Overview of WIRED Residential College
This video is an overview of the new A&S WIRED Residential College.
Social Theory First Working Paper
Fall 2011 Working Papers
All the working paper will be in the Commonwealth House, Gaines Center, upstairs seminar room.
1. Arnold Farr (Philosophy): In Search of Radical Subjectivity: Re-reading Marcuse After Honneth
Thursdsay, October 6th, 6:30-8:00 or 8:30 pm
2. Akiko Takenaka (History): Postmemorial Conservatism: Mobilizing the Memories of the War
Dead in Contemporary Japan.
Thursday, Oct. 27th, 6:30-8:00 or 8:30 pm
3. Jacqueline Couti (French-MCL): Colonial Democracy and Fin de Siècle: The Third Republic andWhite Creoles' Dissent in Martinique.
Thursday, Nov. 17th, 6:30-8:00 or 8:30 pm
A discussion by two respondents: Jeremy Popkin (History) and Joe O'Neil (German) and a general discussion with all present will take place.
These discussions are always stimulating and we welcome your participation, so try to make it. Wine and light snacks.
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Location:
The Commonwealth House, Gaines Center, upstairs seminar room
Ned Stuckey-French to give lecture "Baldwin, Didion, Digitization, and the Future"
THE AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM
PRESENTS
NED STUCKEY-FRENCH
"BALDWIN, DIDION, DIGITIZATION, AND THE FUTURE"
Thursday, October 6, 2011
4 pm
Niles Gallery
Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Co-Sponsored by Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Program
Ned Stuckey-French teaches at Florida State University and is book review editor of Fourth Genre. He is the author of The American Essay in the American Century (University of Missouri Press, 2011), co-editor (with Carl Klaus) of Essayists on the Essay: Four Centuries of Commentary (University of Iowa Press, forthcoming 2012), and coauthor (with Janet Burroway and Elizabeth Stuckey-French) of Writing Fic-tion: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Longman, 8th edition). His articles and essays have appeared in journals and magazines such as In These Times, The Missouri Review, The Iowa Review, Walking Magazine, culturefront, Pinch, Guernica, middlebrow, and American Literature, and have been listed three times among the notable essays of the year in Best American Essays.
Date:
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Location:
Niles Gallery, Fine Arts Library
UK Prof Lectures on Meanings of Doudou
UK French and Italian Studies professor will be discussing the concept of "doudou" and the effects it has on national identity towards black females in the Martinique and Guadeloupe colonies.
Sociology Brownbag Research Series: Jamie Pond
Join the UK Sociology Graduate Student Organization (and friends) in this informal gathering to hear from Jamie Pond (PhD Candidate, UK Sociology) on her unfolding research into gender and religious beliefs (or lack thereof): "Religiosity, Fundamentalism, and Feminism: Why Religiosity is Associated with Conservative Attitudes Towards Women."
Date:
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Location:
Anderson Hall, Tower Room 267
The Mythology of the Doudou: Sexualizing Black Female Bodies, Constructing Culture and Nation in the French Caribbean.
Lecture by Dr. Jacqueline Couti, Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Jacqueline Couti, an assistant professor of French and Francophone Studies in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Kentucky, will discuss how the development of "doudou," a Creole term in the French Caribbean, was adopted by 19th century European scholars to rewrite national identity in the then French colony of Martinique. Martinique is now a department, which is an administrative district of France.
Date:
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Location:
New Student Center, Room 249
Representations of Lesbians and Mothers in Literature: Catherine Brereton
Catherine Brereton's recent research was featured in a poster session at the Lexington Farmer's Market in mid-September 2011. Her work focuses on representations of lesbians, mothers, and lesbians as mothers in literature. The poster session was presented by the Chellgren Center, the Office of Undergraduate Research, and the Society for the Promotion of Undergraduate Research. Brereton was mentored by professor Susan Bordo.
Bandana Project Exhibit
UK College of Arts & Sciences, Wired, and the VIP Center present the Bandana Project. Bandanas were created to raise awareness and support of people experiencing exploitation.
Bandanas will be displayed in the lobby of Keeneland Hall. The exhibit opening reception, including special guests and refreshments, will begin at 6:00pm.
For more information, please contact the VIP Center at 257-2884.
Date:
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Location:
Lobby of Keeneland Hall
GWS Dept and Graduate Student Union Meet & Greet
The Department of Gender & Women's Studies and the GWS Graduate Student Union will host a meet & greet for GWS students, faculty, and staff.
Date:
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Location:
TBA- please contact GWS Office