Guest lecturer and Associate Professor, Dr. Scott Wolford will present, "How Peace Ends: Making and Unmaking Global Orders."
This lecture is sponsored by the UK Peace Studies Program and the College of Arts & Sciences.
Join the UK Jewish Studies program in welcoming Professor Ilana Blumberg of Bar Ilan University as she presents, "Diversity & Democracy: Teaching Life Writing to Jewish and Palestinian Israelis."
Having moved from the United States to Israel, Ilana Blumberg will discuss what it means to teach English literature in an Israeli university where social diversity isn't just an aim, it's
an everyday reality. As questions of democracy and equality are debated in the Israeli media and government, what does the actual pursuit of those ideals look like in a college classroom filled with half Jewish Israelis and half Palestinian Israelis? How does a professor make use of the opportunities of the social integration of the classroom without politicizing it in ways that inhibit students from the freedom to learn? What is the place of contemporary and local politics in a college classroom devoted to the study of literature and the liberal arts? Ilana will discuss how her approach to the study of literature shifted with her move to new students, the Israeli context, and the ever-present, elusive desire for equality, co-existence, and peace.
Ilana Blumberg is the author of Houses of Study: a Jewish Woman among Books (University of Nebraska Press, 2008), winner of the Sami Rohr Choice Award, and Victorian Sacrifice: Ethics and Economics in Mid-Century Novels (Ohio State UP, 2013). She is also the author of the memoir, Open Your Hand: Teaching as a Jew, Teaching as an American (Rutgers UP, 2019), where she writes about her experiences teaching in a wide range of classrooms, from kindergarten through university.
Blumberg is Senior Lecturer in English at Bar Ilan University where she coordinates the Creative Non-Fiction track in the Shaindy Rudoff Program in Creative Writing. She previously taught at Michigan State University for ten years, where she was awarded the university’s Teacher-Scholar Award.
Join UK in welcoming Dr. Paula Diehl of Humboldt University in Berlin and University of Bielefeld as she gives a lecture on Rightwing Populism and the Media.
By Chris Crumrine, Amy Jones-Timoney, Kody Kiser, and Brad Nally
“To actually be in Washington, D.C. is unlike anything that you can experience in a classroom or here in Kentucky,” says Hayley Leach. “The hands-on experience is unlike anything you can get.”
Join Kentucky Refugee Ministries for “We the People: Refugee and Immigrant Day at the Capitol” in Frankfort on Wednesday, February 20, 2019.
12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. – Music in the Rotunda
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. – Rally and Speakers
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Advocacy activities, including self-guided tours of the Capitol and optional Kentucky Legislature session viewing
Rotunda of the Kentucky State Capitol
700 Capitol Ave., Frankfort, KY 40601
Organized by a coalition of agencies: Catholic Charities of Louisville, ACLU of Kentucky, Catholic Conference of Kentucky, UFCW Local 227, Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Kentucky Refugee Ministries Lexington, Americana Community Center, Inc., International Center of Kentucky, La Casita Center, Doors to Hope, Backside Learning Center, JFCS Louisville, Global Human Project, RefugeeConnect and Navigate Enterprise Center.
It is important for elected officials on all levels to be educated about immigration and the refugee resettlement program, as well as the contributions refugees and immigrants make to our state. This also serves as a civic engagement opportunity for all Kentuckians, including newcomers in our state, to learn how to participate in our democracy.
If you can join KRM for the 6th annual Refugee and Immigrant Day at the Capitol, please register online.
Join the Facebook event and invite your friends to visit Frankfort!
You can help spread the word on social media by using the following hashtags: #WeThePeople #WeAreAllKentucky #YallMeansAll #KeepKYGlobal.
The 2019 Chinese New Year Celebration by KYCAA will be held on Saturday Feb. 2, 2019 at Lexington Opera House（401 West Short Street Lexington, KY 40507）
Schedule of Events
Tickets are only $15 each. To book tickets, you may call (859) 224-8072 or (859) 806-4024. For questions, e-mail kycaapresident@gmail.com. For more information, visit www.kycaa.org
4:30 pm – 6:45 pm
Holiday market with festival foods, crafts, traditional costumes, calligraphy, mini Chinese lectures, cultural displays and family activities.
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Performance featuring festival songs, dances, Chinese music ensemble including Erhu, Hulusi, Yangqin, flute, etc, Kungfu, Chinese cheongsam show, dragon dance and a special presentation of martial arts, singing and Chinese opera.
Limited seating available.
Tickets are only $15 each. To book tickets, you may call (859) 224-8072 or (859) 806-4024. For questions, e-mail kycaapresident@gmail.com. For more information, visit www.kycaa.org.
Join the UK History Department for a guest lecture by Jie-Hyun Lim, Professor of Transnational History and founding director of the Critical Global Studies Institute at Sogang University in Seoul. Most recently he published five volumes of the Palgrave series of mass dictatorship in the 20th century’ as the series editor. He is now executive board member of the CISH and the president elect of the Network of Global and World History Organizations for 2015–2020. He has held visiting appointments at Cracow Pedagogical University, Warsaw University, Harvard-Yenching Institute, Nichibunken, EHESS, Paris II University and Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. His present research topic is transnational memory of ‘victimhood nationalism’ covering Post –WWII Korea, Japan, Poland, Israel and Germany.
Come celebrate the Chinese New Year by enjoying various of performances by the Lexington Chinese School and other sponsors! Anyone is welcome!
For more details visit www.lexingtonchineseschool.org
Join UK's Chapter of Project Pengyou University for food and learn about what it's like to study abroad in China. Ask questions, learn about scholarships, and find out whether or not studying in China or Taiwan is right for you!
Learn how to cook some delicious traditional Lebanese dishes including: flatbread with herbs (Zaa'tar Man'ouche), chopped parsley salad (Tabouli), spiced cauliflower (Zahra Meqila), and chick pea dip (Hummus).
The cost of this event is $35 per person ($30 for members) and is for ages 13+
