Led initially by Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Director and Principal Investigator Dianne Harris—and now led by IPRH Interim Director Antoinette Burton—the grant funds two initiatives. First, summer workshops will serve pre-doctoral students in the humanities considering careers outside the academy. Second, cross-institutional teams of faculty and graduate students are pursuing research that focuses on a grand challenge: “The Global Midwest.” Their collaborative research positions the past and present Midwest as a shaping force of global economies and cultures.
During the summer of 2014, the Obermann Center provided $17,000 in seed grants to help the following three groups organize toward a formal HWW grant application:
Project leaders: Jacki Rand (History, CLAS, University of Iowa) and Erica Prussing (Anthropology, CLAS, University of Iowa)
Project leaders: Kim Marra (Theatre Arts and American Studies, CLAS, University of Iowa), Mary Trachsel (Rhetoric, CLAS, University of Iowa), and Jane Desmond (Anthropology, University of Illinois)
Project leader: Charles Connerly (Urban & Regional Planning, Graduate College, University of Iowa)
In this first competition, two of our faculty members are in consortium projects that were awarded funding:
Kim Marra (Theatre Arts and American Studies, CLAS)
Christine Shea (Spanish & Portuguese, CLAS)
We offer them a hearty congratulations on their success!
Learn more about Obermann’s involvement with Humanities Without Walls here.
Learn more about the nationwide Humanities Without Walls initiative here.