Aztec Poster From UK Makes Cover of National Library Publication
Aztec Poster From UK Makes Cover of National Library Publication
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Time Well Spent: Eli Edwards
English Professor Armando Prats said something that stuck in Elijah Edwards' head, "We are, in great measure, the living expression of our influences." It's a powerful sentiment that recent English graduate Edwards reflects in his own story.
Meet The Newest EES Faculty Member: Michael McGlue
My research aims to answer questions related to environmental change and energy resources through field and ship-based examinations of the sedimentary rock record.
UK Pays Tribute to Great Teachers
The University of Kentucky Alumni Association presented its 2013 Great Teacher Awards to six recipients last night at a recognition dinner, followed by an appearance at Rupp Arena’s center court during halftime of the South Carolina vs. UK basketball game.
International Conference on Global Racism
International Conference on Global Racism
University of Kentucky, Lexington
February 22, 2013
– Free event
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5:00-6:30 pm
The White Racial Frame: Buttressing Oppression
Joe Feagin, Texas A&M
PANEL 1 - RACIALIZATIONS
9:00-11:00 am
White supremacy in Hollywood films
Hernán Vera, University of Florida
Fairer is Beauty: Racism in Postcolonial India
Sasikumar Balasundaram, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Kentucky
Racialization and "Moveable Citizenship: On the Latino/a Dialectics of “Citizenship” And “Belonging”
Suzanne Oboler, John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY
The ‘We/Other’ Cognitive Schema: The Anatomy of Social Transformation in South Africa
Olajide Oloyede, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town/College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky
PANEL 2 - RACELESS RACISM
11:15am-1:15pm
Mestizaje logics: lessons from the workings of racism in Mexico and the struggle for recognition
Mónica Moreno Figueroa, Newcastle University
Racesless Racism? Frenchness and the Future of France
Didier Gondola, Indiana University-Purdue University
From Panacea for Harmonious Race Relations to Ideological Tool for Domination: Reflections on the Use of Métissage through Time and Space in Racialist and Racist Discourses
Jean Muteba Rahier, Florida International University
PANEL 3 - COUNTER RACISM
2:30-4:30pm
Racism, casteism and the potential of counterracist strategies in India and South Africa
Laura Dudley Jenkins, University of Cincinnati, Associate Professor of Political Science
This is Our Home: Multiracial Democratic Transformation of/in New Orleans
Hyun Sook Kim, Wheaton College, MA
An Evolving Global Frame: City College Students Challenge Racism, 1930-1975
Daniel A. Sherwood, The New School for Social Research
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WT Young Library Auditorium
A&S Abroad at Keeneland Hall
Come to A&S Wired on Monday, January 28 at 6:00 p.m. to find out about the multitude of opportunitues to travel abroad this summer through A&S led programs.
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Keeneland Hall Basement
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Celebrate A&S: 2012 Hall of Fame Inductee Jim Duff
Jim Duff graduated magna cum laude from the UK Honors Program in 1975, and holds B.A. degrees in both political science and philosophy. While at UK, Duff earned a Phi Beta Kappa membership and was a “walk on” for the University of Kentucky Men’s basketball team.