Longtime Bestselling Southern Writer Jill McCorkle to Debut at Women Writers Event
The Kentucky Women Writers Conference will feature bestselling Southern author Jill McCorkle at the 2014 conference scheduled for Sept. 12-13.
UK Film Series Looks at 1938 Documentary of Lebanon Family
"Reel to Reel: Special Collections at the Movies" will showcase the 1938 documentary "Our Day," telling the story of the Kelly family in Lebanon, Ky.
Navigating the Left Turn: Sexual Politics and the Citizen Revolution in Ecuador
Amy Lind is Mary Ellen Heintz Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati. She has a Ph.D. from Cornell University in city and regional planning. Her areas of scholarship include critical development studies, international political economy, transnational feminisms, global sexual rights, social movements, and studies of neoliberal governance. She is the author of Gendered Paradoxes: Women's Movements, State Restructuring, and Global Development in Ecuador (Penn State Press, 2005), editor of Development, Sexual Rights and Global Governance (Routledge, 2010) and co-editor of Feminist (Im)mobilities in Fortress North America: Rights, Citizenships and Identities in Transnational Perspective (Ashgate Publishing, 2013). Currently she is working on a co-authored book, Decolonial Justice: Resignifying Nation, Economy and Family in Ecuador. Her work has appeared in journals such as World Development, Politics & Gender, Rethinking Marxism, and the International Feminist Journal of Politics, as well as in several edited volumes.
Co-sponsors: Geography Department University of Kentucky and Gender and Women Studies University of Kentucky
Gaines Center Faculty Member Alex Brooks Named NEH Summer Scholar
Brooks is one of 16 educators who will participate in a seminar titled "Tudor Books and Readers: 1485-1603."
Writing Center Celebrates 30 Years of Helping UK Students Succeed
Over the course three decades, peer consultants at the Writing Center have assisted thousands of student, faculty, and staff in improving the style and effectiveness of their writing.
UPK Book on Breathitt County Wins Weatherford Award
"Bloody Breathitt: Politics and Violence in the Appalachian South," by T.R.C. Hutton and published by the University Press of Kentucky recently received the 2013 Weatherford Award.
New Master's in Creative Writing and Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies Created
The Board of Trustees greatly enhanced the education of its liberal arts students yesterday with two programs that will greatly impact their communication skills.
Vowels vs. Vader: Exploring the Light & Dark Sides of Indo-European
Reconstructing the sound system of a long-dead language is not just a thing of the past. Come and see why the "Darth Vader" sound was unpalatable for the Indo-Europeans and explore the divine nature of vowels

Book Chronicles Impact of the 'Kentucky Marine'
A new book published by the University Press of Kentucky revives the forgotten story of an exceptional Kentucky marine.