DriveDes Moines, IA 50312
Digital Bridges 2-Year Postdoctoral Scholar Position	Apr 12, 2015	Apr 12, 2015	April 12, 2015 is the deadline to apply for the 2-year Digital Bridges postdoc position. Learn more about this opportunity here: http://obermann.uiowa.edu/programs/digital-bridges-humanistic-inquiry/di...
Food for Thought Symposium	Apr 17, 2015	Apr 18, 2015	April 17-18, 2015To learn more about this food-themed semester event, please visit our external website: https://foodforthoughtsymposium.wordpress.com	Old Capitol CentreUCC 2520DIowa City, IA 52242
The Triangle Club Presents "Responding to Climate Change: in Iowa, the U.S., and China"	Apr 19, 2015	Apr 19, 2015	Jerald L. Schnoor, Allen S.	The UI Athletic Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Editing Early Opera	Apr 22, 2015	Apr 22, 2015	The University of Iowa Opera Studies Forum will sponsor a roundtable discussion on "Editing Early Opera" on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 5:00-6:30 pm, in the Obermann Center Library, 111 Church Street. The informal conversation will focus on critical editions of early opera by composers including Handel, Cavalli, Rameau, and Charpentier, with visiting scholars from the USA and the UK.
"Proud to Be an American: Affect and Emotion in Immigration Rhetoric"	Apr 24, 2015	Apr 24, 2015	J. David Cisneros is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, and affiliate faculty in the Department of Latina/Latino studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Border Crossed Us: Rhetorics of Borders, Citizenship, and Latino/a Identity (2014); he specializes in issues of citizenship, race/ethnicity, Latin@ identity, and immigration.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
EPX Video Game and Animation Studio	Apr 25, 2015	Apr 26, 2015	EPXCON is an animation and gaming conference that will be held April 25th & 26th at Art Building West at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. It will be hosting industry professionals to speak about their career paths, life in the industry, and advice for those interested in pursuing similar professional paths.	Art Building West141 North Riverside DriveIowa City, IA 52242
Another Sea to Cross: A Performance Talk by Fabienne Kanor	Apr 29, 2015	Apr 29, 2015	Fabienne Kanor weaves together an imaginary dialogue between her father and herself. He's an immigrant who experienced fear and self-denial, but also showed courage, ingenuity, and dignity. He put her in a school in France where she was a foreigner told to "return to her country." This is the history that she recounts while she films and interviews her father who reflects on his 1965 arrival in France. It is this story that transports her still, and made her a writer and a filmmaker.	2520D University Capitol Centre200 South Capitol StreetIowa City, IA 52240
90 Minutes of Performances about 6 Minutes of Music	May 09, 2015	May 09, 2015	Presented by the School of Music & featuring Michel Benhaïem (Strasbourg Conservatory), piano. The program will feature Schoenberg’s Six Little Piano Pieces, op. 19; Beethoven’s Six Bagatelles, op. 126 (a precursor to the Schoenberg); and musical, linguistic, and dance responses to the Schoenberg, including Ullmann’s Variations and Double Fugue on a Theme by Schoenberg, op. 3a.	Riverside Recital Hall405 N. Riverside Dr.Iowa City, IA 52246
Theory Curriculum Discussion	May 13, 2015	May 13, 2015	The Obermann Center Working Group on Contemporary Literary Film Theory (CL&FT) invites you to participate in an informal discussion of the UI undergraduate and graduate theory curriculum. The working group has been meeting this year to discuss the points of convergence between contemporary literary and film theory, new media theory, and contemporary social theory. At the opening May meeting, we would like to host a preliminary discussion on ways to improve the types of course offerings in this area.	Cinematic Arts conference roomE211 AJB104 West Washington StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Summer Seminar: Wittgenstein's Lectures	May 18, 2015	May 22, 2015		Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Exhibit: Ingenious Gentlemen: Depictions of Don Quixote and Chivalry	Aug 26, 2015	Aug 26, 2015	August 11, 2015-January 3, 2016 UIMA@IMU Visual Classroom, Iowa Memorial Union	University of IowaIMUIowa City, IA 52242
YES MEN workshop	Aug 26, 2015	Aug 26, 2015	This Wednesday, August 26, at 1:00 pm, POROI is collaborating on a workshop with the Yes Men. Learn about the YES LAB, a platform that supports the development of creative satire and performance art to promote social change. If you would like to participate in this workshop in which the Yes Men break down their methods and share how to use laughtivism to develop and disseminate projects, contact POROI co-director Naomi Greyser at Naomi-greyser@uiowa.edu. This is a first come, first serve opportunity.
The Yes Men are Revolting - film screening	Aug 26, 2015	Aug 26, 2015	YES MEN are rhetorical artists, activists and political pranksters who use “laughtivism” to, in their words, "impersonate corporate criminals, publicly humiliate them, and otherwise give journalists excuses to cover important issues."	FilmScene118 E. College St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Making Meaningful Mischief with the Yes Men	Aug 26, 2015	Aug 26, 2015	Join us for our 2015 Welcome Week Lecture: "Making Meaningful Mischief with The Yes Men." The Yes Men are a hilarious, prank-pulling duo who comment on corporations and culture with schemes and movies! Join us at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, August 26, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the IMU.	IMU Ballroom125 N. Madison St.Iowa City, IA 52242
NEH Chairman William "Bro" Adams: Creativity and the Common Good	Aug 27, 2015	Aug 27, 2015	William "Bro" Adams, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will visit the University of Iowa campus later this week and inaugurate the series with a public address entitled "Creativity and the Common Good." Please note the lecture has been rescheduled to begin at 6:30pm on August 27 in 240 Art Building West to avoid conflicting with an open forum for a presidential candidate. A reception will follow the lecture.	Art Building West, Room 240141 N. Riverside Dr.Iowa City, IA 52242
Inside the Graduate School Mess: A Conversation about Problems and Solutions	Sep 03, 2015	Sep 03, 2015	A lecture by Leonard Cassuto, Professor English at Fordham University.	308 EPB, Gerber LoungeIowa AveIowa City, IA 52242
"The Don Dreams On": A Roundtable with the International Writing Program	Sep 11, 2015	Sep 11, 2015	315 Phillips Hall Featuring: Antônio XERXENESKY (Brazil); Teresa PRÄAUER (Austria); Guzal BEGIM (Uzbekistan); Kirill Timurovich AZERNYI (Russia); YAO Feng (Macao)	University of Iowa315 Phillips HallIowa City, IA 52242
Peter Aguero's "Daddy Issues"	Sep 11, 2015	Sep 11, 2015	Host of The Moth's StorySlam podcast, Peter Aguero arrives in Iowa City via The Englert Theatre and Obermann Public Scholar David Gould. His 1-man show will lead-off a weekend of engagement in Iowa City, which includes time with David Gould's undergraduate public engagement class as well as a story writing workshop with the Obermann Center. Tickets $20/$10 student Here's what Peter has to say about his work:
Exhibit: Caprice and Influence	Sep 12, 2015	Sep 12, 2015	September 12, 2015-December 13, 2015 Black Box Theatre, Iowa Memorial Union	University of IowaIowa Memorial UnionBlack Box TheatreIowa City, IA 52242
World Canvass radio show "Don Quixote’s Four Century Saga"	Sep 15, 2015	Sep 15, 2015	World Canvass radio show, Don Quixote’s Four Century Saga at FilmScene will be an interview with Humanities Symposium directors, Ana M. Rodríguez-Rodríguez and Denise Filios (both from Spanish & Portuguese) to discuss the symposium theme, related events, and keynote speakers.	FilmScene118 E. College St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Exhibit: Illustrations of Don Quixote: The Interpretation of Imagination	Sep 17, 2015	Sep 17, 2015	September 17, 2015-January 3, 2016 Old Capitol Museum	University of IowaOld Capitol MuseumIowa City, IA 52242
The Quest Begins: Opening Reception for Quixote at 400	Sep 17, 2015	Sep 17, 2015	Join us for a reception to kick off the Obermann Humanities Symposium, PARODY, PLAGIARISM, PATRIMONY: DON QUIXOTE IN THE AGE OF ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION. Reception will be held in the Old Capitol Museum.
Graduate Institute information session	Sep 17, 2015	Sep 17, 2015	Join us to learn what it means to be an Obermann Graduate Fellow and participate in our January 11-15, 2016 Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy. The info session will last about 1 hour and cover details of the institute, what we like to see in application material, and what you'll take away from the experience. Along with the experience of the week-long institute, participants will receive a $500 stipend and the title of "Obermann Graduate Fellow."	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Exhibit: Influenced by Quixote: Student Artwork From the Harte School of Art	Sep 17, 2015	Sep 17, 2015	September 17, 2015-January 3, 2016 Old Capitol Museum Rotunda	University of IowaOld Capitol Museum RotundaIowa City, IA 52242
Don Quixote film series: El caballero don Quixjote [The Knight Don Quixote]	Sep 18, 2015	Sep 18, 2015	September 18, 2015 El caballero don Quijote [The Knight Don Quixote] (Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, 2002, 119 min.) In Spanish with English subtitles. September 25, 2015 Orson Welles’ Don Quixote (Jess Franco, 1992, 115 mins.) In Spanisn with English subtitles. October 2, 2015 Un Quijote sin mancha [A Perfect Gentleman] starring Cantinflas. (Miguel M. Delgado, 1969, 100 min.) In Spanish with English subtitles. October 9, 2015 Lost in La Mancha	Adler Journalism BuildingE105Iowa City, IA 52242
The Triangle Club presents Dr. Robert Cargill	Sep 20, 2015	Sep 20, 2015	Professor Cargill will give an update on his research, both the excavations at Tel Azekah, Israel as well as his forthcoming book, "Cities that Built the Bible" (HarperCollins, March 2016). He will also preview his forthcoming participation in Season 6 of CNN's "Finding Jesus" series.	University Athletic Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Truth Values	Sep 21, 2015	Sep 21, 2015	The award-winning hit solo show written and performed by Gioia De Cari Directed by Miriam Eusebio Created as a response to former Harvard President Lawrence Summers’ now-infamous suggestion that women are less represented than men in the sciences because of innate gender differences, Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through M.I.T.’s Male Math Maze is a true-life tale that offers a humorous, scathing, insightful, and ultimately uplifting look at the challenges of being a professional woman in a male-dominated field.	The Englert Theatre221 E. Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Orson Welles’ Don Quixote film screening	Sep 25, 2015	Sep 25, 2015	September 25, 2015 Orson Welles’ Don Quixote (Jess Franco, 1992, 115 mins.) In Spanisn with English subtitles. October 2, 2015 Un Quijote sin mancha [A Perfect Gentleman] starring Cantinflas. (Miguel M. Delgado, 1969, 100 min.) In Spanish with English subtitles. October 9, 2015 Lost in La Mancha Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, 2002, 89 min.) In English. October 16, 2015 Honor de Cavalleria [Honour of the Knights]	University of IowaE105 Adler Journalism BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
Public reading of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes	Sep 28, 2015	Oct 01, 2015	Dedicated to the memory of Helena and Ignacio Ponseti. Reading will take place on the east steps of the Old Capitol Museum, or the Old Capitol Supreme Court Chamber in inclement weather. Get involved! Readers needed! Sign-up sheet will be available at the main entrance to Phillips Hall on Friday, September 18 or on location during the reading. For more information, please contact Anna Barker at anna-barker@uiowa.edu This event is free and open to the public
Participant-consumers in the marketplace of ideas	Sep 29, 2015	Sep 29, 2015	UI Professor Melissa Tully (Journalism and Mass Communication) shares research on 'news media literacy’ and its relationship to consumers, publics, and news organizations and is joined in conversation by Little Village publisher Matthew Steele, one of the 7.125 billion publishers working today. The two will discuss Tully's research, the rise of self-publishing, participation, and grapple with the implications for existing news organizations working to maintain a foothold in a shifting media landscape.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
"Inventing Antiquity, Creating Modernity in the Late 19th-Century Opera	Sep 30, 2015	Sep 30, 2015	September 23, 2015, 1:30-3:00 PM, OCAS attic conference room Robert Ketterer (UI Classics): “Inventing Antiquity, Creating Modernity in Late 18th-century Opera.” Free and open to the public.	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Beneath the Acne: Art, Collaboration, and Activism	Oct 01, 2015	Oct 01, 2015	A participant in the 2014 Obermann Summer Seminar, Traci Molloy, visiting artist in Printmaking, will present "Beneath the Acne: Art, Collaboration, and Activism." Molloy is a Brooklyn-based artist and social activist. She explores adolescent culture, loss, and violence through photography, digital arts, installation, painting, and printmaking.	Art Building West141 N. Riverside Dr.Iowa City, IA 52242
Don Quixote Film Screening: "Un Quijote sin mancha [A Perfect Gentleman]"	Oct 02, 2015	Oct 02, 2015	Un Quijote sin mancha [A Perfect Gentleman] starring Cantinflas. (Miguel M. Delgado, 1969, 100 min.) In Spanish with English subtitles.	University of IowaE105 Adler Journalism BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
Verdi's Otello: Opera Studies Lecture series for the Met Live in HD	Oct 07, 2015	Oct 07, 2015	Wednesday, October 7, 2015, UCC 2520D, 5:30 pm, Verdi’s Otello Lecture by Roberta Montemorra Marvin	International ProgramsUCC 2520DIowa City, IA 52242
Some Non-Intuitive Findings about Communication & Cancer	Oct 08, 2015	Oct 08, 2015	Dr. Wayne A. Beach, School of Communication at San Diego State University and Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery at University of California, San Diego Dr. Beach will discuss a series of non-intuitive findings will be summarized that have emerged from close examinations of recorded clinical and family/home interactions about cancer.	University of IowaBean Conference RoomSE301 GH (UIHC)Iowa City, IA 52245
Screening of "When Cancer Calls..."	Oct 08, 2015	Oct 08, 2015	"When Cancer Calls..." is an 80-minute professional theatrical production that addresses a major problem in contemporary society: communicating through cancer journeys, from diagnosis through death of a loved one. A facilitated discussion will follow. Part of the Just Living themed semester programming.	University of IowaCallahan Auditorium CPHIowa City, IA 52242
National Findings & Global Implications for "When Cancer Calls..."	Oct 09, 2015	Oct 09, 2015	By integrating the social sciences with the arts, the theatrical production "When Cancer Calls..." represents an innovative genre of Entertainment-Education that triggers meaningful conversations about frequently inaccessible, delicate, and often complex issues arising in the midst of cancer.	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
"El caballero don Quijote" film screening	Oct 09, 2015	Oct 09, 2015	October 9, 2015 Lost in La Mancha Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, 2002, 89 min.) In English. October 16, 2015 Honor de Cavalleria [Honour of the Knights] (Albert Serra, 2006, 104 min.) In Catalán with English subtitles.	University of IowaE105 Adler Journalism BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
Social Media, Conflict, and Identity: a Roundtable lunch	Oct 13, 2015	Oct 13, 2015	The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies welcomes everyone to a roundtable discussion on Social Media, Conflict, and Identity. The panel will feature guest scholars Renee Perelmutter (Obermann Fellow-in-Residence; Slavic Languages & Literature, University of Kansas) and Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich (Department of English, University of North Carolina-Charlotte).	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52240
2015 Global Midwest Grant Application Deadline	Oct 15, 2015	Oct 15, 2015		Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Social Justice After Ferguson	Oct 15, 2015	Oct 16, 2015	The GWSS Department is organizing a symposium with several partners across campus titled Social Justice After Ferguson. This symposium includes workshops for students and faculty, lectures, a brown bag lunch, and a panel discussion. The focus of our efforts is to explore the intersections of race, class, gender, violence, civil rights, and the criminal justice system in the United States after the events which took place in Ferguson and subsequent incidents, including the Baltimore Riots of April 25th which have been in the media spotlight.
Scientific Books and their Makers	Oct 16, 2015	Oct 16, 2015	A Symposium Sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for the Book and the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School.	University of IowaMERF 2117Iowa City, IA 52240
Honor de Cavalleria film screening	Oct 16, 2015	Oct 16, 2015	October 16, 2015 Honor de Cavalleria [Honour of the Knights] (Albert Serra, 2006, 104 min.) In Catalán with English subtitles.	University of IowaE105 Adler Journalism BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
The Triangle Club presents Gregory J. Prickman	Oct 18, 2015	Oct 18, 2015	Greg Prickman, Head of Special Collections at the University of Iowa Libraries, is responsible for a remarkable collection of rare books and manuscripts as well as the University Archives. The collection includes 200,000 rare books ranging from the 15th-century to newly created artists’ books, over 800 manuscript collections and 7,000 feet of records documenting University history. He will speak about changes over the past few years, major acquisitions and will look ahead to coming events.	University Athletic Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Don Quixote in the Age of Electronic Reproduction	Oct 22, 2015	Oct 24, 2015	The 2015-16 Obermann-International Programs Humanities Symposium will focus both on Don Quixote in its 17th-century context and also on its long afterlife in world culture, including translation and adaptation to various media. The symposium will feature panel discussions, lectures and presentations by some of the most prestigious specialists in Spanish, Latin American, and global culture. In keeping with University of Iowa’s efforts to engage the growing Latino community in Iowa, the symposium will include a range of activities beyond the purely academic, in Spanish and English.
Why is the Age of Human Rights the Age of Inequality?	Oct 22, 2015	Oct 22, 2015		University of Iowa140 Shaeffer HallIowa City, IA 52242
Man of la Mancha	Oct 24, 2015	Oct 24, 2015	As part of the Obermann-International Programs Humanities Symposium, local director Jason Sazon presents Man of la Mancha at the Riverside Recital Hall. Free & open to the public.	University of IowaRiverside Recital HallIowa City, IA 52242
One Day I’ll Tell You the Things I’ve Seen	Oct 28, 2015	Oct 28, 2015	Dr. Vaquera will be at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City, reading from his collection of short stories called “One Day I’ll Tell You the Things I’ve Seen”, that takes readers around the world, “from the orchards of California to the cornfields of Iowa”.	Prairie Lights Bookstore15 S. Dubuque St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Mary Louise Pratt	Oct 29, 2015	Oct 29, 2015	The Contemporary Literary & Film Theory, and the Circulating Cultures Working Groups are hosting Mary Louise Pratt, former president of the Modern Language Association and a leading cultural theorist. Pratt will deliver the Sixth Charles A. Hale Lecture, titled "Linked In, Left Out, Uplifted, Downloaded: The Ecology of Language in a Globalizing World" which is sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program and co-sponsored by the Obermann Center.	International Commons1117 UCCIowa City, IA 52242
SASP Seminar - Paul Robbins, Professor and Director, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison	Oct 29, 2015	Oct 29, 2015	As era of wildlife “enclosures” draws to a close and the frontiers of conservation begin to extend into wholly humanized landscapes, basic questions arise about the survival of people and other species. Are the Anthropocene landscapes of a quickly-changing planet amenable to the mission of Conservation Biology? Can chaotic, semi-humanized environments be coaxed to protect rare endemic species? When and under what political and economic conditions? Can well-being be assured for wildlife, owners, and workers?	University of IowaUCC 2390Iowa City, IA 52240
Peril and Promise: Immigration and US/Mexico Borderland Culture	Oct 29, 2015	Oct 29, 2015	Dr. Vaquera will present a lecture and discussion titled “Peril and Promise: Immigration and US/Mexico Borderland Culture”. This will accompany a screening of an episode of the PBS series “Latino Americans”.	Kirkwood Community CollegeCommunity Commons1816 Lower Muscatine RoadIowa City, IA 52242
Music Is the Word: Spanish culture’s impact on Russian literature and music	Nov 04, 2015	Nov 04, 2015	A conversation about the influence of Don Quixote and Spanish culture on 19th century Russian literature and music with UI adjunct professor Anna Barker and pianist Sasha Burdin.	Iowa City Public LIbraryMeeting Room A-CIowa City, IA 52240
*Post45**	Nov 06, 2015	Nov 07, 2015	Post45 is a collective of scholars working on American literature and culture since 1945. The group was founded in 2006 and has met annually since to discuss new work in the field. This meeting of scholars is organized by Prof. Loren Glass (English).
Op Ed Project Workshop	Nov 07, 2015	Nov 08, 2015
Getting Comfortable with Uncomfortable Topics in the Teaching and Learning Experience	Nov 13, 2015	Nov 13, 2015	Faculty Senate, along with the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and the Center for Teaching, will sponsor an Inclusion Teach-In (“Getting Comfortable with Uncomfortable Topics in the Teaching and Learning Experience”) on Friday, November 13, 9:00 am-1:30 pm, in room 2520D of the University Capitol Centre. This event is open to all individuals who teach on our campus. No registration is required. Additional details about speakers, etc., can be found on the Faculty Senate website, http://www.uiowa.edu/facultysenate/.	University Capitol Center2520DIowa City, IA 52240
The Triangle Club presents Timothy Hankewich and Jeff Collier	Nov 15, 2015	Nov 15, 2015	With the announcement of a new CEO, Jeff Collier, Timothy Hankewich will speak on new frontiers for the orchestra. He will address the question: “what does new leadership mean for Orchestra Iowa?” Jeff Collier will also speak. Socializer begins at 11:30am, brunch begins at 12:00pm, and the program begins at 12:45pm. Brunch is $20.50/person and Annual Dues are $10/person. Please make checks out to The Triangle Club and sent to Doris Preucil to arrive by Tuesday, November 10: Doris Preucil 317 Windsor Drive Iowa City, IA 52245.	The University Athletic Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
The Costs of Success: Rap Music, Money, & Civics	Nov 16, 2015	Nov 16, 2015	From the moment that it appeared, rap music focused on money. Many commentators used this preoccupation to suggest a moral failing in the music. Touching on recordings from four decades, Michael Hill shows that while bling dominated mainstream perceptions of the art form, rappers themselves were conflicted about riches. He argues that rap’s varied portraits of cash constitute a meditation on civic options in post-civil rights era America. Hill will be in conversation with Andre Perry, Executive Director of The Englert Theatre and Co-Founder/Director of Mission Creek Festival.	Iowa City Public LibraryMeeting Room AIowa City, IA 52240
Berg's Lulu: Opera Studies lecture series for the Met Live in HD	Nov 18, 2015	Nov 18, 2015	Wednesday, November 18, 2015, UCC 2520D, Berg’s Lulu Lecture by Matthew Arndt	International ProgramsUCC 2520DIowa City, IA 52240
"Text as Data": A talk by Justin Grimmer	Nov 20, 2015	Nov 20, 2015	The Iowa Social Science Research Center and our cosponsors are pleased to invite you to a workshop on November 20 from 9-12 with Justin Grimmer from Stanford University that will cover the treatment of text as data. Text as data methods are increasingly used across fields in the social sciences and humanities. This workshop will provide an introduction to text as data methods, highlight promising applications, and discuss common misconceptions. Participants will learn how to do basic text processing and how to apply some of the most commonly used text as data methods.	University of Iowa427 EPBIowa City, IA 52242
In conversation with Taylor Mac	Dec 02, 2015	Dec 02, 2015	A public conversation with actor Taylor Mac.	FilmScene118 E. College St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Marilynne Robinson presents "The American Scholar Now"	Dec 09, 2015	Dec 09, 2015	As part of the Creative Matters series, Marilynne Robinson will give a lecture titled "The American Scholar Now," on December 9 from 5:30-6:30 pm at The Englert Theatre. This event is free and open to the public.	The Englert Theatre221 E. Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Last Dash Holiday Fundraiser	Dec 20, 2015	Dec 20, 2015	Join Iowa City-based band HomeBrewed and Kevin BF Burt for the Last Dash Holiday Fundraiser. Admission is 3 non-perishable food items or a minimum donation of $5 at the door. More information can be found here. The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies is a non-financial co-sponsor of this event.	The Mill120 E. Burlington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Cultural and Textual Exchanges: The Manuscript Across Pre-Modern Eurasia	Jan 01, 2016	May 31, 2017	Cultural and Textual Exchanges: The Manuscript Across Pre-Modern Eurasia Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar
Bizet's Les pecheurs de perles: Opera Studies lecture series for the Met Live in HD	Jan 13, 2016	Jan 13, 2016	Wednesday, January 13, 2016, UCC 2390, 5:30 pm, Bizet’s Les pecheurs de perles Lecture by Katherine Eberle	International ProgramsUCC 2520DIowa City, IA 52240
4CAST 2016: Bridging Art and Sciences: STEAM Education in a Digital World	Jan 14, 2016	Jan 14, 2016	4CAST ’16, the ninth annual teaching technologies event for faculty members will be held on Thursday, January 14, 2016. Each January, the Campus Academic Strategies and Technology (4CAST) event brings together faculty from across all disciplines to examine how learning technologies can be leveraged to engage students, make connections between instructors and support staff, and identify the educational potential of new technology.	2520 UCC200 South Capitol StreetIowa City, IA 52240
The Triangle Club presents Dr. Amy Lee	Jan 17, 2016	Jan 17, 2016	Dr. Amy Lee, Professor, Departments of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Otolaryngology and Neurology, will present a talk on "Understanding the causes and cures of hearing loss: research at the University of Iowa". Socializer begins at 11:30am, Brunch is at 12:00pm, and the Program begins at 12:45pm. Annual dues are $10/person and brunch is $20.50/person. Please make checks out to The Triangle Club and mail to Doris Preucil at 317 Windsor Drive Iowa City, IA 52245.	The University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Historians and Abortion: A Conversation between Professors Linda Kerber and Johnna Schoen	Jan 22, 2016	Jan 22, 2016	Please join us for a conversation between Professors Linda Kerber and Johanna Schoen who will be discussing Professor Schoen's new book, Abortion After Roe. A light lunch will be provided.	302 Schaeffer Hall20 East Washington StreetIowa City, IA 52242
To(get)her Closing Performance	Jan 22, 2016	Jan 22, 2016	Please come to the closing reception and live performance of To(get)her! The installation will be open to the public Tuesday, January 19- Friday, January 22. The live performance and reception will take place from 6-8 PM on the 22nd of January.
Abortion After Roe reading and discussion	Jan 25, 2016	Jan 25, 2016	Please join us for Professor Johanna Schoen's reading & discussion of her new book Abortion After Roe. The book chronicles and analyzes what the new legal status and changing political environment have meant for abortion providers and their patients.	Prairie Lights15 South Dubuque StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Tim McCollow from Milwaukee's Urban Garden program	Feb 04, 2016	Feb 04, 2016	Tim McCollow, project manager for Milwaukee's Urban Garden program HOME GR/OWN initiative, will discuss Milwakuee's urban food movement, and demonstrate how city vacancies and neighborhoods have been transformed with healthy food access and greenspace developments. McCollow comes to his work in community food systems through a non-traditional path. Trained as a zoologist and environmental/energy analyst, Tim spent over 2 decades managing natural gas purchasing and risk management for WE Energies prior to starting in the City's Office of Environmental Sustainability in 2010.	100 Phillips Hall16 N. Clinton StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Teaching Sustainability - Across the Disciplines	Feb 05, 2016	Feb 05, 2016	Environmental Issues for Every University of Iowa Classroom A Day of Ideas for All Who Teach at the UI How Can YOU Teach Environmental Issues in Any Course? How Can We as Educators Help Solve vs Perpetuate (or Ignore) Problems When It Comes to the Environment? Colleagues share ideas from a single assignment to an entire class Friday, February 5, 2016 Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room A 10:30-3:30	Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room A123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52240
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of a Revolution	Feb 11, 2016	Feb 11, 2016	You are invited to attend a free screening of "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of a Revolution". The screening will include a panel discussion featuring Keisha N. Blain (Assistant Professor of History), David McCartney (University Archivist, Department of Special Collections), and Richard Brent Turner (Professor of Religion and African American Studies). Doors will open at 3:30pm. This event is co-sponsored by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.	Illinois Room (348 IMU)Iowa Memorial Union125 North Madison StreetIowa City, IA 52242
How Housing Impacts the Health of a Community	Feb 16, 2016	Feb 16, 2016	A conversation between Sally Scott (Public Policy Center), Barbara Baquero (Community & Behavioral Health), and Maryann Dennis (Housing Fellowship). This event will take place on the sixth floor of MidWestONE Bank in downtown Iowa City. Scott, Baquero, and Dennis will consider why, in Iowa City, affording a place to rent or buy is getting harder. Why is there a shortage of affordable housing, and what is the impact on families in Johnson County? Can we flip the stigma of "low-income housing" on its head and think about affordable housing an essential community asset?	MidWestone Bank, 6th floor conference room102 S. Clinton StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Rhetoric Seminar with Deirdre Egan (GWSS)	Feb 18, 2016	Feb 18, 2016	Deirdre Egan (GWSS) presents "Biological concepts of race in the twenty-first century". Anthropologists and biologists describe human genetic variation in fundamentally the same way but disagree on the issue of whether the level of differentiation constitutes something that can be called race. Why? And why do scientists of all stripes keep finding themselves called upon to refute insupportable and potentially dangerous claims about genetically based racial differences in behavior? This paper explores some of the configurations of race in the biological sciences in the genomic age.	Obermann Center Library111 Church StIowa City, IA 52240
Darwin Day events	Feb 19, 2016	Feb 20, 2016	The Obermann Center is once again a co-sponsor of the Iowa City Darwin Day, a grand celebration of science and its many contributions to humanity! As in previous years, this year we welcome a slate of world-renowned scientists who will share their research in a series of professional seminars and public talks. More information about the two-day event can be found here. All events are free and open to the public.
