Love/Conjure Blues
Performance Artist and Novelist/Poet, Sharon Bridgforth, reads from her performance novel, Love Conjure/Blues.
Day 1, Shanghai
I woke up this morning in the most populous city (proper) in the world expecting more noise. At 7:30 AM (7:30 PM, Kentucky time), Sunday morning, only tiny intermittent sounds of bicycle bells, a whoosh of a moped every few seconds, and sneezes from walkers along the street below. My husband, Kevin, and I are staying at a nice, simple, hotel at Shanghai University, on one of the many campuses.
At breakfast in the hotel, there was a choice of American breakfast or Chinese. We both chose the American--fried eggs, toast, and coffee. Tomorrow I’ll have the Chinese one, a hard-boiled egg, congee, (porridge), and another dish that I couldn’t make out from where we were sitting.
UK Students, Alum Named Fulbright Recipients
Two A&S students, Amanda Gatewood (English) and Veronica Miranda (Anthropology) to receive Fullbright Scholarships.
GWS Faculty Featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education
Susan Bordo writes "When Fictionalized Facts Matter" for The Chronicle of Higher Education
UK Faculty and Students Share Appalachian Culture in China
University of Kentucky students and faculty will travel to Shanghai in May to share Appalachian culture at the American Studies Center at Shanghai University.
Diversity Project Blanket to be Unveiled at Gayla
A blanket of squares representing the Lexington's LGBT community created as part of a UK Gaines Scholar's jury project will be unveiled at the Gayla.
UK Alumnus Wendell Berry Delivers Jefferson Lecture in Washington
Kentucky poet, novelist, environmentalist and University of Kentucky alumnus Wendell Berry delivered the 2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities last night in Washington, D.C.
For English grad students: "The job market from an array of perspectives"
3:00 Welcome, Virginia Blum (DGS)
3:10 Kristi Branham (Ph.d., UK English, '06), Assistant Professor in the Dept of Gender and Women's Studies at Western Kentucky University, "On Being Jr. Faculty (whereby the subject teaches a heavy course load, serves on too many committees, neglects research, weathers budget cuts, and learns to live again)"
Break, refreshments provided
4:00 Preparing for the twenty-first century job market in English: what you can do this summer and beyond
Pearl James (acting job placement officer), Jeff Gross (starting a tenure track position in the fall), Mike Genovese (assistant professor in English)
Whether you plan to go on the academic job market this fall or a few years from now, this conversation is for you.
Date:
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Location:
18th floor of P.O.T., rooms F & G
Appalachian Center and UPK Celebrate Appalachian Literature
The Appalachian Center and University Press of Kentucky are hosting three events to celebrate Appalachia-related books published during this academic year.