Laura Garrison was one of a group of students that went to Shanghai University with professor Matt Wells over the summer. She told us about the skill of her Chinese language teacher during the immersion-style classes, and the adventures she had during her free time in China.
WHAT: China in the American Imagination: From the Days of the Boxr Rising to the Age of the Internet
WHO: Dr. Jeffrey Wasserstrom, University of California-Irvine
WHEN: Tuesday September 20, 2011 3:00 p.m.
Where: Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Librarye
About Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Jeffrey Wasserstrom is a professor of history at the University of California-Irvine. Wasserstrom specializes in Chinese history and is interested in numerous topics, including the gendered symbolism of revolutions, patterns of student protest, the way that globalization affects urban life and popular culture, and American images of Asia. He is the co-founder and consulting editor of Irvine, Calif., based blog/electronic magazine, “The China Beat: Blogging How the East is Read.” Wasserstrom has contributed to many academic periodicals, general interest news magazines, newspapers and websites. He is the author of “China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know” from Oxford University Press, 2010, and is currently the editor of the Journal of Asian Studies. He received his doctorate from the University of California-Berkeley in 1989.
For more information on the seminar and other events visit china.as.uky.edu to learn more about Year of China: Awaken the Past, Discover the Future
At the beginning of the Fall 2011 semester, we met with all of the new faculty hires in the College of Arts and Sciences. This series of podcasts introduces them and their research interests.
Arnold Farr is UK Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center's Scholar-in-Residence
Marsha Grimminger of the UK Chemistry Department will be presenting a seminar entitled, "Periodic Trends in Structure Function Relationship of Organic Heteroacenes."
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anthony
Dr Joseph Knee of Wesleyan University will be presenting a seminar entitled, "Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy of Gas Phase Carboxylic Acid Dimers."
For more information about Dr. Knee and his research, click here.
Faculty Host: Dr. Yang
WHAT: Kentucky Sky Talk Series - How Do We Know the Age of the Universe
WHEN: Thursday October 13, 2011 8 p.m.
WHERE: Chem-Phys 155
WHO: Dr. Moshe Elitzur
This talk is presented by the UK Department of Physics and Astronomy and the MacAdam Student Observatory. Free and open to the public.
Member of the Department of Sociology accustomed to creative and interdisciplinary work across colleges and continents, which is ideal for his new role at UK
Adam Banks was recently featured on KET to talk about his academic interests and concerns for minorities in the Digital Age.
