Reception for Students Interested in Creative Writing
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Commonwealth House--Gaines Center
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A Mistake on the Edge of Time: Rusty Barrett on the Mayan Calendar
Most of us heard that the world was going to possibly end on December 21st, 2012, and that it was predicted by the traditional Mayan calendar. In this podcast, Rusty Barrett, a linguist and scholar of Mayan culture and history, explains the superstitions and misunderstandings surrounding December 21st, and a little bit about how the Mayan calendar works.
The History of Hip: Thomas Marksbury
The words “hip” and “hipster” carry around a lot of baggage. Often, due to misconceptions, "hipster" is used as an insult meant to suggest some sort of failed or inauthentic attempt at being "hip." But what if that isn’t what “hip” is? What if “hip” isn’t some obsession with the fleeting but a more permanent state?
UK Linguistics Club Event - Tolkien's Imaginary Languages
J.R.R. Tolkien, wildly popular for his authorship of the fantasy trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings", was actually by profession an unprepossessing Medievalist and historical linguist. His extensive knowledge of world languages both ancient and modern lent itself to his creation of the artificial languages that add so much realistic depth to his fictional writing. This presentation describes the languages Tolkien created for his Middle Earth by revealing their connection with the actual spoken languages he studied during his academic career. Explore the ingenious sound symbolism and etymological connotations employed by this master storyteller - and learn a great many things about the real languages of Eurasia along
the way.
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Location:
CB 214
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The Cambridge Handbook of Morphology: Andrew Hippisley and Gregory Stump
More than thirty of the world's leading morphologists are contributing to a book that will be out in spring of 2014 - and they're working together with the help of an online collaboration tool developed by the Hive. Professors Andrew Hippisley and Greg Stump are currently compiling and editing the upcoming Cambridge Handbook of Morphology.
English Department faculty meeting
Please note that the meeting has been moved to room 318 POT.
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Location:
318 Patterson Office Tower
Sigma Tau Delta Meeting
Come help Sigma Tau Delta plan the rest of our calendar for the academic year. Meet other English majors and learn about service and fellowship opportunities.
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Location:
318 Patterson Office Tower
Event Series:
2nd Lecture in Jewish Studies Speaker Series Nov. 12, 8pm W. T. Young Library
Israel’s democracy has been often described in academic literature as “unique”, “extreme” or “a significant exception”. Nevertheless it is almost impossible to properly understand the Israeli political experience without recourse to comparative research. In this talk, Harel-Shalev analyzes minority-majority relations in Israel by comparing Israel to other deeply divided societies that have chosen to pursue the democratic path. The lecture will analyze strategies that divided democracies utilize to cope with the complexities of minority-majority relations, while sustaining democratic processes, in the face of religious, ethnic, and national conflicts. Specifically the lecture will focus on the Arab minority in Israel and compare it to other homeland minorities in deeply divided societies, including the Muslim Minority in India, the Albanian minority in Macedonia, the Turkish minority in Cyprus, and the Tamil minority in Sri-Lanka.
AYELET HAREL-SHALEV is a Lecturer at the Conflict Management and Resolution Program and The Department of Politics and Government Department, Ben-Gurion University. During the current academic year, Harel-Shalev is a research Fellow at the Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, and the Department of Political Science, UCLA.
Harel-Shalev is the author of The Challenge of Sustaining Democracy in Deeply Divided Societies - Citizenship, Rights, and Ethnic Conflicts in India and Israel - Lexington, 2010. Her book has won the Israeli Political Science Association (ISPSA) prize for the best book of 2010. A second edition of the book is about to be published in India by Foundation Books and Cambridge University Press, India, 2012/2013. Harel-Shalev specializes in Comparative political studies; Ethnic conflicts; Gender studies; Indian politics and society; and - Israeli politics and society.
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8 pm W.T. Young Library
Event Series:
English Department Awards Day
Ceremony followed by reception
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Location:
Lexmark Room, Main Building
Mason-Dixon & Maginot Lines: Borders, Boundaries, & Barriers in Languages & Literatures
The Seventy-Third Annual Convention of the College Language Association
hosted by the University of Kentucky
April 10-13, 2013
Host Committee Chair, Dr. Vershawn Young
For more information on the convention and the College Language Association: http://www.clascholars.org/
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Location:
Hilton Lexington, 369 West Vine Street