'Behind the Blue': A Conversation With Jonathan Allison, Chair of the UK Department of English
By Carl Nathe and Kody Kiser
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 11, 2021) — Four decades ago, Northern Ireland native Jonathan Allison earned an exchange scholarship to pursue graduate study in the United States.
A Bold Vision: A&S Alum Helping Create Brighter Future for Eastern Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 29, 2021) — Luke Glaser was once a struggling math student. Academically, he often excelled. But learning polynomials, as well as quadratic equations and functions, just didn’t seem applicable to his life as a high school teenager.
“I hated math, and I took AP classes to simply not have to take math in college.”
Kentucky Poet Laureate Induction Ceremony
Crystal Wilkinson will be inducted as Kentucky Poet Laureate as part of the Kentucky Writers’ Day celebration. The virtual ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on April 23 on the Kentucky Arts Council’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC27VV58Ob1Y6I95y5TsSkfg
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Professor and her student both win prestigious O. Henry Prize
Congrats to Prof. Crystal Wilkinson, and first year MFA in fiction, Chioma Ezeano, on winning the O. Henry Prize!
Contagion Film Series Presents: A Virtual Screening of "93 Days"
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IMPORTANT: Attendees will view this film via Netflix or Amazon Prime after introductory remarks at 7pm. A discussion will follow the film. If you do not have access to a Netflix or Prime subscription, please email Molly Blasing at mtblasing@uky.edu.
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Dr. Yogita Goyal
Sponsored by:
African American & Africana Studies Program, Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies, English Department, and 20/21 C working group
Yogita Goyal (African American Studies and English, UCLA), author of Runaway Genres: The Global Afterlives of Slavery, will be joining us for this zoom event to discuss her book. Runaway Genres won the Perkins Award, from the Narrative Society, and was runner-up for the Lowell Prize, the top book prize awarded by the Modern Language Association. You can learn more about Yogita Goyal on her webpage: https://www.yogitagoyal.com/about-me
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20/21c
Dr. Brower will be discussing the introduction, "The Big Picture," and the final chapter, "The Scenes of an Ending: Adaptation, Originality, and the New Authorship of Hollywood Pictures" of his book manuscript, currently titled Hollywood Signs: A Literary History of the Studio System.
All are welcome. Please contact Dr. Kalliney to attend. pjkall2@uky.edu.
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2021 Department of English Awards Day
Our annual celebration of student and faculty achievement.
Registrarion link: https://uky.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tIoanPuSTnSbBt8Ivg2uqQ
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