By Gail Hairston
(April 18, 2016) — In an NPR interview two years ago — a conversation occasioned by the release of her fifth novel, “Boy, Snow, Bird” — Helen Oyeyemi explained why she had lived in half a dozen European cities before the age of 30.
“I feel a need to choose a city or have a feeling that it chooses me," Oyeyemi said.
Peter Fallon, poet and founder and director of Gallery Press, Ireland's preeminent publisher of poetry and drama, will explore the tradition of Irish literary publishing as part of the 2016 International Hammer Book Arts Biennale Lecture presented April 12.
By Andrea Gils Monzon, Gail Hairston
By Tasha Ramsey
Speech is an integral part of our development as children and one that continues to develop throughout our lives. Because of this, we don't often spend much time thinking about speech and what it reveals about our identities. However, one professor in the Linguistics Program at the University of Kentucky spends much of his time researching the aspects of speech and social identity.
Session 3: 9:00 – 10:45
Rochelle Davis, Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
"Gendered Vulnerability and Forced Conscription in the War in Syria"
Moderator: Anahid Matossian, Department of Anthropology
Discussants: Diane King and Kristin Monroe, Department of Anthropology
Session 4: 11:00 – 12:30
Concluding Forum and Discussion
Moderator: Srimati Basu, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
Session 1: 3:30 – 5:15
Purnima Bose, Associate Professor of English, Indiana University
"The Capitalist-Rescue Narrative and the War on Terror"
Moderator: Amy Murrell Taylor, Department of History
Discussant, Francie Chassen-Lopez, Department of History
Session 2: 5:30- 7:15
Sue Grayzel, Professor of History and Director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies, University of Mississippi
"All are Now in the Line of Fire:" Gender and the Defence of Civilian Bodies in the Interwar British Empire
Moderator: Carmen Moreno-Nuño, Department of Hispanic Studies
Discussant: Pearl James, Department of English
Watch why Gurney Norman, a renowned writer, is thrilled to be named a 2016 Great Teacher and why he loves working one-on-one with the young writers his classes within UK's College of Arts and Sciences.
University of Kentucky’s Manuel Gonzales, Hannah Pittard and 2016 writer-in-residence Helen Oyeyemi have been named to Buzz Book’s list of must-read books in 2016.
Early American Literature is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year. A special issue to mark the occasion is available from the University of North Carolina Press. The issue features articles by Rolena Adorno, Wai Chee Dimock, Simon Gikandi, David Shields, and Priscilla Wald, and an introduction by editor Sandra M. Gustafson.
The University of Kentucky Gaines Center for Humanities has selected 12 exceptional undergraduates as new scholars for the university's Gaines Fellowship Program for the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 academic years.
