UK English Professor’s ‘Aesthetic Cold War’ Wins 2023 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize
By Richard LeComte
LEXINGTON, Ky. — “The Aesthetic Cold War,” a book by the University of Kentucky’s Peter Kalliney, has won the 2023 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize. Kalliney is the William J. and Nina B. Tuggle Chair in English in UK’s College of Arts and Sciences.
Each year, a panel of Modernist Studies Association judges awards the prize to a book that has made the most significant contribution to modernist studies.
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Thank you to the faculty, students, staff, and stakeholders who contributed to the development of this strategic plan via their participation in surveys, workgroups, and focus groups. Thank you to Nathan Bradshaw and Teresa Smith for their staff support.
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Making History: Graduate Alumni Symposium
The "Making History" Graduate Alumni Symposium will be held on January 19, 2024, from 10 am to 3:30 pm in the Office of China Initiatives (basement floor of Fine Arts Library). This full-day event will feature a fantastic roster of alumni speakers from the History Department graduate program, a mentoring coffee hour, and many opportunities for networking, conversation, food, and drink.
In case the University closes due to winter weather, the event will be held on Zoom starting with Panel One at 11 am. A link will be distributed to registered participants. Questions can be addressed to emilymokros@uky.edu
Program
10:00 am – 10:15 am: Welcome and Introductions, Emily Mokros, Kathy Newfont, and Anastasia Curwood
10:15 am – 11:00 am: Making History Together: Mentoring Coffee Hour
11:00 am – 12:30 pm: Panel One: Making History on Campus, moderated by Ashley Sorrell
Le Datta Grimes, Oral Historian, Clemson University
Joanna Lile, Lecturer, Georgetown College
Jillean McCommons, Assistant Professor, University of Richmond Anthony Miller, Assistant Professor, Hanover College
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm: Lunch and Networking
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm: Panel Two: Making History Beyond Campus, moderated by Allen Fletcher
Jonathan Coleman, Executive Director, Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation Amanda Higgins, Executive Director, LexHistory
Stephanie M. Lang, Editor, The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Amber Sergent, Social Studies Teacher, Woodford County High School
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Making History Going Forward: Closing Discussion, moderated by Garrett Freas and Arshiya Jeelani
3:30 pm: Closing comments, Hilary Jones
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Office of China Initaitives (Lower Level of Little Fine Arts Library)
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