Myrup Book Focuses on Portuguese Empire
In a masterful reconceptualization of the functioning of empire, Erik Lars Myrup’s “Power and Corruption in the Early Modern Portuguese World,” to be published in July 2015 by Louisiana State University Press
WUKY's 'UK Perspectives' is All About the Poet
WUKY's "UK Perspectives" focuses on the people and programs of the University of Kentucky and is hosted by WUKY General Manager Tom Godell.
65 UK Student-athletes on SEC Academic Honor Roll
Sixty-five University of Kentucky Wildcats earned a place on the 2015 Winter Sports Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll announced by SEC Commissioner Mike Slive.
Four Japan Studies students earn honors during speech contest
They participated in the annual Kentucky Japanese speech contest that took place in Norsworthy Auditorium, located next to the Fayette County board of education building, on Saturday, April 18, 2015.
Persian Jewish Music
This lecture will introduce attendees to the Judeo-Persian musical tradition through recorded music, performed examples, and musical analysis. Dr. Dardashti's grandfather, Younes Dardashti, was one of the most famous singers of Persian classical music; this family history and her own artistic work (www.galeetdardashti.com) are central to this presentation.
Sponsors: Year of The Middle East, Jewish Studies, The Division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology of the School of Music, College of Fine Arts
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Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Flooding, Drought, Urban Design: Nate Millington's Studies in Brazil
University of Kentucky doctoral student Nate Millington recently received the U.S. Department of Education's Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
Children at Risk is Topic of UK Conference
University of Kentucky's Department of Psychology is hosting the Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference for Research on Children at Risk 3:30-5 p.m. today, in Kastle Hall Room 213 and 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday, April 24,
It Might Look Like Spring, but It's Poetry Season
As April gradually slides into May, trees are growing their cloaks of green, flowers are daubing the landscape with bright colors, and Lexington’s imagination turns poetic as the city and the University of Kentucky celebrate National Poetry Month.
'Doing Science': the Broadened Scope of Undergraduate Cell Biology at UK
The realm of science in the United States — education, research and career opportunities — is always a hot topic, but especially so in the last several years.
Wild Women of Poetry Take to the World Wide Web
The Kentucky Women Writers Conference is trying something new for the 10th anniversary of its Wild Women of Poetry Slam.