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Well Done! University of Iowa to Include Optional Question about LGBTQ...
Eric Hoover writes for the Chronicle of Higher Education: Last week the University of Iowa added an optional question to its application for undergraduate admission: “Do you identify with the LGBTQ...
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Dig This Summer in Israel at Tel Azekah with the University of Iowa
I’d like to invite all who are interested to join us this summer for the second season of exploration at Tel Azekah, Israel. The University of Iowa is proud to be joining with Tel Aviv University and...
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UIowa Religious Studies PhD Student Cory Taylor to Lecture on Digital...
Cory Taylor, a University of Iowa Ph.D. student in Religious Studies, will offer a free lecture and host a hands-on workshop on digital modeling for Google Earth with Trimble SketchUp (formerly Google...
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Iowa City Darwin Day Celebrations begin Feb 7, 2013
Darwin Day 2013 is officially is Feb. 12 (Charles Darwin’s birthday). And to help celebrate, the 2013 Iowa City Darwin Day celebrations will be held February 7th – 9th. As in previous years, 2013 will...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson to Speak at the University of Iowa
I am pleased to report that Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson will give the Distinguished Lecture at the University of Iowa IMU Main Lounge at 7:30pm on Monday April 15, 2013 as part of the University Lecture...
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Discovered on my U Iowa office door this morning, the day before my 40th...
I arrived at my University of Iowa Jefferson Building (JB) office this morning (the day before my 40th birthday), and discovered this taped to my door. It is supposedly the text of “1JB40Car (the...
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Highlights from Tel Azekah 2012
Azekah alum Benjamin Sitzmann has put together a number of wonderful videos that captured daily life on the archaeological dig at Azekah last summer (2012). If your German is up to speed, watch the...
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Dr. Morten Schlütter to speak at UCLA on “The Turbulent Life of the Platform...
My Department of Religious Studies colleague, Dr. Morten Schlütter, Associate Professor of Chinese Religions and Director of the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Iowa, will...
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Dr. Andrea Berlin (Boston University) to lecture at the University of Iowa on...
The University of Iowa School of Art & Art History is pleased to announce a lecture by Dr. Andrea M. Berlin, the James R. Wiseman Chair in Classical Archaeology at Boston University, entitled...
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How cold is it in Iowa City this spring? THAT just happened!
How cold has it been this spring of 2013 in Iowa City? Well, this is how Dept. of Classics Chair, Dr. John Finamore, gets to work in the Jefferson Building in the morning. Filed under: humor, iowa...
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Announcing the Arrival of Quincy and Rory Kate Cargill
Roslyn, Talitha, MacLaren, and I are pleased to announce the newest additions to our family: our son, Quincy Enoch Domenico Cargill, and our daughter, Rory Kate Duvall Cargill were born on May 11, 2013...
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Three Iowa Religious Studies Profs Author Joint Editorial on Claims of...
Three Iowa Universities: The University of Iowa, The Iowa State University, and The University of Northern Iowa. Three religious studies professors: Dr. Hector Avalos (Iowa State), Dr. Robert R....
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Huffington Post story on Iowa Professors’ Des Moines Register Editorial on...
Meredith Bennett-Smith of the Huffington Post has published an article entitled, “Biblical Marriage Not Defined Simply As One Man, One Woman: Iowa Religious Scholars’ Op-Ed“, which examines an...
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Quincy and Rory Kate Have Come Home
After a month in the University of Iowa Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and after a month of daily trips to and from the NICU, Quincy and Rory Kate have come home. Both are healthy, gaining weight, and...
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“The Rule of Creative Completion: Neofiti’s Use of שכלל” now available in...
You are invited to read my latest article in the Brill Journal Aramaic Studies entitled, “The Rule of Creative Completion: Neofiti’s Use of שכלל“. Here is the abstract: The verb שכלל never appears as...
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Robert Cargill lectures on Tel Azekah, Digital Archaeological Modeling, and...
I recently gave “Studio Talk” about Tel Azekah and Digital Archaeological Modeling entitled “Digi-Tel Azekah: Digitally Modeling Archaeological Remains on the Judean-Philistine Borderline” at the...
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Announcing Spring 2014 Seminar in Syriac at the University of Iowa
I shall be offering a course in Syriac Readings (RELS:4960/7900) open to upper-level undergrads and graduate students in the spring semester of 2014. Students should have competency in Biblical Hebrew,...
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New History Channel Documentary “Bible Secrets Revealed” Begins Airing...
I’m pleased to announce that a new documentary series will begin airing on History beginning Monday, November 11, 2013 at 10:00pm / 9:00 Central. The series is entitled, Bible Secrets Revealed, and is...
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Iowa City Press-Citizen reports on the making of “Bible Secrets Revealed” for...
The Iowa City Press-Citizen has a front page story today on my role in the History channel’s newest six-part documentary series, “Bible Secrets Revealed,” which begins airing Wednesday, Nov. 13 at...
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Robert Cargill on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” with Ben Kieffer tomorrow
Tomorrow (Nov. 12, 2013) at noon central, I’ll be the guest on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” program with Ben Kieffer discussing the forthcoming “Bible Secrets Revealed” documentary on History,...
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