Dec. 11: Friends of the Department of History were invited to join us for the Annual Holiday Party. |
Dec. 1:CANCELLED Sidney Mintz (Johns Hopkins University) was to give a talk on "Emerging Creole: Creolization and the construction of culture". |
Dec. 1: Margaret Cook Andersen, History graduate student, presented "Depopulation, Masculinity, and Colonial Emigration in the Early Third Republic" at the next European Studies Group Luncheon meeting. |
Nov. 28: The History of Medicine Society presented Barron Lerner (MD, PhD. Columbia), "How One Death Changed Medical Education: Revisiting the Libby Zion Case". |
Nov. 28: Barron Lerner (M.D., Ph.D., Columbia) presented "When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine" at the History of Medicine Society meeting. |
Nov. 16: Joanne Meyerowitz presented "Sexuality, Race, and the History of Social Constructionist Thought". A public reception followed. |
Nov. 15: Joanne Meyerowitz, Yale University, presented "When Gender Studies Meets Transgender History". |
Nov. 15: UI Center for Human Rights Fall 2006 Human Rights Reading Group explored the scholarship of the late Ken Cmiel, former UICHR director and Professor of History. Additional information >> |
Nov. 9: Dr. David Bedell and Dr. Michelle Yehieli participated in the UI Center for Human Rights "Careers for Change" series -- "Helping the Underserved: Problems in Immigrant Health Care". |
Nov. 6: Malcolm Rohrbough was a featured expert for a PBS broadcast of An American Experience on the Gold Rush. |
Oct. 31: History of Medicine Society presented Johanna Schoen--"The development of pregnancy termination procedures since Roe vs. Wade". |
Oct. 31: "Winter in Baghdad" was shown as part of the Center for Human Rights traveling film festival. |
Oct. 25: "Amu" was shown as part of the Center for Human Rights traveling film festival. |
Oct. 19: Wine, Cheese, & Gender Workshop featured
Jennifer Burek Pierce who presented "Turning 18 and A Mother's Judgment: Reproductive Health Tracts for Adolescents in Early 20th Century France" |
Oct. 19: Prof. Omar Valerio-Jimenez provided the second of two panels (sponsored by the UI Office of Equal Opportunity) on Immigration in Iowa. The focus of this event was "Facing Immigration Reality: 'Moving Beyond Boundaries—Framing Responsive and Informed Academic and Community Action' " |
Oct. 18: Phil Mears participated in the UI Center for Human Rights "Careers for Change" series -- "Why Defend Prisoners? The Importance of Prisoner Rights" |
Oct. 13: Prof. David Shumway, Carnegie-Mellon Professor of English and Cultural Studies--"A New Kind of Star: Rock & Roll and the Politicization of Celebrity" |
Oct. 12: Ernesto Laclau gave The 2006 Samuel L. Becker Distinguished Lecture in Communication Studies-- "Why Rhetoric is Political, Why Politics is Rhetorical"
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| Oct. 12: Prof. Omar Valerio-Jimenez kicked off two panels (sponsored by the UI Office of Equal Opportunity) on Immigration in Iowa. The focus is "Dispelling Immigration Myths: 'Demographic Realities—Faces of the Iowa Immigrant Communities' " |
| Oct. 12: Margaret J.M. Ezell presented "Performance Texts: Publishing Prophets in the Interregnum" as part of the 14th annual Brownell Lecture in the History of the Book. A reception hosted by the UI Center for the Book followed. |
| Oct. 9-11: Dr. Peter Takirambudde participated in the UI Center for Human Rights "Careers for Change" series with three events over three days. Events included a public lecture titled "Darfur: Testing the Effectiveness of International Institutions in Responding to Human Rights Crimes"; a presentation called "Careers in the International Human Rights Fields"; and a film screening of "The Refugee All Stars", with discussion to follow. |
| Oct. 10: Prof. Norma Field, Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor to the University of Iowa presented "The End of Post-War Japan: (May It Be) A Premature Declaration." |
| Oct. 5: Prof. David Ambaras, North Carolina State University presented "Down and Out From Taipei to Dairen: Policing Class, Race, and Space in the Japanese Colonies." |
| Oct. 3: Prof. Andrea Rusnock, Associate Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island and author of Vital Accounts: Quantifying Health and Population in Eighteenth-Century England and France, presented a lecture from her current research on "Moving Microbes: The Early Spread of Vaccination, 1798-1810" as part of the Global Health Seminar lecture series. |
| Sept. 28: Mr. Murray Ebner, the focus of "A Surviver's Journey" (the story of his survival of the Holocaust is documented in this award winning production) participated in the Foundation's "Testimony to Tolerance Initiative." |
| Sept. 27: Jennifer Sessions kicked off the first faculty workshop of the semester. Topic of pre-circulated paper--"Painting Monarchy and Empire: The Conquest of Algeria in Louis-Philippe's Musée Historique de Versailles". |
| Sept. 25: Joe Bolkcom and Regenia Bailey participated in the UI Center for Human Rights "Careers for Change" series -- "Working for Just Government: Alternative Paths to a Career in Politics" |
| Sept. 22: Donald McKayle, Ida Beam Professor, Department of Dance events included the Introduction of his film "Heartbeats of a Dance Maker", an Interview for Public TV, and an informal presentation of "Games" (about the 1951 Ballet). |
| Sept. 21: Reception for History Majors--for current history majors or those that are thinking about majoring in history. |
| Sept. 19: History of Medicine Society presented Jennifer Burek Pierce--"From Baby Dolls to Babies in Their Caskets: Motivating Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health in Early 20th Century France". |
| Sept. 18: Lisa Heineman discussed "Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones: From the Ancient World to Abu Ghraib". This lecture was part of the International Mondays lecture series. |
| Sept. 13: Wine, Cheese, & Gender Workshop--Paula Michaels presented "The Soviet Roots of the Lamaze Method of Childbirth." |
| Sept. 11-12: Public lecture about Donald McKayle's (Ida Beam Professor, Department of Dance) life, career, and autobiography. The following day, a Round Table Conference about the impact of his work. |
| Aug. 25: Faculty and Graduate Student Party |
Aug. 16-18: New
Graduate Student Orientation--Graduate College
General Orientation Session--details >> On
Friday, Department of History New Student Meeting |
| Aug. 16-17: Graduate Student (TA) Workshop--this workshop is for new and continuing History graduate students with teaching assignments for 2006-07. |
| Aug. 14, 16, 17: CLAS
New Faculty Orientation For
a full schdule >> |
