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10/22/2009
Very Recent History: News From The Department

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10/11/2009
Robert Olson Has Ninth Book Published

New book is titled "Blood, Beliefs and Ballots: The Management of Kurdish Nationalism in Turkey, 2007-2009."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 »

5/6/2009
Eller Recognized Again for Work in Appalachia

Eller was presented with the East Kentucky Leadership Foundation’s annual “private individual” award. more »

4/21/2009
Ron Eller's Book Earns Weatherford Award

The award recognizes published works that "best illuminate the challenges, personalities, and unique qualities of the Appalachian South...more »

3/5/2009
Maryjean Wall to be Inducted into The Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame

Pioneering sports journalist covered horse racing at the Herald-Leader for 35 years.more »

2/15/2009
Mark Summers Honored as a 2009 Great Teacher Award Recipient

Six University of Kentucky professors have been recognized for their excellence in the classroom as recipients of the UK Alumni Association&...more »

2/11/2009
Ron Eller Discusses Poverty in Appalachia on ABC's "20/20"

Diane Sawyer's special on children and poverty will air Friday, February 13 at 10:00 pm.more »

11/22/2008
Professor Emeritus George Herring's New Book on Diplomatic History

Herring's new book, 'From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776,' is featured in the Nov. 28 Chronicle of High...more »

11/5/2008
A&S Alumna Elected First Female Governor of North Carolina

Beverly Eaves Perdue, who had previously served as lieutenant governor of the state, won the gubernatorial election held Nov. 4, defeating C...more »

9/28/2008
A&S Alum Named Kentucky History Teacher of the Year

Keely Green now in the running for National History Teacher of the Yeard Award. more »

9/28/2008
Historian Klotter Honored as Outstanding Alumnus

Klotter has published more than 18 scholarly historical works about Kentucky history, including the award-winning textbook, "Faces of K...more »

9/7/2008
History Professor Popkin to Lecture at Collège de France

Popkin, a specialist in the history of the French Revolution, has been invited to speak on “The Press in the Revolutionary Era.”more »

8/13/2008
Abigail Firey's "Carolingian Canon Law Project" Receives $49,000 Grant

History Professor lands a Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. more »

5/6/2008
Francie Chassen-Lopez Named 2008-09 A&S Distinguished Professor

Department of History professor becomes the sixth female in the college's history to earn the prestigious award.more »

4/28/2008
Registrar Announces Paperless Schedule of Classes Starting Spring 2009

The decision to not print a traditional schedule book will bring both environmental and economic benefits to the university. more »

4/13/2008
A&S Alumni Receives Teacher of the Year Honors from the History Channel

A&S alumni Paul Newman (M.A. '93 - Ph.D '96) is the recipient of the History Channel's 2008 "Save Our History" Tea...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 »

3/18/2008
Oxford Professor Lectures on Irish History

Wednesday, March 19, in the Niles Gallery, Roy Foster will deliver a lecture on "The Strange Death of Romantic Ireland" more »

Events

Mark Selden Lecture

Wednesday, November 11, 4 p.m., Lexmark Public Roommore »

Vincent Carretta Lecture

Vincent Carretta will be giving a talk at the Niles Gallery on Tuesday, November 10th, at 4:30 p.m. The title of his lecture is "The Ch...more »

Bureaucracy, Order, and Discipline: Russell Weigley's The American Way of War Revisited

Thursday, November 5, 4:30 p.m. - Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Librarymore »

U.S. Naval Academy's Wayne Hsieh Visits

Thursday, November 5, 4:30 p.m., Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Librarymore »

Perspectives of Jesus the Christ from the Gospel of Mark to the Gospel of Mel Gibson

Tuesday, November 3, 7:00 p.m. - Classroom Building 102more »

LBJ and Kentucky: An Inside Account

Monday, October 19, 3:00 p.m., William T. Young Library Auditorium more »

Science, Humanities & Culture in the Wake of Darwin

The 2009 Bale Boone Symposium - Friday, October 16 through Thursday, October 22 - All talks begin at 6:00 p.m.more »

Benjamin Franklin Lecturer Visits UK

Carla Mulford is the Founding President of the Society of Early Americanists, and she teaches early modern, early American, and Native Ameri...more »

 

 
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