“Too Jewish? Imagining the Ultra-Orthodox and America"
“Making Movies About Orthodox Jews"
Visiting Writers Series: Charles Dodd White
Charles Dodd White is the recipient of the Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award for excellence in Appalachian Literature, the Appalachian Book of the Year award in fiction, a Jean Ritchie Fellowship from Lincoln Memorial University, and an individual artist’s grant from the North Carolina Arts Council. His novels are HOW FIRE RUNS (A Fall 2020 SIBA Okra Pick, IPPY GOLD MEDAL for Best Fiction in the South), IN THE HOUSE OF WILDERNESS (2018), A SHELTER OF OTHERS (2014), LAMBS OF MEN (2010), and the story collection, SINNERS OF SANCTION COUNTY (2011). He has also edited the anthologies, DEGREES OF ELEVATION (2010) and APPALACHIA NOW (2015). His newest book, A YEAR WITHOUT MONTHS, is a fragmented memoir available from West Virginia University Press. He teaches English at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tennessee.
A&S International Voices: Sydney Lilley
A&S International Voices video featuring Sydney Lilley, a Psychology major and International Ambassador.
A&S International Voices: Amber Nguyen
International Voices video featuring Amber Nguyen, a College of Arts and Sciences International Ambassador.
Political Black Girl Magic: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors
Dr. Sharon Austin, professor of political science at the University of Florida, will be giving a lecture on voting rights. Dr. Austin has also taught courses at the Universities of Louisville, Michigan, and Missouri-Columbia and received a doctorate in Political Science from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1993. Her teaching interests are in American Government, Urban Politics, and African American Politics and her research interests are in African American mayoral elections, African American/Caribbean American political relationships, rural African American political activism, and African American political behavior.
Behind the Blue: Dean Ana Franco-Watkins (UK College of Arts & Sciences)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (January 19, 2023) – The College of Arts & Sciences is the oldest and largest college at the University of Kentucky, at the heart of the university’s mission to educate students and create knowledge in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematical and natural sciences.
Behind the Blue: Dean Ana Franco-Watkins (UK College of Arts & Sciences)
The College of Arts & Sciences is the oldest and largest college at the University of Kentucky, at the heart of the university’s mission to educate students and create knowledge in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematical and natural sciences.