In this series of free, online workshops, we imagined 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…
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…
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
November 1, 2019 Are you curious about how to pursue meaningful work outside the university after you earn your PhD? Are you interested in learning about a range of career possibilities for humanists? Come join us and learn how other…
September 13–14, 2019 With generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the University of Iowa’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Vice President for Research, the symposium brought together scholars and higher education…
Read More Humanities Graduate Education for the World’s Work: A Symposium
Friday, May 17, 2019, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PMGerber Lounge, EPB (Room 304) A 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,…
Read More How to Stop Giving Graduate Students Bad Advice: A Mentoring Workshop
March 8, 2019 | Iowa City Public Library | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 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…
Read More National Experiments in Career Diversity: Humanities for the Public Good Working Symposium
March 7, 2019 | Gerber Lounge, 3rd floor EPB | 4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. | ...with pizza! 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…
