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Read articles and news, along with updates on upcoming events. Humanities for the Public Good is a graduate Certificate and Master's degree in development. This intellectual community supports artists, scholars, and researchers, independently and in cross-disciplinary collaborations, as they unearth the past, explain and engage the present, and invent the future.
Humanities for the Public Good Blog
7M ago
This event is a culmination of the Obermann Center’s multi-year grant from the Mellon Foundation focused on the transformation of humanities graduate education, Humanities for the Public Good. During the last four years, over 100 faculty, staff, administrators, graduate students, and…
Read More Humanities for the Public Good Closing Symposium – March 1–2, 2024, Downtown Iowa City ..read more
Humanities for the Public Good Blog
1y ago
By Keegan Hockett What are my communities? Where are their epicenters? Are there gatekeepers? I find myself considering these questions frequently as I prepare for the final stages of my doctoral degree in music and reflect upon my educational journey. When…
Read More Building Healthier Communities ..read more
Humanities for the Public Good Blog
1y ago
By Susan Santee In creative arts and scholarship, there are many approaches to problem-solving. However, could it be that busting out of a routine, breaking from convention, and not following a prescribed process are constructive approaches to problem-solving, decision-making, and…
Read More Designing Instruction with Multiple Perspectives in Mind ..read more
Humanities for the Public Good Blog
1y ago
By Jennie Sekanics “If your primary reason for visiting your local library is checking out books, you are privileged.” This statement, shared in a conversation at the most recent American Libraries Association (ALA) conference, may furrow the brows of those…
Read More Is the Library the Last Remaining Public Space ..read more
Humanities for the Public Good Blog
1y ago
By Rajorshi Das The façade of the Close House is so imposing! That was my first thought when I saw this nineteenth-century building located on South Gilbert Street, Iowa City. However, working here this summer as an intern for Public…
Read More Digital Storytelling and the Need for Access ..read more
Humanities for the Public Good Blog
1y ago
By Jin Chang The most memorable interaction I have had as an oral historian at the Coralville Public Library thus far was with a white woman. While she was excited to do the interview, she wanted to know about my…
Read More Sharing Identity ..read more
Humanities for the Public Good Blog
1y ago
By Priyanka Dubey This summer as a Humanities for the Public Good intern, I have the chance to work with South District Diversity Market. Diversity Market came into being to support small entrepreneurs that include, but are not limited to…
Read More Building Trust with Communities ..read more
Humanities for the Public Good Blog
1y ago
By Uche Anomnachi Working as an intern with the Center for Afrofuturist Studies, I had the chance to listen in on an exchange between a visiting artist and John Englebrecht (the director of Public Space One under which the Center…
Read More Is Everything Afrofuturist ..read more
Humanities for the Public Good Blog
2y ago
One day, as I was walking downtown on my way to my car, my dad called me. He knew I was done with teaching and called to ask me something. I don’t even remember the details of our conversation. What…
Read More The Importance of Language in Our Community ..read more
Humanities for the Public Good Blog
2y ago
Discussions about how fewer tenure-track positions in the humanities and the social sciences are becoming are well documented by scholars like Kezar and Maxey (2012) and Rodgers (2020). No doubt, this dynamic is a major feature of the current neoliberal era that…
Read More Strategies for Exposing Humanities PhD Students to Multiple Career Paths ..read more