August 27, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Zoom — 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,…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBVZIIMPTw0 September 16, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CDT | Zoom — In her new book, Putting the Humanities PhD to Work (Duke University Press, 2020), Katina Rogers invites readers to build a university that is truly worth fighting for…
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September 15, 2020 | 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Zoom — 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…
Read More The Summer Internship for Humanities PhDs: A presentation by HPG interns
Course Design Grants for Graduate Instructors If you are teaching a graduate course during the next two years in the humanities or humanities adjacent areas (i.e., arts and social sciences) and you are inspired by the immersion series, you can…
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. As a cautionary measure for everyone's health, we are postponing this workshop for the time being. We look forward to re-scheduling this workshop in the near future. Curious about how to maximize your LinkedIn productivity, or…
Read More Graduate Student Workshop: Maximizing LinkedIn’s Potential
Thursday, April 16, 202012:-00–1:30 p.m. via Zoom HUMANITIES FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD presents an opportunity to get direct, useful feedback and guidance on job application materials in a virtual Zoom workshop. This workshop will guide students in developing lifelong career…
In the final week of March 2020, as the University of Iowa geared up to commence classes and work from home in response to the novel coronavirus, members of the Humanities for the Public Good advisory board offered some informal, of-the-moment reflections about their work as humanists during this globally anxious time. Our board members bravely shared both professional and personal thoughts to the prompts (highlighted below in bold). To protect their honesty and vulnerability in thinking through the current tensions and opportunities in the humanities, their specific responses are anonymous; instead, we employ the page break line to indicate a transition to a different member's response.
Monday, February 24th, 2020 With generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Graduate College, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of History, and the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, the Humanities for the Public Good…
Read More Historically Speaking: History PhDs Tell Stories of Working Outside the Academy
February 13, 2020, 4:00–6:00 p.m.Upstairs at Brix Wine & Cheese Shop, 209 N. Linn St., Iowa City HUMANITIES FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD presents an opportunity to eat, drink, and learn about networking for the humanities. Many graduate students view “networking”…
Read More Working Relationships: A Professional Networking Workshop
In Summer 2019, two graduate students (Mark Rheaume and Michael Davis) completed eight-week internships at Hancher Auditorium, as part of an opportunity to explore how their academic training might translate into a variety of professions and workplaces. Hancher Auditorium's Education Manager, Micah Ariel James, shares a few details about the organization and its efforts to support the local community.
