Erin Koch, Lecture, “Saakashvili's "zero tolerance" Regime & Its Consequences”
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Location:
Chemistry-Physics 153
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Stefan Pugh, Lecture, "The Rusyns and their language: East Slavs in search of identity"
In this talk we explore who the Rusyns are, the language(s) they speak, and the complex interplay of issues that contribute to the construction of their ethnic and linguistic identities. Although we do not address the detailed workings of their language, we examine the position of Rusyn within the larger societies in which Rusyns live, and we also attempt to put it into perspective vis-à-vis its closest relative (Ukrainian) and other Slavic languages.
Date:
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Location:
Niles Gallery, Fine Arts Library
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Daniel Prior, Lecture ”How a Horse Theft Becomes a Praise Poem"
Equestrian art takes many forms, even poetic. In 1864 a band of Kirghiz nomads in Central Asia crossed into China and stole a herd of several hundred horses from their long-time Mongol enemies at the cost of many lives. This unprovoked act of violence, which was an episode in a major outbreak of unrest, soon became the subject of a Kirghiz epic-like narrative poem celebrating the heroism of the raiders. Literature traditions show us that stealing herds of horses and protecting them from theft has held worldwide fascination for millennia. Daniel Prior, in studying and translating the previously unpublished manuscript of the Kirghiz raid narrative, found an extraordinarily well-documented window on the complex relationship between such historical events and the stories people tell about them.
Directions to the venue:
1. Enter Keeneland Race Course at Gate 1
2. Take the first right on Entertainment Court.
3. At the top of the hill, veer left into the Keeneland Library parking lot.
http://www.keeneland.com/discover/visit (select “other facilities,” choose the Library)
Date:
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Location:
Keeneland Library, Keeneland, 4201 Versailles Rd.
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Daniel Prior, Lecture “Riding through a Kirghiz Epic Poem”
In 1994 Daniel Prior and a Kirghiz assistant traveled 1,100 kilometers on horseback to trace the itinerary of the hero of a Kirghiz epic poem, Bok Murun. The six-week expedition, which passed through the Tian Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan and the steppes of southern Kazakhstan, revealed that the nineteenth-century oral epic contained a wealth of precise information about the geography and practicalities of the nomadic life of the Kirghiz herders. Prior also experienced the resiliency of a population facing the stunning collapse of the Soviet Union and the uncertainties of independence. In his slide presentation Dr. Prior will talk about the traditions and adaptations of the herders he met, the challenges of doing ethnographic research on oral traditions in post-Soviet Central Asia, and how field ethnography relates to historical research on folklore traditions.
Date:
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Location:
Niles Gallery, Fine Arts Library
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Film Showing: My Father is Baryshnikov (Russia)
Co-Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass. $7/ticket; free with valid college ID
Date:
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Location:
UK Student Center, Centre Theater
Tetris Tournament
32 competitors will have the change to vie for the title of champion of Tetris, the Russian video game! The top two finishers will be awarded prizes. Come on out and show off your skills!
For more info or to register: http://www.as.uky.edu/tetris-tournament
Date:
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Location:
Cats Den, UK Student Center
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A&S Course Offers Lens into 2012 Election
The course, designed for first-year students, aims to facilitate high-level discussion in a nonpartisan manner and to explore how elections really work. The focus will span across historical data from past elections, such as voter demographics, important cultural issues such as religion, women's rights and civil rights, to the key challenges that the nation faces for the 2012 election.
Jim Duff Guest Lecture on Historical Presidential Campaigns
2012 A&S Hall of Fame Inductee Jim Duff visited the Currents class on Thursday, October 18, to give a lecture "Presidential Campaigning in Historical Perspective."
Watch and Learn: Viewing the Vice Presidential Debate with International Students
The Center for English as a Second Language organized a discussion and viewing of the 2012 Vice Presidential debate, which gave students an opportunity to practice conversation and express their political opinions. In this podcast, students share some political insight, comparisons to politics in their home countries, and reactions to the debate. View the photos from this event here.