LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 29, 2021) — The University of Kentucky Alumni Association Lyman T. Johnson African American Alumni Group, in partnership with the UK Office for Institutional Diversity, will host the 30th annual Lyman T. Johnson Torch Bearer and Torch of Excellence awards via Facebook Live at noon Monday, Feb. 1. The program honors and celebrates African American students and alumni from each college who epitomize the ideals of Lyman T. Johnson.
An Evening with Poet Li-Young Lee: April 8, 2021 @ 7pm
Li-Young Lee is the author of five books of poetry, including his newest collection, The Undressing which is forthcoming in 2018. His earlier collections are Behind My Eyes; Book of My Nights; Rose, winner of the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award; The City in Which I Love You, the 1990 Lamont Poetry Selection; and a memoir entitled The Winged Seed: A Remembrance, which received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation and will be reissued by BOA Editions in 2012. Lee’s honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Lannan Foundation, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, as well as grants from the Illinois Arts Council, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Event co-sponsored by the Confucius Institute and the Gaines Center
Check out his Poetry Foundation feature for poems and more information:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/li-young-lee
(registration link below)
https://uky.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_H4mH8o1PTrChwbSjjpKr9A
An Evening with Madeline Ffitch: March 25, 2021 @ 7pm
Madeline Ffitch writes and organizes in Appalachian Ohio. She was a founding member of the punk theater company, The Missoula Oblongata, and is the author of the story collection, Valparaiso, Round the Horn. Madeline has been awarded residencies at Yaddo and at the MacDowell Colony. She is the author of Stay and Fight from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Check out more of her writings on her website:
https://www.madelineffitch.com/stories
(registration link below)
https://uky.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0LIsHzHFQeCdyU65kh8jVQ
We cannot understand where humanity has been and where we are going without Black Studies.
The newly established Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies is a multidisciplinary institute that is a think tank for Black Studies research, including issues of race and racism. Housed in the College of Arts & Sciences' African American and Africana Studies (AAAS) program, the multidisciplinary institute will establish research clusters across campus and promote UK's growing research and scholarship on topics of importance to global and local histories, such as race in the Americas, African cultures and global impact of Black people from antiquity to the future. Many of the research clusters are concerned with conceptions of race in the future, contemporary conceptions of race, slavery and the quest for freedom, the long legacy of racial discrimination and violence including the struggle for civil rights.
Join Anastasia Curwood, history professor and director of the AAAS program, and DaMaris Hill, English professor and interim director of the AAAS program through spring 2021, in conversation with A&S Interim Dean Christian Brady as they discuss immediate and long-term plans for the Institute.
Changing the calendar can mean changing the way you see your life. People setting exercise, nutrition, and mental health goals often need to look at things in a new light to motivate change and growth. Join a discussion with three UK experts who will share tips on:
The theme for UKY's 2021 Black Women's Conference is “Literature, Digital Media, and the Afrofuture.”
Dates: Feb 26th and 27th, 2021.
Register for all events here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/university-of-kentucky-26th-annual-black-w…
Feb 26:
10:30am: "The Future of Black Speculative Literature" Panel
6:00pm: Keynote address: Nalo Hopkinson
Feb 27:
3:00pm: Kishonna Gray and Regina Hamilton play "Hair Nah" and "Bad Hair". Community Gaming Event on Twitch
4:00pm: Keynote discussion with Momo Pixel, moderated by Kishonna Gray and Regina Hamilton
Big Blue Slam – 2021
Save a life, and show your Wildcat pride. Donate blood Jan. 25-29 to help Kentucky slam the Gators in the 13th annual Big Blue Slam blood battle. Donate at any of the below drives on campus and you’ll receive a long-sleeved Slam T-shirt, perfect for showing your Wildcat pride during basketball season, and a $5 Starbucks gift card (campus drives only).
Big Blue Slam is a friendly competition between the blood donors of Kentucky Blood Center and LifeSouth Blood Center in Gainesville, Fla. It’s a fun tradition, but most importantly, Slam donations help ensure enough blood is on the shelves for the thousands of Kentucky and Florida patients who will require transfusions during the winter months. Florida won last year and tied the series at 6-6! Click below to sign up for a time slot.
UK Lewis Honors College – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
UK Buell Armory (College of Arts & Sciences) – 6 a.m. – 3 p.m.
UK Lewis Honors College – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
UK Patterson Hall – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 27
UK Lewis Honors College – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
UK Patterson Hall – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
UK Lewis Honors College – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
UK Patterson Hall – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
UK Lewis Honors College – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
UK Buell Armory (College of Arts & Sciences) – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 20, 2021) — Today, Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States, and Kamala Harris will become the first woman to serve as vice president.
At noon, a formal ceremony will mark the start of the new presidency. While key elements will remain steeped in tradition, many events won’t look like those of the past. Instead, they have been “reimagined” as the United States continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more about the African American & Africana Studies Program
Please register for this event here: https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqduusqTsoG9fZaN_gKHV_DyRbZI5UO7bw
Contact Dr. Bertin Louis for questions about this event at Bertin.Louis@uky.edu
