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Mar 28, 2025

Mar 28, 2025

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Michelle Sauer is the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor at the University of North Dakota and an expert on medieval women, sexuality and religiosity.

Apr 3, 2025

Apr 3, 2025

4:00 PM

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a Faculty First Responders Workshop sponsored by POROI, Iowa’s Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry At a time when academics are finding their work hyper-surveilled, banned from funding, or even scrubbed by AI, how can we vibrantly sustain our research, writing, and creative practice? In this Faculty First Responders workshop, participants will learn concrete steps to support freedom of inquiry for themselves and others. Topics include digital security measures, reducing risk of extremist attac...

Apr 3, 2025

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

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The first of two lectures bridging narrative media by David LaRocca, author or contributing editor of twenty books, including Metacinema, The Philosophy of Documentary Film, and Television with Stanley Cavell in Mind. In today’s talk, LaRocca reacts to an episode of Black Mirror in which a streaming platform offers a metacritique of its own existence—and a possible near-term future for its wares. In the midst of an emerging AI takeover, the refractive parable forecasts the further pulv...

Apr 3, 2025

7:00 PM

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Come to Prairie Lights Books for a special Darwin Day reading by Chris Jones, author of The Swine Republic. Published in 2023 by local publisher Ice Cube Press and named a 2024 "Great Reads from Great Places" book by the Library of Congress, The Swine Republic provides extensive research and reportage on the truth behind Iowa's infamously poor water quality, which you "...won't get ... from Iowa’s agricultural and political leaders." (icecubepress.com) Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nat...

Apr 4, 2025

Apr 4, 2025

3:00 PM

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Literary Agent William Callahan will be giving a Publishing Q&A at the Nonfiction Writing House on Friday, April 4 at 3 p.m. William Callahan is an Inkwell Management agent and editor based in New York City. He is responsible for representing and managing the careers of a diverse roster of authors and literary talents. Prior to his current role, Callahan received his degree from the University of Iowa, where he honed his skills and passion for the publishing industry. Join us at the Nonfict...

Apr 4, 2025

3:30 PM

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Chris Jones is author of The Swine Republic which was named a 2024 "Great Reads from Great Places" book by the Library of Congress. The book explores Iowa's infamously poor water quality through an analysis of research and reportage. Until recently, Jones was a research engineer with IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering at the University of Iowa. He holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Montana State University and a BA in chemistry and biology from Simpson College. Previous career stops inclu...

Apr 4, 2025

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

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The second of two lectures bridging narrative media by David LaRocca, author or contributing editor of twenty books, including Werner Herzog / Rogue Filmmaker, The Philosophy of Charlie Kaufman, and Movies with Stanley Cavell in Mind. In today’s talk, LaRocca responds to an episode of Documentary Now! in which the parody series weighs in on the aesthetics of Werner Herzog’s persona, including tests of the epiphenomenon’s ethics, (faux) gravitas, and self-aware humor. Here metafilmmaking...

Apr 4, 2025

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces. Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists. Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each sessio...

Apr 5, 2025

Apr 5, 2025

3:00 PM

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Torrey Peters, alum of the Nonfiction Writing Program will read from her new book Stag Dance at Prairie Lights Books on Saturday, April 5 at 3 p.m. Reception to follow - 4:30pm at The Nonfiction Writing House - 530 N. Clinton St., Iowa City. Torrey Peters, NWP 2009, will publish Stag Dance: A Novel and Stories, with Penguin Random House in March 2025.

Apr 9, 2025

Apr 9, 2025

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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Iowa Bibliophiles is back and ready to showcase some of the new acquisitions from the last year. Come get a close-up look at fantastic items, talk to curators about their collections, and discover something new to inspire you. Unique artist's books, medieval manuscripts, comics, manuscript collections, and so much more will be on display for researchers, educators, and the curious to enjoy. This event will be April 9 and held on the third floor of the Main Library from 5 to 7 p.m. It is fr...