Kentucky Foreign Language Conference

One of the scholarly highlights of campus life is around the corner: the 65th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 19-21.Take advantage of the speakers and panels, and exhibitions and energy, that the conference brings to campus. http://web.as.uky.edu/kflc/ for a full list http://web.as.uky.edu/kflc/mobile/schedule.html on a portable device.

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Wired Coffee Chat With Dr. Karen Tice

WHO: Dr. Karen Tice, Department of Gender and Women's Studies

WHEN: Wednesday, March 21, 4:00p.m. - 5:00p.m.

 

This bodes to be one of the most interesting chats of the season! Ever-enthusiastic Dr. Tice will be discussing her recently published book Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageantry, Student Bodies and College Life, which looks at campus beauty/body politics on both predominantly white (including UK) and black campuses. Dr. Tice is a professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies. Her areas of teaching include gender and education; popular culture and education; race, ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality in student cultures; and feminist theory. FREE hot chocolate and snacks!

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Lobby of Kenneland Hall

Queens of Academe: Student Pageants with Karen Tice

Karen Tice is a professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies. Professor Tice is giving a lecture on April 18th entitled Queens of Academe: Student Life and Campus Pageantry. The lecture is a part of a series put on by the Gender and Women Studies department. Professor Tice's lecture is based on her forthcoming book, Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageants, Student Bodies, and Campus Life, which will be published in March.

The Queen With Six Fingers: Dispelling Historical Myths with Susan Bordo

Susan Bordo is a professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at UK. On March 20th, 2012, professor Bordo will present a lecture, “The Queen with Six Fingers: Origins of Popular Myths about Anne Boleyn.” The lecture will be at 4pm in the president’s room at the UK Singletary Center for the Arts, and will address popular myths about Anne Boleyn, one of the wives of Henry XIII.

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