By Hunter Sharpless for the Iowa City Press-Citizen.
Articles tagged with "worldcanvass"
posted onApr7, 2011
The following commentary by Peggy Mills appeared in the Iowa City Press-Citizen. Mills is a professor of Russian at The University of Iowa.
4/7/2011
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posted onMar24, 2011
By Laura Willis, The Daily Iowan
3/24/2011
Dinner-table conversations at the Kjaer house centered around politics and ideas. Growing up near her Danish grandparents and a father who taught world history, life for Joan Kjaer revolved around diverse cultures.
“I never thought the world was a scary place,” she said. “I just wanted to know more.”
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posted onMar24, 2011
An upcoming conference funded by a University of Iowa International Programs Major Project grant will look closely at the status of women in Russia and Eastern Europe in the years since the collapse of the Soviet era.
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posted onMar22, 2011
Commentary by Bob Libra for the Press-Citizen
3/22/2011
How can there be a world water crisis on a planet that is two-thirds covered with water? The other third, with an uneven distribution of fresh water supplies, is covered as well — with 7 billion water-users.
Water to drink is a basic need, but fresh water has many other uses. Water means food. Water means energy. Water means sanitation. Water means ecosystems that work. Water means security. And water means profit.
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posted onMar2, 2011
This announcement appeared in Eastern Iowa Life.
3/2/2011
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posted onFeb19, 2011
Produced by International Programs at the University of Iowa, WorldCanvass® explores topics that are international in scope and central to our understanding of ourselves as part of the global landscape. All programs are free and open to the public.
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posted onFeb16, 2011
Editorial by James Giblin from the Press-Citizen
James Giblin is a professor of history and co-director of the African Studies Program at the University of Iowa.
2/16/2011
The East African nation of Tanzania is well known for its extraordinary wildlife reserves, pristine Indian Ocean beaches and political stability. Often it is described as an oasis of peace in a very troubled neighborhood.
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posted onFeb3, 2011
East Africa is the destination for the next WorldCanvass and you’re invited to come along as a member of the live audience.
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posted onJan24, 2011
How did a German Jewish cabaret performer escape the Nazis to become a world-famous artist, feminist and activist?
And why did her estate give her works and papers to the University of Iowa?
Learn the answers to these questions and more by visiting a new UIMA exhibition, Lil Picard and Counterculture New York, and by attending or listening in to the next WorldCanvass program at 5 p.m. Friday in the Old Capitol Museum.
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posted onJan24, 2011
The public is encouraged to attend the next recording of “WorldCanvass,” when guests will discuss the counterculture of the ’60s and ’70s. This free program will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol Museum.
The program will examine the social history of the U.S. during the ’60s and ’70s, a time when youth culture rejected traditional views on everything from patriotism and government to sexuality and recreational drugs. Guests will discuss the movement’s influence on film, theater, art and pop culture in decades to come.
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