The Triangle Club presents Dimy Doresca	Feb 21, 2016	Feb 21, 2016	The Triangle Club presents Dimy Doresca, Director of the Institute for International Business in the Tippie College of Business. In addition to his directorship, Mr. Doresca is a lecturer in the Department of Management and Organizations and the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center. From 2005 to 2012 he was an international operations analyst at Stanley consultants in Muscatine, Iowa. Mr. Doresca’s topic will be “Helping Iowa Companies Go Global”.
An Introduction to Georgian Traditional Music	Feb 25, 2016	Feb 25, 2016	The Anchiskhati Choir, the world's leading exponent of Georgian polyphonic choral music, will give a free, public lecture-demonstration entitled “An Introduction to Georgian Traditional Music” at the University Capitol Center Recital Hall (1670 UCC). That evening at 7:30 pm, the group will give a free-will offering concert at St. Raphael Orthodox Church, 722 East College Street, followed by a free reception with Georgian food. On February 26, the singers will visit choruses at three high schools in town: City, West, and Regina.
Anchiskhati Choir Georgian Chant Choir	Feb 25, 2016	Feb 25, 2016	The Anchiskhati Choir is the world's leading exponent of Georgian polyphonic choral music. The choir members specialize in singing the ancient Georgian sacred and secular songs, with the authentic instrumental accompaniment, described by the US magazine, The World & I, as "diamonds polished by time" (March 2003). The group will give a free-will offering concert at St. Raphael Orthodox Church, 722 East College Street, followed by a free reception with Georgian food. On February 26, the singers will visit choruses at three high schools in town: City, West, and Regina.	St. Raphael Orthodox Church722 E. College St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Taking It to the Streets: Celebrating 10 Years of the Obermann Graduate Institute	Mar 03, 2016	Mar 04, 2016	This two day event will offer keynotes by visiting scholars and engagement experts Adam Bush, Provost of College Unbound, and Jennifer Scott, Director of the Jane Addams-Hull House. Several roundtables will feature alumni of the Obermann Graduate Institute who will present their work and share in conversation about issues of sustainability, reciprocity, funding, collaboration, engagement v. outreach, and other topics. The overarching topics of the roundtables are:
Cultivating Our Resilient Humanities Community - NHA visit establishes pilot program	Mar 03, 2016	Mar 03, 2016	On March 3, a group of thirty scholars, librarians, business owners, and arts administrators sat down to talk about their current and future work in supporting the humanities in Eastern Iowa. Convened by leaders from the National Humanities Alliance, including Stephen Kidd, Executive Director, and Matthew Van Hoose, Project Director (pictured) with assistance from the Obermann Center, the meeting had the dual goal of promoting new collaborations and documenting the ways in which the humanities already play an important role in the public life of our region.
Creativity for a Lifetime	Mar 09, 2016	Mar 09, 2016	Presently, the field of aging is undergoing a major conceptual shift. On average, we are living 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did, and fueled by a new understanding of creativity, a more hopeful picture of later life is starting to emerge as well. While it is essential that we continually redefine ourselves as we age, it is equally important that younger generations are provided admirable models to envision the span of their lives too. How can intergenerational connections become more valued? What do we know about creativity and the aging brain?	Johnson Co. Senior Center28 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52240
The Triangle Club presents "Music and Magic Lanterns"	Mar 20, 2016	Mar 20, 2016	The Triangle Club presents "Music and Magic Lanterns" which includes the Red Cedar Chamber Music accompanied by Michael Zahs, historian, and John Hegarty, narrator. The members of Red Cedar Chamber Music include Jan Boland (flute), Miera Kim (violin), John Dowdall (guitar), and Carey Bostian (cello). This will be a multi-media presentation featuring narration, magic lantern slides from the historic Brenton Collection, and chamber works inspired by the slides. Socializer begins at 11:30am, Bruch begins at 12:00pm, and the Program begins at 12:45pm.	University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
University of Iowa »Event Details Under the Hood with HeartStrings/Rhapsodie String Quartet	Mar 23, 2016	Mar 23, 2016	Join the Rhapsodie String Quartet, Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Director of Education and Community Engagement Programs Kathryn Schwarzmann, and board-certified music therapistLaurie Farnan in a conversation that explores their award-winning, music therapy-informed community engagement program HeartStrings. HeartStrings is the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s award-winning, music therapy-informed community engagement program that serves children and adults with special needs, including developmental and physical disabilities, long-term illnesses, assisted living needs, and dementia.
We Did So Much Beyond the Home: Jewish Women & Community Life in Iowa	Mar 24, 2016	Mar 24, 2016	WE DID SO MUCH BEYOND THE HOME: JEWISH WOMEN AND COMMUNITY LIFE IN IOWA A talk by Jeannette Gabriel, Graduate Research Assistant, Jewish Women in Iowa Project, Iowa Women’s Archives Join us to hear the untold stories of Jewish women's involvement in community activities throughout Iowa history, whether in cities with robust Jewish populations or in small towns where only one or two Jewish families lived. Thursday, March 24, 2016 4:00-5:30 p.m. Iowa Women’s Archives, 3rd Floor, Main Library, University of Iowa
Jakobsen Graduate Student Conference	Mar 26, 2016	Mar 26, 2016
Ida Beam lecture, Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Felicia Rice	Mar 28, 2016	Mar 28, 2016	On March 28, the University of Iowa welcomes Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professors Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Felicia Rice. Gómez-Peña is a performance artist whose live art, video, radio, photography, and writing have earned acclaim -- and many awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship -- over the past thirty years. He is the artistic director of the transnational performance collective La Pocha Nostra.
Transformation, Ritual, and DOC/UNDOC: Creating Ritual Objects	Mar 29, 2016	Mar 29, 2016	On 28 March, the University of Iowa welcomes Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professors Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Felicia Rice. Gómez-Peña is a performance artist whose work in the media of live art, video, radio, photography, and writing have earned acclaim -- and many awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship -- over the past thirty years. He is artistic director of the transnational performance collective La Pocha Nostra.
Felicia Rice, “DOC/UNDOC: Collaboration and Metamorphosis"	Mar 30, 2016	Mar 30, 2016	On March 31, the University of Iowa welcomes Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professors Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Felicia Rice. Gómez-Peña is a performance artist whose live art, video, radio, photography, and writing have earned acclaim -- and many awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship -- over the past thirty years. He is the artistic director of the transnational performance collective La Pocha Nostra.	Special CollectionsMain LibraryIowa City, IA 52242
Guillermo Gómez-Peña, "Multiple Journeys: The Life of Gómez-Peña”	Mar 31, 2016	Mar 31, 2016	Gómez-Peña is a performance artist whose work in the media of live art, video, radio, photography, and writing have earned acclaim -- and many awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship -- over the past thirty years. He is artistic director of the transnational performance collective La Pocha Nostra.	University of Iowa240 Art Building WestIowa City, IA 52242
Are U a Good Neighbor?	Apr 01, 2016	Apr 01, 2016	Join us at the Iowa City Public Library to hear from guest speakers from Philadelphia, Chicago and Minneapolis who have tackled issues of university/community engagement around affordable housing and inclusive development. Johnson County is the most expensive county for housing in the state of Iowa. Low and moderate-income households in Iowa City and Coralville are finding it difficult to find an affordable a place to rent or own. How can the University of Iowa help address this issue?	Iowa City Public LIbrary123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Summer seminar application deadline	Apr 05, 2016	Apr 05, 2016
Doing Global History Locally: German Iowa & the Global Midwest	Apr 06, 2016	Apr 06, 2016	What does it mean to do global history locally? Historian Glenn Penny talks with Marlin Ingalls, architectural historian of the Office of the State Archaeologist, about the global history hidden in Iowa’s soil and its built environment, and about the ways in which students participating in the project German Iowa and the Global Midwest are helping to enrich Iowa’s history.	Obermann Center Library111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Donizetti's Roberto Devereux: Opera Studies lecture series for the Met Live in HD	Apr 06, 2016	Apr 06, 2016	Wednesday, April 6, 2016, UCC 2520D, 5:30 pm, Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux. Lecture by Miriam Gilbert	International ProgramsUCC 2520DIowa City, IA 52240
Lisa Jane Persky - POROI event	Apr 07, 2016	Apr 07, 2016	Special Mission Creek POROI Seminar L I S A J A N E P E R S K Y Journalist, Artist, Photographer A chapter from her memoir in progress "Miami Songbook: (The Voice of The Baby Scorpion)" Thursday, April 7, 2016 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Obermann Center, 111 Church St
Craft Critique Culture Graduate Student Conference	Apr 08, 2016	Apr 09, 2016
PHD Pathways: An Informal Discussion for Humanities Graduate Students and Faculty Interested in Exploring Routes to Diverse Careers	Apr 14, 2016	Apr 14, 2016	The statistics about faculty job placement for humanities PhDs are familiar, daunting, and depressing. But exploring alternative careers doesn't have to be. Join this informal discussion with guest speaker Anne Valk, Associate Director for Public Humanities in the Center for Learning in Action and Lecturer in the History Department at Williams College, about diverse careers opportunities and strategies for finding a job you can love.
Oral History and Graduate Studies in Publicly Engaged Scholarship	Apr 14, 2016	Apr 14, 2016	Anne Valk is the Associate Director for Public Humanities in the Center for Learning in Action and Lecturer in the History Department at Williams College. She is also President of the national Oral History Association. A historian by training, Valk specializes in 20th-century US social history. She has held positions as a tenured faculty member, a center director, a campus administrator, a leader of national boards, and a nationally recognized public humanities scholar.
Fashioning Circuits - A Digital Bridges Workshop	Apr 15, 2016	Apr 15, 2016
Strauss's Elektra: Opera Studies lecture for the Met Live in HD	Apr 27, 2016	Apr 27, 2016	Wednesday, April 27, 2016, UCC 2520D, 5:30 pm, Strauss’s Elektra Lecture by Nathan Platte	International ProgramsUCC 2520DIowa City, IA 52240
Watershed: A Symposium on Dance, Science, Activism, and the Future of Water in Iowa	Apr 29, 2016	Apr 29, 2016	A Free Public Symposium Dancers in Company (DIC), the touring dance company of the University of Iowa Department of Dance, presents “Watershed: Dance, Science, Activism and the Future of Water in Iowa,” a free public symposium featuring dance performances, a panel discussion, participatory activities and a keynote talk by Bill Stowe, Director of the Des Moines Water Works, on Friday, April 29, 10:00am-2:30pm at the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) Amphitheatre on the University of Iowa (UI) campus.
From Cornfields to Cliffs and In Between	Apr 30, 2016	Apr 30, 2016	Daily Palette artists reimagine Iowa's landscape.. Artists: Alexis Dwyer, Sandra Louise Dyas, Regan Golden, Thomas C. Jackson, Diane Blair Kunzler, Halle Siepman, & Grant William Thye Currated by Emily Kerrigan dailypaletteblog.wordpress.com	Old Capitol Museum21 Old CapitolUniversity of IowaIowa City, IA 52242
Iowa Women's Archives fundraising event	May 12, 2016	May 12, 2016	Where The Mill Iowa City, 120 E. Burlington St (http://icmill.com/) Guest artists Tom Mason, Nashville-based master musician and songwriter (http://www.tommason.net/) and HomeBrewed, an IC Rockabilly, Rock and Blues Band (http://homebrewedic.com/) Cost Suggested donation: $10 at the door for adults, $5 for students
BAM!	Jun 06, 2016	Jun 08, 2016	Linking the Big Ancient Mediterranean, June 6-8, 2016
Project Management Workshop with Leah Nahmias (invitation only)	Aug 16, 2016	Aug 16, 2016		Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Videogame Shakespeare: Collaboration and Creativity in Play the Knave	Sep 07, 2016	Sep 07, 2016	Gina Bloom and her collaborators created the Play the Knave video game to draw audiences of all ages into the world of Shakespeare’s plays. The game will be installed at the University of Iowa Library Commons (Group Area D) during the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, September 7. Public participants are welcome to become avatars and play the game in person. Professor Bloom will also give a public lecture that speaks to the general public, high- and middle-school teachers, and college instructors.	UI Main Library & 109 EPBMadison St./Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52242
“Latino: The Changing Face of America” screening and panel discussion	Sep 08, 2016	Sep 08, 2016	Latinos are one of the fastest growing populations in the United States and are currently the largest demographic in California, while in Iowa the Latino community in some counties has grown as much as 400% in the last 15 years. “Latino: The Changing Face of America” briefly explores the Latino experience and history in California, Texas and Iowa. The film touches on issues of education access, migration and immigration status, generational status and political implications of the demographic change.	Callaghan AuditoriumCollege of Public Health BuildingUniversity of IowaIowa City, IA 52245
"How Do Tumors Form and How Do You Stop Them?" —a talk by David Soll	Sep 08, 2016	Sep 08, 2016	This talk is part of the 2016–17 Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series. David Soll is Roy J. and Lucille Carver/Emil Witschi Professor Emeritus of Biology. Lectures are tentatively scheduled to be held in room 101 Biology Building East.	101 Biology Building East210 East Iowa AvenueIowa City, IA 52240
Information Session for the Obermann Graduate Institute on Engagement & the Academy	Sep 08, 2016	Sep 08, 2016	If you are interested in applying for the January 2017 Obermann Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy, please attend this session to meet this year's co-directors and talk to students who participated in last year's Institute.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR DIGITAL HUMANITIES COLLABORATIONS	Sep 16, 2016	Sep 16, 2016	10:30-12:00, “Collaboration-First: New Pathways for Scholarly Production” Location: 1117 UCC, International Program’s Commons / All are welcome—no registration required	1117 UCCUniversity CentreIowa City, IA 52242
"The Political Economy Model: 2016 U.S. Election Forecasts" —a talk by Michael Lewis-Beck	Sep 20, 2016	Sep 20, 2016	This talk is part of the 2016–17 Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series. Michael Lewis Beck is F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science. Lectures are held in room 101 Biology Building East. Coffee and cookies will be served before the lecture. Parking: the University lot at Gilbert St. and Iowa Ave. or the City Ramp on Iowa Ave. between Linn & Gilbert Streets Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council	101 Biology Building East210 East Iowa AvenueIowa City, IA 52240
Hamlet & Quixote: Still Crazy After All These Years	Sep 21, 2016	Sep 21, 2016	Ana Rodríguez-Rodríguez and Blaine Greteman discuss the legacy of Shakespeare and Cervantes 400 years after their deaths.	University of IowaMain LibraryFirst Floor GalleryIowa City, IA 52242
Opportunities Abroad—Why You Should Consider Teaching the Humanities Outside the U.S.	Sep 22, 2016	Sep 22, 2016	Graduate students in the humanities are invited to meet Professor James Lambert as he shares his experience in teaching overseas at the American University of Kuwait—including how to apply for international positions, the benefits and challenges, and the value of international teaching for those ultimately seeking academic careers in the U.S.	Gerber Lounge304 English-Philosophy BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
Workshop: Alternative Careers for American Studies and Interdisciplinary PhDs	Sep 23, 2016	Sep 23, 2016	Joseph Heathcott, a writer, artist, and educator who teaches at The New School for Social Research, will give a workshop titled "Alternative Careers for American Studies and Interdisciplinary PhDs and Using Portfolios in Graduate Work” for graduate students and faculty on Friday, Sept. 23, at 12:30 p.m. in 704 Jefferson Building. This event is sponsored by the Obermann Center's Comparative Ethnic Studies Working Group, Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry, and the Department of American Studies.
Lecture: "A Tale of Two Projects: Race, Neighborhood, & Design in the Twentieth-Century City”	Sep 23, 2016	Sep 23, 2016	Joseph Heathcott, a writer, artist, and educator who teaches at The New School for Social Research, will give a public lecture titled “A Tale of Two Projects: Race, Neighborhood, & Design in the Twentieth-Century City” on Friday, Sept. 23, at 4:00 p.m., in 704 Jefferson Building.
Black and Blue: an Obermann-sponsored talkback with Riverside Theatre	Sep 23, 2016	Sep 23, 2016	The Obermann Center is pleased to sponsor talkbacks during Riverside Theatre's 2016-17 season. Featuring University of Iowa faculty, students, and staff, as well as community partners, these talks will provide a space for reflection and conversation. In the first talkback of the series, Lisa Covington, a PhD candidate in sociology, and Gabriella Blanchard-Shreck, an officer with the University of Iowa Police Department, will be joined in conversation by Sean Christopher Lewis, who wrote and directed the play. For tickets, contact the Riverside Theatre box office: 319-338-7672.
Information Session: Humanities Without Walls Pre-Doctoral Summer Workshop	Sep 28, 2016	Sep 28, 2016	Hear from recent participants in this Andrew Mellon-funded summer program, the Alternative Academic Career Summer Workshops for Pre-doctoral Students in the Humanities. Anu Thapa (Cinematic Arts, CLAS), Angela Toscano (English, CLAS) and Erica Dammen (Environmental Humanities, CLAS) will share their experiences from the three-week workshop and answer questions.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
The Tinkering Humanist	Sep 29, 2016	Sep 29, 2016	Sponsored by Digital Bridges One of the hallmarks of Digital Humanities is the notion of “tinkering,” of exploring new tools and technologies that we can use in our scholarship and teaching. In a series of workshops hosted by the Mellon-funded Digital Bridges team and the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, we will introduce you to these new tools and discuss some ways to implement them into your classes.	UI Main LibraryRoom 1015A125 West WashingtonIowa City, IA 52240
German Iowa & the Global Midwest	Oct 06, 2016	Oct 08, 2016	German Iowa and the Global Midwest explores Iowa’s multicultural history through one of the largest groups of European origin to settle in the state. Through this history, the project illuminates themes of present-day importance, such as bilingualism and anti-immigration sentiment.	Obermann Center111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
The Triangle Club presents "Political Memorabilia - Early 1900's to the Present	Oct 16, 2016	Oct 16, 2016	Dr. William Olin, Professor Emeritus of Otolaryngology, was born in the UP in Michigan. He received his DDS in 1947 from Marquette University, then completed his MS and certificate in orthodontics from the UI College of Dentistry in 1948. Dr. Olin was appointed as an assistant professor at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC). During his early years at UIHC, Dr. Olin established the Division of Craniofacial Anomalies, which at the time was one of the first craniofacial clinics in the U.S. Over the years, he treated countless patients. After 44 years of practice, Dr.	The Athletic Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Starving the Beast: The Battle to Disrupt and Reform America’s Public Universities	Oct 17, 2016	Oct 17, 2016	Starving the Beast: The Battle to Disrupt and Reform America’s Public Universities examines the ongoing power struggle on college campuses and in state legislatures across the nation as political and market-oriented forces push to "disrupt and reform" America’s historic public universities. The film documents a philosophical shift that seeks to reframe public higher education as a value proposition to be borne by the beneficiary of a college degree rather than as a public good for society.	Englert Theatre221 E. Washington StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Singing as Transformational Practice: From Hospice to Prisons	Oct 19, 2016	Oct 19, 2016	What role can singing play in life-altering events? Traditionally, song has been part of celebrations of marriage and birth, woven into the process of dying, and used to mark other periods of change. We have lost much of this relationship to song, but Mary Cohen and Rhonda Miller both use singing to help people who are in periods of transformation--Cohen as director of the Oakdale Community Choir, a combined group of men incarcerated at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center and female and male community members, and Miller as a music therapist at Iowa City Hospice.	Iowa City Public Library, Room ALinn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Opera Studies Forum Talk by Russell Ganim: Don Giovanni's libretto	Oct 20, 2016	Oct 20, 2016	On October 20, please join us for this year's first Opera Studies Forum pre-performance talk on Mozart’s Don Giovanni by Professor Russell Ganim, Director of the Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Professor Ganim specializes in early modern French literature and will be discussing the libretto for Don Giovanni through a consideration of its theatrical contexts.	University Capitol CentreRoom 2520D201 S. Clinton St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Records of African American Experience	Oct 21, 2016	Oct 21, 2016	Presentations by contributors to the new book Invisible Hawkeyes. This program features one scholarly panel and one alumni roundtable. Presenters will draw on their published work in Invisible Hawkeyes to expand on the civil rights history of black students at the University of Iowa. As a concluding event, these public performances will be recorded and included in Black Faces in White Spaces, the digital project that will build upon and expand the textual work commenced by Invisible Hawkeyes.	Iowa City Public Library, "A"Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Digital Humanities Workshop: Social Network Analysis Using Cytoscape	Oct 27, 2016	Oct 27, 2016	Social network analysis is one of the growing areas in digital humanities research. Scholars and teachers are increasingly looking for easy-to-use software to visualize connections and relationships. In this workshop, you will learn the basic theory behind social network analysis including how to generate and insert data. We will create visualizations of some data provided by the instructor or you can bring your own! We will conclude by considering the pedagogical possibilities of social network analysis for the humanities classroom.
"The Why, How, and What of 60 Years of Rare Book Collecting" —a talk by Arthur Bonfield	Oct 27, 2016	Oct 27, 2016	This talk is part of the 2016–17 Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series. Arthur E. Bonfield is Allan D. Vestal Chair and Associate Dean Emeritus of the UI College of Law. Lectures are tentatively scheduled to be held in room 101 Biology Building East.	101 Biology Building East210 East Iowa AvenueIowa City, IA 52240
Being Muslim in America: Panel discussion	Nov 03, 2016	Nov 03, 2016	In conjunction with the exhibit, Have No Fear: Islamaphobia in the 21st Century, which is on display at the Old Capitol Museum through January. Featuring College of Law Professor Adrien Wing, writer/activist Shams Ghoneim and President of the Muslim Student Association, Mohammad Ismail, the panel will be followed by discussion.	Old Capitol Senate Chambers21 Old CapitolIowa City, IA 52242
Mellon-Sawyer Lecture by Michael Friedrich: Ancient & Medieval Chinese Manuscripts	Nov 04, 2016	Nov 04, 2016	"Ancient and Medieval Chinese Manuscripts": A talk by Michael Friedrich, Universität Hamburg, Department of Chinese Language and Culture; Director, Research Group on the Manuscript Cultures of Asia, Africa, and Europe, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures 10:30 a.m. – noon Free and open to the public.	347 Iowa Memorial UnionMinnesota RoomUniversity of IowaIowa City, IA 52242
Mellon-Sawyer Lecture by Zsuzsanna Gulacsi: The Formation of Manichaean Book Culture in Its Eurasian Context	Nov 04, 2016	Nov 04, 2016	“From Picture Books to Illuminated Manuscripts: The Formation of Manichaean Book Culture in Its Eurasian Context”: A talk by Zsuzsanna Gulacsi, Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, Northern Arizona University 1:00–2:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.	347 Iowa Memorial UnionMinnesota RoomUniversity of IowaIowa City, IA 52242
Broad Perspectives - A Witching Hour Event	Nov 05, 2016	Nov 05, 2016	Female-only collectives, spaces, gatherings and groups offer their female participants a different perspective. Why do women seek out female-only spaces? Is it sexist to leave males out? What is different about how these collectives operate and what is different about what is offered, learned, or created?	Prairie Lights Bookstore15 S. Dubuque StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Water, Prairies, and Climate Change: Iowa’s Environment in Historical Perspective	Nov 08, 2016	Nov 08, 2016		Old Capitol Museum, Senate ChamberUniversity of IowaIowa City, IA 52241
Digital Humanities Workshop: Digital Publishing with Scalar	Nov 10, 2016	Nov 10, 2016	More information to come. This Digital Bridges–sponsored workshop is open to all faculty, staff, graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduate students interested in the digital humanities.
"Shakespeare and 'the Likeness of a Jew': Shylock, Fagin, Disraeli" —a talk by Miriam Gilbert	Nov 10, 2016	Nov 10, 2016	This talk is part of the 2016–17 Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series. Miriam Gilbert is Professor Emeritus of English. Lectures are tentatively scheduled to be held in room 101 Biology Building East.	101 Biology Building East210 East Iowa AvenueIowa City, IA 52240
Opera Studies presents James Martin	Nov 10, 2016	Nov 10, 2016	James Martin, Professor of Music at Cornell College will give a presentation on Wagner’s Parsifal titled “Wagner's Parsifal's American religious provocations: From immoral to Christian.” This lecture will be presented in cooperation with the German Iowa and the Global Midwest events. This is Act I of a Parsifal season for the Opera Studies Forum. In early spring semester Marian Wilson Kimber of the UI School of Music will be presenting Act II, a paper titled “Reciting Parsifal: Opera as Spoken Word Performance in America.”	UCC 2520D200 South Capitol StreetIowa City, IA 52242
The Taming: an Obermann-sponsored talkback with Riverside Theatre	Nov 10, 2016	Nov 10, 2016	The Obermann Center is pleased to sponsor talkbacks during Riverside Theatre's 2016-17 season. Featuring University of Iowa faculty, students, and staff, as well as community partners, these talks will provide a space for reflection and conversation.
The Unreliable Bestiary: A Multimedia Artwork by Deke Weaver	Nov 16, 2016	Nov 16, 2016	The Performance Studies Working Group welcomes Deke Weaver, who will present his multi-part, multimedia artwork The Unreliable Bestiary on 11/16, at 3:30 p.m., in 301 Van Allen Hall. Faculty and students invested in animal, environmental, and sustainability studies -- as well in theater and performance art -- will be especially compelled by Weaver's work.	301 Van Allen HallClinton StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Digital Humanities Workshop: Digital Archiving with Omeka	Nov 17, 2016	Nov 17, 2016	More information to come. This Digital Bridges–sponsored workshop is open to all faculty, staff, graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduate students interested in the digital humanities.
