A Screening of THE 24TH, and Interview with Director

Join us for a film screening of The 24th, a historical film written and directed by Kevin Willmott! This film screening will be held virtually followed by a brief Q&A discussion. For more insight on the film, check out this interview.

Read more on Kevin Willmott's extensive works HERE.

Watch The 24th movie trailer!

This event is sponsored by:

  • English Department MFA Visiting Writers Series
  • International Film Certificate Program
  • Gaines Center for Humanities
  • UK History Department
  • Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies
  • Rosenberg College of Law
  • Cooperative for the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • UK Veteran's Resource CEnter
  • William T. Young Library
  • UK Office of Institutional Diversity

To register, click HERE! Contact Pearl James for more information.

 
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From History to Hollywood: The Backstory to The Last Duel

Register here: https://uky.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XDTKZ87yQCW6HaoJ_SiTiQ

Dr. Eric Jager of UCLA will talk about his book and film, The Last Duel. This will be Wednesday, September 29, with a public Zoom talk at 7:00 pm. EST.

The gripping true story of the duel to end all duels in medieval France as a resolute knight defends his wife’s honor against the man she accuses of a heinous crime.
 
In the midst of the devastating Hundred Years’ War between France and England, Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight fresh from combat in Scotland, returns home to yet another deadly threat. His wife, Marguerite, has accused squire Jacques Le Gris of rape. A deadlocked court decrees a trial by combat between the two men that will also leave Marguerite’s fate in the balance. For if her husband loses the duel, she will be put to death as a false accuser.
 
While enemy troops pillage the land, and rebellion and plague threaten the lives of all, Carrouges and Le Gris meet in full armor on a walled field in Paris. What follows is the final duel ever authorized by the Parlement of Paris, a fierce fight with lance, sword, and dagger before a massive crowd that includes the teenage King Charles VI, during which both combatants are wounded—but only one fatally.
 
Based on extensive research in Normandy and Paris, The Last Duel brings to life a colorful, turbulent age and three unforgettable characters caught in a fatal triangle of crime, scandal, and revenge. The Last Duel is at once a moving human drama, a captivating true crime story, and an engrossing work of historical intrigue with themes that echo powerfully centuries later.
 
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Celebrating the Art & Culture of Kentucky: Some of the Bluegrass is Black

Register now for July Interview with Artist Mark Lenn Johnson
 
Join the Kentucky Arts Council at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, for the “Celebrating the Art & Culture of Kentucky: Some of the Bluegrass is Black” interview series featuring this month’s conversation with Kentucky glass artist and painter Mark Lenn Johnson and series host Dr. Shauna M. Morgan.
 
Johnson, an internationally recognized glass artist and abstract painter who grew up in Lexington and has a background in economic development, is president of Art Inc. Kentucky, a non-profit business and marketing incubator serving Kentucky artists and operated through Community Ventures. Read more about his life and work in the arts on the arts council’s website.
 
“Celebrating the Art & Culture of Kentucky: Some of the Bluegrass is Black” is part artist talk, part personal interview, and combines personal perspectives of the artist’s work, and meaningful conversations with both professional and emerging Black artists in the Commonwealth. The series is hosted by Dr. Morgan and will feature a monthly interview with a Kentucky artist. The June interview featured former Kentucky Poet Laureate and multi-disciplinary artist Frank X Walker. That interview is archived on the arts council’s You Tube channel.
 
The event is free and will be hosted on Zoom and stream live on the arts council’s Facebook page. Registration is required.
 
 
Visit the Kentucky Arts Council’s website for more information about the series and bios of the host and artists.
 
For more information, contact Emily B. Moses, arts council executive staff advisor, at emilyb.moses@ky.gov.
 
This series is supported through a grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.
 
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Faculty Manuscript Book Workshop Awardees Announced

CHSS is happy to announce its first-ever round of grant awards. Four awardees are recipients of the Faculty Manuscript Book Workshop! The Faculty Manuscript Book Workshops are an opportunity for generating constructive, informed criticism on near-final book manuscripts, when authors can most effectively utilize such feedback. An expert in the awardee’s field will be invited to present their thoughts on the manuscript, followed by a response from the author and discussion with a broader group of invited faculty. 
 
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