The A&S Alumni Speaker Series will host former Lexington mayor Jim Newberry on Wednesday, September 28th at 7:00 P.M. in the Recital Hall of the Singletary Center for the Arts. The event is free and open to the public.
The Committee on Social Theory will have the first faculty working paper on Thursday September 29th, by Arnold Farr (Philosophy): "In Search of Radical Subjectivity: Rereading Marcuse After Honneth". A discussion by two respondents: Jeremy Popkin (History) and Joe O'Neil (German) and a general discussion with all present will take place:
Thursday, September 29th
6:30pm-8:00pm or 8:30pm depending on the length of the discussion
Commonwealth House of the Gaines Center
Upstairs seminar room
Wine and light snacks to accompany discussion
Jennifer Cramer is a sociolinguist specializing in Kentucky dialects. Her current research utilizes students from all around the Commonwealth.
This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.
UK French and Italian Studies professor will be discussing the concept of "doudou" and the effects it has on national identity towards black females in the Martinique and Guadeloupe colonies.
Dr K Ping Lu of Harvard Medical School will be presenting a seminar entitled, "Pin1-Catalyzed Conformational Regulation in Aging, Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease."
For more information about Dr. Lu and his research, click here.
Facutly Host: Dr. Butterfield
Mark Kornbluh continues his Dean's Channel series with a conversation with Department of Geography professor Rich Schein, who is teaching a new course this semester - Community 101. A class that will connect students to Lexington history, culture, modern issues - and most importantly, why all of that should matter to them.
Dr Nadine Kabengi of UK Plant & Soil Sciences will be presenting a seminar entitled, "What One Can Do With Flow Adsorption Calorimetry: Applications To The Study of Surficial Processes."
For more information about Dr. Kabengi, click here.
Faculty Host: Dr. Atwood.
Lecture by Dr. Jacqueline Couti, Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Jacqueline Couti, an assistant professor of French and Francophone Studies in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Kentucky, will discuss how the development of "doudou," a Creole term in the French Caribbean, was adopted by 19th century European scholars to rewrite national identity in the then French colony of Martinique. Martinique is now a department, which is an administrative district of France.
At the beginning of the Fall 2011 semester, we met with all of the new faculty hires in the College of Arts and Sciences. This series of podcasts introduces them and their research interests. Jill Rappoport is an assistant professor in English, specializing in nineteenth-century British literature and culture, gift theory in literature and economics, and gender and sexuality.
This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.
