History Department

Undergraduate Research Conference

Any student interested in research is welcome to attend the 2024 Undergraduate Research Conference on Saturday, October 5, 2024, in the Becker Communication Studies Building.

The Undergraduate Research Conference was created by students for students to give UI's undergraduates a low-risk space to learn all about undergraduate research. Students gather for a 3-hour conference (with food) to hear from a speaker, learn about what undergraduate research is, and find out how to get involved.

Schedule

9:30am Check-In/Resource Tables/Networking
10:00am Keynote Speaker
10:30am Session 1
10:55am Session 2
11:20am Session 3
11:40am OUR Ambassadors available

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Apply to Graduate!

If you are planning to graduate at the end of this semester, October 4 is the deadline to apply without paying a late fee. The registrar’s website has information about the degree application process.

Events for future legal eagles and media moguls

The Academic Advising Center has three upcoming events for students considering law school:

Navigating Law School Admissions – Info Session with Sam Parker, Harvard Law School – Tuesday, October 1 at 11 AM in 2520D UCC
Description/Audience: All UI students and alumni interested in applying to Harvard Law School. This information session is co-sponsored by the AAC and the Department of Political Science. Registration is required to attend this event. Register here.

Introduction to Pre-Law - Tuesday, October 8 at 3pm in C210 PC

Thinking about law school? Join pre-law advisors and current law students in a discussion about the legal profession, how you can prepare for law school, and what criteria law schools look for in successful applicant.”

Prepping for the LSAT - Wednesday, October 30 at 3:30 PM in C210 PC
Description/ Audience: Designed for juniors and seniors who plan to begin studying for the LSAT in the next few months or will applying to law school for Fall 2025 or Fall 2026. Students will learn about resources, text questions, timeline, fee waivers, & more.

Are you the Department of History's next Mitchell Burgess (History BA '78)? Explore a career in media through the Pomerantz Career Center's Industry Insights: Arts, Media, & Entertainment Careers - Tuesday, October 8, 3 - 4 PM

Industry Insights is a new webinar series of employer panels hosted by the Pomerantz Career Center aimed at providing UIowa students, staff, and faculty with valuable perspectives on various industries. Designed to help bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world industry experience, these webinars will feature the expertise of employer partners as they provide invaluable industry insights to attendees, helping you to understand the current trends, challenges, and opportunities in the field. This Industry Insights webinar will feature employers who represent our Arts, Media, & Entertainment career community. This event includes an optional networking breakout session for students! ⁠

Celebrating 50+ Years of the LNACC

September 27-29, the University of Iowa Latino and Native American Alumni Alliance (LaNA³), in collaboration with the Latino Native American Cultural Center (LNACC) and the Division of Student Life, hosts a momentous event: “Celebrating 50+ Years of the LNACC.” The events are all free for current students. Register here.

One of four distinguished keynote speakers is Brenda J. Child, Northrop Professor and former Chair of the Departments of American Studies and American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota, where she received the President’s Engaged Scholar Award in 2021. She was Guggenheim Fellow in 2022-23. She is a Nonfiction Judge for the National Book Awards for 2024. Child earned a PhD in History from the University of Iowa in 1993. Dr. Child joins authors and poets Sandra Cisneros, Joy Harjo and Juan Felipe Herrera. Event details here.

How Healers Became Killers

How Healers Became Killers: Physicians & Medical Crimes in Nazi Germany, October 17, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Old Capitol Senate Chamber

Dr. Patricia Heberer Rice from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will discuss how Jim Crow-era eugenics policies in the United States served as a model for Nazi Germany.

The event is organized by the UI Center for Human Rights and US Holocaust Memorial Museum with support from Pentacrest Museums, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and International Programs & the Stanley-UI Foundation Support Organization. The event was made possible through the generosity of The Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund, the William J. Lowenberg Memorial Endowment on America, the Holocaust, and the Jews, and Judith B. and Burton P. Resnick Fund for the Study of Antisemitism. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center’s mission is to ensure the long-term growth and vitality of Holocaust Studies. To do that, it is essential to provide opportunities for new generations of scholars. The vitality and the integrity of Holocaust Studies require openness, independence, and free inquiry so that new ideas are generated and tested through peer review and public debate. The opinions of the speaker do not represent and are not endorsed by the Museum or its Mandel Center.

Event details here.

Call for Submissions

The Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal is now accepting submissions for its Fall 2024 issue.

The journal aims to allow undergraduate students the opportunity to engage with the academic publication process and to share original research on a wide variety of historical topics with our readers. We accept and encourage submissions from interdisciplinary perspectives, as long as the focus and approach remain historical. To learn more about our paper guidelines and submission process, visit our website. The link to the submission page on the website is here.

The deadline for submissions is October 28, 2024. If you have any questions, email swarthmorehistoryjournal@swarthmore.edu. We look forward to reading your submissions!