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Vcologies 2026
Vcologies (Victorian Ecologies Today) is an interdisciplinary, international collective of scholars committed to the environmental humanities, the energy humanities, and other ecology-focused approaches.
Vcologies 2026
Friday, Sept. 25: Gerber Lounge (304 EPB)
9:00-10:30: Session One: Energy
Siobhan Carroll, “Equiano and the Fishes: Romantic Energy Systems and Slavery at Sea”
Devin Griffiths, “; Or, the Whale”
Michael Tondre, “Aesthetic Disfiguration: A Short History of Bitumen, Reynolds to Hunt” ...
Free Coffee Hour: Career Conversation
CS Colloquium - "Approximation Algorithms: Some ancient, some new - the good, the bad and the ugly"
Vcologies 2026
Vcologies (Victorian Ecologies Today) is an interdisciplinary, international collective of scholars committed to the environmental humanities, the energy humanities, and other ecology-focused approaches.
Vcologies 2026
Friday, Sept. 25: Gerber Lounge (304 EPB)
9:00-10:30: Session One: Energy
Siobhan Carroll, “Equiano and the Fishes: Romantic Energy Systems and Slavery at Sea”
Devin Griffiths, “; Or, the Whale”
Michael Tondre, “Aesthetic Disfiguration: A Short History of Bitumen, Reynolds to Hunt” ...
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Virtual Career Development Series - Neuroscience alumnus, Timothy Skog, PhD
🎓 From PhD to Medical Writing: Hear from Neuroscience Alumnus Timothy Skog, PhD ('23)
What can you do with a PhD beyond the lab? Come hear from Timothy Skog, PhD ('23), a University of Iowa Neuroscience Graduate Program alumnus, who will be sharing his experience building a career in regulatory medical writing.
As part of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Career Development Series, Dr. Skog will present:
“Regulatory Medical Writing: Career, Skills & Opportunities”
Dr. Skog is currently a Seni...
IMLS Funding Opportunities and Application Tips, with Jill Connors-Joyner
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has its upcoming FY27 grant deadline this November. IMLS Senior Program Officer Jill Connors-Joyner will provide an overview of the FY27 funding opportunities, application requirements, and application tips. She will then answer your questions about the application process.
Submit your question ahead of time to have it included in Jill's FAQ list for this session!
Jill Connors-Joyner is a Senior Program Officer in the Office of Library Services...
Registration Deadline: Junior Faculty and Graduate Student Session with Walter Biggins, Obermann Editor-in-Residence
University of Iowa junior faculty and graduate students at all stages are invited to join Walter Biggins—editor-in-chief at the University of Pennsylvania Press—for a light breakfast and a conversation about turning an article, thesis, or dissertation into a book on Tuesday, Oct. 6, from 9–10:30 a.m. at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies library. Please bring any questions you have about that process or about scholarly publishing in general.
Register by Wednesday, September 30.
Biggins is...
P2P & Life in Iowa: Trivia Night
AI Is Not Your Friend: Cautions and Vents about Its Uses and Abuses in the Creation of Scholarly Publications — public lecture by Walter Biggins, Obermann Editor-in-Residence
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, from 3–4 p.m. at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, Walter Biggins, editor-in-chief at University of Pennsylvania Press—will offer his perspective as both a longtime acquiring editor and as a writer on how the advent of AI affects the present and possible futures of scholarly publishing. In particular, he will discuss how the emerging technology creates concerns and unresolved tensions—ethical, legal, and otherwise—in publishing around intellectual property, peer...
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