Upcoming Events
History of the Pledge of Allegiance
Date: Thursday, May 21
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Location: Room 2520-D, University Capitol Centre (UCC), 200 South Capitol St., Iowa City, and via Zoom
RSVP Link: History of Allegiance RSVP form
Professor Allan W. Vestal, Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the College of Law at Drake University, will present on the history of the Pledge of Allegiance.
We hope to see you there!
UIRA Program Committee
UIRA Annual Meeting
Date: Tuesday, June 30
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Location: Room 2520-D, University Capitol Centre (UCC), 200 South Capitol St., Iowa City, and via Zoom
👉 Please RSVP via the RSVP Form.
Complimentary ice cream and cookies will be offered from 12:30–1:00 p.m. for attendees.
Please plan to join us on Tuesday, June 30 for the UIRA Annual Meeting in Room 2520-D at the University Capitol Center (2nd floor of the UCC). Social time, with ice cream and cookies, begins at 12:30 p.m. followed by the business...
Note: Videos of past lectures may be available on the EFC Lecture Series page.
Past Events
EFC Lecture | American Art for the Public Good: Case Studies from a Career in Art History | Joni Kinsey, Professor Emerita, Art, Art History, and Design
EFC Lecture | Brass Quintet Music From the 16th to the 21st Centuries: A Concert with Commentary | Scott Vogelgesang, Professor Emeritus, Internal Medicine
EFC Lecture | Teaching Shakespeare on Zoom: Lessons and Learning | Miriam Gilbert, Professor Emerita, English
EFC Lecture | Academic Freedom: Implications of Recent Changes in Iowa Law and Rules from the Board of Regents - John Reitz, Law and Patricia Zebrowski, CLAS
EFC Lecture | Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro: A closer look at a masterwork - Stephen Swanson
EFC Lecture | Medical Directives: End-of-Life Planning and Decision Making - Len Sandler, JD
EFC Lecture Series: From Language History to History as it Happens: A Sociolinguist in the Migration Crisis - Mercedes Niño-Murcia
Professor Emerita Niño-Murcia will discuss big and small ways in which language politics generate and perpetuate North American inequalities.
EFC Lecture: Mary Trachsel - Going Feral: Animal Studies Scholarship in Retirement and Retrospect
This lecture traces Professor Trachsel's studies on cross-species communication from analyses of ape language research in the early 2000’s to investigation of other interspecies language types, such as horse whispering and the telepathy professed by animal communicators. Her current research on human-wild animal relationships has entailed wolf-tracking in Yellowstone, a “women and wolves” workshop in the Boundary Waters, observation of feral horses out west, and visits to wildlife "encounter"...