In a world full of noise, we often try to listen—to conversations with colleagues and family, to music in our headphones, to videos blasting from our smartphones. We hear all these things daily, but what does it mean to truly listen? In what sense do devices also listen to us? What is the role of silence in listening? How has listening changed over time? Can political tensions be solved through listening? How is listening both an art and a science?This Wide Lens event brings together researchers...

For Jewish American Heritage Month, join us on the Pentacrest, outside of Macbride Hall, as we celebrate Jewish stories through student speakers, music, and a reflection activity that pays homage to the Anne Frank Tree Sapling.Please bring your own seating.(Blankets and lawn chairs are encouraged)Rain Location: Phillips Hall Rm. 100 (16 N Clinton St.)Sponsored by Iowa Hillel and the Anne Frank Initiative at the University of Iowa

Discover how Anne Frank’s story continues to shape conversations on empathy, education, and human rights in a compelling webinar featuring scholars from across the U.S. Join the University  of Iowa (UI) Anne Frank Initiative, an International Programs affinity group, on Friday, April 4, 2025, at 10 a.m. (CDT) as they host an insightful and engaging webinar featuring several esteemed authors from the groundbreaking book, Exploring Anne Frank and Difficult Life Stories (Routledge, 2025). Hear...

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

Join the University of Iowa (UI) Jewish Studies Network, an International Programs affinity group, as they host Samira K. Mehta for a discussion on contraception and American religion. Her forthcoming book, God Bless the Pill: Sexuality, Contraception, and American Religion, examines the role of Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant voices in competing moral logics of contraception, population control, and eugenics from the mid-20h century to the present. This reading is co-sponsored by the Jewish...

Since 2010, Viktor Orban has consolidated power as prime minister of Hungary, a central European country whose democratic institutions he has weakened primarily through a form of governance he terms "illiberal democracy" as well as through the nationwide advancement of Christian nationalism. Dr. Ben Novak will discuss the intersections of modern Hungarian politics and religion, how the people there are impacted by Orban's autocratic policies, and why some here view Orban's leadership and the...

Learn how to “read” a cemetery, explore the porous boundaries between the living and the dead, meet the Black Angel, and more! Meet us at the cemetery, or meet up with us at 1:25 p.m. at the Clinton & Washington bus stop to catch the fare-free Number 7 North Dodge Street bus as a group. Dress for the weather and be prepared to traverse uneven surfaces and terrain. Join us afterward for our Halloween Party in Gilmore Hall! Open to all: students, faculty, staff, and the public!

This lecture offers a new reckoning of time in Homer’s Iliad by drawing upon queer theorizations about temporality, which distinguish normative “straight time” that is structured by reproductive heterosexuality and looks towards a future associated with children from “queer time” that is shaped by different logics and either disallows the future altogether or imagines a radically unfamiliar future. It argues that the Iliad constructs a straight temporality of patrilineal continuity as a valued...

Come enjoy a night of adventure, comradery, and food! Register as an individual or as a group- any UIowa student is welcome. You can bring your own 5th-level 5th edition D&D characters, or you can play one of our premade characters. DMs and campaigns will be provided. Vegetarian options will be provided- if you have other dietary restrictions and would like to participate, please email norah-wolfe@uiowa.edu. Register on your own or as a group! Bring your own character or use one of ours! DMs...