Pilot Grants Expand Substance Use Research Opportunities
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 11, 2021) — New pilot grants at the University of Kentucky are supporting innovative research to further understand causes and treatments of substance use disorders.
A Screening of THE 24TH, and Interview with Director
Join us for a film screening of The 24th, a historical film written and directed by Kevin Willmott! This film screening will be held virtually followed by a brief Q&A discussion. For more insight on the film, check out this interview.
Read more on Kevin Willmott's extensive works HERE.
This event is sponsored by:
- English Department MFA Visiting Writers Series
- International Film Certificate Program
- Gaines Center for Humanities
- UK History Department
- Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies
- Rosenberg College of Law
- Cooperative for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- UK Veteran's Resource CEnter
- William T. Young Library
- UK Office of Institutional Diversity
To register, click HERE! Contact Pearl James for more information.
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What Are A&S Faculty Members Reading This Summer?
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 6, 2021) — Before you know it, summer will be coming to a close. But there’s still time to get lost in a good book.
We asked the University of Kentucky community to recommend books they feel would make good additions to anyone’s summer reading list.
New Faculty Member William J. Gannon Explores Low-Dimensional Spin Chains and Spin Liquids in Metals
The Physics and Astronomy Department has welcomed Bill Gannon as assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy in the fall of 2019 after postdoctoral fellowships at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory, Texas A&M University and the University of British Columbia.
Philosophy Professor Writes About Critical Race Theory
Arnold Farr, professor of philosophy in the University of Kentucky's College of Arts & Sciences, has written an article for the Academic Influence website titled "Critical Race Theory: What It Is and What It Is Not."
'They're Always Pushing Me to Be Better': How Chad Risko's Students Make Him a 'Great Teacher'
By Jenny Wells-Hosley, Steve Shaffer and Kody Kiser
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 28, 2021) — Six of the University of Kentucky’s passionate and accomplished educators were surprised earlier this spring by student nominators and the UK Alumni Association as 2021 Great Teacher Award recipients.
From History to Hollywood: The Backstory to The Last Duel
Register here: https://uky.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XDTKZ87yQCW6HaoJ_SiTiQ
Dr. Eric Jager of UCLA will talk about his book and film, The Last Duel. This will be Wednesday, September 29, with a public Zoom talk at 7:00 pm. EST.
The gripping true story of the duel to end all duels in medieval France as a resolute knight defends his wife’s honor against the man she accuses of a heinous crime.
In the midst of the devastating Hundred Years’ War between France and England, Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight fresh from combat in Scotland, returns home to yet another deadly threat. His wife, Marguerite, has accused squire Jacques Le Gris of rape. A deadlocked court decrees a trial by combat between the two men that will also leave Marguerite’s fate in the balance. For if her husband loses the duel, she will be put to death as a false accuser.
While enemy troops pillage the land, and rebellion and plague threaten the lives of all, Carrouges and Le Gris meet in full armor on a walled field in Paris. What follows is the final duel ever authorized by the Parlement of Paris, a fierce fight with lance, sword, and dagger before a massive crowd that includes the teenage King Charles VI, during which both combatants are wounded—but only one fatally.
Based on extensive research in Normandy and Paris, The Last Duel brings to life a colorful, turbulent age and three unforgettable characters caught in a fatal triangle of crime, scandal, and revenge. The Last Duel is at once a moving human drama, a captivating true crime story, and an engrossing work of historical intrigue with themes that echo powerfully centuries later.
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