Fall 2023 International Studies Courses
Pathways
A&S 161: International Village, Then and Now
A-H 105-001: World Art Before 1400
A-H 106: Renaissance to Modern Art
AAS 100: Introduction to African Studies
ANT 160: Cultural Diversity in the Modern World
ANT 225: Culture, Environment, and Global Issues
CLA 135: Greek and Roman Mythology
CLA 191: Christianity, Culture and Society
ENG 142: Global Shakespeare
ENG 171: Global Literatures in English
GEO 135: Global Climate Change
GEO 161: Global Inequalities
Summer 2023 International Studies Courses
Pathways
ANT 160 Cultural Diversity in The Modern World
GEO 160 Lands People of Non-Western World
GEO 162 Intro to Global Environmental Issues
GEO 172 Human Geography
HIS 104 His Eur Thru Mid-17 Cent
HIS 121 War and Society 1914-1945
PS 210 Intro Comparative Politics
PS 230 Intro to International Relations
Culture & the Arts:
ANT 311 Anthropology of Globalization
FAM 455 Fam Intl Education Abroad: Consumers & Culture in Korea
Screening & Talk-Back: Before the Trees Was Strange
This event will consist in a screening of Mr. Derek Burrows' 2016 documentary film, Before the Trees Was Strange, which tells a complex story of how his family experienced race and racism in the Bahamas and the United States. The screening will be followed by a talk-back session, in which audience members are invited to share experiences and discuss meanings with a panel, including, Mr. Burrows, law professor Dr. Melynda Price, and philosophers Dr. Gregory Fried, & Dr. Arnold Farr. The keynote event is made possible by the co-sponsorships of the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies, Peace Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Geography, Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Culture, & International Studies Program at the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Fried and Mr. Burrows lead the Mirror of Race project, housed at Boston College. It is an online archive of early American photography with interpretation that "serve[s] as an opportunity to reflect on what race means in the United States today—and what it can, should, and should not mean in the future." This screening and talk-back are part of the project's outreach efforts.
Catholic Space, Catholic Time, and the Performative Power of the Word
An Inaugural Lecture for the Cottrill-Rolfes Chair in Catholic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences. Reception to follow.
The World Making and World Breaking Capacities of Religion in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Prof. Catherine Wanner (Penn State University) has conducted 30 years of ethnographic research in Ukraine. She is the author or editor of seven books, including her most recent monograph, Everyday Religiosity and the Politics of Belonging in Ukraine (Cornell University Press, 2022), and the forthcoming edited volume, Dispossession: Imperial Legacies and the Russo-Ukrainian War (Routledge, 2023). Her research has focused primarily on the politics of religion in Ukraine and increasingly on human rights and conflict mediation within the context of war. She is the convenor of the Working Group on Lived Religion in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. In 2020 she was awarded the Distinguished Scholar Prize from the Association for the Study of Eastern Christianity.
Sponsored by World Religions, History, Anthropology, Sociology, MCL, and the Lewis Honors College, and with special thanks for the support of the Gaines Center for the Humanities.
Picturing Goths and Heretics in Early Medieval Ravenna
The Clark Lecture, sponsored by the Gaines Center for the Humanities, for 2023 will be given by Prof. Deborah Deliyannis (Indiana University, Bloomington). Prof. Deliyannis draws upon archaeology and architectural history in her studies of the way history was written in the Early Middle Ages. She is the author of several monographs, including Ravenna in Late Antiquity, which treats the history of the city and monuments of Ravenna from the fifth to the ninth centuries (2010). Her most recent book, Fifty Early Medieval Things, was co-written with Paolo Squatriti and Hendrik Dey, and was published in 2019. Her current book project considers the role of bishops as church-builders, from late antiquity through the Carolingian period. She is a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.
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UK alumna named 1 of only 18 Luce Scholars in the US
By Whitney Hale
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 7, 2023) — Taylor Hamilton, a 2016 international studies graduate, is one of only 18 to be named a 2023-24 Luce Scholar. The Henry Luce Foundation hopes to enhance understanding of Asia by offering work opportunities across Asia. Hamilton’s field of interest will be in community development and urban resilience.
Special Topics In International Studies (Subtitle Required)
Course will focus on selected topics drawn from various areas of International Studies taught by faculty members with special interests and competence. The course is variable credit and may be repeated up to a maximum of 12 credits under different subtitles.