Jennie Sekanics, one of our @MellonFdn HPG summer interns and @IowaEnglish PhD student, was featured on the @uiowa IG story! 🎉 Check out her work with the @ICPL this summer and read her blog post on supporting public libraries: uihumanitiesforthepublicgood… 📚
Rajorshi Das @IowaEnglish PhD candidate and @publicspace1@MellonFdn HPG intern says, I decided to make myself comfortable for a quick pic at PS1! For more info on the artwork (that's not me), go to the website: publicspaceone.com/
Check out Jordan Ismaiel's wonderful photos from June's Writing and Research Workshop! Congrats to @NaomiGreyser and Aimee Carillo Rowe for leading this terrific event. obermann.uiowa.edu/obermann-…
Jin Chang, @UIowaEducation PhD student and @MellonFdn HPG intern, is recording oral histories of Coralville residents from groups traditionally excluded by existing historic records for the @CoralPubLibrary. Jin says, “We know these stories exist here. It is time to hear us."
We're introducing some of our @MellonFdn HPG Summer Interns! Keegan Hockett (PhD Candidate, School of Music) intern for @uwjwc says, “Being able to view myself in a new space is an empowering experience, and I look forward to meeting and learning from community leaders!”
Graduate students: Sign up for our Obermann Humanities 3-Minute Thesis on 9/28! You could win $250 & directly advance to the UI finals....as well as learn to communicate your complex research to non-specialist audiences. ;) obermann.uiowa.edu/programs/…
Thanks @HWW_Consortium for republishing our interview with Prof. Louise Seamster on her HWW Grand Research Challenge Project "The Flint Water Disaster Public Archive" humanitieswithoutwalls.illin…
The Iowa Summer Writing Festival returns this July! From July 9-28, there will be 66 weeklong and weekend workshops across genres for writers of all skill levels. ✍️ Learn more: clas.uiowa.edu/news/iowa-sum…
Need some summer reading? Drop by the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation Book Sale on Friday, June 16 from 4:30pm-6:30pm and Saturday, June 17 from 10:30am-3pm! icpl.org/events/47574/icpl-f…📚✨
From June 16-July 2, the Riverside Theatre is putting on a free performance of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night! See the performance dates: riversidetheatre.org/12night… đźŽ
Hooray! Christopher Goetz, an Obermann/OVPR Book Ends Awardee, has published his book, The Counterfeit Coin: Videogames & Fantasies of Empowerment (Rutgers). Reviewers are calling it "a triumphant theoretical leap forward for game studies." rutgersuniversitypress.org/t… @UIowaResearch
The Obermann Algorithms & Culture Research Working Group won a 2nd grant from the Minerva Research Initiative! Their project: "Identifying & Measuring User and Platform Vulnerabilities to Strategic Information Operations" w/ PI Brian Ekdale @bekdale. bit.ly/3qom2CA
One week left to apply for Book Ends: Obermann/OVPR Book Completion Workshop! The award is designed to assist UI faculty members with research responsibilities turn promising manuscripts into published books. 📚obermann.uiowa.edu/programs/…
Do you study violence & aggression? Apply for the Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Award: "Priority is given to research that addresses urgent, present-day problems of violence—what produces it, how it operates, & what prevents or reduces it." bit.ly/3MUsKc9
Grad students: Apply for MLA's Public Humanities Incubator! Participants work w/ mentors to envision their research as contributions to public humanities scholarship, imagining audience, impact, dissemination, partnerships, & more. Apps due 6/30. bit.ly/45pOL9Y@MLAnews