Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC) 2026

 
graphic banner for KFLC the languages literatures and cultures conference
 
Founded in 1948, the KFLC is one of the country's longest-running literary, linguistics, pedagogy, and technology conferences.  Our event takes place each April at the University of Kentucky campus, in Lexington, Kentucky. We are delighted to welcome Javier Muñoz-Basols as our keynote speaker. He is an outstanding scholar, and his keynote address, “The Accent of the Algorithm: Language, Identity, and the Humanization of AI,” will address one of the most timely and interdisciplinary topics in the humanities today.
 
 
Venue information, parking and more can be found here.

 

About Javier Muñoz-Basols

Javier Muñoz-Basols outside, smiling.

Javier Muñoz-Basols
Javier Muñoz-Basols is currently Executive Director at the Instituto Cervantes in Los Angeles and an Honorary Faculty Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and at the University of Seville. His research interests focus on the connections between language contact and multilingualism, the integration of technology and AI in language learning, and the impact of institutional contexts on language teaching. He has delivered keynote addresses at international conferences and events in more than 20 countries and has an extensive publication portfolio that includes 19 books and edited volumes and has published in top academic journals such as Applied Linguistics, Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Modern Language Journal or International Journal of Multilingualism. He is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Spanish Language Teaching (Routledge) and Dr. Muñoz-Basols’ societal contributions include serving as President of the Asociación para la Enseñanza del Español como Lengua Extranjera (ASELE) (Association for the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language), Trustee of the Instituto Cervantes, and corresponding member of the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (ANLE) (North American Academy of the Spanish Language).


 

Date:
Location:
Gatton Student Center, Grand Ballroom C (212C)

An Evening of Piano and Poetry

You're invited to a Piano Ensemble and Poetry Concert organized by professor Irina Voro of the School of Music in the College of Fine Arts and senior lecturer Anna Voskresensky of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences. The program will be presented 7 p.m. Sunday, April 19, in the Singletary Center for the Arts Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public.

Twenty students from the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literature and Cultures will recite poetry in Russian and English followed by 20 students from the School of Music performing piano ensemble compositions. This event features a diverse range of authors and composers and combines music and language to engage the audience in the experience of beauty through works of literature and music.

Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating poetry and music performed by talented university students. Experience the beauty of spoken verse intertwined with live music, where words and melodies come together to create powerful emotion and meaning. Discover how poetry truly comes alive when it is heard alongside music.

Date:
Location:
Recital Hall, Singletary Center for the Arts

Ekphrastic poetry course publishes anthology “Provokable” inspired by artworks in UK Art Museum

By Francis Von Mann 

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Apr. 9, 2026) - Students from Erik Reece's Ekphrastic Poetry course at the University of Kentucky's MFA Creative Writing program have self-published a collection of poems titled "Provokable: Writing Inspired by the University of Kentucky Art Museum." 

2026 Lunsford Scholarship Program Career Panel and Banquet

Subscribe to