History Department

Last call! IHR Deadline extended

Have you ever wondered how publication in an academic journal works?
Do you have a historical research paper you want to share with others?
Are you looking for more ways to get involved with the history department?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should check out The Iowa Historical Review! The Iowa Historical Review is a student-run journal that publishes primary-source-based research by undergraduate students from the University of Iowa. The deadline to submit articles for the 2025 issue was extended to March 14. More information about submission requirements and previous issues can be found on The Iowa Historical Review website. Any questions about submissions can be sent to Editor-in-chief Leah Stringer (leah-stringer@uiowa.edu) or Faculty Advisor Nick Yablon (nick-yablon@uiowa.edu). We look forward to hearing from you!

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Apply to be an On Iowa! Leader

Are you looking for more opportunities to engage with the Iowa community and to develop leadership skills? Orientation Services is looking for student leaders to join this summer as On Iowa! Leaders! The deadline to apply is April 6, 2025, at 11:59pm.

On Iowa! Leaders serve as a mentor to approximately 25 new UI students
They facilitate small group activities while also participating in move-in, Kickoff at Kinnick, and other large events throughout the week
Leaders are expected to be available and in Iowa City from Friday, August 15 – Sunday, August 24 from 8 am - 11pm. Students will receive a schedule during the summer that will detail their commitments so they can begin to plan around their On Iowa! shifts before the week of the events.
Leaders are also expected to attend ONE interview session (March 25, March 26, April 8, or April 9) and the spring training session (April 27th)

Free Screening March 11

March Madness in the Archives: Dribble Screening and Panel Discussion

This March Madness season, celebrate basketball history with the Iowa Women’s Archives (IWA)! In partnership with FilmScene and the Bijou Film Board, join us for clips from the 1979 film Dribble (also known as Scoring), a women’s basketball comedy filmed in Cedar Rapids and featuring the Iowa Cornets, who played in the professional Women’s Basketball League from 1978–80. A panel discussion will follow, featuring Lark Birdsong, the first women’s basketball coach at Iowa; Dr. Shelley Lucas, a sports historian who has written about the Cornets; and Dr. Kären Mason, IWA’s first curator, whose work collecting our women’s basketball materials laid crucial groundwork for these stories to be told.

This free screening and panel discussion will be on Tuesday, March 11 at 7 p.m., hosted at FilmScene at the Chauncey. Get tickets to reserve your spot at icFilmScene.org

March 26 is One Day for Iowa

Even though it won't be One Day for Iowa until March 26, friends of the History department are now able to give to the History Gift Fund.

Click this link to give!

Anyone can help History for free on One Day for Iowa through the social media challenges hosted by the University of Iowa and UI Center for Advancement. Your engagement can bring in extra support! Your comments, posts, and responses could mean BIG bonus dollars for the Department of History!