The Triangle Club presents David Gould	Nov 20, 2016	Nov 20, 2016	Dr. David Gould presents "The Sixteen Week Experiment". David Gould, UI Honors Faculty and Administrator, just completed three years as the University’s first Obermann Center Public Scholar, after spending 14 months working with the Downtown Project. The Downtown Project is an organization dedicated to transforming Downtown Las Vegas into the most community-focused large city in the world – led by Tony Hsieh, Zappos.com CEO. Mr.	University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Performing Natality: Hannah Arendt, the Holocaust, and Theatre of Action	Nov 29, 2016	Nov 29, 2016	The Obermann Performance Studies Working Group invites you to attend a lecture by historian Dr. Erika Hughes on 11/29 at 12:30 p.m. in LR2 Van Allen Hall. In "Performing Natality: Hannah Arendt, the Holocaust, and Theatre of Action," Hughes uses Hannah Arendt’s concept of natality to illustrate how performances about the Holocaust that prominently feature young protagonists might create a political theatre of action.	LR2 Van Allen HallIowa AvenueIowa City, IA 52242
Digital Humanities Workshop: Mapping Time with Timemapper	Dec 01, 2016	Dec 01, 2016	More information to come. This Digital Bridges–sponsored workshop is open to all faculty, staff, graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduate students interested in the digital humanities.
Digital Humanities Workshop: Mapping the World with QGIS	Dec 08, 2016	Dec 08, 2016	More information to come. This Digital Bridges–sponsored workshop is open to all faculty, staff, graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduate students interested in the digital humanities.
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series presents Laird Addis	Dec 08, 2016	Dec 08, 2016	Laird Addis, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, will present "Nietzsche and Nazism". The talk takes place in 101 Biology Building East with parking in the Iowa Avenue Ramp. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council.	101 Biology Building East210 East Iowa AvenueIowa City, IA 52240
Becoming Less Alone - Changing the Conversation about Mental Health	Dec 08, 2016	Dec 08, 2016		Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
“The End of the Manuscript? Buddhism and Early Printing in Asia”	Dec 16, 2016	Dec 16, 2016	A lecture by TH Barrett, Professor Emeritus, Department of Religions and Philosophies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London. This is part of the Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Cultural and Textual Exchanges: The Manuscript Across Premodern Eurasia.	2520-D University Capitol CentreClinton StreetIowa City, IA 52240
“Aspects of Old Uyghur Printed Texts: Corpus, Technique, Dating, Production, Use and Sponsoring”	Dec 16, 2016	Dec 16, 2016	A lecture by Abdurishid Yakup, Professor, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences; Distinguished Professor and Dean, School of Minority Languages and Literatures, Central University of Nationalities, Beijing. This lecture is part of the Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Cultural and Textual Exchanges: The Manuscript Across Premodern Eurasia.	2520-D University Capitol CentreClinton StreetIowa City, IA 52240
The Triangle Club presents "The Design and Programs for the New Voxman Music Building" by David Gier	Jan 15, 2017	Jan 15, 2017	Professor David Gier is the Director of The University of Iowa Voxman School of Music. He also serves in the office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development in a role that works on initiatives to support arts and the humanities, such as the “Creative Matters” Lecture Series. He is also the Principal trombonist of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra. His recording of mixed chamber music featuring trombone, Toot tooT, was released on the Albany Record label.
Murder and Mayhem in 13th-Century France — a talk by Constance Berman	Jan 17, 2017	Jan 17, 2017	This talk is part of the 2016–17 Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council. Constance Berman is Professor Emerita in the Department of History. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. Parking: the University lot at Gilbert St. & Iowa Ave. or the city ramp on Iowa Ave., between Linn and Gilbert Streets.	101 Biology Building East210 East Iowa Ave.Iowa City, IA 52240
“From Damage to Discovery via Virtual Unwrapping: Reading the Scroll from En-Gedi” — a talk by Brent Seales	Jan 20, 2017	Jan 20, 2017	This public lecture is part of the 2016-17 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar: "Cultural and Textual Exchanges: The Manuscript Across Premodern Eurasia," which brings to UI an internationally recognized roster of experts in the manuscript cultures of Eurasia [400-1500 CE].	2520D University Capitol Centre200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52240
"The Secrets of Herculaneum Papyri Revealed" — a talk by Vito Mocella	Jan 20, 2017	Jan 20, 2017	“The Quest of Lost Ancient Literature: The Secrets of Herculaneum Papyri Revealed Through Synchrotron Based Techniques” is part of the 2016-17 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar: "Cultural and Textual Exchanges: The Manuscript Across Premodern Eurasia," which brings to UI an internationally recognized roster of experts in the manuscript cultures of Eurasia [400-1500 CE]. This talk is free and open to the public.	2520D University Capitol Centre200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Shelter Dogs, Stealth, and Physical Activity: The Gisolfi Lecture with Katie Becofsky	Jan 27, 2017	Jan 27, 2017		Medical Alumni AuditoriumE331 General HospitalIowa City, IA 52242
Reciting "Parsifal": Opera as Spoken Word Performance in America	Feb 02, 2017	Feb 02, 2017	On Thursday, February 2, Marian Wilson Kimber (UI School of Music) will give a research talk, “Reciting Parsifal: Opera as Spoken Word Performance in America,” at 5:30 p.m., in Room 2, Voxman Music Building.	Voxman Music Bldg, Room 293 East Burlington StreetIowa City, IA 52240
"The Six Manuscript Traditions of the Sasanian Kingdom"—a Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture	Feb 03, 2017	Feb 03, 2017	Kevin van Bladel, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Near East Languages and Cultures at Ohio State University, will give a public lecture on the six manuscript traditions of the Sasanian Kingdom as part of the 2016–17 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar.	151 Voxman Music Building93 E. Burlington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
"From Parchment to 'Big Data'"—a Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture	Feb 03, 2017	Feb 03, 2017	Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, researcher at the Institute for Medieval Research in the Division of Byzantine Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, will give a public lecture on the methods and tools for a computational history of medieval Afro-Eurasia as part of the 2016–17 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar. Abstract:	151 Voxman Music Building93 E. Burlington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
National Humanities Alliance Mapping Project meeting	Feb 08, 2017	Feb 10, 2017	Co-sponsored by the Obermann Center and the OVPR.
Sho Sugita - Poetry reading	Feb 09, 2017	Feb 09, 2017	Sho Sugita translates Japanese poems of avant-garde movements of the Taisho Era. Learn more about his work here: http://shosugita.net/. Members of the Obermann Center Translation Working Group were instrumental in organizing this reading.	Prairie LightsDubuque StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream	Feb 13, 2017	Feb 13, 2017		Iowa City Public Library, Room ALinn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Videos of Recent Obermann Conversations	Feb 15, 2017	Nov 16, 2020	Neighborhood NESTS: Building Community-Education Partnerships \| April 7, 2021 — with Megan Alter (NESTS co-founder), Missie Forbes (Executive Director, 4Cs of Johnson County), and Peggy Schwab (NESTS program manager and 2020-21 Obermann Spelman Rockefeller Community Scholar).
Aging in Place: Keeping Older Johnson County Residents in Our Neighborhoods	Feb 15, 2017	Feb 15, 2017	Join Nancy Hauserman (Professor Emeritus, College of Business), Susan Shullaw (strategic communications consultant), Mercedes Bern-Klug (John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar and Director of Aging Studies), and Teresa Mangum (Professor of Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies and Director, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies) for a discussion about the value of mixed-demographic neighborhoods and how to help Johnson County seniors continue to live independently in their homes.	Iowa City Public LibraryRoom A123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Public Lecture: Playful Data, Empowered Publics	Feb 16, 2017	Feb 16, 2017	We are all swimming in data—demographic, participation, government, social media data—but few understand what to do with it. Even governments’ and foundations’ open data portals rarely focus on use, usability, building community, or creating impact, leaving a significant lag in data literacy at the scale of communities and individuals.	Iowa Memorial Union, Minnesota Room (347)125 N. Madison St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Workshop: Creative Data Storytelling 101	Feb 17, 2017	Feb 17, 2017	Looking for creative ways to present data, empower communities, and make your case? Data storytelling connects numbers and analysis to people in evocative, meaningful ways. In this four-hour workshop led by Catherine D’Ignazio, Assistant Professor of Civic Media and Data Visualization at Emerson College, you will learn the basics of data analysis and visualization using a range of methods and engaging in creative, hands-on activities. These include:	474 Van Allen Hall, UI Campus30 N. Dubuque St.Iowa City, IA 52242
"From Birch Bark to Palm Leaves"—a Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture	Feb 17, 2017	Feb 17, 2017	Richard Salomon, Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington, will give a public lecture titled “From Birch Bark to Palm Leaves: The Evolution of the Earliest Surviving Buddhist Manuscript Tradition” as part of the 2016–17 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar. Abstract:	2520D University Capitol Centre200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52240
"Tracing Pali and Thai Manuscripts from Japan to Ireland"—a Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture	Feb 17, 2017	Feb 17, 2017	Justin McDaniel, Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, will give a public lecture titled “Tracing Pali and Thai Manuscripts from Japan to Ireland: Collections, Collectors, and Connections” as part of the 2016–17 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar. Abstract:	2520D University Capitol Centre200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52240
“In a Woman’s Voice: Musical Readings by American Women”—a lecture-recital	Feb 17, 2017	Feb 17, 2017	Former Obermann Fellow and Associate Professor of Musicology Marian Wilson Kimber will present a lecture-recital, “In a Woman’s Voice: Musical Readings by American Women,” on Friday, February 17, 1:30 pm, in room 2 of the Voxman Music Building.	Voxman Music Building, Room 293 E. Burlington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
“The Tibetan Book and Its Precursors”—a Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture	Feb 17, 2017	Feb 17, 2017	Jim Canary, Head of Conservation at the Lilly Library, University of Indiana, will give a public lecture titled “The Tibetan Book and Its Precursors” as part of the 2016–17 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar. Abstract:	2520D University Capitol Centre200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Mission to Mars: Healthcare Issues Surrounding Interplanetary Travel—a talk by Carol Scott-Conner	Feb 21, 2017	Feb 21, 2017	This talk is part of the 2016–17 Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council. Carol Scott-Conner, MD, is Professor Emerita and former head of surgery in the Carver College of Medicine. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. Parking: the University lot at Gilbert St. & Iowa Ave. or the city ramp on Iowa Ave., between Linn and Gilbert Streets.	101 Biology Building East210 East Iowa Ave.Iowa City, IA 52240
Introduction to Met Live production of "Rusalka"	Feb 23, 2017	Feb 23, 2017	On Thursday, February 23, Katherine Eberle Fink will present "Introduction to Met Live production of Rusalka" at 5:30 p.m. in Room 2, Voxman Music Bldg. Opera Studies Forum is presenting an exciting lineup of topics on Opera from the 18th-century divas to the 20th-century operas Rusalka and La Fanciulla del West. The first two talks on Feb. 2 and 23 will take place in the brand new Voxman Music Building on Burlington and Clinton Streets. The lectures on March 9, March 23, and April 20 take place in the usual venue at University Capitol Center 2520D.	Voxman Music Bldg.93 East Burlington StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Iowa City Darwin Day Events	Mar 03, 2017	Mar 04, 2017	Friday, March 3	University of IowaVarious locationsIowa City, IA 52242
Screening and discussion of NEWTOWN documentary at the Englert Theatre	Mar 03, 2017	Mar 03, 2017	Newtown chronicles the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting of school children in American history: a shooting that took the lives of 20 elementary school children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012.	Englert Theatre221 East Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Lady Macbeth: an Obermann-sponsored talkback with Riverside Theatre	Mar 04, 2017	Mar 04, 2017	The Obermann Center is pleased to sponsor talkbacks during Riverside Theatre's 2016-17 season. Featuring University of Iowa faculty, students, and staff, as well as community partners, these post-performance talks will provide a space for reflection and conversation.	Riverside Theatre213 N. Gilbert St.Iowa City, IA 52245
WorldCanvass Discussion—Immigration Then and Now: From German Iowa to Today’s Refugees	Mar 08, 2017	Mar 08, 2017	This public discussion is part of the WorldCanvass series.	Voxman Music BuildingRecital Hall93 E. Burlington St.Iowa City, IA 52242
"Big Data, Big Brother" by Zubair Shafiq—a Lunch & Learn lecture	Mar 09, 2017	Mar 09, 2017	Zubair Shafiq, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, member of the Obermann Working Group "Algorithms and Social Media," and former director of our "Heterogeneous Network Data Analytics to Improve Urban Sustainability" Interdisciplinary Research Group—will present a Hawkeye Lunch & Learn lecture, "Big Data, Big Brother," at the UI on March 9 and in Des Moines on March 7.	Iowa Memorial UnionIowa Theater125 N. Madison St.Iowa City, IA 52240
The Politics of 1930s Documentary Photography—a talk by John Raeburn	Mar 09, 2017	Mar 09, 2017	This talk is part of the 2016–17 Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council. John Raeburn is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English and the Department of American Studies. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. Parking: the University lot at Gilbert St. & Iowa Ave. or the city ramp on Iowa Ave., between Linn and Gilbert Streets.	101 Biology Building East10 East Iowa Ave.Iowa City, IA 52240
Lecture on Verdi's "La Fanciulla del West"	Mar 09, 2017	Mar 09, 2017	On Thursday, March 9, Cody Norling (UI School of Music) will give a research talk on Verdi’s La Fanciulla del West at 5:30 p.m. in 2520D UCC. The talk will address American Indian depictions in Puccini’s Gold Rush drama, La Fanciulla del West. In doing so, he will highlights the opera’s two indigenous characters, Wowkle and Billy Jackrabbit, and compare their portrayal to the setting’s historical realities.	2520D University Capitol Centre200 South Capitol StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Triangle Club Meeting with Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton	Mar 19, 2017	Mar 19, 2017	The Triangle Club welcomes Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton. Mayor Throgmorton is currently serving his third term on Iowa City’s City Council. He first served on our city council from late 1993 through 1995; he was re-elected in 2011 and in 2015. He became mayor in January 2016.	The University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Johnson County Historic Poor Farm—New Collaborations	Mar 22, 2017	Mar 22, 2017	This month's Obermann Conversation features graduate students who have a vision for the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm property, as well as Johnson County Local Food and Planning Specialist Shanti Sellz and community collaborators of the Poor Farm. Following the Conversation, we will screen Anna Swanson's new short film, Taking It to the Streets: Ten Years of the Obermann Graduate Institute. Filmmaker and recent Cinematic Arts MFA Swanson will be in attendance to answer questions. Co-sponsored by the Iowa City Public Library	Iowa City Public Library, Room A123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Talk: Intro to Met Live "Idomeneo"	Mar 23, 2017	Mar 23, 2017	On Thursday, March 23, Robert Ketterer (UI Department of Classics) will present "Intro to Met Live Idomeneo" at 5:30 p.m. in 2520D UCC. Opera Studies Forum is presenting an exciting lineup of topics on Opera from the 18th-century divas to the 20th-century operas Rusalka and La Fanciulla del West. The first two talks on Feb. 2 and 23 will take place in the brand new Voxman Music Building on Burlington and Clinton Streets. The lectures on March 9, March 23, and April 20 take place in the usual venue at University Capitol Center 2520D.	2520D University Capitol Centre200 South Capitol StreetIowa City, IA 52240
A Moment of (Post) Truth: A Media Workshop and Forum	Mar 24, 2017	Mar 24, 2017	The press and the university historically share an investment in the pursuit of truth and knowledge. Please join POROI (Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry) for "A Moment of (Post) Truth: a Media Workshop and Forum" on new challenges that audiences and journalists are facing in a moment when the legitimacy of the press, science and the fact itself are vigorously contested.	UI Main LibraryTILE Classroom 1140Madison StreetIowa City, IA 52242
"Vandalism: On the Limits of Free Jazz"—a lecture by Michael Titlestad	Mar 31, 2017	Mar 31, 2017	Zim Ngqawana, one of South Africa’s preeminent multi-instrumentalists, founded a jazz school that was attended by a significant number of young players. One day he arrived at the school to find it vandalized. Instruments were smashed: piano legs broken off; string instruments splintered; and, brass instruments bent out of shape. First in the school, then at the Momo Gallery, in Johannesburg, a work was performed by Zim Ngqawna and Kyle Shepherd on the broken instruments. How, then, does Ngqawna’s project reflect on the creation of free jazz?	304 EPB (Gerber Lounge)English-Philosophy BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
"Privilege, Self-Respect, and Integrity"—a talk by Samantha Vice	Apr 03, 2017	Apr 03, 2017	This talk explores the possibility of maintaining self-respect and integrity when one is in a position of privilege. Samantha Vice is Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) and also affiliated with the Wits Centre for Ethics. She works in ethics and social philosophy, and her recent work has been exploring the moral experience and situation of the racially privileged.	304 EPB (Gerber Lounge)English-Philosophy BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
Devising Civic Practice: Listening Is the New Revolution	Apr 05, 2017	Apr 05, 2017	What does it take to build an effective, ethical and productive partnership across fields and areas of experience? Michael Rohd, Artistic Director of Cen	Art Building West141 N. Riverside DriveIowa City, IA 52242
"Globalizing through the Vernacular: The Making of Gender and Sexual Minorities in Eastern India" — a POROI Seminar with A. Dutta	Apr 06, 2017	Apr 06, 2017	Prof. Dutta writes, "Globalizing through the Vernacular studies the role of non-metropolitan gender variant communities in India in the transnational expansion of modern LGBT identities and movements. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in eastern India, the book studies how metropolitan LGBT activism and the transnational development sector interface with urban-rural networks of working class or Dalit (oppressed caste) gender non-conforming people, known by names such as kothis, dhuranis, metis, and hijras.	Obermann Center Library111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Mathematics as a Creative Art—a talk by Paul Muhly	Apr 06, 2017	Apr 06, 2017	This talk is part of the 2016–17 Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council. Paul Muhly is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. Parking: the University lot at Gilbert St. & Iowa Ave. or the city ramp on Iowa Ave., between Linn and Gilbert Streets.	101 Biology Building East10 East Iowa Ave.Iowa City, IA 52240
2017 Craft, Critique, Culture Graduate Student Conference	Apr 07, 2017	Apr 08, 2017	17th Annual CRAFT CRITIQUE CULTURE: Transitions & Transgressions Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference http://uiowa.orgsync.com/org/ccc/home
"Replicating and Discarding the Buddha’s Words"—a Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture	Apr 07, 2017	Apr 07, 2017	Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, assistant professor of religious studies at Grinnell College, will give a public lecture titled “Replicating and Discarding the Buddha’s Words: Complicating Religious Identity on the Frontiers of Tibetan Buddhist Culture” as part of the 2016–17 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar. Abstract:	UI Department of Religious Studies3rd Floor Atrium, Gilmore HallIowa City, IA 52242
The Making of "Hot Tamale Louie" — An Obermann Conversation	Apr 10, 2017	Apr 10, 2017	UI Music Professor and jazz musician John Rapson has created a new jazz-centered production based on a fantastical but true story that he read in The New Yorker magazine about an Afghani child who left his home near the Khyber Pass and ended up in Sheridan, Wyoming. Zarif Khan took over a business selling tamales, while also learning how to invest in the U.S. stock market. Living frugally, he spent his money on acts of kindness and generosity, which earned him celebrity in both his new home and his birth home. In 1925, he gained his U.S.	Iowa City Public Library, Room A123 Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
The Humanities in Iowa: Opportunities and Challenges	Apr 11, 2017	Apr 11, 2017	Please join leading University of Iowa professors and thought leaders to learn about and to discuss important Humanities-related initiatives in our state and at our university.	John Pappajohn Business BuildingRoom S401 PBBIowa City, IA 52245
1984 in 2017: A Symposium	Apr 14, 2017	Apr 14, 2017	After Kellyanne Conway coined the phrase “alternative facts” in January, Orwell’s novel shot to the top of the Amazon bestseller list, and has remained in the top five bestsellers ever since. While generations of Americans read the novel (usually in high school) as a cold war vision of a totalitarian dystopia, readers are now noting prescient correlations to current events. What does it mean to live in a world where dystopian fiction resembles reality? Are there lessons to be learned? Can the tide be turned?	Iowa City Public Library, Room A123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52240
"Manuscript Description in a Crowd-Sourced, Open-Access World"—A Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture	Apr 14, 2017	Apr 14, 2017	Lynn Ransom, Curator and Project Manager of the Schoenberg Medieval Database Project, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, Rare Book & Manuscript Library (University of Pennsylvania), will give a public lecture titled “Manuscript Description in a Crowd-Sourced, Open-Access World: Problems and Perspectives from the New Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts Project” as part of the 2016–17 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar. Abstract:	2520D University Capitol Centre200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52242
"Why Do People Keep Things (Including Manuscripts)?"—A Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture	Apr 14, 2017	Apr 14, 2017	Daniel Lord Smail, Professor of History at Harvard University, will give a public lecture titled "Why Do People Keep Things (Including Manuscripts)?" as part of the 2016–17 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar. Abstract:	2520D University Capitol Centre200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Opera Studies Forum: "Performing Celebrity" by Margaret Butler	Apr 17, 2017	Apr 17, 2017	On Monday, April 17, Margaret Butler (University of Florida) will give a lecture titled "Performing Celebrity: Opera Theaters, Audiences, and the Late Eighteenth-Century Prima Donna."	2390 University Capitol Centre200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Opera Studies Forum: Intro to Met Live "Eugene Onegin"	Apr 18, 2017	Apr 18, 2017	On Tuesday, April 18, Anna Barker, UI Department of Asian & Slavic Languages & Literatures, will present "Intro to Met Live Eugene Onegin" at 5:30 p.m., in Room 2 of the Voxman Music Building.	Voxman Music Building93 E. Burlington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Moya Bailey—Digital Bridges Guest Lecturer	Apr 20, 2017	Apr 20, 2017	Moya Bailey—Digital Bridges Guest Lecturer "#robinhoodfail: The Ethics of Public Scholarship and the Digital Liberal Arts" April 20 @ 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Grinnell College http://iowadigitalbridges.com/event/a-public-lecture-with-dr-moya-bailey/	Grinnell College1115 8th AvenueGrinnell, IA 50112
Hot Tamale Louie: The Story of Zarif Khan Told with Music	Apr 20, 2017	Apr 20, 2017	A genre-bending tale with lilting Western ballads, gentle Mexican waltzes, folk songs and melodies from the East, evocative tone poems, and raucous ragtime melded together by jazz. FREE AND OPEN TO ALL. A story about LEAVING HOME, of TRAVEL and wandering the WEST. A COMING-OF-AGE story. A story of FORTUNES won and lost, of IMMIGRANTS and CITIZENSHIP, of GENEROSITY and HATE. A story of LOVE late in life and a dastardly MURDER!	Voxman Music BuildingConcert Hall93 E. Burlington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
"Collection Plan for Non-Western Art for the New University of Iowa Museum of Art" —a talk by Cory Gundlach	Apr 23, 2017	Apr 23, 2017	The Triangle Club is excited to welcome Cory Gundlach, Associate Curator of African and Non-Western Art at the University of Iowa Museum of Art. Cory is a Ph.D. Candidate in Art History with an emphasis on African Art History.	The University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Scholarship, Service, and Affordable Housing: How the University of Miami Creates Connections—a talk by Robin Bachin	Apr 27, 2017	Apr 27, 2017	Dr. Robin Bachin (University of Miami) will discuss the University of Miami’s Affordable Housing Initiative, which links the Schools of Architecture, Law, Business, Education, and Arts and Sciences with community organizations promoting affordable housing. She recognizes that often there is a disconnect between grassroots organizations promoting affordable housing, the people who need that housing, and the government agencies overseeing housing policy.	W-151 Pappajohn Business Building21 East Market St.Iowa City, IA 52242
“Fatimid State Documents, Serial Recyclers, and the Cairo Geniza”—A Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture	Apr 28, 2017	Apr 28, 2017	Marina Rustow, the Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East and Professor of History at Princeton University, will give a public lecture titled “Fatimid State Documents, Serial Recyclers, and the Cairo Geniza” as part of the 2016–17 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar. Abstract:	2520D University Capitol Centre200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52242
“Aristotle and the Medieval University"—A Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture	Apr 28, 2017	Apr 28, 2017	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 part of the 2016–17 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar. Abstract:	2520D University Capitol Centre200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52242
"Piece-work and Medieval University Book Production: The Pecia”—A Mellon Sawyer Seminar public lecture	Apr 28, 2017	Apr 28, 2017	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. Mellon Sawyer Seminar. Abstract:	2520D University Capitol Centre200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Indian Crows in Urban Decline—a talk by Paul Greenough	May 04, 2017	May 04, 2017	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 part of the 2016–17 Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. Parking: the University lot at Gilbert St. & Iowa Ave. or the city ramp on Iowa Ave., between Linn and Gilbert Streets.	101 Biology Building East10 East Iowa Ave.Iowa City, IA 52240
Project Management 101 for the Arts and Humanities: A Workshop	May 15, 2017	May 16, 2017	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-funded Digital Bridges for Humanistic Inquiry: A Grinnell College/University of Iowa Partnership	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Bertrand Russell's The Philosophy of Logical Atomism: A Centenary Celebration	Jun 12, 2017	Jun 16, 2017	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 been translated into a variety of other languages.
"If Objects Could Talk" History Harvest at the African American Museum of Iowa	Aug 25, 2017	Aug 26, 2017	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."	African American Museum of IowaCelebration Hall55 12th Ave. SECedar Rapids, IA 52401
An Elegy for Mary Turner—A performance and discussion on white supremacist violence	Aug 26, 2017	Aug 26, 2017	The subject of this performance is the violence of White Supremacy. Attendees will learn about the horrible story of the unpunished murder of Mary Turner and several other African American citizens in South Georgia in 1918. Echoes of this visceral story still reverberate through present day acts of state sponsored violence, domestic terrorism, and hate. It is clear from recent events that there is a growing acceptance of the rhetoric and brutality of white supremacy. These flawed bits have been woven deeply and visibly into the fabric of our cultural and political landscape.	Englert Theatre221 E. Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Humanities Without Walls Information Session for faculty	Sep 01, 2017	Sep 01, 2017	Learn more about how you can apply for this year's Humanities Without Walls challenge grant. Director Teresa Mangum will provide a summary of this opportunity and answer questions. "The Humanities without Walls consortium invites applications for funding from cross-institutional teams of faculty and graduate students wishing to collaboratively pursue research topics related to The Work of the Humanities in a Changing Climate.	Obermann Center for Advanced StudiesLibrary111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Humanities Without Walls Information Session for faculty	Sep 06, 2017	Sep 06, 2017	Learn more about how you can apply for this year's Humanities Without Walls challenge grant. Director Teresa Mangum will provide a summary of this opportunity and answer questions. "The Humanities without Walls consortium invites applications for funding from cross-institutional teams of faculty and graduate students wishing to collaboratively pursue research topics related to The Work of the Humanities in a Changing Climate.	Obermann Center for Advanced StudiesLibrary111Iowa City, IA 52245
The Role of Transformative Education in Successful Reentry: A Community Discussion	Sep 08, 2017	Sep 09, 2017	The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights is pleased to host a conference and community forum on access to education and employment opportunities for Iowa's incarcerated men and women. The Role of Transformative Education in Successful Reentry invites attendees to consider how communities can support access to (higher) education and employment opportunities for Iowa’s currently incarcerated men and women.	2520D, University Capitol Centre201 S. Clinton St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Conversation and lunch with playwright/director KJ Sanchez	Sep 08, 2017	Sep 08, 2017	Join us for conversation and lunch at the Obermann Center library with theater artist and Creative Matters lecturer KJ Sanchez. We have space for 15 guests and will accept names in the order in which they register.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
"What's Your Sign?" — A symposium on retail architecture signage	Sep 08, 2017	Sep 09, 2017	The Legacies for Iowa Collections-Sharing Project at the University of Iowa Museum of Art presents a symposium considering the history of retail architecture signage.
