
The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will host a three-day conference focusing on the links between the science of medicine and the art of writing.
While these events are open to the public, registering for the conference entitles you to experience the full program of events.
| Date/time | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
Wednesday, 4/29, 7:30 - 9:00 pm |
Plenary sessionThe Music, Art, and Ethics of Suffering by John Rapson, University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa City, IA; Tim Grubbs Lowly, North Park University, Chicago, IL; Raymond G. De Vries, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
IMU South Room (179) |
Thursday, 4/30, 12:30 - 1:30 pm |
Featured presentationHolding Power: Between Pen and Scalpel by Fady Joudah, MD |
2117 Medical Education and Research Facility (MERF) |
Thursday, 4/30, 3:45 - 5:00 pm |
Plenary session Doctors in the Making: Memoirs and Medical Education |
2117 MERF |
Thursday, 4/30, 6:30 - 7:30 pm |
Featured presentationFiction and the Examined Life by Marilynne Robinson, University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa City, IA |
Shambaugh Auditorium, UI Main Library |
Friday,5/1, 12:30 - 1:30 pm |
Featured presentationFor Whom Do We Write by Danielle Ofri, MD, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY |
2117 MERF |
Friday, 5/1, 3:15 - 4:30 pm |
Plenary session Healing or Not, Here WE Come: Creative Writing and Disability |
2117 MERF |
The University of Iowa is among the nation’s premier centers for creative writing, and its programs attract writers from all over the world. A dozen Pulitzer Prize-winners, numerous National Book Award recipients, and four recent US Poet Laureates have attended the University of Iowa. The University is home to the International Writing Program, the Nonfiction Writing Program, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, and the Iowa Review. It is also home to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the first creative writing degree program in the United States, and the model for contemporary writing programs.
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