Reception for Dr. Nancy Tomes
Please join us for a reception following Dr. Tomes' talk on October 17 in 359 Student Center.
Nancy Tomes: "Doctor Shoppers: A Gendered Perspective on the History of Medical Consumerism"
Sponsored by the Departments of Gender & Women's Studies, History, Anthropology, The Center for Clinical and Translational Science, and the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Program.
Harold Perkins (Ohio University)
Extended Embodiments of Sacrifice and the (De)politicization of Hegemonic forms of Capitalist Violence
Caroline Nagel (University of South Carolina)
Geopolitics, NGO's, and the promotion of youth citizenship in Lebanon
Edna Wangui (Ohio University)
Performativity in new feminist political ecology: negotiating space and livelihood in East African pastoralism
5th Biennial Herbert Marcuse Society Conference
Emancipation, New Sensibility, and the Challenge of a New Era: Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy.
Sessions all day Thursday, Friday & Saturday in the UK Student Center with scholars and students from around the world.
Analysis and PDE Seminar
TITLE: Square roots of divergence form operators on L^p spaces
ABSTRACT: An abstract is available online at
http://www.ms.uky.edu/~kott/PDEseminarf13/Haller-Dintelmann.pdf
"Constitutional Dysfunction on Trial: Can Courts Save Congress from the President (and Itself)?"
Jasmine Farrier is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville. Her research focuses on inter-branch lawsuits, separation of powers, and constitutional law. She will be introducing her newest book project, including some preliminary findings, titled "Constitutional Dysfunction on Trial: Can Courts Save Congress from the President (and Itself)?"
Sponsored by WiPS (Women in Political Science)
Department of Political Science, University of Kentucky
Davis Bottom: Rare History, Valuable Lives
"Davis Bottom: Rare History, Valuable Lives" reveals the fascinating history of a working-class neighborhood established in Lexington after the Civil War. Davis Bottom is one of about a dozen ethnic enclaves settled primarily by African-American families who migrated to Lexington from the 1860s to the 1890s in search of jobs, security and opportunity.
The documentary is part of the Kentucky Archaeology and Heritage Series, produced by Voyageur Media Group, Inc. for the Kentucky Archaeological Survey and the Kentucky Heritage Council. The series is distributed by Kentucky Educational Television (KET) to viewers, teachers and students throughout the state. Wednesday's advance screening, part of the first-ever Kentucky Archaeology Month activities, is free and open to the public.