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Historically Speaking: History PhDs Tell Stories of Working Outside the Academy
Feb 24, 2020
03:30 PM - 05:30 PM
123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
Join us on Monday, February 24 from 3:30pm to 5:30PM at the Iowa City Public Library meeting rooms for a panel and small group discussion by history PhD alumni, who will discuss their pathways to career diversity:
- Karen Christianson Director, Department of Public Engagement, Newberry Library
- Sylvea Hollis Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow, National Park Service
- Eric Zimmer Historian, Vantage Point Historical Services
This event is part of Humanities for the Public Good, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded project that seeks to create pathways to existing and as yet imagined careers dedicated to the public good.
Co-sponsored by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, Graduate College, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and the Department of History.
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