Next Writers Series Installment Focuses on the Journey
By Katy Bennet, Student Activities Board
Nikky Finney featured on Arts & Life of NPR
Creative Writing Professor discusses the impact of her acceptance speech at the National Book Award ceremony on NPR's Arts & Life.
ENG 331: Survey of British Literature I: Beowulf to Milton with Dr. Giancarlo
A survey of British literature from the Old English period (5th-11th century) to the English Commonwealth and Restoration (17th century). Special emphasis is given to Beowulf; medieval romances, drama, and lyric; Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene; Renaissance sonnets; Shakespeare's King Lear and Twelfth Night; and John Milton's Paradise Lost. Assignments include reading, on-line lectures/presentations, and some exercises. Grading includes regular quizzes, mid-term, and final.
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
One of the scholarly highlights of campus life is around the corner: the 65th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 19-21.Take advantage of the speakers and panels, and exhibitions and energy, that the conference brings to campus. http://web.as.uky.edu/kflc/ for a full list http://web.as.uky.edu/kflc/mobile/schedule.html on a portable device.
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Place Matters lecture by bell hooks
Place Matters lecture by bell hooks. http://www.southendpress.org/authors/46
(Reception afterward, Appalachian Center)
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Worsham Theatre, UK Student Center
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Ten UK Scholars Awarded Gaines Fellowships
The Gaines Center for the Humanities has selected 10 new UK scholars from a diverse group of studies for the Gaines Fellowship Program. 7 of 10 new Gaines Fellows are A&S students!
Frank X Walker to Read Poetry for Charity Event
Frank X Walker, professor in the UK Department of English and the African American and Africana Studies Program, will read and discuss his poetry at 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 9, at Midway College's Anne Hart Raymond Center. The event is sponsored by Chapter F, a local chapter of the International organization, P.E.O.
Spoken Stories by Gurney Norman
The UK English Department Events committee presents:
English Department Colloquium “Spoken Stories” by Gurney Norman
Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Kentucky Author of Kinfolks and other works
Introduced by Erik Reece, Author of Lost Mountain and American Gospel
Friday April 6, 3:00p.m. in Room 211 Student Center
Refreshments served
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Student Center Room 211
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American Studies at Shanghai University: Andy Doolen
With the help of a generous grant from the U.S. State Department, UK has been able to forge a partnership across the Pacific. On March 29th, 2012, three UK scholars will go to deliver lectures for the Inaugural Symposium for the American Studies Center at Shanghai.
Distinguished English Professor to Lecture on Hawthorne
Brown University professor to deliver lecture on classic American author Nathaniel Hawthorne.