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Events

Future Careers: Translation & World Languages in Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums promotional image

Future Careers: Translation & World Languages in Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 4:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Join us for a presentation and discussion about future translation and world language careers in the the Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM) contexts. We'll hear from Charles Fineman as he gives the keynote and Colleen Theisen, Lauren Lessing, Timothy Shipe, and our own Aron Aji as they discuss their professional trajectories and backgrounds.  A reception will follow the event on the third floor of the Main Library. 
UICB presents the Nancy Brownell Lecture on the History of the Book featuring Barbara E. Mundy promotional image

UICB presents the Nancy Brownell Lecture on the History of the Book featuring Barbara E. Mundy

Thursday, April 10, 2025 5:30pm
English-Philosophy Building
Join us for a lecture from Barbara E. Mundy called "The Queen, the tlahcuilo and the printing press: Cultures of control and spaces of freedom in the sixteenth-century Americas." Mundy is a Professor of Art History and the Martha and Donald Robertson Chair in Latin American Art, Tulane University.
Curator Guided Tour of 'A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive' with Rich Dana promotional image

Curator Guided Tour of 'A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive' with Rich Dana

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Join curator Rich Dana for a special guided tour of the current Main Library Gallery exhibition, A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive. All are welcome to attend this free event. About the exhibit:   In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper...
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