Events

McGranahan Lecture Jelani Cobb
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 7:30pm
Historian and Peabody Award-winning journalist Jelani Cobb emerges as a clear voice in the fight for a better America. A PBS Frontline correspondent for two critically acclaimed documentaries, Cobb explores the complexities of race and inequality, while offering guidance and hope for the future. A longtime writer for The New Yorker, Cobb’s work is described as having the “rigor and depth of a professional historian with the alertness of a reporter, the liberal passion of an engaged public intellectual, and the literary flair of a fine writer.”

Obermann Humanities 3MT (3-Minute Thesis) Competition
Thursday, September 28, 2023 3:00pm to 5:00pm
The Obermann Center's 2023 Humanities Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) will take place from 3 to 5 p.m on Thursday, Sept. 28 at the Iowa City Public Library. REGISTER HERE.
This 3MT is specially designed to feature the work of UI humanities graduate students. The 3MT event challenges graduate students to articulate their complex research clearly and concisely to non-specialist audiences in three minutes or fewer. The presented research can be a student’s thesis or PhD work, research related to an...

$4 Fridays at FilmScene
Friday, September 29, 2023 8:00pm to 11:59pm
Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

Out of the Archive: S. Torriano Berry Horror Trilogy Film Screening
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 6:30pm
Please join us at FilmScene this fall for a monthly screening and discussion series, Out of the Archive: Envisioning Blackness. A continuation of conversations begun last spring in the inaugural Out of the Archive program, the series showcases the vibrant, multifaceted tradition of Black cinema by presenting rarely screened and/or recently restored films. Tickets are pay-what-you-can (with students, in particular, encouraged to pick $0). Join us before each screening for a free dinner reception...

Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture-Jane Smiley
Thursday, October 5, 2023 7:00pm to 8:00pm
The Department of English welcomes Ida Cordelia Beam Speaker, Jane Smiley, to speak on Thursday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m.
Jane is a Pulitzer-Prize winning author and alumni of the University of Iowa's Department of English.
A reception will follow.
Her visit is made possible with the support of the Provost's office and the Department of English.

$4 Fridays at FilmScene
Friday, October 6, 2023 8:00pm to 11:59pm
Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

$4 Fridays at FilmScene
Friday, October 13, 2023 8:00pm to 11:59pm
Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

$4 Fridays at FilmScene
Friday, October 20, 2023 8:00pm to 11:59pm
Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

$4 Fridays at FilmScene
Friday, October 27, 2023 8:00pm to 11:59pm
Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

Net-Fluxed Korea: Squid Game, Acting in/on the Logic of Platform Economy
Thursday, November 2, 2023 5:00pm to 6:30pm
The Korean Studies Research Network, an International Programs affinity group, presents this virtual talk featuring Dr. Seung-hwan Shin of the University of Pittsburgh.

$4 Fridays at FilmScene
Friday, November 3, 2023 8:00pm to 11:59pm
Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

Out of the Archive: The Experimental Films of Edward Owens
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 6:30pm
Please join us at FilmScene this fall for a monthly screening and discussion series, Out of the Archive: Envisioning Blackness. A continuation of conversations begun last spring in the inaugural Out of the Archive program, the series showcases the vibrant, multifaceted tradition of Black cinema by presenting rarely screened and/or recently restored films. Tickets are pay-what-you-can (with students, in particular, encouraged to pick $0). Join us before each screening for a free dinner reception...

$4 Fridays at FilmScene
Friday, November 10, 2023 8:00pm to 11:59pm
Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

Remedy, Mobility, and the Feminized Consumption of Beauty in Post-Authoritarian South Korea
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:00pm to 6:30pm
The Korean Studies Research Network, an International Programs affinity group, presents this virtual talk featuring So-Rim Lee from the University of Pennsylvania.
Writing for the Humanities workshop
Friday, November 17, 2023 12:30am to 2:30pm
Writing for the Humanities Workshop for Graduate Students and Faculty with Professor Eric Hayot (Comparative Literature & Asian Studies, Penn State University).

$4 Fridays at FilmScene
Friday, November 17, 2023 8:00pm to 11:59pm
Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

$4 Fridays at FilmScene
Friday, November 24, 2023 8:00pm to 11:59pm
Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

Critical Capitalism: South Korea’s Aspiring Millionaires and the Spirit of the Asset Economy
Thursday, November 30, 2023 5:00pm to 6:30pm
The Korean Studies Research Network, an International Programs affinity group, presents this virtual talk featuring Dr. Bohyeong Kim of Vanderbilt University.

$4 Fridays at FilmScene
Friday, December 1, 2023 8:00pm to 11:59pm
Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

Out of the Archive: Sara Gómez's De cierta manera (One Way or Another) Film Screening
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 6:30pm
Please join us at FilmScene this fall for a monthly screening and discussion series, Out of the Archive: Envisioning Blackness. A continuation of conversations begun last spring in the inaugural Out of the Archive program, the series showcases the vibrant, multifaceted tradition of Black cinema by presenting rarely screened and/or recently restored films. Tickets are pay-what-you-can (with students, in particular, encouraged to pick $0). Join us before each screening for a free dinner reception...