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Colonial Epistemology and the Transformation of Inca Culture
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One week remains for students to apply for the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) Learning Lab internship.
UK Experts Featured in C-SPAN's 'Lexington Weekend'
This weekend Lexington will be in the spotlight as C-SPAN airs coverage of the city as part of its "2015 C-SPAN Cities Tour." Viewers of "Lexington Weekend" will learn about the city's rich history, as well as the community's non-fiction literary culture on programming
Passport to the World Takes UK Faculty to Middle East
In support of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Passport to the World Initiative and the 2015 Year of the Middle East campaign, University of Kentucky Education Abroad partnered with the college
French Studies Forum on the Paris Attacks
The University of Kentucky recently hosted a French Studies Forum on the Paris Attacks, organized by French and Francophone Studies within the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.
The participants in the forum address the cultural and political context of, as well as the emerging and continuing fallout surrounding, the recent deadly attacks on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Paris kosher market (January 7-9, 2015).
Paris Attacks Topic of Public Forum
Today, a unique group of University of Kentucky professors and Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Joel Pett are leading a discussion of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.
French Studies Forum on Paris Attacks
We invite you to a forum discussion organized by French and Francophone Studies at UK on the Paris attacks of January 7-9, 2015.
UK faculty from the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, the Department of History, and the Department of Geography will discuss the recent deadly attacks on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Paris kosher market, as well as provide some context for the social and political debates that continue to emerge in the wake of the attacks.
Discussion participants:
Dr. Ihsan Bagby, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (MCLLC)
Dr. Jeffrey Peters, French and Francophone Studies (MCLLC)
Joel Pett, political cartoonist, Lexington Herald-Leader
Dr. Jeremy Popkin, Department of History
Dr. Suzanne Pucci, French and Francophone Studies (MCLLC)
Dr. Leon Sachs, French and Francophone Studies (MCLLC)
Dr. Michael Samers, Department of Geography
Dr. Sadia Zoubir-Shaw, French and Francophone Studies (MCLLC)
A&S Alum Back to Share Knowledge of Appalachia
Former UK student Amanda Fickey is back at her alma mater this summer, teaching Appalachian history and culture to 60 high school students from Eastern Kentucky as part of UK’s Robinson Scholars Honors Program.
Immigration Reform Reflects the American Dream
President Eli Capilouto's blog addresses immigration reform as an opportunity to seize our heritage and find an alternative method for engaging a vibrant part of our global community in our future.