Events
Writing at Iowa Fall Kick-Off Open House and Reading
Join us for our free Fall Kick Off Event, on Sept. 18 from 2 to 6 p.m. The event will feature special readings from Melissa Febos, Lan Samantha Chang and Kaveh Akbar, along with undergraduate literary mag readings, a book fair, free swag, food + more!
2 p.m.: Book Fair
4 p.m.: Undergraduate Lit Reading
5 p.m.: Faculty reading with Melissa Febos, Lan Samantha Chang and Kaveh Akbar
Cinemixer Fall 2026
The Room that Leaves the House: 16mm Shorts with Christian Flemm
RSVP Deadline: AMA with Walter Biggins, Obermann Editor-in-Residence
UI faculty, students, and staff are invited to attend ask-me-anything group discussions with Walter Biggins—editor-in-chief at University of Pennsylvania Press—at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 1 at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies. Questions might address finding an editor, pitching a book, writing a book proposal, how the publishing process works, etc.
There will be two back-to-back discussions; you may attend one or both.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 30.
Free and open to all.
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AI Is Not Your Friend: Cautions and Vents about Its Uses and Abuses in the Creation of Scholarly Publications — public lecture by Walter Biggins, Obermann Editor-in-Residence
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, from 3–4 p.m. at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, Walter Biggins, editor-in-chief at University of Pennsylvania Press—will offer his perspective as both a longtime acquiring editor and as a writer on how the advent of AI affects the present and possible futures of scholarly publishing. In particular, he will discuss how the emerging technology creates concerns and unresolved tensions—ethical, legal, and otherwise—in publishing around intellectual property, peer...