Information Session for 2018 Graduate Institute	Sep 13, 2017	Sep 13, 2017	If you are interested in applying for the January 2018 Obermann Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy, please attend this session to meet the 2018 Institute's co-directors and talk to students who participated in the January 2017 Institute.	Obermann Center Library111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Humanities Without Walls Pre-Doctoral Career Diversity Summer Workshop INFO Session	Sep 14, 2017	Sep 14, 2017	In this information session, Obermann Director Teresa Mangum will provide an overview of the Humanities Without Walls Pre-Docotoral Career Diversity Summer Workshop, which will occur in Chicago in Summer 2018, and answer questions. Students interested in applying to this program submit an application to the Obermann Center by November 1. Four names are then forwarded to the HWW staff.
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series Presents Gary Gussin	Sep 14, 2017	Sep 14, 2017	Gary Gussin, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology, will present "Ways to turn Genes On and Off: Interactions of Proteins with DNA and each other." The talk takes place in 101 Biology Building East with parking in the Iowa Avenue Ramp. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council	101 Biology Building East210 East Iowa Ave.Iowa City, IA 52240
Triangle Club Meeting with Tom Schulein — "Making Sense Out of Iowa City Streets"	Sep 17, 2017	Sep 17, 2017	The Triangle Club is excited to welcome Tom Schulein. Tom is an Associate Professor Emeritus in Operative Dentistry at The University of Iowa retiring after 28 years. Tom has also served as a historian for two barbershop singing organizations, published in dental history literature, and given numerous presentations on Iowa City history.	The University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Your Brain on Trees—An Obermann Conversation	Sep 19, 2017	Sep 19, 2017	Ever sit under a grand old tree and sense its presence? Have you gone to the woods to clear your head and re-find inner calm? In his “biophilia hypothesis,” evolutionary biologist Edward O. Wilson proposes that humans have evolutionary biological and psychological needs attached with the natural world. Some social ecologists believe that a possible effect of environmental destruction will be decreased psychological and spiritual well-being.	UI PentacrestMeet on steps of Old Capitol MuseumIowa City, IA 52242
Iowa Ideas Conference — Free faculty registration available through Obermann!	Sep 20, 2017	Sep 22, 2017	The Iowa Ideas conference is a statewide gathering designed to mix panel discussions, interviews with leaders, and thought-provoking experiences to help move complex issues forward. Who: Community advocates, influencers, life-long learners, probably you Where: Downtown Cedar Rapids When: September 20-22, 2017 What: Two full days of working and learning together	DoubleTree Hotel Convention ComplexDowntown Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids, IA 52401
Passing as Experts in Trans Medicine	Sep 21, 2017	Sep 21, 2017	stef shuster is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Appalachian State University. Before joining the faculty at App State, shuster was a postdoctoral fellow at Duke University. shuster earned their Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Iowa with a certificate in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies and was also an Obermann Graduate Fellow.	704 Jefferson BuildingWashington StreetIowa City, IA 52240
“Fault Lines: The Religious Infrastructure of the World’s First Cabled Network” — a POROI Seminar with Jenna Supp-Montgomerie	Sep 22, 2017	Sep 22, 2017	LOCATION MOVED TO BCSB 108 (ACROSS FROM COMM STUDIES MAIN OFFICE)	BCSB 108UI campusIowa City, IA 52242
Bakersfield Mist: An Obermann Talkback with Riverside Theatre	Sep 22, 2017	Sep 22, 2017	The Obermann Center is pleased to sponsor talkbacks during Riverside Theatre's 2017-18 season. Featuring University of Iowa faculty, students, and staff, as well as community partners, these talks will provide a space for reflection and conversation.	Riverside Theatre213 N. Gilbert St.Iowa City, IA 52245
"Welcome Back to Boom-Bust Oil Prices?"—A lecture by Robert McNally	Sep 28, 2017	Sep 28, 2017	Visiting lecture by distinguished energy analyst, Robert McNally, founder and President of the The Rapidan Group. Mr. McNally's lecture will place the current volatility in global oil markets in historical perspective and offer advice on what to expect from oil markets in the future.	Seamans CenterRoom 1505103 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Michael Sakamoto and the Breaks: Remixing the Butoh/Hip-Hop Archive	Sep 29, 2017	Sep 29, 2017	The Department of American Studies cordially invites students, faculty, and friends to a Floating Friday lecture featuring Michael Sakamoto, Assistant Professor, Department of Dance (CLAS) at the University of Iowa.	704 Jefferson Building129 E. Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Get It Done — Publicizing Events Workshop	Oct 03, 2017	Oct 03, 2017	Get It Done is a new BYO Brown Bag Lunch series about getting work done efficiently and with style. Bring your lunch and join the fun!	Obermann Center Library111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52245
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series Presents Eric Forsythe	Oct 03, 2017	Oct 03, 2017	Eric Forsythe, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Theatre Arts, will present "Directing Comedy in Unfunny Times." The talk takes place in 101 Biology Building East with parking in the Iowa Avenue Ramp. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public.	101 Biology Building East210 East Iowa AveIowa City, IA 52240
Maria in Context: Puerto Rico, Colonialism, and the US Response	Oct 04, 2017	Oct 04, 2017	2017 marks the 100th anniversary of U.S. citizenship for Puerto Rico; however, public responses to the hurricane reveal how little many in the continental U.S. know about their fellow Americans. For historians and scholars, the effects of Hurricane Maria are situated in a long colonial relationship. Join our panelists as they ask: How does the present catastrophe connect with the early years of U.S. entanglement with Puerto Rico? What are the historical roots of the U.S. response?	Iowa City Public LIbrary123 S. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
"A Superhero for Generation Why"—One Community, One Book lecture by G. Willow Wilson	Oct 08, 2017	Oct 08, 2017	The One Community, One Book reading program encourages community members to read and discuss the same book with human rights or social justice themes at organized book discussions, in the classroom, or in book clubs. A capstone event is always held and is usually a talk by the book author. Other activities are often held that are related to the book such as film screenings or children’s activities. This year's One Community, One Book selection is The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam by journalist G. Willow Wilson.	Hancher AuditoriumHadley Stage141 East Park RoadIowa City, IA 52242
Sayed Kashua lecture and book signing	Oct 12, 2017	Oct 12, 2017	Israeli-Palestinian author and journalist Sayed Kashua, recently emigrated to Illinois, will deliver a lecture titled "Humor, Political Consciousness, and the Role of the Writer." A book signing of his book Native: Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life will follow his talk. (Books may be purchased with cash or check.) This event is part of the One Community, One Book Extended Discussion Series. It's free and open to the public.	UI Pomerantz Center213 North Clinton St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Triangle Club Meeting with Joan Kjaer — "Beyond 140 Characters—WorldCanvass and the Power of Conversation"	Oct 15, 2017	Oct 15, 2017	The Triangle Club is honored to welcome guest speaker Joan Kjaer. Joan is well known for her work in Iowa Public Radio and her WorldCanvass series, produced here in Iowa City. Joan Kjaer is strategic communications director for International Programs at the University of Iowa. She directs the office of communications and relations and exercises strategic oversight and daily management of all facets of internal and external communications for International Programs, international alumni relations, event management, and media engagement.	The University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Algorithms: The Personal Is Political—An Obermann Conversation	Oct 18, 2017	Oct 18, 2017	Please note the venue change. This event is now taking place at RADinc. at 123 Washington St., downtown Iowa City.	RADinc.123 Washington St.(Downtown)Iowa City, IA 52245
Giving Out Superpowers: A Discussion of Ethics, Cognitive Processes, and the Future of Interactive Technology with Juan Pablo Hourcade	Oct 20, 2017	Oct 20, 2017	The use of interactive technologies is changing the way our cognitive processes work: from perception to memory, attention, learning, problem solving, communication, and metacognition. In fact, we may be seeing the beginnings of one of the largest shifts in cognition brought about by technology, perhaps even bigger than the changes brought by handwriting and mathematical notation.	MERGE136 S Dubuque St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Trailblazer's Conference	Oct 21, 2017	Oct 21, 2017	Come join UI Graduate and Professional Student Government on October 21, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:15 p.m., as minority trailblazers and professionals from across the U.S. speak and conduct workshops. Don't miss an opportunity to network with world-renowned professionals and partake in guided workshops in the fields of art, medicine, dentistry, business, STEM, and law. Receive industry advice from professionals so you, too, can be a pioneer in your field of study.	Iowa Memorial Union (UI Campus)125 N. Madison St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Latinx Educational Excellence in the Midwest Conference	Oct 21, 2017	Oct 21, 2017	The first University of Iowa, College of Education Latinx Educational Excellence in the Midwest Conference aims to build community and pool resources focused on increasing the success and participation of Latinx students, staff, administrators, and faculty in K-12 and higher education institutions in the Midwest.	Lindquist Center240 S. Madison St.Iowa City, IA 52242
2017 Samuel L. Becker Memorial Conference: Movements and Networks	Oct 21, 2017	Oct 21, 2017	Interesting Questions: Movements and Networks Saturday, October 21, 2017 8:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m.; reception to follow View full schedule Old Capitol Museum Senate Chamber on the University of Iowa campus	Old Capitol MuseumSenate ChamberUI campusIowa City, IA 52242
Get It Done — Publish or Perish	Nov 02, 2017	Nov 02, 2017	A new BYO Brown Bag Lunch series about getting work done efficiently and with style! Bring your lunch and join the fun!	Obermann Center Library111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52245
Image-Phenotypes and Text-Genotypes—a talk by Hugo Almeida	Nov 02, 2017	Nov 02, 2017	The Obermann Center's Crossing the Biological/Social Divide Working Group will host guest speaker Hugo Almeida, whose talk is titled "Image-Phenotypes and Text-Genotypes: Two WIPs on Evolution, DNA Sequences, and Scifi Monsters." Hugo Almeida is a postdoctoral fellow at the CIUHCT-Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal.	Obermann Center library111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
"Colored Conventions and the Long History of Black Activism"—public lecture by Gabrielle Foreman	Nov 06, 2017	Nov 06, 2017	A public lecture by Dr. Gabrielle Foreman (University of Delaware), sponsored by Digital Bridges for Humanistic Inquiry: A Grinnell College and University of Iowa Partnership Location: University of Iowa Main Library Gallery (just across from North door)	UI Main Library Gallery(just across from North door)Iowa City, IA 52242
Coffee and Conversation with Sylvea Hollis	Nov 07, 2017	Nov 07, 2017	Please join us for an hour-long coffee and conversation with former Obermann Graduate Institute Fellow Sylvea Hollis. Currently, a Dissertation Candidate in the UI History Department, Hollis lives in Washington, DC, where she has recently worked at the Center for the Future of Museums at the American Alliance of Museums. She was previously a member of History Corps and has worked at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
"Diversity and Digital Pedagogy"—A workshop and discussion with Gabrielle Foreman	Nov 07, 2017	Nov 07, 2017	Dr. Gabrielle Foreman (University of Delaware) will introduce the Colored Conventions Project, including valuable teaching resources and public engagement methods in this trans-disciplinary workshop open to graduate students, junior faculty, and others. The workshop will include a short presentation on what ColoredConventions.org does and does not do, how we might incorporate it into teaching, and align it with our research.	UI Main LibraryDigital Research and Publishing Classroom(enter North door, turn right, classroom on the left)Iowa City, IA 52242
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series Presents Edward Kottick	Nov 07, 2017	Nov 07, 2017	Edward Kottick, Professor Emeritus in the School of Music, will present "Flowers, Floozies, Fripperies, and Finishes: A Fleet Frolic through Harpsichord Decoration." The talk takes place in 101 Biology Building East with parking in the Iowa Avenue Ramp. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public.	101 Biology Building East210 East Iowa AveIowa City, IA 52240
The Iowa Women's Archives at 25: A Celebration and Symposium	Nov 10, 2017	Nov 11, 2017	The Louise Noun – Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women’s Archives opened to the public twenty-five years ago on October 28, 1992. The Archives celebrates 25 years of gathering and illuminating the history of Iowa women with a series of events and exhibitions in 2017/2018. On November 10-11, 2017 we will gather to renew old friendships, explore the exhibition 25 Collections for 25 Years: Selections from the Iowa Women’s Archives, and reflect on the ways in which the collections of the Iowa Women’s Archives have enriched teaching and research over the past quarter century.
Collective Action—An Obermann Conversation	Nov 14, 2017	Nov 14, 2017	The term collective action gets a lot of airplay in these politically charged times, but what is it and how does it differ from an individual action, or a mere adding-up of many individual actions (e.g., everyone switching to more energy-efficient light bulbs)? If the difference is to be spelled out in terms of shared intention, what makes an intention shared as opposed to merely similar? In what way can we do things together and still have individuals who remain free, autonomous, and un-coerced? And if doing things together is so important, then how do we teach it?	Iowa City Public LibraryLinn StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Triangle Club Meeting with Tom Milligan — "The Art of Conversation, A Visit with Ding Darling, Renowned Cartoonist and Conservationist"	Nov 19, 2017	Nov 19, 2017	The Triangle Club is pleased to announce Tom Milligan as our guest speaker for November. His program will focus on Ding Darling, the legendary Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist for the Des Moines Register and founder of the National Wildlife Federation. Tom Milligan is a working theater artist, originally from Des Moines, who now resides in the Amana Colonies. Tom’s 45-year career has included acting, directing, and producing throughout Iowa and the Midwest.	The University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
A Mayor's Perspective: Iowa City's mayor, Jim Throgmorton, hosts panel discussion	Dec 01, 2017	Dec 01, 2017	"What Four Mayors Have Learned over the Past Year" will bring together Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett, Waterloo Mayor Quintin Hart, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, and Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton to discuss major challenges and opportunities in small- to medium-sized cities. Obermann Director Teresa Mangum will moderate the discussion and Q&A. This event is free and open to the public.	FilmScene118 E. College St.Iowa City, IA 52240
#Hashtag Activism: Fast. Fierce. Effective?	Dec 04, 2017	Dec 04, 2017	As the most recent hashtag phenomenon, #metoo, continues to ricochet through the media, communities, and personal relationships, a group of UI scholars and social activists will talk about the power of this digital tool, including its drawbacks. Presenters: Lisa Covington, PhD candidate, UI Department of Sociology Melissa Tully, Assistant Professor, UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication Raven Maragh, PhD candidate, Department of Communication Studies Lucy Polyak, a junior at Iowa City West High School	Iowa City Public Library, Room A123 N. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series Presents William Albrecht	Dec 07, 2017	Dec 07, 2017	Dr. William Albrecht, Professor Emeritus in the UI Department of Economics, will deliver a lecture titled "Confessions of an Erstwhile Regulator." The talk will take place in 101 Biology Building East with parking in the Iowa Avenue Ramp. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public.	101 Biology Building East210 E. Iowa Ave.Iowa City, IA 52240
Last Dash Food Bank Fundraiser for the Johnson Co. Crisis Center	Dec 17, 2017	Dec 17, 2017	Join Iowa City-based band HomeBrewed and Kevin B.F. Burt for the 3rd Annual Last Dash Food Bank Fundraiser. Admission is a donation of $5 for kids and $10 for adults. Co-sponsored by the UI College of Dentistry, UI College of Public Health, UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, UI Army ROTC, and UI Air Force ROTC	The Mill120 E. Burlington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Triangle Club Meeting with President Bruce Harreld — "Why Winners Become Losers"	Jan 21, 2018	Jan 21, 2018	The Triangle Club will have a special guest presentation by Bruce Harreld. Bruce Harreld became the 21st President of The University of Iowa on November 2, 2015. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Purdue University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University. President Harreld served on the faculty of Harvard Business School from 2008-2014, with dual appointments to the Entrepreneurial and Strategy units.	The University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series Presents Evan Fales	Jan 25, 2018	Jan 25, 2018	Dr. Evan Fales, Professor Emeritus in the UI Department of Philosophy, will deliver a lecture titled "What on Earth is the Bible Talking About?" The talk will take place in 2520D University Capitol Center. Parking is available in the Old Capitol Parking Ramp. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public.	2520D University Capitol Centre200 S. Capitol St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Dada Futures Exhibit at the UIMA	Jan 27, 2018	Jun 10, 2018	Dada Futures: Circulating Replicants, Surrogates, and Participants	Iowa Memorial UnionUIMA Visual Classroom (3rd Floor)125 N. Madison St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Mellon Sawyer Seminar proposal information session	Jan 30, 2018	Jan 30, 2018	Provost Curry is pleased to announce the University of Iowa's invitation from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to submit a proposal for the John E. Sawyer Seminarsprogram. The Mellon Foundation's Sawyer Seminars bring together faculty, foreign visitors, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from a variety of fields mainly, but not exclusively, in the arts, humanities and interpretive social sciences, for intensive study of subjects chosen by the participants.	2670 UCCClinton St.Iowa City, IA 52242
GET IT DONE! The Art of the Provocative Opinion Piece	Jan 31, 2018	Jan 31, 2018	Join OpEd Project alumni Teresa Mangum (GWSS) and Jessica Welburn (Sociology, African American Studies) to learn the tricks of writing and placing op-eds that will make you the talk of the town! This event offers an introductory overview of how to use your research to offer unique insight into current events, how to structure an op-ed, how to fashion a compelling “hook,” and how to pitch your idea to an editor. No reservations are needed. BYO lunch. All are welcome.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Sawyer Mellon Seminar Information Meeting	Feb 01, 2018	Feb 01, 2018	Provost Curry is pleased to announce the University of Iowa's invitation from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to submit a proposal for the John E. Sawyer Seminars program. The Mellon Foundation's Sawyer Seminars bring together faculty, foreign visitors, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from a variety of fields mainly, but not exclusively, in the arts, humanities and interpretive social sciences, for intensive study of subjects chosen by the participants.	2670 UCCClinton StreetIowa City, IA 52242
How to Harvest History — Digital Bridges talk and workshop	Feb 02, 2018	Feb 03, 2018	A talk and workshop with Rebecca Wingo, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Liberal Arts at Macalester College (PhD, History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln), author of Homesteading the Plains: Toward a New History (U of Nebraska Press, 2017).	Grinnell College1115 8th Ave.Grinnell, IA 50112
Unraveling & Mending: Art as Political Witness—An Obermann Conversation	Feb 06, 2018	Feb 06, 2018	Amir ElSaffar (jazz musician and Hancher guest artist) and Lisa Schlesinger (UI Theatre Department, CLAS) will share their journeys as artist-activists whose work interprets strife and crisis for audiences that may feel removed from such global events. What tools do artists have to elucidate violence and injustice that might feel distant or even unimportant to some audiences? What can musicians, theater makers, and other artists add to conversations that might otherwise be relegated to politicians? Free and open to the public.	Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Dada Futures Symposium	Feb 16, 2018	Feb 17, 2018	Join the University of Iowa Museum of Art as it celebrates the history of Dada and neo-Dada/Fluxus on campus with the Dada Futures symposium, held in tandem with a UIMA exhibition. Events highlight how museums, libraries, universities, and the general public have shaped our understanding of these and other avant-gardes.
The Triangle Club Meeting with Dr. Bryant McAllister - "The Personal Genome - Navigating the DNA Marketplace"	Feb 18, 2018	Feb 18, 2018	Sophisticated genetic tests for human ancestry analysis are available directly to consumers at a relatively low cost. Personal genetic analysis provides a window into our past. Dr. McAllister will discuss the science underlying these tests and an overview of the products delivered by the companies that dominate the US marketplace, such as 23andMe and Ancestry DNA.	The University Club1360 Melrose Ave.Iowa City, IA 52246
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series Presents: Thomas Cook	Feb 20, 2018	Feb 20, 2018	Dr. Thomas Cook, Professor Emeritus in the UI College of Public Health, will deliver a lecture titled "The Ponseti Method for Correcting Clubfoot Deformity: Iowa’s Gift to the World." The talk will take place in 101 BBE (Biology Building East). Dr. Cook's research interests include occupational ergonomics, international environmental health, and global public health. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council	101 Biology Building East30 N Dubuque StIowa City, IA 52242
Me and We: Collective Acts Toward Sustainability	Feb 21, 2018	Feb 24, 2018	A series of events focusing on this year’s theme semester, "Climate for Change," dedicated to collective action and its relationship to sustainability. Featuring performances by Dancers in Company, multi-disciplinary panel discussions, public workshops, and a keynote address by Liz Lerman. Lerman is a choreographer, performer, writer, educator and speaker, and the recipient of numerous honors, including a 2002 MacArthur "Genius Grant." Full schedule of events: Wednesday, February 21
Introduction to Literary GIS — Digital Bridges workshop with Michael Gavin	Feb 22, 2018	Feb 22, 2018	This workshop will cover the basics of GIS (Geographic Information Systems). Participants will get hands-on experience in analyzing and mapping literary data. Beginners are especially welcome. Please register in advance.	1015A UI Main Library (Digital Studio Classroom)125 W. Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52242
WorldCanvass discussion—Against Amnesia: Archives, Evidence, and Social Justice	Feb 22, 2018	Feb 22, 2018	WorldCanvass invites you to join us at MERGE, 136 South Dubuque Street, for season nine of International Programs’ unique, internationally focused discussions.	MERGE136 S. Dubuque St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Hiking the Horizontal: Trans-disciplinary Practices for Tackling Questions Big and Small, A Keynote Address by Liz Lerman	Feb 22, 2018	Feb 22, 2018	Hiking the Horizontal: Trans-disciplinary Practices for Tackling Questions Big and Small A keynote address by Liz Lerman as part of "Me and We: Collective Acts Toward Sustainability"	Hancher AuditoriumPark RoadIowa City, IA 52242
Iowa City Darwin Day Events 2018	Feb 23, 2018	Feb 24, 2018	Iowa City Darwin Day was founded in 2007 exclusively for charitable, scientific and education purposes. The purpose of the organization is to recognize and show appreciation for the enormous benefits that scientific knowledge, acquired through human curiosity and ingenuity, has contributed to the advancement of humanity by organizing educational and social activities in and around Iowa City, annually on or about the anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, February 12. Full event schedule coming in early 2018	University of IowaVarious LocationsIowa City, IA 52242
Spatial Humanities and the Study of Literature — Digital Bridges seminar with Michael Gavin	Feb 23, 2018	Feb 23, 2018	This seminar revolves around readings drawn from the recent collection Literary Mapping in the Digital Age (Routledge 2016), edited by David Cooper, Christopher Donaldson, and Patricia Murrieta-Flores. Focused on theory rather than practice, the seminar is designed for scholars with an interest in spatial analysis as a method for studying literature. Please register so that readings can be circulated in advance.	Obermann Center library111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
“Distant Reading the End of the World: Big Data and The Hunger Games” — Public lecture by Michael Gavin	Feb 23, 2018	Feb 23, 2018	Location: Gallery, Main Library (north entrance)
Iowa City Archives Crawl	Feb 24, 2018	Feb 24, 2018	What gems hide in plain sight in Iowa City’s libraries, museums, and archives? At the area’s first-ever archives crawl, visitors can snoop in between the pages of historic diaries, read other people’s mail, hold feathers and fossils, and peer into mysteries revealed by historic artifacts like swords and locks of hair kept in remembrance. All events are free and open to the public!	UI campus and downtown Iowa City(various locations)Iowa City, IA 52245
Gronbeck Memorial Lecture with Dr. Bernadette Calafell	Feb 27, 2018	Feb 27, 2018	The Department of Communication Studies and the Bruce Gronbeck Rhetoric Society (the student Rhetoric Society of America chapter) has invited Dr. Bernadette Calafell, Professor at the University of Denver, to deliver the annual Gronbeck Lecture. Dr. Calafell's research is centered on women of color feminisms, queer of color theories, monstrosity, performance studies, and critical rhetoric, which makes her an excellent choice for a program deeply invested in groundbreaking scholarship on diversity and social justice.	Becker Communication Studies BuildingRoom 20325 South Madison StreetIowa City, IA 52245
Provost's Global Forum 2018 & Obermann Humanities Symposium: Against Amnesia: Archives, Evidence, and Social Justice	Mar 01, 2018	Mar 03, 2018	The 2018 Obermann Humanities Symposium and Provost's Global Forum, "Against Amnesia: Archives, Evidence, and Social Justice," brought a dozen scholars, artists, and archivists to Iowa City to share their wide-ranging work.
