Join us Feb. 4 for Sarah Bond's lecture about her new book: "Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire" (Yale University Press, 2025).

The CLAS Office of the Dean and the Research Development Office invite you to a monthly workshop series focused on the Interdisciplinary Consortium for the Study of War and Genocide. The second monthly workshop will be held on Friday, Feb. 7, from 10:30 a.m. to noon in 302 SH. This session will feature presentations by Stephanie DiPietro (Associate Professor; Sociology and Criminology) and Elke Heckner (Associate Professor of Instruction; German). An agenda is provided below. 10:30–10:40 a.m...

Colin Gordon - Investing in Segregation: Life Insurance Companies and Private Race Restrictions, 1910-1940

Join us for the opening of the exhibition, it's a fine thing This exhibition explores the rich and often overlooked landscape of the Black Midwest, challenging conventional narratives and celebrating the resilience and creativity of Black Midwestern artists.  Program begins at 6 p.m. with opening remarks, followed by refreshments and music. Event concludes at 8 p.m. Learn more: https://stanleymuseum.uiowa.edu/its-a-fine-thing it’s a fine thing is generously supported by the Terra Foundation...

Greg Valdespino - Introduction: The Politics of Dwelling

The CLAS Office of the Dean and the Research Development Office invite you to a monthly workshop series focused on the Interdisciplinary Consortium for the Study of War and Genocide. The third monthly workshop will be held on Friday, March 7, from 10:30 a.m. to noon in 1117 UCC. This session's speakers are TBA. An agenda is provided below. 10:30–10:40 a.m. - Gather, greetings, coffee and pastries 10:45–11:15 a.m. - First presenter (20-25 minute talk, 5-10 minutes for discussion) 11:15–11:45...

Robert Rouphail - The “Afro-Asian Builder’s Manual:” Global Singapore and the 1967 Afro-Asian Housing Congress

Jessica Werneke - Joseph Aleksandrovich Schneider: A Case Study in Pornography and Censorship in Soviet Latvia

As calls for transnational solidarity among reproductive justice movements emerge, communities are asking how reproductive liberation is tethered to various social movements. Directed by Lina-Maria Murillo (Gender, Women's, & Sexuality Studies and History) and Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz (Communication Studies and Gender, Women's, & Sexuality Studies), this symposium brings together scholars and artists with local, regional, and global perspectives to bear on the pursuit of reproductive justice as we...

The CLAS Office of the Dean and the Research Development Office invite you to a monthly workshop series focused on the Interdisciplinary Consortium for the Study of War and Genocide. The fourth monthly workshop will be held on Friday, April 11, from 10:30 a.m. to noon in 1117 UCC. This session will feature presentations by Elizabeth Menninga (Associate Professor; Political Science) and Ashley Howard (Assistant Professor; History and African American Studies) . An agenda is provided below. 10...

Ashley Howard - Will Brown's Lynching and the Violence of History

Join the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Office of the Provost as we celebrate faculty who have published books since spring 2023. University leadership will make remarks at 5 p.m., followed by short readings by two early-career scholars who have recently authored books: Sarah E. Bond, associate professor in the Department of History, and the author of Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire (Yale University Press, 2025) Jill Wieber Lens, Dorothy M. Willie...

Cory Young - Positive and Negative Self-Fashioning in Pennsylvania's County Slave Registries

Shane Bobrycki - What caused demographic decline at the ancient-medieval transition in Europe?

Viri Hernández - Introduction to Guacamole Ecosystems