Laura Dudley Jenkins is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati.  Her research and publications focus on social justice policies in the context of culturally diverse democracies, especially India. She was a Fulbright New Century Scholar in South Africa and India and co-edited with Michele S. Moses the forthcoming book Affirmative Action Matters: Creating Opportunities for Students Around the World (Routledge 2014). 

In her articles, she analyzes religious freedom and conversion, competing minorities’ claims for affirmative action, colonial and contemporary government anthropology, the role of social science in anti-discrimination law, and reserved legislative seats for women. Her book chapters include her research on religious family law systems, mass religious conversion as a route to social mobility, and comparative affirmative action. In addition to two Fulbrights, she has received fellowships from the Dartmouth Humanities Center and the United States Institute of Peace. For more information see www.Lauradudleyjenkins.com

Dr. Shlossberg’s work documents contemporary danzas, such as the pastorelas, and related masking customs in central Michoacan. His work also examines how knowledge about masks and masking is often falsified in popular and scholarly work through the repetition of colorful myths that envelop the craft and the disavowal of items produced for the tourist and curio markets as inauthentic and low-grade. Debates over the authenticity of tourist and curio arts shed light on how popular and elite, indigenous, mestizo, and Anglo actors in central Michoacan construct and contest relations of class, race, and inequality as they negotiate the meanings of “tradition,” “ethnic authenticity,” “globalization,” and “cultural change.”

El trabajo del Dr. Scholossberg se enfoca en documentar danzas, pastorales y mascaradas el territorio de Michoacán. Su trabajo busca traer cociencia al público sobre cómo las máscaras y bailes han sido glorificados y falsificados a través de mitos coloríficos que buscan atraer atención turística. Como consecuencia, varias máscaras a la venta suelen ser falsas y no piezas de arte. Varios debates han surgido sobre las diferentes perspectivas tomadas entre las imitiaciones y el verdadero arte curio. Schlossberg busca enseñar como la élite social, los indígenas, mestizos y los Anglo actores de Michoacán construyen, mantienen y negocian relaciones de clase social, raza e inequalidad a través de la tradición, auntenticidad étnica, globalización y cambios culturales en el arte.

Zohn-Muldoon’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated opera features world-class new music soprano Tony Arnold, renowned tenor Rob Frankenberry, and a roster of musicians from Alia Musica Pittsburgh and the world-touring Eastman BroadBand. UK Guitar Faculty Dieter Hennings joins the ensemble.

Comala, opera de Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon fue nominada a un Premio Pulitzer. La presentación en UK contará con la actuación de Tony Arnold (soprano), Rob Frankenberry (tenor), músicos de Alia Musica Pittsburgh y worldtouring Eartman BroadBand. Dieter Hennings, de la facultad de Guitarra de UK también será parte del show.

Governor Jon Huntsman of Utah, the former US Ambassador to China, will deliver a lecture at UK on Thursday, February 20th, 2014, at 7:30 pm in Memorial Hall. This lecture will address the possibilities and challenges represented by the current US relationship with China. A Q&A period will follow the lecture. Please encourage your students to attend if the topic is relevant to your courses or the workplace for which we are preparing our students.

 

The lecture will be free of charge, and is sponsored by the Office of the President, UK International Center, and the UK Confucius Institute. The lecture title and complete information will be forthcoming in January.