Below, participants in our HPG Summer Internship program reflect on what the humanities mean in their workplace, how concepts and methods from their disciplines translate to their workplace, and they are reimagining their own research and writing in their scholarly work in light of their internship experiences.
Since 2015, Johnson County has maintained its Welcoming America Banner Project which embraces newcomers to the area with banners hung throughout Iowa City, Coralville and Kirkwood Community College. As a part of this project, the banners for 2021 will include…
By observing the kinds of places where black-owned businesses began and ended, we get a sense of the lives of African Americans in Iowa from 1937-1966.
Dominic Dongilli is on the hunt for "Exile on Stupo Street," an Iowa City PATV show that sparked a free speech controversy in 1995. What does the missing tape mean for the channel's history of community media and art?
The press pass isn't necessarily the most glamorous piece of a journalist's life. To many, it is nothing more than a piece of paper that allows journalists (or the press generally) to enter or attend an event. For journalists, it…
As a public-facing scholar who is dedicated to revitalizing the relevance of the university in today’s world, I am researching what publicly engaged work means post-pandemic and how arts-based approaches to public engagement work could help facilitate conversations about the “future proofing” of community engagement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elwyUizjTGY&feature=youtu.be 2020 HPG Graduate Interns reflect on their experiences working with Eastern Iowa non-profits and University of Iowa units during Summer 2020 - sharing the work they did and connections they made between their learning experiences, scholarship and careers.
On July 13, the Center for Afrofuturist Studies’ artist-in-residence, Antoine Williams, held an event entitled “Antoine Williams in Conversation with LaTanya Autry and Tiffany Holland.” This conversation brought together the dynamic and influential voices of a historian, cultural organizer, and…
Think about current events taking place in our nation and our state. What does present day activism look like to you? What different types of activism have you seen and practiced in recent weeks or months? The Virtual Writing Project…
Writing this blog entry has been a challenge. I have struggled to figure out what to say and how best to say it, how to express the volume of internal work this summer has kicked up. Many of my colleagues…
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As a creative wing of a University that “seeks to advance scholarly and creative endeavors through leading-edge research and artistic production,” Hancher has done much to assist the creation of new pieces of performance art. It has commissioned more than 100 new works in its nearly 50 years of existence and its initiatives—such as the recent Embracing Complexity program—work to bring diverse voices to the stage.
