A Mexican Celebration of Life and Death – Dia de los Muertos
As part of the Viva Mexico events and activities, all are invited to participate in several opportunities to experience Mexican culture and celebrations.
Open Access Week to Explore Altmetrics
This week, UK Libraries will be presenting Open Access Week, with panels to exploring how social media is changing the way we share ideas and collaborate.
Biology Presents Annual Thomas Hunt Morgan Speaker Series
This week, prominent evolutionary biology John Avis will deliver two lectures on campus as part of the fifth annual installment of the Thomas Hunt Morgan Speaker Series.
Imperial Intentions and Frontier Realities: Provincial Politics in the Aztec Empire
A graduate of the University of Kentucky (Ph.D. 2008), Dr. Venter is an expert on political and social interaction on the frontiers of the Aztec Empire. With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Venter rediscovered the head town of Totogal in the Aztec province of Tochtepec. Her research sheds light on how indigenous inhabitants on the fringes of empire negotiated their position vis-à-vis their Aztec overlords and their regional neighbors.
La Dr. Venter, graduanda de la Universidad de Kentucky (Ph.D. 2008), es experta en cuanto a las interacciones politicas y sociales en las fronteras del Imperio Azteca. Con el apoyo del National Science Foundation, ella logro redescubrir la ciudad de Totogal en la la provincia Azteca de Tochtepec. Sus estudios e investigaciones han esclarecido como los Aztecas realizaban negociaciones con sus vecinos y superiores en cuanto a la posicion que sostenian en la sociedad.
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Whitehall Classroom Building, Room 114
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Fables of the Reconstruction: Andrew Byrd
Proto-Indo-European, which Dr Byrd studies, is the prehistoric ancestor of hundreds of languages, including English, Spanish, Greek, Farsi, Armenian, and more.
The Sound of the Future: Podcasting and Education
Publishing audio and video to support and feature academic content is fairly commonplace in universities and colleges these days, but higher learning institutions haven’t always shared so freely.
Songs of Mexico: Recital on works by María Grever, Tata Nacho, and Agustín Lara
Songs of México: Recital on works by María Grever, Tata Nacho, and Agustín Lara
presented by Manuel Castillo, tenor
Free and open to the public.
Mr. Castillo is a tenor, trained in the graduate program in the School of Music of the UK College of Fine Arts. For more information on him, visit http://www.manuelmcastillo.com
Canciones de México: Manuel Castillo presentará en un recital la música de María Grever, Tata Nacho y Agustín Lara.
Manuel Castillo estudió y se entrenó en tenor en el programa de Música del Departamento de Fine Arts en UK. Para más información de él visita la página http://www.manuelmcastillo.com
Repertoire for November 19th:
Arturo Buzzi Peccia (1854 - 1943)
Lolita (1892)
María Grever (1894 - 1951)
Lamento Gitano (1929*)
Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982)
Amor vida de mi vida (1941)
Ignacio Fernández Esperón "Tata Nacho" (1894 – 1968)
La borrachita (1917)
Tengo nostalgia de ti (1920*)
Íntima (1928*)
Ernesto de Curtis (1875 - 1937)
Torna a Suriento (1902)
María Grever (1894 - 1951)
Júrame (1926)
Despedida (1946)
José Serrano (1873 - 1941)
Te quiero Morena (1910)
Agustín Lara (1900-1970)
Granada (1932)
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Singletary Recital Hall
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The Curse of Rafinesquina: A Prehistoric Mystery with Rebecca Freeman
All over Kentucky, fossilized brachiopods are common. Rebecca Freeman, a lecturer in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, studies brachiopods and how they interacted with their prehistoric environments according to the fossil record. When I interviewed her about a recent line of research that identified a previously unknown species of brachiopod, I also got a ghost story from Lexington, Kentucky.