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How I Wrote It: A Series Celebrating Feminist Authors Featuring Vanessa Holden

In this series we celebrate feminist authors who recently published a book or article.  A 15-20 minute interview with the author about the journey to publication will be followed by Q&A with the audience.

Dr. Vanessa Holden is Associate Professor of History and African American and Africana Studies. In

Surviving Southampton (University of Illinois Press 2021), she explores the contributions that African

American women and children made to the Southampton Rebellion, often called Nat Turner’s Rebellion.



Dr. Elizabeth Williams, Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, will interview the author.

 

How I Wrote It



 

Date:
Location:
UK Athletics Association Auditorium (1-62) in Young Library

How I Wrote It: A Series Celebrating Feminist Authors

How I Wrote It: A Series Celebrating Feminist Authors

Featuring Anastasia Curwood on Shirley Chisholm

In this series we will celebrate feminist authors who recently published a book or article.  A 15-20 minute interview with the author about the journey to publication will be followed by Q&A with the audience.  We will then celebrate with light refreshments and hearty congratulations at the Alumni Gallery (next door to auditorium)

A zoom option is available at https://zoom.us/j/7034048946

How I Wrote It

 

Date:
Location:
UK Athletics Association Auditorium (1-62) in Young Library

Inside Comics

Please join us November 30th at 1:00 pm at the Cornerstone Esports Theater, or online, for INSIDE COMICS, a hybrid Q&A event with comic creators Stephanie Williams and O’Neill Jones

Stephanie Williams is a writer for DC's Nubia: Queen of the Amazons series, and also penned Wakanda #1 for Marvel. She's a comic book historian and pop culture critic for SYFYFANGRRLS, The A.V. Club, Nerdist, Den of Geek, and Rotten Tomatoes. Stephanie also created the webcomics Parenthood Activate! and But What If Though?

Erin O'Neill Jones is a comic book artist and illustrator who has drawn for publishers and brands such as: DC, IDW, Jordan Brand, Marvel, and Simon & Schuster. She is currently collaborating on REJECT SQUAD with author Alyssa Cole, which will be published in 2024 by Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins.

In 2020, Williams and ONeill Jones collaborated together to make Living Heroes, a fancomic mashup of superheroines and the 1990s sitcom, Living Single. The Kickstarter for this project was funded in a remarkable 24 hours.

Join us as we chat with these two creators about comics, characters, and collaboration. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions to the speakers.

The Cornerstone Esports Theater is at 401 S Limestone, Lexington, KY 40508

Alternatively, you can register for the online webinar here: tinyurl.com/insidecomicsreg

This event is sponsored by:

The Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies

The Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies

The Gaines Center for the Humanities

The MFA in Creative Writing at UK

The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies

 

Inside Comics

Date:
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Location:
Cornerstone Esports Theater and Zoom webinar

Jewish Studies Faculty Directory

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Instructional Designer
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Professor Emeritus
Professor
A young man in a blue shirt stands in a grassy area with trees behind him.
Neuroscience
MALTT, 2022
A young man with long brown hair smiling in front of trees and a building.
2nd Year Ph.D Student
MALTT, 2021
A man wearing glasses and a layered shirt smiles at the camera.
Professor, APS Fellow
A woman with short hair rests her hand on her face.
Professor Emerita of Chemistry
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student
MALTT 2015
A woman wearing academic regalia smiles while looking at the camera.
Part Time Instructor
A man smiles and poses in front of a University of Kentucky flag and an American flag.
AIE Recruiting Operations Officer
A woman with long blonde hair and a warm smile wearing a blue blouse, black blazer, and a necklace.
Assistant Professor
A man wearing a white shirt smiles and looks at the camera.
Associate Professor of English
A woman in a black sweater and scarf stands in front of a metal wall with a pink poster and a height measurement marker.
Associate Professor
A man wearing a blue shirt with white text on it smiles while standing outside on a sunny day.
Neuroscience
A man with short white hair wearing a black button-up shirt smiles in front of a textured gray background.
Professor of Spanish Applied Linguistics
A man with a beard and glasses smiles in front of a mountainous landscape.
Professor Emeritus
A woman wearing a hat smiles while holding plants in front of a field.
Research Program Manager
A woman with short, curly hair and glasses smiles while sitting on a couch.
Associate Dean for Student Engagement and Success
A woman with long brown hair and a gray t-shirt smiles at the camera in front of a painting on a white wall.
Assistant Professor
Developmental Social Health Graduate Student
A woman with long brown hair wearing a black and white top smiles while standing outside a building.
PhD Candidate
A man wearing a blue plaid shirt smiles for the camera.
Instructional Designer
A woman smiles while looking at the camera.
Professor of Sociology
Director of Undergraduate Studies
A woman smiles and poses outdoors with her arms crossed and hand near her face.
Senior Lecturer
A woman smiles while wearing a blue shirt with the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences logo.
Co-coordinator
A man with white hair and glasses smiles as he looks to the left.
Professor Emeritus
A man stands in front of the Colosseum in Rome.
Associate Professor of Classics, Associate Director of ALT Hub
M.S. Biology - University of Kentucky, 2016
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