Special Guests

In addition to sharing exciting ways that artists and scholars are working with their communities in the U.S. and Europe, Shannon Jackson led bridge-building conversations with leaders in the arts across our campus and the Iowa City community. Just after her visit with faculty, students, and artists in Iowa City, Jackson, the Cyrus and Michele […]

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National Partnerships

National Partnerships The Obermann Center frequently acts as a bridge to larger national organizations, particularly in the humanities. Our most energetic partnerships include: Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) While the Obermann Center has a long and distinguished history of promoting interdisciplinary research, the Center also energetically supports humanities scholarship. The CHCI connects leaders […]

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Co-Sponsorships

Learn more about Co-Sponosorhips here. Incarcerated in Iowa Symposium (details) Midwest Creative College Town Conference Carol Tilley lecture, Carol Spaziani Intellectual Freedom Festival (detials) Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity Conference Carole Paul lecture Imagining America (details) Maren Wood, Alt-Ac talk Writing Dancing/Dancing Writing Marcos Cueto lecture Christopher Celenza lecture Digital Humanities Studio workshop Works-in-Progress Craft […]

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Staff, Boards, and Gratitude

Our staff in 2014–15 Teresa Mangum, Director Jennifer New, Assistant Director Erin Hackathorn, Director of Operations Miriam Janechek, Graduate Assistant–Communications Kaitlin Dewulf, Undergraduate Assistant Obermann Advisory Board Mary Adamek (Music, CLAS) Robert Cargill (Classics and Religious Studies, CLAS) Charles Connerly (Urban & Regional Planning, Graduate College) Marcella David (College of Law) Juan Pablo Hourcade (Computer […]

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