Black Women, Incarceration, and Civic Agency

Black women turn out to vote at higher rates than any other group of Americans. They are also incarcerated at twice the rate of white women and have been incarcerated at higher rates than black men since 1980. This interdisciplinary panel explores black women's experiences at the intersection of citizenship and criminal justice from the perspectives of law, social science, and lived experience.
 
 
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Davis-Marksbury Theater

Distinguished Speaker Series - Stories of May Fourth

Michel Hockx is a professor of Chinese Literature and the Director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

His research focuses on modern and contemporary Chinese literary and cultural communities, their publications, their values, their relationship to the state, and their representation in history. His most recent book publications are Women and the Periodical Press in China’s Long Twentieth Century (co-edited with Joan Judge and Barbara Mittler, Cambridge UP, 2018) and Internet Literature in China (monograph, Columbia, UP, 2015).

In this lecture, Hockx examines the standard narrative of the May Fourth Movement. Hockx will discuss archival materials alongside scholarly narratives from Europe, the PRC, and the USA to reconstruct the process by which Shandong was restored to Chinese sovereignty, and to try and understand why the diplomatic solution to the Shandong Question has failed to make an impact on the May Fourth master narrative.


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Whitehall Classroom Building 110

Woman at War Film Viewing

Join UK's International Village Living and Learning Program, The Inclusion Fellowship Program and the Year of Equity for a viewing of the film Woman at War. A reception will follow the film.

 

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Gatton Student Center, Worsham Cinema

Conversations with Kentucky's Peace Corps Recruiter

Peace Corps is coming to UK During National Peace Corps Week. On Wednesday, March 4th at 4:00pm, Peace Corps recruiter Carlos Jean Baptiste will be in room #202 of the Stuckert Career Center, located at 408 Rose Street.  

Along with Carlos, a panel of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) will briefly share about their Peace Corps experience and will happily answer questions from attendees. RPCV panelists include:

                - Jessica Byassee - RPCV Tanzania

                - Spencer Cruse - RPCV Uganda

                - Rona Roberts - RPCV Phillipines

                - Angene Wilson - RPCV Liberia

Craig Borie, RPCV Nicaragua will also be at the event to share about UK’s new Peace Corps Prep program. Peace Corps Prep is a certificate program developed for undergraduates that prepares students for international development field work, careers in international service and Peace Corps service. The program gives you a competitive edge when applying for Peace Corps service by providing a framework for participants to build sector specific skills, foreign language competency, intercultural competence and professional savvy and leadership.

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Stuckert Career Center

A&S Welcomes Underrepresented Minority Admitted Students for Campus Visit

The College of Arts and Sciences hosted a Diversity Visit on campus for underrepresented minority admitted students on February 7, 2020. This day was designed to learn what it's like to be a member of the UK community. These students had the opportunity to meet with faculty, A&S advisors and current students. We ended the day with a special presentation from Professor Frank X Walker. All of our visitors recommended Diversity Visit and we can't wait to host the event again next year.

UKCI Cinema Series: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Join the UKCI for a free screening of the Chinese film “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan,” complete with refreshments, followed by a discussion about the film. Please bring your student ID.

Synopsis: Parallel stories tell of two 19th-century Chinese women -- bound together for eternity -- and their descendants who struggle to maintain their friendship amid 21st-century demands.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa93drpm30E

 

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Gatton Student Center, Worsham Theater

Global Hangout

Global Hangouts are back! Join the UK International Center for a kick-off in exploring all things from Nigeria. There will be delicious Nigerian treats and a showing of the film The Wedding Party. Mark your calendars – they’ll be exploring Nigeria all month long.

 

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Patterson Hall 218/219
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