Women's March at FilmScene	Mar 01, 2018	Mar 31, 2018		FilmScene118 E. College St.Iowa City, IA 52240
So Long, Cursive!—An Obermann Conversation	Mar 06, 2018	Mar 06, 2018	For generations, cursive was a mainstay of K-12 education. An evolution of Roman and medieval scripts, these looping, conjoining lines meant that we could read grandma's recipe for turkey gravy, decipher a teacher's margin notes, and possibly even forge a parent's note for a sick day from school. But now, many schools are doing away with cursive instruction, arguing that keyboarding is the only real necessary skill for communication.	Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Pre-performance lecture for Rossini’s Semiramide	Mar 07, 2018	Mar 07, 2018	Dr. Robert Ketterer, Professor of Classics, will give a pre-performance lecture on Rossini’s Semiramide.	UCC 2520-D200 South Capitol Street(second floor)Iowa City, IA 52240
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series Presents: Ekhard Ziegler	Mar 08, 2018	Mar 08, 2018	Dr. Ekhard Ziegler will deliver a lecture titled "Infant Nutrition at Iowa." The talk will take place in 101 BBE (Biology Building East). Dr. Ekhard Ziegler is a neonatologist in Iowa City, Iowa. He received his medical degree from Leopold Franzen University Innsbruck Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council	101 Biology Building East30 N Dubuque StIowa City, IA 52242
Triangle Club Meeting with H. Dee Hoover — "History of Iowa in Maps"	Mar 18, 2018	Mar 18, 2018	Our special guest speaker is H. Dee Hoover, a professor emeritus of statistics and educational measurement at The University of Iowa. “H.D.” is recognized internationally for his knowledge in academic testing, having been an author and promoter of the well-known Iowa Test of Basic Skills. With a combined passion for mathematics, education and art, H.D. is an esteemed collector of antiquarian maps. His Missouri childhood fascination developed into an appreciation and acquisition of rare, historic maps spanning centuries. H.D.	The University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
"Advancing Chemistry through Diversity"—Lecture by Rigoberto Hernandez	Mar 30, 2018	Mar 30, 2018	Rigoberto Hernandez, Gompf Family Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Johns Hopkins and Director of OXIDE (Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity), will present the Frontiers Lecture, "Advancing Chemistry through Diversity."	Pomerantz CenterRoom C20Iowa City, IA 52242
5th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language	Apr 05, 2018	Apr 07, 2018	The Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (SSHL) is an initiative aimed to offer an intellectual forum to discuss the variable linguistic reality of Spanish heritage bilingualism in the United States (and elsewhere), and the diverse pedagogical needs of students of Spanish as a heritage language. It serves as a venue for both researchers and educators at all levels to share, develop, and discuss theoretical and practical approaches that recognize and validate the study of Spanish as a heritage language from the perspectives of various academic disciplines.	University of IowaLocations TBAIowa City, IA 52242
Panel discussion of the making of Guts and Glory: The War Train That Shaped a Nation — Presentation by Czech and Slovak Museum Exhibitors	Apr 05, 2018	Apr 05, 2018	Kevin McNamara, Rachel Williams, and Stefanie Kohn will present information and discuss their collaboration for the upcoming exhibition at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids. Kevin McNamara is a historian and author of Dreams of a Great Small Nation. Stefanie Kohn is Curator at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library. Rachel Williams is an artist, teacher, and scholar with a joint appointment between the School of Art & Art History and Gender, Women's, & Sexuality Studies.	E125 VAB (Visual Arts Building)University of IowaIowa City, IA 52242
Craft Critique Culture Conference: Reckoning with Appetite	Apr 06, 2018	Repeats every day until Sat Apr 07 2018. Apr 06, 2018, Apr 07, 2018	The Craft Critique Culture Conference is an interdisciplinary conference focusing on the intersections of critical and creative approaches to writing both within and beyond the academy. This year’s conference will explore the boundaries that can challenge and facilitate interdisciplinary scholarship through an inquiry into reckoning with appetite.	304 EPB Gerber Lounge251 W Iowa AveIowa City, IA 52242
Keynote lecture and film screening with Matthew Frye Jacobson	Apr 06, 2018	Apr 07, 2018	Join us for these public events at the biennial conference for the Mid-America American Studies Association, "Migration/Politics/Sport." The keynote speaker is Matthew Frye Jacobson, Coe Professor of American Studies, History, and African-American Studies at Yale University; he will both deliver an address about his current work and hold a screening and discussion of his recent documentary film. Keynote address: "The Historian's Eye: Mediation on Photography, History, and the American Present" Friday, April 6, 2018 4:00-5:30 p.m. 101 BCSB
Craft Critique Culture Conference: Reckoning with Appetite	Apr 07, 2018	Apr 06, 2018, Apr 07, 2018	The Craft Critique Culture Conference is an interdisciplinary conference focusing on the intersections of critical and creative approaches to writing both within and beyond the academy. This year’s conference will explore the boundaries that can challenge and facilitate interdisciplinary scholarship through an inquiry into reckoning with appetite.	304 EPB Gerber Lounge251 W Iowa AveIowa City, IA 52242
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series: Ronald Ettinger	Apr 10, 2018	Apr 10, 2018	Dr. Ronald Ettinger, Professor Emeritus in the College of Dentistry, will deliver a lecture titled "How Do the Medications You Take Affect Your Oral Health, and What Can You Do About It?" The talk will take place in 101 BBE (Biology Building East). Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public. Parking: Iowa Avenue Ramp Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council	101 Biology Building East30 N. Dubuque St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Muslims in Iowa - A Reading	Apr 10, 2018	Apr 10, 2018	Muslims in Iowa (working title) is a documentary play about the lives of Muslims who call Iowa home. Directed by Anne Marie Nest (Theatre Arts), the creative team interviewed over 50 Muslims throughout the state of Iowa. The stories shared by the interviewees are heartbreaking, hilarious, and harrowing; the fabric of their lives rich and diverse; their experiences inspiring and illuminating. A post-show discussion will follow. This event is part of the Embracing Complexity series at Hancher. The Obermann Center is pleased to be a co-sponsor to this event.	Strauss Hall, Hancher AuditoriumPark RoadIowa City, IA 52240
Pre-performance lecture for Verdi’s Luisa Miller	Apr 11, 2018	Apr 11, 2018	Miriam Gilbert, Professor Emerita in the Department of English, will give a pre-performance lecture on Verdi’s Luisa Miller.	UCC 2520-D200 South Capitol Street(second floor)Iowa City, IA 52240
Get It Done! Stepping Up to Assessment	Apr 12, 2018	Apr 12, 2018	We put off thinking about assessment of events and programs for all kinds of reasons. Join Wayne Jacobson, Director of Assessment in the Office of the Provost and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, for this session focused on common obstacles to assessment. Through presentation and discussion, we'll identify steps for getting started and consider whose interests are being served when we don’t take steps to assess the programs we offer. This program is free and open to everyone. No registration is required. Bring your own lunch.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
EPX Con 2018: Animation & Gaming Conference	Apr 14, 2018	Apr 14, 2018	The Midwest's largest Animation and Gaming Conference is back and better than ever! EPXCON 2018 is our 7th annual CON. This year, we have a full program featuring industry professionals in animation, arts, programming, writing, game design, music and sound design, and business, all giving talks, tech demos, and master classes, Q&A sessions, and more.	Art Building West (UI campus)141 N. Riverside Dr.Iowa City, IA 52246
Triangle Club Meeting with Sandra Hudson — “The Quest: Seeking a Lost Heritage”	Apr 15, 2018	Apr 15, 2018	In this PowerPoint presentation, Sandra will share the story of one young American’s thirty-year quest for his lost heritage. As his adventures in the Czech Republic unfold, he experiences exhilarating discoveries that impact our western art and culture. He struggles to save his heritage, and in the process, he saves our heritage as well. The story is like a fairy-tale, but Sandra assures us it is absolutely true! This program is timely, as the Czech & Slovak Museum is currently celebrating the 100th anniversary of the creation of Czechoslovakia.	The University Club1360 Melrose AvenueIowa City, IA 52246
"Gardens of Verse" — A public lecture by Andrew Stauffer	Apr 16, 2018	Apr 16, 2018	In his talk, “Garden of Verse: Poems, Flowers, and Nineteenth-Century Readers,” Digital Bridges visiting scholar Andrew Stauffer will lead you down the garden path, towards a consideration of pressed botanicals in books of poems and their relationship to Anglo-American verse of the nineteenth century—as written, as published, and as read. We are all aware of the pervasive involvement of poetry with botanical material, particularly in this era of Forget-Me-Not anthologies, post-Romantic nature poetry, and the cultural language of flowers.	Gerber Lounge (Room 304)English-Philosophy BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
Book Traces Scavenger Hunt — A Digital Bridges workshop with Andrew Stauffer	Apr 17, 2018	Apr 17, 2018	In the Book Traces Scavenger Hunt workshop led by Digital Bridges visiting scholar Andrew Stauffer, groups will search a given section of the Main Library stacks (usually PR and PS call numbers), looking for interesting marks by original owners in older books.	2032 UI Main Library125 W. Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Info Session: Whiting Public Engagement Humanities Fellowship & Seed Grant	Apr 18, 2018	Apr 18, 2018	The Whiting Foundation has invited the University of Iowa to nominate faculty doing publicly engaged humanities scholarship for two 2019-20 programs: Public Engagement Fellowship ($50,000) Public Engagement Seed Grant ($10,000) Learn More: Wednesday April 18, 2018, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. / Obermann Center Library (111 Church St.) Who is eligible?	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Urgency for Equity: Focusing on Youth-Serving Institutions	Apr 19, 2018	Apr 19, 2018	The Johnson County Social Service's Disproportionate Minority Committee and UI Public Policy Center will host the 2018 Spring Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities conference, "Urgency for Equity: Focusing on Youth-Serving Institutions." The event includes two nationally renowned keynote speakers: Dr. Monique W. Morris, co-founder of the National Black Women's Justice Institute and the author of Black Stats: African Americans by the Numbers in the Twenty-First Century and Push Out: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools; and Dr.	Radisson Hotel and Conference Center1220 1st AveCoralville, IA 52241
Global Citizenship—An Obermann Conversation	Apr 19, 2018	Apr 19, 2018	Our daily interconnectedness with people and places across the world has been accelerated through technology and mobility. One response is a field called “global citizenship.” What do we mean by “global citizenship”? What are the inherent tensions in how we imagine and experience cultures, places, and citizenship? How does our understanding of global citizenship in the U.S. help us understand our power in the world? How do we balance our responsibilities to local and national communities with our obligations to the world community?	Iowa City Public Library, Room A123 S. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52245
Graduate History Society Guest Lecture with Dr. Emily Callaci	Apr 19, 2018	Apr 19, 2018	Professor Emily Callaci from the University of Wisconsin–Madison will deliver a lecture titled "Street Archives and City Life: Popular Intellectuals in Postcolonial Tanzania.”	Schaeffer Hall20 East Washington StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Alison DeSimone presents the History of Pastiche Opera in London	Apr 19, 2018	Apr 19, 2018	Visiting scholar Alison DeSimone from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, will give a presentation on the history of pastiche opera in London. Details to follow.	UCC 2520-D200 South Capitol Street(second floor)Iowa City, IA 52240
Connecting through Place: 3-Minute Speed Research Presentation and Brainstorming	Apr 20, 2018	Apr 20, 2018	The Place-based Inclusion Obermann Working Group was founded in 2015, with the broad mission of understanding local issues of inequality. In particular, we have focused on the growing income and racial/ethnic segregation in Iowa City and Johnson County.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Pre-performance lecture for Massenet’s Cendrillon	Apr 25, 2018	Apr 25, 2018	Geoffrey R. Hope, Professor of French, will give a pre-performance lecture on Massenet’s Cendrillon. Hope maintains interests both in foreign language teaching and in Renaissance literature. He has published articles in Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, Papers in Seventeenth-Century French Literature, and the French Review. He teaches about the Renaissance in France and holds classes on French language, civilization, folklore and poetry. The Opera Studies Forum is supported by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.	UCC 2520-D200 South Capitol Street(second floor)Iowa City, IA 52240
Controlling Research—Gun Control, Public Health, and Restraints on Research	Apr 26, 2018	Apr 26, 2018	Join us for this Obermann Conversation about research restrictions on gun violence. Learn about the history of the Dickey Amendment and current attempts to repeal it; how community organizers and public policy makers could use data and other information compiled from more extensive research; and the current landscape of gun violence in Iowa. This event is co-sponsored by the UI Public Policy Center. Speakers:	MERGE136 S. Dubuque St. (Ped Mall)Iowa City, IA 52245
Inaugural Intermedia Research Initiative Artist Lecture: Adam Pendleton	Apr 26, 2018	Apr 26, 2018	In 2016 Hans and Barbara Breder generously supported the creation of the Intermedia Research Initiative (IRI), which treats the museum itself as a living laboratory, capable of fostering cross-disciplinary modes of creative inquiry. In memory of Hans Breder’s transformative legacy as the founder of the Intermedia MFA program, the IRI seeks to bring the thought and practice of a number of different fields into productive collision.	240 Art Building West141 N. Riverside DriveIowa City, IA 52242
Representation Matters: Hannah Beachler in Conversation at Flyover Fest	Apr 28, 2018	Apr 28, 2018	Flyover Fest is a two-day event that focuses on inclusion and representation in fashion, politics, and culture. Hannah Beachler, production designer for the movie Black Panther, will participate in a keynote/capstone conversation on Saturday, April 28th focused on representation in media, film, and culture. Free and open to all of UI campus.	Shambaugh AuditoriumUI Main LibraryIowa City, IA 52242
Art of Collaboration - Lunch and Learn with the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies	May 03, 2018	May 03, 2018	You are invited to the upcoming Hawkeye Lunch & Learn lecture titled Art of Collaboration - Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, presented by Teresa Mangum, Professor and Director of the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies. This lecture is free and open to the public, however, an RSVP is encouraged.	Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa Theater125 North Madison StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series Presents John Westefeld	May 03, 2018	May 03, 2018	John Westefeld, professor emeritus of counseling psychology in the University of Iowa College of Education, will deliver a lecture titled "Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention." The talk will take place in 101 BBE (Biology Building East). John Westefeld has done extensive research, teaching, publishing, and workshop presentations over 32 years related to the topic of suicide prevention. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council	101 Biology Building East30 N Dubuque StIowa City, IA 52242
Cross-Examined: A Play about the Mothers Who Fought Segregation in Iowa Schools	May 06, 2018	May 06, 2018	Cross-Examined, a short play by Margot Connelly based on the research of Leslie A. Schwalm, tells the story of the mothers who fought segregation in Iowa schools in 1874. This performance celebrates Professors Lena and Michael Hill for their many contributions to the University of Iowa community. A reception will follow the performance.	Old Capitol MuseumSenate ChambersIowa City, IA 52242
2018 Dissertation Writing Summer Camp - Deadline to Apply	May 07, 2018	May 07, 2018	2018 Dissertation Writing Summer Camp - Tuesday, May 29 - Friday, June 3 Registration is now open. Applications are due Monday, May 7.
Midwest Labor and Working Class History Colloquium 2018: Disorganized/De-organized/Reorganized	May 26, 2018	May 26, 2018	Originally founded by University of Iowa graduate students of Professor Shelton Stromquist almost twenty years ago, MLWCH is an annual event hosted by graduate students at institutions throughout the Midwest. It brings together researchers and community members to discuss recent work in labor and working-class history. In addition to providing an opportunity for graduate students to present their work, the event will discuss recent changes to public-sector labor law in Iowa.	University Capitol CenterBoardroom 2390Iowa City, IA 52242
Latina/o/x Studies Today — An Obermann Conversation	Jul 20, 2018	Jul 20, 2018	Theorists Vargas, Mirabal, and La Fountain-Stokes (2017) describe Latina/o/x Studies as “an amalgamation of multiple disciplines, theories, and methods” that “has generated an expansive, innovative, and ever-evolving framework to understand the experiences of persons of Latin American and Caribbean descent in the United States as well as broader sociohistorical, political, and cultural processes.” The speakers below, all of whom are in town participating in the weeklong Iowa Workshop in Latina/o/x Studies, will offer opening statements on issues of significance to Latina/o/x Studies and Lat	MERGE136 S. Dubuque St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Digital Bridges Symposium	Aug 08, 2018	Aug 10, 2018	With generous support from our institutions and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Digital Bridges for Humanistic Inquiry: A Grinnell College/University of Iowa Partnership has been a fascinating, rewarding, and instructive experience in collaboration. Our August 8-10 Digital Bridges Symposium will bring together faculty, staff, and students from both institutions and digital scholars from across the country as we reflect on what we have learned, how projects have taken shape, and what the future might hold as the grant draws to a close.	University of Iowa Campus21 N Clinton StIowa City, IA 52242
"Appropriately Valuing Interdisciplinary Research between Computer Science, Creativity, and the Arts"—a talk by Celine Latulipe	Aug 24, 2018	Aug 24, 2018	Dr. Celine Latulipe, Professor in the Department of Software & Information Systems at the University of North Carolina, will present the first colloquium talk of the year in the UI Computer Science Colloquium series. Dr. Latulipe's talk is titled "Appropriately Valuing Interdisciplinary Research between Computer Science, Creativity, and the Arts." This event is encouraged for people with interests in public digital arts, including people in the sciences and arts, but the general public is welcome to attend as well.	40 Schaeffer Hall20 E. Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Info session for students interested in Humanities Without Walls summer workshop	Sep 05, 2018	Sep 05, 2018	As you progress through your graduate program, have you become interested in considering how your graduate work might position you for diverse careers in and beyond higher education? Meet experts across Chicago who want to show you what is possible and how to prepare for more than one future.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies3rd floor conference room111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Visioning and Calendars: Project Management Basics—A Get It Done Workshop	Sep 11, 2018	Sep 11, 2018	You have an idea for a project or an event, but is it a good one? That is, is it good enough to be worth the time, expense, and effort that will go into it? Once you land on a project idea, how do you bring it to fruition? In this lunchtime workshop, we’ll work on project visioning, which can be helpful in fine tuning an existing project as well as identifying a new one. We’ll also try our hands at backwards calendaring. You’ll leave with a roadmap for completing your project.	Obermann Center for Advanced StudiesLibrary (1st floor)111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series Presents John Beldon Scott	Sep 13, 2018	Sep 13, 2018	John Beldon Scott, Professor Emeritus in the School of Art and Art History, will present a lecture titled "Totalitarian Parades: Mass Amusements in Rome, Berlin, and Moscow." Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Iowa Avenue Parking Ramp. Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council	101 Biology Building East30 N. Dubuque St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Triangle Club Meeting with Carl H. Klaus—"In My Eighties: Tales of Aging"	Sep 16, 2018	Sep 16, 2018	The Triangle Club of Iowa City welcomes Carl H. Klaus, an essayist, diarist, and specialist in nonfiction writing. Klaus is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English and Founder of the UI Nonfiction Writing Program. His books on writing include The Made-Up Self: Impersonation in the Personal Essay and A Self Made of Words: Crafting a Distinctive Persona in Nonfiction Writing.	Radisson Hotel & Conference CenterIsaac's Hall Meeting Room1220 1st Ave.Coralville, IA 52241
What Happens When Robots Write? — A talk by Bill Hart-Davidson	Sep 24, 2018	Sep 24, 2018		Gerber Lounge (Room 304)English-Philosophy BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
Exploring Women in Sports and Title IX’s Legacy—An Obermann Conversation	Sep 25, 2018	Sep 25, 2018	Our first Obermann Conversation of the semester features Diane Williams (M.S., M.Ed., and doctoral candidate in American Studies and GWSS) and Megan Oesting, head coach of the Eastern Iowa Swim Federation and the Eastern Iowa Swim School. Diane and Megan, both lifelong athletes and coaches, will provide a primer on Title IX, why it was created and how it’s been enforced (or not) since its inception; review the experiences of female coaches; and discuss how having a female coach affects athletes. Free and open to all.	Iowa City Public Library, Room A123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Iowa Arts Show Up Spectacular	Sep 30, 2018	Sep 30, 2018		West Lawn of UI Pentacrest(facing the Iowa River)Iowa City, IA 52242
The Silver Screen: Aging through the Lens of Popular Cinema	Oct 01, 2018	Oct 01, 2018	Presented by TRAIL of Johnson County and sponsored by Caring Hands & More of Iowa City, this special event will consider the ways in which aging is treated in popular culture, especially cinema. It will allow us to consider the impact that these images have upon how we view our own aging process, and that of our families and friends.	Coralville Center for the Performing Arts1301 5th St.Coralville, IA 52241
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series Presents: Rick Altman	Oct 09, 2018	Oct 09, 2018	Rick Altman, professor emeritus of Cinema and Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa, will deliver a lecture titled "The Hollywood Musical's Social Projects." The talk will take place in 101 BBE (Biology Building East). Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council	101 Biology Building East30 N Dubuque StIowa City, IA 52242
Elegy for Mary Turner performance	Oct 11, 2018	Oct 11, 2018	The subject of this performance is the violence of white supremacy. The audience will learn about the horrible story of the unpunished murder of Mary Turner, who was pregnant, and several other African American citizens in South Georgia in 1918. Echoes of this visceral history still reverberate through present day acts of state-sponsored violence, domestic terrorism, and hate. It is clear from recent events that there is a growing acceptance of the rhetoric and brutality of white supremacy.	Room 240, Art Building West141 N. Riverside Dr.Iowa City, IA 52246
GET IT DONE! Flow: Finding (and Keeping!) Joy in Academic Writing & Research	Oct 16, 2018	Oct 16, 2018	Most of us have experienced inspiration and a sense of discovery in our research, moments that remind us, this is why I do it. Flow, however, can feel all too rare – crowded out by meetings, neverending email, or challenges we face when we sit down to write and think.	Obermann Center Library111 Church StIowa City, IA 52245
Triangle Club Meeting with Representative Loebsack	Oct 21, 2018	Oct 21, 2018	Guest Speaker: U.S. Congressman Dave Loebsack	Radisson Hotel & Conference CenterIsaac's Hall Meeting Room1220 1st Ave.Coralville, IA 52241
Capturing the Flag: A Documentary about Voting Rights	Oct 23, 2018	Oct 23, 2018	The UI Public Policy Center is hosting a free, public screening of the new documentary Capturing the Flag. A tight-knit group of friends travel to Cumberland County, North Carolina intent on proving that the big idea of American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens. What they find at the polls serves as both a warning and a call to action for anyone interested in protecting the "One Man, One Vote" fundamental of our democracy.	University of Iowa Main Library, Shambaugh Auditorium125 West Washington StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Opera Studies Met Lecture	Oct 24, 2018	Oct 24, 2018	The first Opera Studies Met Opera lecture of the season is coming up this week. UI School of Music expert on La Fanciulla del West, Cody Norling, will introduce the upcoming production on Wednesday, October 24th at 5:30 in our usual venue, UCC-2520D. Mr. Norling is a doctoral student in Musicology at the School of Music. You may recall his past presentation on Indianist exoticism in Fanciulla. We hope to see you there. Our next lecture will be on Marnie on Wed. 11/7 by UI professors Nathan Platte and Corey Creekmur.	University Capitol Centre201 S. Clinton St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Gerrymandering, Voter Registration, and Access to the Ballot—An Obermann Conversation	Oct 25, 2018	Oct 25, 2018	How is voting restricted in our country in lawful ways? Political scientist Tracy Osborn, grassroots organizer Sharon Lake, and Andrew Bribriesco—president and legal advisor for the Iowa chapter of League of United Latin American Citizens—will discuss issues ranging from gerrymandering, Iowa's voter registration law, voter identification, and lack of voting rights for felons.	Iowa City Public Library, Room A123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52245
The Downtown Pop Underground - A reading by Kembrew McLeod	Nov 01, 2018	Nov 01, 2018	Kembrew McLeod, Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, and member of the POROI Executive Committee, will read from his new book The Downtown Pop Underground (Abrams, 2018).	Prairie Lights BooksNorth Dubuque StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Iphigenia Point Blank	Nov 01, 2018	Nov 01, 2018	Iphigenia Point Blank: Story of the First Refugee, A film opera, is adapted from Euripides’ Iphigenia plays and ancient Greek laments from the Trojan War epics. The play follows Iphigenia, the first refugee depicted in western drama, through 2,500 years of history and across contemporary war zones to interrogate the current refugee crisis and change the ending of her story. This collaborative project was developed in part during the summer of 2016's Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grant program.	UI TheatreUniversity of Iowa campusIowa City, IA 52242
Photographing the Latina/o Experience in Iowa - Social Activism, Research, and Policy	Nov 07, 2018	Nov 07, 2018	In this Obermann Conversation, local photographer Miriam Alarcón Avila will share her photo documentary project, “Luchadores Immigrants in Iowa,” which gives voice to new Iowans and shares their challenges as immigrants of Latino heritage. This project is the recipient of an Iowa Arts Council grant award and will be on display at Hancher in Fall 2018.	Iowa City Public Library136 S Linn StreetRoom AIowa City, IA 52240
"Humanities for the Public Good" Launch	Nov 13, 2018	Nov 13, 2018	On November 13 at 4:00 p.m. at the Iowa City Public Library, Teresa Mangum, Director of the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, will share details of a new 4-year program funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, "Humanities for the Public Good: An Integrative, Collaborative, Practice-Based Humanities PhD." Opening remarks John Keller, Dean of the Graduate College & Interim Vice President for Research & Economic Development	Iowa City Public Library, Room A123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52240
POROI Seminar with Alfred L. Martin, Jr.: "Blackbusting Hollywood"	Nov 15, 2018	Nov 15, 2018	In his paper, “Blackbusting Hollywood: Racialized Media Reception, Failure, and The Wiz as Black Blockbuster,” Alfred L. Martin, Jr. (Asst. Professor, Dept. of Communication Studies) draws attention to The Wiz as the first black-cast blockbuster and assesses its significance to issues of black media production and reception. With a focus on press reviews and archival production research, the author introduces the idea of “racialized media reception” in order to understand the ways that The Wiz carried weight beyond its hefty $20 million budget.	Obermann Center Library111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series Presents: Kathleen Kamerick	Dec 06, 2018	Dec 06, 2018	Kathleen Kamerick, professor emeritus of History at the University of Iowa, will deliver a lecture titled "Magic and Adultery in Medieval England." The talk will take place in 101 BBE (Biology Building East). Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council	101 BBE30 N Dubuque StIowa City, IA 52245
The US / Mexico Border in Context	Dec 06, 2018	Dec 06, 2018	Several scholars will help us put current events at the US / Mexico border into perspective.	Iowa City Public Library, Room A123 Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Double-Crossings: A Conversation from Both Sides of the Border	Jan 23, 2019	Jan 23, 2019	In this conversation, faculty of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese—Horacio Castellanos Moya, Mercedes Niño Murcia, and Ariana Ruiz—will discuss the effects of a "language of criminality" on the treatment and perceptions of Central American immigrants and the Latino/a/x population from multiple border standpoints. Free and open to the public. Hosted by the UI Department of Spanish and Portuguese with support from the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.	Iowa City Public LibraryRoom A123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Book Ends Information Session	Jan 24, 2019	Jan 24, 2019	Learn more about the application process and details of the new Book Ends Book Completion program. At this session, Obermann Center Director Teresa Mangum will share her vision for the program and answer questions.	Obermann Center Library (1st floor)111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series Presents: Joe Dan Coulter	Jan 24, 2019	Jan 24, 2019	Dr. Joe Dan Coulter, Professor Emeritus in the UI Department of Community and Behavioral Health will deliver a lecture titled, "Iowa Native Nations' Health." The talk will take place in 101 BBE (Biology Building East). Dr. Coulter is currently active in teaching, research/scholarship, and community service in human rights and American Indian/Alaskan Native health. Cookies and tea will be served before the lecture. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council.	101 BBE (Biology Building East)30 N Dubuque StIowa City, IA 5242
Info Session: Whiting Public Engagement Fellowships & Seed Grants	Feb 01, 2019	Feb 01, 2019	The University of Iowa has been invited to nominate up to two humanities professors for the prestigious Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship and the Public Engagement Seed Grant programs for 2020-21. These programs are intended to celebrate and empower faculty who embrace public engagement as part of the scholarly vocation.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Workshop: How to Craft an MOU	Feb 06, 2019	Feb 06, 2019	Please join us for a brown-bag Get It Done lunch workshop on the nuts and bolts of creating and using MOUs (memoranda of understanding). When partnering with another institution, organization, business, or individual on a project, it is important that each party fully understands their responsibility to the project. A MOU, or partnership agreement, is a document between two parties that allows each group to outline their expectations of the project and its deliverables.	Obermann Center for Advanced StudiesLibrary (1st floor)111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Multiple Pathways to Recovery: An Obermann Conversation about Addiction Research & Treatment Services	Feb 13, 2019	Feb 13, 2019	Alcohol abuse caused more than 3 million deaths worldwide in 2016, according to the World Health Organization. Twenty-three and a half million Americans -- or approximately 1 in every 10 American over the age of 12, which is roughly equal to the population of Texas, are addicted to alcohol and drugs. However, only 11% of those with an addiction receive treatment. How can we make access to treatment more available and also broaden our definition of treatment?	Iowa City Public Library123 Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Women's March presents The Chambermaid - with a talkback by Emily Wentzell.	Feb 18, 2019	Feb 18, 2019	This third screening in the Vanguard Voices series, part of Filmscene's monthlong of programming Women's March, is The Chambermaid. A young maid at a luxurious Mexico City hotel confronts the monotony of long workdays with quiet examinations of forgotten belongings and budding friendships that nourish her newfound and determined dream for a better life.	FilmScene118 East College StreetIowa City, IA 52240
POROI Seminar: Producing Citizens: Motherhood, Race, and Political Belonging in South Africa	Feb 20, 2019	Feb 20, 2019	This POROI seminar engages participants in reading and workshopping the introductory chapter to Brady G’Sell’s book manuscript Producing Citizens. The book draws on ethnography and archival research to chronicle the livelihood strategies of poor mothers across five decades of political economic shifts in South Africa. G’Sell aims to demonstrate that citizenship is not only a matter of legal status, but also a category created and negotiated at the micro-political scale of interpersonal relationships.	Obermann Center for Advanced StudiesLibrary (1st floor)111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Iowa City Darwin Day Celebration 2019	Feb 22, 2019	Feb 23, 2019	Every year, around the time of Charles Darwin’s birthday on February 12th, Iowa City Darwin Day organizes a series of events to promote scientific literacy and increase public awareness of the contributions of science to society. These events include seminar talks and public lectures by nationally known scientists, an accredited teacher workshop, and an art or poster competition.
