{"id":701,"date":"2024-08-28T21:49:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T21:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?p=701"},"modified":"2024-10-09T21:11:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T21:11:22","slug":"for-fall-2024-hawkeye-histories-sporting-stories-brings-iowas-athletic-excellence-to-the-main-library-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/2024\/08\/28\/for-fall-2024-hawkeye-histories-sporting-stories-brings-iowas-athletic-excellence-to-the-main-library-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"For fall 2024, ‘Hawkeye Histories | Sporting Stories’ brings Iowa\u2019s athletic excellence to the Main Library Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Main Library Gallery\u2019s fall 2024 exhibition, Hawkeye Histories | Sporting Stories<\/em>, uses materials from the archives to offer a fresh perspective on Iowa athletics from the 1800s to the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The free exhibition opened to the public on Monday, Aug. 26, and was curated by Dr. Jennifer Sterling, lecturer in sport media and culture within the Department of American Studies and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Over the course of her first 10 years at the university, Sterling noticed that while its reputation for athletic excellence is widespread, the narratives that make Iowa truly remarkable can be lost under the roar of the crowd. And, as with so many aspects of popular culture, academics who study sports have often had to argue for their merit as a scholarly subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSport is so embedded in our institutional and individual cultures that we often don\u2019t take a closer look,\u201d says Sterling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition aims to help visitors do just that. Hawkeye Histories | Sporting Stories<\/em> refreshes visitors\u2019 understanding of sports history by placing Iowa\u2019s sporting milestones in their historic and cultural contexts. Each generation of Hawkeye student-athletes and coaches has moved the starting line forward for those who came after them. In many cases, that has meant breaking down barriers to social progress on and off the field, from the integration of sports teams to the increased attention paid to women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition does display items and information connected to some of the university\u2019s biggest names \u2014players and coaches like Duke Slater, Nile Kinnick, Caitlin Clark, and Christine Grant \u2014 but it also amplifies the experiences and achievements of the Hawkeye athletes not every fan will know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe exhibit is meant to be contextual rather than myopic\u2014to situate Iowa\u2019s sports histories in relation to each other and broader issues, movements, and policies rather than narrating stand-alone stories,\u201d says Sterling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The narrative that emerges is one of Iowa athletes with record-breaking ability and the courage to lead by example\u2014not only experiencing history\u2019s impact, but shaping it, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition is free and open to the public and will conclude following the end of the semester on Thursday, Dec. 19.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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