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Arts and Humanities

  • ĢƵ students dance to kickoff the opening of a new studio
    You wouldn’t expect to walk into a dance class and see 14 men and only two women. But that’s the makeup of Professor Tanya Calamoneri’s Dance Imagery and Improvisation course.
    December 16, 2014
  • ĢƵ Professor Peter Balakian recently joined four other American writers on a U.S. State Department-sponsored trip to Istanbul, Turkey, and Yerevan, Armenia. The trip, part of the University of Iowa International Writers Program, was a cultural exchange designed to encourage dialogue between the two countries as the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide draws near.
    December 5, 2014
  • A ĢƵ alum stands on scafolding during the construction of Professor DeWitt Godfrey's newest sculpture, Odin.
    A confluence of art, engineering, and mathematics led to the creation of ĢƵ Professor DeWitt Godfrey’s latest sculpture, Odin, a giant steel structure now nestled in the courtyard between Olin Hall and the Robert H.N. Ho Science Center. The sculpture shares a name with the ruler of Norse gods for a reason. Godfrey’s Odin weighs […]
    November 21, 2014
  • Two students examine a commemorative Berlin Wall in Lawrence Hall at ĢƵ
    A symbolic Berlin Wall, set up by the ĢƵ German Club in the foyer of Lawrence Hall, commemorates the 25th anniversary of the November 9, 1989, conclusion of the separation between East and West Berlin. Spray-painted with the German words, Kein Ausgang, meaning no exit, and the opposition statement, Wir Sind Ein Volk, meaning, we are one […]
    November 17, 2014
  • Jonathan Franzen at ĢƵ
    Our class starts the same way it does on any other Thursday, except this week English professors Jennifer Brice and Jane Pinchin walk in with renowned author Jonathan Franzen. They introduce him and say, “He knows the drill,” which we all know means we get to spend the next 75 minutes asking him any questions […]
    October 30, 2014
  • Filmmaker Segei Loznitsa will be coming to ĢƵ in November.
    A longstanding collaboration between ĢƵ and the world-renowned Flaherty Film Seminar, which brings nearly 200 filmmakers, scholars, and programmers to ĢƵ each summer, has spurred creation of an on-campus residency program that will begin this fall. The ĢƵ/Flaherty Distinguished Global Filmmaker Residency will bring acclaimed Russian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa to the university for an intensive […]
    September 25, 2014
  • ĢƵ students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Ben Mandell ’14 who, after graduating with a theater major and Spanish minor, discovered a unique type of theater that combined both of his academic pursuits. LONEtheater was a theatrical experience different than any […]
    September 1, 2014