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LEADERSHIP: Advocating for the Role of an Emerging University

2 Nov 2020February 16, 2021
The Obermann Center represents the University of Iowa in multiple conversations around the country regarding the work of the humanities, the future of the modern university, the evolution of graduate…

Our Grant-Funded Collaborations:

Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar

The 2019–20 Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging, was funded by a major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and supported by the Obermann Center.

Humanities for the Public Good

This four-year, $1,341,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supports the Obermann Center’s creation of a cross-disciplinary PhD program in the Graduate College for students seeking to translate the values, methods, and content of advanced studies in the humanities into careers that serve the public good. The initiative is a collaboration between the Obermann Center, the UI Graduate College, and the UI College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Humanities Without Walls

We are proud to belong to this 16-member consortium of universities, which fosters collaborative research and explores the contributions of humanities in the workplace. The initiative is based at the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Laura Spelman Rockefeller Grants

In the spirit of Laura Spelman Rockefeller’s commitments, the Obermann Center uses these funds to support artists, scholars, and researchers whose work focuses on the well-being and education of children and families.

2019–20 Advisory Board

  • Hyaeweol Choi, Religious Studies (CLAS)
  • Paul Gilbert, College of Public Health
  • Paul Gowder, College of Law
  • Naomi Greyser, English; American Studies; and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (CLAS)
  • Christopher Harris, Cinematic Arts (CLAS)
  • Ali Hasan, Philosophy (CLAS)
  • H. Glenn Penny, History (CLAS)
  • Ann Ricketts, Office of the Vice President for Research
  • Joyce Tsai, UI Stanley Museum of Art and School of Art & Art History (CLAS)
  • Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, Communication Studies and Latina/o Studies (CLAS)—now at Texas A&M University
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