Darwin Day: Interactive Teaching Workshops	Feb 22, 2019	Feb 23, 2019	Two free interactive teacher workshops will take place during Iowa City's annual Darwin Day celebrations: "Mathematics, Statistics, and Uncertainty in Scientific Claims" Both parts of this workshop will be led by Dr. Paul K. Strode, who has a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution and teaches to high school students in Boulder, Colorado. Part I: February 22, 6-7:30pm, Part II: February 23, 7:45-9:15am. Both parts will take place in room 106 of the Biology Building East.	Biology Building East30 N Dubuque StIowa City, IA 52242
A Conversation with South African Performance Artist Tony Miyambo	Feb 27, 2019	Feb 27, 2019	UI students interested in postcolonial and performance studies are invited to a conversation with Tony Miyambo, South African performance artist on February 27, 2019. Miyambo is a well-known South African performer with an extensive theater background and a BA in Dramatic Arts from Wits University. He is best known for his solo performance, Kafka’s Ape, an adaptation of Franz Kafka’s “A Report to an Academy” about a primate’s struggle to overcome the confines of captivity.	211 English-Philosophy BuildingUI CampusIowa City, IA 52245
Facilitate a Better Gathering — a GET IT DONE! lunchtime workshop	Mar 01, 2019	Mar 01, 2019	How can you break out of the meeting mold of working diligently through an agenda? How can a class start to feel more like a community? How can we invite everyone to participate? Borrowing from their readings in books that focus on creating community change, such as Healing the Heart of Democracy by Parker Palmer and Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown, several members of the Obermann Working Group Modes and Models of Facilitation will demonstrate tools and methods for creating more inclusive and creative gatherings.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Women's March "Vanguard Voices" Series kick-off	Mar 04, 2019	Mar 04, 2019	In order to celebrate talented local, national, and international female artists, FilmScene's “Women’s March” will showcase female-directed new releases alongside classic cinema, films with local roots, and dialogues about the female perspective in the industry. The Obermann Center is pleased to co-sponsor the Vanguard Voices series, four films highlighting the work of directors of color. Each of these four screenings will feature a scholar-host who will lead a talkback and provide context.	FilmScene118 E. College StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Women's March presents: The Third Wife with talkback by Hyaeweol Choi	Mar 04, 2019	Mar 04, 2019	This first screening in the Vanguard Voices series, part of FilmScene's monthlong Women's March, The Third Wife is set in 19th century rural Vietnam as14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. Soon she learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child. May's hope to change her status turns into a real and tantalizing possibility when she gets pregnant.
Producing Citizens: Motherhood, Race, and Political Belonging in South Africa	Mar 06, 2019	Mar 06, 2019	This POROI seminar engages participants in reading and workshopping the introductory chapter to Brady G’Sell’s book manuscript Producing Citizens. The book draws on ethnography and archival research to chronicle the livelihood strategies of poor mothers across five decades of political economic shifts in South Africa.	Obermann Center library111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Mentoring with Diverse Humanities Careers in Mind—Imagine PhD Workshop for UI Faculty, Graduate Students, and Staff	Mar 07, 2019	Mar 07, 2019	...with pizza! We have a limited number of spaces. Please REGISTER early (no later than March 4). Across the country, humanities departments are designing more student-centered graduate programs. Many of those programs are re-envisioning the nature of mentoring as a more collaborative process.	Gerber Lounge3rd FloorEnglish-Philosophy BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
Experiments in Career Diversity in the Humanities: A Working Symposium	Mar 08, 2019	Mar 08, 2019	Experiments in Career Diversity in the Humanities: An Obermann Humanities for the Public Good Working Symposium Across the country, leaders of PhD programs in the humanities face a conundrum. How can a department honor the subjects, methods, and practices of their disciplines while also preparing graduates for diverse careers?	Iowa City Public Library123 Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52245
Women's March presents: Rafiki with a talkback by Brady G'Sell	Mar 11, 2019	Mar 11, 2019	This second screening in the Vanguard Voices series, part of Filmscene's monthlong Women's March, Rafiki is a tender love story between two young women in a country that still criminalizes homosexuality. Kena and Ziki have long been told that "good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives" - but they yearn for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls encourage each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society.
The Stanley Museum of Art's "Going Home" Conversation Series	Mar 16, 2019	May 18, 2019	This three-part series will examine the past, the present, and the future of dwelling in Iowa. These conversations connect three ongoing public projects.	MERGE/Iowa City CoLab136 S. Dubuque St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Women's March presents Little Woods - with a talkback by Jacki Rand	Mar 25, 2019	Mar 25, 2019	This fourth and final screening in the Vanguard Voices series, part of Filmscene's monthlong of programming Women's March, Little Woods is set in a North Dakota fracking boomtown well beyond its prime.	FilmScene118 E. College StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Trans-Pacific Dialogue: Marrying Ceramic Form and Surface Across the Globe	Mar 26, 2019	Mar 26, 2019	David Hicks (Artist, Los Angeles), King Houndekpinkou (Artist, France), Virginia Leonard (Artist, New Zealand), and Glenn Barkely (Curator and Artist, Australia) will demonstrate their technical practices in the creation of unique abstract ceramic sculptures in a public forum in the UI Visual Arts Building.	UI Visual Arts Building107 River St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Local Disabilities Initiatives	Mar 27, 2019	Mar 27, 2019	In this Obermann Conversation, we’ll hear from activists representing various organizations about current projects that support, amplify, and advocate for people with disabilities.	Iowa City Public Library123 S Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Symposium: The Future of Politics in the U.S.	Mar 27, 2019	Mar 27, 2019	The Future of Politics in the U.S.: Looking ahead to 2020 This symposium is intended to provide a thoughtful discussion of politics in the US and the future of the parties from varied perspectives. Speakers include a conservative, a liberal, and a neutral analyst:	Englert Theatre221 E. Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Out There: A Symposium on Provocative Research, Pedagogy, and Academic Freedom	Mar 29, 2019	Mar 29, 2019	Academics and intellectual freedom are increasingly under attack in the United States. This is demonstrated, for example, by the November 2016 launch of the Professor Watchlist by Turning Point USA and the targeted harassment of faculty aimed at intimidating educators and stifling the exchange of ideas and thoughtful debate.	Old Capitol Senate ChamberUI PentacrestIowa City, IA 52242
Reading and Re-Translation Colloquium	Mar 29, 2019	Mar 30, 2019	This colloquium will bring together scholars from a range of languages, literary traditions, disciplines, and approaches, for two days of intensive and hopefully enjoyable interdisciplinary conversation.	University Capitol Centre, Room 1117201 S Clinton StIowa City, IA 52240
Graduate History Society Lecture by Dr. Farina King	Mar 29, 2019	Mar 29, 2019	Farina King is an assistant professor of history and affiliate of the Cherokee and Indigenous Studies Department at Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and received her Ph.D. from Arizona, her M.A. in African History from the University of Wisconsin and a B.A.	Old Capitol Mall, Executive Board Room201 S Clinton StIowa City, IA 52240
Misfitting: Disability Broadly Considered	Apr 04, 2019	Apr 06, 2019	Disability is a universal human experience. Like gender, race, class, and sexuality, disability affects everyone in multiple ways, shaping and informing our notions of normality, family, community, fitness, and worth. Disability Studies, one of the fastest growing interdisciplinary fields in the humanities, social sciences and health sciences, examines abilities in the context of societies and cultures as they change over time.
Travel Is Home: Travel and Landscape in Japanese Literature, Art, and Culture	Apr 04, 2019	Apr 06, 2019	Travel Is Home: Travel and Landscape in Japanese Literature, Art, and Culture—A Conference	Iowa Memorial UnionUI CampusIowa City, IA 52245
2019 Craft Critique Culture Conference	Apr 04, 2019	Apr 06, 2019	For eighteen years, this interdisciplinary conference has welcomed presenters from universities across the country, around the globe, and it has given students from the University of Iowa the opportunity to present their own scholarly and creative work to their peers and colleagues in a variety of disciplines. This tradition of interdisciplinary research and production continues with our nineteenth annual conference, entitled “Craft Critique Culture: Speaking of Violence…”	English Philosophy Buildingand Shambaugh AudioriumUI campusIowa City, IA 52242
Creative Matters Lecture - Suspended in a Web of Meaning: Creativity, Culture and Social Change	Apr 09, 2019	Apr 09, 2019	We are living in an age of accelerated social change. How do individuals and communities respond to a world in constant flux? What is the role of creativity in combating fear and anxiety?	Art Building WestRiverside DriveIowa City, IA 52240
Crash Dance: There Are No Accidents (Performance)	Apr 11, 2019	Apr 13, 2019	Crash Dance is a collaboration between the National Advanced Driving Simulator and the UI Dance Department. The performance will investigate the "parameters and rules" that engineers use for designing automated cars and apply those concepts to dance making through the use of "choreographic thinking." The work is not demonstrative, in that the dance is not illustrating what automated cars do on the road.	Space Place TheaterNorth Hall20 Davenport St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Johnson Society of the Central Region Meeting	Apr 12, 2019	Apr 13, 2019	The Johnson Society of the Central Region meets annually throughout the Upper Midwest to feature the work of established and up-and-coming scholars of eighteenth-century literature and culture. This will be the 61st gathering and will feature 10 speakers on a variety of topics over the course of two days. Speakers and talks:
EPX CON 2019: Animation & Gaming Conference	Apr 13, 2019	Apr 13, 2019	The Midwest's largest Animation and Gaming Conference is back and better than ever! This year, the conference features a full program of industry professionals in animation, arts, programming, writing, game design, music and sound design, and business, giving talks, tech demos, master classes, Q&A sessions, and more.	Art Building WestUI CampusIowa City, IA 52242
Scoring the Screen: The Power of Music in Film	Apr 17, 2019	Apr 17, 2019	How do composers, producers, and directors use music in film? How does it help to tell stories, complicate plots, create atmosphere, and manipulate audiences' emotional responses? How is it selected, scored, and recorded? Join Kaitlyn Busbee (independent filmmaker), Corey Creekmur (Professor of Cinematic Arts), Rebecca Fons (Programming Director at FilmScene), and Nathan Platte (Professor of Music) as they discuss the role—and the power—of music in film.	Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Annual Gronbeck Lecture with Dr. Anjali Vats	Apr 23, 2019	Apr 23, 2019	Please join us as Dr. Anjali Vats delivers the 5th Annual Gronbeck Lecture. Her talk, which is part of a larger book project on Prince Rogers Nelson entitled Creating While Purple: Prince, Intellectual Properties, and Black Capitalism, examines how Prince, through the creation of the NPG Music Club and negotiations with streaming services from Spotify to Tidal, imagined and terraformed Afrofuturist worlds in largely uncharted digital waters.	Becker Communication Studies BuildingRoom 203Iowa City, IA 52242
Race, Place, and Land-Use: The Minneapolis 2040 Plan	Apr 25, 2019	Apr 25, 2019	Join Kirsten Delegard, Director and Co-Founder of the Mapping Prejudice Project, and Heather Worthington, Director of Long-Range Planning, City of Minneapolis-Community Planning & Economic Development, as they discuss the history of racial exclusion and its legacies today, and the application of research and urban planning to correcting the city's racial inequities. Sponsored by the UI's School of Urban & Regional Planning and the City of Iowa City.	IMU#335, Divine Nine RoomIowa City, IA 52242
In the Country We Love: My Family Divided—Lecture by Diane Guerrero	Apr 30, 2019	Apr 30, 2019	Diane Guerrero is a Boston native and has, since an early age, had an affinity with the arts. She attended the Boston Arts Academy where she studied vocal music. After attending college, she realized her passion lay in performance art, and moved to New York to pursue her dreams.	Iowa Memorial UnionMain Lounge125 N. Madison St.Iowa City, IA 52242
How to Stop Giving Graduate Students Bad Advice - A Mentoring Workshop	May 17, 2019	May 17, 2019	Humanities for the Public Good Workshop with Bruce Burgett, Professor and Dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell, and Miriam Bartha, Director of Graduate Programs and Strategic Initiatives of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. About:	Gerber Lounge (Room 304)English-Philosophy BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
Iowa N.E.W. Leadership Institute	May 19, 2019	May 24, 2019	Iowa N.E.W. Leadership is an intensive week-long residential institute designed to develop young women’s public leadership skills, support their engagement in civic life, and create opportunities for them to guild relationships with women leaders on the local, state, and national level.
Writing Center Dissertation Camp	May 28, 2019	Jun 07, 2019	This two-week writing camp for dissertating graduate students meets from Tuesday, May 28 to Friday, June 7 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm every weekday. Each day begins with a brief discussion of issues related to dissertation writing but most of the time is spent writing. Writing Center staff are available for consultations each day. We have a limited number of spaces, so priority is given to students who are post-proposal and have some dissertation writing already done.	Writing Center110 English-Philosophy BuildingIowa City, IA 52242
Ramp Music Festival	Jun 09, 2019	Jun 09, 2019	A performance featuring local musicians tasked with treating the parking ramp as a co-collaborator. All invited musicians have a proven track record of intentional engagement with a sound environment. FEATURED MUSICIANS:	Tower Place & Parking351 Iowa Ave.Iowa City, IA 52245
Museum Symposium Info Session	Sep 10, 2019	Sep 10, 2019	This spring, the Obermann Humanities Symposium, "What Can Museums Become?", is focused on the future of the museum. Co-directed by Joyce Tsai, head curator of the Stanley Museum of Art and professor of practice in the School of Art & Art History, and Jennifer Buckley, professor of English, the 3-day event asks: How might we draw strength from existing institutions to enable vibrant futures? How can we expand the communities that feel a sense of belonging within and around museums?	2390 University Capitol Centre201 S. Clinton St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Info Session: Faculty Institute on Engagement & the Academy	Sep 11, 2019	Sep 11, 2019	We will hold an information session about the 2020 Faculty Institute on Engagement & the Academy on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, from 4:00–5:00 p.m. in the Obermann Center library. (No RSVP needed.)	Obermann Center for Advanced StudiesLibrary (1st floor)111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Not So Straight & Narrow: Managing Our Rural & Urban Waterways—An Obermann Conversation	Sep 12, 2019	Sep 12, 2019	Craig Just, water quality expert and UI professor of civil & environmental engineering, and Rai Tokuhisa, Water Resource Engineer Intern with RDG Planning & Design—who was involved with the waterway project that runs behind Iowa City's Big Grove Brewery & Taproom—will lead a walking conversation about restorative watershed management. Craig and Rai have been involved in both rural and urban projects and will speak to this site specifically, as well as Craig's two new EPA grant projects.	Riverfront Crossings Park(Meet at the parking lot)1101 S. Clinton StIowa City, IA 52240
Humanities Graduate Education for the World's Work: A Symposium	Sep 13, 2019	Sep 14, 2019	Join the executive directors of the MLA and the AHA—Paula Krebs and Jim Grossman—along with other leaders of engaged graduate education for conversations about public scholarship and graduate education, supporting students from underrepresented groups, and partnering with community colleges.	Gerber Lounge (Room 304), EPBand Hotel VetroIowa City, IA 52245
Imagining Latinidades in Global and National Perspective (Sawyer Seminar Opening Conference)	Sep 19, 2019	Sep 21, 2019	In this opening conference for the Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar, six invited scholars of Latina/o/x studies help frame the larger scope of a yearlong conversation about “Imagining Latinidades.” Speakers include the following: Arlene Dávila is Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at New York University. Her research spans urban ethnography, the political economy of culture and media, consumption, immigration, and geographies of inequality and race.	Iowa City Public Library123 S Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
3MT Workshop: Finding Your Authentic Speaking Voice	Sep 20, 2019	Sep 20, 2019		Obermann Center for Advanced StudiesLibrary (1st floor)111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Over the Levee, Under the Plow: A 4-Day Traveling Seminar	Sep 25, 2019	Sep 29, 2019	This itinerant seminar considers the ongoing geological, biological, and social formation of the Midwest in order to locate the historical, political and philosophical roots of the environmental crisis as it manifests in this territory. The seminar unfolds over ﬁve days in the landscape marked physically by the action of glaciers, shaped by the enduring presence of Indigenous nations, and deﬁned politically by the colonization that intensiﬁed after the 1832 Black Hawk conﬂict.
How to Write Effective Letters of Recommendation—A Get It Done Lunchtime Workshop	Sep 26, 2019	Sep 26, 2019	In this informal workshop, Obermann Center Director Teresa Mangum will share tips and advice on writing recommendation letters. Come with questions—and bring your own lunch! This is an informal, lunchtime workshop that is part of the GET IT DONE! series. Everyone is welcome; no registration is necessary.	Obermann Center Library111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Lisa Tetrault: "When Women Won the Right to Vote: An American Fiction"	Oct 03, 2019	Oct 03, 2019	Lisa Tetrault, a leading historian at Carnegie Mellon University of the Women's Rights and Suffrage Movement in the Nineteeth Century, explores the myths associated with popular understandings of when, how, and why women initiated social movements for equal citizenship rights.	Old Capital Museum21 N Clinton StIowa City, IA 52242
“No Room for Maria at the Inn”: Race, Nation, and the Restriction of Maternity Care in El Paso, Texas, 1922-42	Oct 04, 2019	Oct 04, 2019	Dr. Heather Sinclair will be giving a lectured titled, "No Room for Maria at the Inn": Race, Nation, and the Restriction of Maternity Care in El Paso, Texas: 1922-42.	302 Schaeffer Hall20 East WashingtonIowa City, IA 52242
UI Research Services Fair	Oct 10, 2019	Oct 10, 2019	The annual UI Research Services Fair provides an opportunity for researchers of all levels (i.e., faculty, staff, post-docs, students) and research support staff to learn about the many campus resources and services available for their research and scholarship. Obermann Center Director Teresa Mangum will be participating in a 4:00 roundtable discussion about the Center's role in supporting research. Attendees will have the opportunity to	Hancher Auditorium141 East Park Rd.Iowa City, IA 52242
Free Film Screening: La Bamba (1987)	Oct 10, 2019	Oct 10, 2019	This free screening of the film La Bamba (1987) is part of the yearlong Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar on "Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging." The screening will be followed by a discussion.	FilmScene, Ped Mall118 East College StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Media Clown: The Analog Clown Enters Digital Space	Oct 14, 2019	Oct 14, 2019	Paul Kalina (Theatre Arts, CLAS) and Daniel Fine (Digital Arts Cluster) share their project "Media Clown," which premiered in June at the Prague Quadrennial. The event is the largest festival of stage and theatrical design in the world. The project includes two motion-capture suits and a holographic effect screen, all of which aid in Kalina's clown character (think Keaton, not Bozo) "entering" an iPad and becoming part of the digital world.	Iowa City Public Library123 Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Cultures of Courtship: Scientific & Historical Perspectives on Charles Darwin's Descent of Man	Oct 18, 2019	Oct 18, 2019	A lunchtime seminar featuring James Costa (Director, Highlands Biological Station, North Carolina) and Elizabeth Yale (History, University of Iowa) presenting research into the history of Darwin's theories of human evolution and sexual selection. How did Victorian attitudes towards sex, race, and gender shape Darwin's theory of sexual selection?	Obermann Center Library111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Latina/o/x Identity, Popular Culture, and Arts Education with Poet José Olivarez	Oct 22, 2019	Oct 22, 2019	Ariana Ruiz (Department of Spanish & Portuguese), Thomas Arce (Program Coordinator, Latino Native American Cultural Center), and Isabela Flores (Undergrad Education major, Latina/o Studies minor, Student Lead at LNACC) will host a one-day program featuring a poetry workshop, poetry reading, and discussion with Latinx poet, educator, and performer José Olivarez.
Conversation: A Vital Tool for Mending Our Democracy	Oct 23, 2019	Oct 23, 2019	Many of us long for complex conversations with a greater range of people, and yet we aren't entirely sure how to access such conversations. In this Obermann Conversation, we convene three people -- Lore Baur, Ben Hassman, and Sherry Watt -- who actively organize and facilitate conversations that might be perceived as difficult. Each of them will share some of the skills involved in holding a mutually respectful and beneficial conversation, as well as some of the power that this relatively simple tool provides for mending communities.	Iowa City Public Library123 Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
The Burden of Gun Violence: Trends and Policy Solutions	Oct 23, 2019	Oct 23, 2019	This event brings together a panel of experts to discuss the burden of American gun violence and the potential for evidence-based public policy solutions. The UI Public Policy Center’s Crime & Justice Policy research program, directed by Mark Berg, is hosting this panel as part of the Run Up to the 2020 Caucus – a series designed to examine different policy topics that will be discussed during the campaign. Topics will include:	The Graduate HotelWayne BallroomDowntown Iowa City, IA 52245
Latina/o/x Migration (Sawyer Seminar Symposium)	Oct 25, 2019	Oct 25, 2019	In this one-day symposium -- part of our yearlong Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar on “Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging” -- three invited speakers will explore questions related to migration and national belonging. Each speaker will deliver a plenary address, which will be followed by Q&A.	MERGE136 S. Dubuque St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Black Curators' Roundtable	Oct 28, 2019	Oct 28, 2019	This event marks the end of the exhibition Anonymous Donor, guest-curated by Anaïs Duplan and shown at the Figge Art Museum as a part of the Stanley Museum of Art collections-sharing program, Legacies for Iowa, sponsored by the Matthew Bucksbaum Family. Join Duplan and curators Gia Hamilton, Eileen Isagon Skyers, and Gee Wesley in a moderated conversation about their practice working in multiple exhibit, artistic, and community contexts. Free and open to all.	Iowa City Public LibraryRoom A123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52245
First-Gen Summit	Nov 03, 2019	Nov 03, 2019	The 3rd Annual "I'm the First" First Gen Summit celebrates first-generation college students, staff, faculty, and allies at the University of Iowa. Register for a day of panels, fantastic speakers, food, and empowerment! The First Gen Summit is in collaboration with the Vice President of Student Life's office and the First Gen Task Force.	Iowa Memorial Union2nd Floor BallroomIowa City, IA 52242
Stacey Abrams: Assuring Free and Fair Elections in 2020	Nov 04, 2019	Nov 04, 2019	Stacey Abrams lost a tightly contested battle for Georgia Governor amid controversy over voters’ access to the polls. She has since founded Fair Fight 2020 with the aim of assuring free and fair elections. Join us for Stacey’s presentation, along with a campus and community dialogue about the state of voter rights going in to the 2020 U.S. presidential election. This event is in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and the right to vote. Free and open to all.	IMU Main Lounge125 N. Madison St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Latina/o/x Citizenship and National Belonging (Sawyer Seminar Symposium)	Nov 08, 2019	Nov 08, 2019	For this one-day symposium -- part of our yearlong Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar on “Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging” -- three speakers will address the ways Latina/o/x communities are integrated into and respond to dominant U.S. political and cultural social practices. Speakers will provide a strong historical foundation, attend to political processes, and draw out some of the less formal ways in which citizenship is imagined and practiced in Latina/o/x contexts. Each speaker will deliver a plenary address, which will be followed by Q&A.	Iowa City Public Library123 S Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Fascism and Anti-fascism, 1920–2020 — A talk by Geoff Eley	Nov 12, 2019	Nov 12, 2019	Geoff Eley, Karl Pohrt Distinguished University Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Michigan, will give a talk titled "Fascism and Anti-fascism, 1920–2020." Sponsored by the Obermann Working Group Circulating Cultures, Eley will pull from his extensive work in German and British history. Eley is interested in both the history of the Left and the history of the Right; history and film; historiography; and history and theory. He has recently begun teaching a large new undergraduate course on the history of terrorism.	Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
AN INFORMAL FACULTY SEMINAR - Fascisms and Populisms for Today: dis/continuities?	Nov 12, 2019	Nov 12, 2019	Dr. Geoff Eley of the University of Michigan will lead an informal faculty seminar. The event is hosted by the Obermann Circulating Cultures Working Group. Contact Elke Heckner for more information and to receive a PDF of the paper. elke-heckner@uiowa.edu>	114 Phillips HallClinton StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Domestic Stories—An Obermann Conversation	Nov 14, 2019	Nov 14, 2019	How have relationships between domestic workers and employees changed over time, including around issues of race and gender? What are issues of pay injustice that have been true in the past and how are workers addressing such issues today? The conversation includes a historian, a feminist podcaster, and a labor expert.	Iowa City Public Library123 Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
The Future Is Female: Sarah Cahill in Concert	Nov 18, 2019	Nov 18, 2019	"The Future is Female" is an installation/performance and communal feminist immersive listening experience featuring more than 60 compositions by women around the globe, ranging from the 18th century to the present, including new commissioned works. San Francisco Bay Area-based pianist and cultural animator Sarah Cahill will perform from 2:00-5:00 p.m. in the Voxman Commons. Audience members are invited to sit and listen for any length of time and to come and go as they please.	Voxman Music BuildingStudent Commons93 E. Burlington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
A Conversation on Media Making with Iris Morales	Dec 03, 2019	Dec 03, 2019	Join activist and educator Iris Morales on Tuesday, December 3, as she lectures as part of the Communication Studies departmental seminar series.	E205 Adler Journalism BuildingUI CampusIowa City, IA 52242
Film Screening, Q&A with Educator & Latina Activist Iris Morales	Dec 04, 2019	Dec 04, 2019	The Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar film series will screen !Palante, Siempre Palante!. A Q&A with the filmmaker and former Young Lord, Iris Morales, will follow the screening.	FilmScene118 E. College St.Ped MallIowa City, IA 52240
Midnight Traveler: Film Screening and Discussion	Dec 11, 2019	Dec 11, 2019	The Scholarship of Public Engagement Obermann Working Group presents a screening of the film Midnight Traveler, with a pre-screening discussion of the issues and challenges faced by refugees with special guests Alyssa Clayden from the School of Social Work, Noemi Ford from the Iowa Refugees Counseling Center, and Iowa City Compassion. Free and open to all.	FilmScene on the Ped Mall118 E. College St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Informational Meeting for Summer Humanities for the Public Good Internships	Dec 18, 2019	Dec 18, 2019	Learn about the Summer 2020 Humanities for the Public Good Internship program. In addition to learning about the opportunities, expectations of participants, application process, you will also have the chance to talk with one of last year's interns and hear about their experience.	Obermann Center111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
The Pull of Horses on National and Local Histories and Identities	Jan 23, 2020	Jan 23, 2020	Along with our ancestors, horses helped build Iowa City, the state, and the nation.	University of Iowa Main LibraryGalleryIowa City, IA 52242
Anita Hill Lecture: "From Social Movement to Social Impact: Putting an End to Sexual Harassment"	Jan 23, 2020	Jan 23, 2020	Anita Hill is a historic American women's rights icon and advocate for equality. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for UI students, faculty, and staff only (south entrance) Doors open at 6:15 p.m. for the general public (east entrance) Free and open to all. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the Lecture Committee in advance at 319-335-3059.	Iowa Memorial UnionMain LoungeIowa City, IA 52240
The United States of Anxiety: Live Podcast Taping	Jan 27, 2020	Jan 27, 2020	Can we finally build a multiracial democracy in 2020?	Levitt Center for University Advancement1 East Park RoadIowa City, IA 52242
Discussing Race, History, and the 2020 Election	Jan 28, 2020	Jan 28, 2020	Join Kai Wright, host of several WYNC podcasts including The United States of Anxiety, in conversation as he expands upon his 1/27 live taping on the UI campus about the historical roots of our contemporary politics. This will be a chance for a deeper conversation about his work in media, his public use of history, and the racial politics of 2020. Free and open to all. Light refreshments to follow.	Room 101Becker Communication Studies Building25 S. Madison St.Iowa City, IA 52242
Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar: Publishing Workshop	Jan 30, 2020	Jan 30, 2020	As part of the Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Professor Sujey Vega of Arizone State University will run a workshop with graduate students and faculty on preparing a book manuscript/proposal for submission. The Mellon Sawyer Seminar, "Imagining Latinidades," is housed at the Obermann Center. This event is free and open to all of the University of Iowa campus.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52242
Imagining the Latina/o/x Midwest (Sawyer Seminar Symposium)	Jan 31, 2020	Jan 31, 2020	In this one-day symposium -- part of our yearlong Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar on “Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging” -- three speakers will examine the potentials and pitfalls of imagining Latinidades in the Midwestern U.S. Building off the past success of the Latina/o Midwest Symposium, this kickoff event for the spring semester will draw attention to the ways in which Latina/o/x space and identity might be imagined and practiced outside of traditionally recognized Latina/o/x enclaves.	Iowa City Public Library123 S Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Summer 2020 Humanities for the Public Good Internships informational session	Jan 31, 2020	Jan 31, 2020	In this session, you will learn about the Summer 2020 internship program, including more about the specific opportunities and work sites and expectations of the participants. There will also be interns from last summer on hand to share their experiences.	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
ICE Enforcement: Impacts on Community Health and Well-Being	Feb 04, 2020	Feb 04, 2020	With attention drawn to events at the border, it can be easy to overlook the population of immigrants who live in fear of being deported or having family members deported. The effects of raids and other maneuvers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have deep impact on the overall health and well-being of Latino/a/x communities here in Iowa and across the country. The possibility of raids and deportation cause anxiety and depression, which affect the workplace and schools, as well as the healthcare system's capacity to deal with secondary effects.	123 S. Linn StreetIowa City Public LibraryIowa City, IA 52240
WorldCanvass: The Future of Museums	Feb 06, 2020	Feb 06, 2020	What does the museum of the 21st century look like? What does it house? What is its role in the community? Does it see itself differently than museums of the past? And how do galleries, libraries, archives, and museums capture the zeitgeist of the time and reinvent themselves as expectations change? Join us for the first WorldCanvass program of 2020, when our guests will explore the future of museums.	MERGE136 S. Dubuque St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Professional Networking Workshop for Humanities Graduate Students	Feb 13, 2020	Feb 13, 2020	Humanities for the Public Good presents an opportunity to eat, drink, and learn about networking for the humanities. Many graduate students view “networking” as a fraught term, but who could object to new acquaintances? In this workshop, we hope to convince you that networking builds crucial relationships for most of today’s working environments (in and outside of academia) and equips you with practical and meaningful ways to connect with others, all while you partake in pre-Valentine’s Day sips and bites.	Brix Wine and Cheese Shop (upstairs)209 N. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52245
The Diversity Seminar	Feb 19, 2020	Feb 19, 2020	The Diversity Seminar is with Shu Wan, Department of History, "A Forgotten History of Chinese Exchange Students in Early 20th Century Iowa" and Lisa Ortiz, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, "From Grade School to Grad School: Puerto Rican Migrants Negotiating Education in the Midwest." The Diversity Seminar supports and showcases the scholarship and creative work of historically underrepresented global majority faculty, staff, and graduate students at the University of Iowa.	University of Iowa Main Library125 W Washington StreetLibrary 2032Iowa City, IA 52240
Opera Studies Forum: Handel's AGRIPPINA	Feb 19, 2020	Feb 19, 2020	On Wednesday, February 19, Robert Ketterer (University of Iowa) will give a lecture on Handel's Agrippina. Sponsored by the Opera Studies Forum Obermann Working Group. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Robert Ketterer in advance at 319-335-2327 or robert-ketterer@uiowa.edu.	2520D University Capitol Centre201 S. Clinton St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Iowa City Darwin Day Celebration 2020	Feb 21, 2020	Feb 22, 2020	Every year, around the time of Charles Darwin’s birthday, Iowa City Darwin Day organizes a series of events to promote scientific literacy and increase public awareness of the contributions of science to society. These events include seminar talks and public lectures by nationally known scientists, an accredited teacher workshop, and an art or poster competition.	University of Iowa campusand FilmScene (see website for detailed schedule)Iowa City, IA 52245
Racial Equity Institute's Groundwater Workshop	Feb 22, 2020	Feb 22, 2020	This event is a three-hour Groundwater Workshop on race provided by the Racial Equity Institute (Duke University). It is being offered as part of the 2020 Iowa City Darwin Day events, a series of seminar talks, public lectures and presentations organized every year to celebrate the contributions of science to society. The groundwater metaphor is designed to help practitioners at all levels internalize the reality that we live in a racially structured society, and that that is what causes racial inequity. The metaphor is based on three observations:
Historically Speaking: History PhDs Tell Stories of Working Outside the Academy	Feb 24, 2020	Feb 24, 2020	An Andrew W. Mellon-funded Humanities for the Public Good Alumni Panel Join us on Monday, February 24 from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm at the Iowa City Public Library meeting rooms for a panel and small group discussion by history PhD alumni, who will discuss their pathways to career diversity. Featured alumni:	Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52245
TIGER - A live cinema event by Deke Weaver	Feb 28, 2020	Feb 28, 2020	TIGER is part of Deke Weaver’s life-long project, The Unreliable Bestiary, an ark of stories about animals, our relationships with them, and the worlds they inhabit. Since last fall, he has been touring the length of the Mississippi River, from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, with this one-man production.	Public Space One229 North Gilbert StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Iowa Women of the Great Migration: The Maid Narratives	Mar 03, 2020	Mar 03, 2020	Join the Iowa Women’s Archives as we celebrate Women’s History Month. Learn about the remarkable women who labored as domestic workers from the 1930s to 1950s and were interviewed for the book The Maid Narratives: Black Domestics and White Families in the Jim Crow South. The conversation includes historians, social workers, and civil rights activists:	Iowa City Public LibraryRoom A123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52240
What Can Museums Become? —2020 Obermann Humanities Symposium	Mar 05, 2020	Mar 07, 2020	Museums have never been mere containers for objects, nor should they be. How might we draw strength from existing institutions to enable vibrant futures? How can we expand the communities who feel a sense of belonging within and around museums? What must we confront and transform to make this possible? Join the artists, curators, historians, educators, and thinkers who are asking, "What Can Museums Become?"
