Jasmine Farrier is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville. Her research focuses on inter-branch lawsuits, separation of powers, and constitutional law. She will be introducing her newest book project, including some preliminary findings, titled "Constitutional Dysfunction on Trial: Can Courts Save Congress from the President (and Itself)?"

Sponsored by WiPS (Women in Political Science)

Department of Political Science, University of Kentucky

Ever wondered how Peace Corps volunteers adapt to life abroad? What do they eat, wear, how to do they learn cultural norms? What are the challenges of integrating into a new home?

Serving in the Peace Corps requires you to integrate fully into a community in order to create sustainable change. Join us at this Information Session to learn about Volunteer experiences, have your questions answered, and gain tips to guide you through the application process.

Translators Ainsley Morse and Bela Shayevich will read from their book of translations of Vsevolod Nekrasov, I LIVE I SEE (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2013), offering a taste of the original Russian along with a rich selection of Nekrasov’s work in English. Gerald Janecek, Professor Emeritus in the UK Department of Modern and Classical Languages and author of the book’s afterword, will also speak about his history of working with Nekrasov and other poets of his time.

Vsevolod Nekrasov (1934-2009) was part of the “non-conformist” Lianozovo group, a founder of Moscow Conceptualism, and the foremost poetic minimalist to emerge from the Soviet literary underground. Before the fall of the USSR, his work appeared only in samizdat and Western publications. With an economy of lyrical means and a wry sense of humor, Nekrasov’s early poems rupture Russian poetic traditions and stultified Soviet language, while his later work tackles the excesses of the new Russian order.

Ainsley Morse has been translating 20th- and 21st-century Russian and (former-) Yugoslav literature since 2006. A longtime student of both literatures, she is currently pursuing a PhD in Slavic literatures at Harvard University. Recent publications include

Andrei Sen-Senkov’s Anatomical Theater (translated with Peter Golub, Zephyr Press, 2013). Ongoing translation projects include prose works by Georgii Ball and Viktor Ivaniv and polemical essays by the great Yugoslav writer Miroslav Krleža.

Bela Shayevich is a writer, translator, and illustrator living in Chicago. Her translations have appeared in It’s No Good by Kirill Medvedev (UDP/n+1, 2012) and various periodicals including Little Star, St. Petersburg Review, and Calque. She was the editor of n+1 magazine’s translations of the Pussy Riot closing statements.

An exhibit about Mayan and Aztec writings and paitings. Full of color and unique designs come check it out at Willy T's entrance towards Rose Street. The exhibit will be there until December 21st.

Ven a ver estas pinturas y escrituras de los antiguos Mayas y Aztecas. No te pierdas esta colorífica exhibición en la entrada de Willy T. con Rose Street. La exhibición estará disponible hasta el 21 de diciembre.