On Saturday, September 10th, Athletics will honor the Army and Air Force ROTC and families along with their Alumni, firefighters, police and paramedics at Heroes' Day 2011 during the UK football game against Central Michigan.
On Friday, September 9 at 8:46 A.M. the UK Army and Air Force ROTC Pershing Rifles Cadets will conduct a memorial vigil for the fallen at the Flag Pole on Administration Lawn with a swearing-in of newly contracted Cadets. At 9:00 A.M. they will begin reading the name of each victim of the 9/11 attacks. There will be an American flag posted for each victim, as well. The vigil will end with the ceremonial lowering of the state and national flags at 5:00 P.M.
Thursday, September 8
6:00 -- Welcome Reception
7:00 - 8:30 -- Keynote Lecture
Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina
"War and Gender in the Age of the World Wars: Reflections on the History and Memory of German Women's War Service in the Third Reich"
Friday, September 9
9:00 - 10:30 -- Panel I: war and Gender in the Neneteenth and Early Twentieth Century
Research Presentations by Franci Chassen-Lopez (Mexico). Pearl James (US), and Colleen Glenn (US)
10:30 - 11:00 -- Break
11:00 - 12:30 -- Panel II: War and GEnder in the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centure
Research Presentations by Diane King (Iraq), Lien-Hang Nguyen (Vietnam) and Karen Petrone (Russia/Soviet Union)
2:00 - 3:30 -- Keynote Lecture
Carolyn Nordstrom, University of Notre Dame
"Tomorrow's War and Gender Violence in the 21st Century"
3:45 - 5:00 -- Closing discussion led by Karen Hagemann and Carolyn Nordstrom
Thy symposium is coordinated by the Working Group on War and Gender and is sponsored by the departments of Anthropology, English, Gender and Women's Studies, Hispanic Studies, History, and the College of Arts and Sciences Enrichment Fund.
This symposium is supported by the Confucius Institute, The College of Arts & Sciences and the UK Department of Art.
Oct. 14 at 5:00pm keynote lecture President’s Room, Singletary Center for the Arts
Eugene Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, East Asian Art History Program, Harvard University
After-Shock and After-Image: A Chinese “Neorealist” Painter’s Engagement with the Real in the Postmedium and Post-Earthquake Situation
Additional location - Oct 15, Briggs Theatre, Fine Arts Building.
The Gypsy Poetry Slam, now in its sixth year as part of the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, to showcase the works of not only local poets, but also those from across the nation. As part of the event, headlined by noted poet Krista Franklin, the conference will also feature a new award. The Faith A. Smith Poetry Prize, established by Kentucky poet Frank X Walker, will be awarded to the winner of this year's slam to be held 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at the Downtown Arts Center. The slam is free and open to the public.
Downtown Arts Center
141 East Main Street
Lexington, KY 40507
(859) 225 - 0370
Award honors Walker's mother; event is free & open to public.
Program made possible by collaboration of prestigious undergraduate programs, A&S students shine.
Associate Professor of Creative Writing featured in fall issue of the Oxford American.
The University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences utilizes a multitude of digital media applications to help tell the stories of the College. Here is a brief selection of some of our brightest student workers' specialities.
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