WRD Professor interviewed on KET
Adam Banks was recently featured on KET to talk about his academic interests and concerns for minorities in the Digital Age.
New Books in African American Studies
Dr. Vershawn Young discusses Miriam Thaggert's Images of Black Modernism: Verbal and Visual Strategies of the Harlem Renaissance with the author.
For more of Dr. Young's podcast interviews with scholars of African American cultural and literary studies visit the website for New Books in African American Studies: http://newbooksinafroamstudies.com/
A&S Selects New Chairs
The University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences has appointed new chairs to many of its departments for the 2011-2012 year.
Symposium on War and Gender
Thursday, September 8
6:00 -- Welcome Reception
7:00 - 8:30 -- Keynote Lecture
Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina
"War and Gender in the Age of the World Wars: Reflections on the History and Memory of German Women's War Service in the Third Reich"
Friday, September 9
9:00 - 10:30 -- Panel I: war and Gender in the Neneteenth and Early Twentieth Century
Research Presentations by Franci Chassen-Lopez (Mexico). Pearl James (US), and Colleen Glenn (US)
10:30 - 11:00 -- Break
11:00 - 12:30 -- Panel II: War and GEnder in the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centure
Research Presentations by Diane King (Iraq), Lien-Hang Nguyen (Vietnam) and Karen Petrone (Russia/Soviet Union)
2:00 - 3:30 -- Keynote Lecture
Carolyn Nordstrom, University of Notre Dame
"Tomorrow's War and Gender Violence in the 21st Century"
3:45 - 5:00 -- Closing discussion led by Karen Hagemann and Carolyn Nordstrom
Thy symposium is coordinated by the Working Group on War and Gender and is sponsored by the departments of Anthropology, English, Gender and Women's Studies, Hispanic Studies, History, and the College of Arts and Sciences Enrichment Fund.
Date:
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Location:
Student Center Rm. 230
Job Market Workshop for Grad Students
Dr. Pearl James is hosting a workshop for graduate students considering going on the job market. This will be the first of a series of meetings aimed to help job candidates apply for jobs, assemble applications, and prepare for interviews and campus visits.
Contact Dr. Pearl James for more information.
Date:
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Location:
1345 Patterson Office Tower
Kentucky Women Writers Conference Poetry Slam
The Gypsy Poetry Slam, now in its sixth year as part of the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, to showcase the works of not only local poets, but also those from across the nation. As part of the event, headlined by noted poet Krista Franklin, the conference will also feature a new award. The Faith A. Smith Poetry Prize, established by Kentucky poet Frank X Walker, will be awarded to the winner of this year's slam to be held 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at the Downtown Arts Center. The slam is free and open to the public.
Downtown Arts Center
141 East Main Street
Lexington, KY 40507
(859) 225 - 0370
Date:
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Location:
Downtown Arts Center
Frank X Walker Contributes New Award to Poetry Slam
Award honors Walker's mother; event is free & open to public.
University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences, Department of English, Frank X Walker, Oxford American,
Associate Professor of Creative Writing featured in fall issue of the Oxford American.