International Accents

Anna Barker, visiting assistant professor in Asian & Slavic languages and literatures, is leading a 100-day virtual group read of War and Peace. The reading project, which began on February 1, has already attracted more than 825 enthusiastic participants. While reading the 1,000-plus page War and Peace might sound daunting to many, Barker has broken the book down into 10 to 14 pages daily. She offers commentary and discussion threads on a Facebook group called 100 Days of War and Peace. We caught up with Barker recently to learn more.

University of Iowa student Isabelle Davis has been awarded a 2021 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for a virtual intensive language and cultural program hosted by Ankara University TÖMER in Ankara, Turkey, this summer.

Information about seeking speakers for the Global Education Lecture Series

Join UI Professor Ray Fagenbaum for info session to learn about a "Virtual Abroad Experience: International Medicine" on Thursday, April 1, at 4:00 p.m. via Zoom.

Yiran Li (BFA ‘18, MA ‘20) shares how she discovered her passion for 3D design at the University of Iowa

Renowned author Yaa Gyasi was our guest for “The Ghanaian-American Experience in Literature and Art” on the first WorldCanvass of 2021. Joining her in this special writer-to-writer discussion was fellow author and graduate of the UI Writers’ Workshop D.K. Nnuro.

From literature to Fulbright, Dean Ganim highlights all that we've celebrated over the last month.

Night of 1000 Dinners, a virtual community celebration of International Women's Day, will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on March 10, 2021.

Nnuro explores the conflicts and delusions encountered in the pursuit of American identity in his forthcoming debut novel, "What Napoleon Could Not Do," and in a WorldCanvass program on Wednesday, Feb. 24, with Yaa Gyasi.

Lyndi Kiple, undergraduate student from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain, through IES during the Spring 2019 semester. Kiple feels her time abroad provided the best experience of her undergraduate career. Scholarship funding helped to ease the financial burdens to allow her to maximize her time in Barcelona.

When measuring the ratio of applicants to winners, the UI ranks first in the nation with nearly 50% of its applicants receiving awards

Mid-way of dragging myself through the “COVID semester”, I found myself lacking meaningful academic experiences. I remember sitting in my room thinking of ways I could be more involved considering the circumstances of the global pandemic.