James Baker Hall Writers Series Highlights Affrilachian Poets
Authors present include Kelly Norman Ellis, Ellen Hagan and Nikky Finney.
UK Joins African American & Africana Studies
English professor Frank X Walker is working to combine the African American Studies & Research Program with Africana Studies at UK to create an area with greater community presence, international study and eventually an undergraduate major.
From East to West: Linguistic Diversity in Kentucky with Jennifer Cramer
Jennifer Cramer is a sociolinguist specializing in Kentucky dialects. Her current research utilizes students from all around the Commonwealth.
This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.
The Mythology of the Doudou: Sexualizing Black Female Bodies, Constructing Culture and Nation in the French Caribbean.
Lecture by Dr. Jacqueline Couti, Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Jacqueline Couti, an assistant professor of French and Francophone Studies in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Kentucky, will discuss how the development of "doudou," a Creole term in the French Caribbean, was adopted by 19th century European scholars to rewrite national identity in the then French colony of Martinique. Martinique is now a department, which is an administrative district of France.
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New Student Center, Room 249
Meet Jill Rappoport: New Faculty 2011
At the beginning of the Fall 2011 semester, we met with all of the new faculty hires in the College of Arts and Sciences. This series of podcasts introduces them and their research interests. Jill Rappoport is an assistant professor in English, specializing in nineteenth-century British literature and culture, gift theory in literature and economics, and gender and sexuality.
This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.
Representations of Lesbians and Mothers in Literature: Catherine Brereton
Catherine Brereton's recent research was featured in a poster session at the Lexington Farmer's Market in mid-September 2011. Her work focuses on representations of lesbians, mothers, and lesbians as mothers in literature. The poster session was presented by the Chellgren Center, the Office of Undergraduate Research, and the Society for the Promotion of Undergraduate Research. Brereton was mentored by professor Susan Bordo.
Meet Julia Johnson: New Faculty 2011
At the beginning of the Fall 2011 semester, we met with all of the new faculty hires in the College of Arts and Sciences. This series of podcasts introduces them and their research interests. Julia Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of English. Johnson focuses on poetry, as a subject of study as well as a personal pursuit. Her latest volume of poems will be published in the fall.
EGSO Picnic
All English Department faculty, staff, and graduate students invited!
Feel free to bring significant others, children, and well-behaved pets.
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Location:
Woodland Park
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.