Join the UK College of Arts & Sciences and the Department of Social Theory for their spring lecture series featuring Maria Pia Lara on, "'Populism'": A Conceptual Analysis."
Join the Society for International Studies for an off campus dinner for their last event before spring break. * Restaurant and time to be determined by polling.
For more questions or restaurant suggestions for this event, please email SIS Promotions Officer Sara Rastoder at sara.rastoder@uky.edu
Description:Join the University of Kentucky International Center for a workshop aimed a providing a cultural learning opportunity for international and domestic students to learn from one another.
The program has a cost of $25 which includes transportation, lodging, materials and most meals. To apply visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFM0ZE58ystFNUnu5imJDBQmfOhhQ…
The deadline for applications is February 1st.
For more information visit: http://international.uky.edu/ISSS/GetInvolved/CCW?fbclid=IwAR02fsOXL0jn…
The Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce is working with the School of Journalism to host a crisis simulation. Students who take part will work together to engineer a diplomatic solution to a hypothetical international crisis. For the current simulation, the general area of interest will be Kurdistan.
For more information or questions, please contact Kati Stafford at k.stafford@uky.edu
Join the Society for International Studies and Sigma Iota Rho for a screening of a movie centered around a relevant issue in the international community. Snacks provided! The film is to be determined at a later date
Join UK College of Arts & Sciences and the Department of Social Theory for their spring lecture series featuring Paulina Ochoa Espejo on, "Bounding the Demos: Populism, Immigration, Exclusion."
Professor Lok Siu is a cultural anthropologist and faculty of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. Her areas of expertise include Asian diasporas in the Americas, transnational migration, belonging and cultural citizenship, performance, and food. Her award winning books include Memories of a Future Home: Diasporic Citizenship of Chinese in Panama (Stanford U Press 2005) and Asian Diasporas: New Formations, New Conceptions (Stanford U Press 2007). She lectures at universities and museums throughout the US and Europe, and she has appeared in CNN's United Shades of America with Kamau Bell and on WNYC's Brian Leher show. She is currently working on her book manuscript, "Worlding Asian Latinx: Living Archives of Cultural Mixing."
Description:Join Sigma Iota Rho, the national honor society for International Studies and Stuckert Career Center for a walk-in workshop providing individualized help drafting resumes and cover letters for local as well as nationally competitive internships. Advisors from the career center will be prepared to discuss internships with but not restricted to:
For any questions, please contact Rachel Wright at rmwr223@g.uky.edu
Join the International Village for a road trip to Cincinnati for a visit to the Freedom Museum and Jungle Jim's International Market. Lunch is provided and the bus will leave from Blazer Hall at 9:00 a.m.
White House Correspondent April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House – a position she has held since the Clinton era. On behalf of the American Urban Radio Networks, and through her "Fabric of America" news blog, she delivers her readership and listeners (millions of African Americans and close to 300 radio affiliates) a “unique urban and minority perspective in news.” Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her unusual insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation’s last presidents.
April can be seen almost daily on CNN as a political analyst. She has been featured in Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Elle magazines – to name a few.
April Ryan has served on the board of the prestigious White House Correspondents Association. She is one of only three African Americans in the Association’s over 100-year history to serve on its board. She is also an esteemed member of the National Press Club. In 2015, Ms. Ryan was nominated for an NAACP Image Award (Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author) for her first book. 2016 National Council of Negro Women, Mary McCloud Bethune Trailblazer.
April is a Baltimore native and Morgan State University graduate, and she gives back to this community by serving as a mentor to aspiring journalists, and assisting with developing “up and coming” broadcasters. April considers her greatest life’s work raising her two daughters, Ryan and Grace – who are phenomenal young women.
Free Admission!
