Creative Energy in English
UK's Department of English launches its new MFA and welcomes new fiction faculty.
Rashad Shabazz: "Our Prison": Kitchenettes, Carceral Power and Black Masculinity During the Interwar Years
This talk examines the articulation of carceral power in the kitchenettes and the impact it had on identity formation. I demonstrate this by highlighting how carceral power was expressed in the geography of kitchenettes. Kitchenettes were small, tight, cramped spaces that many Black migrants were forced to live in once they arrived to Chicago. I argue that the expression of police power that was operating in the Black Belt migrated into the homes of Black migrants. Though not actual prisons, kitchenettes were amenable to the expression of carceral power—particularly containment and restriction—present throughout the Black Belt. Kitchenettes absorbed the exercise of police power that functioned in the general space of the Black Belt and brought it closer to the skin.
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Location:
238 Classroom Building
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"Sepharad at the tip of Africa" - Pre-Kick Off Event
In addition to the medieval harp and percussion, Vanessa Paloma brings the intimacy of private singing and synagogue prayers to international concert venues.
MORE INFORMATION: "Sepharad at the tip of Africa" with Vanessa Paloma
The Jewish community from Morocco has benefited from the history of migrations across the strait of Gibraltar that has brought a cultural, musical and linguistic influx to both sides of the strait. The influences represented in their music and poetry span Africa, the Mediterranean and the Iberian peninsula and will be represented tonight in Vanessa Paloma's performance of Judeo-Spanish Romances, Judeo-Arabic piyyutim and Hebrew prayers. Accompanying herself with a medieval harp and percussion, Paloma brings the intimacy of private singing and synagogue prayers to international concert venues.
Date:
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Location:
Natasha's (Off Campus)
Event Series:
"Sepharad at the tip of Africa" - Pre-kick off events
Date:
09/03/2014 - 8:00pm to 9:00pm
Location:
Natasha's (Off Campus)
Date:
09/04/2014 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Student Center Front Lawn
The Jewish community from Morocco has benefited from the history of migrations across the strait of Gibraltar that has brought a cultural, musical and linguistic influx to both sides of the strait. The influences represented in their music and poetry span Africa, the Mediterranean and the Iberian peninsula and will be represented tonight in Vanessa Paloma's performance of Judeo-Spanish Romances, Judeo-Arabic piyyutim and Hebrew prayers. Accompanying herself with a medieval harp and percussion, Paloma brings the intimacy of private singing and synagogue prayers to international concert venues.
In addition to the medieval harp and percussion, Vanessa Paloma brings the intimacy of private singing and synagogue prayers to international concert venues.
Date:
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Location:
Niles Gallery
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Are Elementary School Start Times Too Early for Young Children?
Associate professor of psychology Peggy Keller's research explores how school start times affect student performance.
Film viewing and discussion of The Other Boleyn Girl with Susan Bordo
Watch the movie and join in a discussion of fact versus fiction with Susan Bordo, author of the best-selling The Creation of Anne Boleyn and the instructor of a brand new general education course, "Anne Boleyn in Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy".
Film viewing begins at 3:00pm followed by discussion
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Location:
Young Library Auditorium
Chellgren Center Honors 43 New Fellows
Students from a variety of departments in the College of Arts & Sciences were recently named Chellgren Fellows.
Research Computing Cluster: Vincent Cassone
Innovative ways of teaching have already transformed UK's Biology department, but new facilities are on the horizon. Vincent Cassone, the Chair of the Biology Department at UK, discusses the A&S research computing cluster and the powerful new resources and collaborations across campus.
This interview was conducted by Scott Bradley and produced by David Cole.
