| ODFI is Wednesday, March 27 | One Day for Iowa is Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Donations to the Department of History can assist in broader research and new opportunities for students and faculty. Share our department's ODFI link with your friends and family! ↓
Students can support us by uploading a photo to the Iowa Photo Mosaic. If your photo is spotted, we can win extra dollars for the department!
| | | "I, Too" Screening Monday ��️ | The League of Women Voters Johnson County will co-host a documentary screening of “I, Too” followed by a facilitated discussion as part of the Film Scene Community Collaboration Series on March 25, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. The LWVJC, LWVIA, and the Bertelsmann Foundation are partnering with Film Scene for this Midwest premier of I,Too. The screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion event exploring the impact of history and accountability in strengthening democracy.
Professor Ashley Howard will serve on the panel, along with Bea Hicks, League of Women Voters Johnson County Vice-President and Board Member. The discussion will be led by Laura Gray, Iowa City Community School District’s Executive Director of Diversity and Cultural Responsiveness.
This event is open to the public. Free-will donations are accepted but not expected from students. 😀
| | | Kosovo: Education as Resistance event | 
April 5, 2024
Aferdita Krasniqi, an Outreach and Recruitment Specialist at the Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York City, works on the Fulbright Scholar Program. She manages the Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador Program, leads initiatives with Fulbright Scholar Liaisons in U.S. campuses, and serves as a Lead for Europe and Eurasia region. Before joining IIE in 2017, Aferdita's background included working as a Cultural Exchanges Advisor at the U.S. Embassy in Kosovo for 17 years. The U.S. government awarded her the Special Immigrant Visa for her exceptional work and contribution to strengthening U.S. and Kosovo's political, educational, and cultural relations. She has a B.A. in English Language and Literature, is a native speaker of Albanian, and speaks fluent Serbian.
Aferdita is passionate about building bridges between people; this year marks her 24th year of working with the Fulbright Program.
REGISTER HERE | | | RSVP for the Senior Send-off �� �� | 
You don't have to RSVP for the Senior Send-off, but I would appreciate hearing from you! Use this link to let me know if you plan to attend. I don't want to run out of pizza or treats! | | | History is all around us! �� | Help us share how history is all around us! I know your sharp, young minds can spot history in the every day and extraordinary! 👀
📸 Snap a picture of your history-related activity, and message us on Instagram, or email me at katherine-weiner@uiowa.edu! Maybe you'll be ui_history Instagram famous. My mom doesn't follow ui_history on Instagram, so we don't need any more posts with this lady. 😉
| | | Jewish Studies Undergraduate Certificate Launch | Join us in celebrating the launch of Iowa's new Jewish Studies Certificate Program!
Led by program co-directors, Professors Ari Ariel and Lisa Heineman and featuring remarks by members of the campus community and a discussion of Sephardic history, identity, and citizenship with Dr. Isaac Amon and Dr. Jesús Jambrina. A three-part series of events kick off this new undergraduate certificate program.
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