It’s the first day of school, and we are gearing up for a busy semester in the IRIS Center! We’d love to see you around, either in person or on Zoom....Read More
The IRIS Center, partnering with the Successful Communities Collaborative and Lewis and Clark Community College, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support CODES....Read More
With the semester wrapping up and summer projects still a little ways off, this feels like a moment first to breathe! (Take several moments to breathe. Ideally days or weeks to breathe.) But I also love this moment in early summer for thinking about possibilities....Read More
With the spring semester well under way, we’d like to draw your attention to the current schedule of Morning Bytes presentations. Our first Morning Bytes session met on February 26, 2021,...Read More
We’re excited to announce the schedule for our slightly revised brown bag series this year to what we’re calling Morning Bytes. These 30-minute workshops will be held on the fourth Friday of the month at 10:00 am in the IRIS Center....Read More
IRIS associated faculty-member Howard Rambsy was recently awarded an NEH grant to coordinate a summer institute for school teachers concentrating on an 1845 autobiography by Frederick Douglass. Congratulations Howard!
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IRIS associated faculty-member Greg Fields recently achieved SIUE’s highest academic rank of Distinguished Research Professor. Congratulations, Greg!
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Dr. Johanna Schmitz, Professor in the Department of Theater and Dance and one of our most dedicated IRIS-affiliated faculty, is the recipient of the 2018 Hoppe Award for her research on the Rose Theatre....Read More
In celebration of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, Professor Tisha Brooks and the ENG 477 Toni Morrison class invite you to visit their Digital Humanities Exhibit, Toni Morrison: Beyond Fiction....Read More
