Do you study violence & aggression? Apply for the Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Award: "Priority is given to research that addresses urgent, present-day problems of violence—what produces it, how it operates, & what prevents or reduces it." bit.ly/3MUsKc9

One week left to apply for Book Ends: Obermann/OVPR Book Completion Workshop! The award is designed to assist UI faculty members with research responsibilities turn promising manuscripts into published books. 📚obermann.uiowa.edu/programs/book-…

Compelling article on student debt relief by Obermann Book Ends scholar Louise Seamster. (Brava, Louise!) College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa UIowa Research Iowa Law nytimes.com/2023/05/26/opi…

The Obermann Algorithms & Culture Research Working Group won a 2nd grant from the Minerva Research Initiative! Their project: "Identifying & Measuring User and Platform Vulnerabilities to Strategic Information Operations" w/ PI Brian Ekdale @bekdale. bit.ly/3qom2CA

Hooray! Christopher Goetz, an Obermann/OVPR Book Ends Awardee, has published his book, The Counterfeit Coin: Videogames & Fantasies of Empowerment (Rutgers). Reviewers are calling it "a triumphant theoretical leap forward for game studies." rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-counterfei… UIowa Research

📣 Calling all humanities graduate students: apply for the MLA News Public Humanities Incubator by June 30th! mla.org/Events/2024-ML…

From June 16-July 2, the Riverside Theatre is putting on a free performance of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night! See the performance dates: riversidetheatre.org/12night/ 🎭

Need some summer reading? Drop by the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation Book Sale on Friday, June 16 from 4:30pm-6:30pm and Saturday, June 17 from 10:30am-3pm! icpl.org/events/47574/i…📚✨

Hooray!! Rachel Young, coordinator of this year's Humanities for the Public Good internship program and a professor in @sjmc, has been named Scripps-Howard Teacher of the YEAR! journalism.uiowa.edu/news/2023/06/p… ScrippsHowardAwards College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa UIowa SJMC

The Iowa Summer Writing Festival returns this July! From July 9-28, there will be 66 weeklong and weekend workshops across genres for writers of all skill levels. ✍️ Learn more: clas.uiowa.edu/news/iowa-summ…

Thanks Humanities Without Walls for republishing our interview with Prof. Louise Seamster on her HWW Grand Research Challenge Project "The Flint Water Disaster Public Archive" humanitieswithoutwalls.illinois.edu/news/grand-res…

Graduate students: Sign up for our Obermann Humanities 3-Minute Thesis on 9/28! You could win $250 & directly advance to the UI finals....as well as learn to communicate your complex research to non-specialist audiences. ;) obermann.uiowa.edu/programs/human…

We're introducing some of our Mellon Foundation HPG Summer Interns! Keegan Hockett (PhD Candidate, School of Music) intern for UnitedWayJWC says, “Being able to view myself in a new space is an empowering experience, and I look forward to meeting and learning from community leaders!”

Jin Chang, College of Education PhD student and Mellon Foundation HPG intern, is recording oral histories of Coralville residents from groups traditionally excluded by existing historic records for the @CoralPubLibrary. Jin says, “We know these stories exist here. It is time to hear us."

Check out Jordan Ismaiel's wonderful photos from June's Writing and Research Workshop! Congrats to Naomi Greyser and Aimee Carillo Rowe for leading this terrific event. obermann.uiowa.edu/obermann-cente…

Rajorshi Das UI Dept. of English PhD candidate and Public Space One Mellon Foundation HPG intern says, I decided to make myself comfortable for a quick pic at PS1! For more info on the artwork (that's not me), go to the website: publicspaceone.com

Susan Santee, College of Education PhD student, is a Mellon Foundation HPG intern for @iowaarchaeology working as an external evaluator and instructional designer in helping to revise and revitalize the Iowa Archaeological Certification program to be available as an eLearning course.

Thanks to @uippc for inviting us to collaborate on this health humanities event.