By Richard LeComte
Postdoctoral positions help launch the academic careers of Ph.D. graduates and bring acclaim to their doctoral-granting institutions. Several recent Ph.D. students in the College of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Physics and Astronomy have landed stellar postdoctoral positions:
By Richard LeComte
National events burst into the curriculum of the University of Kentucky when precautions over the novel coronavirus drove instruction online. As the students of Julia Johnson’s large-lecture core creative writing class in UK’s College of Arts & Sciences saw their lives upended, she felt they needed an outlet to express their fears, emotions, and hopes.
Vincent Cassone, Chair and Gill Eminent Professor in the Department of Biology, in conversation with A&S Dean Mark Kornbluh, will discuss the scientific aspects of the coronavirus including how it spreads, treatments, vaccines, the politics of public health and more.
Stephen Voss and Michael Zilis, professors in the Department of Political Science, in conversation with A&S Dean Mark Kornbluh will discuss how the coronavirus pandemic and recent protests are impacting state elections, the presidential election, voting access and voter turnout, changes in campaign strategies, and legal actions surrounding voting rights.
Join us for a panel discussion of Francis Musoni's new book.
This course is meant to provide an opportunity for advanced undergraduates and graduate students to (1) understand the historical, socioeconomic and philosophical context of the communist party states in Eastern Europe, (2) to learn who governs in Eastern Europe and the structures through which they rule, (3) to assess the "dynamics" of communist politics, i.e., factors contributing to political change vis-a-vis political continuity.
Union with emphasis on party-government relations, Communist ideology, and major approaches to the study of Soviet politics.
experiences of China and Japan, exploring their responses to the West, the development of differing political elites in each country, and contemporary problems of the Chinese Communist and Japanese politics.
