Obermann Center for Advanced Studies

Thanks to @uippc for inviting us to collaborate on this health humanities event.

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.com/2023/07/17/is-… 📚

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-cente…

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."

@IowaEnglish PhD student Jennie Sekanics has always cherished libraries, crediting her passion for literary studies to days spent discovering new ideas at the library. As a @MellonFdn HPG intern, she supports the @ICPL by strategizing new initiatives to bolster literary access.

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/human…

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.illinois.edu/news/grand-res…

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-summ…

Hooray!! Rachel Young, coordinator of this year's @UI_HPG internship program and a professor in @sjmc, has been named Scripps-Howard Teacher of the YEAR! journalism.uiowa.edu/news/2023/06/p… @SH_Awards @UIowaCLAS @UIOWA_SJMC

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/i…📚✨

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/ 🎭

📣 Calling all humanities graduate students: apply for the @MLAnews Public Humanities Incubator by June 30th! mla.org/Events/2024-ML…

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/the-counterfei… @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

Compelling article on student debt relief by Obermann Book Ends scholar Louise Seamster. (Brava, Louise!) @UIowaCLAS @UIowaResearch @IowaLawSchool nytimes.com/2023/05/26/opi…

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/book-…

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