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10/5/2009
Gender and Women's Studies Celebrates Departmental Status and Major

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8/11/2009
GWS Launches Department and Major

The Program has graduated to a Department and also offers a B.A. for the first time! more »

6/8/2009
Taking The Next Step - Gender and Women's Studies Achieves Department Status at UK

Beginning fall of 2009, the department will begin offering bachelors degrees, and graduate degrees will soon follow. more »

6/7/2009
College of Arts and Sciences Names New Dean

Mark Kornbluh will take the reins of the UK College of Arts and Sciences at the beginning of the 2009-2010 academic year. more »

3/19/2009
Gender and Women's Studies To Launch B.A. in Fall of 2009

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1/3/2009
Joan Callahan Awarded Distinguished Woman Philosopher Award, UK President’s Award for Diversity

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10/8/2008
Susan Bordo Examines How Scandal Kills Some Political Careers, Spares Others

A look at why some politicians can recover from scandal and others cannot.more »

6/25/2008
A&S Graduate Honored with Outstanding Officer Award

Susan Matsubara, a political science and gender and women's studies graduate has received the Honorable George Rogers Clark Outstanding ...more »

5/15/2008
Assistant Professor's Study Shows How Culture Affects Teen Girls View of Harassment

Christia Brown's research looks at how teenage girls of certain ethnic or socioeconomic backgrounds perceive sexism and sexual harassmen...more »

5/6/2008
Two A&S Faculty Honored as Recipients of the 2008 President's Awards for Diversity

Joan Callahan a professor in the Department of Philosophy/Program in Gender and Women's Studies and Karl Raitz the chair of the Departme...more »

4/1/2008
Susan Bordo's Examination of Anne Boleyn Featured in the Chronicle Review

University of Kentucky professor Susan Bordo examines pop culture, history and the tensions facing women today as she looks for the answer.more »

3/23/2008
In Memoriam: MCL Faculty Member Passes Away

The College of Arts & Sciences and the University of Kentucky lost a colleague, teacher and friend, as Allen Ross Scaife passed March 15...more »

3/21/2008
UK Hosts 14th Annual Black Women's Conference

Scholar from around the country will gather to discuss the theme "Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Addressing Health Disparities...more »

Events

The Strong Black Woman: A Half-Told Tale of Voice, Racialized Gender, and the Body

November 20, 2:00 p.m. - Young Library Gallery more »

Gender and Women's Studies Fall 2009 Film Series

September 24 through November 16.more »

Black Male Bodies and the White Gaze

Thursday, October 29, Young Library Auditorium, 2:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. more »

The Sexual Edge of Colonization and Recolonization: Rewriting the Female Black Body

Friday, October 16, 4 p.m., 230 New Student Centermore »

Michael Kimmel Visits For Two Events Centering on Men, Masculinity and Violence

Kimmel, visiting UK on September 24th, is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including his newest "Guyland: The Perilous W...more »

GWS Graduate Student Union Organizational Meeting

Wednesday, September 23rd, 7:00 p.m., at the Commonwealth House - 226 Maxwell Ave. (behind Memorial Coliseum)more »

UK Hosts Week of Discussion about Gender and War

Four presentations will draw attention to how war affects women - whether they are combatants, on the homefront or caught in the crossfire.more »

 

 
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