Midwest Graduate Music Consortium	Mar 06, 2020	Mar 07, 2020	The 24th annual meeting of the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium will take place March 6-7 at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. This conference will showcase original graduate scholarship and performances, and seeks to interrogate “Music(s) at the Margins” of graduate study.	Voxman Music BuildingUniversity of Iowa93 E. Burlington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
POSTPONED: Maximizing LinkedIn's Potential - A Humanities for the Public Good Workshop	Mar 12, 2020	Mar 12, 2020	NOTICE: This workshop has been postponed. We look forward to rescheduling it in the near future. Please check back.	Obermann Center library111 Church StreetIowa City, IA 52240
CANCELED: Before the 19th Amendment: Black Women and the Struggle for Civil Rights	Mar 24, 2020	Mar 24, 2020	Hard Won / Not Done: Women's fight for voting rights. This event brings historical perspectives to bear on current news. At this event, The Colored Conventions Project will be speaking. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. if you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the History Department in advance at historydept@uiowa.edu or 319-335-2299.	Englert Theatre222 E Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
POSTPONED: The Art and Science of Attention	Mar 25, 2020	Mar 25, 2020	NOTICE: This event has been postponed. We hope to reschedule soon. Please check back. We are living in an age of distractibility. Understanding how our brains attend and focus, as well as what we can do to cultivate attention, is necessary for our effectiveness and happiness. Join us for this free, public Obermann Conversation featuring the following speakers:	Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Second Language Learning in Industry: From Linguistics to Duolingo	Mar 26, 2020	Mar 27, 2020	Bozena Pajak, Head of Learning Scientist at Duolingo, will give a public talk on her work on second language acquisition in tech on Thursday, March 26th at 4:00 pm in 315 Phillips Hall, followed by a roundtable discussion with the DeLTA Center at 9:00 am on Friday, March 27 in 101 Spence Labs. All are welcome at both events.	UI campusExact locations TBAIowa City, IA 52242
POSTPONED: Latina/o/x Cultural Citizenships & Popular Belonging (Sawyer Seminar Symposium)	Mar 27, 2020	Mar 27, 2020	NOTICE: This event has been postponed. The organizers hope to reschedule soon. Please check back. After having addressed issues surrounding formal citizenship and national belonging in the previous semester, this one-day symposium -- part of our yearlong Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar on “Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging” -- will bring subject area experts to discuss modalities of popular belonging (television, sports, music, literature, and more) in Latina/o/x contexts in the U.S.	Iowa City Public Library123 S Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
CANCELED: Uncovering the History of Women's Suffrage in Iowa	Mar 31, 2020	Mar 31, 2020	Hard Won / Not Done: Women's fight for voting rights. This event brings historical perspectives to bear on current news. At this event, Dr. Kären Mason will be speaking. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. if you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the History Department in advance at historydept@uiowa.edu or 319-335-2299.	Englert Theatre221 E Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Never Rarely Sometimes Always	Apr 06, 2020	Apr 06, 2020	As part of Film Scene's Reel Representation series, which the Obermann Center co-sponsors, there will be a screening of this film back and a talk back immediately afterwards. Written and directed by Eliza Hittman (Beach Rats, It Felt Like Love), Never Rarely Sometimes Always is an intimate portrayal of two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania. Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support.	Film Scene at The Chauncey404 E. College StreetIowa City, IA 52240
CANCELED: The Visual Culture of the Women's Suffrage Movement	Apr 07, 2020	Apr 07, 2020	Hard Won / Not Done: Women's fight for voting rights. This event brings historical perspectives to bear on current news. At this event, Professor Joni Kinsey will be speaking. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. if you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the History Department in advance at historydept@uiowa.edu or 319-335-2299.	Englert Theatre221 E Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Opera Studies Forum: Puccini's TOSCA	Apr 08, 2020	Apr 08, 2020	On Wednesday, April 8, Anna Barker (University of Iowa) will give a lecture on Puccini's Tosca. Sponsored by the Opera Studies Forum Obermann Working Group. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Robert Ketterer in advance at 319-335-2327 or robert-ketterer@uiowa.edu.	2520D University Capitol Centre201 S. Clinton St.Iowa City, IA 52240
POSTPONED: Telling the Histories of African Americans in Iowa	Apr 09, 2020	Apr 09, 2020	NOTICE: This event has been postponed. We hope to reschedule soon. Please check back. From the Colored Convention Project to the work of the African American Museum of Iowa, our panelists will share their work to uncover and amplify these stories.	Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
Bruce Gronbeck Lecture by Dr. Nina Lozano	Apr 14, 2020	Apr 14, 2020	Join us for the 6th Annual Gronbeck Lecture, featuring Dr. Nina Lozano, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the College of Communication and Fine Arts, Loyola Marymount University. Dr. Lozano will speak on her new book entitled Not One More! Feminicidio on the Border.	Becker Communication Studies BuildingRoom 203Iowa City, IA 52245
CANCELED: Suffrage and the Roots of the Birth Control Movement	Apr 14, 2020	Apr 14, 2020	Hard Won / Not Done: Women's fight for voting rights. This event brings historical perspectives to bear on current news. At this event, Professor Lina-Maria Murillo will be speaking. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. if you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the History Department in advance at historydept@uiowa.edu or 319-335-2299.	Englert Theatre221 E Washington StIowa City, IA 52240
CANCELED: Humanities for the 21st Century: A Conversation with Joy Connolly	Apr 15, 2020	Apr 15, 2020	NOTICE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. We hope to reschedule Dr. Connolly's visit for the Fall 2019 semester. (3/11/20) Join us for a conversation about humanities for the twenty-first century between Joy Connolly, President of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), and Teresa Mangum, Director of the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies. This event is part of President Connolly’s Centennial Conversations series, in which scholars have a chance to contribute ideas to shape the future direction of ACLS.	Old Capitol Senate ChamberRoom 2011 North Clinton St.Iowa City, IA 52242
CANCELED: Black Women and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party	Apr 21, 2020	Apr 21, 2020	Hard Won / Not Done: Women's fight for voting rights. This event brings historical perspectives to bear on current news. At this event, Professor Ashley Howard will be speaking. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. if you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the History Department in advance at historydept@uiowa.edu or 319-335-2299.	Englert Theatre221 E Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Association of Ancient Historians Annual Conference 2020	Apr 23, 2020	Apr 25, 2020	NOTICE: This conference will now take place via Zoom, to minimize public health risk. The schedule below has not yet been updated to reflect the "venue" change. Please check back for the Zoom link and details.	OnlineVia Zoomn/a, IA 52240
CANCELED: Who Did NOT Want Women to Vote?	Apr 28, 2020	Apr 28, 2020	Hard Won / Not Done: Women's fight for voting rights. This event brings historical perspectives to bear on current news. At this event, Professor Landon Storrs will be speaking. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. if you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the History Department in advance at historydept@uiowa.edu or 319-335-2299.	Englert Theatre221 E Washington StIowa City, IA 52240
CANCELED: Opera Studies Forum: Donizetti's MARIA STUARDA	Apr 29, 2020	Apr 29, 2020	On Wednesday, April 29, Miriam Gilbert (University of Iowa) will give a lecture on Donizetti's Maria Stuarda. Sponsored by the Opera Studies Forum Obermann Working Group. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Robert Ketterer in advance at 319-335-2327 or robert-ketterer@uiowa.edu.	2520D University Capitol Centre201 S. Clinton St.Iowa City, IA 52240
POSTPONED: Performing Latina/o/x Futurity (Sawyer Seminar Closing Conference)	Apr 30, 2020	May 02, 2020	NOTICE: This event has been postponed. The organizers hope to reschedule soon. Please check back.	Iowa City Public Library123 S Linn StreetIowa City, IA 52240
CANCELED: The Fight to Elect More Women	May 05, 2020	May 05, 2020	Hard Won / Not Done: Women's fight for voting rights. This event brings historical perspectives to bear on current news. At this event, Professor Tracy Osborn will be speaking. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. if you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the History Department in advance at historydept@uiowa.edu or 319-335-2299.	Englert Theatre221 E Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Virtual Dissertation Writing Summer Camp	Jun 01, 2020	Jun 12, 2020	This two-week writing camp for dissertating graduate students meets in the first two weeks of June from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. every weekday. Each day begins with a group discussion and ends with a presentation focused on dissertation writing, but most of the time is spent writing. Participants set daily and weekly writing goals and Writing Center staff are available for consultations each day. All meetings will be online via Zoom or the Writing Center's online consultation platform.
Online Workshop Series: Reimagining Graduate Education as Preparation for Navigating Crises	Aug 03, 2020	Aug 03, 2020	In this series of free, online workshops, we will imagine graduate education as embracing complexity, solving problems, and working for justice, while also exploring practices for stimulating conversation and liberating the full potential of groups. Thursday, July 16: 8:30 – 10:30 am Monday, July 20: 8:30 – 10:30 am & 1:00 – 3:00 pm Tuesday, July 21: 8:30 – 10:30 am & 1:00 – 3:00 pm Monday, August 3: 8:30 – 10:30 am REGISTER BY JULY 13.
WEBINAR: Addressing Equity in the Classroom Setting During Times of Change: Tools for Faculty	Aug 21, 2020	Aug 21, 2020	Training overview:
Humanities Without Walls Career Diversity Virtual Roundtable	Aug 27, 2020	Aug 27, 2020	The Obermann Center for Advanced studies is proud to be a member of the 16-university Midwest consortium Humanities Without Walls, which is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. On Thursday, August 27, HWW will kick off their 2020-21 career diversity programming. In this virtual roundtable, you'll hear from three HWW fellowship alumni about their experiences post-fellowship and how the Predoctoral Career Diversity Summer Workshop informed their career exploration and development.
Book Ends Info Session	Sep 03, 2020	Sep 03, 2020	Co-sponsored by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and the Office of the Vice President for Research, Books Ends—an Obermann/OVPR Book Completion Workshop—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. Read more about the program.
2021 Graduate Institute on Engagement & the Academy Info Session	Sep 11, 2020	Sep 11, 2020	Learn and ask questions about the 2021 Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy. The Obermann Center's Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Laura Perry and Dr. Ashley Cheyemi McNeil, will lead the virtual session. If you are interested in applying for the January 2021 Obermann Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy, please attend! Please register to receive the Zoom link. Free and open to all.	Obermann Center Library111 Church St.Iowa City, IA 52245
Shelf Indulgence: A Sporadic Social Soiree for Readers	Sep 11, 2020	Sep 11, 2020	Planning to attend the Wednesday, Sep 16 from 4-5 Humanities for the Public Good interview with author Katina Rogers about her new book Putting the Humanities PHD to Work? Warm up by joining us for a casual conversation on Friday, September 11 at 5 pm. Kicked off by a group of UI Grad Directors—
The Summer Internship for Humanities PhDs: A presentation by HPG interns	Sep 15, 2020	Sep 15, 2020	Join us as Summer 2020 Humanities for the Public Good interns reflect on their experiences working with Eastern Iowa non-profits and University of Iowa units during Summer 2020. They will share the work they did and connect their learning experiences to their scholarship and future work. Register via Zoom to receive the meeting link. Free and open to all.
Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: A conversation with Katina Rogers	Sep 16, 2020	Sep 16, 2020
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Invite a Guest to Class Mini Grant, Fall 2020	Sep 16, 2020	Sep 16, 2020	Are you teaching an undergraduate or graduate course that features work by a colleague outside the University of Iowa? Do you have a colleague from another discipline who could bring a thought-provoking cross-disciplinary perspective to an issue you’re addressing in your course? Or would you like to invite a practitioner or an expert from the public sector whose perspective would complement course readings?
Pandemic, State and Society Webinar Series	Sep 18, 2020	Repeats every week every Friday 2 times. Sep 18, 2020, Sep 25, 2020	Please join us for a two-part webinar series featuring voices from Asia to discuss first-hand experiences in the region. Please visit the event website for full information and to register. Friday, September 18 8:00–9:30 p.m. (CST) PANDEMIC 101: VOICES FROM ASIA Panelists present an overview of the pandemic across Asia exploring the medical, social, and humanistic aspects of pandemics.
Info Session: Humanities Without Walls Predoctoral Career Diversity Summer Workshop	Sep 24, 2020	Sep 24, 2020	Join us for this virtual info session about the 2021 Humanities Without Walls National Predoctoral Career Diversity Summer Workshop (July 19–August 6, 2021). The session will be led by Obermann Center Director Teresa Mangum. Register via Zoom to receive the meeting link.
Pandemic, State and Society Webinar Series	Sep 25, 2020	Sep 18, 2020, Sep 25, 2020	Please join us for a two-part webinar series featuring voices from Asia to discuss first-hand experiences in the region. Please visit the event website for full information and to register. Friday, September 18 8:00–9:30 p.m. (CST) PANDEMIC 101: VOICES FROM ASIA Panelists present an overview of the pandemic across Asia exploring the medical, social, and humanistic aspects of pandemics.
2021 Graduate Institute on Engagement & the Academy Info Session (alternate date)	Oct 06, 2020	Oct 06, 2020	Learn and ask questions about the 2021 Graduate Institute on Public Engagement. The Obermann Center's Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Laura Perry and Dr. Ashley Cheyemi McNeil, will lead the virtual session. If you are interested in applying for the January 2021 Obermann Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy, please attend! Note that we are repeating this info session for those who cannot attend the September 11 session (i.e., you do not need to register for both this session and the session on Sept. 11).
Obermann Around the Table: Listening to the Past, Sharing Thoughts on the Present, Imagining a More Just Future	Oct 11, 2020	Oct 11, 2020	The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies is launching a new series entitled Obermann Around the Table--in honor of much missed in-person conversations in our library. Our hope is that the series will provide a welcoming, nonjudgmental space in which colleagues, neighbors, and new friends can address difficult subjects that impact our communities and reflect on ways to move toward more just and generous communities.
Receiving Strangers: Cosmopolitan Ethics and the Narrative Works of Seiichi Higashide and Barack Obama	Oct 15, 2020	Oct 15, 2020	Ashley Cheyemi McNeil will present this Diversity Seminar. The Center for Diversity and Enrichment (CDE), in collaboration with the Office of Graduate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the University Libraries; and the Office of the Provost is pleased to announce this semester’s Diversity Seminar. The Diversity Seminar is a series of presentations that provides a safe and supportive space in which scholars may present their research to colleagues and students on campus.
Little Resurrections: Laboring to Find Wonder in Our Work	Oct 28, 2020	Oct 28, 2020	Join a minister, a dancer, and a religious anthropologist for a conversation about social justice, the body's awe-inspiring movement, and the tension between the mundane and profound qualities of 21st-century labor.
Virtual National Humanities Conference	Nov 06, 2020	Repeats every day every Monday and every Tuesday and every Wednesday and every Thursday and every Friday until Fri Nov 13 2020 except Mon Nov 09 2020, Wed Nov 11 2020. Nov 06, 2020, Nov 10, 2020, Nov 12, 2020, Nov 13, 2020	Join representatives from colleges, universities, state humanities councils, museums, and libraries for the first-ever virtual National Humanities Conference, taking place Friday, November 6; Tuesday, November 10; Thursday, November 12; and Friday, November 13. Together, we will explore our collective work to deepen the public’s engagement with the humanities.
Get It Done: Working with Hancher in Spring 2021	Nov 09, 2020	Nov 09, 2020	If you've ever passed by Hancher and felt a pang of desire to be part of a performance, you're not alone! We have asked our friends at this premier performing arts center to share their spring 2021 programming and to explain how you can continue to connect with arts programming at Hancher virtually—especially for teaching purposes.
Virtual National Humanities Conference	Nov 10, 2020	Nov 06, 2020, Nov 10, 2020, Nov 12, 2020, Nov 13, 2020	Join representatives from colleges, universities, state humanities councils, museums, and libraries for the first-ever virtual National Humanities Conference, taking place Friday, November 6; Tuesday, November 10; Thursday, November 12; and Friday, November 13. Together, we will explore our collective work to deepen the public’s engagement with the humanities.
Virtual National Humanities Conference	Nov 12, 2020	Nov 06, 2020, Nov 10, 2020, Nov 12, 2020, Nov 13, 2020	Join representatives from colleges, universities, state humanities councils, museums, and libraries for the first-ever virtual National Humanities Conference, taking place Friday, November 6; Tuesday, November 10; Thursday, November 12; and Friday, November 13. Together, we will explore our collective work to deepen the public’s engagement with the humanities.
Abortion Care in America: A Conversation with Carole Joffe & Francine Thompson	Nov 12, 2020	Nov 12, 2020	Join the Obermann Reproductive and Maternal Politics Working Group for a virtual conversation with Professor Carole Joffe, author of Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to get an Abortion in America, and Francine Thompson, Executive Director of Iowa City's Emma Goldman Clinic.
Virtual National Humanities Conference	Nov 13, 2020	Nov 06, 2020, Nov 10, 2020, Nov 12, 2020, Nov 13, 2020	Join representatives from colleges, universities, state humanities councils, museums, and libraries for the first-ever virtual National Humanities Conference, taking place Friday, November 6; Tuesday, November 10; Thursday, November 12; and Friday, November 13. Together, we will explore our collective work to deepen the public’s engagement with the humanities.
Out in the Field: Finding Wonder under the Water, in the Ground, and on the Waves	Nov 16, 2020	Nov 16, 2020	Join us for another virtual Obermann Conversation!
Book Talk with Rhondda Robinson Thomas, author of Call My Name, Clemson: Documenting the Black Experience in an American University Community	Nov 30, 2020	Nov 30, 2020	Join Rhondda Robinson Thomas, Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature, Clemson University, as she discusses her new book, Call My Name, Clemson: Documenting the Black Experience in an American University Community, published this month by the University of Iowa Press. The event will take place on Monday, November 30, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. CST / 5:00 to 5:30 p.m. EST.
Podcasting at Iowa and Beyond: Calling all podcasters, podcast fans, and podcast-curious at Iowa	Dec 04, 2020	Dec 04, 2020	Gather with the Humanities for the Public Good and the Obermann Center to talk all things podcast at the University of Iowa. Hosted by Laura Perry, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow with HPG and a former podcast editor and radio show host, this conversation will cover the wide world of podcasts, showcase exciting podcasts happening on our campus, as well as local resources to support podcasting.
Obermann Around the Table: A View of Bilingual Education in Iowa	Dec 09, 2020	Dec 09, 2020	The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies has launched a new series called Obermann Around the Table, in honor of much missed in-person conversations in our library. Our hope is that the series will provide a welcoming, nonjudgmental space in which colleagues, neighbors, and new friends can address difficult subjects that impact our communities and reflect on ways to move toward more just and generous communities. We hope you'll come to listen and learn and stay to share your thoughts and responses in small group, facilitated conversations.
Peer-to-Peer Exchange of Pandemic Teaching Practices	Dec 15, 2020	Dec 15, 2020	Even as many of us long for a return to an in-person, on-site work life, we’ve also been learning valuable new practices—for teaching, for meetings, for collaboration, and more. Over the next few months, the Obermann Center will be collecting Pandemic Practices to share, beginning with new practices developed for teaching and learning, practices we want to remember and refine in the months to come. We’re getting started with a peer-to-peer exchange of pandemic teaching practices on Tuesday, December 15 at 3:30 p.m. on—of course—Zoom. Please join us!
2021 Graduate Institute on Engagement & the Academy	Jan 11, 2021	Jan 14, 2021	The 2021 Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy will meet virtually January 11–14. There will be daily readings and conversations as well as asynchronous opportunities.
Winter Institute on Teaching with Writing (VIRTUAL)	Jan 12, 2021	Repeats every day every Tuesday and every Thursday 4 times. Jan 12, 2021, Jan 14, 2021, Jan 19, 2021, Jan 21, 2021	Beat the January blues! Start the New Year right by building more writing into your courses with the Writing Center's four-day Winter Institute on Teaching with Writing. In this supportive, collaborative, virtual setting, faculty and graduate student participants will work on assignment design, multimodal writing projects, responding to writing, and evaluating student work.
Spring 2021 Obermann Conversations	Jan 14, 2021	Jan 14, 2021	Continuing to work with the Iowa City Public Library, we will host a series of conversations this spring on topics that feel more pressing than ever. The first conversation in mid-January will feature UI scholars and community partners who will help us understand the current situation of food scarcity and hunger in Johnson County. Zoom registration links will be added to our website in advance of each event.
Winter Institute on Teaching with Writing (VIRTUAL)	Jan 14, 2021	Jan 12, 2021, Jan 14, 2021, Jan 19, 2021, Jan 21, 2021	Beat the January blues! Start the New Year right by building more writing into your courses with the Writing Center's four-day Winter Institute on Teaching with Writing. In this supportive, collaborative, virtual setting, faculty and graduate student participants will work on assignment design, multimodal writing projects, responding to writing, and evaluating student work.
Food Insecurity in Johnson County	Jan 14, 2021	Jan 14, 2021	As of five years ago, about 14% of Johnson County residents were considered food insecure, meaning that they had limited or uncertain access to certain and nutritious food. After nearly a year of COVID-19 affecting employment and housing, those numbers are much greater. In this conversation, Obermann Center Director Teresa Mangum will talk with panelists about how food insecurity is experienced by UI students, children, and families in our local schools and others who are grappling with this urgent issue.
Winter Institute on Teaching with Writing (VIRTUAL)	Jan 19, 2021	Jan 12, 2021, Jan 14, 2021, Jan 19, 2021, Jan 21, 2021	Beat the January blues! Start the New Year right by building more writing into your courses with the Writing Center's four-day Winter Institute on Teaching with Writing. In this supportive, collaborative, virtual setting, faculty and graduate student participants will work on assignment design, multimodal writing projects, responding to writing, and evaluating student work.
Winter Institute on Teaching with Writing (VIRTUAL)	Jan 21, 2021	Jan 12, 2021, Jan 14, 2021, Jan 19, 2021, Jan 21, 2021	Beat the January blues! Start the New Year right by building more writing into your courses with the Writing Center's four-day Winter Institute on Teaching with Writing. In this supportive, collaborative, virtual setting, faculty and graduate student participants will work on assignment design, multimodal writing projects, responding to writing, and evaluating student work.
Cultural Postmortem 2020	Jan 27, 2021	Jan 27, 2021	How can artists and scholars help the nation contend with the peril in which we find ourselves—starting with our own campuses? The 2020 US presidential race was one of the most politically and ideologically divisive and contentious races that we’ve ever seen. And as the events of January 6, 2021 have illustrated, the nation remains divided to the point where political leaders at the highest level are challenging election results without any evidence or basis in reality and a largely white group of insurrectionists tried to overthrow the US government.
