Joe Goodkin's Odyssey is a 30-minute original musical composition for solo acoustic guitar and voice, a folk opera that tells the story of Homer's Odyssey in a series of 24 short songs.
The second in the “Works in Progress Series” features Melissa Adler, Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science. She will be discussing the introduction to her book manuscript, tentatively titled Perverse Subjects: Becoming Bodies of Literature in the Library. The book provides an account of the ways in which the Library Congress classification standards that organize research libraries in the U.S. and abroad have reproduced normative ideas about sexuality since the beginning of the 20th century. The project challenges these classifications through the lens of perversion, echoing Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s call to become “perverse readers.”
Carol Mason (GWS) and Rusty Barrett (Linguistics) will serve as respondents. Attendees should email CST Director Dr. Marion Rust (marion.rust@uky.edu) for a copy of Dr. Adler’s paper.
The team of Stephens and Sprinkle screen their film Goodbye Gauley Mountain, in which they activate the metaphor "Earth as lover" and join the fight against mountain top removal (MTR) in Appalachia. The fight for environmental justice can be sexy, fun, and diverse.
Co-sponsored by: UK College of Arts & Sciences, American Studies Program, Appalachian Center, Environmental & Sustainability Studies Program, Gender & Women's Studies Dept.
Appalachian Studies scholar and author of Dear Appalachia will speak on "Hillbilly Horror and Wrong Turn".
Co-sponsored by: UK College of Arts & Sciences, American Studies Program, Appalachian Center, Environmental & Sustainability Studies Program, Gender & Women's Studies Dept.
Lecture by Stacy Takacs, author of "Terrorism TV." Was West Virginia soldier Jessica Lynch really a female Rambo, and did the military make her a damsel in distress to be saved from Iraqis?: Explore how to spin a war.
The events are sponsored by American Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, Appalachian Center, the English Department, and the Environmental Sustainability Program. All events are free and open to the public.
AAAS presents the last Carter G Woodson lecture for the fall semester. Jasmine McNealy, Assistant Professor of the Information Cummunication Technology Program and African American & Africana Studies will present her research "Surveying the Wisdom of the Crowd: 4 Reactions to Media Doxxing"
The Department of Gender & Women's Studies presents a showing of the documentary film Be Like Others followed by a panel discussion
An intimate and unflinching look at life in Iran through the eyes of young men choosing to undergo sex change surgery, Be Like Others explores the implications and sacrifices of those living on the fringes of an Islamic society. (Directed by Tanaz Eshaghian)
Come see the brighter, bold changes in Breckinridge Hall: home of Gender & Women's Studies and African American & Africana Studies.
Students and faculty are invited to learn about the new developments, including Spring 2015 course offerings.