Podcasting with Purpose: Annie Galvin	Jan 28, 2021	Jan 28, 2021	Calling all podcasters, podcast enthusiasts, and podcast newbies! Learn from expert podcasters about the craft of podcasting with purpose, from the nuts and bolts of recording and editing audio to the intellectual and creative labor of audio storytelling. As part of our goal to prepare graduate students for a wide range of careers serving the public good, Humanities for the Public Good is exploring new and innovative methods of interpretation, storytelling, and meaning-making.
Book Ends Information Session	Feb 02, 2021	Feb 02, 2021	Co-sponsored by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and the Office of the Vice President for Research, Books Ends—an Obermann/OVPR Book Completion Workshop—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. Read more about the program.
I Spy: How to Read a Grant Application — A GET IT DONE! Lunchtime Workshop	Feb 03, 2021	Feb 03, 2021	The first step to secure a grant is to learn to be a careful close reader of calls for proposals. What key terms and concepts should you seek? How does the grant language match the funder’s mission? How can you actively demonstrate that your project will help funders achieve their goals? We’ve asked Kristi Fitzpatrick—Director of the Grant Support Office in the UI College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and one of the campus’s sharpest readers and writers of grants—to share her advice.
Humanities Without Walls Grant Strategy Workshops	Feb 05, 2021	Repeats every week every Friday 4 times. Feb 05, 2021, Feb 12, 2021, Feb 19, 2021, Feb 26, 2021	Bill Hart-Davidson, Associate Dean for Graduate Education at Michigan State University, will lead a series of virtual
Mellon Sawyer Seminar Information Session	Feb 09, 2021	Feb 09, 2021	Join us for this virtual information session if you're interested in submitting an application to direct a 2022–23 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar. Zoom link: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/97541317741?pwd=TDVhUzQrYVYzUklNcnVtOWdLSXdDdz09 Free and open to all. \| Add to your calendar About Sawyer Seminars:
Mellon Sawyer Seminar Information Session (#2)	Feb 12, 2021	Feb 12, 2021	Join us for this virtual information session if you're interested in submitting an application to direct a 2022–23 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar.
Humanities Without Walls Grant Strategy Workshops	Feb 12, 2021	Feb 05, 2021, Feb 12, 2021, Feb 19, 2021, Feb 26, 2021	Bill Hart-Davidson, Associate Dean for Graduate Education at Michigan State University, will lead a series of virtual
Humanities Without Walls Info Session	Feb 15, 2021	Feb 15, 2021	The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies is proud to be a member of the Andrew W. Mellon–funded Humanities Without Walls (HWW) consortium, which fosters collaborative research and explores the contributions of humanities in the workplace. HWW has provided the Obermann Center funding to help UI faculty prepare proposals for HWW seed grant applications (due in November 2021). To learn more about the seed grants and how to apply for them, we welcome you to attend one of our upcoming Zoom information sessions.
COVID's Lessons: End of Life and Grief	Feb 16, 2021	Feb 16, 2021	The past year has made the end of life and grief a daily communal event, as we receive numbers from the headlines and news from friends and family. In the West, death and grief have often been private acts, but COVID-19, along with the twin pandemic of racism and its inherent grief, has altered how we tend to these universal aspects of human experience. In this conversation, we'll hear from a palliative care physician, a hospice nurse, and a scholar regarding lessons from this past year.
Black History Mobile Museum Lecture by Dr. Khalid el-Hakim	Feb 16, 2021	Feb 16, 2021	Founded by Dr. Khalid el-Hakim, the Black History 101 Mobile Museum is an award-winning collection of over 10,000 original artifacts of Black memorabilia dating from the trans-Atlantic slave trade era to hip-hop culture. Dr.
Podcasting with Purpose: Anne Strainchamps and Mark Riechers	Feb 18, 2021	Feb 18, 2021	Calling all podcasters, podcast enthusiasts, and podcast newbies! Learn from expert podcasters about the craft of podcasting with purpose, from the nuts and bolts of recording and editing audio to the intellectual and creative labor of audio storytelling. As part of our goal to prepare graduate students for a wide range of careers serving the public good, Humanities for the Public Good is exploring new and innovative methods of interpretation, storytelling, and meaning-making.
Black Lives on Screen Virtual Screening Series	Feb 18, 2021	Repeats every week every Thursday until Thu May 06 2021. Feb 18, 2021, Feb 25, 2021, Mar 04, 2021, Mar 11, 2021, Mar 18, 2021, Mar 25, 2021, Apr 01, 2021, Apr 08, 2021, Apr 15, 2021, Apr 22, 2021, Apr 29, 2021, May 06, 2021	Black Lives on Screen is a virtual screening series presented by the UI Department of Cinematic Arts in Spring 2021. By shining a light on Black filmmakers’ own multifaceted cinematic visions, voices, and stories, the series aims to expand our community’s cinematic horizons and broaden our expectations of cinema as a key form of Black art and social transformation.
Humanities Without Walls Grant Strategy Workshops	Feb 19, 2021	Feb 05, 2021, Feb 12, 2021, Feb 19, 2021, Feb 26, 2021	Bill Hart-Davidson, Associate Dean for Graduate Education at Michigan State University, will lead a series of virtual
Humanities Without Walls Info Session	Feb 23, 2021	Feb 23, 2021	The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies is proud to be a member of the Andrew W. Mellon–funded Humanities Without Walls (HWW) consortium, which fosters collaborative research and explores the contributions of humanities in the workplace. HWW has provided the Obermann Center funding to help UI faculty prepare proposals for HWW seed grant applications (due in November 2021). To learn more about the seed grants and how to apply for them, we welcome you to attend one of our upcoming Zoom information sessions:
Black Lives on Screen Virtual Screening Series	Feb 25, 2021	Feb 18, 2021, Feb 25, 2021, Mar 04, 2021, Mar 11, 2021, Mar 18, 2021, Mar 25, 2021, Apr 01, 2021, Apr 08, 2021, Apr 15, 2021, Apr 22, 2021, Apr 29, 2021, May 06, 2021	Black Lives on Screen is a virtual screening series presented by the UI Department of Cinematic Arts in Spring 2021. By shining a light on Black filmmakers’ own multifaceted cinematic visions, voices, and stories, the series aims to expand our community’s cinematic horizons and broaden our expectations of cinema as a key form of Black art and social transformation.
Humanities Without Walls Grant Strategy Workshops	Feb 26, 2021	Feb 05, 2021, Feb 12, 2021, Feb 19, 2021, Feb 26, 2021	Bill Hart-Davidson, Associate Dean for Graduate Education at Michigan State University, will lead a series of virtual
Public Lecture by Dr. Robert Bullard: “The Quest for Environmental Justice”	Mar 01, 2021	Mar 01, 2021	Dr. Robert Bullard, the Father of Environmental Justice, will give a public lecture, "The Quest for Environmental and Climate Justice" at 7:00 p.m. CST on Monday, March 1, 2021. Afterward, he will engage in a Q&A session.
Podcasting with Purpose: James Boo	Mar 04, 2021	Mar 04, 2021	Calling all podcasters, podcast enthusiasts, and podcast newbies! Learn from expert podcasters about the craft of podcasting with purpose, from the nuts and bolts of recording and editing audio to the intellectual and creative labor of audio storytelling. As part of our goal to prepare graduate students for a wide range of careers serving the public good, Humanities for the Public Good is exploring new and innovative methods of interpretation, storytelling, and meaning-making.
Black Lives on Screen Virtual Screening Series	Mar 04, 2021	Feb 18, 2021, Feb 25, 2021, Mar 04, 2021, Mar 11, 2021, Mar 18, 2021, Mar 25, 2021, Apr 01, 2021, Apr 08, 2021, Apr 15, 2021, Apr 22, 2021, Apr 29, 2021, May 06, 2021	Black Lives on Screen is a virtual screening series presented by the UI Department of Cinematic Arts in Spring 2021. By shining a light on Black filmmakers’ own multifaceted cinematic visions, voices, and stories, the series aims to expand our community’s cinematic horizons and broaden our expectations of cinema as a key form of Black art and social transformation.
Native Lands: Belonging and Reclaiming	Mar 10, 2021	Mar 10, 2021	Shelley Buffalo and Carrie Schuettpelz share their experiences as indigenous women who have thought hard about issues of belonging. Together, they'll consider what it means to belong to a Native American tribe, in terms of relationship to the land, the notorious blood quantum system for "measuring" someone's right to membership, and Indian cards. As people who have traveled far from home, living across the U.S.
Black Lives on Screen Virtual Screening Series	Mar 11, 2021	Feb 18, 2021, Feb 25, 2021, Mar 04, 2021, Mar 11, 2021, Mar 18, 2021, Mar 25, 2021, Apr 01, 2021, Apr 08, 2021, Apr 15, 2021, Apr 22, 2021, Apr 29, 2021, May 06, 2021	Black Lives on Screen is a virtual screening series presented by the UI Department of Cinematic Arts in Spring 2021. By shining a light on Black filmmakers’ own multifaceted cinematic visions, voices, and stories, the series aims to expand our community’s cinematic horizons and broaden our expectations of cinema as a key form of Black art and social transformation.
Black Lives on Screen Virtual Screening Series	Mar 18, 2021	Feb 18, 2021, Feb 25, 2021, Mar 04, 2021, Mar 11, 2021, Mar 18, 2021, Mar 25, 2021, Apr 01, 2021, Apr 08, 2021, Apr 15, 2021, Apr 22, 2021, Apr 29, 2021, May 06, 2021	Black Lives on Screen is a virtual screening series presented by the UI Department of Cinematic Arts in Spring 2021. By shining a light on Black filmmakers’ own multifaceted cinematic visions, voices, and stories, the series aims to expand our community’s cinematic horizons and broaden our expectations of cinema as a key form of Black art and social transformation.
Black Lives on Screen Virtual Screening Series	Mar 25, 2021	Feb 18, 2021, Feb 25, 2021, Mar 04, 2021, Mar 11, 2021, Mar 18, 2021, Mar 25, 2021, Apr 01, 2021, Apr 08, 2021, Apr 15, 2021, Apr 22, 2021, Apr 29, 2021, May 06, 2021	Black Lives on Screen is a virtual screening series presented by the UI Department of Cinematic Arts in Spring 2021. By shining a light on Black filmmakers’ own multifaceted cinematic visions, voices, and stories, the series aims to expand our community’s cinematic horizons and broaden our expectations of cinema as a key form of Black art and social transformation.
Imagining Latinidades Closing Conference: Performing Latina/o/x Futurity	Mar 26, 2021	Mar 27, 2021	When COVID-19 interrupted the late spring events and culmination of the yearlong Mellon Sawyer Seminar Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging, we didn't know that the events would eventually end up online and across institutions. In 2019-20, seminar co-directors Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, Ariana Ruiz, and Rene Rocha worked across disciplines to organize six symposia, a film series, and a podcast.
The Writing-Enriched Curriculum: A discussion with Pamela Flash	Apr 01, 2021	Apr 01, 2021	The Writing-Enriched Curriculum: A faculty-driven model supporting discipline-relevant writing and writing instruction
Podcasting with Purpose: Rebecca Nagle	Apr 01, 2021	Apr 01, 2021	Calling all podcasters, podcast enthusiasts, and podcast newbies! Learn from expert podcasters about the craft of podcasting with purpose, from the nuts and bolts of recording and editing audio to the intellectual and creative labor of audio storytelling. As part of our goal to prepare graduate students for a wide range of careers serving the public good, Humanities for the Public Good is exploring new and innovative methods of interpretation, storytelling, and meaning-making.
Black Lives on Screen Virtual Screening Series	Apr 01, 2021	Feb 18, 2021, Feb 25, 2021, Mar 04, 2021, Mar 11, 2021, Mar 18, 2021, Mar 25, 2021, Apr 01, 2021, Apr 08, 2021, Apr 15, 2021, Apr 22, 2021, Apr 29, 2021, May 06, 2021	Black Lives on Screen is a virtual screening series presented by the UI Department of Cinematic Arts in Spring 2021. By shining a light on Black filmmakers’ own multifaceted cinematic visions, voices, and stories, the series aims to expand our community’s cinematic horizons and broaden our expectations of cinema as a key form of Black art and social transformation.
Approaches to Inclusive Graduate Admissions: Workshop with Dean Todd Butler	Apr 02, 2021	Apr 02, 2021	In collaboration with CLAS and the Graduate College, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and the Andrew W. Mellon-funded Humanities for the Public Good initiative will host Dean Todd Butler (Washington State University College of Arts & Sciences) for a reprisal of a workshop he recently held for the Modern Language Association on inclusive admissions. During the virtual workshop, Dean Butler will describe how Washington State University redesigned admissions in response to students’ varied reasons for attending graduate school.
Neighborhood NESTS: Building community-education partnerships	Apr 07, 2021	Apr 07, 2021	As it became clear last summer that the 2019-20 school year would include various kinds of online learning and other interruptions to schooling as usual, a group of community leaders joined forces to create a program to support K12 students. NESTS—Nurture Every Student Together Safely—was intended to address gaps in the Iowa City School District's Return to Learn.
Black Lives on Screen Virtual Screening Series	Apr 08, 2021	Feb 18, 2021, Feb 25, 2021, Mar 04, 2021, Mar 11, 2021, Mar 18, 2021, Mar 25, 2021, Apr 01, 2021, Apr 08, 2021, Apr 15, 2021, Apr 22, 2021, Apr 29, 2021, May 06, 2021	Black Lives on Screen is a virtual screening series presented by the UI Department of Cinematic Arts in Spring 2021. By shining a light on Black filmmakers’ own multifaceted cinematic visions, voices, and stories, the series aims to expand our community’s cinematic horizons and broaden our expectations of cinema as a key form of Black art and social transformation.
Program of African American Home Movies from the Smithsonian National Museum; Lecture by Racquel Gates	Apr 08, 2021	Apr 09, 2021	The Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of Iowa invites you to two special events during week 8 of the Black Lives on Screen film and discussion series.
Graphic Histories: A Discussion with Rachel Williams and Karlos Hill	Apr 15, 2021	Apr 15, 2021	Two scholar-artists will share their experience with translating historical research to a graphic form.
Black Lives on Screen Virtual Screening Series	Apr 15, 2021	Feb 18, 2021, Feb 25, 2021, Mar 04, 2021, Mar 11, 2021, Mar 18, 2021, Mar 25, 2021, Apr 01, 2021, Apr 08, 2021, Apr 15, 2021, Apr 22, 2021, Apr 29, 2021, May 06, 2021	Black Lives on Screen is a virtual screening series presented by the UI Department of Cinematic Arts in Spring 2021. By shining a light on Black filmmakers’ own multifaceted cinematic visions, voices, and stories, the series aims to expand our community’s cinematic horizons and broaden our expectations of cinema as a key form of Black art and social transformation.
Craft Critique Culture Conference: Justice Framed	Apr 16, 2021	Apr 17, 2021	CRAFT CRITIQUE CULTURE is an interdisciplinary conference focusing on the intersections of critical and creative approaches to writing both within and beyond the academy. This year’s (virtual) conference will interrogate frames of justice, criminality, deviancy, and resistance. Considering the systemic inequities exacerbated by the global COVID-19 pandemic, and the massive surge of support for the Black Lives Matter movement in response to police brutality, these topics are as crucial and timely than ever.
Keynote lecture by Cathy Park Hong	Apr 21, 2021	Apr 21, 2021	Poet, writer, professor, and Iowa Writers' Workshop alumna Cathy Park Hong will present a virtual keynote lecture on April 21. During this virtual engagement, Park Hong will engage in a moderated conversation with members of the University of Iowa community focused on her book, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (2020).
Black Lives on Screen Virtual Screening Series	Apr 22, 2021	Feb 18, 2021, Feb 25, 2021, Mar 04, 2021, Mar 11, 2021, Mar 18, 2021, Mar 25, 2021, Apr 01, 2021, Apr 08, 2021, Apr 15, 2021, Apr 22, 2021, Apr 29, 2021, May 06, 2021	Black Lives on Screen is a virtual screening series presented by the UI Department of Cinematic Arts in Spring 2021. By shining a light on Black filmmakers’ own multifaceted cinematic visions, voices, and stories, the series aims to expand our community’s cinematic horizons and broaden our expectations of cinema as a key form of Black art and social transformation.
Thinking Beyond the Disclosure of Identities: #MeToo, Digital Media, and the Risks of Visibility in Contemporary South Korea	Apr 26, 2021	Apr 26, 2021	The Korean Studies Research Network (KoRN) at the University of Iowa is pleased to invite you and any interested faculty, students and community members to a virtual public lecture by Dr. Jinsook Kim via Zoom: "Thinking Beyond the Disclosure of Identities: #MeToo, Digital Media, and the Risks of Visibility in Contemporary South Korea." Presenter: Dr. Jinsook Kim (University of Pennsylvania)
Grant Writing with Mary Blackwood — A Get It Done Workshop	Apr 28, 2021	Apr 28, 2021	You have a great project in mind, but you need funding to implement it. Maybe you’ve even identified an opportunity for grant funding, but how do you write a grant that will get funded? What do the grant reviewers look for in a proposal? How do you give yourself an edge in the application process? Mary Blackwood, Senior Sponsored Research Specialist at the UI Division of Sponsored Programs, will share her advice and take questions on the topic of grant writing.
In Solidarity with Asians and Pacific Islanders in America	Apr 28, 2021	Apr 28, 2021	Hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are on the rise. Current reports of harassment and challenges experienced by AAPI individuals across the country reflect historical legacies of anti-Asian sentiments that impact us today. What resources are available to address anti-AAPI biases and violence? What can we do to support AAPI communities?
Black Lives on Screen Virtual Screening Series	Apr 29, 2021	Feb 18, 2021, Feb 25, 2021, Mar 04, 2021, Mar 11, 2021, Mar 18, 2021, Mar 25, 2021, Apr 01, 2021, Apr 08, 2021, Apr 15, 2021, Apr 22, 2021, Apr 29, 2021, May 06, 2021	Black Lives on Screen is a virtual screening series presented by the UI Department of Cinematic Arts in Spring 2021. By shining a light on Black filmmakers’ own multifaceted cinematic visions, voices, and stories, the series aims to expand our community’s cinematic horizons and broaden our expectations of cinema as a key form of Black art and social transformation.
Black Lives on Screen Virtual Screening Series	May 06, 2021	Feb 18, 2021, Feb 25, 2021, Mar 04, 2021, Mar 11, 2021, Mar 18, 2021, Mar 25, 2021, Apr 01, 2021, Apr 08, 2021, Apr 15, 2021, Apr 22, 2021, Apr 29, 2021, May 06, 2021	Black Lives on Screen is a virtual screening series presented by the UI Department of Cinematic Arts in Spring 2021. By shining a light on Black filmmakers’ own multifaceted cinematic visions, voices, and stories, the series aims to expand our community’s cinematic horizons and broaden our expectations of cinema as a key form of Black art and social transformation.
The Anne Frank Tree Project: Town Hall Meetings	May 13, 2021	May 13, 2021	On April 29, 2022, the University of Iowa will welcome a remarkable new tree to the Pentacrest: a sapling propagated from the immense chestnut tree that grew behind the Amsterdam annex where Anne Frank and her family hid during World War II.
Summer Institute on Cross-Disciplinary Graduate Education	Jun 08, 2021	Jun 11, 2021	Applications due Tuesday, May 11 by 5 pm. See details below. How can cross-disciplinary, project-based courses serve graduate students across the University? This question is under investigation at the University of Iowa by both the Andrew W. Mellon-funded Humanities for the Public Good PHD initiative and the National Science Foundation NRT-Funded Sustainable Water Development Graduate Program as well as implicitly in interdisciplinary degrees in many corners of the University.
Application deadline: Obermann Spelman Rockefeller Community Scholar	Jul 14, 2021	Jul 14, 2021	Obermann Spelman Rockefeller Community Scholar Applications are due Wednesday, July 14 (5:00 p.m.). This opportunity is open to all UI graduate students — master's and doctorate levels.
2021 Humanities Without Walls National Predoctoral Career Diversity Summer Workshop	Jul 19, 2021	Aug 06, 2021	Launched in 2015 as an initiative of the Humanities Without Walls (HWW) consortium, this annual workshop welcomes thirty participants each summer from higher education institutions across the United States. HWW Summer Workshop Fellows work in a variety of academic disciplines. They are scholars and practitioners who bring experience in community building, museum curation, filmmaking, radio programming, social media, project management, research, writing, and teaching.
Book Ends Information Session (Virtual)	Sep 01, 2021	Sep 01, 2021	Learn more about the application process and details of the Book Ends Book Completion program. At this virtual info session, Obermann Center Director Teresa Mangum will share her vision for the program and answer questions.
Humanities Without Walls Seed Grant Info Session (virtual)	Sep 03, 2021	Sep 03, 2021	The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies is proud to be a member of the Andrew W. Mellon funded Humanities Without Walls consortium. We will be supporting collaborative applications for teams led by one or more University of Iowa faculty members that might include teams of faculty, staff, community partners, and graduate students for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years.
What Do We Mean by Humanities Research Now?	Sep 17, 2021	Sep 17, 2021	For many faculty members in the last decade, the forms of artistic practice, scholarship, and research have undergone a sea change. Empirical methodologists in the social sciences engage with ethnographers. Artists take deep archival dives to prepare for plays and paintings. Engineers collaborate with anthropologists and English professors. Humanities scholars and technologists form international ArcGIS teams.
Protests, Military Coup, and Burma's Future	Sep 22, 2021	Sep 22, 2021	Based on fieldwork in Myanmar and discourses in news media, guest speaker Maxime Boutry will discuss diverse notions such as “legitimacy,” “clientelism,” and “federalism,” and shed new light on the political and social transformations that have affected the country over the last ten years.
Trans Health & Medical Care: Where We Are, Where We Came From: A (Virtual) Obermann Conversation	Sep 22, 2021	Sep 22, 2021	Surfacing in the mid-twentieth century yet shrouded in social stigma, transgender medicine is now a rapidly growing medical field. In this virtual Obermann Conversation, UI alum and Michigan State University professor stef shuster will share findings from their new book, Trans Medicine (NYU Press, 2021) in discussion with Dr. Katie Imborek, co-founder of UIHC's LGBTQ Clinic, and community archivist and PhD candidate Aiden Bettine, whose work creates and demands gender-affirming community spaces.
Seeing Asian American Life through the Video Essay	Sep 23, 2021	Sep 23, 2021	Join us for a virtual panel and screening with video essayist Kevin B. Lee, whose work both demonstrates how one can use the arts, literature, theory, and history to offer an understanding of human experience—in this case, of Korean Americans and other ethnic groups—and illustrates a relatively new form of research, the video essay.
What Is Critical Race Theory?: Perspectives from Business, Law, & Sociology	Sep 30, 2021	Sep 30, 2021	On July 1, 2021, Iowa House File 802 became law. Though the Act does not specifically mention “Critical Race Theory,” CRT was cited in discussions of the Act, and the Act restricts when and where the framework’s historical, social, and legal tools for understanding race-based inequities may be taught. But what is critical race theory, and how has it become the focus of acts and editorials? On Thursday, September 30, at 7:00 p.m. CST, a legal scholar, a sociologist, and a community advocate for the business community will attempt to answer these questions.
Fall Institute on Teaching with Writing: Session 1	Oct 01, 2021	Oct 01, 2021	Creating Meaningful Writing Tasks: Breaking Assignments into Smaller Parts How do we design meaningful formal writing assignments that engage and motivate our students? How do we use smaller writing-to-learn tasks that scaffold and prepare them for those formal assignments as well as inform us instructors how they are learning what we are teaching? How do we build multimodal elements into assignments to expand meaning-making opportunities?
Obermann Humanities 3MT Competition	Oct 01, 2021	Oct 01, 2021	The Obermann Center's 2021 Humanities Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) will take place on Friday, October 1, 2021, from 4:00–5:30 p.m. at the Iowa City Public Library (Meeting Room A).	Iowa City Public LibraryRoom A123 S. Linn St.Iowa City, IA 52240
Working the Humanities: Humanities Graduate Students Share Their Internship Experiences	Oct 05, 2021	Oct 05, 2021	While internships are an established part of professional and science graduate programs, they have been a less common opportunity for humanities graduate students. Now, departments and universities are realizing the many benefits for encouraging humanities graduate students to participate in workplace learning. These experiences provide students with a chance to apply their skills, ranging from archival research to critical analysis, to workplaces outside of the academy.
Fall Institute on Teaching with Writing: Session 2	Oct 08, 2021	Oct 08, 2021	How do we respond to and evaluate student writing, including multimodal work, without overwhelming ourselves and our students? This session, the second in a series of two workshops on teaching with writing, will focus on prioritizing course and assignment goals to respond to and grade student writing. It will offer a repertoire of strategies for giving feedback at various stages of the writing process across a range of media from handwriting to digital audio-video.
Why Anne Frank Still Matters: An Obermann Conversation (VIRTUAL)	Oct 18, 2021	Oct 18, 2021	For several generations, Anne Frank has been a household name—the WWII diarist whose posthumously published book has been translated into more than 70 languages. But do younger generations know her story? When they encounter her, what resonates with them? In this conversation, we’ll consider Anne’s legacy and the ways her experience as a refugee, a person in hiding, an advocate for human rights, and a joyful creative spirit can speak to new generations. Speakers will include:
Apply for the Summer '22 Humanities Without Walls Predoctoral Career Diversity Workshop	Oct 26, 2021	Oct 26, 2021	Launched in 2015 as an initiative of the Humanities Without Walls (HWW) consortium, this annual workshop welcomes 30 participants each summer from higher education institutions across the United States. HWW Summer Workshop Fellows work in a variety of academic disciplines. They are scholars and practitioners who bring experience in community building, museum curation, filmmaking, radio programming, social media, project management, research, writing, and teaching.
What Do We Mean by Research Now?—Perspectives from National Foundations and the Researchers They Support	Oct 29, 2021	Oct 29, 2021	We are delighted to welcome both national leaders of funding bodies and impressive recipients for our second round of “What Do We Mean by Research Now?” So often, when a scholar—especially a junior faculty member—proposes a groundbreaking project outside of traditional project, the response is: “But how we would evaluate that?” However, in the last decade, organizations that have long funded traditional research have become both advocates for and evaluators of revolutionary ways of working, especially in the humanities and social sciences.
Daniel Durant: Breaking Barriers via Deaf Representation in Cinema, Theatre, and the Arts	Oct 29, 2021	Oct 29, 2021	Cinematic Arts Lecture Series: Daniel Durant Join actor Daniel Durant for a lecture and Q & A in which he discusses his barrier-breaking career from Broadway to Hollywood, the importance of authentic Deaf representation in film, theatre, and television, the experience of working with Directors of Artistic Sign Language on set, and more.
Economic Development as Social Justice — An Obermann Conversation	Dec 02, 2021	Dec 02, 2021	This summer, a new Story Map of Black-owned businesses in Johnson County was created. It connects users to a rich and ever-growing directory of businesses and entrepreneurs in the eastern Iowa corridor and challenges us to understand the connection between economic opportunities and social justice. Our speakers will help us understand historic barriers faced by BIPOC people interested in starting a business, and why tearing down these barriers matters to all of us.
Behind the S(cr)een: African Americans in the Entertainment Industries	Apr 21, 2022	Apr 23, 2022	Join us for the 2022 Obermann Humanities Symposium, Behind the S(cr)een: African Americans in the Entertainment Industries. The three-day event will take place April 21–23, 2022. This event was originally scheduled for Spring 2021 but has been postponed in the interest of public health.